The Library has reopened for 2013. During Intersession, the Library has (somewhat) reduced hours beginning January 2 and running until the Spring Semester starts on January 30.
Monday through Thurs. 8 A.M. to 10 P.M.
Friday 8 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.
Saturday Noon to 6 P.M.
Sunday Noon to 10 P.M.
Please call 570 941-7524 for hours for Media and Special Collections.
The library will be open for extended hours “dead week” and finals week.
Tuesday 12/4 — 8AM to Midnight
Wednesday 12/5 — 8AM to Midnight
Thursday 12/6 — 8AM to Midnight
Friday 12/7 — 8AM to 10PM
Saturday 12/8 — 9AM to 9PM
Sunday 12/9 — 10AM to Midnight
Monday 12/10 — 7AM to 2AM
Tuesday 12/11 — 7AM to 2AM
Wednesday 12/12 — 7AM to 2AM
Thursday 12/13 — 7AM to 2AM
Friday 12/14 — 8AM to Midnight
Saturday 12/15 — 8AM to 5PM
Sunday 12/16 — Closed
Just a reminder that the Library will be closed for Thanksgiving weekend. Our hours this weekend are:
November 20, Tuesday – 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
November 21, Wednesday – 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
November 22 – 24, Thursday – Saturday Closed
November 25, Sunday – Noon – 11:30 p.m.
Our two 24 hour rooms on the first floor of the Library will be open all weekend, which can be accessed using your Royal Card.
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us in the Library!
Image CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 courtesy of carfull on Flickr
Game Night Fall 2012, a set on Flickr.
We host a game night each semester for students, faculty and staff. We played Just Dance 4 on our new Kinect! We were celebrating the Library’s 20th Anniversary. Students could win prizes by filling out the quiz that accompanies the exhibit in the Heritage Room.
Were you enchanted by the 2011 silent film The Artist? Did you find your imagination sparked by the novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret or the Academy Award winning film Hugo? Then The International Film Series’ presentation of the 1902 silent film A Trip to the Moon is for you!
A Trip to the Moon is considered a timeless masterpiece of French filmmaker George Méliès. The film tells the story of an expedition of astronomers to the moon and the mysteries they discover. The Extraordinary Voyage, which gives a behind the scenes account of the making of A Trip to the Moon and its restoration, will also be shown.
Make your own expedition to Room 305 of the Weinberg Memorial Library at 7:00 PM on Thursday November 15, 2012 for this free screening. Professor Kevin Norris will lead a discussion following the film.
Don’t miss this exciting opportunity. The film is open to the University community and the public. Seating is limited so contact Sharon Finnerty at (570) 941-6330 or sharon.finnerty@scranton.edu for reservations. English subtitles are provided for the French language portions of the film.
We have rescheduled Game Night for Monday November, 12 from 8-11 in the Heritage Room on the 5th floor of the Library.
We’ll be celebrating our 20th Anniversary, playing some board games and NEW video games! We now have an X-Box with Kinect and we’ll be playing Just Dance 4! We also got the new Rock Band with keyboard! We’ll also have old favorites–Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros.
Hope you can take a study break to join us and try out the new games! We’ll also have pizza, snacks, drinks, and prizes!
On behalf of the Weinberg Memorial Library and the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence, we invite University of Scranton faculty and staff to Part II our Fall 2012 Technology On Your Own Terms (TOYOT) Photography themed workshops.
Sheli McHugh (Cataloging and Metadata Librarian)
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 – 12PM-1PM in WML305Traditional photo-sharing sites, like Flickr and Picassa, have been studied in previous Technology on Your Own Terms sessions. In this session, we will explore the next generation of digital photo sharing with apps like Instagram and Hipstamatic; the photo blogging site Tumblr; and the virtual/visual bulletin board, Pinterest. Sheli McHugh, Cataloging and Metadata Librarian, will provide an overview and introduction to these sites, while demonstrating their various features and functions. A light lunch will be provided.
TOYOT is open to all University faculty and staff, but seats are limited, so please let us know you are coming You can register at www.scranton.edu/ctleregistration – under Technology on Your Own Terms.
This holiday season, the Weinberg Memorial Library is selling a new line of limited edition Moleskine® notebooks, inspired by the calligraphic and ornamental masterworks preserved in the Library’s Zaner-Bloser Penmanship Collection.
Featured on each notebook is “The Proud Art Shall Conquer,” a peacock flourish by master penman Fielding Schofield (1845-1924). Schofield’s work references the motto of 19th century professional penmanship journal The Teacher of Penmanship:
“The Proud Art of Beautiful Writing Shall Conquer the Hearts of All Men.”
On campus, the notebooks are available for purchase at the Weinberg Memorial Library‘s 1st floor Circulation desk for the price of $20.00 per set (cash or check). Off campus, the notebooks are available for order at $20.00 per set plus shipping and handling. You can either fill out and send in one of our order forms (to pay by check) or contact our Special Collections library at 570-941-7002 to put in a credit card order.
All proceeds benefit the care, preservation, and digitization of the Zaner-Bloser Penmanship Collection.
These Moleskine® Large Cahier notebooks are 5″ x 8.25″ with 80 acid-free pages and are packaged in sets of two — one in black with ruled paper, and one in craft with blank paper. Graphic artist April Francia, a University of Scranton sophomore double majoring in Political Science and Philosophy, created the notebook covers and decorative paper bands (as well as the Zaner-Bloser Collection logo) by manipulating digitized images of ornamental penmanship in Adobe Illustrator.
(Updated November 15, 2012 with off-campus ordering information)
The Library will be hosting a Game Night on Monday, October 29th from 8pm till 11pm in the Heritage Room on the 5th floor. We’ll be celebrating our 20th Anniversary, playing some board games and NEW video games! We now have an X-Box with Kinect and we’ll be playing Just Dance 4! We also got the new Rock Band with keyboard! We’ll also have old 
favorites–Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros.
Hope you can join us and try out the new games! We’ll also have pizza, snacks, drinks, and prizes!
This past Saturday, the Friends of the Weinberg Memorial Library honored award winning poet, biographer, fiction writer and educator Jay Parini, Ph.D., with the 2012 Royden B. Davis, S.J., Distinguished Author Award. We also kicked off the Library’s 20th anniversary celebration with another honored guest, American Library Association President Maureen Sullivan.
The evening was a wonderful success, and we’re so grateful to our event sponsors, the event planning committee, all of our Friends, and the many Library and University faculty and staff members who have contributed to our 20th Anniversary festivities.
The celebration is far from over, though – check out our calendar of events and join us for lectures, conversations, and our first ever wine-tasting fundraiser!
