The 1,000-book e-backpack saves time
OK, so you found dozens of references to books you plan to use for that upcoming book you are writing about baby dinosaurs. Back in the old days, you had to pause and copy all the information about each book because you might eventually need to cite it. Now, however, American University Library’s Bookbag feature of ALADIN is up and running. The Backpack with 1,000 books allows you to store the records of 1,000 books. You may then view, e-mail, or delete records as you like, thus saving much time.

The Bookbag and ALADIN catalog are accessible through the link on the library home page at www.library.american.edu or through the ALADIN home page at www.aladin.wrlc.org.

Reserves deadline for spring
The deadline for submitting reserve lists for spring semester 2003 is November 15, 2002. Lists received by this date will be ready for the first day of classes. Lists received after the deadline will be processed in the order in which they are received. As a result, material submitted after the deadline may not be available to students during the first week of the semester. Contact Mike Campanile at 885-3230 with any questions.

Diana Vogelsong, AU librarian, and Mary Mintz, associate librarian, supplied the information for this week’s column.