NOTES FROM RAMSEY LIBRARY; 2008-9

LIBRARY IMPROVEMENTS

Recent NOTES FROM RAMSEY have shared information on formative plans to create more user-friendly library space and provide for a “Collaborative Learning Commons” (seehttp://facstaff.unca.edu/sinclair/spaceplan/). Most recently we invited you to see the more open current periodicals area which is one step along the path of converting that space to the “Collaborative Learning Commons.” Last week we took a next step by moving current newspapers from current periodicals to what I think of as the far, left-hand corner of the library’s main floor. This was done to afford our newspaper readers with a quieter, less-trafficked environment in what will be the eventual new home for all current periodicals, probably by next summer. In the meantime, check out the new newspaper reading area which will soon include a new package of popular magazines. From the old newspaper reading area, check out the two, new plasma screen work areas for students. Each will allow students to project work from a laptop or fixed station computer or to view instructional web sites.

NEW INFORMATION LITERACY/OUTREACH LIBRARIAN

NOTES FROM RAMSEY is delighted to announce the library’s newest colleague, Heather Stewart Harvey, who has accepted the position of Information Literacy & Outreach Librarian who started 4 August. Heather comes to us from AB Tech where she has been working as a Reference and Instructional Librarian. Before that, she had a wide array of experiences working as a public librarian, a paralegal, a translator in Madrid, and a teacher in Barranquilla, Colombia, to name just a few. She holds a B.A. in Anthropology from University of California, Davis, and earned her M.L.I.S. degree from San Jose State University. Please join us in welcoming Heather to our community.

Heather Stewart Harvey
Ramsey Library 128
e: hharvey@unca.edu
v: 251.6632