Category: News
Happy Groundhog Day!
The winter prediction is no surprise, but the library is open today until 4pm.
Library Hours Monday 1/26
The library is open today until 4pm.
Library Printing Services Upgraded
Changes were recently made in how print jobs are handled at the library.
When printing from a library computer you no longer need to name and password each job. The new process ties your print job to the RNumber used to log onto the computer. To print, log onto the Pharos UniPrint station using the same RNumber/password you used to access the computer, swipe your Royal Card, and print. You will now see only the jobs you sent from your RNumber, not anyone else’s. PLEASE NOTE: IT IS CRITICAL THAT YOU LOG ON AND OFF LIBRARY COMPUTERS BECAUSE ALL PRINT JOBS ARE TIED TO RNUMBER.
You can now print from mobile devices to the library printers! Simply email your document to uniprint@scranton.edu from your @scranton.edu email address. Once you get a confirmation, go to any library Pharos UniPrint station. Enter your RNumber and email password, swipe your Royal Card, and print. If you need a color copy, you must print from a library computer, not a mobile device.
The Scannx scanners will not send jobs directly to the printer. If you need a paper copy, choose the email option and send the scan to your @scranton.edu email address. Then email your document to uniprint@scranton.edu from any computer or mobile device.
If you installed the Uniprint pop-up client/driver on your personal computer to allow printing, it will no longer work. Now simply email your document to uniprint@scranton.edu from your @scranton.edu email address. Once you get a confirmation, go to any library Pharos UniPrint station. Enter your RNumber and email password, swipe your Royal Card, and print. If you need a color copy, you must print from a library computer, not your own.
We hope that the availability of mobile printing, the elimination of having to name and password each print job separately, and the added security of seeing only your own print jobs will help outweigh the initial inconvenience of learning a new routine.
The International Film Series Presents “The Big City”
Please join us for a free screening of “The Big City” (Mahānagara) on Wednesday February 11th at 7 p.m. in the Moskovitz Theater in The DeNaples Center. Dr. Satyajit Ghosh will lead a discussion after the film.
One of famed director Satyajit Ray’s greatest films, “The Big City” (Mahānagara) is set in Calcutta in the early 1960’s. The film centers on the changes in society and how they affect a traditional Indian family. Subrata and his wife Arati are having trouble supporting children and his parents on his salary as a bank clerk. With her husband’s reluctant support Arati takes a sales job in the city, but some family members have trouble adjusting to her new-found independence.
“The Big City” is in Bengali with English subtitles.
This event is open to faculty, staff, students and the public. Please email sharon.finnerty@scranton.edu for more information.
Film series sponsored by a University of Scranton Diversity Initiative Grant through the Office of Equity and Diversity.
The Schemel Forum Spring Offerings
The spring semester if not spring weather is upon us!
Sign up today for our evening courses, world affairs luncheons, and special programs of your choice. We promise to make your spirits spring!
For more information on our spring offerings and to Register, please visit the following links:
SPRING BROCHURE – http://www.scranton.edu/academics/wml/schemel/images/Schemel%20Forum%20Spring%202015.pdf
Evening Classes – http://www.scranton.edu/academics/wml/schemel/courses.shtml
World Affairs Luncheon Series Sponsored by MunleyLaw – http://www.scranton.edu/academics/wml/schemel/courses.shtml
Collaborative Events – http://www.scranton.edu/academics/wml/schemel/collaborative.shtml
Spring Bus Trip – http://www.scranton.edu/academics/wml/schemel/events.shtml
We look forward to seeing you this spring!
Dec. 8th – Sacred Arts of Tibet: The Monks of Gaden Shartse
On December 8th, a group of Tibet monks from Gaden Shartse Monastic College in Southern India will visit The University of Scranton. The purpose of their tour is to share with all people the monks’ culture, as well as practices and paths to inner peace and compassion. This will be a unique learning experience for our community.
Please join us for any of the following events on December 8th:
9 am – 7pm Sand Mandala of Peace – Feel free to come and go and observe.
Loyola Science Center Atrium
11 am Classroom Visit – Open Discussion and Q&A
Loyola Science Center 127
**RSVP required for the classroom visit to ann.pang-white@scranton.edu
6 pm Evening Recitation of Tara Puja Ritual & Prayers
Loyola Science Center 133, PNC Auditorium
7 pm Dissolution (sweeping) of Mandala, Blessing & Distribution of Sand
Loyola Science Center Atrium
For more information visit www.sacredartsoftibettour.org
Spotlight on Student Worker Travis Nykaza
Travis Nykaza, a Scranton native, began his work here in June of 2011, just days after graduating from Scranton Preparatory School. He was eager to begin working and got a good head start working with us all summer before his freshman year began. He has faithfully continued his tradition of working every summer since then. Those summers included several “shifting” projects in the stacks that most student workers just hear about later. Of course he has put in many hours during the Academic years as well.
Although his family is just across town, he lives on campus in order to get the full college experience. However, having his family nearby allows him to visit his parents and his beloved cat “Snowball” often enough. In his spare time he enjoys chess, writing, watching movies and reading. Some of his favorite movies are Interstellar, Twilight Samurai and Spirited Away to name a few. His favorite books are A Song of Ice and Fire Series, Dune, Ender’s Game Series and Shogun.
The thing he loves most about working in the Weinberg Library is that he gets to interact with people from every level of The University community. Working in the Library has helped him to learn more about the many services the Library has to offer. His advice to other students is to explore the Library’s web pages and the building itself.
Travis is majoring in Education with a concentration in English. After his 2015 graduation, he hopes to find a job teaching at the Middle School level. He enjoys the classroom experience so far and loves to tell the tales of interacting with the young people he meets. This semester may be his last time working with us. He will spend spring 2015 student-teaching. We’ll miss him and look forward to the occasional visits and stories of student teaching. Thank you Travis and good luck!
Newly Digitized: Penman Photographs from the Zaner-Bloser Collection
One of the most highly prized jewels in our Helen Gallagher McHugh Special Collections is the Zaner-Bloser Penmanship Collection, one of the most extensive collections of American ornamental penmanship from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Over time, we’ve been digitizing parts of the Zaner-Bloser Collection to make it more accessible to researchers and penmanship enthusiasts around the world.
We’re now happy to announce that more than 500 photographs of celebrated masters and instructors of penmanship from the Zaner-Bloser Collection are now publicly available online. The photographs (96 portraits of women and 453 of men) were gathered by Zaner-Bloser for publication in penmanship journals like the Business Educator. Few of the photographs are dated, but we estimate that most of them were taken between the early 1900s and early 1940s.
Some of the photographs are portraits of celebrated master penmen, including several members of Michael Sull‘s Penman’s Hall of Fame. Others are lesser known teachers and instructors, some of whom we weren’t able to identify (please contact us if you recognize them!).
None of these photographs would be online today were it not for Thomas W. Costello, who spent many hours carefully digitizing the portraits for us. Tom’s great-grandfather is Scranton’s own master penman P. W. Costello, who has three portraits in the collection. Tom described the photograph collection as a “wonderful, well-deserved tribute to the masters and many of the dedicated unsung heroes who worked under the radar teaching penmanship.” We couldn’t say it better ourselves. Thank you, Tom, for bringing the men and women behind the pen into the spotlight.
Santa is Coming!
Santa will be available for photos in Weinberg Library’s 5th Floor Heritage Room on Friday, December 5 from 2:30-6:30pm. Informal (cell phone) photos are available for a donation, and framed copies can be ordered for $5.00. All proceeds will benefit the Weinberg Memorial Library 20th Anniversary Fund. For more information, please contact Barbara Evans at (570)941-4078 or Barbara.Evans@scranton.edu