Rate Your Library: Tell Us How We're Doing!

Ship Library is looking to Level Up!

Ship Library is participating in a PASSHE-wide Library evaluation survey using LibQUAL+ (a nationally normed and validated survey instrument) which asks about three perceived "expectation levels" covering various library services and resources.
Respondents will be asked to indicate their minimum-acceptable service level, their desired service level, and their percieved service-received level.

I've tried the survey on a computer, tablet, and phone -- I like the mobile interface better Please click the link or scan the code  to Tell Us How We're Doing.

Survey Runs from November 1st to November 20th 2015

Here's the link:

Please take our Rate Your Library survey!

Thanks for your participation and feedback!

For more information about this & about possible prizes, check the Library Survey page

Research Consultations: Get Your Research Going

Welcome to Fall Semster Week 10! 

The leaves on the trees are changing color. Starbucks is selling pumpkin spice lattes. And your professors are assigning research papers, reports, presentations, debates, annotated bibliographies, and more.

We're two-thirds of the way through Fall Semester; hopefully you've already completed all the research you need to do for your big end of semester assignments.

What's that?
You haven't started your research and/or you're feeling stuck? You are not alone!

If you're working on a research assignment and want some extra help, schedule a research consultation with a librarian. Research can be challenging. Sometimes you find too much information. Sometimes you find too little. Or maybe you don't even know where to start.

Librarians can help you refine a research topic, find sources, and show you how to cite your sources. Scheduling an individual meeting with a librarian can be the best way to learn how to use databases you're unfamiliar with, or find sources for a particularly tricky topic.

To schedule a research consultation, go to the library homepage, and click the Research Appointment link in the Ask us Anything box (in the lower left-hand corner of the page).

Don't wait until it's too late. Your paper that's due in December may seem like it's a long way off, but it'll be finals week before you know it. Schedule your research consultation today!

Program: Become Money Smart, 4.22.2015

Financial Literacy Program: Become Money Smart

Wednesday April 22nd Noon - 1:00 pm in Lehman Library room 205

Dr. James Benton, Associate Professor, Accounting/MIS department, will give a talk and workshop on financial planning.

Money Smart Week, April 19-25, 2015

Money Smart Week®, created by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago in 2002, is a public awareness campaign designed to help consumers better manage their personal finances.

Lehman Library is hosting a "Become Money Smart" exhibit through April and sponsoring a financial planning program on Wednesday 4/22 at Noon

The Federal Government has also put together an informational web portal about financial planning:  MyMoney.gov's My Money Five

Happy National Haiku Day, 4.17.2015

Happy National Haiku Day!

“haiku are easy,
But sometimes they don't make sense,
Refrigerator.”
~ Rolf Nelson haiku

Feel free to leave a Library Related Haiku in the comments; here's one to start your creative juices flowing:

“can you help me please,
I need a specific book,
it is blue, with words.”
~ anonymous haiku,
on an Iredell County Public Library witeboard

National Bookmobile Day, 4.15.2015

#NBD2015: Why We Love Our Bookmobile Video Celebration

National Bookmobile Day (Wednesday, April 15, 2015) celebrates our nation’s bookmobiles and the dedicated library professionals who provide this valuable and essential service to their communities every day.

The "Why We Love Our Bookmobile" online celebration offers bookmobilers and libraries across America the opportunity to share what makes their bookmobile special by posting videos on the National Bookmobile Day YouTube channel.

Share your video today for a chance to win a ALA Graphics gift certificate in our random drawing on #NBD2015!
To be included in the drawing, please submit your video by 4:30pm CT on April 15, 2015!

National Library Workers Day, 4.14.2015

What is National Library Workers Day?

NLWD is a day for library staff, users, administrators and Friends groups to recognize the valuable contributions made by all library workers.

Did you know you can Submit a Star to honor a great library student worker, staff member, administrator, librarian, team, or department? Go ahead, it won't hurt a bit :)

#LibraryMade @ Your Library, April 13-17, 2015

Unlimited Possibilities @ Your Library

Help us demonstrate the unlimited possibilities available @ your library by sharing what the library has helped you to create.

Did you research or write a book, article, paper, speech, video, whatever? Maybe the Research Help Desk or Instant answers service made a difference in your grades?

#LibraryMade

Join the fun: the national #LibraryMade promotion begins Monday April 13 at noon (Central Time) and ends Friday, April 17 at noon  (Central Time)

Share a photo or link to your creation on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram using the hashtag #librarymade for the chance to win a $100 gift certificate to Maker Shed or Amazon. Photos can also be added to our Unlimited possibilities Flickr group. If 140 characters isn't enough, add your story to the collection here on the I Love Libraries website.

National Library Week, April 12-18, 2015

Unlimited Possibilities @ Your Library

First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support.

National Library Week History

In the mid-1950s, research showed that Americans were spending less on books and more on radios, televisions and musical instruments. Concerned that Americans were reading less, the American Library Association (ALA) and the American Book Publishers formed a nonprofit citizens organization called the National Book Committee in 1954. The committee's goals were ambitious. They ranged from "encouraging people to read in their increasing leisure time" to "improving incomes and health" and "developing strong and happy family life."

In 1957, the committee developed a plan for National Library Week based on the idea that once people were motivated to read, they would support and use libraries. With the cooperation of ALA and with help from the Advertising Council, the first National Library Week was observed in 1958 with the theme "Wake Up and Read!"

National Library Week was observed again annually and when the National Book Committee disbanded in 1974 the American Library Association assumed full sponsorship.

Brown Bag Lunch: Copyright, 4.2.2015

Copyright Brown Bag Lunch

Thursday, April 2, 2015 at Noon in Lehman Library 106

Brown Bag Lunch topics will include brief overviews of copyright, library and IDWT services, and obtaining public performance rights; followed by a question and answer session building on attendee interests. Hope to see you there!

The library has revised its Copyright page: http://library.ship.edu/copyright. If you are planning to use something in class and aren’t sure how Copyright comes into play, we’ve included some “common scenarios” that might provide answers for you. Check out the LibGuide and the scenarios under the Fair Use tab. If you still have questions, please call the library at ext. 1474.

Financial Literacy Program & Money Smart Week @ Lehman Library

April 19-25 is Money Smart Week!
Want to retire early? You can if you plan early!

Celebrate Money Smart Week with our Financial Literacy Program during the month of April. Lehman Library will present “Become Money Smart” an exhibit in the Library Gallery. Visit us in the library main gallery and learn how to become money smart and learn about basic financial planning.  Dr. James Benton, Associate Professor, Accounting/MIS department, will give a special talk and workshop on financial planning on Wednesday April 22nd Noon- 1:00 pm in Lehman Library room 205.