Congratulations to our “LibQUAL” Prize Winner!

Thanks to all of those who participated in our LibQUAL+TM survey this semester. LibQUAL+TM is a national research and development project undertaken by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) to measure library service quality across institutions and to create quality assessment tools for planning. Your feedback is instrumental to many changes and improvements made at E. H. Butler Library. We appreciate those who took the time to complete the survey. As a token of our appreciation, all survey participants were automatically entered to win a free iPod. We’re pleased to announce that the winner of our prize drawing is Young Lee. Happy listening, Young…we hope that you enjoy your new iPod!

Librarian Amy Rockwell presents Young Lee with the prize of a new ipod.

Buffalo ReUse “Green Talk”

On May 5th, Caesandra Seawell spoke to us about the grassroots organization Buffalo ReUse. Buffalo ReUse is a Green Demolition crew/company that provides job training for at-risk young adults. Buffalo ReUse invests in the community by helping people stay in their homes. They do this by providing low-cost used building materials that can be used for property maintenance and which would have otherwise been thrown into landfills. The ReUse crew also educates the community on environmental stewardship and collaborates with other community-based organizations in the City. They facilitate activities such as tree plantings, street blitzes and community gardens–and need all of the volunteer help that they can get! Interested in volunteering? Contact caesandra@buffaloreuse.org

Check out the Buffalo ReUse blog:

http://buffaloreuse.wnymedia.net/blogs/category/neighborhood-beautification/

and photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/buffaloreuse/sets/

Sue Jaworski studies a photo of a Buffalo ReUse project.

Donna Gesel-Youngs and Andrew Chambers

Caesandra Seawell speaks to the group.

Sue Jaworski, Andrew Chambers, and Kevin Rabener