On Oct. 1 James Wiser, Dean of Educational Technology and Library Services, announced Distance & Online Library Services as a new library department. Dr. Melissa (Johnson ’94) Atkinson [left image] will serve as its director and Avery Weems (’13) [right image] will serve the role of Distance & Online Services Librarian. Dr. Atkinson shares, “This department will continue to offer research and library service assistance to students in online programs and it will also seek new and innovative ways to serve them.”
Weems provides experience in the free citation management program, Zotero, and hosted a webinar on how to use Zotero in November. Her online undergraduate library support and electronic delivery of materials will also benefit the new department. Dr. Atkinson’s areas of emphasis include doctoral research help, narrowing topics and searches, and locating open-access or library subscribed resources for courses.