May 16, 2012
Reminder: Kresge Business Administration Library’s Second Annual Spring Food Drive Ending Soon
Kresge Business Administration Library's Second Annual Spring Food Drive (now thru June 1, 2012)
Please join the Ross School of Business' Kresge Library as we embark on our second annual springtime food drive for Washtenaw County food banks. We are looking to collect non-perishable food donations that we will distribute to a number of local food banks. We will have boxes available for drop-off of food items from Monday February 20, 2012 through Friday June 1, 2012.
We are undertaking this food drive now for a few reasons:
•Did you know that food banks are overflowing with stock in November through January with holiday-based food drives. While the problem of hunger never goes away, the resources dry up in the spring and summer.
•Did you realize that nearly 40% of our students graduate every April and many are leaving town. This is a great way to lighten your load as you head out with your degree in hand.
Last year during our first food drive, we collected almost 60 boxes of food that were split between the Hope Clinic in Ypsilanti, Michigan and Saline Social Services in Saline, Michigan. Here are photos from last year's drive:
We are starting the food drive earlier to connect with MBA1 students who are heading out for MAP assignments and miss almost all of the Winter B term. This year, we will also change the way that we distribute food to local organizations. Instead of waiting until the end of the food drive, we will make a deliver to an organization once we have collected 15-20 boxes of food. We will be including Hope Clinic (Ypsilanti), Saline Social Services (Saline), Back Door Food Pantry (Ann Arbor), and others.
We will have drop-off boxes in Kresge Library at the Circulation Desk on the second floor items from Monday February 20, 2012 through Friday June 1, 2012. Per the guidelines established by many food banks, we ask you to make sure that the donated items are:
• Non-perishable food products
• Contained in factory-sealed containers
• Currently not expired products
• Not in glass containers (most food banks avoid these as they can break in transit)
Food Items in great need include:
• Tuna Fish or other canned fish or meat
• Beef Stew, Meat Soups
• Hearty Soups
• Canned Spaghetti or Pasta
• Chili
• Beans (kidney, pinto, green, yellow, refried or black beans)
• Baby Food or Formula
• Ensure or other nutritional supplement drinks
• Rice
• Dry Beans
• Noodles, Macaroni
• Powdered Milk
• Pancake or Baking Mixes
• Cereal/Oatmeal
• Granola Bars
• Peanut Butter
• Jelly (in plastic jars)
Many Food Banks also collect unopened personal products including:
• Diapers
• Toothpaste
• Toothbrushes
• Soap
• Shampoo
• Disposable Razors
• Travel sized personal products are also very useful
If you want to learn more about food banks and hunger in America, you can see this page on the Kresge Wiki:
http://webservices.itcs.umich.edu/mediawiki/KresgeLibrary/index.php/Food_Banks
If you have any questions, please contact Corey Seeman at cseeman@umich.edu or at 734-764-9969.
Thank you for participating in this new annual tradition at Ross.
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May 11, 2012
Vault Scheduled Maintenance
Vault Career Intelligence will have schedule maintenance and will be temporarily unavailable between 5/11/12 and 5/13/12. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience!
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April 24, 2012
Year End Kresge Library Information for Ross Students and New Graduates (Alumni Services)
Hello Ross Students:
With the arrival two weeks ago of the tulips on campus, it is hard to believe that we are just now ending Winter Term and wrapping up another academic year here in Ann Arbor.
On behalf of the staff at the Kresge Library, I wanted to extend our heartiest congratulations on finishing the school year, especially the MBA1s who are finishing up MAP. If you are graduating, please accept our most sincere congratulations and best wishes on your future success.
Please allow me to share information about library services over the summer and those that will be available to Ross graduates through Kresge.
Before you leave Ann Arbor:
Please consider participating in Kresge’s 2nd annual springtime food drive. Why lug those cans of soup and boxes of pasta off to your home when we can put them to great use in Washtenaw County. You can drop off non-perishable food items right at the Library’s Circulation Desk on the second floor. We are collecting items through June 1st. For more information, please visit: http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/kresgenews/archives/2012/02/announcing_kres.html
Picture of last year's food drive:
Also, if we did a good job at Kresge Library during your time here at Ross, please consider ‘signing our wall’ in Kresge's administration offices on the 3rd floor. Think of it like backstage at a musical venue. Someone might be able to point to your name in the future and marvel that ‘we knew you when.’
This is the wall - it would look better with your name on it!
Also, it is a good time to make sure that you have returned any books that you have checked out. Also, please check Kresge’s Lost and Found (at the Circulation Desk on the 2nd floor) if you lost something in the library this term.
News for Current and Returning Students
Kresge Library Hours for Spring & Summer Terms:
As a reminder, we will be closed on Sundays from now until the beginning of Fall Term. During the summer, we are typically open 8am-8pm (Monday – Friday) and 10am-6pm on Saturdays. To see our library hours – including specific changes for exams and holidays, please visit:
Reference Assistance during Spring & Summer Terms:
Please remember that we are very happy to help you this summer on whatever your information needs might be. If you need assistance over the summer, we are but an email or IM chat session away. You can contact us via email to kresge_library@umich.edu or by using this webform: http://www.bus.umich.edu/kresgelibrary/contact.htm. We will have librarians available for walk-in visitors to the library and you can always make an appointment if you are working on a lengthier project. You may also use the IM chat client that is located right on the Kresge Library's home page: http://www.bus.umich.edu/KresgeLibrary.
News for Graduating Students
CTools Access:
You will have access to your CTools sites for the near future. Most class sites are taken down two years after completion – though if you created a project, you should have it for as long as it is active.
Alumni Access to Select Kresge Library Databases:
As you may know, the Kresge Library offers Ross alumni free access to a select group of databases. We are the only school at The University of Michigan to offer alumni access to databases at no additional cost and this list is the gold standard among American business schools. New resources and changes will be highlighted in Michigan Mail, the Alumni Services web page at the Kresge Library site, and the Library News http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/kresgenews/
Access for the full suite of Kresge Resources will be available until your status changes (we expect this to take place in early July). At the point when you become alumni in our system, please follow the links to the resources through the Alumni Resources Page at: http://www.bus.umich.edu/Kresgelibrary/support/alumni.htm
Among the resources that are currently offered to alumni, you will find:
• Career resources (CareerSearch, Vault Online Career Library, WetFeet.com, etc.)
• Company and industry research tools (ORBIS, Business and Company Resource Center, Business Monitor Online, etc.)
• News sources (Business Source Premier: Alumni Edition (EBSCO), Factiva, etc.).
Please remember that these resources are provided to you for personal use only. Even when you are an alum, you can contact the library for help with these resources. Please contact the Kresge Library Reference Desk for assistance at 734.764.9464 or email us at kresge_library@umich.edu.
Once again, congratulations to all on the completion of the school year and have an enjoyable summer. If you have any questions about library services, please do not hesitate to contact me directly.
Best wishes and Go Blue!
Corey Seeman, Kresge Library
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April 03, 2012
MarketLine has New 'Advantage' Interface
MarketLine, a source for company, industry and country information, has a new upgraded interface designed to make searching easier. A single search box now graces the main page and allows you to search all content or search just case studies, company profiles, industry reports or or company profiles. The browse options for industry, company, and country are conveniently located under the search box.
The results screen has also been redesigned, providing better organization of results by document type. The list of refinement options has been moved to the right side of the screen, while the refinements by document type are listed across the top.
The Databases option under the Browse section on the main screen, provides links to country statistics, consumer market statistics and reports in the Life Sciences Analytics database.
MarketLine Advantage is available to the entire UM Ann Arbor campus.
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New Database - Audit Bureau of Circulations
The Audit Bureau of Circulations provides circulation statistics for several thousand US and Canadian newspapers and periodical publications. Reports include statistics on paid and non-paid subscriptions, including digital subscriptions, home delivery and single-copy sales and are in PDF format. Yearly audit reports also include geographic breakdowns of circulation and some demographic information on readership. Search by title, periodical classification, market area, or circulation size.
The Audit Bureau of Circulations is available to the entire UM Ann Arbor campus.
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February 20, 2012
Announcing Kresge Business Administration Library’s Second Annual Spring Food Drive
Kresge Business Administration Library's Second Annual Spring Food Drive (February 20 thru June 1, 2012)
Please join the Ross School of Business' Kresge Library as we embark on our second annual springtime food drive for Washtenaw County food banks. We are looking to collect non-perishable food donations that we will distribute to a number of local food banks. We will have boxes available for drop-off of food items from Monday February 20, 2012 through Friday June 1, 2012.
We are undertaking this food drive now for a few reasons:
•Did you know that food banks are overflowing with stock in November through January with holiday-based food drives. While the problem of hunger never goes away, the resources dry up in the spring and summer.
•Did you realize that nearly 40% of our students graduate every April and many are leaving town. This is a great way to lighten your load as you head out with your degree in hand.
Last year during our first food drive, we collected almost 60 boxes of food that were split between the Hope Clinic in Ypsilanti, Michigan and Saline Social Services in Saline, Michigan. Here are photos from last year's drive:
We are starting the food drive earlier to connect with MBA1 students who are heading out for MAP assignments and miss almost all of the Winter B term. This year, we will also change the way that we distribute food to local organizations. Instead of waiting until the end of the food drive, we will make a deliver to an organization once we have collected 15-20 boxes of food. We will be including Hope Clinic (Ypsilanti), Saline Social Services (Saline), Back Door Food Pantry (Ann Arbor), and others.
We will have drop-off boxes in Kresge Library at the Circulation Desk on the second floor items from Monday February 20, 2012 through Friday June 1, 2012. Per the guidelines established by many food banks, we ask you to make sure that the donated items are:
• Non-perishable food products
• Contained in factory-sealed containers
• Currently not expired products
• Not in glass containers (most food banks avoid these as they can break in transit)
Food Items in great need include:
• Tuna Fish or other canned fish or meat
• Beef Stew, Meat Soups
• Hearty Soups
• Canned Spaghetti or Pasta
• Chili
• Beans (kidney, pinto, green, yellow, refried or black beans)
• Baby Food or Formula
• Ensure or other nutritional supplement drinks
• Rice
• Dry Beans
• Noodles, Macaroni
• Powdered Milk
• Pancake or Baking Mixes
• Cereal/Oatmeal
• Granola Bars
• Peanut Butter
• Jelly (in plastic jars)
Many Food Banks also collect unopened personal products including:
• Diapers
• Toothpaste
• Toothbrushes
• Soap
• Shampoo
• Disposable Razors
• Travel sized personal products are also very useful
If you want to learn more about food banks and hunger in America, you can see this page on the Kresge Wiki:
http://webservices.itcs.umich.edu/mediawiki/KresgeLibrary/index.php/Food_Banks
If you have any questions, please contact Corey Seeman at cseeman@umich.edu or at 734-764-9969.
Thank you for participating in this new annual tradition at Ross.
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February 13, 2012
New Database Available: Freedonia Focus Reports
A newly available database, by the name of Freedonia Focus reports is now available at Kresge. Freedonia Group is a leading international industry market research firm providing industry reports in the areas of market share, market size, demand history, and forecasts for a variety of manufacturing industries. They have many different industries available such as consumer goods, textiles, packaging and machinery to name a few. These industries are also available in a variety of countries. For example, a report about bicycle demand in China would include: forecasts, market size, product segmentation, trade, global overview, regulatory environment and more. Reports are also provided in easily viewable PDF documents.
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January 27, 2012
ProQuest Databases Maintenance Sat. Feb 4 - Sun. Feb 5
ProQuest will be performing infrastructure maintenance on February 4, 2012. A twelve (12) hour maintenance window will be required for this maintenance. The window will take place from Saturday, February 4, 2012, at 10:00pm ET to Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 10:00am ET.
The following products will be unavailable during these windows:
- New and Legacy ProQuest platform products, ProQuest Historical Newspapers (traditional and graphical K12 interface), American Periodicals Series
- Chadwyck-Healey products with domain names ending with chadwyck.com
- Illumina products such as Technology Research Database, Illustrata: Natural Sciences, and Sociological Abstracts
- Genealogy and local history products including African American Heritage, Ancestry Library Edition, HeritageQuest Online (MeL), Historic Map Works Library Edition, ProQuest Obituaries and Digital Sanborn Maps
- K-12 products, including eLibrary and SIRS (MeL)
- ProQuest Digital Microfilm and online dissertation products
Please contact us at kresge_library@umich.edu if you have any questions.
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January 20, 2012
Last day to purchase coursepacks
The last day to purchase coursepacks is Wednesday, January 25. Coursepacks need to be picked up by Friday, January 27 which is also the last day for refunds.
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December 14, 2011
Important Coursepack Information
Winter A and Winter /14-week coursepacks – sales began on Monday, December 12th. If you had a coursepack available for your class, you would have received an announcement in your respective CTools sites. Packets will need to be ordered by midnight December 21st to ensure availability by the first day of class because of the School-wide Holiday closure.
If you have any questions about the Library or any of our services, please do not hesitate to contact the library directly.
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