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Thanksgiving Hours

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Pumpkin pie slice

Image: Evan Amos [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

The SMCM Library and Media Center will have reduced hours / be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday. The Library website, databases, and ebooks will still be available if you need to some scholarly research to settle an argument around the Thanksgiving table.

Library

  • Tuesday, November 22: 8am-7pm
  • Wednesday, November 23: CLOSED
  • Thursday, November 24: CLOSED (Happy Thanksgiving!)
  • Friday, November 25: CLOSED
  • Saturday, November 26: CLOSED
  • Sunday, November 27: 2pm-1am

Media Center

  • Tuesday, November 22: 8am-5pm
  • Wednesday, November 23: CLOSED
  • Thursday, November 24: CLOSED (Happy Thanksgiving!)
  • Friday, November 25: CLOSED
  • Saturday, November 26: CLOSED
  • Sunday, November 27: CLOSED

Have a safe and relaxing break!

Support & Solidarity Resources

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Events Wednesday, November 9:

  • There will be a forum at 4:45 pm today in St. Mary’s Hall to give students an opportunity to share their thoughts.
  • The Multi-cultural Resource Room located inside the campus center leadership lab will be staffed by the MAPP navigators from 10:30 am to 8 pm.
  • The Rainbow Room located in the campus center will be staffed from 8:30-11:30 am, 2:30-4:30 pm, and 6-9 pm.
  • Aldom Lounge will also be available from 10 am to 3 pm supported by Student Affairs staff.
  • As always, walk in hours are available in the Wellness Center from 1-3 pm.
    (Thanks to Leonard Brown Jr., VP for Student Affairs/Dean of Students and Michael Wick,
    Provost/Dean of the Faculty for assembling this list.)

Additional Resources

 

Library Comm[unity] Graduates

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library employee comm[unity] graduates
From left to right (name, office):
Veronica Arellano Douglas, Research Librarian, Library 127
Kat Ryner, Associate Director, Library 225
Amanda VerMeulen, Research Librarian, Library 125
Alan Lutton, Office Administrator, Library 236

Library Student Worker Named Point News Editor-in-Chief

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Student worker Miranda McLainLibrary student worker Miranda McLain was recently named the Point News Editor-in-Chief. At the Point News, she has work her way up from assistant editor as a first year student, to Arts and Entertainment editor, and finally Editor-in-Chief.

Miranda is currently a Senior English and Political Science double major, with a minor in Ed. Studies, working on an SMP to write a series of political, creative non-fiction, long form articles in which she interviews campus speakers and alumni to find out how their college experiences led them to their current field.

Miranda has worked in the Library as a circulation assistant since Fall of 2015. She volunteered at her school library in high school and thought the SMCM Library job would be a great way to stay involved on campus as a commuter student.

As a student worker, Miranda enjoys getting to talk to a lot of different people, and learning about the wide variety of classes and SMP topics while she helps people search for books in the collection.

 

 

New Quiet Study Space

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The second floor overlooking the river is now an official “Quiet Study Space.”

This change is in response to student feedback on the survey and in focus groups.

Through these methods, we learned that many students come to the library specifically for quiet study spaces. Responses identified the area overlooking the river (officially called the Reeves-Garner Reading Room) as the preferred place to create our first official quiet study space.

The first floor, third floor bean bag room, and group study rooms are still available for group work and other forms of “unquiet” study.

If you have questions about the new quiet study area, please contact Kate Pitcher, Director of the Library, Archives and Media Center.

Quiet area sign

Library Mini Golf Friday!

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Two students watch a golf ball roll under a book in the library

The class of 2019 is hosting MINI GOLF in the Library this Friday, October 7th!

TIME: 9 p.m.-12 p.m.

ADMISSION:$3 per person, group of 5 pay the admission price of 4.

Prizes:
1. A $40 Amazon gift card.
2. Portable Wireless Bluetooth Speaker.
3. Smart Fitness Tracker Wristband Bracelet.
4. A long sleeve Tee from the Campus store.
5. Burt’s Bees Hand Repair Gift Set.

BOOK SALE 2016!

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Brace yourselves, the book sale is coming…

The annual library book sale is Tuesday and Wednesday, October 4 & 5.

We will be selling books from 9am-4pm, rain or shine outside the entrance to the library. We have books in a range of subjects, so come early and often to get your favs!

Book Prices are $0.50 for paperbacks and $1.00 for hardcovers. Cash only! Sorry no OneCard, debit or credit cards 🙁 [Thankfully there’s an ATM conveniently located in the library lobby. Coincidence or conspiracy????? You decide.]

Chronicle of Higher Ed and NY Times Access @ SMCM Library

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Chronicle of Higher Education

The Library maintains a College-wide subscription to The Chronicle of Higher Education. To access all articles, opinion pieces, and writing about academia you could ever want, just visit The Chronicle online and sign up for a free account using your St. Mary’s email address.

Also, all currently enrolled students, and SMCM faculty and staff can register for access to the daily NY Times and its online archive (we have a separate database for the Historical NY Times from 1851-2012 with a moving wall).

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