McKee Minute McKee Library Newsletter | March 2021
CAMPUS RESEARCH DAY LIBRARY SCHOLARSHIP
March 30 is the next important event deadline
Student worker scholarship fund
Campus Research Day 2021 will be held virtually on April 15th. The next important deadline for the event is March 30, 2021.
McKee Library’s Marge Seifert Scholarship is available to students who have worked for the library a minimum of one year for 8 hours per week or more, maintain a minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA, and meet the financial need qualification. If you would like to contribute to the Marge Seifert Scholarship fund, please go to southern.edu/
Oral Presentation Requirement Oral presentation presenters must attach the full text of their research paper or a working draft (oral presentations) in KnowledgeExchange by March 30. Presentations are not considered complete until this step is finalized. This is also the final date to change your title or withdraw from the event, if necessary. Presenters will not be assigned to a timeslot until after March 30th. After this date, names and presentation titles will be included in the electronic Campus Research Day program. Poster Presentation Requirements Poster presentation presenters can make changes to poster titles in KnowledgeExchange until March 30. This is also the final date to change a title or withdraw from the event, if necessary. After March 30, names and presentation titles will be included in the electronic Campus Research Day program. The final deadline for poster presenters is April 9, 2021. Presenters will need to submit the following by then: 1. A PDF of the digital poster in
KnowledgeExchange 2. A 5-minute video talking about the research. This video will feature the poster in the background and the presenter in a sub-screen. Directions for completing this video, which will be done on Panopto, will be sent to the presenters via email. Presentations are not considered complete until these two steps are finalized. Volunteers Needed We are in need of faculty volunteers to serve as evaluators for our noncompeting sessions. These sessions will take place via Zoom from 9:30 to 10:45 am. There will possibly be an afternoon session as well. Faculty evaluators are responsible for assessing student presentations. An evaluation rubric will be provided. Moderators will be present to facilitate the Zoom session. Questions Please contact Deyse Bravo at dbravo@southern. edu with questions.
give, choose “Other” from the drop down menu, and type in Marge Seifert Scholarship when prompted. Employees who would like to donate via payroll deduction can do so by filling out this form. Questions Please contact Deyse Bravo at dbravo@southern. edu for more information on the scholarship.
LITTLE FREE LIBRARY
Little Free Library thriving on university campus Have you visited Little Free Library recently? Located across from the Garden of Prayer on the promenade, this lending library provides our campus community with access to free books. Since being installed in Summer 2017, the little library has been selfsustaining, with members of our own community
continually adding new titles to the revolving collection. Borrowed books do not have to be returned. Any books are allowed to be donated as long as they are appropriate for campus. Questions Please contact Deyse Bravo at dbravo@southern. edu with questions about the
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Tools&Resources ATLA Religion Database
The ATLA Religion Database is an essential resource for religious and theological studies, providing bibliographic records covering topics such as biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religion in social issues. Indexed journals are selected for inclusion according to their scholarly merit and scope, representing
major religions, faiths, and denominations. Full-text content is provided in more than twenty languages from nearly forty different countries. Coverage includes more than 3 million records, indexing over 2,400 journals, 280,000 essay records, 1 million review records, and 449,000 book records.
Subject areas include Bible, archaeology and antiquities, human culture and society, world religions and religious studies, church history, missions and ecumenism, pastoral ministry, theology, philosophy, and ethics.
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Questions? Please contact Donald Martin at dvmartin@southern. edu with questions regarding
Hidden Feature University Publications Archives Southern Adventist University Publications Archive is a collection of university publications, historical photographs, and institutional history materials. This collection has been made possible with the support of Alumni Relations and Marketing and University Relations, and with the assistance of Lyrasis and the Sloan Foundation.
This online collection is available on KnoweldgeExchange@ Southern. Publications in the archive include The Accent, Panorama, Columns, commencement programs, handbooks, and catalogs. Select years of the university yearbook are also available online.
Contribute If you have a book or an issue that we’re missing and you would be willing to loan it to us for archiving, please call 423.236.2789 or email Deyse Bravo-Rivera at dbravo@ southern.edu.
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From Vault
Select work from the French Collection
McKee Library’s French Collection houses Charles de Saint-Évremond Oeuvres de Monsieur de Saint-Évremond This work, published in 1711, is part of a larger collection compiled by a rare books expert with close ties to some prominent members of the Chattanooga community who owned extensive historical book collections. About the Collection McKee Library’s French Collection consists of 105 titles and 189 volumes of works mostly written in French. The collection spans 255 years, with its earliest book published in 1711 and the most recent in 1966. It includes works by notable authors such as Voltaire, Montesquieu, and Flaubert. Although most of the titles are written in French, a few are written in Italian, English, German, and Latin. The collection covers a variety of subjects including history, philosophy, and literary criticism and also contains
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novels, memoirs, poetry, and plays. Many of the books have been digitized and are available for online perusal using links found on McKee Library’s website. The physical items may be seen for research purposes and by appointment only. Questions? Please contact Deyse Bravo at dbravo@southern. edu for more information regarding the library’s special collections.
P.O. Box 629, Collegedale, TN 37315 Phone: 423.236.2788 Fax: 423.236.1788 Email: ask@southern.libanswers.com southern.edu/library
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