Library Assembly Series: Google Races

For its last PSA in school assembly, the MBA Library made a presentation and hosted a contest about Google searching and smart research strategies. After inviting 4 volunteers to the front, Mr. Quinn timed all of them while they conducted searches on Google and the Library Databases. The Library planned this presentation to show students (1) Google search techniques (use keywords), (2) the fast speed of Google searching for fact-based reference searches, and most importantly (3) the importance of using the Library Databases, which can be just as fast, for deeper research needs. The crowd got into it, and lots of students were talking about the Google Races later that day. Stay tuned next Semester for more exciting Library PSA’s in Assembly.

Fast, but does Google always offer the most relevant results?

Library Fights Distracting Technology in Assembly

As a part of its new series of PSA’s in Assembly, last Monday the Patrick Wilson Library offered a message to the MBA student body about the importance of embracing the comfort and simplicity of physical books.  After hearing about Lane Smith’s new childrens book It’s A Book and seeing the book trailer online (available on the book’s Amazon page here), we thought it would be fun to read the entire book to the students during assembly as a fun but simple way to explain that, while an electronic device might have its own user-friendly appeal, books are the oldest and most valuable resources that we have. Now, hopefully, everybody on campus will be saying what Lane Smith makes famous: “It’s a Book!”.

A Simple Sign for the Library