Services & P0licies

Library Purchases 2005-2009 SpringerLink eBook Backfile (Spring 2013)

In November 2012, with the support of the Chemistry and Physics Departments, the Weinberg Memorial Library purchased the entire Springer backfile of eBooks for 2005-2009 – a total of more than 17,000 titles. The records for these books have been loaded into the library's online catalog. They are also accessible through the SpringerLink interface on the library's A to Z list of databases web page. > Full story

The iPad 2 Now Available for Borrowing (Spring 2012)

As we began the fall 2011 semester, students were pleasantly surprised to find the latest addition to the Library's circulating collection: the iPad 2. The tablets were introduced to students during the summer sessions, and by mid-September the three new devices became the most popular items getting checked out of the Library. > Full story

Wired and Plugged In (Fall 2011)

To improve access to computers and management of wiring in the second floor computer lab, the library has reconfigured the counters in this area. > Full story

The "Best Place to Study on Campus" Just Keeps Getting Better (Spring 2011)

Since its "Grand Opening" on Sept. 22, 2010, complete with a ribbon cutting ceremony by Student Government President Rita DiLeo, the library's new "24-hour room" keeps improving. From its inception, the project was developed to meet the growing needs of students for more 24-hour study space in the library comparable to what is available in the Pro Deo Room. > Full story

The New Library Website: Collaboration in Action (Spring 2011)

As our readers are aware, at the beginning of the fall 2010 semester the Weinberg Memorial Library launched a new website. It has been well received by the University community, and is always being improved as we receive new feedback and suggestions from our users. The process involved in the launch of this new website is a story worth telling because it illustrates the collaborative nature of every initiative we undertake here in the library. > Full story

QR Coeds @ the Library (Spring 2011)

You may have seen some crazy looking square barcodes appearing on advertisements, in magazines, and on some websites lately. These are QR codes, or Quick Response code, with data embedded for users. Anyone with a smart phone or QR reader capable phone can take a picture of the code and it will deliver instant data, like a website, phone number or plain text. > Full story

Abe L. Plotkin Papers Available Online (Spring 2011)

More of a Good Thing: Additional 24-Hour Study Space (Fall 2010)

While some may think that having a wealth of materials online, accessible from any place with an internet connection, would result in fewer visits to the library, the use of the Weinberg Memorial Library as a place is in increasing demand. This summer, students' demands for more 24-hour space were met with the construction of a second 24-hour space in the library. > Full story

Joining the Twitterverse (Fall 2009)

This February, the Weinberg Memorial Library became one of the estimated 6 million users of Twitter, the microblogging service that is currently taking the internet by storm. > Full story

IM Reference Now Available All Day (Spring 2009)

We are pleased to announce that the Library will now offer IM Reference Service during all of our normal hours of operation. > Full story

Do You IM? (Fall 2008)

Because so do we. That's right, the Weinberg Memorial Library's evening reference librarians are available to answer your questions through all of the major IM service providers. These include AIM, Yahoo, MSN and Google. > Full story

Assistive Technology Available in the CTLE (Fall 2008)

The Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence (CTLE) offers Instructional Technology Services to faculty and students in the teaching and learning environment. We have an instructional lab that contains high-end software and hardware that is available to assist students in using and incorporating technology into the learning process. > Full story

ILLiad and Rapid for Interlibrary Loans (Spring 2008)

ILLiad has been up and running since October 2007. Once the user has established his/her profile with the My.Scranton login, making requests for interlibrary loans, in most cases, is a click away. > Full story

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Comes to Libraries (Fall 2006)

E-ZBorrow For Borrowing Books From Other Libraries (Spring 2006)

Staples ® has its Easy Button^sm , 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

Virtual Reference Updates: Changing Environment (Spring 2006)

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. > Full story

LibQual Gives Users a Voice (Fall 2005)

The mission of the Weinberg Memorial Library is to provide information, services 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. The mission is advanced by the following goals. > Full story

Electronic Document Delivery of Interlibrary Loan Articles (Fall 2005)

Millennium Silver To Enhance Library System (Spring 2005)

Innovative Interfaces Inc.(III) is the provider of the Library's “integrated” library system. An “integrated” library system is a single database in which all staff and user transactions are reflected in real time. > Full story

Center for Teaching & Learning Excellence New Services for Students and Faculty (Spring 2005)

During the fall 2004 semester the Center for Teaching & Learning Excellence (CTLE) provided peer tutoring, reading and writing consultation for more than 900 undergraduate and graduate students. Several workshops were provided to students to help them make the most of their time management and improve their study skills. In the spring 2005 semester students will be able to access several tutorials online related to note taking, reading strategies and organizational skills.
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Virtual Reference Service for Online Users (Spring 2004)

The Weinberg Library Reference Departmentnow meets and serves University of Scranton's students, staff, and faculty in cyberspace real-time. > Full story

The Results are In... (Fall 2002)

The Weinberg Memorial Library conducted a Web-based User Satisfaction Survey from August 2001 to May 2002. A similar survey was conducted in the fall semester of 1997. > Full story

New Services for Distance Learners (Fall 2002)

The Weinberg Memorial Library now offers special library services to University of Scranton students who are currently enrolled in completely web-based courses offered through the University's Dexter Hanley College. > Full story

User Satisfaction Survey Preliminary Findings (Spring 2002)

The Library is currently conducting a survey of its users to assess satisfaction with the building, its resources and services.  The survey will continue through the Spring, 2002 semester. > Full story

New Coffee Bar Opens at Weinberg Library (Fall 2001)

Photocopier in Pro Deo Room (Fall 2001)

NetLibrary Makes Ebooks Available (Spring 2001)

If you are searching the Weinberg Library's OnLine Public Catalog and find a title you wish to retrieve, but are puzzled by the fact that the location code shows only a holdings note called “electronic text,” then you have accessed a title newest service called netLibrary. > Full story

Just Click on Us to Connect…Searching NPLN's Virtual Online Catalog
(Spring 2001)

On October 16th, NPLN (Northeastern Pennsylvania Library Network), officially launched its new website—located at www.npln.org and its new virtual online catalog. > Full story

Ask a Librarian Arrives at the Library (Spring 2001)

Survey of User Satisfaction with Library Services (Spring 2001)

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

PALCI Union Catalog Allows Direct Borrowing (Spring 2001)

On 29 January 2000, the Weinberg Memorial Library joined 22 other PALCI (Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc.) members in an initiative designed to improve reciprocal borrowing and resource sharing services among the leading academic libraries of Pennsylvania. > Full story

Weinberg Library Introduces the Uniprint System for Laser Printing (Fall 2000)

At the beginning of the Fall 2000 semester, the Weinberg Library will introduce the Uniprint System, a hardware/software system designed to control laser printing abuse, waste and rising costs for the students. > Full story

Laptops and Wireless Connections Arrive (Spring 2000)

In an effort to address the growing needs for computers to use by students in the Weinberg Memorial Library, four new Gateway laptop computers are ready for service in the Library. > Full story

Laptops and Wireless Connections Scheduled (Fall 1999)

Computing Capability in the Pro Deo Room Enhanced (Fall 1999)

Eight new PCs have been installed in the Pro Deo Room as a complement to the existing PC Lab. These units are connected to the Campus Network and function just as do the lab units. Eight additional carrels have been equipped with ResNet access so that students may bring their own ResNet software-equipped laptops and connect as they do from other campus locations.

Journal Use Study Concluded (Fall 1999)

Library Collection Development seeks to provide users with the materials they need to support the curriculum at the University of Scranton. > Full story

Library Begins Electronic Reserves (Fall 1999)

The World Wide Web has had a significant impact on how library users expect to access information. > Full story

U of S Pursues Grant to Assess Information Literacy (Spring 1999)

Library to Study Journal Use (Fall 1998)

The journal Use Subcommittee of the Library Advisory Committee and the staff of the Weinberg Memorial Library will conduct a study of the use of journals from September 1, 1998, until May 31, 1999. > Full story

Video Helps DHC Library Orientation (Spring 1998)

What do you do when the time you have been given for orientation shrinks? Well, you look for innovative ways to cover the same material in a shorter span of time. Every department that participates in orientation has their own sermon to preach of what they know is essential for Dexter Hanley College students to hear. The librarians feel it is important that non-traditional students become familiar with the Library and where information is located, but the walking tour usually lasts 45 to 60 minutes. How could we do it better? > Full story

Library Acquires New Database Services (Fall 1997)

In 1985, the Reference staff at the University of Scranton Library previewed its first electronic index. The UMI CD-ROM product ABI-lnform, allowed patrons to use a dedicated personal computer equipped with a CD-ROM drive to search by keywords or phrases and find citations to approximately 800 business journals, with short summaries, referencing their topic. > Full story

WWW Survey To Evaluate Library Services (Fall 1997)

The Library is conducting a survey on students' satisfaction of staff, programs, hours, and study space. > Full story

Computer Literacy Class Explained (Winter 1996)

During the fall semester the library faculty entered a new phase in its evolution as part of the computer/information literacy program. > Full story

Weinberg Library On The World Wide Web (Fall 1995)

Accessing the resources of the Library has never been easier thanks to the lntenet's World Wide Web (WWW) and Weinberg Memorial Library (WML) staff.> Full story

ILL And Acquisitions Have Gone Electronic (Fall 1995)

CD-ROM Lab Expanded And Improved (Spring 1995)

The CD-ROM lab in the Weinberg Memorial Library has undergone dramatic improvements within the last month. Not only has the physical location of the lab changed, but the appearance of the menu library patrons first see has been updated. > Full story

Computer Literacy Course A Success (Spring 1995)

During the fall 1994 semester the Library faculty and administration successfully completed their first venture in teaching lab sessions on using the Online Public Catalog as part of the Computer Information and Literacy course. > Full story

Library Participates In Computing/Information Literacy Course (Fall 1994)

Familiarity with the information superhighway and its vast holdings of data is increasingly vital if a person is to have a competitive edge in today's society. Bearing this in mind, provost Richard Passon, Ph.D., announced in his June 14, 1994, Memo to the President, Trustees, Faculty and Academic Administrators the formation of a required course (or competency) in computing and information literacy. The Computing Sciences Department, in cooperation with the faculty librarians, will be piloting a model of such a course. > Full story

Royal Card Access To The Pro Deo Room (Fall 1994)

The first floor Pro Deo et Universitate Room is open for the campus 24 hours a day when classes are in session. > Full story

Subcommittee To Review Access To Journals (Spring 1994)

A new subcommittee of the University's Library Advisory Committee was formed in November to review the journal collection system in the Weinberg Memorial Library. > Full story

Is Computer Intimidation Your Problem? (Spring 1994)

Do you need to find a book or journal article in the Library but are intimidated by computers? Help is available in a variety of ways. > Full story

Procedures For Purchase Of Media Materials (Spring 1994)

Since there have been a few questions about purchasing media materials, we would like to take this opportunity to review our policies and procedures. > Full story

Library Surveys Students (Fall 1993)

Since the development of the core book collection is intended to satisfy undergraduate students' needs, their feedback is an important part of the process. A survey was distributed and completed by students during preregistration.   > Full story

News From The Media Resources Collection (Fall 1993)

The Northeast Chapter of the Pennsylvania Library Association and the Northeast Pennsylvania Bibliographic Center jointly sponsored a one-day workshop on May 18 at King's College. > Full story

Media Changes (Winter 1992-93)

On Aug. 1. the Media Resources Center entered a new phase in its evolution as an instructional support system. > Full story

New Location And Easier Access For Curriculum Resource Collection
(Winter 1992-93)

During the fall semester the library faculty entered a new phase in its evolution as part of the computer/information literacy program. > Full story