The Library and Media Center will be open 10am-5pm for the Labor Day holiday.
The Library and Media Center will be open 10am-5pm for the Labor Day holiday.
(Guest post by LAMC Associate Director Kat Ryner)
With mixed emotions we report that Carol Morris retired this summer after 22 years staffing the library circulation desk. While we’ll miss her good cheer and her dependability (imagine working 4 pm until past midnight, 5 days a week, for over 20 years!) we’re happy for Carol as she begins to enjoy her retirement with her husband on the water down in Ridge.
The embodiment of a life-long learner, Carol took many art classes here over the years. Professor of Art Sue Johnson points out that not only is Carol a gifted artist, but her presence in classes elevated every student’s work. Through the many relationships she’s developed with students, staff, and faculty, Carol inspires everyone who knows her.
Students will remember her kindness and her reassuring presence in the library most nights, and of course the way in which she announced the closing of the building at the end of the night. As quoted in a 2014 Point News article “Students Voice Appreciation for Campus Library,” Carol “reached super-star status through “The Library’s Closing Song,” in which she graces every square-inch of the three-story building with a decree that the battle of homework is over, that it’s time to finally call it quits.” A student in the article stated, “I think it should be the anthem of the whole college. It is one of the sweetest sounds that you can hear at night… It’s the swan song that makes you reconsider the decision to pull an all-nighter. I’ve never seen her, I’ve just heard her song. She’s an ethereal creature to me.”
Thank you, Carol, for your years of dedicated service. We miss you!
The Library will be open Sunday, August 26 from 2:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Monday 8:00 am – 12 midnight
Tuesday 8:00 am – 12 midnight
Wednesday 8:00 am – 12 midnight
Thursday 8:00 am – 12 midnight
Friday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Saturday 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday 12:00 noon – 12 midnight
The SMCM Library, Archive & Media Center Student Employee Class of 2018 had the opportunity to select a book from the collection that was meaningful to them during their time at St. Mary’s. They then posed for a portrait with that book and shared a bit about why it’s important to them.
Not pictured:
Kaitlin Aaby
Jerome Burley (graduated Fall 2017)
Walter Commins
Mike Connaughton (graduated Summer 2017)
Elizabeth Hill
Allison Holtzman
Natalie Krissoff
Cecelia Marquez
Hannah Murphy
Kyndall Rhaney
Logan Tarwater
Fireworks by AngMoKio [CC BY-SA 2.5], via Wikimedia Commons
The website, databases, and ebooks will still be available, and the lobby book drop will be accessible.
Photo courtesy of Dennis Jarvis on Flickr
Summer is here! The water is cool, the sun is shining, and the Library is open.
Throughout the St. Mary’s summer session the Library hours are:
Monday – Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays: Closed
Memorial Day (May 28) and July 4th: Closed
So if you want to get a jump start on your SMP, work on a summer research project, or just need a break from the heat, stop in and say hello! We’ll be happy to see you.
Extended Library and Media Center hours begin Tuesday, April 24.
Looking for study spaces? Check out the betaLounge on the 1st floor for some comfy seating! Need privacy? You can also book one of the 2nd floor study rooms!
Need a laptop/phone charger, ethernet cord, and/or an extension cord? Ask at the first floor Circulation desk. And keep an eye out for the phone and tablet charging stations — there’s one on each floor!
And of course, don’t forget to wear layers!
Best of luck!
SPRING 2018 EXAM HOURS |
LIBRARY |
MEDIA CENTER |
Tuesday, April 25 – Thursday, April 26 | 8:00 am – 2:00 am | 8:00 am – 10:30 pm |
Friday, April 27 | 8:00 am – 9:00 pm | 8:00 am – 5:00 pm |
Saturday, April 28 | 9:00 am – 9:00 pm | Noon – 3:00 pm |
Sunday, April 29 | 11:00 am – 1:00 am | 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm |
Monday, April 30 – Tuesday, May 1 | 8:00 am – 1:00 am | 8:00 am – 10:30 pm |
Wednesday, May 2 – Thursday, May 3 | 8:00 am – 2:00 am | 8:00 am – midnight |
Friday, May 4 | 8:00 am – 9:00 pm | 8:00 am – 5:00 pm |
Saturday, May 5 | 9:00 am – 9:00 pm | Noon – 3:00 pm |
Sunday, May 6 | 11:00 am – 2:00 am | 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm |
Monday, May 7 | 8:00 am – midnight | 8:00 am – midnight |
Tuesday, May 8 | 8:00 am– 6:00 pm | 8:00 am – 5:00 pm |
Wednesday, May 9 – Friday, May 11 | 8:00 am– 5:00 pm | 8:00 am – 5:00 pm |
Image credit: A VerMeulen
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
For Senior Hannah Murphy, education and teaching have always been among her top interests.
Born in Annapolis, Hannah grew up in Owings, Maryland after her family moved there when she was in the third grade. Foreshadowing her later interests, she took Spanish all throughout high school, reaching the AP level.
When it came time to pick a college, Hannah looked to smaller liberal arts schools and those with historical settings including Hood College and the College of William & Mary, as well as St. Mary’s. While there were many factors that influenced her decision – including the MAT program, scholarship funds, and the fact that SMCM was her grandfather’s favorite out of all the colleges she visited – what sealed Hannah’s decision to come to St. Mary’s was the great experience she had spending a night here as a prospective student. And on top of that the beautiful waterfront setting didn’t hurt. “Can’t discount pretty,” Hannah says.
Hannah began working in the Archives the fall of her Junior year. The previous summer, she had interned at the Calvert Marine Museum sorting, cataloging, and scanning photos and negatives. She really enjoyed working with the staff there as well as the general atmosphere and was looking for an additional on campus job when she saw the Professional Fellowship Program position open up in the Archives. Her job duties range from sorting and cataloging incoming materials, to cataloging the images on the college’s Flickr site, to assisting the Archivist with research about the college. Her favorite thing about working in the Archives is helping to preserve the history and make it accessible to the community, now and in the future. Through working at the Archives, she has gained quite a bit of knowledge about the history of St. Mary’s, which came in handy when a visiting parent asked her questions about the college.
In addition to her job in the Archives, Hannah worked as an RA in Queen Anne and Caroline residence halls, and is currently the RHC for Waring Commons where she oversees a staff of seven RAs and serves as liaison between the students, RAs, and the Office of Residence Life. Through working as an RA and RHC, she has had to mediate quite a few roommate disagreements, mostly over things like room temperature and lights.
She also spent the Spring semester of her Junior year studying abroad in Granada, Spain. Hannah highly recommends study abroad, saying it’s “awesome and everyone should do it.” She really enjoyed living in a Spanish speaking country for a few months totally immersed in the language and culture.
As a Spanish major with minors in Ed Studies and History, Hannah will be entering the SMCM MAT program in the summer, focusing on becoming a middle or high school Spanish teacher (she just passed her Spanish Praxis exam!). Her interests in Spanish and Ed Studies led her to focus her SMP work on English Learners, a group that doesn’t necessarily get the resources it needs. Her SMP looks at addressing critical thinking skills among English Learners. Her project is based on the Common Underlying Proficiency theory – which posits that cognitively demanding tasks (like critical thinking) are common across languages, despite the surface differences between languages that we observe. Using this theory, Hannah developed a Spanish Enrichment program at Spring Ridge Middle School that helped five English Learners address critical thinking skills, such as identifying the main idea in a text, by reading articles in their home language. Hannah believes that the home language should be seen as a resource when gaining these critical thinking skills, which are more important for the students to grasp than learning them in English. By the end of the six week program, the students showed greater proficiency in learning these critical thinking skills and were able to identify the main ideas in a text.
Hannah will be presenting her work at the 2018 National Conference on Undergraduate Research in Oklahoma City, and hopes to continue this project through her MAT master’s thesis in addition to possibly working with Dr. Katy Arnett to continue the program with St. Mary’s students through the Spanish department or the course ESL Across the Curriculum (EDUC 491). She is also considering getting certified as an English for Speakers of Other Languages teacher. Post SMCM MAT program, Hannah hopes to work in Frederick County, Maryland which has a quickly growing Latinx population.
The LAMC is looking for students interested in trying out the a couple of websites and giving feedback while using them. This will help the Library, Archives & Media Center improve online services for the entire SMCM community. Participants will receive a LAMC water bottle!
What will I be doing in the study?
You will be asked to do several short tasks using two websites. You will be asked to describe aloud your experiences while completing the tasks and also be asked follow up questions about your experience and perceptions of the websites.
How long is a session?
One hour
When and where?
The study will be held during the week of April 9-13. You will be asked to participate at the Usability Testing Lab in Schaefer 256.
Interested in participating?
Fill out this form indicating the times you are available to participate: https://goo.gl/forms/5ggof4i6TbSDsrYn2
Deadline is Friday, March 30.
This study (IRB SP18_37) has been approved by the SMCM IRB. If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie Schoch at snmonaghan@smcm.edu.
Special Spring Break hours start Friday, March 9.
Of course, the Library website is open for business 24/7 if you need access to databases, or have a question during the break! And the lobby book drop is open even when the Library is closed!
(BTW: you can totally check out a Kindle for all your beach reading needs; there are tons of great titles to choose from on each and every Kindle!)
Friday, March 9: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday, March 10 – Sunday, March 11: CLOSED
Monday, March 12 – Thursday, March 15: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Friday, March 16 – Saturday, March 17: CLOSED
Sunday, March 18: 2:00 pm – 1:00 am
Monday, March 19: Library returns to regular hours
Friday, March 9: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday,March 10 – Sunday, March 11: CLOSED
Monday, March 12 – Thursday, March 15: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Friday, March 16 – Saturday, March 17: CLOSED
Monday, March 19: Media Center returns to regular hours