{"id":13305,"date":"2020-04-20T10:49:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T14:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=13305"},"modified":"2023-06-05T08:28:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T12:28:02","slug":"national-library-week-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/national-library-week-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Record Your History, Expand Your Research During National Library Week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The physical building is closed during distance learning, but National Library Week running through April 25, provides plenty reason for students to engage the Kalamazoo College library.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Current events are providing an additional reason to engage with Kalamazoo College\u2019s library during National Library Week, April 19-25.<\/p>\n

Thanks to College Archivist Lisa Murphy and her colleagues, members of the K community have an opportunity to document this unique time in our history by recording their COVID-19 pandemic-related stories and experiences in the College\u2019s collections. Students, faculty, staff and alumni<\/a> are eligible to participate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe COVID-19 pandemic will forever define the year 2020,\u201d College Archivist Lisa Murphy said. \u201cFifty years from now Kalamazoo College students and other researchers will want to know what it was like to be a student during this time. How did they cope with the sudden switch to online learning? Was social distancing difficult? Were they scared? What did they do for fun if they were confined indoors? This pandemic has already changed lives and capturing these stories now will help to document how not just the college, but the world, has transformed.\u201d<\/p>\n

When their submissions are made, participants will have the option to remain anonymous or to make their work available for research or publication after a certain time period has elapsed. Read the Archives website for information about how to participate.<\/p>\n

In regards to other services, students, faculty and staff are commending the library and its staffers for continuing to connect them with reference materials and resources through the term in distance learning.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe curate online resources for our students, faculty and staff so they don\u2019t have to rely on an overwhelming amount of information,\u201d Library Director Stacy Nowicki said. \u201cThe easiest thing is to Google the information you need. But we can help you determine what the best resources are that aren\u2019t going to show up in Google. “And sometimes the resources we pay for aren’t as intuitive, but they are more authoritative. We can teach people how to use the technology and add depth to their experience when they do research or prepare for class.”<\/p>\n

For example:<\/p>\n