Daily Archives: September 6, 2016

Librarian role added to Canvas to support research and instruction

A new role is being added to Canvas today (Sept. 6) that enables Penn State instructors to add University librarians into their class. This role is especially helpful in courses that require external research beyond information that is provided in the course.

The librarian can:

  • participate in a discussion board dedicated to research and information questions;
  • create videos for inclusion in the course;
  • participate in collaborative videos with the faculty member;
  • communicate with students about their research needs and hold research consultations; and
  • provide an embedded presence of the library in courses.

Additional options are available depending on program needs.

This role is in addition to the new Library Resources section recently added to Canvas that connects students and faculty to course e-reserves and online library guides in support of research available for specific courses and also available by subject.

Faculty who are interested in utilizing a librarian in their courses can contact the library at onlinelibrarian@psu.edu to discuss their needs.

Open House event at University Park to offer fun, tour, prizes Sept. 7-8

close-up image of t-shirt design with periodic table elements spelling out P.S.U. Libraries

Students who complete all 11 stops on the Open House tour earn a PSU Libraries periodic table shirt, while supplies last.

Open House at University Park — scheduled for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 7-8 — is a fun, interactive, informative event held in Pattee Library and Paterno Library and all four branch library locations across campus. More than 3,500 students are expected to participate and learn more about the academic and leisure resources and services available through the University Libraries. The 15th annual fall event includes a self-guided tour, presentations, activities, giveaways and the opportunity to win prizes.

Penn State I.D. cards are required for students to participate in a self-guided tour of stations highlighting locations and services within the Libraries. The full tour includes 11 stops — seven in Pattee and Paterno Libraries — and one stop each at the Arts and Architecture Library, 111 Stuckeman Family Building; Earth and Mineral Sciences Library, 105 Deike Building; Engineering Library, 325 Hammond Building; and Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library, 201 Davey Lab.

University Libraries administrators, faculty and staff volunteer at the two-day event to help students as they learn more about the resources available to them both on site and online. One of the largest and most successful library orientation programs of its kind nationwide, the Penn State Libraries’ open house event began in 2001. In previous years, more than 95 percent of students participating in the open house said the event helped them to learn more about the Libraries’ many resources and physical spaces and recommend the open house event to other students.

The complete news article about the University Libraries’ Open House event at University Park can be viewed here.

USTEAC Library Professional Development Series – Week 7

This week’s Lynda.com training video from the User Services Training Employee Advisory Council (USTEAC) on managing diversity can help us become an organization that celebrates diversity and inclusion and create a culture for happy and productive employees from every type of background.

Week 7
Managing Diversity
“What does it mean to manage diversity? What does an inclusive work environment look like?” We encourage you to invest 37 minutes and view this informative class.

The USTEAC recommended list of videos and modules is available for viewing at any time.

Tech Tip: Check your voicemail online

by Ryan Johnson, I-Tech
from a Tech Tip that originally appeared on June 26, 2015

Did you know you can listen to and manage your voice messages online? Faculty and staff who use the University’s Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) voicemail system can access and listen to their messages through a secure online voicemail inbox. The service also enables employees to sign up to receive instant email notifications when they have a new voicemail message on their desk phone.

To enable this service, you must navigate to https://voip.psu.edu and authenticate (if necessary). Then navigate to the New Voicemail Notification tab and select Notifications of new voicemail will be sent to your e-mail address @psu.edu.

screenshot to show the options for setting voicemail notification

New voicemail notification setting options can be changed at this menu.

You then will be able to log into https://voip.psu.edu and play any new message from the website itself from your inbox:

screenshot to show inbox for received voicemails.

Example of how received voicemails appear in the VoIP voicemail inbox

You will also receive an email in your inbox (see below) that will also allow you to direct your inbox at the VoIP website to listen to the message.

screenshot of voicemail notification email

An email will arrive in your inbox if you have set voicemail notifications.

Finally, this new services enables you to check your voicemails from any device, including your iPad, Android ,or iPhone.

For more information on how to VOIP Voicemail, please visit the IT Knowledge Base.

LHR News: Sept. 6

Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:

Full-time:
Karen Hackett  – Web Content Strategist, I-Tech

Part-time:
Ashlie Peters – Commons Services
Peter Pham – Commons Services
Eugenio Cabrera-Zarco – Commons Services
Carmela Madrigal-Lua – Commons Services
Zoe Armstrong – Interlibrary Loan
Derek Weishaupt – I-Tech
Colleen Henderson – Intern, Preservation, Conservation and Digitization
Gina Carini – Behrend College
Alaina Kress – Behrend College
Mikayla Loudenslager – Penn State Altoona
Bogdan Bordean – Penn State New Kensington
Matthew Klitchko – Penn State Brandywine
Michaela Henderson – Penn State Greater Allegheny
Noelle Roberts – Penn State Beaver
Mitchell Saye – Penn State Harrisburg

Wishing the following employees well as they leave us:
Nancy Henry – Life Sciences Library

Events: Sept. 6

Fall 2016

Through Friday, Dec. 16: “Expanding Horizons: Penn Staters in the Olympics” exhibit, Special Collections Library, 104 Paterno Library, University Park.

Through Friday, Dec. 16: “Japanimation: Exploring Anime” exhibit, Sidewater Commons and central entrance, Pattee Library, University Park.

Wednesday, Sept. 7: Hazleton Library Open House, noon-4 p.m., Hazleton Library.

Wednesday-Thursday, Sept. 7-8: Open House, 10 a.m-5 p.m., University Park library locations.

Thursday, Sept. 8: Abington Library Open House, 11 a.m-2 p.m., Abington Library.

Wednesday, Sept. 14: Getting to know maps: map literacy, 3:30-5 p.m., Donald W. Hamer Maps Library, W13 Pattee Library, University Park, and on Adobe Connect.

Tuesday, Sept. 20: Coffee with Carmen and pastry decorating, presented by Ann Thompson and Linda Struble, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library, University Park.

Tuesday, Sept. 20: Margarita Engle accepts the Lee Bennett Hopkins Award for Children’s Poetry, 4-5 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park.

Wednesday, Sept. 21: Space planning brown bag session, noon-1 p.m., Libraries’ Space Steering Committee open discussion and Q & A, 510A Paterno Library, University Park.

Wednesday, Sept. 21: Building evacuation training for University Park, 3-4 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park, and MediaSite Live.

Thursdsay, Sept. 22: Recognition of University Libraries colleagues with 25 years of service, 2-3 p.m., Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library, University Park.

Tuesday, Sept. 27: Discovery Day Webinar Series: Office Yoga, 10-11 a.m., presented by Rebecca Peterson, Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park, and MediaSite Live.

Thursday, Sept. 29: Occupant safety, a panel discussion , 3-4:30 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park, and MediaSite Live.

Friday, Sept. 30: University Libraries Donor Reception and Celebration, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Paterno Family Reading Room, 201 Pattee Library, University Park.

Tuesday, Oct. 4: Disability Awareness Month Event: Working with patrons with disabilities, Carmen Gass, Libraries’ User Services Training Coordinator, 10 a.m.-noon, Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park, and MediaSite Live.

Thursday, Oct. 6: Nick Sousanis will give a talk after accepting the Lynd Ward Prize for his graphic novel “Unflattening,” 4-5 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library.

Wednesday, Oct. 12: Getting to know GIS: GIS literacy, 3:30-5 p.m., Donald W. Hamer Maps Library, W13 Pattee Library, University Park, and on Adobe Connect.

Thursday, Oct. 13: Tech Update, by Libraries I-Tech staff, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park, and MediaSite Live.

Sunday, Oct.16: Penn State Parents Weekend events, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Pattee and Paterno Libraries Open House featuring a gallery talk, book discussion and tours, University Park.

Tuesday, Oct. 18: Discovery Day Webinar Series: What the Library Can Do for You, presented by Liz Long and Megan Gilpin, 1-2 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park, and MediaSite Live.

Wednesday, Oct. 19: Space planning brown bag session, Libraries’ Space Steering Committee open discussion and Q & A, noon-1 p.m., 510A Paterno Library, University Park.

Wednesday, Oct. 26: Penn State Beaver Library Open House, noon-1:30 p.m., Beaver campus library.

Friday, Oct. 28: Interdisciplinary Research Colloquium, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Morrison Gallery, Penn State Harrisburg Library.

Wednesday, Nov. 2: Supervisor: Helping new librarians find success and satisfaction in the academic library, 2 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park, and MediaSite Live.

Wednesday, Nov. 2: Archaeological Institute of America Public Lecture, 5:30-7 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park.

Thursday, Nov. 3: Librarians: Helping new librarians find success and satisfaction in the academic library, 2 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park, and MediaSite Live.

Tuesday, Nov. 8: Library Learning Services: Exhibition information literacy class, 10 a.m., 140 Pattee Library, University Park.

Thursday, Nov. 10: Beating Burnout, 10 a.m.,Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park, and MediaSite Live.

Wednesday, Nov. 16: Space planning brown bag session, Libraries’ Space Steering Committee open discussion and Q & A, noon-1 p.m., 510A Paterno Library, University Park.

Sunday-Saturday, Nov. 20-26: Thanksgiving holiday, no classes.

Friday, Dec. 9: Last day of fall classes.

Sunday-Tuesday, Dec. 11-13: DeStress Fest, 3-8 p.m., University Park library locations.

Monday-Friday, Dec. 12-16: Final exams.

Wednesday, Dec. 14: Tech Update, by Libraries I-Tech staff, 1-2:30 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, and MediaSite Live.

Saturday, Dec. 17: Fall Commencement, University Park and several Commonwealth Campus locations.

Wednesday, Dec. 21: Space planning brown bag session, Libraries’ Space Steering Committee open discussion and Q & A, noon-1 p.m., 510A Paterno Library, University Park.

Please submit event information to Public Relations and Marketing via the Library News submission form.