S.O.S. – Save Our Scanner!

If you have had the chance to use our new BookScan Station, we’re willing to bet you love it (well, as much as you can love a scanner, anyway).  It’s fast, it’s quiet, it’s easy to use… it’s pretty much the scanner of our dreams.

Unfortunately, it might be going away.

We’ve been using it for the past couple of months on a trial basis, and the trial is just about over.  It’s an expensive piece of machinery, and the powers that be only want to pony up for it if we can prove that it people like having it and that it’s being used.

So if you’ve been using the scanner and you love it (come on, you’re TOTALLY the type of person who can love a scanner… you can admit it, Krupp Konnection is a safe space), let people know!  How?  Glad you asked.  Here are a few suggestions:

• Email us at library@bryant.edu and tell us why you like it and how much you use it.  We’ll forward it to the right people.
• Bring it up at Student Senate.
• Post about it on our Facebook or Twitter pages.  Use the hashtag #SaveOurScanner.
• Post about it on your own Facebook or Twitter accounts (just be sure to link back or @ reply to us so we see it).
• Write a letter to the Archway or call WJMF!  We have media, use it to get the word out.
• If you work for the Archway or WJMF, talk it up in your column or on your show!
• Parade around with a sign at in the rotunda or at Salmo!
• Heck, shout it from your dorm room window if the mood strikes!

Basically, we like this thing and we really want to keep it.  The BookScan Station makes our lives easier, and we’re willing to bet it makes your lives easier, too.  But the voice of fewer than two dozen library staffers won’t make nearly as big an impact on the decision as those of a big group of students.

This is your university, your library, and your scanner… but only if you let it be known that you do indeed want it.

(And not that we’re trying to sway your vote or anything, but we help you guys with sooooooooooooooo many projects.  And we’ve given you all a ton of candy lately.  Just puttin’ that out there.)

And the Access Services Student Worker of the Semester is…

Tyler Davis!  Tyler was chosen by the staff for his professional demeanor, friendly and easy-going manner, strong work ethic, and perpetual willingness to go above and beyond the call of duty.  For his efforts, Tyler will be rewarded with the people’s ovation, fame forever, and a Dunkin Donuts gift card to help propel him through final exams.

Thanks to Tyler and to all of our student workers for making this a fantastic semester.  Everyone has done such a great job the past few months, and it made the decision process a difficult one.  Of course, that’s the sort of problem that employers everywhere would love to have, so we’re not complaining.

Again, thank you to all of our great workers.  Good luck with finals, enjoy the December holiday of your choosing, and have a great break!

Student Worker in the Spotlight

As you probably know from visiting the library, our student workers are the best!  But they aren’t just great in the library — they’re doing good deeds wherever they go.

Corinne O’Neill, one of our Students of the Month for March, recently spent Spring Break volunteering in New Orleans.  She’s featured in the “Bryant Spotlights” section of the Bryant homepage today, so you can find out more about her Alternative Spring Break trip.  Great work, Corinne!

Congratulations to our Student Workers of the Month for March!

Our Students of the Month for March are Corinne O’Neill and Naomi Kamiya from the Access Services department, and Dhara Shah from Reference!

Thank you all for continually going above and beyond the call of duty, as well as for general awesomeness all around.

And thanks to the rest of our fine crew, too, for continuing to make us struggle to make this decision every month. The fact that you all do so well makes all of our jobs so much easier.

Congratulations to our Student Workers of the Month for February!

The Circulation Desk student workers of the month for February are Danielle Simbliaris and Tyler Davis, and the Reference Desk student worker of the month is Cassidy Rydberg.

Thank you, Cassidy, Danielle, and Tyler, for your continued dedication, willingness to go above and beyond the call of duty, and fantastic customer service skills.

And, of course, thanks to all of our student workers for continuing to make this a tough decision every month.  Everyone has been so awesome all year that it’s really hard to narrow it down to just two people in a given month (seriously, you should see the flurry of emails about this we all send back and forth the last few days of every month).

Not that we’re complaining… this is the sort of problem most managers would love to have, and we’re incredibly thankful!