Gina Calia-Lotz, Editor-in-Chief
Volume 6 Issue 1, September 2021
Bridget Lukas, Design & Layout Editor
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Library Staff Feature: Reference and Instruction Librarians Meet our Part-Time Reference & Instruction Librarians! The R&I Librarians take on many different roles, including providing reference and research help services inperson and via chat, email, and Teams meetings, being embedded as a support service in courses on Blackboard, assisting with development of the Library collection, teaching information literacy sessions, serving as liaisons to academic divisions, creating instructional guides and tutorials, coordinating library events, and much more! The R&I Librarians always go out of their way to help students, faculty, and community members in any way they can. Librarians are available online and in-person at the first floor service desk Mon-Thurs. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. , Fri.,10 a.m. to 2 p.m.., and Sat. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Stop by and thank a librarian today!
Library Reopening After nearly 18 months of having no or very limited in-person services, Library staff returned to fully in-person work and reopened the Library with limited services on Aug. 16, with a full reopening beginning Aug. 23. Staff members hit the ground running with an “all hands on deck” approach to processing nearly 1,000 student ID cards for new students as well as returning students who
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did not receive ID cards last year due to the pandemic closing. Over the summer, while the building was closed to campus and the public, Library staff members came in to the building to complete some important projects, including a major weeding of materials from the collection, and installing a brand new RFID system that required tagging each circulating item in the Library. Along with the RFID system, new security gates were installed at each entrance of the Library. In addition, the Library had to get creative with staffing its service desks this semester, moving reference services down to the first floor. There were also some changes to office spaces, and the College Archives moved to the old Public Safety space (see page 2). Const
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Between these changes and the plexiglass barriers and masks, things look a little different at the Library this semester, but we are happy to see students and colleagues again!
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