While registering, a student will certainly be aware of a $0 cost tag on a course. But they may not be aware that Open Educational Resources (OER) and Affordable Educational Resources (AER) are lowering the price tag, or that there are other benefits. “Students are getting impacted by OER and don’t even realize it,” said […]
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Students often check out books to read for fun, and they have one consistent request: more comics and manga. Give-N-Day on Tuesday, March 18 will give the Ellender Memorial Library an opportunity to help fulfill that need and also promote our students’ love of reading. “Give-N-Day is an opportunity to help us give our students
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Comics for many are the foundation of making reading an important part of their lives. On Thursday, March 6, Early Giving through Nicholls Give-N-Day will provide students and the community a chance to help the Ellender Memorial Library grow and select its collection of Graphic Novels and Manga. The medium does contribute to people learning
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Two Nicholls Librarians have a lot to smile about after this years’ LOUIS Users Conference (LUC). Ellender Memorial Library Director Brandy Burbante has earned the 2024 Leader in Librarianship award, and Access Services Librarian Andrew Barbier has won the Early Career Librarian Award. “I think this shows how hard we are working and going above
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You may have noticed that the Ellender Memorial Library search function isn’t exactly how you remember it. The EBSCO Discovery Service has modified its user interface with the goal of improving how students search and find library resources. The change has been designed to more closely resemble an app, which many students are more comfortable
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Ellender Memorial Library helped Scholars Expeaux presenters print research posters without cost. Library Technical Services staff printed 60 of the event’s posters, saving students and faculty roughly $2,760, or an average of $46 per poster, based on prices from Office Depot. “Having a poster printing service on campus fulfills the research and creative projects of
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Give N Day. A day of community, fun, stress, and long hours. With the dust settled, let’s talk about the past Give-N-Day. The Search for Water: 2024 We settled on fundraising for a water bottle fill station pretty early. If my memory serves me right (which it rarely does), we tentatively decided on the stations
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Like many librarians, Jessica Hawkes didn’t dream of shelving books as a little girl, but once she experienced the actual librarian job, she knew she had found where she wanted to be. “On a whim, I applied for a staff position at a library,” she said. “I got it, loved it, and I changed my
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With this week being National Library Week, the Ellender Memorial Library has events and displays to celebrate libraries, students and even the earth. For the two events, the library will be hosting a book talk written by a Nicholls history professor about the Civil War, and the second event will be a trivia contest for
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THIBODAUX, La. — When Rodney Woods came to Nicholls, he thought he would pursue criminal justice to aid people. But ultimately, he found through his art a better medium for helping the world. Recently Ellender Memorial Library hosted an event for Black History Month celebrating the work of the art senior, who has been displaying
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