Grace Landers, Special Collections student assistant, describes a recent project to improve keyword searching for digitized rare books. Continue reading Windmills, Buttons, and Rockets: Student Work in Special Collections
Gleeson Library | Geschke Center is pleased to announce the completion of a project to digitize five early editions of St. Ignatius of Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises. Continue reading Digitized Early Editions of The Spiritual Exercises now available online
Hi everyone! My name is Robby and I am a student assistant for the periodicals unit in the Acquisitions department at Gleeson library. Ever since my freshman year, I have always studied in the library on all floors. To me, Gleeson serves as a place of collaboration between fellow classmates, a safe quiet space for … Continue reading Student Assistant’s Perspective on Databases
This year’s National Library Week falls during San Francisco’s shelter-in-place order. Even though our physical library is closed, we are maintaining robust service points virtually. As part of a series of celebrations during National Library Week, National Library Workers Day highlights the critical work of library staff and advocates for an increase in library staff … Continue reading National Library Workers Day 2020
This year Gleeson Library | Geschke Center celebrates National Library Week (April 19th – 25th) virtually. During National Library Week the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom releases the State of America’s Libraries report with a list of the top ten frequently challenged books from the past year. Here are the most frequently challenged … Continue reading Gleeson Celebrates National Library Week
This blog post was written by Reference Student Assistant Danni McCorkle. As new movies hit the screen and upcoming novels are printing for the masses, the need for in-depth details about these modes of entertainment is demanded by the public. From which the job of the critic is born. However, not all critics are written … Continue reading Musings on Book and Film Reviews
At our yearly Student Assistant Orientation held this past Sunday, August 26th, one of the “ice breaker” activities for the Reference Student Assistants was to discuss a book read over the summer. Here’s a list of the books we read and some of our thoughts on them. 1. Love in the Time of Cholera – … Continue reading Reference Students’ Summer Reading List
A couple weeks ago, I posted some book reviews written by student assistants that work in Gleeson Library | Geschke Center. Here are some more to get you excited about future reads. Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness, reviewed by Ariana Varela This memoir by Susannah Cahalan depicts the life of the author, a young … Continue reading What Are the Students Reading? Spring 2015 edition, part 2
We’re hiring student assistants for Spring 2014! Both the Access Services Department and the Reference and Research Services Department are planning to hire a handful of student workers. Click here for the Access Services job posting. Click here for the Reference and Research Services job posting. (Update 1/9/2014: Reference and Research Services is no longer … Continue reading Want to work for Gleeson Library?
The complex, daily work of an academic library could not be easily completed without the support of our industrious team of student workers. This afternoon, Gleeson Library staff, librarians, and the Dean’s Office, honored our wonderful, hard-working, student assistants with an end-of-the-year appreciation party. This spring semester in particular, our party felt a little more … Continue reading The Student Assistant Appreciation Party, Spring 2010
