- Weinberg Library Launches Redesigned Web Site
- If you’ve visited the Weinberg Library’s Web site this semester, you’ve noticed that the “virtual” Library has a new look. The Library launched its redesigned Web site during Intersession. > Full story
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In this issue...
- Single-Sign-On. MyScranton Username and PIN Are Now Your Library Username and PIN
- The ability to move among resources and follow a trail within your research is an important part of Library use. During the Fall 2006 semester, with the Systems and Software Resources (SSR) Department under the direction of Bob Collins, the Library undertook several projects to facilitate access to its resources. > Full story
- Interconnections among Library Resources
- In addition to its efforts on Single-Sign-On and redesign of web pages, Library Systems staff are also working with Systems and Software Resources (SSR) on three other projects. > Full story
- Pilot Testing Program Assesses Information Literacy Skills
- Thanks to a cooperative grant received in conjunction with Marywood University, a select number of University of Scranton freshmen were part of a pilot testing program to assess information literacy skills in incoming college freshmen at both local universities. > Full story
- From the Dean:
- As we begin a new calendar year, the Weinberg Library welcomes the Schemel Forum, an educational and cultural enrichment program developed through The University of Scranton. > Full story
- Update from the Center of Teaching and Learning Excellence
- The Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence has had an extremely productive fall term. An equally rigorous program has been planned for the spring term. Teaching Advancement presentations on the following topics will be offered: Developmental Use of Course Evaluations; Service Opportunities for New Faculty: Options within the University and in the Community; Concept Mapping: Powerful as a Cognitive and Assessment Tool; Getting to What Matters Most in Teaching and Learning; Promoting Deeper Learning Through Active Learning; What To Do With Those Electronic Pictures? The Magic of Compression; Project Portfolios: Enhancing Student Learning Through Portfolio Work; and Working with Students Diagnosed With Attention Deficit Disorder. > Full story
- Frank O'Hara and Rose Kelly Awards for 2006-07 Presented
- On December 6, 2006 The Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence hosted an awards dinner for the Frank O’Hara and Rose Kelly Awards. > Full story
- Information Literacy Grants Awarded
- Show Me the Money: Grant Writing for Libraries
- Show Me the Money: Grant Writing for Libraries, the annual fall workshop conducted by the Northeastern Library Network (NPLN) was held on Thursday afternoon, December 7, 2006 at the Mill Memorial Public Library in Nanticoke.
> Full story - J. J. Quinn Lecture Held
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- Exhibit Examines Literary Hoaxes
- The Weinberg Library is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibit Harmless to Homicidal: A Collection of Hoaxes and Literary Forgeries from the Library of Stephen R. Pastore. > Full story
- New Rare Book Acquisitions
- The Hill-Davis Jesuit Rare Book Collection has grown recently with the acquisition of Martin du Cygen, S.J., Fons eloquentiae studiosae juventuti patens: sive Explanatio rhetoricae, which is a study of Cicero's Rhetoric and Oratory. > Full story
- Pre-College Students Enriched by "Success"
- The ultimate goal of this program is to assist participating students to successfully complete high school and gain entrance into a college or university. > Full story
- Internet 2, Social Software, Folksonomies....OH MY Entering the Tangled Forest of the New Web
- Internet2 is a consortium of more than 200 universities, technology based and private corporations, educational organizations, K-12 schools, and government agencies working to develop and implement advanced network applications and technologies in order to pick up the pace of the next-generation of Internet. > Full story
- Library Celebrates Scholarship Month
- Staff News
- The Newest Friends of the Library
- Leaves of Class VIII Winners
- Distinguished Authors Award
