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The Public Safety Office reminds the UST community about safety guidelines concerning the end-of-semester book buybacks at the St. Paul and Mpls campus bookstores. Each semester, Public Safety receives reports of stolen textbooks, primarily from students studying in the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library Center. These textbooks are often sold back to the Bookstore during this buy back period

Due to past thefts of textbooks and book bags, patrons are asked to be watchful of their property at all times. Do not leave your property unattended or out of your sight. It is recommended that you mark your books and property in such a way that will be identifiable only by you. Marking property may assist with recovery of stolen property. One method is to highlight certain words on specific pages in a book, or write a word or words that have meaning only to you.

While Public Safety increases patrol and surveillance during this time of year, you can help by notifying the department immediately if you see suspicious activity or people on or near campus. You may report crime confidentially or anonymously by e-mail: PSTIPS@stthomas.edu, or by calling 651-962-TIPS.

Call 651-962-5100 for more campus crime prevention information.

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To prepare for the launch of a redesigned web interface for the ILLiad Interlibrary Loan System, ILLiad will be down Tuesday morning until Noon on December 18, 2007. You will be unable to access your account during this downtime, but please call the Interlibrary Loan Department at 651-962-5409 if you need help during this period.

The ILLiad link for requesting from our online databases will be down all day Tuesday, but should be restored by Wednesday, the 19th.

In addition to a fresh new look, ILLiad users will now be able to view a record of the email notifications sent to them by the ILLiad system.

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There is a major retrospective of Joseph Mallord Turner's works on display at the National Gallery in Washington D.C. and it makes me wonder out loud which gallery originally received the majority of paintings that Turner famously bequeathed.

Got an answer to share? Send it to arhudson@stthomas.edu

Speaking of answers, last week I asked which member of the executive branch was the first American to receive the Nobel Peach Prize. The answer is Theodore Roosevelt for helping to negotiate the end of the Russo-Japanese war. Other executive branch Nobel Peace Prize winners were Woodrow Wilson and Jimmy Carter along with Al Gore.

The campus presidential historians who knew the answer are

Roderick Teh
Bill Landherr

Thanks for playing along!

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UST Libraries recently received a gift from Dr. Thomas D. Redshaw, Department of English, of more than 100 books and exhibit catalogs documenting Irish art and artists. Many rare and unique titles are included, which significantly enhances the library's collection. This donation is the latest of a series of gifts given by Dr. Redshaw to support the Celtic Collection and library holdings in the area of Irish Studies.

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You'll be able to study later than usual in the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library this week. Friday and Saturday, December 14 and 15, we will be open until 10:00 pm. (During regular hours in fall semester, we close at 8pm on Fridays, and 6pm on Saturdays.) Be sure to check with a reference librarian if you need assistance finding your way through the many helpful resources in the library. Study hard -- and good luck to all during finals week.

UST Libraries Hours for the end of December are listed in this Bulletin Today article. Please check to be sure you know about specific hours at each of the libraries so you won't be disappointed by finding them closed due to the Christmas and New Year's Holidays.

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Al Gore going to Oslo Norway at this moment to pick up his Nobel Peace Prize got me wondering about who was the first American to ever win the Nobel Peace Prize. Hint, the winner was also a member of the executive branch of government. Double hint - there are lots of terrific resources about him in the library's online reference collection.

Can you name him? Please submit your answers to arhudson@stthomas.edu by this Friday.

Last week I wanted to know the name of the artist who is associated with the southwest but who was born in Wisconsin. The answer is of course Georgia O'Keeffe (count 'em two f's) whose works adorn more than a few offices on campus and who also has her own museum in Santa Fe New Mexico.

The campus art historians with the correct answers are

Roderick Teh
Romain Lorentz
Kellen O'Grady
Master Stierman

Thanks for responding!

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All members of the UST community are invited to enjoy a Holiday Poetry and Fiction Reading, featuring stories and poems from diverse holiday traditions, read by students, faculty, and staff of the UST English Department. This event is sponsored by Sigma Tau Delta, the UST English honor society and literary club, and will take place on Friday, December 7 from 3:30 - 5:00 pm in the O'Shaughnessy Room of the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library (Room 108). In addition to the readings you'll be treated to cookies, hot drinks, and good cheer.

As part of this event, Sigma Tau Delta has organized a charitable book drive. When attending the holiday reading on December 7, you are all invited to bring copies of any new or gently used children's book that you would like to donate. The books will go to the children's library at the Sheila Wellstone Center in Bloomington, which is part of the National Library Initiative. Read on for more information about the book drive.

Hope to see you Friday afternoon!

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I am thinking about a famous artist who is associated with the American Southwest but was actually born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Have you seen the exhibition of this person's work in town? Can you name this artist?

If you can't do that off your head why don't you search Biography Resource Center or any of the other library biographical reference sources from this page. Trust me, your professor will appreciate a citation from here rather than wikipedia.

Send your guess by Friday to arhudson@stthomas.edu

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