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 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.
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:
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.
The Meriam Library is dedicated to assisting students and faculty as we move to an online teaching environment. There are several actions that we have taken to ensure reference and research assistance, as well as Information Literacy instruction can continue to be provided.