Starting at 11am the Uniprint printing system will be offline to all for some system updates to be installed. The process should take an hour and improve functionality.
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Library Closed
Just a reminder, the Library is completely closed over the break. There is no swipe access to the building as of now, until 8am, Tuesday Jan.3rd.
Happy Holidays everyone!
Environmental Art Show – Call for Art – 2023
The Weinberg Memorial Library is seeking submissions for our annual exhibit of Environmental Art.
The art show will be held in the Charles Kratz Scranton Heritage Room on the 5th floor of the Weinberg Memorial Library from April 14-25, 2023. In addition to the physical exhibit, we will be offering the option to also exhibit virtually. The virtual exhibit will debut online on April 14, 2023.
Submissions are open to all and we encourage submissions by University of Scranton students, staff, faculty, and alumni.
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, video and more.
Welcome to My World is the theme for 2023. We encourage artists to consider developing artwork around this year’s theme. Share your vision of how you see the world, how the state of the environment affects you and others, how you interact with the environment, or how you incorporate sustainable living and care for our common home in your daily life.
The deadline for all submissions is set for Wednesday, March 31st, 2023. All physical works of art can be dropped off at the Library Services Desk on the 1st floor of the Library. All artwork is returned after the art show ends.
If you are submitting digital artwork, you can submit your artwork at the following link:
https://form.jotform.com/wml_admin/environmental-art-show
You can view our 2022 virtual exhibit and photos of some of our previous in-person exhibits at:
https://digitalprojects.scranton.edu/s/environmental-art-exhibit/page/exhibit-home
If you would like to submit but have questions or need assistance with your submission, please contact Marleen Cloutier at marleen.cloutier@scranton.edu.
Library system upgrade cancelled
The upgrade to the library system has been postponed until after the New Year.
Student Access to Library – Inclement Weather (12/15/2022)
Floors 1 through 5 of the Library will remain open and accessible to students 24 hours today. Please use your Royal Card to swipe into the building. Individuals without an active Royal Card are not allowed to use the Library after 12:30 pm today.
Library services closed at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday (12/15) and will reopen on Friday (12/16) at 10:00 a.m.
Research support may be reached through the Ask a Librarian chat.
Finals Week Coffee and Cookies
The Library is providing complimentary coffee and cookies throughout Finals Week. The coffee and cookies are located on a table in the Reilly Learning Commons. Catering will replenish the table several times a day to keep up with demand!
One Week Left! – Application Deadline for Library Research Prize is Monday, December 12, 2022
There is one week left to apply for the Bonnie W. Oldham Library Research Prize! Project submissions for Summer and Fall 2022 are due Monday, December 12, 2022 by 4:00 pm.
The Bonnie W. Oldham Library Research Prize recognizes excellence in research projects that show evidence of significant knowledge in the methods of research and the information gathering process and use of library resources, tools, and services.
New this year: The selection criteria have been updated and refreshed in 2022-2023 to better recognize the diversity of projects on campus. Visit the Selection Criteria and Judging information on the prize website to learn more.
Three prizes of $500.00 each will be awarded to the winning individual student or group in the following categories: Undergraduate Foundational (100-level courses), Undergraduate Upper-level (200- to 400-level courses), and Graduate. If won by a group, the award will be split equally among the group members. All you need to do is write a 500- to 700-word essay describing your research process and how you used the Library in completing the project. Check out our Tips web page for updated advice on how to craft the best 500- to 700-word essay you can about your research.
A statement of faculty support from the instructor who assigned the research project is also required for each submission.
Winners will be announced in May after the deadline for Intersession and Spring projects. Although there are two different dates to submit an application, only one judging will take place.
For additional information on how to apply, what to include in a completed application, and to access the application, visit the Bonnie W. Oldham Library Research Prize page: www.scranton.edu/libraryresearchprize
Additional Group Study Room Available
An additional Group Study Room on the 4th Floor (Rm.419) is now available for student use. Please note the guidelines posted. Good luck preparing for your exams!
Applications due for Affordable Learning Implementation Grants – Deadline Dec. 2nd!
The Weinberg Memorial Library will award up to four $1,000 Affordable Learning Implementation Grants for Spring/Summer 2023 courses to successful full-time faculty applicants.
Application Deadline: Friday, December 2nd, 2022 (This deadline will NOT be extended)
Affordable Learning aims to reduce the financial burden on students by eliminating expensive for-cost textbooks and course materials with no-cost or low-cost educational resources. OER stands for Open Educational Resources, which includes online textbooks, media, and other materials freely available and can be remixed/reused for educational purposes. For the Affordable Learning Implementation Grants, faculty may opt to use existing OER and open-source software or may compile course materials from open access e-books and journals or appropriately licenses Library materials to replace all, or some, of their for-cost course materials.
For a list of links to available OER and appropriately licensed Affordable Learning resources, visit the Library’s OER Research Guide.
For more information and the application form, visit the Affordable Learning Implementation Grants web page.
Giving Tuesday! Help Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Weinberg Memorial Library
The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Memorial Library was dedicated on September 25, 1992. Thirty years later, the Library remains at the heart of The University of Scranton and is one of the leading libraries in Northeast Pennsylvania. As we embark on the 30th Anniversary of the Weinberg Memorial Library, we ask that you consider supporting the Library in its mission to provide superior resources, services, and programs that meet the dynamic and diverse scholarly, cultural, and social needs of the University and area community.
Each donation to the Library’s 30th Anniversary fund will help us improve the Library’s many spaces, which will directly enhance student learning and further grow our commitment to providing resources and services to the community. All gifts to the 30th Anniversary fund will help modernize the Library while allowing us to continue utilizing our annual operating budget to fund resources for student, faculty, and community learning and scholarship.
Some notable Library initiatives include being a hub for Bike Scranton, providing book borrowing privileges for Lackawanna County Library Card holders and Friends of the Library members, acquiring CloudSource OA to provide e-resources to the local community, supporting Affordable Learning initiatives for Scranton students, instructing area secondary school students on how to utilize the Weinberg Memorial Library’s resources, and hosting free-to-attend public events such as the Environmental Art Show and exhibits hosted by the McHugh Family Special Collections.
Donations of any amount will help us meet our goal of being the area’s premier Library for academic research, preservation, accessibility, sustainability, and lifelong learning. The Weinberg Memorial Library also seeks to complete larger projects that can be funded as named gifts. For more information or to donate, please visit our website or contact George Aulisio, Dean of the Library, at 570-941-7816 or by email.
Even if you are unable to contribute to our 30th Anniversary fund at this time, we invite you to utilize the Weinberg Memorial Library. We are grateful for our thriving community of Library users!