Construction Books Ordered Last Fall, 2009

Here is a list of the Construction books purchased this Fall, 2009. If you don't see the kinds of things you are looking for, let me know.

1. E-city : digital networks and cities of the future /Paolo Fusero.
2. Exploding the myths of modern architecture /Malcolm Millais.
3. Total facilities management /Brian Atkin, Adrian Brooks.
4. Construction administration for architects /Greg Winkler, Gary C. Chiumento.
5. CCC/CCE certification study guide.
6. Artificial intelligence applications for improved software engineering development : new prospects /Farid Meziane and Sunil Vadera, editors.
7. Construction purchasing & supply chain management /W.C. Benton, Linda F. McHenry.
8. Interrogating pop in architecture : architecture design innovation program /edited by Daniela Konrad
9. Icons of American architecture, from the Alamo to the World Trade Center, v.1-2 /Donald Langmead.
10. Greening our built world : costs, benefits, and strategies Kats, Gregory.
11. Sustainable construction : green building design and delivery /Charles J. Kibert.
12. Building acoustics and vibration : theory and practice /by Osama A.B. Hassan.
13. Project and cost engineers' handbook /edited by Kenneth K. Humphreys.
14. Environment, technology and sustainability /Hocine Bougdah and Stephen Sharples ; with Peter F. Smith .
15. Smart building in a changing climate /editors, Andy van den Dobbelsteen, Machiel van Dorst, Arjan van Timmeren.

The Library Liaison Program

The library liaison program began this summer so I am a bit behind in my blog. Fortunately, I'm not too far behind in my work. This summer I became the liaison to the College of Computing, Engineering & Construction (CCEC). My role is to be the goto librarian for that school. This requires that I learn about the courses they are offering, research objectives and needs that may be fulfilled by the Thomas G. Carpenter library. I'll work with CCEC faculty and students to determine which resources they need which includes books, periodicals, videos, software, training, etc. So far I have visited their faculty meetings, a couple of classes, and a couple of orientations. The reception has been very warm and positive but there is so much more we could be doing. In subsequent posts I'll talk about the books we've purchased, programs we are developing and technologies we hope to introduce to make the educational experience for everyone at UNF richer and more successful. Next up, the books of 2009.

Web Printing is Now Available at UNF

Web printing is a great tool I've been asking Auxiliary Services to add since about May. It enables patrons to use their own computers to print to our pay-4-print system without any form of configuration or driver installation. The only limitation is the file support which is pretty good but does omit .odt or the open document format. I've made a brief video walk-through so you can take a look.