As another academic year comes to a close, we find ourselves saying farewell to some of our beloved student employees. While we are excited for them to embark on new and exciting journeys, we can’t help but feel a deep sense of gratitude for all they’ve contributed to our library. Their hard work and dedication have been instrumental in keeping our doors open and ensuring the highest level of service.
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This year, in recognition of twenty years of our favorite tradition, we present the retrospective “Through the Years: Student Employee Dedications 2005-2024.”
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The end of the academic year, while exciting, also brings us a touch of sadness as we say farewell to our Class of '23 student assistants. We would not be able to provide the services we do without their support and dedication to the library. It is our long held and much loved tradition to dedicate a book in our collection to show our appreciation. Each student is asked to select a title that is meaningful to them; we then add a special book plate in their honor.
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As we close the book on the academic year we must also say farewell to our Class of '22 student assistants.
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Our most beloved tradition here at the Bentley Library is to show appreciation to our graduating student assistants with a book or film dedication. Always an integral part of the library's operations, this year our student employees worked harder than ever to help us keep the doors open and meet the needs of our community during a global pandemic.
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What would we do without our student assistants? They are here when we open the doors at 7:30 a.m. and close at 2:00 a.m. During exams we leave the overnight operation of the library in their trusted hands. We rely on them to help library users, wrestle with temperamental equipment, shelve and retrieve books (over and over and over again), facilitate Interlibrary Loan requests, and assist with the processing of every book and DVD we purchase. There's so much more we could list, but suffice it to say that the library could not run without them.
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It's no secret that the Bentley Library couldn't run without the hard work and dedication of our student assistants. They help us keep the doors open 110 hours a week (plus many extra late-night hours during finals), they are the front line of support at the Library Services Desk, they help the Technical Services Department process every item that goes on our shelves, and in Interlibrary Loan they facilitate borrowing from and lending to other libraries around the world.
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They work at the Library as early as 7:30 a.m. and as late as 2:00 a.m. During finals, they're even here between 2 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. Filling printers with paper, processing new books, and assisting library users are just a few of their responsibilities. Who are these people? They are your fellow Falcons who work at the Bentley Library. As a small token of thanks, we ask our seniors to select a book or film, which is then affixed with a bookplate in their name. This year, dedications have been made on behalf of these Class of 2015 graduates:
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It is a Bentley Library tradition to show appreciation to our graduating student assistants by dedicating a book or film in their honor. Each student is invited to select an item from the library's collection, which is then affixed with a bookplate in their name. This year, dedications have been made on behalf of these Class of 2013 graduates:
