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2011 Auraria Library Essay Contest Winners
Left to right: Mike Clarke, Director of Auraria Campus Bookstore; Daya D. Mitchell, MSCD; Pamela Troyer, Selection Committee Chair & MSCD Professor; Nara Lee Chon, UCD; Jacob Lujan, UCD; Joel Peach, CCD. Not pictured: Shashana Herron, CCD; Brittney Rivera Dominguez, MSCD.
2011 Winning Essays:
Why The Auraria Campus Library is a Vital Part of My College Experience: How Has It Helped Me Succeed In My Education
In this digital internet age if iPods, iPads, iTouch and iTunes some important things have gotten lost along the way. With everyone being able to Google what ever word or subject they desire and get immediate results, this has become a way of life for an entire generation, and sadly libraries are becoming the place their parents went to to get their research and they seem outdated to them. The Auraria Campus Library is a vital part of my college experience because it offers me a quiet place to study and do research for my assignments in a supportive and protective atmosphere.
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The library calls me, as it has ever since I can remember. That familiar book smell, the signature crinkle of plastic covered books opening and closing, the soft bleeping of the scanners checking them out, the polite hush. They all bring back nostalgic memories of my mother bringing the carload of kids and books to the library every month, without fail. There is nowhere else in the world that I can go to get that feeling, which is why the library is always one of the first places I explore when I become part of a new community.
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With my laptop and wi-fi available I could easily write this essay from the Tivoli, a coffee shop, or an airplane bound for New York. Instead, I’m sitting on the second floor of the Auraria Campus library at a table overlooking the blooming interior courtyard. I can smell the musty, richness of the stacks to my right. I can see tables of hard-working students in front of me. I can hear hushed murmurs from the groups studying downstairs. This environment captures so much of the value of the library to a student like me.
...The Meaning of the Auraria Library for One Student from Korea
It is 7:34 in the morning. Today it is cool and the sun is shining allowing the day to begin. As I walk through the doors of the Auraria Library, I am welcomed with warm air rushing pass my face. I keep walking to computer area, sit there, and begin to read articles. By 8 am, I start reviewing class materials after I move to desk. I am looking around near my area and start to imagine how all of the tables near me will become occupied with students soon.
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Today’s college student know the internet as a valuable research tool in their academic careers, and innovations such as smartphones and tablet PC’s have further enhanced the usefulness of this store of information, enabling access to the internet even while riding the RTD or eating at McDonalds. However, traditional resources such as the Auraria Library still provide a tial service to students.
...Libraries Impact the Big and the Small
The Auraria Campus Library has been my “get to work” and place of enjoyment ever since I started my college career. The library not only helps me find all the useful information I need to do my work and research papers, but it also allows me to check out books and get together with acquaintances and friends to study or meet up. The library has very nice peple working and they are always willing to help with anything i need and requir. It is not only a place to check out books, the library is much more than that.
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