Author Archives: Candice Benjes-Small

Transitioning to APA 6th edition

By Candice Benjes-Small | September 1, 2009

APA released a new edition this summer. The library will spend the fall semester updating our color-coded guide and workshops to reflect the changes. Candice Benjes-Small, Information Literacy Coordinator and Library Instruction Team Leader, and Theresa Burriss, Director of LARC, will hold informational sessions for faculty and other interested parties in October and [...]

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Fall 2009 Library Survivor Workshop Schedule

By Candice Benjes-Small | August 12, 2009

Library Survivor workshops are intended for students to learn information and technology skills outside of class time. Many professors offer extra credit for attendance. The instructing librarian will notify professors of student participation.
Classes are held in Library Classroom B, and are restricted to 20 students. There is no registration for these workshops. Seating is [...]

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Library Research Award Winners and Finalists

By Candice Benjes-Small | May 1, 2009

Congratulations to the Winesett Awards for Undergraduate Library Research winners and finalists!
Winners:
Lower Division: Cody Beaton, for his English 102 paper, FINDING THE BASE OF A MANY HEADED HYDRA: THE IDEOLOGICAL FATHERS OF MODERN RADICAL ISLAMISM, sponsored by Professor Bradley Settle.
Upper Division: Omar Hossino, for his International Studies Senior Project, THE POSSIBILITY OF CLASSICAL LIBERALISM IN [...]

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Library Research Awards Reception, 5/1, 4 PM

By Candice Benjes-Small | April 28, 2009

Radford University faculty, students, and staff are invited to the Library Research Awards Reception on Friday, May 1, 4 PM, on the Library’s 4th floor.
This reception is held to celebrate the academic success achieved by students who have applied for the Winesett Awards for Undergraduate Library Research. The finalists and the winners of the [...]

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$500 Library Research Awards Applications due 4/24

By Candice Benjes-Small | April 13, 2009

The deadline to apply for the Winesett Awards for Library Research is Friday, April 24, at 4 pm. The best entries will be published in the Archives of the Winesett Scholars, and two winners (one freshman/sophomore, one junior/senior) will be awarded $500 prizes.
McConnell Library presents these awards in recognition of creative and original library [...]

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