Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library
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The library advances the teaching mission and intellectual life of the College by selecting and facilitating access to information and by instructing in its use, interpretation, and evaluation. In addition to being a popular gathering place on campus, the library exposes students to a wide array of knowledge available in both print and electronic sources. Through an established library instruction session program and one-on-one consultations at the reference desk, the library supports students as they enter, explore and contribute to ongoing scholarly conversations.
Vision statement
The library will play an essential role in engaging students in critical inquiry and developing the skills and dispositions of life-long learners, prepared for lives of leadership and service in a diverse and fast-changing world. To do this, the library will support the curriculum with materials and opportunities for course-related and independent learning; will provide leadership in fostering information literacy across the curriculum; will inform the community of emerging issues in information policy and trends; and will support the intellectual and cultural life of the college by developing programs, collections, and an engaging physical and virtual space for exploration.
Courses
In addition to collaborative teaching with faculty in the departments the library faculty contribute to general education programs, including the First Term Seminar and the January Term. There are also two partial-credit courses typically offered in the spring:
- NDL 201: Reading Workshop - In this course students read and discuss two or more books, including a contemporary work of fiction or non-fiction announced in advance and a book chosen by the student, Students publish reviews of the books they read to a book-related social network, reflect on their own reading histories and practices, and explore the place of books and literacy in contemporary culture.
- NDL 301: Information Fluency - This course gives students interested in going to graduate or professional school—or who simply want to know more about research—an immersion in the structure of the literature of their chosen field and exposure to research tools and collections. Students conduct a literature review on a topic of their choice and analyze aspects of their discipline’s traditions, compare them to traditions in other fields, and explore the social and ethical dimensions of research.
Name | Title | Phone | Web |
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Julie Gilbert | Professor | 507-933-7552 | |
Michelle Twait | Professor | 507-933-7563 | |
Anna Hulseberg | Associate Professor and Electronic Resources Librarian | 507-933-7566 | web |
Jeff Jenson | College and Lutheran Church Archivist / Associate Professor | 507-933-7572 | |
Daniel Mollner | Associate Professor | 507-933-7569 | |
Rachel Flynn | Instructor | 507-933-7429 | |
Adrianna Darden | Archives Collections and Records Manager | 507-933-7554 | |
James Nickras | Information Desk and Digital Collections Manager | 507-933-7562 | |
Melissa Perron | Metadata and ILS Manager | 507-933-7561 | |
Jeannie Peterson | Library Operations Coordinator | 507-933-7556 | |
Kate Sonsteby ’05 | Acquisitions Manager | 507-933-7560 | |
Sonja Timmerman ’98 | Interlibrary Loan Manager | 507-933-7564 | |
Guenter Esslinger | Professor Emeritus | ||
Barbara Fister | Professor Emeritus | ||
Mike Haeuser | Professor Emeritus |