Luther Seminary Library

New Library Web Site

Over the summer the library's web site has taken on a new look. The goal of this redesign was to create a cleaner appearance and a clearer organization to the large amount of information it contains. We also wanted to add more interactive features— like this blog!

In addition, we've added another option for contacting someone in the library for reference help. It's "Instant Message Chat" and you'll see the link just above the catalog search box on the right side of the page. Click on the link and if a librarian is on duty you can ask your question and receive a reply immediately. If it's after hours or on the weekend, type your question anyway and you'll get a reply the next business day.

So, take some time to look over this new site. Let us know how you like it by posting a response.

Welcome and an Invitation

Welcome to BEHIND THE LIBRARY MASK, the Luther Seminary Library weblog! Our aim is to use this blog to pass along library news, commentary, interesting sidelights, reviews, and anything else we think may be of interest or use to you.

But even more, we hope the blog will become a means where you communicate with us -- by posting replies to items in the blog you find interesting, helpful, or perhaps puzzling. Particularly the latter, if the blog touches a topic that doesn't seem to make sense, we encourage you to post a reply asking for clarification. Or if you have discovered something about using the library that has been helpful to you and that you think others would appreciate knowing as well, by all means use the blog to post that information.

A good way to keep up with items posted to BEHIND THE LIBRARY MASK is to subscribe, using any one of several free news readers such as Bloglines (www.bloglines.com), Google's reader (www.google.com/reader) or others (http://blogspace.com/rss/readers). By subscribing, you will automatically receive the most recent posts to the blog in your reader.

Again, welcome to the library blog, and welcome to the conversation.

The library staff