First-year students, join us at the Library for the Heritage Hunt!
As part of New Student Orientation, incoming first-year students participate in the Library’s Heritage Hunt. The Heritage Hunt is an interactive introduction to the Library and its resources. First-year students must register for a time slot to participate and receive credit.
We still have session times available for Thursday August 29th & Friday August 30th.
There will be no sessions held after Friday, August 30, 2024.
Visit our webpage for more information and to sign up!
The Weinberg Memorial Library typically does not purchase textbooks for the circulating collections. Some textbook publishers and copyright holders limit libraries from holding copies of their textbooks. Textbooks are also updated much more frequently than the traditional library book, thus making them difficult to keep up-to-date. Additionally, the quantity of copies needed and length of the loan can also be problematic for libraries. Due to space limitations the Library would only be able to hold a few copies in the circulating collection and once those copies are checked out, other students can’t use them. However, the Library does have a small collection of textbooks in our Textbook Reserves Collection.
Textbook Reserves Collection
The Library does have some textbooks on reserve in our Textbook Reserve Collection, these textbooks were generously donated to the Library by other students. Titles in this collection have the word “Textbook” before the call number and can be requested at the Library Services Desk. However, they are limited to a one-day loan, so that many students can use them over the course of a semester. To view a list of titles in the Textbook Reserve Collection – type “Textbook Reserve Collection” in quotes into either Royal Search or the Library Catalog to view a list of titles.
Searching for a textbook
If the Library did acquire a print copy of a textbook being used for your class, it would be found in the library catalog. To search for your textbook, go the Library’s Home Page and go to the Library Catalog search bar. Change the pull down menu to “title” and type in the exact title of the textbook into the Library Catalog search box. It can be helpful to know the editor, author, or edition, since most textbooks have generic names such as Fundamentals of Psychology, Microeconomics, etc. and often have multiple editions. Novels and supplemental reading, such as a short story or essay, may potentially be found in the circulating collections of the Library. Use the same procedure listed above to see if the book is in the collection. For more information see our How do I … find my textbook? Research Guide
Course Reserves
Some professors put their textbooks or course materials on reserve for classes. Textbooks on reserve can be borrowed at the Library Services Desk. Typically, textbooks on reserve for classes have shorter loan periods of only a few hours and are meant to be used at the Library. For more information on course reserves see our How do I … find what my professor put on reserves? Research Guide.
EZBorrow
If the Library does not have your textbook here, you may also want to try searching EZBorrow (PALCI), a direct borrowing service. You can find a link to EZBorrow from the Library’s Home Page. EZBorrow is an interlibrary loan system providing access to books not available in the Weinberg Memorial Library. The system simultaneously searches the catalogs of over 50 libraries in PALCI (Partnership for Academic Library Collaboration and Innovation). Books are mailed free of charge and available to pick up at the Library Services Desk.
If you have additional questions about finding or borrowing books from the Library, please reach out to Ask a Librarian.
The Weinberg Memorial Library is pleased to welcome the Class of 2028 to The University of Scranton!
Sign up for the Heritage Hunt, the interactive introduction to the Library and its resources for first-year students!
Watch our welcome video to learn more about the Weinberg Memorial Library.
To consult with a University of Scranton Librarian during our service hours, you can ask for research assistance at the first floor Library Services Desk, call 570-941-4000, or use the Ask a Librarian chat boxes on our website. Assistance is available 24/7 through the chat box, which is covered by librarians not affiliated with the University of Scranton outside service hours.
The Library’s Research & Scholarly Services department, located on the second floor, can assist you with research, such as finding, evaluating, and citing information. Look for the purple “Research Librarian on call” signs to locate a librarian available for drop-in research assistance.Research consultations can be scheduled by using the Ask a Librarian chat box or by contacting your subject liaison librarian directly by email.
To find resources, such as books, periodicals, and media, use Royal Search located on the Library’s home page. The Library’s large collection of e-books, e-journals, and streaming media are available 24/7. To access the Library’s online content, you must first authenticate through my.scranton.edu.
Circulation Services, located at the first floor Library Services Desk, can help you borrow and return print materials and laptops. You can also pick up items on reserve, books placed on hold, and interlibrary loan materials. In the lobby area in front of the Library Services Desk you will find New Books recently added to our collection, our Recreational Reading Collection which offers a variety of new and popular fiction and nonfiction, our new Graphic Novels collection, and our Featured Media Collection that contains recently acquired and popular DVDs.
The Weinberg Memorial Library has five floors and offers a variety of spaces to support your study and research needs including computer workstations, individual study space, group study rooms, quiet study areas, and the Charles Kratz Scranton Heritage Room.
The Library’s Pro Deo Room, Reilly Learning Commons, 2nd floor, and 3rd floor remain accessible to students 24 hours a day when campus is open and include printing stations, group study rooms, and lab computers.
The Reilly Learning Commons (RLC), located on the first floor, is a collaborative space with access to high-powered computers, video and audio recording rooms, and reservable group study rooms equipped with white boards and monitors.
The Media Resources Collection (MRC), located on the third floor, provides media materials for instructional support and student learning. Students can borrow films on DVD or Blu-ray, music on CDs or LP records, and audiobooks. The EdLab collection, found within the Media Resources Collection, consists of children’s literature and K-12 textbooks.
University of Scranton Archives and McHugh Family Special Collections, located on the fourth floor, collects, preserves, and provides access to historical materials including medieval manuscripts, rare books, American penmanship and local and University history. Appointments are recommended.
You may have noticed a change to our Library home page search box on our website.
A new Library Catalog search option was added to allow users to exclusively search our print and physical media holdings. This new search box replaces the “Print and Media Only” checkbox that was previously found beneath the Royal Search search box and provides a drop down menu that allows you to limit by Keyword, Title, Author, ISBN, ISSN, or Subject before you begin to search.
This new user interface eliminates the need to filter out electronic content and provides a real-time view of our catalog inventory for print books, manuscripts, DVD’s, CD’s and other print and physical media formats. Results can be refined through additional filtering options along the left hand side of the screen. This is especially helpful if you are looking for a specific format such as a DVD or materials in a particular language. The Sort by pull down menu on the right provides the option to sort your results by Relevance, Title (ascending or descending), Author (ascending or descending), and Year (Oldest or Newest). To see an expanded record with collection location and call number information click on View details.
Within the expanded record you can find collection location and call number information under Availability & locations.Similar to Royal Search, you can click the Place a hold button to place a hold on items in our circulating collections. Please note that non-circulating items and items on reserve at the Library Services Desk and Media Services Desk do not have a place a hold option.
Additionally you will find a Browse this shelf feature which allows you to view books or media located adjacent to the title you have selected. Clicking on the blue bubbles below Related subjects will create a new subject search based on the subject term. If you scroll further down within the record you can explore expanded details and additional information about the title you selected including content notes and summaries.
To Place a hold or to view the contents of My bookshelf, where you can view your holds and checked out materials, in the Library Catalog, you will need to sign into your Library Account.
To do so, click on the icon in the upper right hand corner and then click sign-in. The sign-in will take you to the University Single Sign-on (SSO) page where you will need to authenticate using your Royal ID number if you are not already signed in.
If this is your first time signing into MyEBSCO after May 29, 2024, you will be asked to personalize your account.
Click on the blue button that says Continue personalized, this will connect your MyEBSCO account to your Royal ID number.
While you can search Royal Search and the Library Catalog without signing in or personalizing your account, you will need to sign in and personalize your account if you wish to place holds on materials. Once you personalize your account you will not see that pop up window again, you would only receive prompts to sign in and authenticate.
If you have any additional questions about the Library Catalog please reach out to Cataloging and Metadata Librarian Marleen Cloutier at marleen.cloutier@scranton.edu or Ask a Librarian.
The Library’s recent migration to our new Library Service Platform, FOLIO, included changes to accessing your Library Account and access to user tools within Royal Search.
If you are a Student, Faculty, or Staff member, the following visual guide at the link below will assist you with logging into your account:
In the upper right corner of the Royal Search webpage you will see an icon and the words MyEBSCO.
Click on the icon and select Sign in to my EBSCO at the bottom of the box. You will then be asked to authenticate using your Royal ID number if you are not already signed in.
If this is your first time logging into MyEBSCO after May 29, 2024, you will be asked to personalize your account. Click on the blue button that says Continue personalized, this will connect your MyEBSCO account to your Royal ID number and give you access to the My dashboard tools. While you can search Royal Search without logging in or personalizing your account, you will need to sign in and personalize your account if you wish to place holds on materials or view database articles. Once you personalize your account you will not see that pop up window again, you would only receive prompts to sign in and authenticate.
On the left side menu My dashboard has tools you can use to save and organize your research and to see your holds and checked-out Materials. The Overview link will provide a dashboard for you of all links on the left side menu.
If you click on Holds & checkouts, you can review specific titles you have on hold or have checked out to your account. Under the Checkouts tab you can request a renewal by clicking on Renew.
Troubleshooting
If you are having an issue signing in to MyEBSCO or connecting to resources in Royal Search we recommend the following:
Use Google Chrome as your browser if you are unable to connect with another browser.
Perform a hard refresh of your browser and clear your cache.
If you are using Google Chrome, Firefox or Edge for Windows press Ctrl + F5.
If you are using Google Chrome or Firefox for Mac press Command + Shift + R .
You can find additional instructions for clearing your cache in Google Chrome here.
If you created a MyEBSCO account with your University email address and it does not merge when you personalize, see the following instructions to merge accounts:
There has been a change in date to our FOLIO migration window. Initially the Library catalog access disruption was to occur on May 20th with Go-Live occurring on May 21st. The new date for catalog migration downtime has changed to Tuesday, May 28th with operations resuming online on May 29th.
Cataloging Downtime
Hold on processing of new materials until after May 28.
This will NOT affect the circulation of existing materials – you can continue to borrow materials from the Library at the Library Services Desk and at Media Resource Center.
On May 28th
Work stops in our current Library Service Platform and final data is migrated to FOLIO.
As the previous catalog is taken offline there will be some disruption in access to our catalog and Royal Search.
Services AFFECTED by the transition:
Royal Search may be temporarily unavailable.
Holds will not be able to be placed through Royal Search.
Access to My Library Accounts will be offline.
Search for Print and Media Reserves will be offline.
Lib Guides will still be accessible through our website though some links may not be available.
Services NOT affected by the transition:
Library Materials and Course Reserves can still be borrowed from the Library Services Desk and Media Resource Center.
Databases will still be accessible through our A-Z list.
Illiad will be available for interlibrary loan.
Advanced eReserves search will still be available.
Cloudsource OA will still be online and available for searching.
Digital Services will still be online and available for searching.
May 29th
GO-LIVE DAY!
First working day on FOLIO. All operations, with the exception of EZBorrow, should be back online.
Part of this transition will upgrade our patron empowerment tools in Royal Search. If you are University Student, Faculty, or Staff member, when you log in for the first time and go to place a hold or access an article post transition you will be prompted to personalize your My EBSCO account. This will connect you to your Royal Search dashboard where you can view your requests and loans through the library as well as save and organize your research.
As we transition, more information about new services and features will be provided, as well as training opportunities.
Thank you again for your patience and understanding as we migrate to our new system.
If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to Cataloging and Metadata Librarian Marleen Cloutier at marleen.cloutier@scranton.edu
The Weinberg Memorial Library (WML) is very excited to announce that on May 20, 2024, the Library will move to a new open-source Library Services Platform (LSP) called FOLIO. FOLIO enables us to acquire and manage our collections, print and digital. WML will be replacing our current Integrated Library System (ILS) Sierra, the system which the Royal Search Discovery Layer interface currently overlays.
As we move into the final stages of the migration, there are dates the Library wants to make the University Community aware of as there will be some disruption to our regular services. The Library asks for your patience and understanding as we make the transition to our new system. We will be putting out messaging on our blog and website as these various outages and changes occur.
Important Dates and Information
May 10th
PALCI EZBorrow Downtime
Access to PALCI EZBorrow will be temporarily shut down. All Interlibrary loan services will be provided throughIlliad until our EZBorrow catalog is reindexed. This process can take a few weeks.
Alerts will be posted when the service comes down and when the service is reinstated.
You will be asked to sign on with your RNumber, and set up an account if you do not already have one
Cataloging Downtime
Hold on processing of new materials until after May 21.
This will NOT affect the circulation of existing materials – you can continue to borrow materials from the Library at the Library Services Desk and at Media Resource Center.
May 20th
Work stops in Sierra and final data is migrated to FOLIO.
As Sierra is taken offline there will be some disruption in access to our catalog and Royal Search.
Services AFFECTED by the transition:
Royal Search may be temporarily unavailable.
Holds will not be able to be placed through Royal Search.
Access to My Library Accounts will be offline.
Search for Print and Media Reserves will be offline.
Lib Guides will still be accessible though our website though some links may not be available.
Services NOT affected by the transition:
Library Materials and Course Reserves can still be borrowed from the Library Services Desk and Media Resource Center.
Databases will still be accessible through our A-Z list.
Illiad will be available for interlibrary loan.
Advanced eReserves search will still be available.
Cloudsource OA will still be online and available for searching.
Digital Services will still be online and available for searching.
May 21st
GO-LIVE DAY!
First working day on FOLIO. All operations, with the exception of EZBorrow, should be back online.
Part of this transition will upgrade our patron empowerment tools in Royal Search. If you are University Student, Faculty, or Staff member, when you log in for the first time and go to place a hold or access an article post transition you will be prompted to personalize your My EBSCO account. This will connect you to your Royal Search dashboard where you can view your requests and loans through the library as well as save and organize your research.
As we transition, more information about new services and features will be provided, as well as training opportunities. Thank you again for your patience and understanding as we migrate to our new system.
If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to Cataloging and Metadata Librarian Marleen Cloutier at marleen.cloutier@scranton.edu
Environmental Art promotes the natural beauty of our environment and the ideal practice of sustainable living through artworks of all types, including painting, photography, repurposed goods, sculpture, and more.
Join us tonight April 15th at 5pm for an Artist Talk with Theresa O’Connor.
If you have questions about this event, please contact Marleen Cloutier at marleen.cloutier@scranton.edu
In conjunction with the opening of the Environmental Art Show please join us for an Artist Talk with Artist and AFA Gallery Director Theresa O’Connor on April 15th at 5pm in the Charles Kratz Scranton Heritage Room. This event is open to the public and light refreshments will be offered.
Theresa has been actively engaged in collaborative projects within the Scranton arts community including The Moth Project and the Saranton exhibition (spearheaded by artist Constance Denchy). She displayed her work in group exhibitions at Adezzo Cafe and at the AFA Gallery. Theresa also established an innovative art and music venue, The Vintage Theater, where she served as the Visual Art Director and Founder. This endeavor allowed her to not only showcase her own work but also provided the opportunity to curate and support the artistic endeavors of others, fostering a vibrant community of creatives.
Theresa will be discussing her work an artist and sharing her experiences with sustainable art practice and the use found objects and alternative materials.
The 2024 Environmental Art Show runs from April 15th to April 24th in the Charles Kratz Scranton Heritage Room and is open to the public during library operational hours.
If you have any questions regarding this event please reach out to Marleen Cloutier via email at marleen.cloutier@scranton.edu
Due to Easter Break the Library Services Desk will be closed from March 28-April 1. There will be no in-person art drop off. In-person drop off will resume from April 2nd-April 4th during library operational hours between 8am-9pm.
If you are submitting digital artwork, you can submit your artwork at the following link:
If you would like to submit but have questions or if you were planning to drop off on the 28th and want to schedule your submission drop off for that date, please contact Marleen Cloutier at marleen.cloutier@scranton.edu.
First-year students, join us at the Library for the Heritage Hunt!
