- State Budget Cuts Felt by Libraries
- Despite nearly nine months of intensive lobbying, letter writing, and personal contacts with legislators throughout the state, efforts by the Pennsylvania Library Association, library staff, and patrons failed to convince Governor Rendell to reinstate drastic state cuts to public libraries for 2003.
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- Features
- Events & Exhibits
- Research Tools
- Services & Policies
- Collections
In this issue...
- CTLE Offers A Variety of Programs and Services
- The University of Scranton opened the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence (CTLE) on August 25, 2003. The mission of the Center is to encourage and support a strong culture of scholarship, teaching and learning for the university community. > Full story
- The Teach Act and Fair Use of Copywrighted Materials
- The passage of the TEACH (Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization) Act of 2002 has been generally welcomed by
the academic community as a corrective to the ambiguity of the Copyright Act of 1976 and the Digital Millennium Copyright
Act of 1998. As written, the law had left libraries and educational institutions liable for copyright infringement if they used
the same materials for distance students as for face-to-face students.
> Full story - Virtual Reference Service for Online Users The Weinberg Library Reference Department now meets and serves University of Scranton's students, staff, and faculty in cyberspace real-time.
- Hill-Davis Jesuit Collection Grows
- The Hill-Davis Jesuit Collection continues to grow. We recently acquired an early compilation of the rules for the Society of Jesus (Regulae Societas Iesu) and the program for the Jesuits educational
system (Ratio Atque Institutio Studiorum)published by the Jesuit press in Rome in 1606-07.
> Full story - Current and Upcoming Special Collections Exhibits
- The exhibit "The University of Scranton: A Century of Impressions" will continue in the Heritage Room through April 18. The exhibit, which has been featured on Television Channel WYOU and in a Scranton Record article, looks at what a Catholic University does and provides images and documents to show how Scranton has fulfilled those functions. > Full story
- From the Library Director
- Library Faculty Teach MIT Course
- During the fall semester of 2003 the Library faculty taught E-Research: Information-Seeking Skills and Strategies. This 3-credit course was conducted through the Media and Information Technology department, a cross-disciplinary major. The class concentrated on the use of the Internet for research in a variety of fields, emphasizing online research techniques and effective online search strategies.> Full story
- Librarians Receive Awards
- Lecture to Look at History of Jazz
- Library to Celebrate Scholarship Month
- Once again, the Weinberg Memorial Library will celebrate Scholarship Month at The University of Scranton during May 2004 with an exhibition of faculty publications in the Scranton Heritage Room. The Library is seeking scholarly works produced since 1 June 2003 and prior works not already donated to the Faculty Publications Collections. > Full story
- Suggested Internet Resources on the Library Website
- The navigation and appearance of the library website may have changed but the content links are still available and continually updated. The Internet Resources Link on the library critically evaluated Internet sites. > Full story
- Leaves of Class IV Winners
- The Newest Friends of the Library
- Staff Changes
- Northeastern Pennsylvania Library Network Fall Workshop
- 2003 Royden B. Davis, S.J. Distinguished Author Award
- Elements of Design
- Finals Week at the Weinberg Library
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