For people here at the University of Michigan, beating Sparty never gets old. Whether it is on the football field, the basketball court, the baseball diamond, in case competitions, in job searches…it always feels great to one up our brethren school in East Lansing. This is the true nature of the great rivalry we share. This year, the business libraries at these two great schools are taking this competitive spirit and putting the rivalry to good use. We are starting a new tradition that will pit the students, staff and faculty at the two business schools to help out those less fortunate in our two communities.

For two months (April 1st through May 31st), the libraries will be leading competing food drives with their respective business schools. The William C. Gast Business Library will be collecting food for the MSU Food Bank. The Kresge Business Administration Library will be collecting for Saline Area Social Services and the Hope Clinic (Ypsilanti). This will be the third annual food drive for Kresge, but their first competition with another library. The libraries will be measuring the food donations in copy paper boxes. The winning library gets the all important bragging rights and a trophy (to be determined) that will move back and forth between the winning schools. The real winner will be the food banks that will be able to replenish their stocks at a time when donations are at their lowest.

During our food drives in 2011 and 2012, we collected over 50 boxes of food each year for Washtenaw County Food Banks. I know we can do better and hope the allure of beating Sparty will get the Ross Community motivated!

Go Blue! Beat Sparty!

Here are the specs:

Dates: Monday April 1 through Friday May 31, 2013

We will have drop-off boxes in Kresge Library at the Circulation Desk on the second floor items from Monday April 1, 2013 through Friday May 31, 2013.

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.

If you have any questions, please contact Corey Seeman or at 734-764-9969. The contact at MSU is Breezy Silver - William C. Gast Business Library (Broad College of Business, Michigan State University, East Lansing)

Thank you for participating in this exciting new competition and Go Blue!

Here are other resources that we currently offer to the Ross Community that provides data similar to what EIU offers. These include:

Country Overview Reports
Business Monitor Online
GMID Passport (Euromonitor) - http://www.bus.umich.edu/kresgelibrary/GotoResource.asp?71
Marketline Country Reports (Datamonitor)

Economic Data Sources
Global Financial Data
IMF eLibrary - http://www.bus.umich.edu/kresgelibrary/GotoResource.asp?74
OECD iLibrary - http://searchtools.lib.umich.edu/V?func=native-link&resource=UMI00554
World Development Indicators

In addition, we have a special section where we showcase our work to support for the four pillars of the Ross School of Business’s Strategic Plan: (Positive, Boundaryless, Analytic and Action).

Here are links to the current and older annual reports from Kresge:

• Click here to download the Kresge Annual Report
  
• Older reports (2007-2011) are available on the Kresge Wiki
  

The accomplishments recorded in this annual report are possible through the hard work and dedication of the 21 staff and librarians at Kresge. We are also grateful to the work of our part-time student employees and supervisors that keep us running 109.5 hours a week during the Fall and Winter terms at Kresge.

Friday March 1: 7:30am-5pm
Saturday March 2: Kresge Library Closed
Sunday March 3: Kresge Library Closed
Monday March 4: 8am-5pm
Tuesday March 5: 8am-5pm
Wednesday March 6: 8am-5pm
Thursday March 7: 8am-5pm
Friday March 8: 8am-5pm
Saturday March 9: 10am-10pm (regular hours resume)
Sunday March 10: 10am-1am
Monday March 11: 7:30am-1am

Here are other resources that we currently offer to the Ross Community that provides data similar to what EIU offers. These include:

Country Overview Reports
Business Monitor Online
GMID Passport (Euromonitor) - http://www.bus.umich.edu/kresgelibrary/GotoResource.asp?71
Marketline Country Reports (Datamonitor)

Economic Data Sources
Global Financial Data
IMF eLibrary - http://www.bus.umich.edu/kresgelibrary/GotoResource.asp?74
OECD iLibrary - http://searchtools.lib.umich.edu/V?func=native-link&resource=UMI00554
World Development Indicators

The archival reports can be accessed via an industry report page using the books icon at the top of the page, or you can search the archival reports using the US Industry Archives page.

IBISWorld can be accessed from the Library's A-Z Database page.

Representatives from the DPS will be available at the Kresge Library on Monday December 3rd and Tuesday December 4th from 1:30pm to 7:30pm (each day). They will be located near the entrance to Kresge on the 2nd floor. The process to register your laptop or electronic equipment takes only a minute or so to complete. Upon registering your laptop, personal electronics or even your bicycle, you'll receive two stickers to place on your device or bicycle. One sticker provides the DPS with tagging information to ensure that you will receive it back if it is recovered. The other sticker is a deterrent to let the would-be thief know that the product is registered in the primary database used by law enforcement in the United States and Canada. Additionally, if your property is found or recovered, the registration record will help DPS return your property to you.

A video tutorial on using the new interface is available after logging in to the site. Media Intelligence Center is available on the Library's A-Z Database Page.

During this time, if you need to print in the Library, you will need to trek to the 4th floor to use one of the two printers available in the periodicals section. The work is scheduled to be completed by Friday.