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Winter Break Hours

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Campus Center in the Snow

Starting Monday, December 19, the Library and Media Center will have different hours during the winter break. Of course, the Library website is open for business 24/7 if you need access to databases or e-books during the break!

Have a safe and happy break and we’ll see you next year!!!

LIBRARY AND MEDIA CENTER

WINTER BREAK HOURS

(LOBBY BOOK DROP WILL BE OPEN)

December 19-22, 2016:  8:00 am – 5:00 pm
December 23, 2016 – January 3, 2017:  CLOSED
January 4-6, 2017: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
January 7-8, 2017: CLOSED
January 9-13, 2017: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
January 14, 2017: CLOSED
January 15, 2017: (Library) 2:00 pm – 9:00 pm; (Media Center) CLOSED
January 16, 2017: (Library) 8:00 am – 9:00 pm; (Media Center) 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
January 17, 2017: Library and Media Center return to regular hours

Student Employee Profile: Ivan Messi

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Ivan Messi

Image credit: A VerMeulen Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

If you received any mail related to the recent St. Mary’s Gives fundraising campaign, you probably saw Library student worker Ivan Messi featured!

Born in Cameroon, Ivan almost went to Mount St. Mary’s instead of SMCM, but transferred at the last minute thanks to the scholarship he received through the DeSousa-Brent Scholars Program. Ivan is currently a Senior Political Science major interested in business and entrepreneurship, working on both a Senior Seminar and independent study project. Though he was planning on studying computer science at the beginning of his college career, Ivan was drawn to political science because of the willingness to talk about difficult issues in class and not shy away from tough topics.

He began working at the Library as a circulation assistant his sophomore year, in 2014. Though he was initially looking for any open positions on campus, Ivan enjoys the relaxed atmosphere working in the Library offers and a flexible work schedule that helps him manage class, studying, and rugby team, which he has been on since his first year at St. Mary’s. But his favorite part of his job is interacting with people and helping to get them started with their research, no matter what they are studying.

 

Book Arts Class Projects in Library Lobby Wednesday!

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Come by the Library atrium/lobby on Wednesday, December 14 from 11am-12:30pm and check out the projects from students in Sue Johnson’s Book Arts class (ART 347).

Here’s a sample of books created by Library employee Carol Morris. See these and more book arts projects on Wednesday!

book arts collage

Handmade books by Carol Morris, created in ART 347. Image: “Handmade books” by A. VerMeulen Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

 

Library & Media Center Hours: Fall 2016 Exam Edition

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Students StudyingStarting Friday, December 9, the Library and Media Center will have extended hours for all the studying you need to do to prep for exams.

Best of luck!!!!!!!!!

Library & Media Center: Fall 2016 Exam Hours

December 9 – December 18

LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER
Friday, Dec. 9 8 AM – 9 PM 8 AM – 5 PM
Saturday, Dec. 10 9 AM – 9 PM 12 PM – 3 PM
Sunday, Dec. 11 11 AM –2 AM 6 PM – 9 PM
Monday – Wednesday, Dec. 12-14 8 AM – 2 AM 8 AM – 12:00 mid.
Thursday, Dec. 15 8 AM – 9 PM 8 AM – 8 PM
Friday, Dec. 16 8 AM – 5 pm 8 AM –5 pm
Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 17-18 CLOSED CLOSED

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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support

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

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