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I am very excited to write to you at the beginning of the academic year. The
campus is beautiful this time of year as the leaves change color and the cooler
temperatures remind us that winter is on the way. It is great to see the mall
once again busy with students and faculty on their way to classes and
activities. September will always mean a beginning to me and this year was
particularly special since it was highlighted by the installation of Robert A.
Kennedy as the 18th President of the University of Maine. This year the
University welcomed their largest incoming class since 1990. The Library staff
look forward to working with these new students, as well as the upper class and
graduate students, and hope to play a significant part in their success at the
University. As a time of new beginnings we are pleased to also welcome new
library staff and look forward to a productive and interesting year.
Within the pages of this newsletter you will read about many exciting resources
and programs that are available from Fogler Library. There are also upcoming
programs that will be both stimulating and informative. In October the Library
is hosting the Cohen Papers Forum and the timely topic is energy independence.
Later in the fall we will co-host a program with the Maine Medievalists and
later help celebrate the town of Orono’s Bicentennial with a dinner prepared
from the Bicentennial Cookbook. Other programs on journalism and literature
round out a full fall semester.
Fogler Library continues to grow in depth and provide new collections and more
services for the university community. We were fortunate to recently acquire new
databases including the Web of Science and the New York Times Historical
database. The New York Times resource provides access to the newspaper from 1851
and will be invaluable to historians. The library is also offering the Really
Simple Syndication-RSS feed for users as a way to keep current with library
news. The subject portals lead the users to the material they need to begin
their research and the interlibrary loan Illiad system allows users to track
their requests. In all of the work that the Library staff accomplishes - the
instruction, the services, and the collections we purchase - we always keep in
mind that our students are our priority and their needs are our chief concern.
I hope some of you will have the time to visit us and join us in some of the
presentations we have planned this fall and in the coming spring. We welcome you
at any time to meet the staff, view some of our services, and I would enjoy
giving you a tour of the library. I hope you are pleased with what we are doing
and that you will continue to support Fogler Library into the future.
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