7/29/10 Changes at the JKM Library in Chicago

For any Northern Seminary faculty or students who make use of the JKM Library in Chicago (which serves LSTC and McCormick), please be aware that there will be changes to their library that will extend into the foreseeable future.

The JKM Library will be CLOSED July 30 - August 15 while all library services are moved into temporary quarters on the other side of their building. While renovations to the facilities at LSTC last, there will not be public access to the books in the JKM Library collection. Requests for interlibrary loan materials from the JKM Library will take longer since their library staff will have to retrieve requested materials at scheduled times.

If you use the JKM Library, please follow their web site at http://www.jkmlibrary.org/ for regular updates.

1/6/10 -- Have you expired?

This is your New Year's reminder to check the expiration date on your library card. If you were not taking classes last quarter, or, if (*gasp*) you never used the library last quarter, please take a moment to verify that your library card is current.

Without a current library account, you will not be able to check out materials, place requests for materials from other libraries, or access the library databases from off campus.

You can have your library account updated by stopping by the front desk in the library, by calling the library at (630)620-2104, or by emailing your current address and phone number to library@seminary.edu.

If you cannot find your library card, we can create a new one for you.

Also, if you make use of any of the four ACTS libraries that are not part of I-Share (JKM, Chicago Theological Seminary, United Library, University of St. Mary of the Lake), you will need to stop by the front desk in the library to request a new ACTS identification card.

7/2/08 -- New Courier Service for All ACTS Libraries

As of July 1, all 10 ACTS libraries are now part of the statewide ILDS courier service. ILDS provides five-days-a-week service between all participating libraries with a 24-hour delivery time from when it picks up a shipment of books to when it drops them off at the destination library. By participating in ILDS, the ACTS libraries are improving their commitment "to collaborative collection development and to cooperative organization of and access to resources for theological education."

7/10/06 -- Welcome to 6 New I-Share Libraries

The CARLI consortium has added six new libraries to the I-Share system, bringing the total number of I-Share libraries to 71. The six new libraries are:

Carl Sandburg College, Galesburg

Illinois Eastern Community Colleges, with four locations: Frontier Community College, Fairfield; Wabash Valley College, Mt. Carmel; Olney Central College, Olney; and Lincoln Trail College, Robinson

Knox College, Galesburg

Monmouth College, Monmouth

Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing, Peoria

Trinity International University, Deerfield

Note that now that Trinity International University is part of the I-Share system, Northern Seminary students, faculty, and staff will no longer need to make use of an ACTS card to borrow materials from Trinity's library. Just like any of the other 70 I-Share libraries, your Northern Seminary library card is all you need to borrow books from one of these libraries.

For more information, you can view the CARLI news posting at http://www.carli.illinois.edu/news/52/65.html.