Thursday, August 31, 2017

TBT in the Archives 8/31/17: Welcome Freshman!

Welcome back to the fall semester at Shippensburg University! Returning students are grateful to resume their studies, and new students are excited to begin their college career and make new friends.

Since 1872, Shippensburg has welcomed new students each year with rituals, special events, and orientation programs. This year, new and transfer students arrived on campus days before classes started for registration and placement testing, met with faculty, completed volunteer projects, and attended convocation. In the past, similar traditions prepared new students, but others served to remind them of their "fresh" status.

In 1913, "Ye Freshies Attention!" was issued to members of the incoming class. The booklet outlined "Ten Commandments" for freshman, including bans against walking on the grass, growing a mustache, or smoking tobacco.

"Ten Commandments" for freshman, issued in 1913.

An entire freshman handbook was issued by the campus YMCA in 1930. Inside was useful information on campus facilities and regulations, as well as study hours and curfews. Also included was a list of actual "Freshman Regulations." Among the rules were required attendance at athletic games, and the wearing of name cards and special hats called "dinks."

Freshman regulations and tips published in 1931 by the YMCA.

In 1948, freshman received a handbook with a handmade orange construction paper cover. The tone of the booklet was much kinder than the 1913 edition. Rather than frightening freshman with judicious use of a thesaurus, the book welcomed the Class of 1952 to campus and offered helpful tips on campus living: where to get room keys, what was in each building, why students must pay fees, and important landmarks and traditions.

A page outlining traditions from the 1948 freshman handbook.

A similar handbook distributed in 1956 offered similar information, including several pages of regulations for Horton Hall - then the women's dormitory. The cover featured a drawing of a dink.


The cover of the 1956 freshman handbook, featuring a drawing of a dink.

Required headwear for freshman from at least 1930 until about 1971, dinks were beanies with small brims. Throughout most of those years they came in the school colors: blue and red. They were meant to set freshman apart from the other classes and enable them to identify each other while enjoying school spirit. Failure to wear a dink until a set date in the fall (different from year to year) risked punishment for students.

An upperclassman, left, signs the name card of a dink-bedecked freshman.

In addition to dinks, freshman also had to wear large signs with their names written in block letters, and were required to have upperclassmen sign the back.

A freshman with dink and sign studies in the library in the late 1960s.

Linda Hartman was a member of the class of 1970 and wore this sign in 1966.

Though freshman no longer have to wear crazy hats or stay off the grass, its still important for new students to feel welcome at Shippensburg. What do you remember about your freshman orientation? Did you participate in any traditional activities?

Sources:
Class Files, 1970, Shippensburg University Archives & Special Collections, Shippensburg, PA.
“Freshman hand book, compliments of YMCA, 1930-1931,” Class Files 1931, Shippensburg University Archives & Special Collections, Shippensburg, PA.
Photographs, Record Group 30, Shippensburg University Archives & Special Collections, Shippensburg, PA.
State Teachers College Handbook, 1968-1969, Record Group 29, Shippensburg University Archives & Special Collections, Shippensburg, PA.
“Welcome Freshman,” Class Files 1948, Shippensburg University Archives & Special Collections, Shippensburg, PA.
“Welcome to S.S.T.C.,” Class Files 1956, Shippensburg University Archives & Special Collections, Shippensburg, PA.
“Ye Freshies Attention!,” Class Files 1913 (2), Shippensburg University Archives & Special Collections, Shippensburg, PA.

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

On Reserve at the Circulation Desk!


Ten new books are now available for three-hour in library use only at the circulation desk! Because of the limited availability of these textbooks, students are encouraged to use these copies only as a supplemental material to their textbook purchases. Our new textbooks are featured below:




Watch Out! Copyright Laws Apply

Scanning and copying of these textbooks are permitted, but an excess of a chapter, or 10% of the book, is considered a copyright violation!

Never Fear…

The top ten textbooks from last semester are still here! These titles include:

Principles of Economics
Essential Environment
World Regional Geography
Marking An Introduction
Panorama
Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter and Charge
Principles of Microeconomics
The Ten Principles Behind Great Customers Experiences
Relationship Marketing
Foundations in Business Administration

Please contact any staff person at the Circulation Desk at 717-477-1461 or libcirc@ship.edu for additional support or stop in and see us in person today!

Friday, August 25, 2017

Fall Semester Library Hours

Welcome (back) for Fall Semester at Shippensburg University!

Lehman Library Regular Hours resume Monday, August 28:
Sundays: Noon to Midnight
Mon-Thu: 7:30 am to Midnight
Fridays: 7:30am to 6:00pm
Saturdays: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Luhrs Library, Technology Help, Research Help, and Events hours are listed on the Library Calendar

Remember: the library provides help and guidance for maximizing your research time and effort:

Research Consultations
Librarians are available to meet with you individually for one-on-one research consultation appointments. If you want help broadening or narrowing a topic, finding appropriate sources, or citing sources correctly, please set up an appointment with a librarian. This service has been heavily used by your fellow students in upper level courses in previous semesters.

Course Reserves
Your professor(s) may make supplemental reading materials available to you through the course reserves system, Ares. If you have questions about library reserves, or have issues with Ares, use the Ask Us Anything service to get research help.

We hope you have a great semester, and we look forward to working with you!

We highlighted several other services in our welcome note to new students, if we missed one of your faves, please tweet us @shiplibrary or tweet it yourself and tag #shiplibrary so we can connect!

Thursday, August 24, 2017

Welcome Back, Returning Students!

Welcome back, students!

We know you're relaxed from your summer and working hard to get ready for the fall semester. Here are several services the library offers for you and your peers.

Research Consultations
Librarians are available to meet with you individually for one-on-one research consultation appointments. If you want help broadening or narrowing a topic, finding appropriate sources, or citing sources correctly, please set up an appointment with a librarian. This service has been heavily used by your fellow students in upper level courses in previous semesters.

Course Reserves
Your professor(s) may make supplemental reading materials available to you through the course reserves system, Ares. If you have questions about library reserves, or have issues with Ares, use the Ask Us Anything service to get research help.

We hope you have a great semester, and we look forward to working with you!

We highlighted several other services in our welcome note to new students, if we missed one of your faves, please tweet us @shiplibrary or tweet it yourself and tag #shiplibrary so we can connect!

Monday, August 21, 2017

Welcome Back, Ship Faculty!

Welcome back, Ship Faculty! We know you're working hard to get ready for the fall semester. Below are several services the library can offer to you and your students.

Instruction
If you'll be assigning a research project to your students, consider scheduling an instruction session with a librarian. Librarians can meet with your classes to discuss the research process, explain how to effectively use library databases and resources, review how to properly cite sources, and more. Our newest librarian, Josefine Smith, will be coordinating the scheduling of library instruction sessions for the 2017-2018 academic year. To set up a library instruction session, contact Josefine (jmsmith@ship.edu). Or click here to find the library liaison to your department, and reach out to her/him directly.

Research Consultations
Librarians are available to meet with your students individually for one-on-one research consultation appointments. If students need help broadening or narrowing a topic, finding appropriate sources, or citing sources correctly, you may encourage them to set up an appointment with a librarian. This service has been heavily used by students in upper level courses in previous semesters.

Course Reserves
You may want to make reading materials available to your students through our course reserves system, Ares. Click here to learn more about Ares. If you have questions about reserves, or experience issues with Ares, the Circulation staff will be able to assist you (libcirc@ship.edu / 717-477-1461).

Book Orders
To request materials for the library collection, use GOBI. The GOBI ordering process is outlined in the GOBI quick start guide. If you have a question regarding GOBI orders, contact Nicole Zinn (ndzinn@ship.edu) in Collection Management.

We hope you have a great semester, and we look forward to working with you!

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Welcome Week Hours - Aug 21 through Aug 27

Ship Welcome Week Library Hours are as follows:
Monday, August 21   7:30am – 4:00pm
Tuesday, August 22   7:30am – 4:00pm
Wednesday, August 23   7:30am – 8:00pm
Thursday, August 24   7:30am – 8:00pm
Friday, August 25   7:30am – 8:00pm
Saturday, August 26   10:00am – 6:00pm
Sunday, August 27   Noon – 10:00pm

Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Library Intersession Hours - Aug 12 through Aug 20

Welcome to Intersession, the library will be open as follows:

Saturday, August 12, 2016  Closed
Sunday, August 13, 2016  Closed
Monday, August 14, 2016  8:00-4:00
Tuesday, August 15, 2016  8:00-4:00
Wednesday, August 16, 2016  8:00-4:00   
Thursday, August 17, 2016  8:00-4:00
Friday, August 18, 2016  8:00-4:00
Saturday, August 19, 2016  Closed
Sunday, August 20, 2016  Closed

Enjoy your time out of class!
Check the Library Calendar for other dates!