Follow Us On Social Media! @cedarvillelib Centennial Library Each year the library honors an outstanding employee with the STAR Award. It recognizes employees who provide quality service, represent the library well, demonstrate teamwork, promote a constructive work environment, and/or are innovative in carrying out their job responsibilities. The recipient is selected and nominated by his or her colleagues in the library. Newsletter Highlights Notable News from the Centennial Library SEP/OCT 2024 VOLUME 32 NUMBER 1 SHELF LIFE Lower Level Update Mark Your Calendars! 2023-24 Library STAR Award Online Calendar STAR Employee Recognized Get Help with Research Access to Course Textbooks Research Lockers Now Available Digital Commons Publishes Textbooks Faculty Lunch @ the Library - Sept. 26 Fall Book Sale - Oct 21-25 Library Careers Dinner - Nov 18 This year’s STAR Award winner was Kathy Carnegis, Digital Services Director. Kathy was recognized for taking on and solving issues with our repository platform, using creativity and skill in department operations, encouraging and motivating her team effectively, and promoting Digital Services in new ways. Congratulations, Kathy! This summer the library’s lower level got the same treatment as the upper level did in 2023 – new paint, new carpet, and new endcaps. We invite you to enjoy our remodeled space. If you like what you see or have other suggestions, email us at library@cedarville.edu. Need Help with Research? Did you know that every student at Cedarville has a dedicated librarian? Each librarian specializes in different subjects and works closely with professors to help students succeed in research. Get expert help by scheduling a one-on-one consultation with your research librarian: Scan to schedule a research appointment Jess Elder Sharon Kerestes Kirsten Setzkorn Nathanael Davis
Library Careers Program: Notes from Our Interns A Room of One’s Own: Reserve Your Research Space Today by Lexi Chandler One of the resources that the Centennial Library offers is individual and group study rooms. The group study rooms are perfect for projects and presentations that require a lot of brainstorming and collaboration. I’ve even seen groups practicing for debates. They are located upstairs and downstairs in the quiet study areas, and the TV and whiteboards will surely come in handy! The individual study rooms are designed specifically to accommodate all your research needs. Each room has a computer, a comfy chair, and a whiteboard. They are located downstairs in the silent study area for maximum focus. Last year, the library added the video conferencing room. It is available for one to two people at a time. It is located upstairs, near the service desk. Only a desk and chairs are provided, but the soundproofed walls make it an ideal place to practice a presentation or speech or give a job interview. Personally, I like the individual research rooms the best. I find that when writing a paper, I focus best when I’m in a quiet environment by myself. I love drafting my ideas and doing line-by-line editing on the whiteboard. Sometimes, the ideas are just better when written in big, bright, colorful cursive letters, you know? Some of my best papers have been created, wrestled with, and tamed in a research room of my own, and my professors would (hopefully) agree! Follow the QR code for each study room or visit the library website to reserve a research room of your own today! Looking for a place to store books and other research materials you use in the library? Have a major research project or independent study this semester? Our research lockers may be just the thing for you. You can reserve a locker for the semester to save carrying your books and research materials to and from the library. Apply for a locker online or scan the QR code. Research Lockers Await! Textbooks on Reserve Students, looking for a textbook? –The library has many course textbooks on reserve at the Service Desk! Check online to see if textbooks for your courses are available. Faculty, looking to place a textbook on reserve? Email Julie Deardorff at deardorj@cedarville.edu or submit a request online.
Cedrus Press partnered with faculty from Allied Health, Bible, and History & Government departments to format and publish two general education textbooks this summer. Both books are available in the Campus Store. The fourth edition of A Christian Guide to Body Stewardship, Diet and Exercise (authored by Drs. Pete Peterson, Jeremy Kimble, and Trent Rogers) features the latest findings in health and nutrition within a biblical framework. Center for Teaching and Learning enhanced the volume with sharp new graphics. Students enrolled in PEF 1990 Physical Activity and Healthy Living will be happy to learn that an open-access version of the textbook is available in DigitalCommons@Cedarville to read online. DIGITAL COMMONS PUBLISHING CORNER Cedrus Press Assists with Faculty Textbooks Another familiar general education text is Rendering to God and Caesar: Critical Reedings for American Government. Students taking GSS 1100 Politics and American Culture will benefit from the updated third edition which contains primary sources of founding documents, original speeches, and court cases. Insights into the historical documents were written by Dean Smith and Drs. Clauson, Ferkaluk, Groen, Lyons, and Sims. Cover art was designed by the Center for Teaching and Learning. Cedrus Press is a publishing service offered by the Digital Services Staff of the Centennial Library. The Biblical Heritage Gallery in the Centennial Library presents the first historical exhibit of the 2024-25 season: “Leaving a Legacy: Cedarville Presidents.” Using items from the University Archives, the exhibit highlights the milestones and events of the University during the last 70 years, as Cedarville grew from 100 students in the fall of 1953 to the current enrollment of nearly 4000 residential students, under the vision, leadership, and ministry of four presidents: James T. Jeremiah, 1954-1978 Paul H. Dixon, 1978-2003 William E. Brown, 2003-2013 Thomas White, 2013-present Stop by the Gallery, located at the upper-level main entrance of the Centennial Library, on your way across campus, going to or from chapel, or after eating at Chick-fil-A. The exhibit is open during regular library hours until October 17. Biblical Heritage Gallery
Buy it online What inspired you to pursue putting this book together? The book originally stemmed from two complementing objectives: a desire to tie my own prayer-life to the historic faith of our larger tradition and a desire to provide students/readers with an entry into the spiritual life of those who have walked our faith journey before us. I wanted to have some accessible prayer materials that could provide both examples of historic prayers and forms (of a sort) for personal prayers. I find great comfort in the fact that none of the issues I face are new to the historic church. How might this book challenge and grow a reader? The book is intended as an encouragement to pray more, to pray more effectively, to pray more often, to pray with others. It can serve as a devotional reading. It can serve as a model for new prayers. It can serve as a public prayer book. For congregations or small-group settings where pre-printed prayers are appropriate, Zachariah Carter (my coeditor) and I hope that this work will prove to be a treasury of great value. Many of these prayers were written for precisely that purpose. Ultimately, both Dr. Carter and I hope that the book can spur God's people toward a more mature understanding of prayer as a part of the everyday Christian life. What did you learn through this book project? I was reminded of the vast array of valuable resources we have been given by our forebears. In the 21st century, we have unique access to materials from so many generations of believers that have previously been inaccessible. Second, I was taken by the number of "normal" believers who have left behind rich prayers that shed light on God's work in small sections of His church. Some of the prayers are taken from the well-known pastors and theologians of days gone by. But others are preserved from little known pastors and even everyday people who have sought to serve God faithfully in the midst of their particular circumstances. Finally, I walked away with great hope for my own prayer life, having renewed resources for the moments when words are difficult to find and renewed vigor for leaving behind a written legacy of the prayers I do pray. Spotlight on Faculty Publishing Faculty in Print Jonathan Arnold, PhD. Assoc. Prof. of Theological Studies and Zachariah Carter Cloud of Witnesses: A Treasury of Prayers and Petitions through the Ages; Crossway, 2024
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