Staycation Luxury Suite

I was amused to read a blog entry about how one can evoke the charms of travel while staying at home—that being to redecorate the bedroom as a luxury hotel room--lovely linens, fluffy pillows (coffee-maker?!)--I’m sure you can imagine.

As you imagine whether this is just plain silly or whether this is, in fact, truly do-able, I will draw your attention to some Steenbock titles that may just inspire you.

Home Interiors:

Title: Bedrooms / Beta-Plus.
Publisher: Belgium: Beta-Plus Pub. ; 2005.
Description: 200 p. : photographs : 30 cm.
Location: Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor
Call Number: NK2117 B4 B43 2005

Author: Clifton-Mogg, Caroline.
Title: The bedroom book / Caroline Clifton-Mogg ; with special photography by Sebastian Hedgecoe.
Publisher: Boston: Bullfinch Press Book, 2003.
Description: 176 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Location: Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor
Call Number: NK2117 B4 C55 2003

Author: Conran, Terence.
Title: The bed and bath book / by Terence Conran.
Publisher: New York: Crown Publishers, 1978.
Description: 360 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Location: Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor
Call Number: NK2117 B4 C66 1978

Hotel Design:

Author: Broto, Carles.
Title: Iconic design hotels / [Carles Broto ; English translation, William George].
Publisher: [Barcelona]: Structure : A. Mostaedi, 2005.
Description: 239 p. : ill. (some col.), plans ; 33 cm.
Location: Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor
Call Number: NA7800 B76 2005

Author: Watson, Howard.
Title: Hotel revolution / Howard Watson.
Publisher: Chichester, England; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Academy, 2005.
Description: 224 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Location: Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor
Call Number: NA7800 W37 2005

Author: Yee, Roger.
Title: Hotel and restaurant design / Roger Yee.
Publisher: New York: Visual Reference Publications, Inc., c2005.
Description: 363 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Location: Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor
Call Number: NA7800 Y44 2005

For assistance finding other titles from our interior design collections, do consult with a Steenbock librarian.

Emerald Ash Borer Resources

The Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis), an invasive species of wood-boring beetle, has been identified this summer in Wisconsin.

In order to curb this infestation and to protect ash, a tree popular for home and municipal landscaping, the following resources have been developed. The sites listed below address identification concerns, news updates, and the state’s response to management.

• Emerald Ash Borer in Wisconsin,UW-Madison Department of Entomology
  
  
• Emerald Ash Borer, Forest Health Protection, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
  
  
• Emerald Ash Borer Information, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection

Research literature about the Emerald Ash Borer and its related concerns can be found by searching the following databases available from campus libraries:

• Biological Abstracts
• CAB Abstracts
• Web of Knowledge/Web of Science
  

Steenbock librarians are happy to provide assistance using these resources.

PDF Search Engine

A handy PDF Search Engine has hit the Web. While it purports to search for e-book content, this search engine proves quite useful for retrieving other PDF publications including government documents and reports from educational and professional organizations.

Give it a try; see what you think.

August Intersession (Aug 11-Sep 1)

Steenbock Library will observe the following hours during the August intersession (August 11 - September 1, 2008):

Monday - Friday: 8:00 am - 5:00 PM

Saturday - Sunday: CLOSED

The library will be closed for Labor Day (Monday), September 1, 2008. Fall semester hours begin September 2.

During the intersession, reference assistance is available at the desk: Monday - Friday, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Librarians are available during other hours by request or by appointment. If you would like to schedule in advance for an appointment, email Ask Steenbock or phone: 608-262-9635. You may also wish to contact your library liaison.

The Information Commons (DoIT computer Infolab) is open all hours that the library is open.

Plan an Orientation

Do you have new staff or incoming graduate students? If so, you may wish to consult with your Steenbock library liaison to plan an orientation to library collections and services.

Steenbock librarians are happy to meet with your new staff and students--be it an individual consultation, small-group workshop, or participant in a department welcome event.

Additionally, your library liaison can provide the following services:

• Assist with understanding library services and policies (e.g., Library Express, faculty runner cards, UW System search and retrieval…),
  
  
• Customize email alerts to keep you informed about new articles matching your topic criteria and tables of contents of your favorite journals,
  
  
• Provide in-depth reference consultations—our office or yours--(e.g., help with strategy and database choices, customize your own alerts…),
  
  
• Supply customized instructional sessions and course web pages for students (e.g, hands-on training in using specific databases in your subject area, cited reference searching, evaluating websites),
  
  
• Verify citations,
  
  
• Assist with purchase requests or recommendations,
  
  
• Consult on questions related to publishing your research (e.g., identifying target journals, managing copyright, measuring research impact, open access publishing).