DREXEL UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES                                                                                                                                 JUNE 2014

DEAN'S UPDATE: THE CHANGING FACE OF THE LIBRARIAN 

The steps to changing an organization's future are seemingly easy - draft a vision, set objectives, meet goals and tell the world. But, a transformation calls for something more - a dramatic change or metamorphosis. Operationally, shifting an organizational culture is not so easy as one has to change perceptions and behaviors of both those responding to the change and to those changing. It no longer is news that electronic publishing, digital resources, online learning, multi-tasking, time jugglers have shifted our well established practices of collection building, reciprocally sharing materials, teaching steps to search and evaluate information, building complex discovery standards and systems and protecting quiet rooms for focused learning. We are shifting our challenge from figuring out what we can do with what we have, to planning, shaping and sharing the doing with others. 

Staff awards recipients  

SEVEN INDIVIDUALS RECOGNIZED AT FIFTH ANNUAL LIBRARY CELEBRATION AWARDS  

Work to advance the Libraries mission was recognized at the fifth annual Library Celebration Awards hosted on Thursday, May 22, 2014 at W. W. Hagerty Library. More than 40 people were in attendance to recognize work that helped to embed the Libraries across campus, expand the Libraries programming, showcase the resources of the University Archives, and reflect a model library organization.

  Bryan family ribbon cutting

GROUP STUDY ROOM DEDICATED TO FORMER LIBRARY DIRECTOR JANE BRYAN  

Students were always a key priority for former Drexel library director Jane Griffith Bryan who held the position from 2005 until her passing in 2009. On Thursday, May 22, 2014, her family carried on her legacy of supporting student learning with the dedication of the Jane Griffith Bryan, '67 Group Study Room.
 

Q&A WITH JANICE MASUD-PAUL LIBRARIAN FOR HEALTH SCIENCES RESEARCH

The newest librarian on the staff at Drexel, Janice Masud-Paul joined the Libraries in December 2013. Since, she's hit the ground running growing the Libraries collaborations and support for research in the College of Nursing and Health Professions. She's championed the Faculty Portfolios initiative and is quickly becoming known on campus for her expertise.

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ADDITIONAL NEWS
JUNE 9
ScholarSip
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JUNE 10
Finals Week Coffee Breaks
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JUNE 16
Summon Search Upgrade
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