Planning for the Future
By Kathy Boyd, Director of library services
The McKillop Library participates in the university’s strategic planning process by identifying goals and objectives each year that support the overarching goals of the university. The university’s vision is to educate students to be “socially responsible citizens who positively contribute to the intellectual, spiritual and cultural development of the global community” and its goals are ambitious yet reachable. The Library’s goals focus on:
- partnering with faculty and other academic areas to achieve information and digital fluency for all students through the development of coursework that promotes the use of library and technology resources
- further expansion of the Learning Commons model to provide “one-stop service” to students needing academic resources to support their learning
- the preservation of the university’s intellectual resources (in physical and digital forms) by serving as the permanent university archive for future generations .
A specific action step for the upcoming year will be the formation of a Library Advisory Group to enable greater faculty participation in the discussion of ways to achieve these goals. I look forward to discussions with all of you to continue our work together.
Upcoming Programs
Ann Hood
Thursday, March 3, 2011, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
McKillop Library
Ann Hood, best-selling author and Rhode Island native will present a lecture and reading. This will be followed by a reception and book signing in the library.
John La Farge’s Travelogues
By Dr. James L. Yarnall,
Associate professor of art
Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 4:00 p.m.
Monroe Room, McKillop Library
James L. Yarnall, author of the upcoming book John La Farge: a Biographical and Critical Study, will talk about La Farge’s book on Japan, his posthumous book on the South Seas, and his South Seas travelogue articles from Scribner's. Yarnall will also discuss his own book, Recreation and Idleness.
Salve’s 6th annual French Film Festival
March 27-April 7, 2011
McKillop Library is again co-sponsoring Salve’s French Film Festival along with the departments of Modern Languages, Theatre Arts, and International Programs. After five successful years the festival has evolved to become a cultural highlight of Newport’s spring season, last year attracting an audience of over 2,000 spectators from the university and the area community.
The festival opens on Sunday evening, March 27, in the newly restored Casino Theatre. All other films will be screened on campus in O’Hare Academic Center's Bazarsky Lecture Hall.
Film descriptions and trailers at the official web site: www.salve.edu/frenchfilm
Seating is limited so buy your tickets in advance.
Tickets:
Opening night film and reception: $15,
All other films at the door: $5,
Festival pass: $20,
Students free with a valid Salve I.D.
To avoid lines at the door, buy a pass today or call (866) 811-4111.
For more information; 401-341-2327
Library’s Green Initiatives
The library continues to work on its sustainability. In recent months, the library has:
- Provided a sustainability webpage with information about the library's sustainability program and resources for research on sustainability.
- Reduced paper use by 70,000 sheets or 16%, aided by a new printing system which reduces the number of unwanted printouts.
- Signed up for the campus-wide Green Offices program, which raises awareness about resource consumption and helps employees save energy and resources.
- Installed motion-detecting lights in library bathrooms, reducing electricity use.
- Installed gooseneck spigots on library water fountains. This initiative by Sister Leona Misto is meant to increase use of reusable bottles, reducing the number of disposable bottles on campus.
- Biked, walked, and carpooled to work as part of the ongoing campus-wide Green Miles Challenge, in which participants pledge to use alternatives to cars to get to work. If you are interested in participating, contact Craig Condella at craig.condella@salve.edu.
If you have comments or suggestions for ways that the library can operate more sustainably, contact Dawn Emsellem at dawn.emsellem@salve.edu.
From the Archives
The Archives and Special Collections are contributing finding aids to the Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online (RIAMCO), a gateway to information about archival collections in Rhode Island. Through the RIAMCO web site, researchers can browse by general topics or search for specific keywords to discover primary source materials throughout the state. For instance, a search on Cornelius Moore, one of Salve Regina’s early benefactors, shows that he is mentioned in archival material at Providence College, URI, and Salve. This resource will continue to grow as the partner institutions contribute more finding aids in the future. To learn more or to conduct research in the Archives, contact Maria Bernier, University Archivist, at 401-341-2276 or maria.bernier@salve.edu.
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Photos in the News
Library Assessment
During the fall semester, librarians used online surveys created in SurveyMonkey to conduct assessment of the effectiveness of library instruction sessions. Students who completed surveys were entered in a drawing to win an Amazon gift card at the end of the fall semester, and the lucky winner was Stephanie Fappiano, who attended a library instruction session as part of her BIO 111 class.
[Pictured at top: Ingrid Levin, information literacy librarian, presents prize to student Stephanie Fappiano'14]
End of Fall Semester Services
Due to the success of last year’s trial, the library once again stayed open 24 hours a day Sunday through Thursday for the last two weeks of the semester. The students were provided a late night study space to prepare for exams and occasionally nap. At the end of the semester, librarians reached out to over 500 students in O’Hare Academic Center and Miley Hall to promote the library’s services and extended hours during finals.
[Pictured at top: Students hard at work!]
Study rooms --
reserve online!
The library's four study rooms may now easily be reserved online.
Mobile Site
 Use your smart phone to scan the QR code and go directly to the mobile site.
Hot Database
Films On Demand is a state-of-the-art streaming video platform that provides the ability to view digital video in real time. You can use Films On Demand to search for specific video segments, organize videos into folders, and create personal playlists for others to view. The collection includes over 5,600 full length programs including 4,000 titles in the Humanities & Social Sciences, 1,600 in Science & Mathematics, 1,100 in Health & Medicine, and 700 in Business & Economics.
The Year's Best Books
Julie Swierczek, the library’s cataloger, processes every new book that arrives in the library. While she doesn’t get to read them on the job, she is tempted daily to check them out and take them home. Here are her picks for the best books of the year:
Marlantes, Karl. Matterhorn: a novel of the Vietnam War.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press; Berkeley, Calif.: El León Literary Arts, 2010.
(From the Cataloger's Desk Blog)
Pilloton, Emily. Design revolution: 100 products that empower people.
New York, NY: Metropolis Books, D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, 2009.
 Blum, Deborah. The poisoner’s handbook: murder and the birth of forensic medicine in Jazz Age New York.
New York : Penguin Press, 2010.
(From the Cataloger's Desk Blog)
Choice Cover
This photograph, taken by Salve senior Stephen Gibbons, was selected to appear on the cover of the December 2010 issue of Choice.
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