Miscellaneous Items

Bryant's Eye on Pride

Sara Elder et al. — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:21:27 PDT

Women at Bryant : a History, 1863 - Present

Jillian Emberg et al. — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:39:37 PST

This paper highlights the history of influential women at Bryant and Bryant's contribution to the education of women from 1863 to 2009. Bryant students Jillian Emberg '12 and Jessica Komoroski '11, 'honors’ students in Professor Judy Barrett Litoff’s American Women’s History Class, presented this paper at Bryant's "Celebrate Women" event held November 10, 2009 at Bryant University commemorating the 40th anniversary of Women's Studies programs.

Use of Collaborative Spaces in an Academic Library

Howard Silver — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:46:42 PDT

With the design of new libraries increasingly emphasizing support for collaborative activity, librarians need to understand how and why their users are working together in library spaces. No published studies quantify the impact of collaborative spaces in academic libraries on student learning behaviors. The objective of this study was to determine how and why the collaborative spaces in an academic library were used, and how well the observed use matched the intent of the people who designed and managed the spaces.