September 15, 2016
The Centennial Library is excited to welcome the 2016 Library Interns: Sharon Tapia, Laura Ullom, and Shaune Young . The interns will participate in a variety of learning experiences and projects in order to develop an understanding of the operation of an academic library and to explore their interest in... View Article
September 6, 2016
Sharon Tapia is interning at the Centennial Library during the fall semester. Below, she describes the book display she just put together… The theme of my display is “Perspectives on the 2016 Presidential Election.” I was interested in this topic for a few reasons. The first, obviously, is that this is... View Article
April 5, 2016
The Centennial Library congratulates Taylor Wilcox, the 2016 winner of the Centennial Library Scholarship Award in Library Science. Taylor completed her History major at Cedarville University in December 2015, and will begin her Master’s of Library and Information Science degree at Kent State University in August. She is currently employed... View Article
December 4, 2015
The Centennial Library hosted the 10th Annual Library Careers Dinner on Monday, November 23, 2015 in the Center for Biblical & Theological Studies. A record number of students attended, representing 14 different majors as diverse as English, Psychology, History, Missions, Theatre, Pharmaceutical Science, and Engineering. Students had the opportunity to... View Article
December 3, 2015
Julie Deardorff, Director of Collection Services, and a group of current and former Centennial Library interns presented “Today’s Undergraduates…Tomorrow’s Library Directors!” at the Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) annual conference in Columbus on Friday, November 20, 2015. The presentation outlined the library’s unique career development program for students considering the... View Article
December 2, 2015
Stop by and see our latest book display “Immigration and Injustice”. Rebekkah Reisner, who is interning with the Library this semester, gives some background on the display: “I picked it after listening to a friend give an account of providing healthcare to an illegal immigrant who is being deported. He... View Article
November 16, 2015
Sometimes, you just have to start somewhere. Begin. Ask a question. Write the first sentence. Maybe it’ll lead somewhere, perhaps someplace you didn’t expect. It’s that time in the semester when we have projects, papers, and various other assignments due, and for some reason professors want them all turned in... View Article
November 6, 2015
Beneath the Library Shelves It’s so easy to pick up a library book. We’ve all done this: browse the shelves, select an interesting cover, glance at the contents, check it out, leave. Or maybe we don’t need a book today. We slip in through the expansive corner entrance and choose... View Article
October 21, 2015
Be sure to check out “The City”, our latest book display. Austin Becton, a senior English major, is interning with the Library this semester and created the display. “I chose to display our library’s selection on cities because living, working, playing, and learning take place in the community. Our quality of... View Article
October 6, 2015
“What is the library internship?” In a word, learning. The library is way more complex than I’d ever thought. There are staff positions, which can be filled by anyone, and there are faculty/librarian positions, which require a master’s degree. Both jobs are essential to library physiology. The library’s function is... View Article