When I started work at the Science Library last fall, it became really clear that there wasn’t good signage to indicate where the library was.  When people would ask, I’d say,  “It’s right smack in the middle of the Science Center!” But that wasn’t really helpful to folks who weren’t familiar with the building.

One day over the winter when I was in the atrium, I looked up and saw a giant blank wall above the library entrance. At that precise moment, a big idea took shape.  Why not use that space to put “SCIENCE LIBRARY” in giant letters? That idea took a little while to come to fruition, but it’s now here. Thanks so much, Valerie, for supporting this crazy idea. And let me tell ya, Brad Hoffman is theeeeeeeeeeeee best.  He worked hard to find a font that was as close as possible to other lettering/signage in the building (particularly there in the atrium), scaling the letters to an appropriate size, getting everything spaced properly, and expertly applying them.

A few students, staff, and faculty walked by as the lettering went up yesterday and said they liked it. Come on over and check it out for yourself!

-eaj

Good morning, everyone,

I’m happy to announce that the Science Library’s new staff member, Jillian Schwab, is starting work on Monday!

Jillian is a 2024 graduate of Miami (Ohio) University, where she earned a BA in Anthropology with minors in Museums and Society, Archaeology, and Fashion. She’s had experience with collections management for the Anthropology Department’s extensive artifact teaching collection (over 10,000 items1), and serving as an undergraduate associate for two archaeology courses.

Since 2020, Jillian has worked as a part-time circulation assistant at Avon Lake Public Library, where she was involved with many of the same services and responsibilities as she’ll have here, including training student pages, answering questions from patrons, performing circulation duties, managing ILLs, and assessing circulating materials for mending.

Jillian will be heavily involved with training sessions in her first few weeks of work (thank you in advance to everyone who will be leading those sessions!).  I’m really excited to welcome her to the team, and for her to meet all of you.

-eaj