September 2009 Archives

Google Books recently announced free access to the digitally-preserved issues of Life magazine, dating from 1936 through 1972.
And Annie, the Washington and Lee library catalog, now includes a link to this collection.

Once one of the popular mainstays for U.S. readers, the magazine's issues now serve as a revealing time-capsule of American life over five decades in the middle of the twentieth century. Even the advertisements fascinate.

A reader may browse page-by-page through (mostly) weekly issues or search the entire contents by keywords for such stories as Life's coverage of the death of Alben Barkley at W&L's 1956 Mock Convention.

The September 2009 issue of the Washington and Lee University Library's Library Letters newsletter is now available here.

Washington and Lee students who want to e-mail citations and articles from online databases, including Annie, need to remember to use the NEW versions of their e-mail addresses, which went into effect several months ago.

On 30 March 2009, W&L's Information Technology Services posted this summary of the new addresses:

After considering technology standards and consulting with W&L student leaders and the Student Affairs office, Information Technology Services has chosen this naming convention:

CurrentUsername@mail.wlu.edu

So, for instance, a student named Jill Smith in the class of 2012 with the current user name smithj would have the Outlook Live user name smithj12 and the e-mail address:

smithj12@mail.wlu.edu

Please note: This "class year" figure refers to a student's expected graduation class year at the time he/she matriculates and does not change.

Undergraduate students may reserve individual carrels in Leyburn Library or Telford Science Library, beginning Thursday 10 September.
Here are the details.

As the summer of 2009 winds down, we have posted on our Web site the hours of operation for Leyburn Library and Telford Science Library for the remainder of August -- and the start of the school year