THE HARRY & JEANETTE WEINBERG MEMORIAL LIBRARY
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SPRING 2012 • Vol.1 Issue 1
A newsletter from The Weinberg Memorial Library FALL 2013
Generous Donations Support New Technology and Learning Commons After a successful fundraising campaign in celebration of the Library’s 20th Anniversary for the 2012-2013 school year, the Weinberg Memorial Library has been able to implement several changes with even more improvements planned for the future. In the Pro Deo room next to Java City, we have installed a multitouch table, the Ideum Platform 46 Coffee Table (http://ideum.com/redefined/). The funds for the Ideum Platform were generously provided by Alan Griffit, class of ‘76. This multi-touch table has 60 touch points and allows users to interact with digital objects like photographs, maps, graphs, games, and more. One can, for example, view historical campus photographs from our digital collections to see what the campus was like in the past. The Platform 46 is built with chemically strengthened glass and aircraft-grade aluminum and runs Windows 8. The Library will be exploring new applications and programs to run on the device and looks forward to hearing from students and faculty about what they would like to use on the table. More technologically savvy students may even be
able to build applications to be installed and used on the touch table. The Library has added new furniture specifically with the Platform 46 Coffee Table in mind. The lower seating and ottomans with flexible configuration should make using the device as comfortable as possible. Also with the relocation of several of the study carrels with computer workstations from the Pro Deo room to the Reilly Learning Commons and the moving of several café tables with stools into the Pro Deo room, there will be more of a coffee shop vibe near Java City for group discussions and collaboration. The Library’s 20th Anniversary Capital Campaign has been a wonderful success. A special thank you goes to the generous gift from the Joseph C. Reilly estate which has been dedicated to the opening of the Reilly Learning Commons on the first floor of the Weinberg Memorial Library. Mr. Reilly served as custodian at The University of Scranton from 1949 to 1992, and The University gratefully recognizes and celebrates (continued on page 2)
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A special thank
you goes to the
generous gift from
the Joseph C. Reilly estate which has been dedicated
to the opening of
the Reilly Learning Commons on
the first floor of the Weinberg
Memorial Library.
his contribution. This 24-hour room will evolve over the next several years as the space is infused with collaborative seating and interactive technology. Plans are in the works for building an instruction room for groups of up to 15 people to do presentations, videoconference, and teach in a smaller setting than our standard classrooms. This room will incorporate technology such as lecture capture, shared laptop projection onto large monitors, and webcams. The room will include white boards and comfortable seating as well. Students will use the space to practice and record presentations to save to e-portfolios or electronically share with their professors and classmates. The Reilly Learning Commons will also feature larger computer workstations so students have extra space to open textbooks, tablets, and other electronics while working on projects. The larger desks may also allow students to work in small groups at one
Library Guides Can Help You with Your Research Did you know that the Weinberg Library has guides
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to help you with your research? Research guides are a tool that gives you an overview of the Library’s
resources in a specific subject area or course. There is
a link on the Library’s home page as well as on the My.Scranton intranet portal. Or, you can go directly to
the Research Guide page from this link: http://guides.
library.scranton.edu/browse.php. On this page you can browse all the guides from an alphabetical list. Most of
the guides give you an overview of the resources for a particular subject, but some are course-specific. There are also guides on topics such as GLBTQI resources, open access, and sustainability. New this year is a
“How Do I…” tool. Find your question, such as how
to find a book, how to cite sources or identify peer-
reviewed or refereed journals, then learn how to do it yourself.
—Bonnie Oldham
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computer without scrunching together. Furthermore, the Library also plans to retrofit existing group study rooms with new technology so students can plug in their laptops and project them onto large monitors and easily switch between devices. This will allow students to seamlessly work together on group projects or tutor one another with their coursework. Another plan for the Learning Commons is to offer programs and services within the space. Staff from the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence, the Writing Center, and the Technology Support Center could be available within the space to offer tutoring and tech support, thus providing services to students at the point of need with a one-stop location for students’ research, writing, and learning. The Library could also host programs proposed, planned, and implemented by students with student led training on new technology, software and gadgets. The new Learning Commons has great potential to become an organic learning space for students to take ownership and teach one another based on their expertise. Flexibility will be a key issue as technology and student needs evolve in the future. The Library will continue to listen to our students and explore other libraries’ learning commons and the services and technology they offer for ideas to implement in this area. It will be exciting to see how students interact with these changes and utilize the new spaces in unexpected ways. Thanks to the 20th Anniversary fundraising campaign and the generous donors, the Weinberg Memorial Library has been able to implement these changes and plan for a future of continuing technological innovation supporting research, teaching, and learning. For more information on the Weinberg Library’s 20th Anniversary campaign and/or how to make a contribution, please contact Charles Kratz, dean of the Library, at 570941-4008 or charles.kratz@scranton.edu. —Sheli McHugh
Library Partners with Archive-It to Preserve University Web Pages
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Snapshots of the University home page from 1997 and 2000, respectively, demonstrate the significant evolution of our web presence in the past 20 years.
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education. More than 100 other colleges and universities have already signed on with Archive-It, including fellow Jesuit universities Georgetown, Creighton, and Marquette, and our Pennsylvania neighbors Penn State, Drexel, and Bucknell. Several universities have created web archives that extend beyond their own institutional pages in order to document important topics or events, like the American University in Cairo’s January 25th Revolution project or Virginia Tech’s captures of news stories and social media posts following the Boston Marathon bombing in April 2013. Here at the Weinberg Library we are focusing our early web archiving efforts on our own University web content. We are currently running quarterly crawls of the main University website (scranton.edu) and other major University-related sites, like Scranton Athletics (athletics. scranton.edu). Every Tuesday afternoon we run a smaller crawl to capture the fresh stories posted to Royal News (scranton.edu/royalnews). Already, we have pre served content that would otherwise have been lost. In June 2013, we ran a final crawl of the faculty and organization pages on the University’s academic server (once available at academic. scranton.edu), which has now been decommissioned. We also captured the University’s website just before its new responsive design launched in summer 2013, preserving the early 2010 look and feel of scranton.edu. All of this retired content is now available in our Archive-It collections at archive-it.org/home/ universityofscranton.
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Thanks to support from The University of Scranton’s Academic Affairs and Planning and Information Resources divisions, the Weinberg Memorial Library has partnered with Archive-It (a subscription service offered by the nonprofit Internet Archive) to capture and preserve University-related websites for the enduring future. Part of the Weinberg Memorial Library’s mission is to “preserve and promote the history of the University,” and our University Archives has long collected and preserved photographs, documents, and other records from the past. Increasingly, though, our students, faculty, and staff communicate using dynamic digital media instead of paper or film. For example, the University’s undergraduate catalog is no longer a print publication but a relational database, and since 2001 we’ve received weekly campus news digitally via Royal News, with the printed Record newsletter being phased out in 2009. Keeping this information is a necessary part of preserving the historical record of the University, but unfortunately this kind of web-based content is surprisingly vulnerable to digital degradation and loss over the long term. It is also somewhat difficult to save: we could preserve a paper version of that dynamic information (say, by printing out Royal News each week) or take a PDF or image screenshot of it, but in doing so we would lose its interactivity and searchability. Ideally, we want future researchers to be able to access archived web content the same way we access it now — that is, by browsing and searching. That’s where web archiving comes in. Archive-It’s web archiving tools allow us to crawl and capture web pages in ways that preserve their dynamic and functional aspects – including active links and embedded media such as images, videos, animations, and PDF documents. We are certainly not the first ones to recognize the importance of web archiving in higher
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This year, we will take on the challenge of harvesting and preserving rich and dynamic media content from University-related social media sites, like the University’s YouTube channel and the many Facebook pages and Twitter feeds published by clubs and organizations on campus. We also hope to work with faculty to identify and explore the possibility of collecting external websites relevant
to current and future scholarship at the University of Scranton. As our web archiving efforts progress, we would love to hear thoughts from our students, faculty, staff, and alumni regarding what is most important to preserve for the future. We invite members of the University community to send us suggestions, questions, or concerns at digitalcollections@scranton.edu. —Kristen Yarmey
2013 Distinguished Author Award Given to Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Susan tackles
sensitive historical subjects in
her non-fiction,
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writing about such
controversial topics
as children working in coal mines, the
Irish potato famine,
the Ku Klux Klan, and the Hitler
Youth Movement.
The Royden B. Davis, S.J., Distinguished Author Award was given on September 7, 2013, to University of Scranton alumna Susan Campbell Bartoletti, award-winning writer for young readers. Susan received her M.A. degree in English from the University in 1982 and served as an adjunct professor in that department, teaching children’s literature for several semesters. A former junior high English teacher in the North Pocono School District, Susan tackles sensitive historical subjects in her non-fiction, writing about such controversial topics as children working in coal mines, the Irish potato famine, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Hitler Youth Movement. Her first foray in writing was submitting short stories to the popular Highlights for Children, where her story “No Man’s Land” won a fiction contest in the magazine. Encouraged by her success, Bartoletti chose the picture book genre as her first full length work, telling the tale of immigrant coal miners, based on the story of her grandfather-in-law’s life. Although the book was not a critical success, much of the background research on the miners’ lives in Northeastern Pennsylvania led to her first full-length nonfiction work for older readers called Growing Up in Coal Country. The book won a Golden 4
Kite Award for non-fiction and found a readership in both young and more mature readers. Accompanied by photographs by Lewis Hine, who was hired by the National Child Labor Committee to capture real life examples of child labor in early twentieth century America, the book provides an intimate look at what working and living in coal camps and company towns were like for children and adults. The success of Coal Country fueled Bartoletti’s passion for connecting with young readers and she turned her talents back to picture books, this time telling the tale of a Polish immigrant and her young granddaughter. Dancing with Dziasziu, and the succeeding Christmas Promise, Nobody’s Nosier than a Dog and Nobody’s Diggier than a Dog secured her career as a bona fide author and, as is often the wish of all serious writers, allowed her to “quit her day job” teaching eighth grade English to pursue her doctorate in English from SUNY Binghamton and earn a living as a writer. Bartoletti reworked the short story first published in Highlights into a full length book featuring the young recruits from both sides in the Civil War, who come together to play a makeshift baseball game. In No Man’s Land, we see evidence of careful research into the
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non-fiction, Susan recounted her experiences in culling through the archives in the Dublin libraries dealing with personal accounts of the abject hunger and despair that were routine for many of the peasants in the west of the country during the famine. She relayed that those first hand narratives of starvation she read each day caused her to consume more than her usual intake for supper each night. On her return to the United States she had gained ten pounds! Continuing with her fascination for bringing historical events and individuals to a young audience without the drudgery of the dates and battle names so routine in social studies textbooks, Susan brought the lives of the young newspaper hawkers to the page in another Scholastic read called the Journal of Finn Reardon, a Newsie, and uncovered the story of the women who constructed the gigantic flag that marked Ft. McHenry during the War of 1812 in The Flag Maker. Two sensitive and controversial subjects are covered in her later works: Hitler’s Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow and The Boy Who Dared (about the Holocaust) and They Called Themselves the KKK: the Birth of an American Terrorist Group, about a most unsettling time between 1865 and 1877 when the Klan was at its most powerful. Newspaper articles, congressional hearings, diaries, and other primary source materials form the basis for much of Susan’s background for these books, but she uses the voice of a young person to provide the narrative and conflict in order to make a most difficult subject relatable to readers who may have only accessed the historical facts through a paragraph or brief chapter in their history textbooks. Carefully chosen photographs, engravings, and diary pages emphasize the reality of the events in each book and draw even the most reluctant reader into the storyline with relevant illustrations to explain what is happening.
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living conditions experienced by the Union and Rebel soldiers. The story comes to life as the main characters mature, losing their boyish illusions of the glories of war, making the novel appealing to adults and children alike. Next came Kids on Strike, which chronicled the real life experiences of child laborers from 1836 through the early twentieth century in a range of industries—the bootblacks in New York, the anthracite coal miners in Northeast Pennsylvania, and the millworkers in Massachusetts. Once again, thorough research of primary sources and the addition of more Lewis Hine photos resulted in an accurate portrayal of children who battled the system—whether it was the factory managers or the mine company owners and their underlings—to make a change in the working conditions of all who were to come after them. Bartoletti contracted with Scholastic Publishers to write several books in the series Dear America, which featured historical fiction based on the lives of immigrants who lived in all parts of the developing nation. A Coal Miner’s Bride was the first, telling the story of a thirteen year old girl who comes to Lattimer, Pennsylvania via an arranged marriage. Her new husband is killed in a mining accident, and there is no shortage of descriptions of the dire conditions experienced by the workers at the time. The real-life Lattimer Massacre, where nineteen miners are murdered during a protest, is the basis for the climax of the book. As part of her doctoral dissertation, Bartoletti next journeyed to Ireland, where she researched the oral histories and emigration records of the potato famine period. The work evolved into the award winning Black Potatoes which, according to Hazel Rochman’s review in the journal Booklist, “humanizes the big event by bringing the reader up close to the lives of ordinary people.” During her acceptance speech at the American Library Association Annual Conference in Atlanta in 2002, where she was given the Robert Seibert Award for
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More recently, Bartoletti has returned to the picture book genre with Naamah and the Ark at Night, focusing on a biblical character, Noah’s wife, who has little mention in the Old Testament. Her latest work, another Dear America contribution, has its starting point in Scranton, where the daughter of a wealthy coal mining family faces uncertainty when her parents perish in an accident and she and her younger brother, who has Down’s syndrome, relocate to 1871 Chicago, where the infamous fire and other treacherous living conditions complicate their existence. The
diary entry format of Down the Rabbit Hole is in keeping with the series’ stylistic guidelines, giving the young reader insight into the times that no textbook could hope to supply. In addition to her above mentioned degrees, Bartoletti attended Keystone College and earned a B.A. from Marywood University. She also received an M.F.A from Spaulding University in Louisville, Kentucky. She resides in Moscow with her husband, Joseph, a high school history teacher and Scranton alumnus. She and Joe are parents of two—Brandy and Joe—and grandparents of three. —Betsey Moylan
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University History Shared on Social Media As a student, I thought little about the University’s history prior to working in the Library. It was not until I had spent a few summer weeks in the basement of the Library, sorting through old, dusty scrapbooks containing decades of old newspaper clippings, that I realized our University history was a story that deserved more attention, and I really wanted to share what I had found. Many historic items were already available online, through the Library’s digital collections. As a work This snapshot of our current Google map of campus (right) shows only a few of the historic photos we’ve pinned onto HistoryPin. HistoryPin overlays historic photos onto the modern landscape (above, left) and gives users the ability to toggle with the photos’ transparencies, allowing viewers to see the evolution of the campus.
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study student in the Library’s Digital Services department, part of my job is to help promote the Library’s digital collections. Social media is one platform we use to share stories from the University’s history. Sites such as Flickr, Pinterest, and HistoryPin present many of these historic photos and documents in a way that is easily accessible to anyone and from anywhere. Using Flickr, I compiled a “Campus History: Then & Now” photo set, which showcased buildings and features that had been, or still are, a part of our campus. I was also inspired by other users’ photos
As one of several Pinterest boards we’ve curated, the “Historic Campus Athletics” board (left), not only showcases relevant photos, but also allows users to click through to our digital collections and “repin” our photos onto their own boards. Our “Campus History: Then & Now” photo set on Flickr compares historic and recent photos of campus facilities side by side.
on Flickr and tried to recreate their “then and now” photos, in which they matched an old photo onto the current scenery. Through our “From the Archives” mystery photo sets, users are invited to name unidentified students featured in historic photographs. On Pinterest, I created several Pinterest boards where I grouped items from our Digital Collections into sets categorized by theme, such as “Presidents of the University of Scranton,” “Historic Campus Athletics,” and “University of Scranton WWII Era High lights.” The pinned images are linked to the Digital Collections page, where users can click through to find more items. Items on Pinterest are often repinned, encouraging the spread of our archived materials. HistoryPin was a new social media tool that I used to promote Digital Collections images. HistoryPin is a fusion of Pinterest and Google Maps, where users “pin” historic photos to Google Maps and are able to digitally superimpose those photos onto the modern landscape through Google Street View. Google Street View makes it easy to visualize where an older facility once stood by
allowing users to fade the historic photographs in and out of the modern view. I used HistoryPin to create “tours,” which are historic pictorial narratives that enable users to literally walk through time. Currently, tours of the Commons, Gunster Memorial Student Center, the Weinberg Memorial Library, as well as tours by era, are available. Working with the Digital Collec tions images in social media has also led me to consider working with them in another way. My experience with our University’s history, combined with my interest in World War II, has become a springboard for a possible honors project. The end of that particular story is not yet clear, but the end of my original story that began in the basement of the library, where I had been digging through decaying scrapbooks, concludes with an invitation for you to see what I have shared. —April Francia ’15 is a work study student in the Library’s Digital Services department
Inspired by other users’ images on Flickr, this photo superimposes the past onto the present and hints at Alumni Memorial Hall’s past life as the former Alumni Memorial Library.
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University Social Media Sites Flickr: flickr.com/universityofscrantonlibrary/ Pinterest: pinterest.com/uofslibrary/
Digital Collections: scranton.edu/library/digitalcollections
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Weinberg Memorial Library Announces 2013 Research Prize Winners
Ise Kannebecker, a student in the Family Nurse Practitioner Program, whose submission, “Exploring the Effects of a Longer Music Listening Session on Reducing Postoperative Pain: A Research Proposal,” was selected as this year’s winner of the prize in the Graduate category. Ise’s supporting faculty member was Dr. Margarete Zalon in the Nursing Department.
Ise Kannebecker, a student in the Family Nurse Practitioner Program, and Christine Ferrari, a senior Nursing major, were selected as this year’s Library Research Prize winners. The Weinberg Memorial Library inaugurated the prize in 2011 to recognize excellence in research projects that show evidence of significant knowledge of the methods of research and the information gathering process, and use of library resources, tools, and services. This year’s submissions were received from students across the University in courses as varied as Biology, Nursing, Statistics, History, English Literature, Physical Therapy, Occu pational Therapy, and Management Informa tion Systems. Three of the undergraduate students submitted projects for Honors courses. This was the first year that a group submitted a research project. Kannebecker, winner in the graduate category, submitted a research proposal that she completed for N594: Theory and Research Application titled, “Exploring the Effects of a Longer Music Listening Session on Reducing Postoperative Pain.” She has been a registered nurse for 12 years in addition to having a background in classical piano and harp. As a certified music practitioner, she provides music at the bedside as a therapeutic intervention. Her application essay states, “Collecting the research used to build the proposal required many hours of library utilization on site at the library and at home. It was exciting to realize the availability of resources and my gratitude to the library for their helpfulness is overwhelming.” Ferrari, winner in the undergraduate category, submitted her Honors Thesis, “Pláticas de la 8
presión arterial: Hypertension Education in the Hispanic Community.” She has volunteered in the Edward R. Leahy, Jr. Clinic for the Uninsured as a translator and has participated in the International Service program in El Salvador. After graduation, she hopes to work in a hospital as a registered nurse and to eventually become a nurse practitioner to serve the Hispanic community. In her application essay, Christine wrote, “The resources from the Weinberg Memorial Library… allowed me to design and implement a nursing intervention that taught Hispanic individuals about hypertension and provided them with the tools to reduce their risk for a detrimental disease.” The selection committee, all members of the Library Advisory Committee, represented all three colleges. One judge commented, “… most of these are original research projects— either reporting on original research done by our students, or proposing original research to be done…I was impressed with how aware these researchers are of the important role that secondary sources play in contextualizing and setting up the original investigation they plan to undertake. These applications are proof that original research projects, if done well with responsible methodologies, can’t be done in a vacuum.” The judges awarded honorable mentions to three students in the graduate category—Kristin Leccese and Christina Tripodi, Occu pational Therapy majors, and Jessica Palmeri, a Marketing major; and to three seniors in the undergraduate category— Bernadetta Bernatowicz, a Biology major, William Reddington, a History major, and Joseph Seemiller, a Neuroscience major. Prize winners were honored at a reception on May 9 in the Heritage Room of the Weinberg Memorial Library. —Bonnie Oldham
Two New Digital Collections Online In preparation for the University’s 125th anniversary celebration, the Weinberg Memorial Library recently published two new digital collections of materials from the University Archives. The University of Scranton Basketball Collection (scranton.edu/library/basketball) includes more than 600 photographs and documents, dating from 1917 through 1979, relating to basketball at St. Thomas College and The University of Scranton. The collection includes team and player photographs, game programs, rosters, and selected newspaper clippings. Most of the material is from the 1920s-1950s, but we will be adding content from more recent years as digitization of University Archives materials continues. The University of Scranton Commence ment Programs collection (scranton.edu/ library/commencement) features digitized programs from commencement exercises and related activities (like Class Night and Baccalaureate) held by St. Thomas College and
The University of Scranton from the 1910s through the 1970s. The commencement programs generally list names, degrees, and awards received by that year’s graduating class, and some also include biographies of honorary degree recipients. We are still working on digitizing programs from the 1970s to the present, but due to privacy restrictions related to the Family Educa tional Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), we are unable to provide public access to programs dated after August 1974 that include student names. Don’t forget, of course, that the original photographs, documents, and programs from both collections are available in the Library’s University Archives and can be viewed by appointment.
The new digital collections are now online.
—Kristen Yarmey
History of The University of Scranton to be Published
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the publisher and is providing resources and advice to the author. White and Bookhouse Chief Operating Officer Renée Payton visited Special Collections and utilized many resources from Special Collections and Digital Collections both in the form of archival documents, University publications and historical photos to produce the manuscript. The committee is responsible for reviewing and approving the manuscript and book design. During early autumn, the history book subcommittee will be reviewing photo selections and adding or expanding photo captions to provide additional historical information. The book should be available for the holiday shopping season.
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In conjunction with the 125th anniversary of The University of Scranton, Special Collections and Digital Collections have been actively involved with the production of a history of the University. The history book is being produced by Bookhouse Group, Inc. Bookhouse has produced university histories for other institutions. The book is being written by Gayle White, an award-winning journalist and author. Under the leadership of Gerry Zaboski, vice president for External Affairs, a committee of university faculty, administrators, and staff, including Michael Knies, special collections librarian, who have served the University for many years or have a specific interest in its history, has selected
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Introducing Our Staff: Kay Lopez Kay Lopez works as a part-time cataloger in Special Collections and Archives and also as a part-time public services librarian. Kevin Norris, editor of Information Update, interviewed Kay via Facebook Messenger.
KN:
You wear several different hats in the Library. Could you tell us about your jobs and what you do?
KL:
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My job is perfect for me because of the variety of duties I have in the Weinberg Memorial Library. Depending on the day of the week, and the time of the academic year, I can be found on the fourth floor Special Collections/Archives, entering information into the University Archives database. Depending on what materials the various departments send us, we can preserve and provide points of access to what is most important to the University. World Languages is the best about sending their monthly meeting minutes; please send us your minutes! I am at the Reference Desk every Saturday; actually I am the only librarian serving on Saturdays. But Saturdays are typically quiet days at the Library, although we have many regulars whom we’re always happy to see. If a student is looking for some quiet, Saturdays (we usually open at noon) are the perfect time at WML. Occasionally I have other duties: helping to prepare the Faculty Scholarship exhibit every May, and assisting my colleagues in Special Collections—Michael Knies, or Elizabeth (Beth) Teets. I catalog from time to time, mostly the Rousseau Collection of signed, first edition, leather bound books, or the DVDs which contain University events, previously transferred from videotape by the Media Center staff. Check out the catalog to find the listing. Sometimes I have the extra treat of working on a special project—helping with deleting records from the catalog of items which have lived out their usefulness and are being sold or recycled, typing up the Friends List of Books for which they so generously donate funds to the library, inventorying the Pacinelli 12
Rehabilitation Collection, which we hope to highlight at the disABILITY Conference this fall. This summer I, along with many others all over the library, worked on entering metadata for the Newspaper Clippings Scrapbook Project to be used in the 125th Anniversary Celebration of the University of Scranton. Once the Scrapbook Project is done, I hope to again work on the Edith Stein collection we received from Sister Josephine Koeppel. And I’m a part-time employee! There’s always something worthwhile to do at the library. Variety is the spice of life, and I’m very happy with my many duties at the library.
KN KL:
: You certainly sound busy! What is your background?
Librarianship is my second career. My first career was in WIC (Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children) as a nutritionist and county coordinator. I have a master’s degree (Boston University) in nutrition education and believe strongly in WIC, but difficult funding during the Reagan years led me to consider other careers. Knowing computers were going to be everywhere, and considering my computer phobia, I knew I had to learn more. Programming wasn’t my cup of tea, so I looked for ways to use computers that didn’t involve too much mathematics. Librarianship was the right answer for me considering my love of books and information and my service inclinations. Rutgers University School of Communication and Information was right across the river from where I was living at the time, so it was an easy decision about where to get my MLIS. After obtaining my degree, I worked in a variety of libraries including the corporate library of General Foods (now Kraft) and, after moving to Pennsylvania, at one of the smallest library branches in the state: Smithfields Library on Route 209 in the Poconos. I feel so lucky to work at the Weinberg Library. It’s such a beautiful library; I learn something new every day, and I enjoy the people who work here and use the great resources we have.
KN:
Is there a lot of difference between working in a small public library and an academic library?
KL:
There are many differences between small public and academic libraries: the resources, square footage, number of employees, type of patrons, number of days open, and programming. In public libraries the staff provides reader’s advisory, suggesting books the patron might enjoy. In an academic library the emphasis is on research, and we’re teaching the students how to access by themselves the scholarly information they require, in the most efficient way, teaching information literacy in every encounter we have. It’s wonderful to have a large, strong institution behind an academic library, one that understands the importance of the library resources and employees in the functioning of the institution. I don’t need to constantly worry about funding, feeling alone. There are entire committees to raise funds to help WML purchase the resources we need. While we all are involved in brainstorming ways to make the Weinberg Memorial Library more efficient and effective, the Dean is the point person in requesting increased funds when necessary. At an academic library there are opportunities to work in teams to solve issues that develop, or just informally discuss ideas with colleagues. There are numerous ways to learn at an academic library via readings, webinars, seminars, courses, and the many lectures offered. I love to learn, and there are so many opportunities available here.
worked on at the Weinberg Memorial Library that you have particularly enjoyed or of which you are especially proud? While I really enjoyed working with my colleague Beth Teets on the Library’s 20th anniversary exhibit, especially the 20th Anniversary Exhibit Trivia Contest, I’m most proud of the University Archives.
Archives that is particularly unique or interesting?
KL
: Michael Knies recently acquired
copies of the records of LaSalle’s Christian Brothers Collection from when the Christian Brothers were managing St. Thomas College. These plus previous records in the archives, including Scranton Diocesan archives’ Christian Brothers collection donated to University Archives, have proven helpful in the 125th Anniversary Celebration. University Archives contains biographical information on most of the Christian Brothers and Jesuits who presided over St. Thomas and The University of Scranton. Lots of interesting history is awaiting the needs of researchers. The controversies, the accomplishments, the mundane—all are included in the University Archives.
KN
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you sound terribly busy! What is your life like when you are not at work?
KL:
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library there are
opportunities to work in teams
to solve issues
that develop, or just informally
discuss ideas with colleagues. There are numerous
ways to learn at an
academic library via readings, webinars, seminars, courses, and the many
lectures offered. I
love to learn, and
there are so many opportunities
available here.
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That’s my primary work and fairly exclusively my job, and although very few people ever see it (it’s a database with limited access), I think it functions as necessary for the University by organizing materials the University has determined important enough to send over to us. If you have a question about how something was done at the University in the past, give the Archives a call, and we’ll see if we have it in the database. The University Archives have been helpful in obtaining materials for the 125th Anniversary of the University.
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It’s Easy to Make the Move to EasyBib
nity members were already heavy EasyBib users even
we work on equal rights for all including LGBTQ rights, anti-racism, and combating white privilege. I’m also on the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission-Monroe County Advisory Council, and the Unity Coalition of the Poconos. I’m working on my “bucket list” of travel adventures. I’ve been very fortunate to see all lower 48 states, and hope to travel to Hawaii and New Zealand someday. While I’ve visited my partner’s homeland of Spain and other parts of Europe, I also hope to spend a month or so in Italy once I retire.
EasyBib offers some unique features that students find
: You’ve seen all 48 states—that’s
The Library is always eager to give users what they want, so
it should come as no surprise that as of September 1st, we will be changing citation management software subscriptions from RefWorks to EasyBib. This came as a result of an
analysis that was done on the use of the EasyBib website
by the University community. Between June 2012 and March 2013, EasyBib experienced over 16,000 visits from
users coming to their site from The University of Scranton. The Library was astonished to find that University commubefore a subscription was started!
especially useful when writing papers including: help in evaluating websites, an analysis feature which gives a critique
of your citation sources, and video tutorials. The EasyBib
website also contains step-by-step instructions on how to create citations for up to 59 different types of materials.
EasyBib offers apps for both Android and Apple phones
and tablets that enable scanning, tracking and creating
citations for books in one quick step. The Library’s School Edition subscription to EasyBib gives students, faculty, and staff access to a richer assortment of citation and paperwriting tools such as the ability to create virtual notecards
and set up paper outlines. These tools help writers organize their thoughts and attribute quotations correctly.
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The School Edition subscription to EasyBib provides users
with access to the Chicago/Turabian and APA citation styles in addition to the MLA citation style which is avail-
able with the EasyBib “free” version. Once you have set up an EasyBib account you will continue to have access to your projects and citations even if you are no longer affiliated with the University.
The Library has created a Research Guide with addi-
tional resources to help you use EasyBib. There are instruc-
tions to help move citations from RefWorks to EasyBib as well as links to more instructional resources.
For more
details about citations, take a look at the Library’s guides for English & Theatre under “Writing Style and Citations” and Zotero. Zotero is a free citation management software that offers additional citation styles including AMA.
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impressive! Which do you like best? And don’t answer Pennsylvania!
KL
: Many thanks to my birth family for
taking our family camping throughout the United States when we were young, and for giving me the travel bug gene; that’s how I got to visit the lower 48. There are pieces of each state I like—amazing views, historic places, wonderful food, interesting people, but I like mountains, hills, valleys and bodies of water as my favorite topography, with changes of seasons. I appreciate being close to university towns and major cities to develop a more educated population, and greater opportunities to learn and enjoy culture. So my thoughts are California and Virginia as my favorite states, with the variety of topography they offer plus the benefits of oceans. Maine has these ingredients also—just a little too chilly much of the year. There are too many people in many of my favorite states, plus the cost of living needs to be considered, in addition to being fairly close to family and friends—so I’ll stick with Pennsylvania, for now.
KN
: And we hope you stick with The
University of Scranton, as well. Thanks for the interview, and good luck with your work and travels.
Scan Easily, Save Digitally, Share Instantly In January, partially in response to feedback received in the LibQual Survey, the library tested a Scannx Book Scan System. The system is controlled from a touch screen which leads you through the process. The scanner itself has bevel edged glass to accommodate book spines when scanning, and allows patrons to scan books and documents in a variety of picture or document formats. Files can then be sent to a flash drive, e-mail account, device such as phone or tablet, Google Docs, or the printer. Testing went well, and staff and students alike found the system very simple to understand and straightforward to use. The
library has now purchased two of these units, and both are getting heavy use. (A total of 12,760 pages were scanned during JanuaryMay 2013.) The scanners give students a greener alternative to printing, and there is also no cost to scan. If students do want to print, they are able to use their library subsidized copies. One scanner is located in the Reilly Learning Commons, and the other is located on the second floor, in the computer area at the top of the stairs. We encourage you to stop by and try them out—especially if you don’t need a paper copy! —Jean Lenville
From the Library Dean Welcome to the fall 2013 semester. It is hard
Secondly, the American Library Association
to believe the summer went by so quickly. My
(ALA), on behalf of its members, reaffirmed and
American Library Association (ALA) in Chicago.
basic right for all individuals in our society and is
summer began with the annual meeting of the The ALA Council, the governing body of the
association, passed three very significant resolu-
tions during its summer meetings which I would like to share. The first resolution endorsed the Declaration for the Right to Libraries, a strong
supported the principle that lifelong literacy is a
essential to the welfare of the nation. The ALA also reaffirmed the core value of basic literacy as foundational for people of all ages and as the building block for developing other literacies.
Lastly and most significantly, the American
new public statement of the value of libraries
Library Association strongly urged publishers to
The America Library Association will work to
in disagreement with librarians who have publicly
for individuals, communities, and the nation. engage libraries and communities across the
country in the next year to hold signing ceremonies where community members, organi-
zations, and officials can visibly sign and stand up for their right to have vibrant school, public,
nities. ALA’s plan is for the signed scrolls to be presented at a national summit and ceremony to be held in the spring of 2014. At a time
when many libraries in communities across the country are being closed or their staffs and becomes more important than ever.
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rely upon the free exchange of views in the market-
place of ideas to defend their interests as publishers. Sharing and debating perspectives without fear of
recrimination is the hallmark of a healthy democratic society peopled by engaged citizens.
All in all, much work was done at the summer
conference, and some very important issues were discussed and moved forward as priorities.
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budgets dramatically reduced, this Declaration
shared their professional opinions and instead to
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academic, and special libraries in their commu-
refrain from actions such as filing libel suits when
Library Research Prize Process for Upcoming Academic Year
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Beginning with the 2013-2014 academic year, the Weinberg Memorial Library will have two application deadlines for the Library Research Prize. If a research project was completed for a course taken during the summer or fall of 2013, the application deadline is 4:00 p.m. on Friday, December 6, 2013. Research projects for courses taken during intersession or spring 2014 have an application deadline of 4:00 p.m. on Friday, May 2, 2014. Although there are two different dates to submit an application, there will be only one judging, which will take place in May 2014. This change was made so that students in summer or fall courses can submit their applications closer to when they have completed their projects. The Library Research Prize is designed to attract the outstanding research projects from courses taught in departments across the University of Scranton campus, and students must submit a final version (or draft if necessary) of the research project itself. However, since the submission will be judged on the research done for the project, applicants must submit an essay that describes their methods
Staff Changes Kathleen Personius, evening circulation and access services clerk,
retired in May 2013 after 20 years of service. Joel Krisanda, formerly library attendant, has moved to the evening circulation position.
Mary Ann Kearns, serials clerk, retired in August after 22 years
of service.
We extend thanks and best wishes to all!
Welcome to the Newest Friends of the Library We would like to thank the newest members of the Friends of the Weinberg Memorial Library for their contributions. Jeffrey Bostic Carole Fine
Drew Cottle
Maria Mantero
Margot Davidson
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of research, including the information gathering process, and use of library resources, tools and services. Another component of the application is a bibliography or other appropriate citation of all sources consulted. This bibliography should be more extensive than the Works Cited or Reference List for the project since it will also include background material. Faculty who assign research projects should encourage their students to apply for the Library Research Prize. A statement of faculty support, which can be submitted via an online form, is another component of the application process. Two prizes of $500 each will be awarded, one to an undergraduate student or group of students, and one to a graduate student or group of students. Group winners will split the award equally among the group members. For more information, visit scranton. edu/libraryresearchprize or contact Bonnie Oldham, information literacy coordinator by phone 570-941-4000 or e-mail bonnie. oldham@scranton.edu. —Bonnie Oldham
Exhibit to Celebrate University’s 125th Anniversary Special Collections will be mounting an exhibit in the Heritage Room to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the founding of The University of Scranton. The University was founded as St. Thomas College in August 1888 by Scranton Bishop William G. O’Hara. The college began offering classes in 1892 and became The University of Scranton in 1938 under the aegis of the Christian Brothers who ran the school from 1898 until the Jesuits took over in 1942. The exhibit, titled Pride, Passion, Promise: Celebrating the 125th Anniversary, will display photographs, documents, and memorabilia
covering the range of activities that institutions of higher education engage in, including student life, the development of the campus, as well as the primary purpose of educating students. This exhibit will run from August 12 through December 15. Also, History Professor Emeritus Frank Homer will be presenting an exhibit talk on the history of the University. The exhibit and lecture are cosponsored by the Friends of Weinberg Memorial Library. For further information please contact Michael Knies, special collections librarian, at 570-941-6341 or michael.knies@scranton. edu.
Do you want to enhance your students’ research skills? Then an INFORMATION LITERACY STIPEND may be just what you need!
You can receive a $1,000.00 stipend for collaborating with a faculty librarian to develop assignments that focus on information literacy skills. TO APPLY:
SELECTION CRITERIA:
Interested faculty members should submit a proposal, not to exceed two pages, that includes the following: • Course name and number
Proposals will be reviewed by the Library Advisory Committee’s Information Literacy subcommittee for the following components:
• A ssessment plan to determine how student learning outcomes will be evaluated
• Assessment plan to determine how student learning outcomes will be evaluated
• Student learning outcomes related to Information Literacy
• S tudent learning outcomes related to Information Literacy
• N ame of the Library faculty member with whom you will collaborate
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Application Deadline for Intersession/Spring 2014 courses: Friday, November 1, 2013
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• Collaboration with a Librarian
• Projected Timeline (Intersession/Spring 2014)
Leaves of Class XV Winners January
Bernice McAndrew of Clarks Summit won 4 movie passes to Cinemark Theatres, a $15 Windsor Inn gift certificate, two sets of two tickets (4 total) to the Pirates of Penzance (Mar. 22) courtesy of the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts, 2 tickets to a Broadway Theatre League of NEPA show, 2 tickets to an Actors Circle production, 2 tickets to see The Marvelous Wonderettes (2/8/13) courtesy of Community Concerts at Lackawanna College, a one year membership to the Everhart Museum and Lacawac Sanctuary, 2 tickets to her choice of 4 concerts courtesy of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, a gift basket of fabulous lotions and more from LAVISH Body+Home, and a studio sitting for package #6, with a master photographer at Guy Cali Associates.
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February
Frank Cicci of Scranton, PA won 4 club seats to a Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre Penguins game courtesy of PNC Bank, 2 tickets to a Broadway Theatre League of NEPA show, a $50 gift certificate to a Scranton Cultural Center event, 2 tickets to hear Tim Warfield’s Organ Band (3/22/13) and 2 tickets to hear The Four Freshmen (4/20/13) courtesy of Community Concerts at Lackawanna College. He also won a wonderful romantic meal at the State Street Grill ($25 gift certificate), a night out with 2 tickets to an Actors Circle production, a 3-month membership to PRO Fitness Club, 6 flex tickets for one regular concert at the world renowned Wildflower Music Festival, and two tickets to the Friends of the Weinberg Memorial Library’s Distinguished Author event.
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March
Mary Rhodes of Waverly, PA won an overnight stay package for 2 adults at Woodloch Pines Resorts including: 3 meals, use of resort’s facilities, amenities, activities & nightly entertainment (not valid during July and August); a delicious meal at P.J. Scanlan’s ($25 gift certificate) and 2 tickets to an Actors Circle production.
April
Joy Greenwald of Scranton, PA won a 1 year membership to The Michael J. Aronica, M.D. Wellness Center from Allied Services, an Express Stress Breaker from Sanderson Place Salon & Spa Scranton, 2 tickets to an Actors Circle production, a $25 gift certificate from Carl von Luger Steak & Seafood, and 30 free beverage certificates from Aramark.
May
Kimberly Balis of Spring Brook, PA won a beautiful diamond bracelet, a $50 gift certificate from N.B. Levy’s Jewelers, gift certificates to Sibio’s Restaurant ($50), Carl von Luger Steak & Seafood ($25) and 6 tickets to the 2013 season at the Ritz Company Playhouse. She also won a $50 gift certificate from Terry Hurst Golf Shop, and a fine meal at Alexander’s Family Restaurant ($75 gift certificate).
June
Gloria Jablonski of Dickson City, PA won a 1-year membership to The Michael J. Aronica, M.D. Wellness Center from Allied Services, a $20 gift certificate to Eden—a vegan café, and a 1 year membership to The Schemel Forum.
B ook & 2009 2012 2014 PBlant ook SSale ale Sponsored by the Friends of the Weinberg Library & the Weinberg Library Staff
26 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Date: Saturday, April 25 Sunday, April 4:00 p.m. April 26 27 noon --4:00p.m. Place: Weinberg Memorial Library Heritage Room (Fifth Floor) A variety of subject materials: variety of subject materials: • Afiction fiction • • non-fiction non-fiction • • how-to-books how-to-books & cookbooks • • flowering plants
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children’s books children's videos, cds,books software, records flowering plants cookbooks tag sale sale items items, & much more tag
S al es b e ne f it the Frie n ds o f the We i nb e rg Me mor i al Lib ra r y En d o w me nt Tagdonations Sale donations welcomed. more information call 941-4078 or 941-4078 941.6341. or 941-6341. Clean bookBook & tag&sale in good conditionFor welcomed. For more information 941-4078call 941-6341. Cash, check and credit card payments accepted.
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A Newsletter from the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Memorial Library
Editor: Kevin Norris
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Dean Of The Library: Charles Kratz