2012
Welcome back Spring 2012 Students!
Davis Library Hours
Jan - May
Mon - Thr 9 AM - 11 PM
Fri
9 AM - 8 PM
Sat
9 AM - 5 PM
Sun
1 PM -11 PM
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2011
December
The Davis Library will be closed 12/22/11 - 1/2/12 for the
Christmas Holidays.
Davis Library's Final Exam Schedule, click
here.
12-8-11Feast of Immaculate
Conception. A STJ University Holiday. The Library
will be open regular hours for students only.
12-2-11 W. Jean Kwon, Ph.D., CPCU,
Faculty Chair and Professor, the School of Risk Management at St.
John’s University speaks at the National Conference of Insurance
Legislators’ (NCOIL) Institute for Insurance Policy. The talk was
titled "
Impact of Interantional Insurance on U.S. Markets.
November
11/27/11 Davis Library add EnCorr to
Morningstar subscription. Now on public access PCs 1-6 in the
library.
DAVIS LIBRARY HOURS
THANKSGIVING WEEK Nov. 23 - 27.
Wed
11/23 9 AM - 1 PM
Thus 11/24
Closed
Friday 11/25
Closed
Saturday 11/26 9 AM - 5 PM
Sunday 11/27 1 PM -
11PM
October
10/4/11 - Conning Research & Consulting U.S.
Insurance Industry Outlook
& Alternate Scenarios, St. John's University - Manttan Campus.
To hear a recording of this event,
click here.
September
9/23/11 - Quick reminder that tomorrow is Service Day...see posting
below.
9/7/11
Remembering 9/11 - 10 years later. A list of
University events.
9/7/11Service Day, Manhattan Campus!
Details listed below:
Saturday,September 24
8 a.m. and 11:50 a.m.
Service Opportunity: The Meatloaf Kitchen
137 E. Second St.
New York, NY 10003
Contact: Michael Carolan
(212) 277-5170
michael.carolan07@stjohns.ed
michael.carolan07@stjohns.edu
9/7/11 A.M. Best report on top Global
Reinsurers for 2010. PDF
click here.
9/2/11 Advisen will give a presentation of it's
online resources on Tues. Sept 6th betwen 2:00 - 3:00 PM in room
240 (computer lab). All SRM students and faculty are welcome.
August
8/31/11 Please note: We are now back on regular
library hours for the academic year.
8/31/11 Welcome back students for the 2011-2012
academic year! :-)
July
7/26/11 Find of the
Day! Need to brush up on your MS Office Skills?
Here's a list of tutorials that uses pictures. Click here
New Summer hours click here
May
5/12/11 LECG Corporation, a global litigation;
economics; consulting and business advisory; and governance,
assurance, and tax expert services firm made a significant dontaion
(approx 3000 items) to to the Davis Library from their Conneticut
Office. Much of this material is in the Life Insurance subject
area.
5/10/11 New Library hours for May 10th - 31st.
M-Thur 9 am - 9 pm; Fri 9 am - 5 pm; Closed Sat. & Sunday ---
We are also closed on Mon. May 30th for Memorial Day.
5/2/11 Recording of Conning presentation 4/16/11.
To access the recording click
here. The password is Conning414.
April
Library Hours for Spring 2011 Finals have been
posted. click
here
Easter break. The Davis Library will be Closed for Easter
Break Thursday 4/21/11 – Sunday 4/24/11 We will reopen regularly
scheduled hours on Monday 4/25/11 at 9:00 AM
4/16/11 Conning Presentation at St John’s taking
place April 14, 2011 from 2:30 – 5:00 pm. Saval Auditorium, 2nd
floor. Seating is limited and registration is required. Click here
4/10-4/16 National Library Week!!! A time to
celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries -- school,
public, academic, and special-- and librarians, and to promote
library use and support. http://ala.org/nlw.
4/4/11 The Davis Library has a new mobile
device Web page. You can access the page by scanning on of the QR
codes now posted in the library or by clicking here.
The QR code is also on this page.
March
3/28/11 "Trinagle Fire" presentation by
Colleen M. Greaney, Ph.D., Director, Department of Environmental
Health & Safety, St. John's University, to the Manhattan Campus
EEV team. For slides
click here
3/10/11 The Davis Library has added Loislaw to
it's list of databases. Click
here to see a description and to access from the Manhattan
Campus.
3/4/11 - 3/13/11SJU Spring
Break
February
2/24/11 Free Webinar -- Ready to Grow? The top
must-have technologies for Insurance Companies; for more info to
register,
click here.
2/22/11 The Insurance Analyst Pro
database has been added to the EZproxy server and is now available
to current SJU students, faculty and staff on all campuses and
through St. John's Central.
2/22/11 The Davis Library has received receive a
generous donation from the Insurance Information Institute (New
York) of (21+) boxes of insurance material (with more
to come) that will be added to our collection.
2/21/11President's Day .the Davis
Library will be ope limited hours: 1:00 PM - 11:00 PM.
2/18/11 The Library catalog will be down for 2 hrs
from 10:00 AM - 12:00 Noon for maintenance.
2/8/11 The Insurance Information Institute Library
donated 10 boxes of material to the Davis Library.
January
1/23/11 Founder's week - schedule
of events
1/22/11 Davis
Library hours for Spring 2011
1/17/11 The Davis Library will be open from
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM even though the rest of the
Manhattan Campus will be closed.
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2010
December
12/16/10 The Library will be open from
9 - 5, December 20-22; We will be closed
Dec 23 - Jan 2 for the Christmas Break.
12/9/10 See the extended hours for "Finals!"
November
11-24-10 The Library will be open
limited hours during the Thanksgiving
break.
11-12-10 Check out the new book In the
Spotlight, "The Development of International Insurance, Robin
Pearson, ed. London: Pickering & Chatto, 2010."
click here
11-3-10 New Extended Davis Library Hours
beginning Friday Nov. 5th.
11-3-10
Pictures from the Conning presentation and
reception that followed.
11-2-10 Conning Research & Consulting
Presentation:Insurance Industry Outlook
& Impact of The Dodd-Frank Act; 2:00-4:30 p.m. -- Reception to
Follow at the Davis Library
October
10-18-10 Davis Library celebrates its 109th
anniversary.
September
9-22-10 The Library has a new Epson GT -2500
Color Image Scanner availble for public use. It is located by the
first computer against the wall, closest to the refernce desk
9-21-10 The Davis Library has made the
ISIS and Bankscope databases available on all SJU campuses and
offsite throught EZproxy.
9-13-10 The Library now has two copies of the
book Strength in What Remains on
reserve.
9-9-10 The Davis Library has added the
Morningstar Database to its digital resources. Please see Library Staff for access
requirements.
August
8-30-10 Strength in What Remains, is the required book
for all incoming freshmen to St. John's University for 2010.
8-27-10 SRM "New Student" orientation rm
123 Manhattan Campus; 10AM - 1PM.
8 -24-10 Upcoming International Conference to
note: OECD-Asia Regional Seminar: Enhancing transparency and
monitoring of insurance markets. The OECD-Asia
Regional Seminar: Enhancing transparency and monitoring of
insurance markets, co-hosted by the Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and
the OECD will discuss how to improve the monitoring of insurance
markets through the provision of sound insurance statistics and
indicators.
8-10-10 The Davis Library will be closed on
Monday, August 16th for Assumption
Day.
8-1-10 Please note our adjusted schedule for
August - Library
Hours
July
The Davis Library will be closed July 3-5 for
Independence Day.
June
6-23-10
Interrogating Texts: 6 Reading Habits to Develop in Your First Year
at Harvard -- A good article for all students even if your
destination isn't Cambridge, MA.
6-23-10 The Davis Library has added the
"Morningstar Direct" database to it's collection of digital
information services. Ask the library staff for assistance in using
this new service.
6-23-10 The Davis Library is on Facebook.Check us
out:
Link
6-3-10 Insurance
company letterheads
- This is a series of insurance company lettehead images
from early 20th century.
6-3-10 Summer
Hours
May
5-16-10 Congrats to all the
2010 Graduates! Now "Go and Change the
World!!"
5-14-10 Please Note: The Davis Library will be
open M-F 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Closed Sat. & Sunday through the
end of May. We will also be closed on Memorial Day
Weekend, May 29 -31.
April
2010 Graduates and library
membership!
THIS PRESENTATION HAS BEEN POSTPONED!! 4-23-10
Micorsoft Presentation. Windows 7 New Features. 11:00
AM - 1:00 PM Rm 318 - Manhattan Campus.
4-22-10
Principle-Based Reserves: a panel discussion of
actuarial and tax issues
2:00-4:30 p.m.; St. John's University-Manhattan Campus
Saval Auditorium, 2nd Floor, 101 Murray St., New York, N.Y.
Limited Seating | RSVP |davislibrary@stjohns.edu
4-15-10 Conning
Research & Consulting: Insurance Industry Outlook
& Forecast 2010 and Beyond; St. John's
University-Manhattan Campus Saval Auditorium, 2nd Floor 101 Murray
St., New York, N.Y.
Thursday, April 15, 2010 Presentation from 2:00-4:30 p.m. Reception
to Follow; RSVP
4-01-05-10 Easter
Recess
March
3-23-10
President Obama signs historic healthcare
reform
3-18-10 MicroInsurance ConferenceThursday,
March 18 Manhattan Campus, ForSJU Student/faculty only
3-18-10
Career day; Manhattan Campus
3-08-10 Spring Break; March 8 -14; Davis
Library open regular hours.