- LibQUAL+™ Will Access Library Users’ Needs
- The Weinberg Memorial Library’s mission is to provide information, service, and programs that meet the current and anticipated educational, research, and public service needs of the University and other communities. The Library is committed to supporting a culture of excellence in teaching and learning.. > Full story
- Teaching a Research Course Poses Challenges and Rewards
- Although librarians at academic institutions often have faculty status, many do not ever teach a complete course on either the graduate or undergraduate level. Instruction, instead, is generally done in either single class or several class session episodes for another faculty member’s course, focusing on research methodology.
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- The Frank O'Hara Award and the Rose Kelly Award
- On December 12, 2005 fourteen outstanding students were awarded the Frank O’Hara Award and four outstanding students and their teachers received the Rose Kelly Awards
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- Special Collections Recent Acquisitions
- Weinberg Memorial Library, the University
Art Gallery, and the Friends of the Weinberg
Memorial Library recently published A Modern
Renaissance Library: 200 Selections from the
Collection of Edward R. Leahy. > Full story
- Upcoming
Exhibits
- Information Literacy Grants Awarded
- On October 1, 2005, Charles Kratz, Dean of Library and Information Fluency announced that five stipends of $500 each would be available to faculty interested in working with one of the Reference Librarians on integrating information literacy skills into their course work during the 2005/2006 academic year. > Full story
- E-ZBorrow For Borrowing Books From Other Libraries
Staples ® has its Easy Buttonsm , but the Weinberg Memorial Library has an E-ZBorrow button! This button can be found on the library’s home page, www.scranton.edu/library, on the Online Public Catalog page, as well as many other pages on the Library’s Web site. > Full story- Library Focus Groups Give Feedback on Web Pages
- This semester, the Weinberg Memorial Library will conduct its second survey of user satisfaction with library services and collections. The Library relies on this feedback to assess how well it is meeting the needs of users. > Full story
- From
the Library Dean
- Virtual Reference Updates: Changing Environment
- The University of Scranton in collaboration with the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) has been offering a 24/7 virtual chat reference service since the beginning of the fall 2004 semester. The AJCU Virtual Reference Service provides online reference via a chat interface to the students and faculty of the participating Jesuit institutions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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- Everything's Connected: Almost! Article Linker
- When a citation or abstract to an appropriate journal article is located while searching an electronic index, such as ScienceDirect or MLA International Bibliography, that you would like to obtain in full-text for your research, Article Linker is the means for a fast and efficient search of all available library journal holdings. > Full story
- Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence News
- The Frank O’Hara Award and the Rose Kelly Award
- On December 12, 2005 fourteen outstanding students were awarded the Frank O’Hara Award and four outstanding students and their teachers received the Rose Kelly Awards. > Full story
- University of Success Finds New Home
- The University of Success, formerly a program administered under the Dexter Hanley College, has found a new home under the stewardship of Charles Kratz, Dean of the Weinberg Memorial Library and Information Fluency. Professor Bonnie Oldham, Evening Public Services Librarian, will serve as the new Program Director. > Full story
- Library Celebrates Scholarship Month
- Leaves of Class Winners
- The Newest Friends of the Library
- 2005 Distinguished Author Award Presented
The Friends of the Weinberg Memorial Library presented best-selling legal thriller author James Grippando with the 2005 Royden B. Davis, S.J., Distinguished Author Award on Sept. 17. > Full story
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Inspired by the Villanova University Newsletter
Posted 22 March 2006
