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Murray Library December 2021 Newsletter, Murray Library

Library Publications

What's new at the library? News and information about Murray Library at Messiah University written by its staff.

Contents:

• Christmas movies at the Library
• Extended Library hours
• Events at the Library

Murray Library November 2021 Newsletter, Murray Library

Library Publications

What's new at the library? News and information about Murray Library at Messiah University written by its staff.

Contents:

• Director thanks staff
• New Exhibits: Picturing Women Inventors
• Upcoming Events: "Bridge to Freedom Children's Collection"

Murray Library October 2021 Newsletter, Murray Library

Library Publications

What's new at the library? News and information about Murray Library at Messiah University written by its staff.

Contents:

• Four unique collections supported by Friends of Murray Library
• SGA Capital Purchase: Book scanner and whiteboards
• Friends Dinner
• Upcoming events: Trivia and Fueled by Failure Panel

Citation Patterns In Chemistry Dissertations At A Mid-Sized University: An Internal Citation Analysis And External Comparison, Lisa M. Rose-Wiles

Library Publications

This study analyzes the references cited in 34 chemistry dissertations and compares the results with an earlier study of citations in American Chemical Society journals. The dissertations cite more references and older references and a greater diversity of sources. They have the same tendency to heavily cite journal articles from a small core of traditional journals. This study underscores the value of comparing internal citation analyses with external citation analyses, and of analyzing the number of citing authors as well as the number of citations. Interlibrary loan and internal usage statistics were also used to inform collection development and library …

Murray Library September 2021 Newsletter, Murray Library

Library Publications

What's new at the library? News and information about Murray Library at Messiah University written by its staff.

Contents:

• New civil rights juvenile collection coming in 2022
• E-receipts from Primo
• PA GOAL grant funds textbook database
• Swank films

Contemplating Library Instruction: Integrating Contemplative Practices In A Mid-Sized Academic Library., Brooke Duffy, Lisa M. Rose-Wiles, Martha M. Loesch

Library Publications

In recent years there has been growing interest in the integration of contemplative practices into higher education, but little has been published regarding contemplative practices or contemplative pedagogies in academic libraries. Nor have explicit links been made to critical librarianship (critlib), particularly regarding the stress associated with the profession and the “resilience narrative” of “doing more with less”. In this paper, we review the literature and describe our experiences introducing a variety of contemplative elements into our library instruction program, most recently in the virtual environment. Building on the three levels of “intervention” modeled by Barbezat and Bush (2014) to …

Murray Library May 2021 Newsletter, Murray Library

Library Publications

What's new at the library? News and information about Murray Library at Messiah University written by its staff.

Contents:

• Celebrating Mosaic
• Exam Cram
• Student Snapshot: Grace Tee
• Moving to ExLibris Primo

Murray Library April 2021 Newsletter, Murray Library

Library Publications

What's new at the library? News and information about Murray Library at Messiah University written by its staff.

Contents:

• Annual library survey comments
• Plans for hosting Bingo
• Displays for Autism Acceptance and Poetry Month
• Student spotlight: Audrey Bassett
• National Library Week

Murray Library March 2021 Newsletter, Murray Library

Library Publications

What's new at the library? News and information about Murray Library at Messiah University written by its staff.

Contents:

• Student research grants
• Mosaic hits 50,000 downloads
• Student spotlight: Miggy Matanguihan
• Human Library details

Murray Library February 2021 Newsletter, Murray Library

Library Publications

What's new at the library? News and information about Murray Library at Messiah University written by its staff.

Contents:

• Words of hope from the director
• Books on chocolate
• Student snapshot: Alyssa Ringer
• CrafTea-to-go
• Recap of Mosaic, Year 2

Murray In A Hurry Fy21, Sarah Myers, Murray Library

Library Publications

Murray Library at Messiah University created a unique marketing tool called Murray in a Hurry. This newsletter is typically distributed every two weeks and is hung in all bathroom stalls. It provides information on library events, new materials, literary quotes, grammar, and humor. This combined document includes all 13 issues during the 2020-2021 academic year.

2021 Courtright Memorial Library Facts And Figures, Courtright Memorial Library

Library Publications

Facts and figures about the Courtright Memorial library during the year 2021.

2021 Courtright Memorial Library Annual Report, Courtright Memorial Library

Library Publications

Annual report regarding Courtright Memorial Library's accomplishments.

2020-2021 Annual Report By The Numbers, Murray Library, Sarah Myers

Library Publications

Murray Library's 2020-2021 Annual Report displayed as an infographic. It includes highlights for the 2020-21 year and testimonials from educators, undergraduate, and graduate students. Statistics are lower than most years due to the COVID-19 pandemic which impacted on-campus activities.