May Day

Tommorrow is May Day. Here is a description of what May Day is from Infoplease.com:
"May 1st, often called May Day, just might have more holidays than any other day of the year. It's a celebration of Spring. It's a day of political protests. It's a neopagan festival, a saint's feast day, and a day for organized labor. In many countries, it is a national holiday." See more about May Day at the Infoplease site, at: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/mayday.html.

Annual Library Faculty and Student Surveys

It is April and that means that it is time for the Annual Library Faculty and Student Satisfaction Surveys! You can be a part of making the library better! You can say what is good and what isn't good about the Library! You can help make the library serve you better! All you have to do is to read the following informed consent statement and then click on the appropriate link at the bottom of this post!


SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
INFORMED CONSENT STATEMENT

Annual Faculty and Student Library Satisfaction Surveys

You are invited to participate in a research study. The purpose of this study is to find out what the faculty at SOSU feel about the SOSU Library in order to improve the services that we offer. It will be greatly appreciated if you can take this survey.

Information

If you choose to participate in this study, you will be presented with 13 questions which are all multiple choice, except the last one. We estimate that participation in this survey will take less than 10 minutes. We hope to recruit at least 100 people for participation in this survey. Your participation is greatly appreciated!

Risks

There are no foreseeable risks associated with this study.

Benefits

As a faculty member of SOSU, your Library needs are important to us. By taking this survey, you will assist us in providing you better Library services.

Confidentiality

No personally identifying information is maintained in connection with survey results. Your responses are not connected with you in any way. In other words, this is an anonymous survey.

Contact

If you have questions at any time about the study or the procedures, you may contact the researcher, Dennis Miles, LIB 103, 580-745-2396, or by email at dmiles@se.edu. If you feel you have not been treated according to the descriptions in this form, or your rights as a participant in research have been violated during the course of this project, you may contact the chair of the office for the Southeastern Oklahoma State University Human Subjects Research Review Committee, at 580/745-2338, or by e-mail at bflippen@se.edu.

Participation

Your participation in this study is voluntary. If you decide to participate, you may withdraw from the study at anytime, and you may refuse to answer any question.

Consent

If you would like, please print this page for your records.

HERE IS THE LINK FOR THE FACULTY SURVEY


http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=CwdfHm4LzKiEsBL31FpmXg_3d_3d

HERE IS THE LINK FOR THE STUDENT SURVEY




http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=TWNxT10qTUMwTAxIH0LEkQ_3d_3d

Titanic Sinks 96 Years ago

At 2:20 AM on April 15, 1912, the White Star Liner Titanic sank after hitting an iceburg. This has become the most well known sea disaster of all time. The Henry G. Bennett Memorial Library has several books on this disaster. For more information on the ship, see the Titanic Historical Society Website, at: http://www.titanic1.org/

New Display in Library

The Display Case in the Library now holds materials relating to Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the United States. Thomas Jefferson was born 265 years ago on April 13, 1743. Jefferson was one of our founding fathers and should be honored for his accomplishments. The display was expertly done by Brooke Reynolds. Come into the library to see this display. To find out more about Thomas Jefferson, the library has several books on him.