Director, MacPháidín Library:
Jennifer Macaulay x1238
Library & Archives
Transformation via Discovery: Explore Evaluate Engage
The Stonehill College MacPháidín Library provides faculty with the resources needed to teach students to become successful seekers and users of information. Through our collections and consultations, we enable faculty to transform their teaching via discovery and delivery of new ideas. In the Library and Archives, faculty can engage with rich collections and find unique opportunities for experiential teaching.
Stonehill College offers students and faculty a wide variety of resources, services, and spaces where teaching, learning and research thrive. The College curates collections and develops spaces throughout the campus to meet specific needs of faculty and students to engage students in rigorous academic programs and develop life-long learners.
Stonehill College’s investment in space and resources extend beyond the core collection housed in the MacPháidín Library building and the archival collections house in both the Martin Institute and the Cushing-Martin Building.
Library Spaces
Collections, resources, and study areas are located in multiple spaces across the campus.
MacPháidín Library houses the main collection. Books, journals, films and music are available in print and online. The space includes:
- Ace’s Place café
- Group study rooms
- Tutoring Services (third floor).
- Huddle Spaces
- Podcasting/virtual reality space
- Collaborative seminar room
Flynn Discovery and Collaboration Space (DisCo)
Contact: x1103, librarydeskgroup@stonehill.edu
The Flynn DisCo is the room that is used by librarians for teaching Information Skills, by faculty as a collaborative space for single classes, and by students to study, collaborate on projects, and relax. The DisCo serves as a highly interactive space utilizing advanced technology and innovative learning space design to maximize student learning outcomes.
Library Information Skills Curriculum
The Library’s information skills curriculum fosters the development of independent thinkers capable of analyzing, evaluating and creating information with expertise and flexibility in their careers and life. We support Stonehill’s diverse community by cultivating students’ ability to use information responsibly within a fluid technological and social environment.
The information skills curriculum is designed to teach students increasingly sophisticated research strategies throughout their Stonehill careers and to produce graduates who are adept at articulating their information needs, finding the resources to meet them, and using that data ethically to create new knowledge.
By the time they graduate, students who participate in the full information skills curriculum can:
- Define their information need
- Identify appropriate source types and research tools to meet their information need
- Evaluate information to determine its validity, accuracy, authority, timeliness and bias
- Synthesize information from research with existing understanding in order to create new knowledge
- Identify the legal, ethical, economic and social issues related to the use of information and recognize relevant intellectual property laws
In addition to collaborating with faculty to enhance student learning:
- Librarians are available for consultations for faculty research projects.
Committees may request a librarian to assist with research.
Library Collections
Contact: librarycollectionsgroup@stonehill.edu
The Library’s Collection Development Policies are available on the Library website. Our primary focus is support for the curriculum; we support faculty research needs via a combination of Interlibrary Loan and Collection Development. Faculty can contact us about purchases to support their teaching of print and electronic books, serials, and media, databases.
The Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning library collection is located on the first floor of the Library.
Interlibrary loan
Contact: The Desk, x1313 or librarydeskgroup@stonehill.edu
The Library provides free interlibrary loan services for faculty and students. You can fill out a request form online or contact the reference department to make a request. Interlibrary Loan is provided for you free of charge.
Course Reserves
Contact: The Desk x1313
Amy Francis, afrancis@stonehill.edu
To place materials on reserve, contact Access Services by the first week of August for fall courses and the first week of January for spring courses. Formats can be electronic (accessible via our web page or your Canvas site) or hard copy. Guidelines for placing materials on reserve are available on the Library website
NOTE: Advance preparation is encouraged to prevent bottlenecks. It takes time to get the copyright permissions (approximately two weeks for reserves processing). The Library expects there to be delays during the fall of 2023 due to staffing changes.
Library Liaisons
Contact: librarydeskgroup@stonehill.edu, x1313
Each department has a liaison librarian available to provide instruction, research assistance, and collection development support. Subject Liaisons are listed on the library’s website.
Digital Innovation Lab
MacPháidín Library 106
Digital Scholarship and Research Librarian:
Garrett McComas, x1433
Part digital sandbox for teaching and learning, part cross-disciplinary center for pedagogy and scholarship, the Digital Innovation Lab was established in 2016 as an initiative to facilitate conversation around how we use digital technologies in our work as teachers, scholars, researchers, and artists. The Lab’s primary aim is to offer opportunities to consider and pilot different emerging technologies that show promise for enhancing student learning.
Current initiatives:
- Web publishing with Stonehill Domains (digstonehill.org)
- Podcasting for public broadcast and in-class audiences
- Digital humanities labs and studios
- Digital literacy and digital critical pedagogy
The Digital Innovation Lab provides guidance, technical support, and project management expertise to selected digital projects. The Lab hires nominated students to serve as Digital Fellows and work on lab projects. To propose a project, email the Digital Scholarship and Research Librarian (gmccomas@stonehill.edu).