Name: George
Age: 55
Department: American Studies
Background
George is a 55 year old professor of History and American Studies. He generally teaches one to two courses a semester (graduate and undergraduate), and frequently advises graduate students. He frequently writes op-ed pieces and is interviewed by the media in his area of expertise. He is a frequent user of library services and expert at finding and utilizing archival sources.
Typical Library Activities
- Research on current writing project
- Checks on the availability of a book in the Orbis catalog.
- Puts in a request to get a book from Borrow Direct.
- Searches for and requests copies of articles and other resources.
- Schedules biblio/archival instruction session for students in course.
- Uses course reserves for student readings.
- Looks for images that he can use in his lectures.
- Has his students complete an assignment using material from MSSA.
- He also frequently uses Google and Google books in his research.