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As we enter another semester, Cline Library remains a place for Lumberjacks to discover, research, learn, create, and study. Cline Library has created several book collections that align with the library’s and university’s strategic planning in support of diversity, equity, and inclusion. These collections create a more welcoming and inclusive environment, which is one of the goals of our Library Master Plan, and will allow more of our students and faculty to see themselves in our collections.

Here are a few other updates on what is happening around Cline Library:

• New digital displays in the Cline Library Studios allow us to recognize and display NAU student and faculty research and creative works.
• Cline Library’s Special Collections and Archives received the David Muench collection. David Muench has photographed some of the most breathtaking landscapes of the world, many in Northern Arizona, in a career spanning more than 60 years. The vast collection includes transparencies, slides, prints, framed exhibit pieces; digital content; books, and other publications. There are even a few cameras. Having this collection housed in Cline Library’s Special Collections and Archives will allow for future learning and research, creative endeavors, and public service.
• Cline Library’s Special Collections and Archives unveiled a new exhibit, Images of a Lost World: Glen Canyon on the Colorado, curated by librarian Hank Hassell. The exhibit features 56 photographs of Glen Canyon and its tributaries before the magnificent canyon was flooded by the damming of the Colorado River. Images featured in the exhibit were drawn from photographic collections housed in Special Collections and Archives. Images of a Lost World takes visitors on a river trip of what once was.
• Cline Library has been funded for an Affordable Learning Initiative through an NAU Elevating Excellence grant. The library was awarded just over $106,000 to establish the use of Open Education Resources (OER) and other affordable learning resources at NAU. This is in alignment with NAU’s Elevating Excellence goal of creating equitable and affordable access to higher education for our students. We have accomplished bringing a guest speaker to train our library staff on how to find OER for faculty use and explore OER options with NAU leaders. $9,100 has been spent to purchase electronic access to 61 textbooks used in approximately 70 classes serving close to 2500 students. Additionally, we launched an application process for OER adoption and development grants for faculty. We are committed to making learning resources more affordable and accessible for our students.