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Murray Library December 2019 Newsletter, Murray Library

Library Publications

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

Contents:

• Student and Faculty satisfaction survey quotes
• Recap of Clue
• List of Christmas resources in the library
• Meet student worker, Miriam Dixon
• December exhibits and performances

Murray Library November 2019 Newsletter, Murray Library

Library Publications

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

Contents:

• New print resources
• Staff Spotlight: Sarah Myers
• Recap of Open Access Week
• Recap of Friends Annual Dinner
• November exhibits:Celebrating 100 Years of Women’s Right to Vote

Murray Library October 2019 Newsletter, Murray Library

Library Publications

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

Contents:

• Trivia Night
• Updates on Learning Commons website
• New Cafe announcement monitor
• Student Art Contest
• Staff Spotlight: Sharon Berger
• October Library Exhibits
• Reducing the Second Tuition for Students

Murray Library September 2019 Newsletter, Murray Library

Library Publications

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

Contents:

• Geek the Library
• Friends of Murray Library
• Exhibits: Kathy Hettinga Artists' Books
• Banned Book Week
• Staff Spotlight: Keith Jones

Formative Assessment: Identifying And Supporting Student Success In Information Literacy Processes, Melinda S. Burchard Ph.D., Sarah Myers

Library Staff Presentations & Publications

The Every Student Succeeds Act (2016) requires that teachers teach using evidence-based, and scientifically-researched teaching practices. With this, pre-service teachers at undergraduate institutions must learn how to find, evaluate and compare the results they find, and then determine how to implement such practices with fidelity. All Messiah College students pursuing any sort of teacher certification spend significant time in one upper level course to address finding and evaluating evidence-based practices. Instructors of that course co-teach a unit through three in-class workshops with their Education Librarian. This study examined relationships between students' perceptions and experiences with information literacy, their information literacy …

Murray Library May 2019 Newsletter, Murray Library

Library Publications

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

Contents:

• Highlights of AY19
• Exam Cram stress relief
• Supporting Cross Cultural courses: Beth Transue
• Staff Spotlight: Liz Kielley
• Friends of Murray Library: benefits of membership

Murray Library April 2019 Newsletter, Murray Library

Library Publications

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

Contents:

• Trivia Night
• Mini Golf in the Stacks
• Staff strengths
• Marvel Becoming: Sharon Berger
• Staff Spotlight: Brian Frank
• Print vs. Ebook preferences by students
• Human Library

Murray In A Hurry Fy19, Murray Library, Sarah K. Myers

Library Publications

Murray Library at Messiah College 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 issues during the 2018-2019 academic year.

Murray Library March 2019 Newsletter, Murray Library

Library Publications

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

Contents:

• New book additions
• Staff Spotlight: Lawrie Merz
• Display featuring book art by Dannielle Vincent and Artists' Books from Professor Forsythe's class

Murray Library February 2019 Newsletter, Murray Library

Library Publications

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

Contents:

• Open Access Civil Rights Tour display
• Staff Spotlight: Kimberly Steiner
• Recommended reading: Amanda Flagle
• Recent publication by Sarah Myers and Melinda Burchard

Apa Style 7th Edition, Beth Transue

Library Staff Presentations & Publications

Updates to APA Style Manual – Moving to the 7^th Edition

APA updated its style manual in October 2019 and APA plans to update the online APA site, Academic Writer/APA Style Central, in August 2020. Therefore, the library plans to update its APA materials and research assistance provided to patrons in August 2020, alongside the APA timeline. This presentation will cover major changes within the 7^th edition including an expanded non-biased language section, and citation formats for online materials.

A narrated presentation is available in the Additional Files section below.