Inside
The Clarion University Libraries
October 21, 2008

In This Issue
Faculty Promotion
& Tenure
Recognition
Book & Resource
Suggestions
Library Tip: Closing
Routine
Library Tip: ID
Needed
Computer Tip: Word
Tables That
Measure Up
Something To Think
About

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Faculty Promotion & Tenure Recognition
Please join us Tuesday afternoon, October 28th, at
3:00 p.m., in the Center for Academic Excellence,
located on Level A of Carlson Library, for the annual
Faculty Promotion and Tenure Recognition
Celebration. Faculty members promoted and tenured
in 2008 will be recognized for their accomplishments.
Each will be honored with the addition of an item of
his/her choice to either the Carlson or Suhr Library.
Come see which title has meaning for your professors or colleagues and
help us to celebrate their accomplishments. Refreshments will be served.

Book & Resource Suggestions
If you know of a book, journal, or media item that you
think the Libraries should add to their collections, please let
us know. If you don’t remember specific titles, let us know
about the topic or subject area. For your convenience, you
can send your suggestions through the Libraries’ online
Suggestion Box.

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extensive collection of
electronic journals and ebooks

Contact Us
Dr. Terry Latour
Dean of Libraries

Library Tip – Closing Routine
Those of you that use Carlson Library in the late
evening (or in the late afternoon on Fridays and
Saturdays), may already know that Carlson Library has
a special closing routine.
To allow our staff enough time to clear an enormous
building, Levels A, 2, and 3 are closed 15 minutes
before the posted building closing time. Level 1, the

entrance floor, remains open until the posted closing time.
Circulation Desk services, such as checking out items to a borrower, cease
15 minutes before the building closes in order to allow the staff time to
implement the closing routine. These policies are posted in locations
throughout the building. We ask your cooperation in helping to clear the
floors and building promptly.

Library Tip – ID Needed
Don’t forget that your Clarion ID Card is your ticket to
resources and services in the University Libraries. You
need it to checkout books, reserve materials, media
resources, and laptop computers. If you have funds on
your Eagle Card, you may also use your ID to print in the
Computer Labs.
Faculty, don’t forget that you will need your ID Card too!

Computer Tip: Word Tables That Measure Up
When you use tables in MS Word, do you ever find yourself frustrated as
you try to get column widths or row heights to exact measurements? I
know you probably have the ruler open (View menu, Ruler choice) and
you're sliding the cell boundary lines around trying to get them all set, but
it sure would be nice if you could verify the widths and heights, wouldn't it?
Fortunately, the difference between guessing it's what you need and
knowing you have it right, is one key! To be precise, it's the Alt key that
makes the difference between guessing and knowing.
Dragging cell boundaries without the Alt key leaves the ruler looking like
this:

It's the usual with gray blocks on each cell border. (If you check the vertical
ruler, you'll find the same setup).
Now, hold down the Alt key when you drag the cell boundary.

See the difference? The exact width or height of the cell is displayed,
allowing you to slide to the exact measurement you need. The power to

take the guesswork out of Word table measurements lies within the Alt key.
Who knew it could be so simple?!
Today’s tip is borrowed from
the good folks at WorldStart.com

Something To Think About:

I long to accomplish
a great and noble task,
but it is my chief duty
to accomplish small tasks
as if they were
great and noble.
--Helen Keller