May 6, 2019
What do the graduate student lounge, the chairs, and the Fondren library website all have in common? The User Experience (UX) Librarian and Marketing Team Lead Hollie Gardner. Gardner started her journey as a librarian as the morning and, later,…
April 29, 2019
Government Information and Social Sciences Research Librarian Julia Stewart started her path to librarianship with a unique first step. Stewart worked in the publishing industry at Harcourt Brace College Publishing where she first got interested in working with a…
April 23, 2019
For Head of Information Literacy and Communication Arts Librarian Megan Heuer, there is no such thing as a typical. She spends her time working with professors and students in the communication arts majors, managing the other librarians in Fondren Library,…
April 17, 2019
In Fondren 104C, Humanities Librarian Rafia Mirza sits surrounded by figurines and posters of Kermit the Frog, Wall-E, Ms. Marvel, and the Powerpuff Girls. As reflected in her choice of decoration, Mirza is interested in popular culture. In college,…
April 15, 2019
User Experience Librarian Originally a teacher, User Experience (UX) Librarian Jonathan McMichael found his interest in librarianship while getting his Master’s in Education. “In my first year of real teaching after student teaching, we had to take classes to get…
April 12, 2019
SMU Libraries premieres the Digital Humanities Research Institute. Join DHRI@SMU, August 19-22, 2019. Apply now, applications are due April 22. Digital humanities (DH) uses computational methods and tools to address humanities questions.What is a good way of getting started in…
April 8, 2019
Research Librarian, Rebecca Graff’s tip to undergraduates, “Contact your librarian. Seriously. It starts to sound cliché after a while, but we can help in many ways. We can help you think about the question you’re asking and help you think…
April 1, 2019
Schedule a consultation with Beverly or any of your Librarians, now! ………………. The Assistant Director of Hamon Arts Library Beverly Mitchell wears many hats. She is a liaison for the Art and Art History and Dance Departments. She manages the…
March 26, 2019
SMU Libraries are taking measures to reduce expenditures on films viewed on the Kanopy Streaming Service platform. This action is in response to quickly-escalating costs for campus use of these materials. Kanopy operates on a patron-driven acquisition (PDA) model. When…
March 5, 2019
Amanda was nominated by Dr. Kathleen Wellman, Professor of History, for her research paper, The Latitudinarian Influence on Early English Liberalism. Dr Wellman highlights Amanda’s use of SMU Libraries’ resources by saying: “Amanda has used the works of the most…