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Interesting doings from Feldberg Library

Just in time for the start of spring term 2022, Feldberg Library has REOPENED! The library relocated during the Irving Institute construction project and the Murdough Center’s renovation. Now both projects are complete and we are excited to welcome you into our refreshed space.

Chat with the business, engineering, and economics librarians, use the Bloomberg terminals, or just find a sunny place to study. Books on business, management, and engineering topics are available for circulation, and readings for courses at Tuck and Thayer will be on reserve.

The Engineering librarians at Feldberg host several workshops each term and invite you to attend. Workshops are hosted via Zoom from 12:15-1:05 pm. Session recordings are available on request. View and sign up for upcoming workshops here.

Sometimes library research helps you complete a class assignment, but sometimes it lands you in the pages of the New York Times or Wall Street Journal.

As a research assistant, Ranjan Sehgal '22 has co-authored a number of papers with Bruce Sacerdote, the Richard S. Braddock 1963 Professor in Economics. Recently, their work on COVID news coverage, "Why Is All COVID-19 News Bad News?", and the stock trading behavior of US Senators, Relief Rally: Senators As Feckless As the Rest of Us at Stock Picking, resulted in lots of media attention (Undergraduate's Economics Research Gets Big Media Play).

The Library was able to assist in this work in some less expected ways. Ranjan tells us, “I have often enlisted the help of great librarians like Wendel Cox [Research & Learning Librarian for Humanities & Social Sciences], John Cocklin [Research & Learning Librarian for Business & Economics], and James Adams [Data and Visualization Librarian], to help with traditional problems that I thought the library would be helpful for, such as locating books or figuring out the mechanics of citations. However, the previously mentioned librarians have helped tremendously not only with those problems, but so much more. The library has been a great resource for working with, and locating data, which I did not expect when entering Dartmouth.”

John Cocklin adds, "Ranjan is a gifted student, and Professor Sacerdote has been a great partner as the Library expanded its economic data collection. For many years, the Library has provided online access to the full-text of historical and current newspapers like the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Le Monde to the Dartmouth Community. More recently we have been working with publishers to also provide the raw files and tools necessary for the type of data mining Ranjan and Professor Sacerdote used to find patterns in large collections of text."

The Library continues to invest in specialized data sources and to teach data analysis skills to aid both faculty and students in their research.

Email & Phone

Feldberg Business & Engineering Library

feldberg.reference@dartmouth.edu

603-646-2191

Address

Feldberg Business & Engineering Library

31 Murdough
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755

Our Staff

Amelia B. Looby

Research & Learning Librarian - Business & Economics

Amelia.B.Looby@dartmouth.edu

603-646-1152

Amelia is a liaison to the Tuck School of Business working with its students, faculty, and staff. She also works with the Magnusson Center for Entrepreneurship, MHCDS, engineering, economics, and anyone else who needs research support. Ask her about using library resources to support an entrepreneurial idea, research career opportunities, or prepare for a job interview.

Jentry E. Campbell

Research and Learning Librarian - STEM

Jentry.E.Campbell@dartmouth.edu

603-646-0684

Jentry joined the library in January 2022 as a librarian focused on research and learning in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) disciplines. She specifically works with students in the Thayer School of Engineering as one of two engineering librarians. Contact her for help with your research including using databases and finding resources, performing searches efficiently and effectively, and using reference management tools like Zotero. Jentry is also available for instruction highlighting library research skills, database selection & usage, reference management (Zotero), using engineering technical standards, and more.

When not at work Jentry can be found gardening, baking, or enjoying the wonders of nature.

Matthew M. Benzing

Research and Learning Librarian - STEM

Matthew.M.Benzing@dartmouth.edu

603-646-3066

I came to Dartmouth at the beginning of 2022. I came from Miami University (Ohio), where I had been the Computing and Engineering Librarian since 2014. Prior to that I was at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for seventeen years as a webmaster, technology consultant, and subject specialist for Computer Science and Information Technology.

I have a B.A. in English and Theater History from Miami University, an M.S in Information Science from the University of Tennessee, and an M.S. in Human Computer Interaction from Rensselaer.

Lydia Elias

Library Collections Services Specialist

Lydia.Elias@dartmouth.edu

603-646-3653

Reserves specialist for Tuck and Thayer schools and interim student supervisor at Feldberg Business and Engineering Library.

Lived in and around Philadelphia, PA until moving to the Upper Valley in October 2022. Received a Bachelor of Science in Education - Library Science from Kutztown University and a Master of Science in Library and Information Science from Drexel University.

Happy to be a part of the Dartmouth Libraries!

Crystal A. Schimpf

Research & Learning Librarian, Business & Economics

Crystal.A.Schimpf@dartmouth.edu

603-646-1339

Crystal is a liaison to the Tuck School of Business working with its students, faculty, and staff. She also works with the Magnusson Center for Entrepreneurship, MHCDS, engineering, economics, and anyone else who needs research support.