Category: News

The Library is pleased to announce our continuing partnership with Aramark by offering a convenient food and beverage service in the Weinberg Memorial Library’s Pro Deo room. Over Summer 2022, the Java City Cafe will be replaced with the Scranton Market, which will feature standard to-go food items and beverages as well as prepared meals ready to heat and eat on site. The market will be unstaffed and completely self-service. The registers will accept both Royal Card and credit card transactions.

Because the Scranton Market will be unstaffed and in the Library’s Pro Deo room, it will be the first 24/7 food service location on Campus.

 

We are also pleased to announce that there will be coffee service available in the library once again. The market will house Costa Coffee’s Leon, an automated “Smart Cafe” that can craft barista-quality coffee and espresso drinks.

 

 

We will also be introducing a Yo-Kai Express noodle station. The Yo-Kai can hold more than ten different specialty noodle bowls, such as Tonkotsu Ramen, Vegan Udon, Shrimp Tempura Udon, Spicy Kimchi Pork Miso Ramen, Beef Pho, Chicken Pho, and more.

 

We are very pleased to share the announcement from Provost Jeff Gingrich on the appointment of our new Dean of the Weinberg Memorial Library.

It is with great excitement and gratitude that I am writing to announce that George Aulisio has accepted the position of Dean of the Weinberg Memorial Library. Dean Aulisio has been serving as the interim dean since July 1, 2021. His position as Dean is effective immediately.

Since Dean Aulisio joined the University community in 2009, he has been actively involved in multiple aspects of campus life. His internal service is wide-reaching, having served on 40 Library departmental committees and programs, as well as with nearly 40 broader University service projects and committees. He has served on the Hiring for Diversity Working Group, and Faculty Affairs Council Executive Committee and currently serves on Library Advisory Committee, Friends of the Library Board, Faculty Handbook Committee, the Graduate Programs Council, the Information Security Advisory Council, the Provost’s Committee on Academic Policy and Compliance, the Faculty Personnel Committee and the Strategic Enrollment Council, among others.

Dean Aulisio is an active teacher and scholar. As a Research & Instruction Librarian, he works closely with students in research consultations and the Information Literacy program. He also regularly teaches philosophy courses and independent studies. His library scholarship focuses on sustainability and green libraries, open access initiatives, library orientation and instruction, and professional ethics and copyright law. He recently published a book on philosophy collection development for an imprint of the American Library Association, and he served as Editor of the Library Materials and Pricing Index from 2018-2022. His philosophy scholarship focuses on the philosophy of mind, Descartes’s scientific endeavors, and comparative ethics.

His professional service includes holding elected officer positions on the Pennsylvania Library Association’s Northeast Chapter and the College and Research Division. In conjunction with his role as Editor of the Library Materials and Pricing Index, he also serves as an appointed officer on ALA’s CORE publications committee.

Dean Aulisio earned a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Bloomsburg University, a Master of Science in Library and Information Science from Drexel University, a Master of Liberal Arts in Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania, and is currently completing his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Temple University.

Congratulations, Dean Aulisio!

University faculty, please join us during Open Education Week on Wednesday, March 9^th, at 11 am in WML 305 for coffee, cookies, and conversation about using Open Educational Resources (OER) and the Library’s collection in your courses to reduce costs to students.

The discussion will include an introduction to OER, locating OER and other open materials online and in the Library’s collection, and suggestions for how you can replace costly textbooks and resources with OER and/or appropriately licensed Library resources. Please bring any questions or ideas- there will be plenty of time for open discussion.

We will also answer questions about the Affordable Learning Implementation Grants, available to full-time faculty and accepting applications until April 15^th.

Click here to register.

Please email affordablelearning@scranton.edu with any questions.

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.

The faculty and staff of the Weinberg Memorial Library sadly share news of the passing of our dear colleague and friend Christian Scipioni, Special Collections Assistant. He died at his home on Friday, February 18, 2022.

Christian joined the staff of the University in 2018. He cherished his role in preserving for and sharing the treasured documents, manuscripts, and texts of the Library’s McHugh Family Special Collections and The University of Scranton Archives. He was an active participant in the Library’s Communication and Outreach Committee. In this role, he regularly used the McHugh Family Special Collections and The University of Scranton Archives to publish on the Library’s various social media accounts and to create the Library’s annual Christmas card.

Christian was proud of his work assisting with Special Collections exhibits in the Library’s Heritage Room. He also helped to promote these exhibits by creating posters and other graphic designs that utilized images from rare documents.

Christian was a Magna cum Laude graduate of St. Joseph’s College, Patchogue, New York, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. He also earned a Master of Library and Information Science from St. John’s University. Before joining the University community, he worked as a Cataloging Technician for the New-York Historical Society.

Christian is survived by his parents, Robert and Camille Scipioni of Northport, New York. In lieu of flowers, Christian’s family asks that donations in his memory be given to the McHugh Family Special Collections via the Weinberg Memorial Library Fund.

On Tuesday, Fr. Joseph Marina, President of The University of Scranton, shared the following prayer when he notified the University community:

Eternal life grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace. May his soul and all the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace. Amen.