If you need your phone or tablet charged on the 2nd floor, use the charging station by the desk in the InfoCommons. The station, which was installed courtesy of ULM Information Technology has Apple lightning, micro-USB, and USB-C cables.
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Monday, January 28, 2019
InfoCommons Charging Station
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
InfoCommons Hawkeye Story
Library lines up lavish upgrades
photos courtesy ULM Library
Christmas came and went over break for everybody, but ULM students returned with the library’s gift of a newly renovated second floor of the campus’ focal point called the InfoCommons.
The new second floor is a grand remodeling with 60 new computers as well as four additional Macintosh computers coming soon. There are more printers, both new and additional seating, new carpeting for a fresh new look, both group and individual seating arrangements, mobile whiteboards for studying and most importantly, many more outlets for students to plug their electronic devices into.
The tech friendliness is a byproduct of necessary renovations as the library passes into its 20th year of existence in April as well as needed weeding of the library’s collection of books.
“We got rid of over half the collection which was 300,000 titles. There was a legitimate need to purge the collection,” Megan Lowe, the library director and associate professor, said.
Beyond the lack of weeding, some books that came over from the previous library in Sandel Hall needed to be thrown out due to leaking ceilings in Sandel.
“Being that the books stacks were eliminated, it gave us a clean slate for the whole floor,” Chance Eppinette, the director of information technology, said.
The library is the gift that keeps on giving as the renovations are set to be done not only on the second floor.
“The key thing is to step back and see what [students] like [and] what they’re using because we have more money to add to the second floor and also to the first floor and other spaces,” Thomas Hoover, the dean of the library, said.
Through collaboration with the Student Government Association and the Student Technology Assessment Plan committee, the library tried to listen to the needs of the students- one of those being more collaborative space for students. The library is attempting to create this with easily accessible whiteboards all throughout the second floor and plans for many of the areas to have access to screens, so students can work together more effectively.
Quickly, through asking and seeing, it became clear that the library recognized another large need- more outlets and more power for students to charge their devices.
“[Students] really wanted more power. Students wanted more powered furniture. When we started rearranging the space in anticipation of doing a lot of these things, we noticed a lot of students sitting on the floor near the outlets,” Lowe said.
Eppinette said, “It was 20-year-old technology. 20 years ago, we didn’t have USB for devices. That was one of the key things to make it more convenient to plug in your personal devices.”
The technological upgrades are a huge plus for students, and many students are thankful for them.
“It’s life-changing. It’s good to see the college constantly change and continue to change ULM to a more tech-friendly college,” Nate Perdue, a sophomore psychology major, said.
The library, though, is showing that it is not going to wait another 20 years to make technological changes, but will soon add a virtual reality lab for students.
“We’re adding a virtual reality center and innovation space that will be in the bell tower in that back corner. There will be a 3D printer, high-end Macintosh and PCs in there,” Hoover said.
The virtual reality center will be a cross-disciplinary space meant to take ULM and students’ ability to learn into the future.
The center will be the first of its kind in the state of Louisiana.
Students studying geography will be able to experience the Great Wall of China from the library. Anatomy students will be able to experience the body and construction management students will be able to be inside of a building before the building is even made.
The current renovation is just a stepping stone for the library and the university as both journey down this path of making ULM an even more one-of-a-kind institution.
ULM Library Director Lowe Publishes New Book
Congrats to ULM Library Director Megan Lowe on the publication of her new book! See more information below.
University of Louisiana Monroe Library Director and Associate Professor Megan Lowe, M.A.,M.L.S., B.A., has recently co-written a book published by IGI Global.
Examining the Emotional Dimensions of Academic Librarianship: Emerging Research and Opportunities, studies the emotional experiences of academic librarians.
Libraries have made tremendous changes as demand and technology has dictated. At ULM, for example, what were the book “stacks” are now student study areas. Many of the hardback books have migrated to online materials.
“The book grew out of another publication my co-author and I worked on examining the emotional experiences of librarians. Librarianship is very people-oriented work, making librarians prone to burnout,” Lowe explained. “We wanted to get a better understanding of the emotional experiences of academic librarians as a means of identifying solutions and supporting those librarians in their careers.”
“Examining the Emotional Dimensions of Academic Librarianship: Emerging Research and Opportunities” is an essential scholarly resource that offers detailed discussion on the latest crises and challenges for librarians and supplies innovative solutions to these issues. Highlighting relevant topics such as emotional exhaustion, research agendas, and deselection, this publication is an ideal resource for librarians, academicians, students, and researchers who have an interest in the mental and emotional landscape of modern library environments. It is co-authored by Lindsey M. Reno of the University of New Orleans.
This title is currently available to order on the IGI Global Bookstore as well as through the InfoSci® Databases, which offer full-text book chapters and journal articles from over 3,500 books and 170 scholarly journals. To adopt this book for use in your courses, please submit an examination request form here : (https://bit.ly/2QDhgcy). To request a copy of this book for review, contact ccampbell@igi-global.com.
IGI Global, an international publishing company specializing in high-quality research publications focusing on the areas of education, social science, library science, healthcare, business, environmental science, public administration, computer science, and engineering.
New Addition Coming Soon to InfoCommons
Another space is under construction on the 2nd Floor. More information coming soon on new and
exciting additions to the ULM Library InfoCommons!
Monday, January 14, 2019
Library Workshops Offered In The Spring 2019 Semester
Faculty at ULM Library are offering free workshops for the 2019 Spring semester in ULM Library room 3A. The dates and workshop descriptions are in the flyers below.
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
InfoCommons Under Construction
Students were still out on Christmas break in December of 2018, but crews were hard at work at ULM Library changing out the carpet on the 2nd floor. Numerous boxes of Herman Miller furniture were wheeled in to update the space, and the furniture was assembled. All staff that walked by that day commented that they looked forward to seeing the completed InfoCommons space!
New carpet was put in in squares that may be removed if damaged or soiled.
New computer tables are being assembled that will allow a total of 8 computer stations.
New Herman Miller collaborative booth seating.
New Herman Miller individual study booths. The tables allow the students to use their own device, and the tables slide away or toward the user for their comfort.
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
InfoCommons Construction to Begin
After students finished with their finals, renovation of the 2nd floor began around December the 18th of 2018. Chief Information Officer Tom Hoover, Library Director Megan Lowe, and Lisa Burgess observe as the carpet is being removed.
Monday, December 17, 2018
Candy Guess and Elf On a Shelf Winners
Congrats to our Candy Guess and Elf on a Shelf Game Winners for 2018! They all won Starbucks gift cards in a random drawing. The winners were: Brianna Granville, Connor Roan, Chase Parks, Ivania Vallejo, Trevor Eskew, Mallory Moore, Christin Mims, Uchechi Owunna, Delayhia Stipe, and Jalyn Leblanc!
Thursday, December 6, 2018
Elf on a Shelf Christmas Campaign
On the dates November 27th through December 6th of 2018, ULM Library staff assisted with a new activity for students called the Elf on a Shelf Christmas Campaign. Our Director Megan Lowe acquired the new Elf on a Shelf, which was named Loki after a child of a friend of a staff member. He was hidden various places in the library, and students used clues located on the Axis TVs or the ULM Library Facebook account to find Loki. They were tasked with finding Loki, snaping a photo of him, following the ULM Library Twitter account, and tweeting the photo with #ULMLibrary. This campaign was both fun for students in that they could win Starbucks gift cards, but it also helped the library increase its presence on social media. The number of Twitter followers to the ULM Library account increased 81%, and we were so thankful to all of the ULM Library staff that helped bring Christmas cheer to students before they left campus for break. Below you will find photos students took during the event and shared on the ULM Library Twitter account.
Jessica Louque
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Happy Halloween from ULM Library Faculty!
Left to Right: Rebecca Yantis, Megan Lowe, Heather Pilcher, and Jessica Louque.
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