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The Student Assistant Program Committee has introduced a new Student Assistant Handbook. This comprehensive guide outlines the Library’s policies, employment procedures, workplace safety guidelines, and performance expectations. To ensure our student assistants provide the best customer service experience possible, performance evaluations were conducted.

The Access Services Documentation Committee is also pleased to announce the new Interlibrary Loan Student Assistant Training Guide. This guide offers a detailed overview of daily tasks, job duties, and specific procedures and policies related to Interlibrary Services.

The Access Services Finals Programming Committee successfully organized and launched the Spring 2024 Finals Programming, engaging hundreds of students in stress-relieving activities. These activities included OneSearch Bingo, a meme tournament, and comic book and coloring pages. Participants had the opportunity to take a break from their studies, unleash their creativity, and win prizes. According to a survey, 100% of respondents said they would participate again.

Finally, Access Services is excited to share that their proposal for a Pop-Up Makerspace has been approved by Academic Affairs, with funding secured from ASI. The Makerspace is expected to be fully operational by 2025.

After 27 years of dedicated service at the University Library, Nina Antoville has retired. Nina's contributions over the years have greatly enriched our library, and she will be missed. We wish her all the best and a happy retirement!

In an exciting development, Technical Services will be reuniting with Electronic Records Management (ERM). ERM staff members Austin and Dokyoung will be relocating to the Technical Services department. This reorganization will foster closer collaboration among all department staff and enhance the overall efficiency and functionality of our operations. We warmly welcome Austin and Do to the department!

Electronic Resources Management 
In Spring 2024, Electronic Resources Management (ERM) activated 748 electronic portfolios, including ebooks, journals, and streaming media, as well as over 4,500 Open Access ebooks and 3,250+ Open Access journals. Notable additions to the electronic collections include the ACS In Focus E-Book Collections, which offers a diverse range of topics and techniques from across the sciences, and the MIT Press OA ebooks, featuring over 400 textbooks published by MIT Press. ERM is also excited to introduce a new arts database, The Metropolitan Opera (MetOpera), which provides access to over 850 performances to watch and listen to. All major EZproxy issues from Fall 2023 have been resolved, and approximately 50 books damaged by the 2nd floor mold have been replaced with ProQuest Ebook Central ebooks.

Systems 
Librarian & Staff Suggestions are mostly complete, while work continues on LibGuides and A-Z list integration into OneSearch.  Do is helping with the A-Z database integration.

Librarian & Staff Suggestions Before:

Librarian & Staff Suggestions After:
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• Recommendation has a warmer, more welcoming presentation
• Added librarian headshots and customized labels
• Keyword tags have been expanded, which should greatly increase the number of times subject-relevant librarian assistance is offered in OneSearch

User Interface Language Options
Patrons can now change their OneSearch user interface language to one of 30+ world languages.

Chancellor's Office Employee Integration
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Special Collections & University Archives (SCUA) facilitated around 13 classes this semester. This included some new classes that utilized our Long Beach and Local History Collection and our from around 1750.

The new went live in early March, helping numerous researchers discover the department and its offerings. Although official data on how many researchers found the department through the website is not yet available, anecdotal evidence and an increase in research appointments and reference questions suggest that the website is contributing to the public awareness of the department.

The new SCUA website houses a link to a that was created in Qualtrics. This form has helped 113 individuals request well over 300 syllabi in just 4 months. The majority of requests come from previous students who graduated or went to school at ������ (63%), with the second largest campus affiliation being current students (31%). This data highlights the valuable of this service to both alumni and current students. A fun fact: The oldest syllabus requested was for a math class from 1975!

This summer, Hema Ramachandran invited the Southern California chapter of the Special Libraries Association to tour SCUA and the iSpace. This provided a wonderful opportunity to showcase SCUA's unique items to those outside the usual patrons and community. SCUA is looking forward to a few more tours for campus groups this summer.

In May, SCUA was lucky to have an emergency preparedness consultant from the Northeast Documentation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (NEDCC) assess the department as part of their . This was a free service provided by the NEDCC and funded by the California State Library. Thanks to the collaboration with Efren Miranda and campus engineer, Arturo Torres, information about the department, library, and campus were provided. SCUA recently received the 34-page report containing suggestions for emergency planning and hopes to begin working through the recommendations soon.

Finally, SCUA is excited to welcome Briana Vazquez to the tiny (but mighty) team! Briana will be transferring from Access Services this July and will gain knowledge in archival standards and practices while helping SCUA improve access and visibility.  Welcome, Briana!

Librarians Descend on ALA
Eight librarians presented their research at the American Library Association (ALA) annual conference in San Diego!  Here is a glimpse of their outstanding contributions:

Michelle DeMars presented The Art of Engagement: Using Interactive Graffiti Spaces to Spark Student Engagement, showcasing how the "Pillars of Participation" project has increased student engagement in the library.

Alexis Pavenick, Michelle DeMars, Cathy Outten, Norah Debellis, and Nicollette Brant presented Access Granted: Asynchronous Approaches to Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Library Instruction, discussing the development of an information and digital literacy course for all students in Canvas.

Nicollette Brant, Sarah Connor, Tracy Gilmore, and Tiffini Travis presented How Far Have We Come? Tracing Critical Librarianship Praxis in the Academy, offering a systematic literature review and analysis exploring the intersection of race-related literature and librarianship.

New Librarian
Tracy Gilmore, Kelly Janousek, and Tiffini Travis served as the search committee for the Student Engagement & Success Librarian recruitment. Out of the dozens of applicants, four excellent finalists were brought to campus for in-person interviews. Ultimately, Kari Darby (currently the Coordinator of Research Programs for the Office of Undergraduate Research at the University of Illinois) was offered the position and will be joining us later this summer.

“Our ILS group is AMAZING! I wanted a pamphlet about a controversial proposition in the 1950s. It was not available in normal ways - but they looked for over a year. Found it at a little historical library in Wisconsin (probably in a vertical file), who digitized it, and I was able to add some significant information to the CA Prop database. Currently they are tracking underground newspapers for me from the 70s - stellar service”. - Kelly Janousek

Jane Diaz - 15 years
Yesica Parra - 15 years
Thanthony Cooper - 20 years