What are the Library staff up to this summer? We are preparing for Fall by readying the collections, facilities, and ourselves for the upcoming semester. Here are some projects we're working on:
Weeding the collections: you will see fewer print periodicals and books that are out-of-date or no longer supportive of teaching and research needs at Stevenson.
New layout at both School of Business and Greenspring Campus library locations: there will be additional seating in the School of Business (welcome news for the students who reside there and like to study and work in the SB Lib.) The Greenspring campus library will sport some new furniture and signage, all chosen based on what students said they wanted to see there (thanks to all of the students who helped us: students in Dr. Leeane Bell's, Dr. Derek Greene's, and Milagros Ponce de Leon's classes laste year).
Leisure Reading Collection: a group of library staff members is working on acquiring books that students can read to relax. One of the library's aims is to encourage leisure reading, an activity that is necessary to growth, according to a new study called To Read or Not To Read. The study "confirms that...
reading is an irreplaceable activity in developing productive and active adults as well as healthy communities. Whatever the benefits of newer electronic media, they provide no measurable substitute for the intellectual and personal development initiated and sustained by frequent reading."
As you can tell from the above list, making our libraries the very best that they can be to enhance campus life and support teaching and research is the goal of the library staff. See you in the Fall!
Thursday, July 9, 2009
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