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Karl Lorenz, Professor Education: First Selectedworks Site At Shu, Karl M. Lorenz
Karl Lorenz, Professor Education: First Selectedworks Site At Shu, Karl M. Lorenz
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Karl M. Lorenz, Professor of Education, describes his experience as the first creator of a SelectedWorks site at SHU at the time that this important service was initiated. He is pleased that all of his scholarly work is now available online and accessible to others. The Readership Reports and maps and the information contained on the Author Dashboard confirm that articles and papers I authored are being regularly accessed not only in Portuguese and Spanish-speaking countries, but also in the U.S. and in many countries the world over. The online dissemination of my work has also resulted in email inquiries, …
Reader’S Advisory In The Academic Library: Should You? (Yes!) Could You? (Yes!), Katherine A. Turcotte, Christine Brown
Reader’S Advisory In The Academic Library: Should You? (Yes!) Could You? (Yes!), Katherine A. Turcotte, Christine Brown
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This poster highlights the research surrounding the academic and social benefits of leisure reading among college students. A case scenario of the inclusion of a popular titles collection at an academic library is also included as an additional document.
Don’T Panic, It’S Organic*: Supporting Sustainable Agriculture And Hunger Relief Efforts At Mcquade Library, Catherine Wong, Kathryn Geoffrion Scannell
Don’T Panic, It’S Organic*: Supporting Sustainable Agriculture And Hunger Relief Efforts At Mcquade Library, Catherine Wong, Kathryn Geoffrion Scannell
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How can libraries support sustainability, wellness, and social justice? Concern for health and the environment has increased interest in sustainable agriculture and the local foods movement. McQuade Library at Merrimack College became a distributor of local foods by partnering with a community supported agriculture (CSA) operation to provide fresh foods to the college and surrounding community. CSAs are a way to directly support local agriculture with sustainable growing practices. Joining a CSA is entering into a relationship with a farm and farmer whereby members are directly supporting the farm by purchasing a farm share. In exchange for providing monetary or …