Adapting a piece of William Shakespeare’s stage direction from The Winter’s Tale as the headline for a library staffer’s retrospective may seem unusual, but it is perfectly fitting for an article about Tim Logan. As he ends a stellar 38-year career with Baylor, Logan sat down with us to discuss the twists, turns, and lessons learned from his early days…
Category: Feature Stories
Unique Archival Resources Provide “By the Books” Approach to Texas History (From the 2019 ITS & Libraries Magazine)
The Baylor Libraries are widely known for their special collections. The Texas Collection and University Archives receives frequent inquiries from historians, novelists, journalists, Baylor faculty and staff, and many others inquiring into resources on Baylor and Texas history. While the library regularly features its collections via social media, traditional publications remain an important way to introduce its holdings to a…
Texas Collection Acquires Letter Detailing the Capture of Texas Navy Ship “Invincible”
A recent acquisition by The Texas Collection sheds new insight on the capture of the Texas Navy’s Invincible, one of four schooners employed by Texian forces in their fight for independence from Mexico. A letter written by an officer of the U.S.S. Warren – a United States Navy ship tasked with capturing the Invincible in April of 1836 – is…
Celebrating Moody’s 50th Anniversary (From the 2018 ITS & Libraries Magazine)
Few buildings on campus are as iconic as Moody Memorial Library, a mid-century marvel anchoring the end of Fountain Mall opposite Pat Neff Hall. Long considered the academic life center of campus, Moody has been home to millions of print volumes, late night study sessions, expert guidance from library faculty and countless hours spent in study carrells. In celebration of…
A Space to Create (From the 2018 ITS & Libraries Magazine)
A quiet study carrel. An interactive conference room. An active learning classroom. A recording studio. A 3D printer. For today’s faculty and student body, all these share space in the academic sphere. Brian Mathews, in “Encoding Space” writes, “Buildings, especially libraries, are symbolic. They represent the intellectual character and aspirations of a college, university, or community” (Mathews & Soistmann, 2016).…
Student Spotlight: Lynneth Miller (From the 2018 ITS & Libraries Magazine)
Lynneth Miller graduated with a doctorate in history this Spring. During her four years at Baylor she served on the Libraries/ITS Student Advisory Committee (LITSSAC) as a representative from the Graduate School. In this interview, she shares her experiences on the committee and how it helped her better understand the work of the University Libraries and ITS. What drew you…
Faculty and Staff Spotlights (From the 2018 ITS & Libraries Magazine)
Faculty Spotlight: Joshua Been Joshua Been is an assistant librarian and digital scholarship librarian. He coordinates library efforts around digital scholarship, which allows him to collaborate with library and other campus faculty partners to carry out innovative data-related projects. What drew you to the Baylor Libraries? For about a decade, I provided academic data-focused research support as a librarian, while…
Moody 104 Active Learning Lab: A Place for ALL Disciplines (From the 2018 ITS & Libraries Magazine)
When Moody Memorial Library opened in 1968, it served a variety of needs, chief among them being space for an expanding collection and to address a lack of study space for students. Four floors of stacks, carrels, classrooms and study spaces came online that fall and the library quickly become the hub of academic life on campus. But just as…
Welcoming Our Youngest Users – Learning About Libraries with Baylor’s Pre-K Kiddos
Welcoming Our Youngest Users: Learning About Libraries With Baylor’s Pre-K Kiddos
Unfiltered Dedication: The Surprising Story of Moody Memorial Library’s ‘Water Warrior’
The email came to my inbox at 9:21 AM on Monday, December 5th. “I’m thinking 100,000 will be tomorrow or Wednesday depending on how thirsty everyone is,” it said. “SO EXCITING!!!!” It was a message laden with promise, full of hope and all-caps-lock emotion. But it was the parenthetical postscript that told the real story. “(I will be devastated if…