This January, Ben Hoover, MLIS, joined the Harrell HSL staff as Circulation Supervisor. Ben received his Master of Library and Information Science degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 2011.
Through his management of circulation services, Ben's responsibilities include ensuring that the library is opened and closed on schedule, hiring, training and scheduling circulation staff, updating and revising circulation policies and procedures for Harrell HSL as well as becoming knowledgeable of those for University Libraries and Penn State Hershey, and ensuring the confidentiality of library user information. He also manages the library display cases, printing and copying services, the reserve collection, the distribution of user IDs and passwords, and is the library safety officer. He has already begun streamlining policies to improve customer service and has reorganized the reserve book collection to improve access to the collection.
Managing circulation is an instrumental part of providing seamless services to faculty, staff and students and Ben brings valuable knowledge, skills, and experience in academic libraries and staff supervision to our team.
Cynthia Robinson recently published an article titled "Peter Drucker on Marketing: Application & Implications for Libraries" in The Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances, volume 25 issue 1.
David Brennan was recognized by the Interim Executive President and Provost, Robert Pangborn and the office of Planning and Institutional Assessment for his outstanding contribution to continuous improvement and innovation in the UL Collection Services Advisory Group and Collection Assessment Program Team.
Nancy Adams was part of a project team including Drs. Sam Faber, Todd Felix, and Dave Richard, who received Woodward Education Scholar Grant funding for a project to improve the teaching and evaluation of evidence-based medicine and clinical reasoning in the medical curriculum.
Seamus Carmichael and friends presented a one hour entertainment called "Musical Ireland" including songs, stories, and images and was accompanied by Ken Smith - accordion, Daniel George - Guitar, Peter Lee - Hammer Dulcimer and Bodhran drum and Mary Kate Lee - Harp. The event was sponsored by the Harrell Health Sciences Library and the Department of Humanities.
Nancy Adams published chapter: "Making it better: Library and Student Services Collaboration at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology" co-authored with Jennifer Olivetti, in Environments for Student Growth and Development: Libraries and Student Affairs in Collaboration. She also recently presented to University Libraries faculty on the relationship between evidence-based practice and information literacy.
David Brennan attended the Computers in Libraries conference March 21-23, 2012 in Washington, DC, supported by a grant from the Nancy L. Eaton Libraries Endowment Grant (University Libraries).
Elaine Dean was elected Secretary/Treasurer of the Public Services Section of the Medical Library Association.
