Category: News

Preserving Scholarly Works: A Look at SU’s Repository

A lot of behind-the-scenes work goes into keeping the Blough-Weis Library running smoothly. One service that not many students know about is our institutional repository, which librarians Ryan Ake and Brianne Dort recently presented at the ExLibris Northeast User Group Conference. For those unfamiliar, Endeavor is Susquehanna’s institutional repository that hosts, preserves, and showcases the…Continue Reading Preserving Scholarly Works: A Look at SU’s Repository

Meet the Student Workers and Their Favorite Books

Many of our student workers sought employment at the library for one reason: books! A love of literature permeates throughout our student employees with some of them even sharing favorite books or favorite authors. Wondering if your literary twin is hiding somewhere on campus? Check out these student worker profiles to find out! Frankenstein by:…Continue Reading Meet the Student Workers and Their Favorite Books

The Ethics of Textbook Piracy

  • Author By costantinoe
  • Publication date December 11, 2023
  • Categories: News

When you ask a student if they’ve ever pirated a textbook, you’ll probably get some reluctant responses. Some may deny it, while others would avoid the question entirely. “What are you a cop,” they’d say. These aren’t unreasonable responses considering the act of pirating textbooks is illegal. However, Haley Dittbrenner ’25 and Rob Sieczkiewicz, Director…Continue Reading The Ethics of Textbook Piracy

The Fight to End Book Bans

The issue of book banning can feel far away from those in the bubble that is higher education. In reality, these challenges are right in Susquehanna’s backyard. The Problem in Pennsylvania According to data collected by PEN America for the 2022-2023 school year, Pennsylvania has the fourth most book bans in the country, with 186…Continue Reading The Fight to End Book Bans

Meet the Student Workers: English and Creative Writing Edition

  • Author By costantinoe
  • Publication date September 18, 2023
  • Categories: News

The Blough-Weis Library has a wide variety of student workers who all come from different backgrounds and perspectives. However, one academic department that is heavily represented is the English and Creative Writing Department. Here are a few of our English and Creative Writing majors that work at the library: Haley Dittbrenner Haley is a junior…Continue Reading Meet the Student Workers: English and Creative Writing Edition

New York Times Access for Students, Faculty and Staff

  • Author By costantinoe
  • Publication date September 12, 2023
  • Categories: News

As of Monday, Sept. 11, all Susquehanna students, faculty and staff have access to the New York Times through their SU emails. How to Access the New York Times: To unlock this feature, you can follow this link: accessnyt.com. Type in “Susquehanna University” into the search bar. Create an account using your SU email address….Continue Reading New York Times Access for Students, Faculty and Staff

The Argument for Open Educational Resources

The week of March 6, 2023 marks the beginning of this year’s Open Education Week, a global celebration of all types of Open Education Resources (OER). What is OER? According to Open Education Global (OEG), the term OER encapsulates teaching, learning and research materials that are either in the public domain or have been released…Continue Reading The Argument for Open Educational Resources

Auditing the Children’s Collection

  • Author By costantinoe
  • Publication date February 21, 2023
  • Categories: News

The Blough-Weis Library children’s literature department is getting a lesson in diversity through its upcoming Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) audit. According to the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a diversity audit is when a library evaluates its existing collection to get hard numbers on how diverse its materials are, meaning that they…Continue Reading Auditing the Children’s Collection