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  Announcements
   Tax Forms Available
   Peer Writing Center Reopens in Ladd
   Middlebury Joins NExpress
   Office 2007 and Windows VISTA Update
   New York Times online
   New ILS Staff Member
New Services and Resources
   New Materials Added
Instruction Schedule
   Workshops
   Library Tours

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Announcements

Peer Writing Center Reopens in Ladd
1/16/08

Stop by the copier room from 7 to 11 Sunday through Thursday nights for conversation and feedback on your writing with a friendly, trained peer writing assistant. No appointment necessary!

Middlebury Joins NExpress
8/15/07

Middlebury College has joined NExpress, adding more subject strengths to the library collectons Bates users may draw upon. Library borrowers now have direct requesting services for books from Middlebury, Williams, Wellesley, Northeastern, Colby, and Bowdoin via NExpress, as well as all the other libraries in Maine through MaineCat.

Office 2007 and Windows VISTA Update
8/7/07

News about the implementation of these products on the Bates campus is available at this page. Keep checking back for the latest updates.

New York Times available online
2/15/07

A digital edition of the New York Times can now be delivered "hot off the publisher's presses" to your Bates-networked computer. Flip through the pages and browse headlines just as you would the newspaper.

New ILS Staff Member
6/5/07

Paul Benham has started work at Bates as a Desktop Operations Specialist in the Desktop Support Group. Paul, who comes to Bates from the Cape Elizabeth School Department, has a strong background working with Apple computers. He will be responsible for developing the Apple computer images, supporting the Apple labs and working with Wil Quenga on other desktop operations responsibilities. Please join us in welcoming Paul to Information and Library Services and Bates College.

Tax Forms Available
1/22/08

LOOKING FOR INCOME TAX FORMS?

Ladd Library has a limited supply of both FEDERAL and STATE OF MAINE forms and instructions. They are located on the wooden display shelves, Ground Floor, near the Government Documents Collection.

Publication 1132 (Reproducible Copies of Federal Tax Forms & Instructions) is also available there.

You can also print forms from the following websites:
(Adobe Acrobat is needed to view and print the files)

IRS: http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html

MAINE: http://www.state.me.us/revenue/forms/

OTHER STATES: Louisiana State University Library or Federation of Tax Administrators

The local IRS office in Lewiston is located at 217 Main Street.
Hours: Mon. - Fri., 8:30 am - 4:30 pm. Walk-in service only. You may call to make an appointment (207) 782-6795. See also Contact My Local Office in Maine for other locations, hours, and services.

 

New Services and Resources

Recently Cataloged Material
and New Books

These lists contain material cataloged and added to the Ladd collection last month. They are updated between the 7th and 9th of each month. Items on the lists are in call number order; clicking on the call number will take you to the full record in the catalog.
 

ILS Instruction Schedule

Instruction Classes
See a full schedule of upcoming workshops.
  Library Tours
If you would like a tour of the Library, please contact Laura Juraska, Reference Librarian, at 207 786-8324 or email : ljuraska. Outside groups should plan to come during break periods in the academic semester.

Past events or announcements may be revisited on the old news page.

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