Category: News
New Recreational Reading Titles Available
We have received some additional new titles for the Recreational Reading Collection. The following titles have been added during the month of February:
Anatomy : a love story / Dana Schwartz.
Black joy : stories of resistance, resilience, and restoration / Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts.
Cherish Farrah : a novel / Bethany C. Morrow.
Daughter of the Moon goddess : a novel / Sue Lynn Tan.
The family Chao : a novel / Lan Samantha Chang.
Goliath / Tochi Onyebuchi.
I must betray you / Ruta Sepetys.
Manifesto : on never giving up / Bernardine Evaristo.
No land to light on : a novel / Yara Zgheib.
One true loves / Elise Bryant.
The Paradox Hotel : a novel / Rob Hart.
The Red Palace / June Hur.
Violeta : a novel / Isabel Allende ; translated from the Spanish by Frances Riddle.
Waking Romeo / Kathryn Barker.
You can see all the titles currently available by typing “Recreational Reading Collection” into the catalog search box on the Library Home Page.
You can find this collection adjacent to the Circulation Desk next to the New Books. Titles in the Recreational Reading Collection are available for check out to all students, faculty, and staff for 30 days.
Please participate in our survey!
Information Technology and the Library are jointly conducting the national Measuring Information Service Outcomes (MISO) survey over the next two weeks. You should have received an email 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.
Update: 24/7 Chat Service
Access to the Library’s chat platform has been restored. Please continue to use the chat boxes on the Library’s blog or on our Research Guides for 24/7 service.
In Memoriam: Dr. Matthew M. Reavy (1962-2022)
The faculty and staff of the Weinberg Memorial Library are deeply saddened by the passing of Matthew Reavy, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Media at The University of Scranton.
After earning both his bachelor’s degrees in Communication and Philosophy and master’s in English from Scranton, Dr. Reavy spent almost 25 years serving the University. An innately passionate professor, when not inspiring students or spending time with family he was acting as faculty adviser to The Aquinas, contributing to a multitude of committees, or authoring books on journalism. Dr. Reavy was an invaluable and loving husband, father, educator, and person. He will be dearly missed.
Friends and colleagues may call today, February 8, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Harold C. Snowdon Funeral Home Inc., 140 N. Main Street, Shavertown. The University will be holding a Mass tomorrow, February 9, at noon (location forthcoming).
Contributions can be made to the Matthew Reavy, Ph.D., Scholarship Fund at The University of Scranton, online at scranton.edu/makeagift or mailed to University Advancement, University of Scranton, 800 Linden Street, Scranton, PA 18510.
“Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam: Rare Books from the Hill-Davis Jesuit Collection” – Now on Display!
In honor of the Ignatian Year, the Heritage Room is hosting an exhibit titled “Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam: Rare Books from the Hill-Davis Jesuit Collection” during Spring semester. The exhibit will primarily feature books written by Jesuits from the founding of the order in 1540 through its suppression in 1773. The exhibit will be divided into categories reflecting the breadth of Jesuit intellectual and pastoral activities. There will be sections on Ignatius Loyola, the Jesuits as a corporate body, science and technology, humanities, missionary work, the Counter-Reformation, and the suppression of the order among others.
On March 22, we are tentatively planning an exhibit reception with a lecture by Rev. Antoni Ucerler, S.J., Director of the Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History at Boston College. Father Ucerler will speak on the Jesuit’s use of printing technology to further missionary activities in Japan. The lecture will be co-sponsored by the Friends of Weinberg Library, the Jesuit Center, the Slatterly Center for the Ignatian Humanities and the Schemel Forum.
The exhibit will run through April 24, 2022. For further information contact Special Collections Librarian, Michael Knies at Michael.Knies@Scranton.edu
Online Access to The Chronicle of Higher Education Now Available
The Weinberg Memorial Library now offers access to The Chronicle of Higher Education‘s online presence – Chronicle.com. In addition to the journal content published monthly, Chronicle.com contains daily news, data, and special issues like The Almanac of Higher Education and The Trends Report. University of Scranton students, faculty, and staff have unlimited on and off campus use as well as domain access which allows anyone with a scranton.edu email address to create a free account. Your Chronicle.com account will automatically sync with our site license subscription providing access to all content and additional options to sign up to receive newsletters like Academe Today, Chronicle Review, and more.
For more information on creating your Chronicle.com account, click here.
Environmental Art Show – Call for Art – 2022
The Weinberg Memorial Library is seeking submissions for our annual exhibit of Environmental Art.
The art show will be held in the Heritage Room of the Weinberg Memorial Library from April 19-26, 2022.
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.
Everything is Connected: Celebrating our Connection with the Natural Environment is the theme for 2022. We encourage artists to consider developing artwork around this year’s theme. Submissions are open to all and we encourage submissions by University of Scranton students, staff, faculty, and alumni.
The deadline for submissions is set for Wednesday, March 30th, 2022. All physical works of art can be dropped off at the Circulation desk on the 1st floor of the library. All artwork is returned after the art show ends.
This year, in addition to the physical exhibit, we will be offering the option to also exhibit virtually. The virtual exhibit will debut during Earth Week on April 19, 2022. If you are submitting digital artwork, you can submit your artwork at the following link:
https://form.jotform.com/wml_admin/2022-environmental-art-show
You can view our 2021 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 Adds Recreational Reading Collection
The Weinberg Memorial Library is pleased to offer a new Recreational Reads collection for the spring semester! This collection is currently located in front of the Circulation Desk next to the new books and offers a variety of new and popular fiction and nonfiction for your reading enjoyment.
Titles in the recreational reading collection will be available for check out to all students, faculty, and staff for 30 days. Our starter collection features approximately 90 titles with new titles being added periodically so be sure to stop by and browse! You can also look for titles online by searching “Recreational Reading Collection” in the Library catalog.
Library services to close early on Sunday, January 16, 2022
Due to the inclement weather expected later this evening, the Library will be closing service points at 5:00 pm on Sunday, January 16, 2022. After 5:00 pm, students, staff, and faculty with a valid Royal Card can swipe into the building to access floors 1-3.
Please use the AskALibrarian Chatbox on the Library’s website throughout the day for real-time assistance from a librarian.