Library Champion

This week's library champion is Dr. LaRonda Sanders-Senu. Dr. Sanders-Senu uses the online resources from the Dorothy W. Hightower Collaborative Learning Center & Library weekly. Sanders-Senu also orders books from the library for research. Sanders-Senu encourages her students to use the library. "In my 1102 class, I require my students to use GALILEO for almost all their assignments." In the past, Sanders-Senu has used LibGuides, and she plans on using them in the future. Beth Pye created "a LibGuide for my class to use with microfilm research. Pye wrote up a new LibGuide every semester and held an orientation for my class." Sanders-Senu like the MLA International Bibliography database. Along with that database Sander-Senu encourages her students to use GALILEO. "I do not want my students to limit themselves to just one or two databases." Sanders-Senu encourages everyone to use the Interlibrary Loans, GIL Express, and the microfilm collection. "The librarians are very helpful. They are very thorough. When I have sent my students over for orientation, I know the librarians have covered a wide variety of things." Sanders-Senu feels the librarians are very detailed when it comes to teaching students how to use different aspects of the library. Sanders-Senu also enjoys using the computer classrooms for her classes when they go to the library for research.

Library Champion

This week's library champion is Dr. Mike Mahan. Dr. Mahan uses the Dorothy W. Hightower Collaborative Learning Center & Library weekly. Mahan likes to look at the books and hopes to use the meetings rooms in the future. Mahan feels the library is "easy to use and everyone is helpful." Mahan uses the library for his GFYE classes. He "gives them something to look up, like an article or book." Mahan then sends his students to the library to find the article or book. If they are having trouble, Mahan encourages them to ask the librarians for help. Mahan uses GALILEO and likes the science databases, including the National Science Digital Library. Mahan encourages his students to use GALILEO and to search the databases. "The library is open and accessible," Mahan said. "I like seeing the kids sitting in the window and the number of kids using it as a study place. There is nothing as disheartening as building a nice new building and seeing is not get used. This is the opposite." Mahan encourages everyone to use the library. "It is an excellent resource. Familiarize yourself with the librarians and services. They are good people,"

Library Champion

This week's library champion is Dr. Edward Whitelock. Dr. Whitelock visits the Dorothy W. Hightower Collaborative Learning Center & Library several times a semester. "I have been using interlibrary loans for years and it has never let me down. Back when David Janssen and I were collaborating on our book project, Apocalypse Jukebox, we were able to complete nearly all of our research on campus through that service." Whitelock was able to receive hard copies of articles that he could not get through the library's database. Whitelock is teaching History of English language for "our BA majors this semester, and the library's reference section is among our most important tools." Whitelock has his class use the Oxford English Dictionary, and the Shakespeare and Bible concordances. Whitelock uses the ProQuest databases and he encourages his students to do likewise. "They are easily searchable and allow students to set exact parameters for what they are researching." Whitelock recommends the interlibrary loan and the American National Biography, which he has contributed to, located in the library's reference section. Whitelock likes "the library's physical book holdings." He feels "they are excellent and exceed what is usually expected for a college of our size. The librarians have consistently worked to bring a new timely materials into the collection. Once or twice a semester, I'll just wander among the stacks and find a new interesting book that I didn't know we had received."

Library Champion

This week's library champion is Dr. Rhonda Wilcox. Dr. Wilcox uses the Dorothy W. Hightower Collaborative Learning Center & Library a few times a semester to check the holdings for her classes. For her 1101 classes, Wilcox asks her students to " write a summary of an article from the "journal of Popular Culture," which is located in the library. Wilcox also puts books on reserve for her students. "I also require my junior level classes to use the Dictionary of Literary Biography as a reference." Wilcox's last Honor's colloquium used a textbook that was available online through the library. Wilcox also encourages her students to use their personal librarian, Beth Pye, for research questions and other assignments. Wilcox likes using and recommending the MLA database. "the MLA database is one I trust; it is a good quality database." Although Wilcox recommends students "combine databases" so they can be sure to access everything that is available. Wilcox recommends the librarians for research on articles. "I recommend Jim Rickerson to my intern" so she could get good references for a paper she is presenting. Wilcox feels " the librarians as a group are very knowledgeable and dedicated."

Library Champion

This week's Library Dr. Cathy lee. Dr. Lee uses the Dorothy W. Hightower Collaborative Learning Center & Library a few times a semester. Lee encourages her students to go to the library to do research. Lee's style of teaching includes hands on training which she encourages her students to accomplish by themselves and in small groups. "The study rooms in the library are good for the students to work together." Lee also keeps lab manuals on reserve at the library so her students can reference them while they are there. "I think it is important for students to spend time in the library by themselves. They can be alone and learn organizational skills." Lee has encouraged her freshmen students to use GALILEO for research. Lee likes the library's design. "I like that the students have the option now to go to the individual and group study rooms."

Library Champion

This week's library champion is Dr. Dave Janssen. Dr. Janssen uses the Dorothy W. Hightower Collaborative Learning Center & Library for research and committee meetings. Janssen requires his 1102 students to use Galileo and he encourages his honor's students to go to the library to do their research. Janssen encourages his students to use Academic Search Complete; however, Janssen says, " the most lucrative database is ProQuest." Janssen recommends the Oxford English Dictionary. "It is central to my life and I require all my literature classes to use it." Janssen feels "the new faculty is awesome." Janssen "loves the new classrooms and the open look, and how it is filled with lively activity."

Library Champion

This week's Library Champion is Dr. Jason Horn. Dr. Horn uses the Dorothy W. Hightower Collaborative Learning Center & Library about twice a week. Horn uses the library for "research and leisure reading it. It always has something to do with reading." Horn takes his students to the library a few times a semester; search for material from the time period we may be covering." Horn uses LibGuides for composition and literature classes. Horn " provides search questions" along with the LibGuides. Horn encourages his students to use any database related to humanities, particularly the ones connected to literature. Horn recommends the reference section of the library. "This is where I work with students most. This allows them to find some information and gain some knowledge from places other than electronic resources. Much of the information in the reference section cannot be easily- if at all- discovered online. From the reference section, students can find the material being referenced in the rest of the library." It is not used very much lately but horn admits, "I am quite the traditional guy." Horn thinks the library is "a comfortable place for student and one which makes them feel at home." Horn also likes the "mix in out library of books and screens." Horn also likes "the personal help that my students receive and the willingness of the librarians to give that extra effort to help both the students and faculty.