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Services Newsletter

A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN

People may think they know what the library and tutoring services have

to offer, but many might be surprised at everything we do for student

success and achievement. Impacting and helping students across all

disciplines is unique to working in our area. We are focused on

supporting and promoting the learning and intellectual engagement of

everyone on campus. Because of this broad focus, you will find people

committed to access, lifelong learning, and service. In this newsletter,

you will meet some of these dynamic individuals.

Many of the staff and faculty in Library & Learning Services started as

student employees who discovered that they loved helping people and

exploring thoughts and ideas. In our day-to-day work life, we are

constantly learning from what others are researching or working on.

One day is never exactly like the next, and that is what makes our

experiences rich and varied.

Another distinct aspect of the Library & Learning Services staff is our

willingness to constantly improve. We share a core commitment to

critical thinking and self-analysis, and it influences everything we do.

Recently, we explored as a group Linda Adams’ book, “The Loyalist

Team: How Trust, Candor, and Authenticity Create Great Organizations.”

As the author states, “The best teams make it look easy. They perform

together so well and so consistently that it appears as if

they are one single organism instead of a

group of disparate personalities with varied

backgrounds. It can look, from the outside, as if

skilled and talented people came together and

blended their skills and talents effortlessly” (p.

16). Instead, being a great team means

trusting each other unconditionally, assuming

positive intent, and pushing each other to do

their best work. I highly recommend this book

to anyone wanting to strengthen, celebrate,

and encourage a highly committed team like

we have in Library & Learning Services. If you

look at other books recommended in Dixie

Reads (http://library.dixie.edu/dixie-reads.html)

by our department, I guarantee you will be

challenged, intrigued and entertained.

EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT LIBRARY

Eva Sanchez is a Circulation Supervisor for Dixie State University’s Library. Eva graduated from Dixie in 2017 with a Bachelor’s in Spanish. She chose to return to work for the University because she grew fond of the professors and the atmosphere of the school. “I’ll defend it ‘til the day I die,” Eva commented. When asked how this experience as Circulation Supervisor will help her in the future, Eva responded that she is learning how to become a leader.

While Eva was a student at Dixie, she was involved in different clubs. She gained experience working with people and becoming assertive. These skills shaped her into a dependable employee. Dianne Aldrich, Head of Library Public Services, describes Eva as “...an integral part of [the] circulation team in the library.... She is always wanting to learn more about the way the library functions and is interested in making sure that we maximize the positive customer service model when dealing with our campus and community needs.” Dianne has also mentioned how she adores having a student who graduated from Dixie return to work for the University. She can trust Eva to know exactly how to help students correctly.

Georgya Brewster

CLOUDS IN THE HOLLAND Kendell Mapp

When people first walk into the Holland Building, they see a couple of things: the library, the information desk, and clouds. Now when they say clouds, they mean a huge wall that consists of a bookshelf that is twenty-eight feet wide and twenty-two feet high called Cloud. The bookshelf holds about twelve thousand empty sketchbooks that are bound in custom dyed linen. The spines of the books are arranged in an abstract form of color when viewed from up close, but from far away the image of a desert cloud becomes visible.Students and faculty can use cloud books located at the Help Desk to leave personal notes or messages. This way, students can engage with the artwork and leave a piece of themselves at Dixie.

Cloud was completed in 2012 by an artist named Christian Moeller. Moeller started out in Frankfurt, Germany studying architecture at the College of Applied Sciences. After working in the office of architect Gunther Behnisch in Stuttgart, Germany, he went on as a guest artist in the Institute for New Media in the Stadelschule, Frankfurt under Peter Weible. In 1990, Moeller founded his first art studio and media lab in Frankfurt. He later moved on to teaching as a professor at the State College of Design in Karlsruhe, Germany until he moved to the United States in 2001.

Moeller is currently a professor in the department of Design Media Arts at UCLA and has a studio in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles, California. Moeller loves to include architecture, sound, technology, and moving images in his artwork. He works mostly with contemporary media to create amazing works of art. By taking architectural installations and hand-held objects, he creates something new. His artwork, including Cloud , is an attempt to reach people and make an impact on their lives. Cloud is one of the important features of the Holland Building because it is a way to remember past students and welcome future students.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS & ARCHIVES

Katie Eastmond

dripping with raw emotion allowed us to immerse ourselves into the project and glimpse into the experience of Utahns during this time.” The Archives were a valuable tool in these students’ research, and it enhanced their experience while working on a school project.

Out of all Dixie State University’s helpful resources, Special Collections & Archives might be the most fascinating among them. In Holland Centennial Commons room 330, you can find almost anything, from the 1913 yearbook of Dixie State's first graduating class to oral histories of early and current St George residents.This resource can aid students in their research, help locals find documents from their family’s history, give insight into the university, or provide information about this city the university calls home. When students do research, it can be difficult to find a starting point. Seeing what Special Collections & Archives has to offer can be a great place to start. DSU student Emma Lee stated, “Two other students and I wrote and filmed a documentary about the Utah Downwinders. We visited the archives to look for first-hand accounts and information on the impact that the tragedy had on St. George. We found a map created by Mary Dickson that pictured her neighborhood with notes about which of her friends and family of diseases like leukemia and lupus. Seeing these artifacts with real, imperfect handwriting and

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Many people in the community use the Special Collections & Archives to guide them in learning about their family history. In the archives, there are annals and journals from the first leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to settle in Saint George, there are newspapers from the late 1800’s, and there are photographs that citizens of Saint George have donated. If a person has ancestors who lived in Saint George before them, they can use DSU’s Special Collections & Archives to learn more about their family and enrich their own life. Special Collections & Archives is a great place to go to satisfy curiosity about the growth and development of Saint George. Clinton and Joan Murdock were citizens of Saint George who donated aerial photographs of the city from a bird's eye view. These are a helpful tool to see how much the city has grown over the years. Special Collections & Archives can show us not only how much the city has physically grown, but how it has grown as a society. Fpr example, the archives include a book of laws published in 1894 titled Revised Ordinances of the City of St. George.

The head of Special Collections, Kathleen Broader, and her team work very hard to preserve and record these valuable artifacts. They do so in order that students and members of the community are able to learn from and enjoy these hidden gems. Visit Special Collections and Archives to see the rich history this team has gathered and preserved.