Thanks Students, Faculty, Staff!
o DMin Project Reports Formatting: 8 students successfully finished their DMin theses and graduated in May. Bobi Bilz, Administrative Coordinator shepherded the students as AY 2020/2021 Project Reports Format Editor.
o Remote Access: Last September, one out of two of you were unable to log into the research databases. Now, 95% of the logins are successful. In May, there were 326 total attempts of which 309 were successful and 17 failed (your forgot your username/password, but we were able to help you). From September 2020 until May 2021 there’s been 4,150 successful remote access logins. Jill Sherman, Technical Services Librarian is the Remote Access Lead.
o Course Reserves Readings: For summer learning, 31 requests for 2 courses have been scanned and made available via CAMS. Since December 2020, a total of 231 course reserves readings have been provided for 17 courses. Burton Callicott, Public Services Librarian is responsible for Course Reserves.
o Research Databases: In May, LPTS students, faulty, staff conducted 6,596 searches and accessed 492 full texts. The top databases you accessed in May continued to be the same ones that we’ve seen throughout much of AY 20/21: APA PyschInfo; Child Development; Family and Society; Family Studies Abstract; New Testament Abstracts, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences.
o With Much Love: In May, our Digital Library was visited 1,441 times; since April 2020, when it was first founded, this fast evolving virtual library and web-portal has been accessed 37,209 times. Anita Coleman, Library Director and Prof. of Bibliography and Research, is the Architect and Developer.
This is, of course, not all we did in Academic Year 2021. Or are doing now.
A few more programs and services include: Ask-A-Librarian; ETextbooks Reserves; Daily Hub Contactless Book Borrowing where in Mar, April, May you borrowed 160 items and returned 157 items. InfoLit program with 6 students. 84 books were taken away during the April Spring Book Give-away!
Independent Presbyterian Church Gives $25,000 Grant to the Library, LPTS
The IPC grant is being used to implement a new remote access system and a self-checkout station. With the new remote access system, patrons will be able to set your own password (instead of emailing the library, when you forget it to get a new one). The new self-checkout station will help you check out the books you want to borrow from the library without waiting for a library staff to do it.
We are restoring, reinventing, and redesigning the traditional E.M. White Library and programs for you. We care for, build and maintain With Much Love, the digital library for you. You - LPTS students, staff, faculty - are our patrons. We’re here for you! Thank you for your support. Many blessings! Anita Coleman
