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Intentional Spaces

conferences, internship program, library living room July 11, 2011 Interns, Library Services, Matt Dilworth mdilwort

This year, while attending the annual American Library Association conference, graduate intern Sarah Gilchrist presented on “The Library Living Room: Creating Learning Relationships” (you can see her poster behind her in the picture). Thousands of librarians from all over the country attend the ALA annual conference, and Sarah’s presentation gave us a chance to share with others the success of that unique learning environment, even as she learned about their new ideas. The Library Living Room is a great space, and an excellent study or hang-out area for students (when classes aren’t running there!). But it is just one of many intentional spaces in the library. We’ve changed a lot of rooms in the library to better suit student … Continued

Independence Day

July 4, 2011 Library Resources, Matt Dilworth mdilwort

Happy Fourth of July! Whether you celebrate with family or cookouts or fireworks, our country’s birthday is a good opportunity to reflect on freedom. And the freedom that our Founding Fathers most espoused was the freedom of ideas. “I must study politics and war, that our sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. Our sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history and naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry and porcelain,” John Adams wrote to his wife. We are a generation with the freedom to study these things, and anything else we want, because of what they did 235 years … Continued

Oriented for Success

new students, orientation June 27, 2011 Frances Yates, Library Services, Matt Dilworth mdilwort

Nice to meet you! Library staff is always happy to participate in the campus-wide orientations for new students. This year, our information table features a bean bag toss game to enhance students’ awareness of library resources and services. For example, do you know the names of our main e-book vendors? How about what a Libguide is? And perhaps most importantly, how can you ask us a question? (If you’re stumped, check the answers at the bottom!) The freebies we give students — book bag, campus map, and bookmarks – are simple reminders to stop by in person or contact us virtually for any and all academic assistance. We don’t know all the answers…but we sure do know how to help … Continued

127 and counting…more IU East libguides to connect you with the info. you need!

e-resources, libguides June 20, 2011 Frances Yates, Library Resources, Research fyates 0 Comments

“Libguides” are information resource guides that bring together course or subject content in an organized, easy-to-access format. The library faculty and staff at the IU East Campus Library are ready and eager to create libguides for any topic that will assist faculty and students access reliable and relevant information. If you have questions or want to request a libguide for a course or subject, please contact Library Director Frances Yates fyates@iue.edu Our current list of guides (http://iue.libguides.com/index.php) represents a variety of courses offered at IU East. We also design guides to make it easy for locating specific resources. For example: a handy guide to databases by subject http://iue.libguides.com/db-subjects how to access and use library e-books http://iue.libguides.com/ebooks international films available for … Continued

Meet Sarah Gilchrist

internship program June 13, 2011 Interns, Matt Dilworth mdilwort

Our newest intern is Sarah Gilchrist, a graduate student at IUPUI in library science. She received her dual B.A. in Comparative Literature and Slavic Languages and Literature at IU. She visited Russia during her studies. Sarah grew up in Indianapolis, but has lived throughout the United States. After graduating, she plans to do more international travel. Sarah has worked in numerous libraries, where she’s honed an interest in reading, teaching, and community involvement. Interning at IU East will give her experience with academic libraries, and she’ll be helping with creating a library concierge service, participating in the Communities in Schools Book Arts workshop, First Year Orientation, library instruction, and writing LibGuides. Sarah will be with us through June and July, … Continued