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Development of Curriculum Materials Center in Cook
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Academic Support Center moves to Memorial Library
The Academic Support Center moved to Memorial Library, into first floor space occupied by the library's Serials & Documents unit. -
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Academic Commons Task Force
Provost Katherine Whatley convened a task force to consider these questions:
1. Are there student support functions that belong in the library? If so, what are they?
2. Where should they go?
3. How should they be arranged?
The Academic Commons Task Force drafted a mission statement & identified the components that would compose the Commons: library reference & instructional services, Academic Support Center, Writing Center, Multimedia Classroom, possibly an Instructional Technology Center. -
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Periodicals Review
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A comprehensive faculty review of periodical subscriptions was completed for 2012 subscriptions. This 14-month long project involved first-time creation of discipline-based subscription lists, referral of the lists to academic departments, & review of faculty recommendations by the liaison librarian. -
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Relocation of the Writing Center to Memorial Library
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Relocation of the Academic Support Center to Memorial Library
The Academic Commons Task Force endorsed a proposal to immediately relocate the ASC, which provides services for students needing accommodations, tutorial services, and counseling in study sills & time management. Construction began in December 2010 to create a reception area, office & testing room. The project required relocating the library's Serials & Documents unit, co-locating it with Technical Services. -
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Museum Studies program discussion
Sherre Harrington, Christy Snider (History), Jackie McDowell (Dean of Charter School)
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Kindles @ Memorial Library
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Library Store
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General Education Review Task Force
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Implementation of campus-wide print management system
"Berry College has historically funded 100% of costs for printing in the library and computer labs for students and guests. This policy along with overall community growth has resulted in a continued increase in the volume of printing. The implementation of a print management system providing a generous allocation for students and no free printing for guests will help raise awareness of the environmental impact of paper/print materials and associated costs which ultimately come from tuition." -
Opening of the New Multimedia Classroom
Files are on the shared drive
Alden Trust awarded $54,000 for the development of a technology-rich, hands-on classroom that facilitates collaborative learning and that can be easily reconfigured to suit a variety of purposes as well as a variety of teaching and learning styles. -
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Carpet Replacement
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Theft Detection System decommissioned
After an extended period of having the system non-functioning, the 3M Tattletape theft detection system was not replaced. -
Academic Technology & e-Learning relocated to Memorial Library
Associate Provost Andrew Bressette announced the merger of the campus Media Center and the Center for instructional Technology into one new unit designed to focus on the academic technology needs of the campus. ATE operated out of Memorial Library's large collection storage space on the first floor (this space now houses the Active Learning Classroom). -
External Review
• Jonathan Miller, Library Director, Rollins College
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ILL Purchase on Demand
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2014 Reorganization
The retirement of the Head of Public and Instructional Services prompted a review of Memorial Library’s organizational structure. The outcome was a move to a team-based, nonhierarchical organizational structure that has been the basis of Memorial Library's operations ever since. -
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Ad-Hoc Academic Commons Task Force
Provost Kathy Richardson convened the Ad-Hoc Academic Commons Task Force to complete that planning and recommendation work of the 2010-2011 task force. -
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Implementation of OCLC Worldshare Management Services
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Ultra Quiet Study in Archives Reading Room
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Sandbox
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Study Carrel Check-out
Asked faculty to give up 2nd floor carrels for a semester in order to experiment with two-hour check-out of closed study carrels to students. -
FLSA proposed changes
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Print v. Ebook Preference Survey
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Georgia Governor's Honors Program
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Conservation of Weaving Panels
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OpenAthens implementation
GALILEO announced the planned implementation of OpenAthens on May 18, 2018. Memorial Library began migrating from EZProxy to OpenAthens in mid-2021 and went live on November 1, 2022. EZProxy was retired June 30, 2023. -
Ad-Hoc Committee on Faculty Resources
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Request for ABA materials to go in the CMC
Documents (SharePoint) Dr. Michelle Haney, Professor of Psychology, requested that materials to support the Applied Behavior Analysis program purchased by the library be housed in the Curriculum Materials Center in Cook. -
Implementation of MISO Survey for Library
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Historic Films Crowdsourcing Project
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LifeWorks Student Hours Reduction
At the request of the Provost, Memorial LIbrary reduced student work hours in the library by 35% (from an initial allocation of 16,225 hours to 10,546 hours for the year) and by 25% for the Martha Berry Digital Archive. Perhaps the most significant change was to eliminate Saturday service hours. -
Academic Success Center moves to the Sandbox & Adjacent Offices
To facilitate the Academic Success Center's move from the Memorial Library basement to the Sandbox and adjacent offices, Memorial Library staff were asked to vacate the offices just inside the main library entrance on the right. The IT Help Desk staff and manager moved into those offices. -
Library tool added to Canvas
Without leaving Canvas students can
• view the Library Hours
• book a Library Help Session with a Librarian
• chat with a Librarian
• view subject-specific databases for a course
• view subject or course guides related to a course
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New York Times site license
Berry College students, faculty, and staff now have unlimited access to nytimes.com and the New York Times app.
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Audiobooks via OverDrive added
In response to faculty interest in providing multi-modal access to books, Memorial Library added an audiobook platform to complement print and ebooks.
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First Open Access Agreements
-American Chemical Society/GALILEO Read and Publish agreement that waives additional fees in ACS journals for Berry-affiliated corresponding authors.
-Cambridge University Press journals transformative agreement – Berry-affiliated corresponding authors will be entitled to no-cost open access publishing in all of CUP’s hybrid and gold open access journals -
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Records Management Consultant