Jill Borin
Contact Information
Email: jmborin@mail.widener.edu
Phone: (610) 499-4376
Fax: (610) 499-4588
Office Hours:
Monday, Wednesday - Friday: 9:am - 5:00pm
Tuesday: 3pm - 10 pm
Library Liaison Departments:
Social Sciences
- Anthropology
- Communication Studies
- Criminal Justice
- Government and Politics
- Sociology
Center for Social Work Education
- BSW Program
- MSW Program
- Ph.D. Program
Humanities
- History
- Philosophy
- Religion
- Modern Languages
- Art and Music
Military Science
Library Liaison Responsibilities:
For each of the departments listed above, my responsibilities include:
- Teaching information literacy sessions to various classes.
- Providing individual research consultation with students and faculty.
- Working with small groups on specific research projects.
- Creating subject guides and other documents to help students and faculty use library resources more effectively.
- Conducting collection development.
- Developing online guides for information literacy
Research Guides that I have created:
- How to Research
- Preferred Terms for Life Stages (PDF)
- Legislation Finding Aid
- Evaluate Web Pages Tutorial
- Social Work Research Guide
- Citing Online Government Documents and Information in APA Style
- How to Evaluate Blogs for Academic Research
Archival Responsibilities:
In the Wolfgram Memorial Library Archives, I process collections, assist with organization
of the archives, perform maintenance of the Archives Web Site and provide reference
assistance for students, faculty and the public. I also created online exhibits that
highlight the archives collections.
Selected Online Exhibits:
- Distinguished Alumni
- Buildings
- PMA and PMC Caps
- George Raymond Papers
- Pennsylvania Military Preparatory School
- PMA and PMC Photographs
- PMC During World War II
- Scrapbooks
- PMC/Widener Timeline
- Chester Timeline
- United States Timeline
Find all the Wolfgram Memorial Library Online exhibits at: http://digitalwolfgram.widener.edu/cdm/
