In 2021, the SU Women’s Forum sent faculty a statement to use in their syllabi for students who were caregivers. That made Bea Hardy, the dean of libraries and instructional resources, ask what the Libraries were doing for students with children. The Curriculum Resource Center and the main library both have extensive collections of children’s books, and the Libraries some years ago purchased changing stations for selected restrooms in the Guerrieri Academic Commons.
In this issue, we are profiling Radhika Ramnani, student worker in Collection Management. Radhika hails from Columbia, MD, and chose Salisbury University “for its size, the staff-to-student ratio and its art program.”
In today’s world, it takes someone roughly five and a half hours to travel 514 kilometers, or 320 miles by car. In the 1600s, it took two to three weeks to travel the same distance by foot, cart or animal. Because a journey of this magnitude spanned days and not hours, it was logical to have more than just a simple rest stop for travelers to get some food, stretch their legs or use the bathroom.
It is something of a tradition that Library Matters features an article on faculty who make use of the Libraries in their teaching. Faculty members are critical to the success of the Libraries. They partner with librarians to teach information literacy skills to their students.
Electronic resources are increasingly a preferred method of accessing content. Who can argue with the convenience of being able to access research materials wherever you happen to be? But have you ever wondered how electronic resources come to be available for use?
Each semester, hundreds of SU students visit the Nabb Center to interact with the past through research projects, exhibits, and, in most cases, primary source immersion and analysis in the classroom. Our archivists work with professors to incorporate the Center’s rich archival collections into class exercises and assignments, with some courses making multiple class trips each semester.
Did you know that the SU Libraries are part of a library consortium that brings us huge benefits? We are one of the 17 members of the University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions Library Consortium, known as USMAI for short. That is pronounced U-S-M-A-I, which rolls right off the tongue, doesn’t it?