who might not other-

wise consider educa-

tion past high school.

The library helps by providing places

for students to work on schoolwork

with the help of a tutor assigned by

the program, as well as providing

librarian-led instruction sessions and

tours. These help introduce Upward

Bound students to information litera-

cy, a core concept used in ECU gen-

eral education, as well as in higher

education around the country.

The tours proved very popular,

enough that some tours ran over the

time allotted. Student questions

ranged from “do you have these

books by my favorite authors?”,

to “I’m a Reformation dork, so

how did you get a replica Guten-

berg Bible? ” and “would you

answer questions at the Refer-

ence Desk that make it sound

suspiciously like I’ve committed a

crime?”.

Find out more about Upward

Bound and Upward Bound Math

& Science on the ECU website.

Discover how you can get library

tours & instruction on infor-

mation literacy on our instruction

page.

& present day of the institution. It

also adds some intrigue to the aver-

age visit. People passing by may won-

der what Danley Hall or the oblong

sculpture from the rear of the library

are doing on the right side of the

mural—they represent the old loca-

tion and old logo, respectively, of the

library.

Feedback has been nothing but posi-

tive, Brown says, and he is humbled

by being chosen to leave such a lega-

cy behind.

See the finished product yourself by

visiting the library’s second floor, and

keep an eye out for an image of the

mural on the front page of the library

site.

windows, they are not

as warm and welcom-

ing as they could be.

This summer, the

library recruited re-

cent ECU graduate

Chance Brown, who

currently works in the

Chickasaw Nation

Division of Arts &

Humanities, to change

the lounge’s image.

His new mural debuts this July on

the East wall of the lounge.

Brown said that he went through

many drafts of the mural before

presenting the final image to Adri-

anna Lancaster, Dean of the library,

but feels that the final image cap-

tures something about the history

This summer, a hundred or so high-

schoolers have made the library their

study home-away-from-home. In spite

of the stereotype that teenagers and

libraries don’t mix well, library employ-

ees have welcomed these students with

open arms. These are, after all, the

college students of tomorrow.

These are the students of Upward

Bound and Upward Bound Math &

Science, two federal grant programs

that bring in high school students for a

taste of university life. Students live on

campus for up to six weeks at a time

and take classes aimed at showing them

more about what awaits them in col-

lege. The programs focus on students

Since its grand renovation in 2012,

the Tommy Wayne Quaid Memorial

Student Lounge on the library’s

second floor has had a new look,

with comfy furniture and plush rugs.

However, the walls have remained

bare white—while excellent for

catching the light streaming in the

Spotlight: Upward Bound

LIBRARY NEWS L I N S C H E I D L I B R A R Y J U L Y 2 0 1 4

R E A D A L L

A B O U T :

Student

Lounge Mural

Upward

Bound Tours

& Instruction

Resources for

Physics

American

Indian

Histories and

Cultures

Upcoming

Attractions

From the

Mouths of

Patrons

Art Among

the Stacks

Your Liaison

Librarians

Students

from Upward

Bound pose

on one of their

field trips

New Mural Spices Up Student Lounge

Chance Brown, ECU alum 2013, putting the

finishing touches on the mural

P A G E 2

You don’t have

to be this guy to

discover library

physics sources

Photo from Wikimedia Commons. Image is in

public domain.

Resources for: Physics Get a quantum of solace in

your schoolwork by using

library resources for your

physics study needs.

For general information, use

the reference books on the

third floor. Find out what

that term really means in

dictionaries, look up quick

facts in a science encyclope-

dia, or get an overview with

handbooks. Find general

science resources here, as

well as ones specifically

about physics.

If you want to bring things

home for a more in-depth

look, try going to the second

floor. Find materials on every-

thing from the science of bub-

bles, questions on the nature

of reality and the universe, and

protection from radiation in

call numbers starting with QC.

For items about wormholes,

accurately steering satellites,

and stardust, look in QB from

460—540. If you’re more

interested in lasers, supercon-

ductors, and quantum compu-

ting, look in call numbers

starting with TK 7800 and

above.

Our electronic resources are

especially useful for late-night

study sessions. Try using the

American Chemical Society

journal search or Computers

and Applied Sciences Com-

plete for the latest in physics

research. Or just use the

front page of the library web-

site: click on the “Articles”

tab of the gray search box,

and select “Physics” from the

drop-down menu to search

every article the library can

access on the topic.

For more information or

guidance, visit us in-person

whenever the library’s open,

or check out the physics sub-

ject guide online.

available online.

If you want to get a general over-

view of Native American history,

the interactive timelines & maps

illustrate key points. For those

who are more interested in old

art, see maps from the 1500s,

paintings from the 1700s, and pho-

tographs from the 1800s,

all featuring prominent

Native American cities or

people from those times.

The cornerstone of this

resource, though, is the

Coming Soon

collection of scanned original docu-

ments, perfect for using as primary

sources in history research. These can

be sorted by different tribes or nations

and year, as well as the type of docu-

ment you’re looking for.

Find out more about this extensive new

resource on our e-resources page.

History & Native American Stud-

ies students have another re-

source to add to their bag of

tricks with the addition of Ameri-

can Indian Histories and Cultures.

This electronic resource pulls

from the Edward E. Ayer collec-

tion, one of the most complete

Native American history collec-

tions in the world. Picking

through the collection is no easy

feat with over 150,000 items to

choose from, but now the best

interesting & pertinent items are

L I B R A R Y N E W S

Digital Resource: American Indian Histories and Cultures

the library. Learn about Lincoln

through both the interactive ex-

hibit and educational lectures by

ECU faculty.

In October, the library celebrates

its 100-year anniversary of being a

federal government document

depository with special speakers

and an unveiling of a historic com-

memoration.

This isn’t all—several other events

are in the works. To add your

own event to the list, contact the

Outreach Department by asking

in-person or online through their

webpage.

Exciting things are happening this

fall at the library. Watch this

space, and the library homepage,

for information as these develop.

This September, a temporary

exhibit about Abraham Lincoln,

the Civil War, and the Constitu-

tion arrives on the second floor of

Explore history with AIHC

What People are Saying About the Library

P A G E 3 L I N S C H E I D L I B R A R Y

Office art

created by

Student

Assistants in

the

Collection

Services (left)

and

Circulation

(right)

departments

In honor of the new mural, here’s

some other art you may not know

about. Walk around the library

sometime and see if you can spot

them all!

I could not navigate the system to locate the answers

for my assignment. [The librarians] have always

helped me feel I could get the assignment done. They

were excellent, pleasant, and really helped me find

what I needed. I was very impressed with them.

This space is reserved for what your

peers—students, faculty, staff, and the

public alike—are saying about our

reference services. These are actual

quotes from library patrons.

Find out for yourself how our

reference rates—stop by the library

and talk to the person at the Reference

Desk, call 580.559.5371, or email

refdesk@ecok.edu for fast help.

Other Library Art

Bronzes by Al

Crawford, best

known for creating

the tiger sculpture

in the Science

Building fountain

Painting and

bronzes by

Enoch Kelly

Haney,

creator of

the sculpture

on top of the

Oklahoma

State Capitol

building

Prints by Leon Polk

Smith, renowned &

influential ECU

alumnus

Patrick Baumann, Media Services

Librarian

Cartography/Geography

Environmental Health Science

Family & Consumer Sciences

Human Resources

Katherine Sleyko, Public Services

Librarian

Art

Biology

Communication

History

Political Science & Legal Studies

Joni Stine, Technical Services Librarian

Education

Kinesiology

Music

Psychology

Contact your liaison librarian for one-on-

one help if you’re a student. If you’re

faculty, talk to your liaison librarian about

classes and materials you’d like. The

librarians are your guide to the best

resources, so make sure that you use

them!

Did you know that all departments have a

librarian assigned to them? Liaison

librarians can help faculty and students find

information best suited to their area of

study. Find your librarian below, or go to

our student page for more.

Dana Belcher, Assistant Director &

Collection Services Librarian

Accounting

Business Administration

Computer Science

Mathematics

Nursing

Chelsea Baker, Instructional Services

Librarian

Chemistry

English & Languages

Physics

Sociology

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other federal and state laws, does not discrimi-

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