Labor Day Closing

The Marx Library will be closed for Labor Day on Monday, September 1.

Have a fun and safe weekend!

We will open back up for our regular hours on Tuesday, September 2.

Computer Lab

The Marx Library Computer Lab is now open. Yes, we know it looks like a construction site up there, but the Computer Lab in Room 312 really is open and may be used by students.

Don't forget to bring your Jag Card with you as you will need it to use the lab. The Computer Lab closes 30 minutes before the library closes.

Computer Lab Closure

In preparation for the McCall Library's move into the Marx Library building, the Computer Lab on the 3rd Floor South is now closed so that construction work and asbestos abatement can begin.

The lab will be closed indefinitely. Computers for student use have been set up on the 2nd Floor South. Students may also, as always, use the Reference and PAWS computers on the 2nd Floor North as well. 


We are sorry for any inconvenience and hope it will not last long!

Database Login Changes

As of this morning, login credentials for remote access to electronic resources have changed. You will  use your J# with the J00 as your login instead of your password; your password is now your Jagmail email password. In other words, you now log in to the libraries' electronic resources the same way you log in to USAonline/Sakai. 

Email us at webref@southalabama.edu or call us at 251-460-7025 if you have any problems.

The login screen should look like this (without the purple border):

Note: Health Systems Employees and Clinical Adjunct Faculty without J Numbers should contact the Biomedical Library at (251) 460-7044 or medlib@southalabama.edu.

Marx Library Final Exam Hours

Final Exam Hours for Spring 2014! Good Luck from the Marx Library!

New EBook Collection: Knowledge Unlatched

The Marx Library is now providing access to the pilot collection of Knowledge Unlatched-an open source ebook collection.

Find the collection here.

The University of South Alabama is a charter member of Knowledge Unlatched.  To see other charter members, click here.

"Hélène Berr, A Stolen Life" Exhibit at John Burke Memorial Library Spring Hill College, March 28 - August 10, 2014

Hélène Berr’s official portrait, 1942 © Mémorial de la Shoah – Coll. Mariette Job

Spring Hill College will host the “Hélène Berr, A Stolen Life” exhibit March 28 through Aug. 10, 2014, in the Barter Room of the Marnie and John Burke Memorial Library.

“Hélène Berr, A Stolen Life” will be open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays; 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursdays; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays; and 2 to 6 p.m. on Sundays.

This traveling exhibition is based on the Journal written by Hélène Berr, a young Jewish French woman, whose promising future was brutally cut short by Vichy Government’s laws and the extermination plan imagined by the Nazis. Studying English literature at Sorbonne University, Berr was 21 years old when she began writing her Journal. We follow her steps through Paris under the German Occupation, perceiving the daily experience of the unbearable, oscillating between hope and despair, until her arrest and deportation to Auschwitz in 1944.

While revealing a true premonition of the inescapable, this subtle testimony is exceptionally poetic and carries a universal dimension that regards and questions every human being with sincerity. The exhibition, however, goes beyond the framework of Berr’s Journal and personality, as it broadens the context of the Occupation and addresses largely the persecution of the Jews in France. With the support of photographs, archives, films, and interactive animations, this exhibition shows how the daily lives of Jews had been impacted by these terrible acts of violence.

For more information, please see the John Burke Memorial Library website.

The Loving Story Documentary Film Screening--March 20 3-5pm

As part of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History/ National Endowment for the Humanities/ Library of Congress Created Equal: America's Civil Rights Struggle Grant, the Marx Library will be screening the first of four documentaries: The Loving Story.

Movie Information from the NEH:

When Mildred and Richard Loving were arrested in July 1958, in Virginia, for violating a state law that banned marriage between people of different races, such laws had been on the books in most states since the seventeenth century. But the Lovings never expected to be woken up in their bedroom in the middle of the night and arrested. The documentary brings to life the Lovings' marriage and the legal battle that followed through little-known filmed interviews and photographs shot for Life magazine.

For more information about the documentary click here. 

The screening will be in the Marx Library Auditorium, Thursday March 20 from 3-5 p.m.

Spring Break Hours

Spring Break is almost here. The Marx Library hours for the week of break (March 2-8) will be:

Sunday, March 2	CLOSED
Monday, March 3	8am - 5pm
Tuesday, March 4	CLOSED for Mardi Gras
Wednesday, March 5 - Friday, March 7	8am - 5pm
Saturday, March 8	CLOSED

We will be open regular hours on Saturday, March 1, and Sunday, March 9.

Starbucks-Grand Opening

Ready to get your coffee fix? Well the wait is almost over!

UPDATE: 4/1/2014:  The Marx Library Starbucks is open the same hours that the library is open.

Winter Weather Closing, January 28, 2014

Due to the winter weather forecast, the Marx Library will be closed on Tuesday, Jan. 28.

Stay warm, and read an e-book!

MLK Day-Library Closing

The Marx Library will be closed Monday, January 20, 2014 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Regular hours will resume Tuesday.

Instead of coming into the library, spend your day doing something for others.

For service opportunities click here.

LiBLog-USA: Changes to remote access login

UPDATE:  the database login changes have not taken effect yet. Please continue to use your last name and first two letters of your first name as your login name and your J Number as your password.

LiBLog-USA: Changes to remote access login: As of this morning, login credentials for remote access to electronic resources have changed. You will still use your J# with the J00 as you...

Changes to remote access login

As of this morning, login credentials for remote access to electronic resources have changed. You will still use your J# with the J00 as your login, but your password is now your Jagmail email password. In other words, you now log in to electronic resources the same way you log in to Sakai.

Marx Library Interim & Holiday Hours

 

Interim Hours
Dec. 13 - Dec. 20; Jan. 2- Jan. 12

M - F:	8:00am - 5:00pm
Sat:	Closed
Sun:	Closed

The library will be closed Dec. 23 - Jan. 1.

 

We at the Marx Library hope you have a wonderful holiday!

Make Marx Library your final exam hotspot!

Final exams will soon be upon us again.  This semester make Marx Library your study space.

Remember our extended study hours start Sunday, December 8.

Sun. 12/8: 1pm - 2am
M - W, 12/9 - 12/11: 7:45am - 2am
Th. 12/12: 7:45am - 8pm
F. 12/13: 8am - 5pm

Also, Marx Library and Satori Coffee are offering free cups of joe on Tuesday, December 10 and Wednesday, December 11 from 5pm-until to help you get through those intense study sessions.  Bring your own cup or mug and fill up! The coffee will be located outside of Room 171.

Finally, if you need a study break, take a few and read one of the awesome short stories from the collections located in the 1st floor display case.  Short Story - Big Plot

Keep Calm and Visit Marx Library! 

Marx Library Final Exam Hours

Marx Library Final Exam Hours:

Sun. 12/8: 1pm - 2am
M - W, 12/9 - 12/11: 7:45am - 2am
Th. 12/12: 7:45am - 8pm
F. 12/13: 8am - 5pm

Good Luck on finals!

Construction Begins at the Marx Library-Construction Blog

As you all have probably noticed, construction has begun at the Marx Library.

The Reference Department, in an attempt to keep our students and faculty aware of what is happening and when, has created a separate Marx Library Construction Blog.  Each week we will speak with the foreman of the construction crew and find out what is going to happen that next week.  We will then post updates here.

The idea is to let y'all know when there might be construction noise or any disruption to normal library noise levels, entrances, parking, etc.  We would like to keep any inconvenience to our students and faculty to a minimum. 

Please be patient while construction is ongoing.

Marx Library Thanksgiving Hours

Don't forget. The Marx Library has different hours for the Thanksgiving holiday.  Plan your studying accordingly. 

Wednesday, 11/27: 7:45am - noon
Thursday, 11/28 - Saturday, 11/30: CLOSED
Sunday, 12/1: regular hours

Happy Turkey Day!

2nd Annual Will Read for Food Drive

This holiday season, the Marx University Library is sponsoring the 2nd annual Will Read for Food donation drive benefiting the Bay Area Food Bank.  Please bring your non-perishable food items to the Circulation Desk on the first floor of the Marx University Library.  The library will be collecting non-perishable food donations from Monday, November 4 - Monday, December 2, 2013.  Last year, the library collected 389 pounds of non-perishable food.  Let's work together to improve our collection total and provide our community's less fortunate a wonderful holiday season.

In addition to non-perishable food donations being collected at the Marx University Library, we will also pick-up food donations from academic departments.  If you prefer this option, please contact either Muriel Nero (mnero@southalabama.edu ) or Elizabeth Rugan (erugan@southalabama.edu) to schedule a pick-up date for non-perishable food donations.

We would like to thank you for last year’s awesome collection and look forward to your generosity again this holiday season.