Libraries have Tax Forms Available

It’s the beginning of a new year, so you all know what that means right!? It’s tax season!  To help you out with this stressful time of year, Love Library has set up a table in the Talk Zone, on second floor of Love South and on East Campus at C.Y. Thompson Library, with all of your tax season needs. 

Some of the products have arrived including the forms 1040, 1040 A and 1040 EZ.  The instruction booklets for all the 1040 forms are projected to arrive in late February.

If there is a form you need that is unavailable, you can go to www.irs.gov to download a copy.  The Nebraska Department of Revenue no longer distributes paper forms to public outlets so if you need a Nebraska State tax form you can find it at http://www.revenue.nebraska.gov/. 

If you need a tax form from another state, have no fear because the libraries put up a tax map on our government documents page under “State Tax Forms.”  Just go to http://libraries.unl.edu/govdocs to find them.

Improved Spaces & Study Stops at C.Y. Thompson Library

New and improved spaces in CYT, as well as technology, are waiting just for you! Try out CYT’s touchdown spaces – large tables in the stacks or study rooms to spread out all your papers, books and technology.
The CYT computer lab has been transformed for your use with small groups or informal lectures and presentations.
The East and South Seminar Rooms are also available for collaborative work, tutoring, group projects and more. Mobile technology like laptops and projectors can be checked out at the Circulation Desk.
Many small study rooms located in the basement level and on the second floor are open and available anytime. No need to check out a keep or sign in.
Starting January 29, East Campus Study Stops will feature tutors for Chemistry and Life 101 classes on Tuesdays & Wednesdays from 7-10 pm in CYT. The Study Stops are sponsored by the Office of First Year Experience & Transition Programs and the UNL Libraries.
Technology – CYT has 2 laptops and 4 workstations that have the SAS software, and 1 workstation and 1 laptop that have the SPSS software packages. The laptops can be borrowed for 3 days at the CYT Circulation Desk.

Deadlines and Procedures for Spring 2014 Course Reserves

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln libraries offers faculty and graduate assistants the opportunity to put library books, journal articles, and other materials, as well as personal copies of books, on reserve and make them available to students. The Reserves Service is available at Love Library, C.Y. Thompson Library and the other branch libraries.
We would like to remind you of the following deadline. Reserve lists turned in by December 13th shall have their items processed by the first day of the Spring semester. Reserve requests turned in after the deadline will be processed in the order they are received.

I. Library Books and Personal Books

Books can be physically put on reserve and made available in city and east campus libraries. You can request books from the UNL libraries to be placed on reserve by using the new electronic reserve form located at http://libraries.unl.edu/printform.
Personal copies of books will follow the same procedure as Library books. The libraries are not responsible for personal copies placed on reserve.
We encourage you to remind your students that a UNL I.D. card is required to check out items on reserve. We file reserve books by the book’s title. If you have assigned your students to read a chapter from a book, please make sure your syllabus lists the complete title of the book as it is listed in the library catalogue in addition to the chapter title.

II. Electronic Reserves

Materials can also be made available to students, 24 hours a day/7 days a week, via electronic reserve at http://0-cors0812.unl.edu.library.unl.edu/ereserves/. Items will be arranged by class name and instructor. The types of materials that can be made available electronically include:
• Exams
• lecture notes
• student papers (which must be approved by the student)
• government publications
• one article from a journal issue
• one chapter from a book.
Materials placed on Electronic Reserve are accessible only to those affiliated with UNL. Photocopied materials consisting of two or more articles from a journal issue or more than one chapter from a single book must have copyright compliance, or meet the criteria under the fair use guidelines for classroom copying in not-for-profit educational institutions.
If you’d rather hand in a USB of material to be placed on electronic reserve, it should contain the material along with the class name, instructor, and email address. Image files, such as TIFF or PDF may also be submitted on USB. These can be forwarded to one of the contact people listed at the end of the memo.

Open Forums on East Campus about C.Y. Thompson Library

We are offering forums for faculty, staff, and students to learn about the future upgrades to East Campus' C.Y. Thompson Library. Nancy Busch, dean of libraries, will the conversations. All are welcome.

November 5,  4-5 pm, Entomology Seminar (open meeting), East Campus Union -- Arbor Room.

November 22, 3-4:30 pm, School of Natural Resources, Hardin Hall, Classroom 163, North Wing.

The Dean of Libraries will also attend the Faculty Senate Meeting, November 5, 2:30 - 3:30 pm, East Campus Union -- Arbor Room to talk about upgrades to C.Y. Thompson Library.