Textbook Drive and Textbook Reserve Collection Donations

In a project initiated by the 2023-2024 Student Government Academic and Scholastic Affairs Committee (USSG), University of Scranton student senators Caitlin Doughton, Brian Castrogiovanni and Brigid Carlin worked with the Dean’s Office of the Library to organize and host a used textbook drive during the last two weeks of the 2024 spring semester. Students donated 154 books during the event. The textbooks collected as part of this drive, as well as additional textbook donations received from the Arrupe House End of Year Drive, will be added to a new Textbook Reserve Collection. The collection will be housed at the Library Services Desk, searchable within Royal Search, and can be borrowed on a one-day loan unless placed on reserve for a specific class for the 2024-2025 academic year. To find textbooks that are part of the collection, search “textbook reserve collection" in Royal Search.

The catalog gets an upgrade: WML migrates to FOLIO

The Weinberg Memorial Library is very excited to announce that on May 29, 2024, the Library moved to a new open-source Library Services Platform (LSP) called FOLIO. This new LSP enables Library staff to acquire and manage our print and digital collections. FOLIO replaced our Integrated Library System (ILS), known as Sierra, which had been in place since 2012. FOLIO has been integrated with our Discovery Layer, Royal Search, and a new platform called Locate. Locate’s Library Catalog user interface provides a real-time view of the Library’s physical inventory and print or media course reserves. Locate will be utilized on the kiosks found throughout the Library and will be searchable from the Library’s homepage.

— Associate Professor Marleen Cloutier, Editor Cataloging and Metadata Librarian