C.Y. Thompson Library Moves into the former Dairy Store location

On November 18, 2019, the C.Y. Thompson Library on East Campus will be relocated and open in the former Dairy Store of the Food Industry Complex. The type of services provided include: an ASKus service point, course reserves, delivery/ILL material pickup, Wepa print kiosk, public computers, and study spaces.

Library services will remain in this location until the renovations to the C. Y. Thompson Library/Dinsdale Family Learning Commons are complete in about 18 months. Weekend hours will finish at the LDRF on Sunday, November 17.

The hours for the CYT@FOOD location will be

M-Th     8:00 a.m. -- 12:00 a.m.

Fr            8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Sat          8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Sun        8:00 a.m. – 12:00 a.m.

Team of Librarians from Purdue University, University of Arizona and University of Nebraska-Lincoln awarded $250K IMLS Grant

Catherine Fraser Riehle, Associate Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, is a co-project lead on a $249,179 grant awarded by the Laura Bush 21^st Century Librarian Program via the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in early July. The award supports the project “Academic Librarian Curriculum Developers: Building Capacity to Integrate Information Literacy across the University,” which supports collaborative integration of information literacy into curricula.

During the three-year project (July 1, 2019-June 30, 2022) the team will collaborate with classroom instructors to develop disciplinary-based, information literacy curricula. In addition to Riehle, project team leaders include Clarence Maybee, project lead, Purdue; Michael Flierl, co-project lead, The Ohio State University; and Maribeth Slebodnik, co-project lead, University of Arizona.

The project will apply a learning design model that underscores the role information plays in the learning process. Academic library professionals will partner with disciplinary instructors to integrate information literacy into courses and assess outcomes of the resulting curricula.

“Solid information literacy skills contribute to a student’s success in school and life,” noted Riehle. “I am thrilled to be part of this collaborative effort to integrate information literacy into curricula at three large research universities.” 

The project team will recruit academic library professionals and disciplinary instructors for participation this winter 2019 and spring 2020. Additional information about the IMLS grant award is available at www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/re-13-19-0021-19.