Catherine Siejk
Monday                                                                                                                                October 12, 2009
11:00-12:15

Writing Center

We learned that Foley Library has a Writing Center. The writing center is for all students at Gonzaga University. They are there to help you with all of your writing. They do not edit your paper, but rather give you helpful hints for content. Their hours are Monday through Thursday 9-7, Friday 9-3, and Sunday 5-10. They will work individually, or with study groups. When they work with study groups they focus on peer editing and conversations. The writing center is run by Gonzaga students of all different majors. Don’t feel intimidated, they are there to help! As of right now they are launching an email and their phone number is 509-313-6610, but feel free to stop by anytime!

Student Wiki

We also learned about the Student Wiki on the Gonzaga website. The Student Wiki offers information for all aspects of the library. Whatever you need, it will find. You can find out everything you would need to know and more about the library. From where the clocks are to how to print something, the Student Wiki has it all. All you need to do is go on the Gonzaga website, go to the library page and then click on Student Wiki. It will then direct you to the index where all your questions can be answered.

FAQ

We then explored the FAQ’s. The FAQs are the frequently asked questions about Foley Library. We found this link to be extremely helpful. After reading over some of the questions, we discovered that we had some of the same questions. We also found out some interesting resources that we didn’t know were available to us as Gonzaga students. For example, we learned that we can check out video cameras that can link to your computer at home. It is extremely simple to do, all you need to do is plug in the camera and then it does the work for you. We also learned that you can print off any computer in the library for 5 cents for black and white and 25 cents for color copies. Again, this link is on the Foley website and is extremely easy and accessible to use.

What our Pathways class found connecting librarians bringing about social justice with Class Matters.

‘Front Lines For Learning; Libraries Help Raise Academic Performances With Summer Programs’

The Albany public library, in New York State, worked to achieve equal educational opportunities through summer reading programs. One of the themes presented in Class Matters was education, and how it contributed to social mobility. The article chosen illustrates a real world example of librarians aiding in social justice by creating summer reading programs that are available to minorities and lower class citizens. This program stressed an importance on education, and the many pathways that it can lead to.

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