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EBSCO Room: Ground Floor The EBSCO Room, also known as the instruction room, has been completely renovated with new furnishings and technology. It now features five groups of tables each with student workstations and a display monitor. We are eagerly awaiting the finishing pieces for the room. However, it is already in use, hosting instructional sessions for a broad range of disciplines. | Digital Media Lab: Ground Floor The Digital Media Lab moved to the ground floor next to the EBSCO Room. The new space allows for more room for students and classes to work on digital projects in the computer lab area that features 16 new iMacs, 6 scanners, and a large monitor for presentations. And it includes separate spaces for 3D printing, laser cutting, and virtual reality. Students and classes are already enjoying this new space. | Archives & Special Collections: 2nd FloorThe Anna Milner Archives and Special Collections has moved from the ground floor to the top floor. Its new location provides more space and is conveniently located next to the Pat Scales Special Collections Room. This a huge benefit as holdings continue to grow and the space sees increased use. |
EBSCO Room: Ground Floor
Digital Media Lab: Ground Floor
Archives & Special Collections: 2nd Floor
The Anna Milner Archives and Special Collections has moved from the ground floor to the top floor. Its new location provides more space and is conveniently located next to the Pat Scales Special Collections Room. This a huge benefit as holdings continue to grow and the space sees increased use.
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Sound Lab/Testing Room: 1st Floor While the Sound Lab is not a new space, we have added to its functionality. The room features two computers, one for sound recording and the other for test taking. This testing computer is configured for Respondus and ProctorU monitored testing. Students can reserve this room to take tests assigned by their professors or to complete other online exams like the Praxis. | Barbara Belisle Group Study Room: 1st FloorA new study room, the Barbara Belisle Room, has been added to the first floor of the library. It includes a table with a charging dock, 5 chairs, and a white board. It can be reserved for working on group projects, study sessions, and more. It has proven to be a popular room this semester. Special Note: The room is named in honor of Barbara Belisle, who was a devoted Shelby County English teacher and also served as the night circulation manager at Carmichael Library for many years. | Carmichael Library Website The Carmichael Library website has has some noticeable updates. First, the homepage has been reorganized to draw attention to the search box. And purple panels on the left-side of the page have been added to highlight the library hours and provide a quick links section for frequently used content and services. Also, several sections within the Archives and Special Collections page have been redesigned. Check out the new Digital Collections and Pat Scales Collections pages! |
Sound Lab/Testing Room: 1st Floor
Barbara Belisle Group Study Room: 1st Floor
A new study room, the Barbara Belisle Room, has been added to the first floor of the library. It includes a table with a charging dock, 5 chairs, and a white board. It can be reserved for working on group projects, study sessions, and more. It has proven to be a popular room this semester.
Special Note:
The room is named in honor of Barbara Belisle, who was a devoted Shelby County English teacher and also served as the night circulation manager at Carmichael Library for many years.
Carmichael Library Website
Did you know you can reserve a space? Just go to our website.
*If you are an instructor and would like to reserve a room for library instruction, please use the Register for Instruction form.
We’ve been busy! This past summer, renovations to several areas of the library were completed, thanks to the generosity of library donors and the invaluable support of UM’s Physical Plant and IS&T departments. As detailed in the “In Plain Sight” section of this newsletter, Milner Archives has relocated to the top floor of the Library, with new office space, work areas, and archival stacks on both sides of the Pat Scales Special Collections Room. The Digital Media Lab has relocated to the space previously occupied by Archives on the ground floor of the building, with additional room for the Mac Lab, 3D printing and laser cutting facilities, and a virtual reality / augmented reality space. The EBSCO Information Literacy Instruction Room has been upgraded to a premium technology classroom and new “smart lift” desks have been purchased to create a flexible instruction and meeting space. All three areas have received new carpeting, fresh paint, and LED lighting, and new windows have been installed on one side of the library building to provide environmental stability for the University’s archival collections.
These changes have all been made with our library users in mind. The library exists to serve our students, faculty, and staff, and we want to offer inspiring spaces for research, learning, and creative work. Though we’re still in the midst of the pandemic, we are happy to see more students back on campus this year, to have more classes in the library for instruction, and to welcome the general public back into the building. If you haven’t been in the library for a while, please stop in and ask to see one of our newly renovated spaces. You may be pleasantly surprised!
Nicole Adelle Rich is the new Circulation Supervisor at Carmichael Library. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology/Sociology from Mills College and a Master’s degree in Library Science from San Jose State.
She recently moved from California with her five dogs, two parrots, two snakes, five turtles, a cat, and a very patient sister and is thrilled to have been given the opportunity to work in an Academic Library.
Student Spotlight: Grace Hancock
Here at Carmichael Library, we truly appreciate our student employees. We could not operate without them! They allow us the ability to offer services 7 days a week, totaling over 90 hours of availability to the campus community.
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Interactive Elements Scan the codes to access digital content. | Full Display Everything on display can be checked out or accessed online. | DVDs One panel includes a selection of DVDs from our AV collection. |
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TeachingBooksProvided statewide by the Alabama Virtual Library, this database provides instructional resources related to children's and YA books. Carmichael Library has created over 30 interactive TeachingBooks lists featuring books in our Youth and Pat Scales Collections. To view the book lists, go to the Pat Scales page of the Archives website and click on the Book Lists tab. | KanopyCarmichael Library patrons have access to streaming movies through Kanopy. These films cannot be streamed in public, but can only be viewed in a classroom setting or by individual students and faculty. Faculty can request a film by emailing melcheras@montevallo.edu. To view the catalog, visit https://www.kanopy.com/catalog. | SwankCarmichael Library patrons have access to streaming movies through Swank. These films cannot be streamed in public, only in the classroom setting and by individual faculty and students.
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TeachingBooks
Provided statewide by the Alabama Virtual Library, this database provides instructional resources related to children's and YA books. Carmichael Library has created over 30 interactive TeachingBooks lists featuring books in our Youth and Pat Scales Collections. To view the book lists, go to the Pat Scales page of the Archives website and click on the Book Lists tab.
Kanopy
Carmichael Library patrons have access to streaming movies through Kanopy. These films cannot be streamed in public, but can only be viewed in a classroom setting or by individual students and faculty. Faculty can request a film by emailing melcheras@montevallo.edu. To view the catalog, visit https://www.kanopy.com/catalog.
Swank
Carmichael Library patrons have access to streaming movies through Swank. These films cannot be streamed in public, only in the classroom setting and by individual faculty and students.
For usage information, go to the Swank Digital Campus guide.
Faculty can request a film by emailing melcheras@montevallo.edu.
To view the Swank catalog, go to https://www.swank.com/digital-campus.
Streaming Films
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