Tutt Library News

TIGER outage - May 27

TIGER will be down the morning of Tuesday, May 27 for a software upgrade. TIGER will be inaccessible beginning at about 8:30am, and we anticipate an outage of 2-3 hours. While TIGER is down, you may still look up our library holdings using Prospector, though you will be temporarily unable to request any items. 

TIGER also functions as our "proxy server," so the usual off-campus access to our licensed databases (i.e. Academic Search Premier, JSTOR) will be unavailable. If you are on-campus, you will still be able to access those databases using these direct database links.

If you have any questions about the upgrade, please contact Carol Ou, Systems Librarian at 389-6895. For help, you can also reach Circulation at 389-6184 or Reference at 389-6662.

Update (10:30am, May 27): TIGER is back up!  Thanks for your patience!

Our year in 365 photos

End of the 365!
Originally uploaded by Colorado College Tutt Library

At Tutt Library, we have been taking an average of a photo a day for the last year (actually a little longer--we gave ourselves an extension) and posting them to our Flickr account. There are photos of staff, students, faculty, books, Chas in funny outfits, etc.

Now we're done! Please take a look at our set of 365 Tutt Library Days.

It's the Final Countdown

As the year draws to a close, we would ask all students to please remember to check your library account and return all material before you leave for the summer.  If you will be staying in the Springs over the summer, let us know at the circulation desk after 5/16/08 and we will adjust your account.

Graduates: If you are graduating and live in Colorado Springs, you can apply for an alumni card.  If you have been using a carrel, please clear it ASAP or talk to circulation staff about extending your carrel privileges over the summer.  Congratulations and we will miss you!  Good luck in all your future endeavors.

Hours and closings for the end of the academic year

Tutt Library will have irregular hours following the end of the 2007-08 academic year. Full hours are on our website, but here are some of the important changes and closures.

• Sat., May 17: CLOSED
• Sun., May 18 (Baccalaureate): NOON – 5:00 p.m.
• Mon., May 19 (Commencement): 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
• Tue., May 20: 8:00 a.m. – NOON
• Wed., May 21 – Fri., May 23: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
• Sat., May 24 – Sun., May 25: CLOSED
• Mon., May 26 (Memorial Day): CLOSED

Haiku Contest Winners

Many thanks to everyone who entered the Tutt Library First Annual Haiku Contest.  Our panel of 22 judges made multi-tiered blind votes for their favorite haikus, and three prizes have now been awarded.  The winning haikus are:

Third place goes to the Thesis-Writing Senior Collective, for:

Where should I go now?
Your books make me feel at home
2 am, homeless

Second place belongs to Lynne Stahl, for:

more home than my house
forward all mail to carrel
seventy-three, please

And the first place winner of this year's Haiku Contest is David Cummings, whose winning haiku is:

Suddenly, darkness.
No escape.  You are crushed by
Moveable shelving.

Once again, our thanks to all poets and judges for making this contest a rousing success!  We're already looking forward to next year's entries.  And check out the next issue of the Chronicle to see even more of our favorite haiku submissions.