New dean brings fresh ideas
TUESDAY September 6, 2011 Volume 97, Issue 6 W W W.T H E D A I LYA Z T E C . C O M
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Changes aimed at improving function and serving more Hutton Marshall senior staff writer San Diego State’s newly appointed Dean of Library and Information Access Gale Etschmaier has a vision for the Love Library she hopes will create an improved home of academia for students. “It’s important not just to look at the library, but at its changing role in its relation and ability to help the entire university,” Gale Etschmaier said. Since arriving from George Washington University where she served as associate university librarian,
Etschmaier has met with all but two SDSU deans, and she’s not finished yet. “I’m trying to find out more about the teaching needs of each college, and what the library can do to support those needs,” Etschmaier said. This includes allotting library space for events, but beyond that it involves continued innovation to accommodate the changing needs of the students. “One of the things we know about student learning is how important student learning is, about how important collaborative learning is in this environment, and how much we need to incorporate technology into that environment so that students can collaborate on multimedia projects to create different kinds of scholarship than was created 20 years ago,” she said.
One goal Etschmaier hopes to accomplish as the new Dean is creating a state-of-the-art multimedia production studio where students
students could practice, record and perfect in-class presentations. Her short-term goals at SDSU involve improving the Love Library’s exterior and its alignment to SDSU. This would involve repainting some of the library’s inner walls to Aztec colors. She would also like to add additional outdoor seating to accommodate the crowds that gather around the area surrounding the library. She hopes smaller expenses such Gale Etschmaier, as these could potentially be for dean of library and paid by donors. information access “I think the library is the most important learning envican create media productions and ronment outside of the classroom. have access to high-quality sound We want students to feel like this is equipment. She also hopes to open their academic home at San Diego private presentation rooms where State,” Etschmaier said.
“I think the library is the most important learning environment outside of the classroom.”
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will be making a greater to $100 was taken from the SDSU effort to give out more tickets Bookstore in what was described this Thursday. as a fraud / forgery case. Police also responded to a report citing Spike in campus crime possible drug activity in Zura In a recent media bulletin sent Residence Hall, but the suspects out by the SDSUPD, several less- were unable to be located near common reports were made by reported rooms. officers last Friday. In Parking Structure 4, a car was keyed and had a note left by the suspect. At -Compiled by News Editor Bill approximately 10:30 a.m., close Crotty
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