LibQual prize winners!

Thank you to everyone who took the LibQual survey (results will be posted soon), and a special congratulations to our prize winners!

First prize ($150 Amazon gift card) winner: Alexis Derrickson, senior, Communication Studies major
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Second prize ($100 Amazon gift card) winner: Alicia Tewksbury, graduate student, Accounting

Third prize ($50 Amazon gift card) winner: Hank Anderson, freshman, Criminal Justice major

Also, our winners of the 500 pages of additional black-and-white printing:

• Brittnee Winslow, Management major
• Colin Bettleyon, Exercise Science major
• Cecelia Campanile, Audiology graduate student
• Cierra Mitevska, Nursing major
• Abby Wrenfrow, Speech Pathology major

The Library thanks the Friends of the Bloomsburg University Library Association (FOBULA) for sponsoring the prizes. 

Keep a Lookout for LibQual

From October 15-November 2, the Andruss Library will be participating in the LibQual survey.  This web-based survey lets us measure the service quality of libraries. We participated in LibQual in 2006, 2009, 2012 & 2015; this follow-up survey will show us how things have changed over the last three years.

This survey will:

• Tell us how the BU community rates its library services
• Allow us to compare our results against other university libraries
• Show us where we can improve our library services

To let you know how important we take this survey, we’re giving away prizes.  When you fill out the survey, you’ll have the chance to enter into a drawing to win:

• One (1) $150 Amazon gift card
• One (1) $100 Amazon gift card
• One (1) $50 Amazon gift card
• 500 additional pages of free printing

Prizes made possible by the generous support of the Friends of the Bloomsburg University Library Association (FOBULA).

We will be surveying all members of the BU community, so keep a lookout for an email inviting you to complete the survey.  If you have questions, contact Katie Yelinek, Reference Librarian/Coordinator of Government Documents, at kyelinek@bloomu.edu.

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GRE Preparation Starts Soon!

Want to dominate the GRE?  Want to reduce the stress of taking the GRE?  The University's GRE Preparation Program can help you.

For more info, go to http://guides.library.bloomu.edu/gre

For info on preparation for other tests, such as the GMAT, go to http://guides.library.bloomu.edu/testprep

Welcome Weekend 2018 - Library Tour and Tech Tent Thursday August 23rd

WELCOME WEEKEND 2018

Library Open House / Tours & Tech Tent

  6:45pm - 7:45pm

 

 FIRST 250 STUDENTS RECEIVE A FREE PLANNER!

Welcome Week Orientation Staff will be available to answer questions, 

give library tours, and help with any technology issues.

See BU Welcome Week Guidebook for more info

 sponsored by Bloomsburg University Orientation Office

Andruss Library Closed Tuesday, 8/14/18

Given the current weather conditions, the Andruss Library will be closed Tuesday, August 14. 

We expect to be open Wednesday, August 15.

Library's Fourth Floor has been re-opened

The Library's Fourth Floor is OPEN

Thank you for your patience with our summer construction projects.

Library's Extended Hours & Final's Week Activities!

Extended library hours for finals week is starting tomorrow. May the Fourth be with you ;)

Take a little break and bring your friends for some snacks and games next week! From May 7th-10th, we will have these stress busters activities in the Schweiker room every evening from 6-9pm (see poster for details). so come and join us for a little fun! 

Last Day of Book Sale $3 / bag!

Monday (Apr 23) the FOBULA Book Sale will run 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM.

Special offer: Fill a bag for only $3! 

Scavenger Hunt Winner!

Congratulations to our Scavenger Hunt winner, Sarah! Sarah is a happy recipient of a super cute Husky plush.

Thank you to all who participated :) 

Adventures on the Sea Crossword Puzzle

 

This year the American Library Association National Library Week's theme is Libraries Lead. ALA has chosen a compass as a symbol of how libraries are a source of guidance and leadership. In honor of this theme, we created a crossword puzzle based on classic sea adventure literature and nautical terminology, stories where the main characters needed to use a compass to navigate their own journeys.   

  Navigate here for our Adventures on the Sea online crossword puzzle. 

For a printable version click HERE.  

 

Find the Hidden Husky

As part of our celebration of National Library Week, a Bloomsburg Husky has been hidden somewhere  in the Library. Can you find it?  One lucky winner will bring home a stuffed husky of their own! 

When you find it, take a photo on your camera and show it to the circulation desk staff and fill out a raffle form. 

Contest ends Monday April 16^th

Book Clock!

it's the first day of National Library week and guess what? We made a book clock! a HUGE thank you to our Librarians and Staff members for planning and making this happen! Come in and take a look at our brand new clock! 😁

How many books in the book clock have you read?

Click read more to view pictures! 

National Library Week

We have something exciting to share with you all for the upcoming National Library Week!
(4/8 - 4/14). Please view the timeline of events below and we hope you can celebrate with us!

FOBULA Book Sale

Darla Bressler, beloved education librarian, passes away

Darla Bressler, a wonderful colleague, friend, and dedicated educator, passed away at her home last week on Wednesday, March 14th, with her daughter Kelly by her side. Darla was the education librarian at Bloomsburg University, Andruss Library for over 16 years and had retired from the University fall semester 2017 for medical reasons. After a brief hospitalization at Geisinger Hospital in early March, she went home to hospice care. We will miss her greatly.

      Deeply committed to students, Darla was passionate about the power of children’s literature to instill a love of reading and learning in young children and adolescents and was justifiably proud of the Juvenile Collection (children's literature) that she had developed over the years for the BU Library. It was -- and is -- a vibrant collection, heavily used by education students and members of the University community. Darla had requested after her retirement that in lieu of gifts, people make donations to her beloved Juvenile Collection, and her family has requested that the fund be continued to honor and commemorate her work. 

      A visitation for friends and family will be held at the Kevin A. Beardsley Funeral Home in Curwensvile, PA, on Tuesday, March 20, from 5 - 8 pm. Her obituary may be viewed and condolences posted online at https://www.pasimplecremation.com/obituary/darla-j-bressler/ 

 

Darla Bressler Juvenile Collection Fund link.