Last Spring, the Library began offering students the ability to send library questions to the Reference Desk via text message.
Want to know if we have a book? Not sure what time we close? Just send us a text and you’ll receive help right away!
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Student Work featured in Photography Club Gallery
If you’re either a student here at the U or a regular reader of Infospot, you know all about our new 1st floor 24-hour study space. Starting today, that new space has one less blank wall.
This fall, the Weinberg Memorial Library partnered with the University’s Photography Club on a collaborative project to market our text messaging reference service. Members of the Club took photographs of fellow University of Scranton students text messaging and then submitted them to us for review. We chose our five favorite photographs to use for our marketing campaign – but since there were so many other great photographs, we decided to host a Photography Club gallery here at the Library.
So the next time you’re in the building, stop by the 1st floor group study rooms to find 9 gorgeous photographs celebrating text messaging, all thanks to our Photography Club contributors: James Benfante, Anna Heckman, Sarah Prandy, Aimee Miller, Gillian Naro, and Jon Danforth. We’d also like to extend an extra thank you to Jon, who is both the Vice President of the Photography Club and one of our Library TechCons, for coordinating the gallery.
Student photographs, like this one by James Benfante, will be used to market the Library’s text messaging reference service
National Library Week to be Celebrated at the University
This year, the Weinberg Library will join libraries through the nation in celebrating the importance and value of libraries to their communities, whether they serve a public, academic, or school population. To begin our celebration, we’d like to invite you to participate in our second Gaming Night, which will kick off the week. Following a very successful maiden run in February, library patrons responded to a survey which asked if it the event should be repeated. The positive response was overwhelming, so on Monday evening April 12 from 8-11 P.M. you may try your hand (and foot) at a variety of Wii games, including Wii Fit, Wii Sport, and Mario Kart. Free refreshments – pizza, wings, and more will be offered, and if Wii isn’t your forte, traditional board games will also be available. Come and take a break from your studies for a while — you may even win one of our great prizes! While you are in the library, stop at 4th floor Quiet Study Room to view the display of favorite books by library staffers. A wide range of fiction, non-fiction and children’s books will be featured, each with the staff member’s name. Finally, the Library is rolling out our newest reference service — Text a UofS Librarian. If your phone is equipped with a basic texting service, you may text a message to our reference desk at 570-687-8787 any time the Library is open. Questions about book locations, library hours, and library holdings can be quickly answered through our texting service.
And although our annual Book Sale starts next weekend (April 23-25), it is still not too late to donate books to the sale. Boxes are positioned in the Monroe Avenue side lobby of the Weinberg Library. All donations are welcome!
Come and celebrate National Library Week at the Weinberg Library.
Text UofSLibrary!
Photo courtesy of isla_yelo under a Creative Commons license
Starting today, you can now send text messages to the UofS Library Reference Desk at:
570-687-8787
Send us your library-related questions via text message, and we’ll text you back an answer shortly, if you send the text during normal library hours.
If you text us when we’re closed, we’ll receive your text when we open up the next day, and text you back as soon as we get the question.
Please remember that your cell phone carrier may charge you for each text message sent and received. The library is not responsible for these charges.
More to come on this, but in the meantime, tell your friends! Happy texting!