Author: Jean Lenville

The Library’s Collaborative Teaching Room (Rm.202) and an additional Group Study Room on the 4th Floor (Rm.419) are now available for student use. Please note the guidelines posted, and good luck preparing for your exams!

You may know that April is National Poetry Month, but did you know that Thursday April 30 is “Poem in Your Pocket” Day? The Academy of American Poets encourages poetry lovers to celebrate by selecting a poem and sharing it with others throughout the day at schools, bookstores, libraries, parks, workplaces, or on social media using the hashtag #PocketPoem. I like the picture this poem paints, and its sentiments about language.

The Gift by Louise Gluck

Lord, you may not recognize me
speaking for someone else.
I have a son. He is
so little, so ignorant.
He likes to stand
at the screen door, calling
oggie, oggie, entering
language, and sometimes
a dog will stop and come up
the walk, perhaps
accidently. May he believe
this is not an accident?
At the screen
welcoming each beast
in love’s name, Your emissary.

 

Please consider sharing a poem you love or that inspires you with a friend on April 30, either directly or via social media.

Data collection for the MISO survey, which measures satisfaction with Information Technology and Library Services ends today. If you have not yet replied via the email link that was sent to you, and you wish to provide feedback, please plan to complete the survey today.

Thanks to everyone for taking the time to let us know your thoughts and experiences. We value your input.

Information Technology and the Library are jointly conducting the national Measuring Information Service Outcomes (MISO) survey over the next two weeks. You should receive an email from me today with more details and a link to the survey.

Please respond to this survey to provide us with feedback on your experiences and satisfaction with the services we provide, so that we may better serve your needs.

Thank you!

Just want to note the 250^th Birthday of a favorite author.

Many of us met Miss Austen as teenagers, and as the years pass I find her voice does not dim. I hope her works have touched you as they have me. Happy Birthday (and thanks) to one of the best!

The Library’s Collaborative Teaching Room (Rm.202) and an additional Group Study Room on the 4th Floor (Rm.419) are now available for student use. Please note the guidelines posted at each room, and good luck preparing for your exams!

The 2025 Bike Lackawanna Season has ended today. We were happy to be participants in this green initiative again this year.

The project to remove the compact shelving from the Media Resources Center has been completed. The room is now open for use, and EdLab Materials are directly available again. The remaining construction is not scheduled to begin until after the Fall Semester is over.

On Monday 9/15/25 removal of the compact shelving in the Media Resources Center will begin. Work is expected to continue all week. This means that EdLab Materials will not be available. We will assess the state of the room at the end of next week, and post further information at that time.

The Media Resource Center (MRC) on the library’s third floor will be closed for renovation after Friday May 23.

Media and EdLab Collection materials shelved on the third floor will be unavailable for use/borrowing until the renovation is completed. A selection of new media materials will still be available on the FEATURED MEDIA shelf and a similar selection of new EdLab titles will be available on the NEW BOOK SHELF on the first floor. MEDIA RESERVES will not be affected.The newly renovated Media Resources/EdLab space is planned to reopen for the Fall 2025 semester.

Faculty, please reach out to Marleen Cloutier (marleen.cloutier@scranton.edu) if you require Media or EdLab materials for a class this Summer or for Fall 2025.