Monday, December 10, 2007

Finals Week in the Library

Anyone who has doubts about the Library as an important space on campus should visit now, when the place is filled to the brim with students studying. Where else do they have that is fairly quiet, has great natural light, and most important of all, accessible and student-centered librarians to help with last minute completion of assignments?

Now is a great time for faculty to work with the library staff to plan Spring semester course materials. We offer electronic reserves, library instruction sessions, traditional collections of books and media, and the list goes on. Something new this semester is a pilot project providing access to digital media in conjunction with the Maryland Digital Library. A group of about 10 faculty sent specific titles to me to lease in digital format for this year, and they will give us feedback on how well it worked in their teaching.

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