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LIBRARY NEWS L I N S C H E I D L I B R A R Y F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 5

R E A D A L L

A B O U T :

Oilfield

Revolutionary

Book Signing

Student

Assistants

Resources for

Business

Administration

From the

Mouths of

Patrons

Research Day

Posters

New in the

Library

Your Liaison

Librarians

‘Revolutionary’ Book Signing science and made geology a high-

status profession.

Thanks to Dr. Mount, the

Bookstore, Chartwells, and Lin-

scheid Library Academic Friends (LLAF)

for all their help in making this event

possible.

On Thursday, Feb. 5, the library held a

book signing for Dr. Houston Mount’s

newest book Oilfield Revolutionary: The

Career of Everette Lee DeGolyer.

Twenty people braved the unusually

cold weather to feast on treats and

hear a multimedia presentation on this

once-famous man who transformed

the oil industry. Listeners heard about

how DeGolyer turned mining into a

numbers and special directions, so

that when you pick up something you

can know exactly where it’s supposed

to go. Even after the items are on the

shelf, they’re still working to make

sure that you can find something youwant. They check every shelf, cabinet,

and case to ensure that everything is

in the right order. This process is

called shelf-reading. It can take a year

to fully shelf-read all the library’s

holdings.

If you like how tidy the public areas of

the library are, you can thank a stu-

dent. They empty the recycling bins,

clean up spills and debris, and make

sure that machines are in good work-

ing order.If you like finding everything you

search for online, you can thank a

student. Student assistants have

helped put together accurate lists

of our holdings, so that they all

show up online correctly. They

The people that greet you when

you walk in. The ones dusting the

shelves, hauling massive carts, and

asking you if you found everything

you needed today. Any time you

walk up to a desk, they’re there to

help. Some even help from the

shadows, invisibly making sure that

everything works like it should.

Who are these unsung heroes?

They are the Library Student Assis-

tants.

At any given time there are almost

40 student assistants working in the

library. Our student assistants do

the equivalent of 12 full-time em-

ployees. That’s a lot of work, but

do you know what they do for you?If you have ever looked for some-

thing on the shelf and it was in the

right place, you can thank

a student. When materials

first arrive, they put on

stickers containing call

also double-check every single p

of the library website to make s

that all the links are working an

that our resources are up-to-da

If you like how fast the library g

things done, you can thank a stu

dent. Student assistants do ever

thing from copying, to setting up

equipment, to arranging classro

and public areas for instructions

events.

To learn more about what’s re-

quired of our student assistants

to become one yourself, visit th

Student

Employ-

ment 

page.

Top left: a Collection Services worker puts away magazines

Bottom left: Public Services students take care of students’

printing

Top right: a Technical Services student files new materials

Bottom right: Media Services students hang a poster

Top: Dr. Mount explaining DeGolyer’s

contributions

Bottom: Students and faculty listen in rapt attention

What Do Student Assistants Do Anyway?

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P A G E 2

Close the dealon research

with the

library  

library with you. To find out

more about business ethics, the

Parker Ethics Collection is dedi-

cated to it. This is named after

the Oscar L. Parker Ethics Cen-ter in the School of Business, and

the contents are chosen to sup-

port it.

For interests broader than eth-

ics, use the materials on the

fourth floor of the library. Find

theories and philosophers of

economy in HB. In HC you can

browse studies of ancient econo-

mies and green economics. HD

will have guides on management

and branding, as well as analyses

of labor movements in the higher

numbers. HF has marketing

strategies and success stories,

and HG holds strategies for

fundraising and investing.

Maybe you need the most up-to-

the-minute information, or may-

be you want something when

the library is closed. In that

case, use one of the many busi-

ness e-resources through the

library website. Business SourceComplete contains scholarly

articles from the present back

to the 19th century. For news

stories about a topic, try Re-

gional Business News Plus for

local, national, and international

coverage of business topics. If

you’re trying to run your own

business, use Small Business

Reference Center to find vide-

os, help, advice, and planning

information.

For more information, headonline to the business admin-

istration research guide, or visit

us whenever the library is open.

L I B R A R Y N E W S

If you want to take care

of your business research

needs, the library can

help.

When you’re in the li-brary and want some

quick information, use

the reference section to

get started. Look on the

main floor for call num-

bers between HA and

HK for everything from

economics, to finance, to

labor. Find quick guides

to careers in different

industries, sourcebooks

on entrepreneurship, and diction-

aries of economics here. You can’t

check these out, but they’re great

if you’re studying in the library or

want a refresher.

Even though you may be sad that

you can’t bring reference materials

home, there are other options if

you want take something from the

Resources for: Business Administration

What People are Saying About the Library

I have learned a lot....I am

an international student

and I appreciate [it] so

much.

This space is reserved for what

your peers —  students, faculty,

staff, and the public alike —  are

saying about our reference

services. These are actual

quotes from library patrons.

Evaluate our reference for

yourself —  stop by the library

and talk to the person at the

Reference Desk, call580.559.5371, or email

refdesk@ecok.edu for fast help.

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P A G E 3L I N S C H E I D L I B R A R Y

Spring has started off with some sur-

prises for longtime library users.

Eight more computers have been add-

ed to the library’s Reference Area,

bringing the total of public computers

to 32. This comes in response to a

huge demand — 20 percent of all ques-

tions answered with a “no” last year

were asking if there were more com-

puters.

Another recent addition is the Tiger

Room. This study area on the secondfloor behind the copiers has been with-

creating eye-catching posters that best

display your information.

To attend one of these workshops, come

to the library’s instruction room on

Friday, Feb. 20 at 2p.m.

For more information, call Media

Services at 580.559.5490, or visit the

research poster page online.

Research Day Poster WorkshopsOklahoma Research Day is fast

approaching. On March 13, hundreds

of students from around the state will

gather at Northeastern State

University to share their research

results using posters. ECU students

have typically had bold, distinctive

posters with a unified theme.

This year, the Raniyah Ramadan Center

for Undergraduate Research and

Learning (CURL) and the library

continue that tradition by offering

several research poster workshops.

David Weir, director of CURL, and

Patrick Baumann, Media Services

Librarian, will offer their best tips for

New Sights in the Library

Right: The new Tiger Room

Bottom: A panorama of the library’s new computers

out a name since the maps were moved out

several years ago. Now renamed the Tiger

Room, the couches have been re-covered in

ECU black, and a new poster cele-

brates the tigers of ECU. Look here to

find out about all the images of tigers

used as logos for the university since

the 1940s.

We’re always eager to know what

patrons want so that we can serve you

better. If you have a change you want

to see in the library, let us know onthe suggestions page. 

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Patrick Baumann, Media ServicesLibrarian

Cartography/Geography

Education

Environmental Health Science

Family & Consumer Sciences

Human Resources

Katherine Sleyko, Public ServicesLibrarian

Art

Biology

Communication

History

Music

Political Science & Legal Studies

Contact your liaison librarian for one-on-one help if you’re a student. If you’refaculty, talk to your liaison librarian aboutclasses and materials you’d like. Thelibrarians are your guide to the bestresources, so make sure that you usethem!

Did you know that all departments have a

librarian assigned to them? Liaison

librarians can help faculty and students find

information best suited to their area of

study. Find your librarian below, or go to

our student page for more.

Dana Belcher, Assistant Director &Collection Services Librarian

Accounting

Business Administration

Computer Science

Kinesiology

Mathematics

Nursing

Chelsea Baker, Instructional ServicesLibrarian

Chemistry

English & Languages

Physics

Psychology

Sociology

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