What is the Personal Librarian Program?
The Personal Librarian Program is designed to introduce students entering Drew University College of Liberal Arts to the collections and services of the Drew University Libraries. As a Drew freshman you will be matched with a Librarian based on your college seminar group, a relationship that will continue through your freshman and sophomore years, or until you declare a major, whichever comes first. At that point, you will be referred to the reference librarian in your major, who will help you with the research you do for your major.
Students: check your college seminar name to find your librarian.
Your Personal Librarian will contact you occasionally throughout the year to let you know about new databases and tools, upcoming tours of collections, or research methods and strategies. You are also encouraged to contact your Personal Librarian with any questions you have about your research or the Library. How often you choose to avail yourself of your Personal Librarian is entirely up to you. If you have questions about Personal Librarians, contact Jody Caldwell, the head of Reference.
How can my Personal Librarian help me?
Your Personal Librarian will:
- Keep you informed with periodic e-mail messages highlighting new resources and programs specifically for students, as well as with notices and timely reminders, such as extended Library hours during Reading Week and finals
- Answer your questions about Library policies, procedures and services, such as EndNoteWeb and Interlibrary Loan
- Assist with finding information for your research assignments, by helping you articulate your research question, identify the best sources, and formulate your search strategies
- Support you even when you’re not around (on vacation or away from Drewdoing research)
- Help you when you don’t know where to start, or you can’t think of what to do next
Things we don’t do (but we’ll help you find out who can)
Your Personal Librarian won’t:
- Set up your computer (i.e. NetIDs, VPN)
- Do your research, make photocopies or write your paper for you