The Library plans to host another Gaming night during the Spring Semester and this time we would like to know what works best for you.
By taking the following extremely short survey, the Library can plan what Month and Day of the week would best suit our Student’s schedules.
We are also looking for feedback and suggestions, so if you have any ideas please add it to the comment boxes.
The survey will probably take you less than a minute to complete and here it is:
Don’t forget, you have one final chance to enjoy this fall’s Schemel Forum World Affairs Briefing luncheons! On Tuesday, November 16 at 12pm, executive director of Voice of Women Suraya Pakzad will be on campus to speak on “Afghanistan on the Ground: A Woman’s View.”
In a country where females are second-class citizens, Pakzad overcame formidable obstacles to receive an education and more recently, under the oppressive Taliban rule, risked her life to set up covert schools for girls and spread the light of knowledge to the future mothers of her country. Her presentation will focus on the most recent developments in Afghanistan regarding empowering women with basic rights. She will also emphasize, in the wake of the exit of international forces and aid agencies, the need for the United States and its allies to “see us through the transition and not repeat the mistakes of leaving us in the middle of nowhere.”
You won’t want to miss Ms. Pakzad’s inspiring story of struggle for women’s rights in Afghanistan. Please register with Kym Fetsko at fetskok2@scranton.edu – and invite a friend to come along with you!
Did you miss some of this fall’s Schemel Forum World Affairs briefing luncheons? You can catch two more of them online, thanks to the University’s Public Relations office.
On October 22nd, Northeast Pennsylvania native Michael Greenberger, who served with the Clinton Administration, discussed new developments in U.S. terrorism enforcement.
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And on October 27th, Goodwin Cooke, Professor Emeritus of International Studies at Syracuse University spoke about “China Today: What We Need to Know.”
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There’s just one more luncheon scheduled for this fall – Suraya Pakzad, founder and executive director of the Voice of Women Organization, will speak on Monday, November 16 at 12pm. Be sure to contact Kym Fetsko at fetskok2@scranton.edu if you’d like to attend!
If you have any old and used fabric that you are looking to get rid of…
The Friends of the Poor is sponsoring a Recyclable Fabric Drive.
They are accepting old, used, torn, stained, and tattered fabric items, which include: Clothings, Shoes, Boots, Outerwear, Sheets, Blankets, Pillows, Towels, Curtains, Tablecloths, Bedspreads, Back-packs, Purses, Belts, Socks, Hates, Gloves, Stuffed animals, Area rugs, etc..
The Drop off location is at:
Our Lady of Peace Parking Lot
University Ave (Marywood U. Campus)
Scranton, PA
Come by on:
Thursday November 4, from 8am to 5pm
Friday, November 5, from 8am to 5pm
Satuday, November 6, from 8am to 5pm
Sunday, November 7, from Noon to 3pm
If you’ve been on the 5th floor lately, you might have noticed that we have some of our special collections materials on display as part of the When Humanity Fails exhibit being held at the MAC Gallery. This exhibit “celebrates the American GIs who liberated Europe and helped nurture the survivors of Nazi persecution back to life,” according to Tova Weiss, director of the Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s Holocaust Education Resource Center.
If you’d like to learn more about displaced persons and the aftermath of the Holocaust, be sure to browse our new digital collection on Abe L. Plotkin, a 1935 graduate of St. Thomas College (before it became the University of Scranton) who witnessed the liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp and later became a liaison between displaced persons and their relatives and friends in America. The fully-searchable collection includes Plotkin’s photographs of Ohrdruf and of Holocaust survivors, as well as his correspondence with friends and contacts in American about his experiences abroad.
You can also see some of Plotkin’s original photographs and letters in the 5th floor Heritage Room display cases, now through November 20.
The Weinberg Library’s Green Team met yesterday to talk over some new ideas and projects. Here’s a taste of what we have in store for the next few months:
Many thanks to all of the students, faculty, and staff who have been giving us suggestions on making the Library greener!
If you are enjoying the Technology On Your Own Terms series this fall or if you just want to learn more about Google, you can view the DVD Google World, a new addition to the Media Resources Collection. This film scrutinizes Google’s history, corporate culture, business practices and ambitions. Check for its availability by searching our Library catalog at http://wml.scranton.edu/search.
Today’s Schemel Forum Luncheon – China Today: What We Need to Know, will be in the DeNaples Center Ballroom from 12-1 p.m. and not Brennan Hall as stated in the brochure.
We’ve heard from a few students lately about not being able to access my.scranton from their Android phones. When they try to log in, they get an error message that looks like this:
uPortal ErrorSorry, but uPortal encountered an error that is preventing it from rendering. The error must be corrected by system administrators. Try again later.
We talked to our friends over in the University’s Planning and Information Resources office, and they said that the problem isn’t the Android OS but Chrome — so if Android users download Firefox as their mobile browser instead, they should be able to get into my.scranton just fine. Spread the word, Android owners! And thanks for the tip, PIR!
Too often, we see students printing out page after page of PowerPoint lecture slides, with just a few words on each page. Why not save money AND save paper by printing multiple slides per page?
The Weinberg Library Green Team will be posting these fliers (printed on reused paper, naturally) around our computer labs to remind all of our students and patrons to be conscious of how much they’re using. If you have any trouble with mutiple-slide printing, just ask for help at the Reference Desk!
