The TCU Library had some significant happenings this past year that made a difference to students, faculty, staff and Friends. None of it could have been possible without the outstanding leadership and teamwork of the library's staff.
FALL WELCOME
The TCU Library kicked off the 2011-2012 academic year by welcoming students with an ice cold bottle of water. August was a record HOT! HOT! and the students much appreciated the opportunity to cool down.
FIRST-YEAR ORIENTATION
The Library helped incoming first-year students transition to TCU by helping them become acclimated to the university and introducing them to the library's resources and services.
"I LOVE THE TCU LIBRARY" CONTEST
We had our first annual student contest in celebration of Valentine's Day. It was the perfect opportunity for students to express their love for the library with a written message. The "I Love the TCU Library" contest was successful among the students with an overwhelming amount of entries.
Contest Winners
Winning entries here at the TCU Library What's Happening? blog.
First place: Jessica Polasek
Second place: Molly Johnson
Third place: Lauren Pahos
FACULTYSPEAK SERIES
Presented twice a year, the FacultySpeak lecture series features TCU Faculty members speaking on current events, their publications or interesting topics in their field.
Dr. Tricia Jenkins
The CIA in Hollywood: How the Agency Shapes Film and Television
Dr. Mary Volcansek
TCU's History in Fort Worth
TAKING A BREAK
During the week of spring finals the library gave away power/ energy drinks to students. Coke donated the drinks that we handed out during the four-day event.
TECHNOLOGY
- Redesigned the Friends of the TCU Library website
- Roll out of Facebook, social networking outlet to help stay connected with students and the TCU Community
- Implemented Text-A-Librarian. This new service allows students to ask short, quick questions and in turn receive a quick, short response. Students use their cell phones to text their question to one of our TCU research librarians.
NEW FURNITURE
New furniture was added in the Bistro area. New look, more seating, good times.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR LIBRARY STAFF EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNER
Beth Callahan, Government Information Library Specialist, was the 2011-2012 Staff Excellence Award winner. Beth was chosen for this award for her stellar performance in managing and maintaining all federal and state document collections. Beth took on a huge project this year, moving and weeding out outdated government material and condensing the collection. Kudos to Beth for an outstanding job!