Fall 2013 Library Hours

Regular Fall Hours

Beginning Tuesday, September 3rd

• Monday - Thursday: 7:30 a.m. - 12:00 midnight
• Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
• Saturday: 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
• Sunday: 1:00 p.m. - 12:00 midnight

Thanksgiving Recess

• November 26 (Tuesday): 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
• November 27 - 30 (Wednesday - Saturday): CLOSED
• December 1 (Sunday): 1:00 p.m. - 12:00 midnight

**The Library will offer extended hours during the last week of classes and through final exams. These hours will be posted later in the semester.

Featured Online Resource - Open States

This week’s Featured Online Resource is Open States (http://openstates.org). This website collects information about elected officials in all 50 states. You enter your address and gather information about elected officials, their voting record, and research bills that have been proposed for your local area. The goal of the website is to provide more information about a person’s state government.

You can get information on your local legislators. For example, in the screen shot below, Maryland was selected and then Frostburg was selected from the map. It shows who serves the local area in both the Maryland General Assembly.

Open States also offers an app for your iPhone or iPad.

Every week, the Ort Library brings you a new and outstanding resource from the Web or from one of the library's databases. To get an archive of all FOR entries, click here. Also, you can suggest a website that provides well-organized access to useful info.

 

Featured Online Resource - Project Euclid

 This week’s Featured Online Resource is Project Euclid (http://projecteuclid.org/). Project Euclid provides access to open access journals, partial open access journals, and subscription journals covering the topics of theoretical and applied mathematics and statistics. There are over 10 open access journals available in addition to almost 50 journals that provide partial open access. It was developed by Cornell University Library and is managed in conjunction with Duke University Press.

Some of the open access journals available on this site include:

• The Annals of Mathematical Statistics
• Bayesian Analysis
• Electronic Journal of Statistics
• Probability Surveys

Every week, the Ort Library brings you a new and outstanding resource from the Web or from one of the library's databases. To get an archive of all FOR entries, click here. Also, you can suggest a website that provides well-organized access to useful info.

Celebration for Dr. Gillespie's Retirement

On Friday August 9^th, colleagues, friends, and family came together to celebrate the retirement of Dr. David Gillespie, Library Director of the Lewis J. Ort Library. Dr. Gillespie began his career as Library Director in 1984. Dr. Gillespie was instrumental in having the library named after Lewis J. Ort, a principal benefactor for the library. In addition, he was responsible for establishing the J. Glenn Beall Archives which houses the George A. Meyers Collection and the William P. Price Railroad Collection.

The library staff wishes to thank Dr. Gillespie for his many years of dedicated service to the library and to FSU.

Photos courtesy of MaryJo Price.

Featured Online Resource - Census of Governments

Did you know that the Census Bureau has a special division devoted just to Government Statistics?

The Census of Governments is a voluntary survey sent to all types of governments in the United States.  This includes Federal, State, County, Municipal, local and other specialized governments such as school districts.

How can information from this Census be useful?  Some ways that the information is used include:

• Comparing similar levels of government (differences in their tax rates, spending, services, etc.)
• Observing changes in a government over time
• Finding statistics about governments as employers
• Much more!

The Census of Governments survey goes out every 5 years, in years ending in a 7 or 2.  The data from the 2012 Census is being made available gradually.  Smaller-scale surveys are also administered regularly.

Keep this service in mind if you are collecting statistics that are tied to governments.  You may be surprised with all that you can find.

* Image from: United States Census Bureau. "Collecting Data on Governments – Innovation at Work!" Research Matters. Census Bureau. Web. 18 Dec 2012.