Pelletier Library

LITS Introduces a New Way to Access Digital Magazines

By February 17th 2020

The Allegheny College community can now browse digital versions of their favorite magazines using the Flipster® service from EBSCO Information Services.

Pelletier Library now provides both Flipster and hardcopy versions of Atlantic and Bloomberg Business Week. With the Flipster app, magazines can be downloaded to Android™ and Apple® phones and tablets, and Kindle Fire tablets for offline reading anytime, anywhere. Flipster can also be used in a web browser with your Allegheny account.

Contact the LITS InfoDesk at x3768, or visit https://library.allegheny.edu to learn more about accessing the library’s digital magazines through Flipster.

Pelletier Library Winnowing Project

By February 14th 2020

It’s time to review books for Pelletier Library’s winnowing project. Faculty are invited to review titles tagged for possible removal in the call number range 860 to 899, which includes Spanish, Portuguese, Latin, Greek, Arabic, and Chinese Literatures. Click here for a list of topics. The review of titles in 860 – 899 begins February 14, 2020 and lasts until March 6, 2020. Faculty interested in reviewing titles are invited to stop by the InfoDesk to pick up a winnowing envelope.


As a reminder, the review of call number range 820 to 829 will end next Friday, February 21, 2020. A full list of call number ranges under review is listed on the project’s website https://sites.google.com/allegheny.edu/winnowing.

HathiTrust Login Change

By February 10th 2020

On Thursday, February 13th, LITS is scheduled to update the method for signing into HathiTrust. Upon signing in, you will be prompted to use your Allegheny Google account to authenticate. Access to HathiTrust should not be affected.

If you experience difficulties logging into HathiTrust after February 13th, please contact the InfoDesk at 814-332-3768, or open a Web Help Desk ticket.

Pelletier Library Winnowing Project

By February 7th 2020

It’s time to review books for Pelletier Library’s winnowing project. Faculty are invited to review titles tagged for possible removal in the call number range 830 to 859, German, French, and Italian literature. Click here for a list of topics. The review of titles in 830 – 859 begins February 7, 2020 and lasts until February 28, 2020. Faculty interested in reviewing titles are invited to stop by the InfoDesk to pick up a winnowing envelope.


As a reminder, the review of call number range 810 to 819 will end next Friday, February 14, 2020. A full list of call number ranges under review is listed on the project’s website https://sites.google.com/allegheny.edu/winnowing.

ProQuest scheduled maintenance

By February 7th 2020

Dear Valued Customer:

ProQuest will be taking up to a 12-hour maintenance window beginning Saturday, February 8 at 10pm to upgrade infrastructure, enhance security, and maintain reliability on many ProQuest products. During this maintenance window, many ProQuest products provided by Allegheny will be temporarily unavailable, including RefWorks.

If you experience difficulties persisting after 10am on Sunday, February 9, please open a Web Help Desk ticket.

Pelletier Library Winnowing Project

By January 31st 2020

It’s time to review books for Pelletier Library’s winnowing project. Faculty are invited to review titles tagged for possible removal in the call number range 820 to 829, British literature. Click here for a list of topics. The review of titles in 820 – 829 begins January 31, 2020 and lasts until February 21, 2020. Faculty interested in reviewing titles are invited to stop by the InfoDesk to pick up a winnowing envelope.

As a reminder, the review of call number ranges 780 to 799 and 800 to 809 ends next Friday, February 7, 2020. A full list of call number ranges under review is listed on the project’s website https://sites.google.com/allegheny.edu/winnowing.

Pelletier Library Winnowing Project

By January 24th 2020

It’s time to review books for Pelletier Library’s winnowing project. Faculty are invited to review titles tagged for possible removal in the call number range 810 to 819, American literature. Click here for a list of topics. The review of titles in 810 – 819 begins January 24, 2020 and lasts until February 14, 2020. Faculty interested in reviewing titles are invited to stop by the InfoDesk to pick up a winnowing envelope.


As a reminder, the review of call number ranges 000 to 779 ends next Friday, January 31, 2020. A full list of call number ranges under review is listed on the project’s website https://sites.google.com/allegheny.edu/winnowing.

Pelletier Library Winnowing Project

By January 17th 2020

It’s time to review books for Pelletier Library’s winnowing project. Faculty are invited to review titles tagged for possible removal in two call number ranges: 780 to 799, which includes music and recreation, and 800 to 809, which includes general literary anthologies and criticisms. Click here for a list of topics. The review of titles in 780 – 799 and 800 – 809 begins January 17, 2020 and lasts until February 7, 2020. Faculty interested in reviewing titles are invited to stop by the InfoDesk to pick up a winnowing envelope.
As a reminder, the review of call number ranges 000 to 779 ends on Friday, January 31, 2020. A full list of call number ranges under review is listed on the project’s website https://sites.google.com/allegheny.edu/winnowing.

Kanopy Streaming Video

By December 20th 2019

From December 18 to January 6, 2020, the library is switching Kanopy to “request mode.” During this period, faculty and students can instantly access films that we have currently purchased on Kanopy. A list is available at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xSt6nimB2j0D-JWESgApfWOg9x37fRv3BJBoJ2nrHCM/edit?usp=sharing. If you need to access a film not on this list, you can fill out a form on Kanopy’s website. Decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis. All films will be reinstated on January 6, Faculty preparing courses for next year over the winter break can add the film’s link to their Sakai course. On Jan 6, the links will be live and ready to go.

The library has been forced to limit access during the breaks due to unexpected high usage and unplanned cost increases. Faculty using Kanopy films for their courses are strongly encouraged to send a list of their films to bkern@allegheny.edu so we can better track usage and manage our costs. Thanks for your understanding and cooperation!

RefWorks downtime

By December 20th 2019

ExLibris is moving the RefWorks data center to a new server on December 21, 2019.
We are expecting a downtime of up to 10 hours for both legacy RefWorks and (new) RefWorks. This has been communicated to all users through the in-app announcement feature since November.
 
Downtime for: Legacy RefWorks and (new) RefWorks.
 
When: Starting 11:00 p.m. on Friday, Dec 20, and for up to 10 hours.