3 Library (continued from page 1) won't be on until after January, because of incompatibility,” said Susan Yeager, Systems Adminis- trator and Assistant to the Direc- tor at Misericordia’s library. Yeager, who is also responsible for helping to maintain the library's home page along with Jenn Luksa, says of the NPLN catalogue, “If you're familiar with the Internet at all, it’s pretty user- friendly.” The website for NPLN is www.npln.org, and when you go there and click on “Search Online Catalog” at the bottom of the home page, you will be presented with options of searching through the individual libraries, searching by category (public or academic li- braries, Luzerne or Lackawanna County), or tailoring a search ac- cording to your own criteria — for instance, choosing only the li- braries that are geographically closest to you. One of the main resources in Misericordia’s library is its collec- tion of professional journals. Pe- riodicals such as journals are most useful for keeping abreast of up- dates in a particular field, since they are published at regular in- tervals, while textbooks may grow outdated soon after publication. Some are available in the periodi- cals department, but now they are primarily available through an online subscription agency, EBSCOhost. Misericordia pur- chases subscriptions to the jour- nals that most suit its needs through EBSCO; while public li- braries may have access to other periodicals (such as the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature) through subscription agencies, they might not subscribe to the types of scholarly publications that a college or university library would. With a Misericordia library card, Back Mountain residents can access these periodicals both on campus and off. The new Mary Kintz Bevevino Library is located in the middle of Misericordia’s campus. “That was something we celebrated when we had our groundbreaking,” said Sister Sharon Gallagher, Director of Library Services. Previously the college library had been located on the second floor of the Admin- istration building, where space was at a premium, but by the summer of 1999, the library’s new building was completed. “We waited 35 years — and finally got it,” Sr. Gallagher said. Mary Kintz Bevevino went to Misericordia when her children were grown in order to earn a degree in English. She graduated magna cum laude in 1987, and became a member of the college's POST PHOTO/ELIZABETH SKRAPITS Susan Yeager, left, Systems Administrator and Assistant to the Director, and Sister Sharon Gallagher, Director of Library Services at Misericordia. Board of Trustees a few years later. She was always active in community service and in Miseri- cordia activities, and when she died in 1993, her family made a bequest to Misericordia for the library that bears her name. Misericordia’s library has al- ways been open to Back Moun- tain residents, but “we never ad- vertised it before due to lack of space,” Sr. Gallagher said. Now that it has its own brightly-lit and spacious building, the public is invited to come and use it: “It’s part of our outreach program for the community,” she said. There are three floors; the first contains the main service desk, faculty reserves, the educational videotape collection, and the books on education and Health Sciences, which are the most widely-used at the college. The third houses the rest of Misericordia’s collec- tion. On the second floor, which is the busiest, you can do what Sr. Gallagher calls “one-stop shop- ping” — the reference department, periodicals, microform, comput- ers, and photocopiers are all lo- cated there. There are 10 active computer stations and two pho- tocopiers, and according to Sr. Gallagher, there's always some- one there to provide assistance at the reference desk, even on week- ends. Many non-students, particu- larly health-science professionals, come in to keep up-to-date on developments in their fields, or just to relax and browse through the latest publications. There are plenty of study tables and indi- vidual desks, called carrels, many situated by the huge windows that overlook Misericordia’s campus. “No matter where you go, you can find a quiet spot,” Sr. Gallagher said. Anyone may come in to use the library, but borrowing privileges are only for Back Mountain resi- dents whoare over 18; high-school students may have their parents check books out for them, or can do their research in the library Library links in cyberspace Gone are the days of leafing through little drawers full of well- thumbed cards and hoping the book you want is on the shelf. With an Internet connection, you can browse through a library's collection, access library catalogues, and check materials availability without leaving your own home. Northeastern Pennsylvania Library Network: www.npln.org Through this user-friendly site you can search the catalogues of all the member libraries, or else click on links to go directly to their web sites. The Osterhout Library: www.osterhout.lib.pa.us If you click on “Online Catalog” you can access the holdings of the entire Luzerne County Library System — the screen will look familiar to anyone:who’s used the computers at one of the libraries in the system. Misericordia’s library: www.miseri.edu/administration/library As of this writing a link to NPLN has not yet been added to Misericordia’s library homepage due to technical difficulties, but will be within the next few weeks. 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She also warned that anyone looking in Misericordia’s library for works of fiction or books on tape will be disappointed, be- cause they don't stock any. "We go to the public libraries our- selves for those,” she said with a laugh. While materials from Misericordia’s collection can be checked out by non-students with a Misericordia card, interlibrary loans — borrowing books from other libraries — must be done through the local public library. Elaine Phoenix is the librarian in charge of interlibrary loans at the Back Mountain Library. In mid- December of 1999, the Back Mountain Library went online it- self, and since then, according to Phoenix, interlibrary loans have at least doubled. Prior to that forms were sent to the Osterhout for processing; the new online catalogue system “speeds up the search immensely,” Phoenix said. The Back Mountain Library's hold- ings are now listed along with those of the other members of the Luzerne County Library System in its online database, which is conveniently accessible at home via the Osterhout’s web site [see sidebar]. Phoenix says there are three kinds of interlibrary loans that can be done: loans from other libraries in the Luzerne County Library System; loans from other libraries in the state through Ac- cess Pennsylvania; and national interlibrary loan — from libraries across the USA — which the Back Mountain Library does through. the Osterhout. To request a book from another location, simply go to the library and fill out a form. The Back Mountain Library has Internet-connected computers with catalogue access, including NPLN, available to, its patrons, but ifyou can’t find the location of the book you want, provide the author and the title and the li- brary will do the rest. Phoenix noted that there is no cost to the patron for doing a search. “Unlike many libraries, we perform the service for free. Some libraries charge 25 or 50 cents, but we don’t.” Phoenix estimates that 90 per- cent of the time the requested book can be found. “We're always willing to try to find a book for a patron,” she said. Now That's © 2000 Eastern Penn Supply Co. “Eddie Epsco” And The “Hammer Icon The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, November 15,2000 3 | NASA (continued from page 1) so — it was the same strategy their scientists had come up with and are in fact using. The Dallas and Nanticoke students were com- mended by NASA scientists for coming up with the most work- able plan out of the 10 schools competing. Assistant Superinten- dent Michael Speziale said he had spoken with NASA officials who declared they were “very im- pressed with the students from Dallas.” The NASA Endeavor Project was started last year at Dallas Middle School. It was conceived by David Reese at Intermediate Unit 19 and Dennis Christopher, Educational Specialist to NASA from Pennsyl- vania. The idea was to have a three-year project with the middle school — through grades 7, 8 and 9 — in which the same teacher would work with the group for those three years. The purpose of the project is to teach children real science and the experimental process. Five students are participating in the NASA Endeavor Project: Chris Baiamonte, Lenore Kaplan, Jake Kovalchik, Adam Snider and Megan Vodzak. Three of them gave a presentation to the Dallas School Board on Monday night. They talked about their work on the SOHO problem and the latest project — to develop an experi- ment to be carried out on board a space shuttle. The students in- tend to submit a plan in which a control group of plants will be grown in the middle school court- yard here on Earth, while an ex- perimental group is taken on the space shuttle, after which their growth and development will be compared and contrasted. Other students were present to , address the board. Two members of the DMS Student Council an- nounced this year the Dallas Middle School Student Council raised $10,549 for the American Diabetes Association (ADA) in the Walk For Diabetes at Harveys Lake on October 8. About 150 kids took part, and the middle school came in first in Luzerne County. The ADA Walk was only one of many charity fund-raising events un- dertaken by the DMS Student Council. They also hold a Mother's NASA officials were “very impressed with the students from Dallas.” . Day rose sale to benefit the ADA, and will soon sponsor a food drive and an SPCA fundraiser. Chuck Suppon, John Simonitis, Blake Saba, Matt Eyet and Jason Race showed up on behalf of the Dallas High football team to thank the board for their | new fieldhouse and facilities. In other business, Paul DiGillio of Foreman Burkavage gave a pre- sentation on the elevations, pre- liminary design, and materials selected for the new middle school. “We wanted to pass it by the board to see if there's anything they don’t like,” he said. So far there wasn’t, but the plans are only in their earliest stages. DiGillio also explained how the geothermal heating /air condition- ing system the board has opted for works. Hot or cold water, de- pending on the season, is circu- lated through tubes by means of pumps. DiGillio said electricity was only used to run the pumps rather than provide the heat it- self; this will be more efficient and less expensive than an electric or even gas heating system. “The only similarity is when we pay the bill — we'll think we're still using gas,” board member John Litz said. Light-hearted commentary on the current election situation was a recurring theme of the evening. During a vote on a resolution to pay Foreman Burkavage for the middle school preliminary design and development, board member Karen Kyle called out, “Absentee ballot!” When the resolution passed unanimously, Maureen Banks humorously demanded a recount. Later, when Kyle reported on the mock election at Wycallis El- ementary (George Bush won by a landslide — 270 to 143 — which drew a chuckle from the as- sembled) Anthony Barbose said, “They were punch ballots, by the way.” On that note, the meeting was adjourned. 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