"Ask a Librarian" Desk is Back and Amazing!

Meriam Library's "Ask a Librarian" desk has officially reopened! The desk, staffed by knowledgeable academic librarians, promises to be an invaluable asset in your academic journey.

Faculty Librarians Offer Research Strategies Instruction

Faculty at Meriam Library seek to lead the campus in the instruction of practices and tools designed for effective and efficient academic research. We believe that students have greater success during and after their collegiate experience when they are literate in the evaluation, construction, and synthesis of the information available to them.

Research Breakdown in new locations spring 2023

Perhaps you've heard about the new library pilot project, Virtual 1st!?

This spring 2023, Meriam Librarian, Stef Baldivia is going to be "popping-up" to offer a Research Breakdown in places where students are usually gathered. The Research Breakdown is a low-stakes space where students can get insight from a librarian about:

Welcome Michelle Mussuto, our new Natural Sciences, Agriculture, and Sustainability Librarian

Michelle Mussuto is the newest faculty librarian to join the Meriam Library. She completed her master's in information studies from McGill University in Montreal, Canada with an emphasis in research on libraries and their educational role in climate change and sustainability.  She earned her B.Sc. in Community Nutrition with an emphasis in Exercise Physiology from UC Davis. Prior to joining Chico State, Michelle was the Acquisitions and Collections Coordinator at the State University of New York's Maritime College. 

Paula's February Pick!

People say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but let’s face it:  it’s hard not to be intrigued by some of these covers. It’s almost like they are begging you to pick them! And no one at Meriam Library sees more interesting covers than Paula. Here is this month’s Paula Pick!

Paula's October Picks

People say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but let’s face it:  it’s hard not to be intrigued by some of these covers. It’s almost like they are begging you to pick them! And no one at Meriam Library sees more interesting covers than Paula. Here is this month’s Paula Pick!