The dog days of summer are upon us, but that doesn't mean we've slowed down here in the Libraries. This issue of In Circulation highlights just a few of our recent efforts to prepare for what is to come this fall when we welcome another record-breaking class of freshmen to campus.
The Drexel Libraries hired two high school student interns to work in the End-User Technology Support department as part of the WorkReady Philadelphia Program.
The inaugural Libraries Faculty Fellows Program ended in June, and the first group of fellows has already volunteered to continue their focused projects and form a cohort of Libraries advocates.
This summer,
Drexel faculty, students and administrators joined Dean Nitecki in the W. W. Hagerty Library for informal conversations about the future of the Libraries' physical spaces.
The Drexel University Libraries is the newest member of the Open Textbook Network, a consortium of over 600 academic institutions working to promote access to open textbooks.
The Libraries will once again participate in Drexel's New Student Orientation Week, which starts the week before the fall term begins and includes plenty of activities to help incoming freshmen find their way around their new home on Drexel's campus.
