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.
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.
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.
The update to the Library’s 24/7 chat service is now complete. You can access the chat from any of our chat boxes on the Library’s website, blog, Research Guides, and my.scranton.edu page.
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.
The Library will be working on our chat platform over the next few days. For 24/7 chat access, please use the chat boxes on the Library’s blog or on our Research Guides.
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.
