The newsletter of the Todd Wehr Memorial LibraryLIBRARY CURRENTS

Library Currents Spring 2019; Volume 21, Issue 2

In This Issue

Joe Hardenbrook, Director of Library Services

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Nancy Bennett, Electronic Resources and Systems Librarian, presented a poster session at the Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference in March 2019: CPU Gets an Upgrade: A New Way of Looking at Cost-Per-Use.

Barb Ruggeri, Life and Health Sciences Librarian, contributed to a poster session on Community-Based Interprofes-sional Education/Practice: An Innovative Case Study Format for the Physician Assistant Education Association Educa-tion Forum in October of 2018. Barb also co-presented a poster session on A Pedgagogy for Health Professions: Student Mastery of Health Literacy Principles Using Learn-Do-Teach at the Wisconsin Health Literacy Summit in April of 2019.

Joe Hardenbrook, Director of Library Services, guest lectured at the UW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies on Small(er) Academic Libraries: Highlights from the Field in March of 2019. He also participated in the peer group for the College Library Director Mentoring Program, sponsored by the Association of College & Research Libraries for 2018-2019.

Meghan Dowell, Teaching and Learning Librarian, co-authored an article in the Journal of Academic Librarianship: A Perspective on Wikipedia: Your Students Are Here, Why Aren’t You? in March, 2019. Meghan also continues in the Ph.D. program in information studies at UW-Milwaukee.

Sue Riehl, Public/Technical Services Librarian and Archivist, serves as chair of the Southeast Wisconsin Archives Group (SWAG).

Khorye Huffman, Evening and Weekend Supervisor, continues her studies for her Masters in Library Science degree at UW-Milwaukee.

Staff Accomplishments

WIKIPEDIA EDIT-A-THON

A STUDENT’S PERSPECTIVE

CARROLL AUTHORS AND ARTISTS

NEW ONLINE SUBSCRIPTIONS

LIBRARY PETS: A LETTER FROM MERLE

A STUDENT’S PERSPECTIVE

MARIAN THE LIBRARIAN/BY THE NUMBERS

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Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon

Princess Galvan, Chemistry Major Forensic Science Emphasis and Spanish Minor

A Student’s Perspective

Our job as info commons/classroom workers is to check out laptops, set up and arrange the classroom for class use, assist in usage of printers and MFD, and answer or at least give our best attempt to answer any questions patrons may have when they come to either desk.

Within the first couple weeks of my first semester freshman year, my roommate mentioned that she worked at the library, really liked her job and that the library was, at the time, looking for additional students to cover empty shifts in the schedule. My roommate gave me Denise’s e-mail and since then I have continued to work in the library for the past four years and absolutely love it.

I am eternally grateful for the support that I have received through the library. When someone thinks of a job, they often think just that: a job. Well, at the library it’s not just a job, its relationship, friendships and being part of the library family. We take care of each other, whether it’s picking up shifts because someone has an exam or is sick, to writing a card with a personal note when someone is having a rough semester and just needs a “pick me up” and to know that the library is there to support you through whatever life may throw your way. We laugh together, cry together, support, encourage and look out for each other. The library staff has become my second family.

Meghan Dowell, Teaching and Learning Librarian On Wednesday, Feb 20th, the library hosted its first convocation point and Wikipedia edit-a-thon honoring Black History Month. The evening began with a presentation on the racial and gender dispari-ties of Wikipedia, the problems this spreads and the initiatives to reverse the imbalance. Participants were encouraged to add to articles in their disciplines or personal interests. If you are interested in further resources about edit-a-thons or teaching with Wikipedia, please see our research guide:

https://pioguides.carrollu.edu/wikipedia or contact Meghan Dowell mdowell@carrollu.edu.

Rachel Aten, Business Manager

Carroll Authors and Artists

Congratulations to the following Carroll Authors and Artists who have had work published this past fiscal year!

Laila Azam Tim Galow Kerry Kretchmar Max RondolinoBarbra Beck Lilly Goren Katie Lesperance Barb Ruggeri Dan Becker Jim Grimshaw Wendie Leveille Thomas St. GeorgeNancy Bennett Kevin Guilfoy Todd Levine Pacia SallomiJessica Boll Joe Hardenbrook Abby Markwyn Dan ShackelfordKarene Boos Scott Hendrix Kevin McMahon Kimberly SpencerJessican Brown Kim Hofkamp Dave Molthen Christina SpraderNancy Burmeister Jane Hopp Sara North Tim Suchomel Jennifer Chandler Mary Hoppe Colleen Pennell Amy VegaElena De Costa Peggy Kasimatis Joe Piatt Kathleen VolkRoseAnn Donovan Karie Ruekart Kobiske Lenny Ramsey Kim WhiteMeghan Dowell Kathy Kramer Kimberly Redding James ZagerPascale Engelmajer Phil Krejkarek Wilma Robinson Shaoqiong Zhao

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Barb Ruggeri, Life and Health Sciences Librarian

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Meghan Dowell, Teaching and Learning Librarian

Library Pets: A Letter from Merle

Logan Johnson, Exercise ScienceComing into college can be a scary and eye opening experience. Being assigned to work in the library was one of the best things that could have happened to me as a freshman. In addition to helping assist with laptop checkouts and printer usage, when no one has a question you can sit at the desk and work on homework to get ahead in class. I worked in the library for two school years, as a freshman and a senior, and they have been the happiest years I have had on campus. Another big portion of the job is getting to talk with all of our librarians. There isn’t a better group of people on campus. You can have relationships from a mom on campus to talking about new things coming out from Marvel. They are always there to hear you out and talk you through tough stops when it come to school or family stuff. They will hear you out without a judgmental bone in their body. I am happy to have had the experience of calling the library my place of work for as long as I did.

Hey buds, I’m Merle. I live with Meghan (teaching and learning librarian), Alan (her partner), and the cats. There are three cats. Randall does not like me, I can’t figure it out. I always share my dinner with him. Radar is chill; we like to be brushed at the same time and get treats for being good boys. Then there’s Porkchop. I. love. Porkchop. Whenever she is near I can’t control my tail. I like to walk up to her and boop noses. It is the best!

Sign: VirgoFavorite snack: peanut butter cookiesFavorite place: oooh, this is tie between the dog park and the middle of the bedFavorite toy: squeaky hamburgerNicknames: MerlyBird, Buddy, Dude, Handsome Boy

New Online Subscriptions in Life & Health Sciences

Each year the librarians take a close look at usage patterns of the library’s collection of journals and interlibrary loan article requests. Last summer we found that print usage of science and health journals had declined. As a result, the cost per use of print journals in these areas rose dramatically. With online journal usage continuing to grow, the decision was made to cancel expensive print journals in addition to online journals with low usage and high cost per use. This cost savings enabled the library to purchase online versions of higher use print journals and online subscriptions to some highly requested interlibrary loan journals. Since the new subscriptions started in January, we have already seen improved usage of the online versions of the journals.

Cancelled print journals: Science, Nature, Nursing, Science News, Strength & Conditioning Journal, American Journal of Nursing.

Cancelled online journals: Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, American Fisheries Society Journals Package.

New online journal subscriptions:

Science, Strength & Conditioning Journal, American Journal of Nursing, JAMA, American Journal of Occupational Therapy, British Journal of Occupational Therapy.

Several of these journals including Science and JAMA allow you to sign up for email alerts of the table of contents as well as alerts for major developments in science and medical news. Contact Barb Ruggeri bruggeri@carrollu.edu should you need assistance signing up for these alerts.

A Student’s Perspective

By the Numbers...

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Todd Wehr Memorial Library100 N. East AvenueWaukesha, WI 53186www.carrollu.edu/library

Library Mission Statement:

The mission of the library is to satisfy the informational needs of students by providing an environment that fosters academic excellence, and by providing services that help students develop the sophisticated information-al skills required for lifelong learning.

Circulation Desk: Information Desk: Text A Librarian Coffee Shop:

262-524-7175262-650-4892262-672-6555262-524-7349

Library Currents Spring 2019; Volume 21, Issue 2

Marian the Librarian

Denise Friestedt, Circulation Manager

Library Summer Hours

Monday-Thursday 8:00am-6:00pm

Friday 8:00am-4:30pm. Saturday Closed unless noted

Sunday Closed unless noted

News from the LibraryCheck out our Summer Reading Recommendations! There are books that come recommended by the Carroll Library Staff! All books are available for check out for a summer read! For more the list and more information you can go to our research guide:

https://pioguides.carrollu.edu/summerreads

Dear Marian,I went away for Spring Break, but now I received an email that said my book is due tomorrow. What am I supposed to do?

Sincerely,Relaxing in Florida

Dear Relaxing,

Don’t stress! You can easily renew you library materials by going to the library home page at https://www.carrollu.edu/li-brary and then clicking on the “Renew Online” link. Enjoy the rest of your break and please bring some warm weather back to Wisconsin when you return.

Sincerely,Marian the Librarian

Number of pets owned by library staff 15Which are:1 bird / 7 cats / 7 dogs

Number of pets owned by library circulation student workers 961 bird / 24 cats / 3 chickens / 35 dogs / 8 fish / 1 frog / 1 hamster / 20 horses / 3 snakes

Number of times that the therapy dogs have visited the library 11

Number of visitors that came to pet a therapy dog 2,962

Number of Animal related subjects titles/categories listed in the library catalog 35 Which are:Aquatic / Burrowing / Captive wild / Cave / Cold-blooded / Dangerous / Domestic / Endemic / Exotic / Extinct / Famous / Feral / Food / Forest / Game / Garden / Herbivores / Human-animal relationships /Introduced / Invertebrates / Island / Orphaned / Photograph of / Predatory / Rare / Riparian / Sand dune / Seed dispersal / Soil / Suburban / Transgenic / Tundra / Urban / Wildlife attracting / Zoology

Number of entries found in the library catalog when you do an Animal subject search 2,036Number of entries found in the library catalog when you do a Dog subject search 298