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LINSCHEID LIBRARY L I B R A R Y N E W S J U L Y 2 0 1 5
R E A D A L L
A B O U T :
New Librarian
Paws for
Thought
Website
Redesign
The Year in
Averages
From the
Mouths of
Patrons
Your Liaison
Librarians
The Linscheid Library welcomes
its newest addition, Nicholas
Demetriades.
Nick comes to us from New
York state, where he received
his BA in History from Marist
College in Poughkeepsie and his
MS in Information Science from
University at Albany, SUNY.
Nick is an avid student of Manda-
rin and spent a year in China,
studying at Minzu University in
Beijing. In his spare time, Nick
dabbles in cooking.
Nick is looking forward to get-
ting acquainted with the mem-
bers of the ECU community, and
were very excited to have him
working with us!
You can get in contact with Nick
by visiting the Technical Services
page or by calling him at
580.559.5229.
New Face at the LibraryNick Demetriades
Over 100 people came to pet and play
with these trained canines. Though
some faculty, staff and community mem-
bers stopped by, the overwhelming
number of visitors were students
stressed about finals, who followed the
dogs lead by sitting on the floor.
A suggestion book, available to every-
one who walked in, was filled with
over 80 comments about how they
want the dogs to come back. Weve
taken these suggestions to heart. Our
plan now is to close every Spring
semester with a group of therapy
dogs visiting the library.
If you have any comments on this
event, or you want to suggest new
ones, visit the Outreach Page or call
580.559.5308 to set them in motion.
If youre interested in the organiza-
tion that trains these dogs, visit A
New Leash on Life.
Though wet noses, openly scratching
ones groin, and laying on the floor
would usually earn you
odd looks or a trip out
of the building, four
individuals meeting this
description actually
enticed people this
Dead Week to reward
them for their behavior.
Therapy dogs trained by
A New Leash on Life
came in shifts to accept
head pats and chin rubs.
Buddy, a chocolate lab,
and Bailey, a collie,
came for the first two
hours of the event. Pinn, a golden
retriever, and Annie, a yellow lab,
took over for the last two hours.
They spend two hours maximum at
an event like ours, since the attention
they receive can wipe them out.
Displayed here: Nicks biggest smile
Pictured are enthralled students
petting Buddy (above), a chocolate
lab, and Bailey (below), a collie.
On the left, the two dogs get
acquainted to the delight of students.
Paws for Thought
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P A G E 2
The Librarys Digital Facelift If youve looked at the
librarys
website since the beginning of
May, you may have noticed that it
looks a bit different.
This is the result of a months-long
process to upgrade our website.
The management system its built
on, LibGuides, just released a new
version, LibGuides2, and we've
upgraded to it.
Though it might sound like weve
just slapped a number on the end
of our old LibGuides system, the
whole structure of the site is
different. Librarians have more
options than ever in presenting
new, interesting content on the
site and updating all the content
at once.
Aside from all that boring stuff,
there are a lot of new features
that make finding things a lot easi-
er for you. If youre interested in
a certain subject, just click on it
on the Library Research Guides
page. Youll find all the guides in
that subject, as well as a subject
homepage with all the relevant
databases listed.
Finding databases has never been
simpler. Clicking on the A-Z Da-
tabases button brings you to a
smooth new interface, where you
can search and filter databases
without having to click a whole
lot of tabs.
The new site even works well on
mobile devices. Pages will dynami-
cally rearrange themselves based
on what size screen youre using,
so both your eyes and your fin-
gers will be saved from strain if
you browse the site from a phone
or tablet. Were working on even
more mobile-friendly navigation,
so keep an eye out for changes
through the summer.
Check it out for yourself at
ecok.libguides.com, or by visiting
the library homepage.
L I N S C H E I D L I B R A R Y
From an
abundance
of orange
to a
glorious
gray
Pages respond
to the size of
the screen
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P A G E 3 L I B R A R Y N E W S
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The librarian gave me good advice
on research. They also came back
to check on how I was doing.
This space is reserved for what your
peersstudents, faculty, staff, and the public
alikeare saying about our reference
services. These are actual quotes from
library patrons.
Evaluate our reference for yourselfstop
by the library and talk to the person at the
Reference Desk, call 580.559.5371, or email
[email protected] for fast help.
What do people do in the library?
What People are Saying About the Library
Summer means the library puts to-
gether all its data to present an an-
nual report. From this report, weve
found some interesting statistics
about how people have used the
library this year.
Check out some of the most im-
pressive statistics here, or find these
stats yourself on the Annual Reports
page.
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Patrick Baumann, Media Services Librarian
Cartography/Geography
Education
Environmental Health Science
Family & Consumer Sciences
Human Resources
Katherine Sleyko, Public Services Librarian
Art
Biology
Communication
History
Music
Political Science & Legal Studies
Contact your liaison librarian for
one-on-one help if youre a student. If youre faculty, talk to
your liaison librarian about classes
and materials youd like. The librarians are your guide to
the
best resources, so make sure that
you use them!
Did you know that all departments have a
librarian assigned to them? Liaison
librarians can help faculty and students find
information best suited to their area of
study. Find your librarian below, or go to
our student page for more.
Dana Belcher, Assistant Director & Collection Services
Librarian
Accounting
Business Administration
Computer Science
Kinesiology
Mathematics
Nursing
Chelsea Baker, Instructional Services Librarian
Chemistry
English & Languages
Physics
Psychology
Sociology
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