research colloquium
Watch Dr. Charles Adelberg's Spring 2023 Research Colloquium Presentation: The Entrepreneurs' Indispensable Function in Economics
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The Library doesn't stop working for you during the summer. Summer and winter breaks are the high point of our special projects activities. Library staff are on site (and working remotely) to prepare for the next academic year. We will be making advances in:
- Onboarding 2 new librarians: A Student Success Librarian and a Systems Librarian.
- Hosting an Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) workshop June 7th on putting the new Standards for Libraries in Higher Education into action. Our national representative coordinates with WASC on national-regional standards for library services. Menlo College Librarians and 40 other library leaders from academic institutions throughout California will convene to develop their skills, as well as institutional implementation and assessment plans.
- Developing a student-led research and library services program with opportunities for library student employees to build real world skills in research support, stakeholder communications for cultural institutions, programming, technical services, and more.
- Redesigning Menlo's information literacy curriculum to help everyone navigate a complex world of information and research.
- Completing publisher negotiations for the e-Resource Deselection Project and discontinuing access to the resources identified on the library Article and Database list marked with a red flag. Next academic year, we will work with faculty to remove those resources from courses and suggest alternatives, if available.
Come pick up a good read!
Bowman Library is celebrating AAPI Heritage month with a wonderful book display at the entrance of the library and a virtual exhibit put together by our fantastic library student assistants.
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During the summer and through the next year, Bowman Library will routinely deselect (aka remove, withdraw) physical books from the library collections to keep the collection vibrant.
Books are removed in accordance with our Collection Development Policy and after a period of public review. A list of candidate titles and more information about the project and the principles that guide us are all outlined here.
We value the input of the Menlo College community. If you find particular items on the list that you believe should not be withdrawn, please email randi.proescholdt@menlo.edu by May 29, 2023.
Cool things librarians are keeping up on:
- Information literacy for the incoming generations of students; methods, standards, new skills and instructional design for a complex information (and data) driven economy
- ChatGPT, research uses and academic integrity
- JSTOR Shared collections for Menlo College's digital special collections and archives
- Marshall Breeding's Library Systems report, industry trends in digital library technologies
- Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) initiatives to improve access at lowest cost, including a CDL initiative among SCELC libraries