SPECIAL 70th ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE EDITION INFORMATION AND LIBRARY SCIENCE@ The SCHOOL of INFORMATION and LIBRARY SCIENCE • The UNIVERSITYCarolina of NORTH CAROLINA at CHAPEL HILL FALL 2001 www.ils.unc.edu Number 59 School’s Rich Past Inspires Renewed Focus on the Future Commitment to Excellence a Constant During SILS’ First 70 Years Seventy years ago this fall – Sept. 19, 1931, to be exact – UNC’s School of Library Science, as it was then known, opened its doors to its first class of 29 students. Seven decades and more than 3,500 graduates later, the renamed and top- ranked School of Information and Library Science continues to fulfill its founder’s charge to train its students to “tap the vast reservoirs of human knowledge.” Louis Round Wilson’s mission for the school, first articulated in 1929, continues to guide SILS as it meets head on the high-tech, rapidly evolving information challenges of the 21st century. From its humble beginnings in the university’s newly constructed library to its cutting-edge facilities in Manning Hall today, the School of Information and Library Science boasts a rich history with much to be proud of. The nation’s first state university, UNC- Chapel Hill can also lay claim to being the first university in the South to include library science courses in its curriculum. Among its “firsts,” SILS was the first school at the university to Continued on following page Members of the Class of 1955 pose for a group photograph on the steps of Wilson Library, the original home of the School of Information and Library Science. Inside Wilson: SILS’ Founding Father Born on Dec. 27, 1876, Louis Round Wilson’s career at the After three decades of phenomenal achievement in North University of North Carolina embraced much of his professional Carolina and the Southeast, Wilson accepted the invitation of life. During his 31-year tenure as university librarian, he was a Robert Maynard Hutchins to become dean of the Graduate major figure in the development of the university as well as its Library School of the University of Chicago. That school, library and school of library science. established with a million-dollar grant from the Carnegie At various periods, in addition to his post as librarian, Corporation in 1926, had not made much progress during its Wilson promoted and served as director of university extension, first half-dozen years. However, the decade of Wilson’s deanship founded and directed the UNC Press, served as a fundraiser and (1932-42) proved to be a golden age for library education. edited the Alumni Review. The Chicago Graduate Library School became a beehive Louis Round Wilson In whatever activities he engaged, Dr. Wilson was aware of of activity as Wilson, his faculty and his doctoral students the importance of books and libraries. He was one of the founders of the probed into various facets of librarianship, wrote articles and books, and North Carolina Library Association (1904), served as first chairman of the came to dominate the profession intellectually. North Carolina Library Commission (1909-1916), worked diligently with Wilson’s publication record, already extensive at Chicago, continued the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in creating library after his retirement to Chapel Hill in 1942. He undertook the editorship of standards, and was a founder and subsequent president of the Southeast- the 18-volume Sesquicentennial History of the University of North ern Library Association. Continued on following page

A Look Back ... From it’s early beginnings Akers: Dean, Professor and Pioneer in Wilson Library to its ranking today as the #1 The UNC School of Information and information and library science school in the Library Science opened 70 years ago, and Dr. nation, SILS has accomplished much during its “Susan Grey Akers estab- first seven decades of service. See pages 2-4 for Susan Grey Akers was one of the original faculty more information on the people and events that members. At that time, no one realized that one lished the foundations made the school what it is today. year later, when Louis Round Wilson would leave upon which the school’s to go to the University of Chicago, she would be Contents named acting director of the school. subsequent reputation Letter from the Dean...... 2 Recognized from the beginning for her has been built.” SILS: Year by Year ...... 3 brilliant leadership, she was made director of the Who’s Who at SILS ...... 4 school in 1935, and in 1942 her title was -- Dr. Edward G. Holley Former Dean, SILS School News ...... 5 changed to dean. Being the first woman to hold an academic deanship at the University, she had Faculty/Staff News ...... 7 to overcome a lot of raised eyebrows. There could continued to teach until 1959. May Commencement ...... 8 not have been a better person to break the all- She gave encouragement and help to other Student News ...... 9 male domination of deanships on the campus. women seeking faculty positions, and although Alumni News ...... 10 By her actions, she quickly demonstrated to all progress was slow, women began to be recog- President’s Message ...... 10 “Miss Akers,” shown here in the 1930s, led the school faculty members that she deserved her lofty nized for their talents. Dr. Akers set an example during its formative years. position. She served as dean until 1954 and Continued on following page 2 School Committed to Leading During Challenging Times SILS is experiencing a great 70th anniversary year. We information and library services, we In research, teaching and service we need to develop an continue to attract excellent students and the demand for our continue to see technology as a tool to effective long-term faculty recruitment and retention program; graduates has never been greater. Our alumni and faculty bring people and information together. leverage faculty expertise in research areas that reflect the growing continue to make major contributions to information and library Technologies will change over time, but strengths of the school; strengthen our support staff and facilities; science around the globe. The faculty’s dedication to teaching our primary reason for using available and build strong development and communications functions. remains strong and our research productivity continues to grow. technologies will not. One of our major challenges in the short and long term will be Our technological infrastructure is state-of-the-art and our staff The new mission statement indicates finding adequate space in Manning Hall and elsewhere to house members are capable and caring. All of this is continuing in spite that the school strives to achieve excellence both teaching and research activities. of substantial state budget cuts this year. and leadership as we: A Letter As SILS looks forward to the next 70 years, we need your help Chancellor James Moeser has set a goal for the University of ■ Conduct inquiry devoted to and support if we are to be the leader in information and library North Carolina at Chapel Hill of being the leading state university information and its role in society; from the science education that we have been in the past. One of the in the nation. We are a state university that continues to take our ■ Foster effective access to information; Dean reasons for the school’s success to date has been the original public mission very seriously. These are challenging times for ■ Prepare reflective, adaptive By Joanne Carnegie endowment that was obtained by Louis Round Wilson everyone in the world as we face the dangers of terrorism and a information professionals for action in the Gard Marshall when the school was founded. This endowment and other weakened economy — all the more reason for us to be steadfast in present and in the future; and externally raised funds are becoming ever more important as state the pursuit of our long-term goals. ■ Inspire in our students an uncompromising advocacy for support decreases. Our new vision statement for the school states, “We generate knowledge. Many people are surprised to hear that less than 25 percent of knowledge and educate leaders who bring together people and The educational programs and goals that we have for the the university budget now comes from the state. Over 30 percent of information with the help of technology.” The SILS community future include establishing our undergraduate major in informa- the budget at Chapel Hill comes from contracts and grants, 11 wanted to begin the statement with a focus on the people who need tion science; expanding and enhancing the master’s programs to percent from fundraising and another 30 percent from sales and and use information. We also wanted to reflect the importance of meet the growing demand for information and library profession- services. As we move ahead, I urge you to think of ways that you making information content accessible. While no one can deny als; strengthening the doctoral program; and increasing partner- can support the school as we continue to strive for excellence and the great impact of technology has had on the provision of ships across the campus and around the globe. leadership in these challenging times. ❑

The school’s programs and curriculum are A Rich Past constantly evolving to meet the needs of the time. The school’s technological infrastructure is Continued from previous page constantly updated and upgraded, to best prepare appoint a woman (Susan Grey Akers) as its dean. students for what awaits them after graduation. It was also the first school to have its information Well respected on campus and far beyond the science degree program fully accredited by the university’s walls, SILS has fulfilled and greatly American Library Association (in early 2000). exceeded Wilson’s vision for the school. The strength of SILS has been, and As it begins its eighth decade at Chapel Hill, continues to be, its people. Its leaders, from the the School of Information and Library Science is groundbreaking Wilson to current dean Joanne well positioned to continue building on the Gard Marshall, have taken the school to greater strong foundations laid by the likes of Wilson and greater heights. Its nationally and interna- and Akers. What’s led SILS to its sterling tionally recognized faculty members are widely reputation and number-one ranking will respected as excellent teachers, researchers and continue to guide the school as it faces the collaborators. Its students, from undergraduate challenges that lie ahead. minors to Ph.D.s, graduate and assume key And, if history is any indication, the next 70 positions in organizations across the globe. years will likely be just as successful as the first. ❑

Wilson Susan Grey Akers, here in 1955, sits with Billy Rayford Wilkinson, the first recipient of a scholarship at Continued from previous page the school established in the former dean’s name. Carolina, was the co-author with Maurice F. She earned her doctoral degree from the Tauber of another landmark work, The Pioneer Akers University of Chicago in 1932, and at that time University Library, and wrote three volumes of was only the fourth person, and second woman, Continued from previous page UNC history. in the United States, to hold a doctorate in He taught part-time in the School of that at least made the administration realize that library science. Library Science until 1959 and served as a there was a place for women in the academic Most successful people in this world have a adviser to President William C. Friday until 1969. world. keen sense of humor to carry them through the He also conducted numerous university surveys, “She was gracious, friendly and scholarly,” tough roads they are forced to travel. Dr. Akers as well as a survey of the region, Libraries of the then UNC President William C. Friday said, “and kept her sense of humor to the very end. At the Southeast, the latter with Marian A. Milczewski. will be remembered as one of the leaders in school’s 50th anniversary celebration in 1981, she He marked the centenary of his birth with teaching and administrating as the University attended a reception in her honor and when Dr. publication of a new book, Louis Round grew from a relatively small campus to a large, Holley saluted her by saying, “Miss Akers, I’m Wilson’s Historical Sketches, issued a month complex institution. The University is grateful for glad you came,” she replied with a twinkle in her before the celebration. the contributions of this great lady.” eye, “So am I.” Active in the American Library Association, Louis Round Wilson, books and libraries are syn- Dr. Edward G. Holley, dean of the school at Dr. Akers pioneered the cause for women on onymous terms at UNC-Chapel Hill. Wilson accepted membership on the Board of the time of Akers’ death in 1984, stated, this campus and she brought the University Education for Librarianship during its second centennial year, the ALA added to his other “[Susan] established the foundations upon many honors. A lady with these credentials year and served from 1925 to 1932. He was the honors the Melvil Dewey Medal. ❑ which the school’s subsequent reputation has should not be soon forgotten. ❑ ALA president (1935-36) and was one of the ALA (EDITOR’S NOTE: The preceding article been built.” (EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally officials chiefly interested in federal support for was reprinted from the Spring 1980 edition of In 1931, Dr. Akers secured the second ran in The Chapel Hill Newspaper in 1984 and libraries. In 1951, the ALA presented Wilson its News from Chapel Hill, shortly after Wilson’s $100,000 Carnegie Foundation endowment that was reprinted with permission in the Spring highest award, honorary membership. In his death on Dec. 10, 1979, at the age of 102.) made the school’s continued existence possible. 1984 issues of News from Chapel Hill.)

A Special Edition for a Special Occasion Information and Library Science Astute readers probably noticed that this edition of the SILS newsletter looks @ Carolina somewhat different than it usually does. That’s because we wanted to do some- Published by the UNC-CH School of Information and Library Science thing special to help celebrate the school’s first seven decades. and its Alumni Association for the school’s alumni and friends. It is important to note, however, that this special edition merely touches the David C. MacDonald surface of the school’s rich history. By no means complete, it covers what we think Executive Editor are the highlights of the school’s first 70 years. Condensing a book’s worth of SILS Director of Communications history into a few pages was no easy task; we have no doubt left out many impor- Robert Albright tant people and noteworthy events. Communications Assistant That being said, we invite you to read on and as you do, think about the Junior, School of Journalism school and the role it has played, or is playing in your life. Share with us your Please send submissions to: and Mass Communication thoughts on SILS and what it has meant to you. Think about information and SILS Newsletter CB #3360, 100 Manning Hall The University of North Carolina at Chapel science education, where it’s been, and where it may be going. Send your com- Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360 Hill is committed to the principles of equal opportunity with regard to its ments via email to [email protected] and we will share some of your remem- [email protected] students and its employees. brances in the next edition of the newsletter. ❑ 3 SILS’ First Seven Decades: Year By Year Librarian, “strongly urges” the establishment of ■ Faculty votes to discontinue master of school a school of library science at the University of librarianship program. North Carolina. 1960 1929 ■ Carlyle J. Frarey becomes ■ Carnegie Corporation grants $100,000 to the acting dean of the school University for the establishment of a school of library science. Announcement of the five-year 1963 grant and of plans for school made at dedication ■ Under Frarey’s leadership, ceremonies for the newly completed University school introduces revised Frarey Library building, October 19-22. Manning Hall - former law school has been home curriculum. to the school since 1970. 1931 1964 ■ 1940 School of Library Science classes begin (Sept. ■ Margaret E. Kalp becomes ■ 17). Carnegie Corporation grants the school a acting dean of the school second $100,000 (September) (September 1). 1932 Wilson Library - first home of the School of Infor- Kalp ■ School provisionally accredited as a Type II 1941 1967 mation and Library Science. ■ (graduate) library school by the Board of Akers appointed dean. ■ Walter A. Sedelow Jr. becomes 1901 ■ Education for Librarianship of the ALA (March). Type III curriculum discontinued due to lack dean of the school. ■ Louis Round Wilson becomes University ■ First class of students of demand. ■ librarian, a position he would hold for 31 years. graduates (June 7). Degree granted by the school changed from 1968 ■ Dr. Wilson resigns as B.A. in L.S. to B.S. in L.S. ■ Law School moves out of 1904 librarian and director of the school to become dean of the 1942 Manning Hall. ■ UNC-CH offers its first courses in library Sedelow University of Chicago Graduate ■ science, during the summer terms. Dr. Wilson retires as dean at Chicago and 1969 Library School. Akers returns to UNC as consultant and part-time ■ Susan Grey Akers receives ■ Manning Hall renovations begin. 1906 professor at the school. nation’s first Ph.D. in library science from U. of ■ University offers courses in library science Chicago Graduate Library School. 1947 1970 during regular school term. ■ Akers named acting director of the school. ■ University approves school’s proposed Master ■ Raymond L. Carpenter Jr. becomes acting dean of the 1909 1934 of School Librarianship program (December 10). The first students would enter the program in 1950. school (July). ■ University grants credit for courses in library ■ School fully accredited for both Type II and ■ Future distinguished alumus William Powell ■ School moves into Manning science. Type III (undergraduate) library training by graduates from the school. Hall (September), one day Board of Education for Librarianship of the ALA before fall registration. Carpenter 1912 (March). 1948 ■ Enrollment in summer courses warrants a ■ School admitted to membership in the 1972 ■ Dr. Wilson retires as consultant and part-time visiting instructor in library science at UNC. Association of American Library Schools ■ professor. Edward G. Holley becomes (December). dean. (January 1). 1915 ■ First issue of “News from 1935 1950 ■ University allows graduate credit to students Chapel Hill” alumni newsletter ■ School offers first courses leading to degree of for a course in bibliography. ■ School begins offering its regular courses in published (Nov.). Holley consecutive summer terms, so that students master of school librarianship. ■ School moves to Old Filter Plant for 1950-51 1922 might earn A.B. in L.S. by attendance during 1974 summer sessions only. school year during construction of addition to ■ Dr. Louis R. Wilson, in his ■ School begins providing library services for ■ Akers named director of the school. the University library building. Annual Report of the EPA Library in RTP (May 6). ■ Alumni association formed as The North Librarian, proposes that the ■ Holley inaugurated as 91st president of the Carolina Library School Association. 1951 University offer summer American Library Association in New York City ■ Alumni association offers first tuitional ■ University approves school’s program leading courses for school and city (July 12). scholarship to a student in the school. to Master of Science in Library Science degree librarians. Wilson ■ School introduces revised master’s program, (March 8). with a new 12-hour bock of basic material 1937 ■ Alumni Association establishes Susan Grey 1923 required of all students. ■ University assumes financial support of the Akers Scholarship. ■ Dr. Wilson proposes, for the first time in an ■ school with state funds. School moves into new quarters in the new 1975 Annual Report of the Librarian, that the west wing of the library building (September). University consider establishing a school of ■ ■ Dr. Lester E. Asheim becomes school’s first 1939 Dr. Wilson returns as visiting professor to teach library science. two courses in the M.S. in L.S. program. William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor. ■ N.C. General Assembly authorizes establish- 1925 ment of a professional school in library science 1953 1976 at the North Carolina College for Negroes in ■ Dr. Wilson appointed chairman of ALA Board ■ ■ Former acting dean Carlyle J. Frarey dies at Durham. Dr. Akers agrees to help program get School celebrates first Alumni Day (April 17). of Education for Librarianship. ■ School presents first candidates for Master of the age of 57 (March 13). started and serves as dean of both schools until ■ Dr. Wilson celebrates 100th birthday (December October 1946. Science in Library Science degree (June). 1926 27). ■ Dr. Wilson, in his Annual Report of the 1954 1977 ■ Akers retires after 23 years as member of the faculty, three ■ Dr. Fred W. Roper becomes assistant dean years as acting director, six (January 15). years as director and 13 years as dean. 1978 ■ Lucile Kelling appointed ■ Former acting dean Margaret Ellen Kalp dies dean of the school. Kelling at the age of 63 (April 26).

1955 1979 ■ School’s administrative board approves ■ Dr. Wilson dies at the age of 102 (December abandonment of the degree of bachelor of 10). science in library science. 1980 1957 ■ Jo Ann Hardison Bell becomes school’s first ■ American Library Association accredits school doctoral degree recipient (May 11). under its 1951 revised standards. Members of the faculty of the School of Library Science in 1955: (from left) Julia Boulware, Lucile 1981 1958 Kelling, Louis Round Wilson, Sarah R. Reed, O.V. Cook, Jean Freeman, Carlyle J. Frarey, Margaret ■ School celebrates its 50th anniversary (March Kalp, Ethel Rose and William R. Pullen. ■ North Carolina chapter of Beta Phi Mu installed (May 3). Continued on following page 4 1990 ■ School celebrates 20 years of providing library Year by Year ■ Dr. Moran becomes dean services to the EPA. Continued from previous page (July 1). ■ Dr. Jerry D. Saye becomes 1996 25-28) with four days of seminars, reports and assistant dean (July 1). ■ Dr. Helen Tibbo named assistant dean (July 1). social events. ■ Former Dean Lucile Kelling ■ SunSITE moves from basement of Phillips Henderson dies at the age of 95 Hall to second-floor lab in Manning. 1982 (July 29). ■ Professor Dr. William M. Shaw Jr. named Moran ■ Dr. Roper becomes associate dean (January 1). ■ OCLC Founder Frederick G. school’s first McColl Professor. Kilgour appointed Distinguished Research 1984 Professor at SILS. 1997 ■ Lester Asheim Scholarship Fund endowed ■ Former Dean Susan Grey Akers dies at the age ■ Dr. Susan Steinfirst, retired professor, dies of with $30,000. A special banner was unfurled at SILS in 1999. of 94 (January 30). cancer at the age of 56 (March 7). A lecture fund ■ Elizabeth J. “Lib” Laney becomes SLS is later established in her name. 2000 1991 ■ School celebrates 65th anniversary with day of librarian (November). ■ SILS becomes first school to have its informa- ■ Dr. Daniel becomes president of the Associa- presentations and activities (April 25). tion science master’s program accredited for a tion for Library and Information Science ■ First three recipients of SILS undergraduate 1985 full-seven years by the ALA. The school’s LS Education (ALISE) (January). minor graduate from UNC. ■ Dr. Evelyn H. Daniel master’s program, continually accredited since ■ Dr. Roper, dean of USC College of Library and ■ Professor Emeritus Lester E. Asheim dies at becomes dean (July 1). 1934, also receives a full accreditation. Information Science, presents school’s first the age of 83 (July 1). ■ Associate Professor Dr. Paul Solomon assumes Lucile Kelling Henderson Lecture (April 19). ■ Haas receives school’s first Outstanding 1986 duties of associate dean (July 1). Daniel ■ SILS Librarian Laney retires (June 30). Teacher of the Year award. ■ Gillian Debreczeny retires as SILS librarian ■ Dr. Roper resigns to become ■ SILS graduate Gillian M. Debreczeny becomes dean of the library school at the University of (July 31). new SILS librarian (December 15). 1998 ■ South Carolina at Columbia (June). Dr. Tibbo named school’s third McColl ■ Children’s author and UNC graduate Mary Professor (2000-2002) . 1992 Pope Osborne appears as first Susan Steinfirst ■ 1987 Thanks in part to a $4 million gift from Red ■ Melissa M. Cain becomes school’s first director Lecturer (April 4). Hat Center, Metalab (the former Sun SITE) ■ Scott Barker joins the SILS staff as director of of development (January 1). ■ Dr. Robert Losee named school’s second becomes ibiblio.org, “the public’s library” computing services. (January) ■ School uses Alumni Day to celebrate 60th McColl Professor (1998-2000). (September 11). ■ Dr. Barbara B. Moran becomes assistant dean anniversary of school’s founding (May 1). ■ School honors past and current assistant/ (July 1). 1999 associate deans at special ceremony (Sept. 29) 1993 ■ Joanne Gard Marshall ■ School holds “Open Information Week” 1988 ■ School offers first Oxford seminar, “English becomes dean (January 1). (October 16-20). ■ Change of school’s name to School of Libraries and Librarianship” (May 23-June 5) ■ School ties for first in U.S. ■ Dean Marshall featured on cover of Library Information and Library Science becomes with Dr. Holley serving as academic adviser. News & World Report Journal (November 15). official. ■ School’s newly created Board of Visitors meets rankings of top graduate ■ School introduces post-graduate Certificate of for the first time (November). schools in the field (March). 2001 Advanced Study (CAS) degree. ■ School’s Interaction Design Marshall ■ SILS and business school announce introduc- ■ School celebrates 15 years of serving EPA 1994 Laboratory (IDL) holds open house (March 26). tion of dual master’s degree program. Library. ■ ■ Dr. Saye appointed associate dean (July 1). Picnic held to celebrate school’s 25-year ■ Rebecca Vargha joins SILS staff as school’s ■ Frances Carroll McColl Professorship partnership with EPA Library new librarian (August 1). 1989 ■ th established with $250,000 gift from Hugh L. and School conducts its first mid-year commence- ■ School kicks off 70 anniversary celebration ■ Dr. Holley named school’s second William Jane Spratt McColl. ment ceremony in Wilson Library’s Pleasants with John Vaughn’s appearance as Henderson Rand Kenan Jr. Professor. Family Assembly Room (December 18). Lecturer (October 8). ❑ Who’s Who at SILS Through the Years 5 SchoolNews Briefs NSF Funds Video Project SILS Professors Gary Marchionini and Barbara Wildemuth and the Interaction Design Laboratory (IDL) have been awarded a $518,855 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to design and test user interfaces for digital video. The project, “Agileviews for Video Browsing: Advanced Surrogates, Control Mechanisms and Usability” will develop a design framework for retrieval and use of digital video on the Internet. The project will build upon the Open Video Project (www.open-video.org), a repository of digital video based at SILS, and investigate how key frames of visual content can be used to create overviews and previews for video. Techniques such as slide shows, story boards and fast- forwards of key frames will be developed and tested as augmentations to audio extracts and keyword representations of meaning in video content. The project will run for three years and involve several graduate students at the school.

Lt. Gov., Chancellor Visit School John Vaughn, executive vice president of the Association of American Universities, addressed issues surrounding scholarly publishing. In March, SILS hosted visits from North Carolina Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue and UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser. Perdue took a guided tour of the school led by Dean Henderson Kicks Off 70th Joanne Gard Marshall, and then had the opportunity to meet A near capacity crowd turned out to help SILS kick off its 70th with SILS faculty, staff and anniversary celebration at the school’s annual Lucile Kelling students. Perdue, who took Henderson Lecture on October 8. The featured speaker was John office in November 2000, has Vaughn, executive vice president of the Association of American served five terms in the state Universities (AAU). Senate and two in the North Among those in attendance at the event were UNC-Chapel Carolina House of Representa- Hill Chancellor James Moeser, UNC President Molly Broad and tives. She has been a key figure Medical Library Association President Carol Jenkins. The event was in shaping North Carolina’s co-sponsored by UNC Libraries. education and health care The Henderson lecture is an annual presentation established agendas. in 1990 to honor the memory of Lucile K. Henderson, faculty Perdue is a former public member (1932-1960) and dean (1954-1960) of what was then school teacher, health care Beverly Perdue (right) and Dean Joanne Marshall dur- known as the School of Library Science at UNC. professional and co-chair of the ing their tour of Manning. As AAU executive director, Vaughn serves as deputy to the Senate Appropriations president and chief operating officer. He also serves as director of Committee. Her visit followed that of UNC-CH Chancellor policy studies, supervising the association’s work in developing James Moeser the previous day. Moeser also took a guided national and institutional policies that support the missions of its tour of the school with Marshall and met various faculty member universities. He focuses on issues such as intellectual members, staff and students. UNC President Molly Broad and UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor James property, information technology, research libraries, scholarly Moeser were just two of those who turned out to help SILS kick off its communication and international education. ❑ anniversary celebration. Prague Seminar to Debut in ’02 The School of Information and Library Science is proud to announce the introduction of a new summer seminar to the Czech Republic. Metadata Session Goes Virtual Held in late June and early July, this new seminar will A special 70th anniversary panel discussion be co-sponsored by Charles University in Prague and feature on metadata, sponsored by SILS and the Odum lectures, tours and talks by some of the region’s most Institute for Research in Social Science, made respected library and information science professionals. exciting use of a new high-tech classroom at Watch the SILS continuing ed web site at http:// UNC. www.ils.unc.edu/html/2_continuing_ed.shtml for more Held on October 9 in Phillips Hall Room details on these two exciting international opportunities. 328, “Metadata: Publishing, E-books and More” launched the only independent video classroom Sun Grant Funds New Server on campus. Priscilla Caplan, a SILS graduate California-based Sun Microsystems has provided SILS and assistant director for digital library services at with a grant worth almost $34,000 for a new computer server the Florida Center for Library Automation, at the school. attended the discussion via live videoconference. SILS purchased one machine and Sun’s grant covered Onsite panelists included Ann-Marie the cost of a second. Both machines, Sun Fire 280R servers, Breaux, southeast approval manager/systems will be used for research at the school. vendor liaison, Yankee Book Peddler Library The servers will be used for research on subjects such as Systems; Ellen Bush, sales and marketing information retrieval, human-computer interaction, data assistant, UNC Press; Erica Eisdorfer, manager, visualization, database management and programming. Student Stores-Bull’s Head Bookstore; and Marjorie Fowler, electronic projects manager, UNC Press. SILS Assistant Professor Dr. Jane Health Course Offered Online Greenberg moderated the session. ❑ SILS graduate Priscilla Caplan participates in the discussion via videoconference. SILS Associate Professor Dr. Claudia Gollop will offer her “Consumer Health Information” course as a distance education course next semester. The course will Sturm to Address Grads at Winter Commencement explore resources and services to be selected and evaluated SILS Assistant Professor Dr. Brian Sturm will 1991 at Indiana University and a bachelor of arts in when providing consumer health information (CHI) in serve as keynote speaker at the school’s Dec. 20 French from the College of William and Mary in various types of libraries and information centers. commencement ceremony for August and December 1985. Professionals and students within and outside the SILS graduates. A professional storyteller since 1990, Sturm has community are invited to participate. The cost of the course Sturm, who joined the SILS staff in 1998, performed and conducted workshops for adults and is $250. For more information, see the SILS continuing specializes in children’s literature and storytelling. children at schools, libraries, conferences and education web page at http://www.ils.unc.edu/html/ Sturm earned his master’s of library science in special events. ❑ 2_continuing_ed.shtml ❑ Brian Sturm 6 NC/SLA Honors EPA, NIEHS From Press Release “Workforce Issues Facing Special Librarianship.” The EPA and NIEHS Libraries in Research In other EPA/NIEHS news: Triangle Park were honored this spring with a ■ Michael Cummings has joined the EPA special award presented by the North Carolina Library’s staff as its new interlibrary loan/ Chapter of the Special Libraries Association (NC/ reference librarian. Cummings worked most SLA) at its annual meeting in Greensboro. recently at the North Carolina Archives as Barbara Post presented the Information digitization project archivist. He has also worked Management Award jointly to the Environmental with Lorillard Tobacco in the Spears Research Protection Agency and the National Institute of Center Library and at the Public Library of Environmental Health Sciences for their Charlotte-Mecklenburg County. cooperative inter-agency student internship Cummings, a 1998 graduate of SILS, was program. an intern at the EPA Library while earning his Since its inception 26 years ago, more than MSLS at the school. Deborah Balsamo (MSLS, 260 students have gained special library ’97), director of the library, said she is “very experience while attending library school. Post, a pleased to have Michael back as a permanent former intern of the program, noted that over the member of the staff.” ■ years these two organizations have remained Assistant Library Director Claire Locke Dav Robertson (left), NIEHS library director, and John Knight (right), federal library director with the U.S. committed to the internship program, recogniz- attended the Special Libraries Association annual EPA, display the plaques awarded to them by Barbara Post, a SILS graduate and former EPA Library intern. ing not only its value as a training ground for conference in San Antonio in June and has been future librarians, but also as a means of keeping named chair of the Career Guidance Committee 3M/NMRT Professional Development Grant for summer and fall semesters. SILS students Audrey their libraries abreast of changes in the of the Environmental Resources Management outstanding achievement. In July, she attended Cash, Emily Glenn and Krista Schmidt joined the profession. Division (ERMD) of SLA. the EPA National Library Network annual staff in May; and Teresa Alexander, a student of Also at the NC/SLA meeting, Dean Joanne ■ Balsamo traveled to San Francisco for meeting in Denver. NCCU’s School of Library and Information Gard Marshall spoke to members about the ALA annual conference and was awarded the ■ The library welcomed new interns for the Science, came on board in September. ❑ 10th Annual Oxford Trip: A Look Back and Ahead Participants are being sought once again for a seminar offering a chance to study the history of librarianship at England’s world- renowned Bodleian Library, one of the greatest research centers in the world. The program is sponsored by SILS and the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Library and its Department for Continuing Education. “Libraries and Librarianship: Past, Present and Future” is a two-week seminar that will trace the Bodleian Library’s past and chart the future of information and technology. Partici- pants may earn three hours of graduate credit from SILS for attending the May 19- June 1, IBM was just one of the many employers on hand for the career fair at the Dean Smith Center. 2002, seminar. In their tenth year of partnership on Organizers Laud Attendance “Libraries and Librarianship,” UNC-CH and Oxford will provide a comprehensive survey of At Earlier-Than-Usual Job Fair librarianship in England. Participants learn Oxford’s Radcliffe Camera, built in 1749. about academic libraries and librarianship in By Robert Albright Britain, as well as trends and developments in continuing education I have experienced.” On Tuesday, September 19, students and library automation in Britain and Europe. Areas Dr. David Carr, a professor at SILS and employers met for a day of résumé exchang- such as preservation, conservation and collection academic director for the 2001 trip, said Oxford’s ing and networking at the Technology and development policies are presented from both the Bodleian library “makes our students welcome, Library Science Career Fair, co-sponsored by Oxford and British national viewpoints. opens its riches, and allows us to see the SILS and University Career Services. The seminar offers information and library dimensions of a world treasury.” A total of 243 students and 33 organiza- science professionals and graduate students an Registrations must be postmarked by March tions attended this year’s event at the Dean opportunity to discuss trends in academic 31, 2002. Registration is limited and early Smith Center. The Library Science Career Fair librarianship and to meet peers from around the registration is encouraged. For more informa- usually takes place annually in February, but world. tion, call (919) 843-8337 or send e-mail to the event combined with the Technology Kathleen Curley, a librarian from Tucson, [email protected]. Information and an Career Fair this year because of construction Az., and a 2001 participant in the program, online registration form can be found at at the Student Union. called her Oxford trip “the most rewarding www.ils.unc.edu/ils/continuing_ed/oxford. ❑ Marcia Harris, director of University Career Services, said this year’s combined career fair was a success despite present strains on the economy. Class Without a Classroom A representative of N.C. State University speaks “The fair went extremely well, particu- with a student at the career fair. larly in light of a tight job market,” she said. Popular Across the Globe “Both student and employer attendance was above what we expected for this year.” Harris said the event allowed students to explore career options, meet with a broad range of SILS is currently offering the third session Designed as an introduction for medical employers and learn about organizations that were hiring. In addition to helping students, of its Web-based course “Evidence-Based librarians to the practice of EBM, this web-based Harris said the career fair also benefited employers. Medicine (EBM) and the Medical Librarian,” led course is approved for 10 CEUs from the Medical “(Employers) are able to travel to one site and promote their organization to a large by Connie Schardt and Julie Garrison of the Library Association and runs for eight consecu- number of excellent candidates,” Harris said. Duke Medical Center Library and Julia Kochi of tive weeks. It takes approximately 30 hours to Participating organizations included academic and public libraries from Texas, Virginia the University of California at San Francisco. complete the course, depending on previous and North Carolina. Also attending were governmental organizations such as the Bureau of the Formerly administered by the Medical knowledge of EBM and other factors. The cost of Census and the Central Intelligence Agency, as well as private corporations such as IBM and Library Association (MLA), SILS took over the the course is $250. Microsoft. ❑ administrative responsibilities of the course prior The format of the course is a combination to the February/March 2001 session of the eight- of course material, independent readings, reviews week course. and exercises. In addition, students are required School Announces CE Partnerships The current session began October 14, with to participate in discussions through the course SILS is pleased to announce the formation of cooperative agreements with two leaders in the class participants from across the United States, listserv or scheduled chat sessions. A final provision of information and library science continuing education. and as far away as England and Finland. Past assignment integrating all the concepts learned The SILS web site (http://ils.unc.edu/ils/continuing_ed/partners/) now features links to participants have come from countries such as during the previous weeks is also required. distance education courses offered by the Faculty of Information Studies at the University of Toronto Australia, Italy and Hong Kong, among others. For more information about the course or and on-site courses offered by the University of South Carolina’s College of Library and Information The EBM instruction team plans to offer its for registration information, visit our web site at Science (CLIS). The partnerships were created to make continuing and distance education opportuni- next session of the course in the summer or fall http://ils.unc.edu/ils/continuing_ed/ebm/ ties more accessible to SILS alumni and other North Carolina professionals. ❑ of 2002. main.html. ❑ 7 Comings and Goings What’s Happening with Faculty, Staff has been appointed Scott Adams Associate Professor Dr. David Carr has director of information technology. He been invited to be the keynote speaker for the Carr Named School’s Teacher of the Year previously served as the school’s director of 21st Century Learner Conference for the Institute instructional technology. for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in Associate Professor Dr. David Carr has been named Outstanding Teacher of the Year November. He will speak on “The Promise of (2000-2001) at the School of Information and Library Science. The award was announced at Student Services/External Affairs Cultural Institutions.” For more about the the school’s May commencement ceremony. Assistant Shonita Alford has left SILS to conference, see http://www.imls.gov/confer- Carr, a member of the SILS faculty since 1998, is the fifth pursue her law degree. ence/agenda.htm. professor at the school to win the annual award, funded by interest Dr. Carr also had his article titled “Balanc- from the school’s Bicentennial Teaching Award Endowment established SILS Administrative Manager Gerry ing Act: Ethics, Mission and the Public Trust” in 1995. The award is based on nominations and class evaluations Compton has announced her plans to appear in the September/October 2001 edition of from students, and submissions from faculty members outlining their retire in December. Compton joined the Museum News, the journal of the American teaching philosophies. A $2,500 cash award accompanies the honor. SILS staff in September 1978. Association of Museums. “Among the many nominations received, several themes were He has also refereed the following: (1) “In clear,” noted Dr. Barbara Wildemuth, last year’s winner. “First, [David] David Carr Assistant Professor Dr. Brad the Contexts of the Possible: Libraries and is enthusiastic about his teaching. Second, he encourages his students Hemminger has joined the SILS faculty Museums as Incendiary Cultural Institutions” in to take risks. And third, he is dedicated to his students as individuals, respecting and caring for and will specialize in RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts each of them.” the instruction of and Cultural Heritage 1(2):117-135, Fall 2000, In June, Carr served as faculty adviser to the school’s “Libraries and Librarianship: Past, bioinformatics at the and (2) “A Museum is an Open Work” in the Present and Future” seminar in Oxford, England. He came to SILS from Rutgers University, school. He comes to International Journal of Heritage Studies. where he had taught since 1975. His research interests include cultural institutions and the school from UNC- (UK) 7(2):173-183, Spring 2001. thinking, reading for pleasure, tools and cognition, collections, reference and concepts of Chapel Hill’s service. Department of Professor and former SILS dean Dr. After earning his bachelor’s degree at Drew University in 1967, Carr earned his master of Radiology, where he Evelyn Daniel chaired the conference arts degree at Columbia University’s Teachers College in 1968, and his master of library service served as a senior Brad Hemminger program committee of the International (1973) and doctoral (1979) degrees at Rutgers University. He received the Teaching Excellence research associate. Federation of Library Associations and Institu- Award from the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) in 1994. Hemminger, who this May earned his tions (IFLA). The extremely successful confer- Previous winners of the Outstanding Teaching Award at SILS are Dr. Stephanie Haas ❑ Ph.D. in computer science at the University ence, held in Boston in August, was the largest (1997), Dr. Jerry Saye (1998), Dr. Evelyn Daniel (1999) and Wildemuth (2000). of Utrecht in the Netherlands, earned his gathering of international librarians ever held, master’s degree in the same field at UNC- with a record attendance of 5,330. The theme of integrating federal statistical information and Associate Professor Dr. Diane Chapel Hill in 1985. He received his the conference was “Libraries and Librarians – processes. (April 2001) Washington, D.C.: Office Sonnenwald was recently awarded a Fulbright bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University Making a Difference in the Knowledge Age.” of Management and Budget. p. 219-226. to conduct research and teach in Finland during in 1982. In addition to bioinformatics, In May, Dr. Marchionini presented a talk on the 2001-2002 academic year. Due to other Hemminger’s academic areas of interest Associate Professor Dr. Claudia Gollop “Information and Library Science Potentials for commitments at UNC, she’s opted for a five- include data mining, human-computer served as the guest speaker at the North Carolina Bioinformatics” at the Carolina Genome month stay and will be based at the University of interaction, computer-supported collabora- Central University Library in April. She was Sciences Center Planning Retreat. … Ongoing Tampere (Department of Information Studies). tive work and information visualization. invited as part of its observance of National research projects include an NSF Digital She has also been invited to visit the University of Library Week. The title of the talk was “African Government Grant: Citizen Access to Government Oulu and the Abo Academy when she arrives in Cheryl Lytle has joined the SILS Americans and Consumer Health Information Statistical Data, (2) Patent Management System January 2002. staff as assistant director of information (CHI).” Design and Implementation (with Diane technology. She Sonnenwald) and (3) serving as chair of the Dr. Brian Sturm has contributed a comes to the school Assistant Professor Dr. Jane Odum Institute Internet Impact Faculty Working chapter (“The Reader’s Altered State of from the university’s Greenberg’s paper “A Quantitative Categorical Group (2000-2002). Consciousness”) to editors Kenneth Shearer and ATN (Academic Analysis of Metadata Elements in Image Robert Burgin’s The Readers’ Advisor’s Technologies and Applicable Metadata Schemas” appeared in the In April, Dr. Barbara Moran was the Companion, due to be published in November. Networks) training November 2001 (52(11)) edition of JASIST, the featured speaker at the Lynchburg Area Library … In May, he presented “Abducted by Elves: the center in Hanes Hall. Journal of the American Society for Information Cooperative Spring Meeting at Randolph-Macon Listener’s Journey to the Other World” at the Fifth Lytle received Science and Technology. Women’s College in Lynchburg, Va. Her Annual University College of Cape Breton (Nova her bachelor’s degree Cheryl Lytle Dr. Greenberg’s paper, “Automatic Query presentation was titled “From Many to One? Scotia) Storytelling Symposium.. in business adminis- Expansion via Lexical-Semantic Relationships” Library Reorganization at the University Of In April, he presented “Reader’s Advisory tration at Virginia Tech and her master’s in appears in JASIST 52(1) Oxford.” and Reference with Children,” at a full-day industrial management at the Georgia In March, she organized and presented a workshop of the Northwest North Carolina Institute of Technology. Professor Dr. Robert Losee’s paper panel on “Where Will We Find Our Replace- Library Council in King, N.C. … In March, he “Natural Language Processing in Support of ments? Recruiting New Professionals to presented “Performance Tips for Authors” at the UNC-Chapel Hill graduate Rebecca Decision Making: Phases and Part-of-Speech Academic Libraries” at the ACRL Conference in North Carolina Summit of Children’s Authors B. Vargha has been hired as the new Tagging” appeared as the lead article in Denver and Illustrators in Durham. librarian at the university’s School of November 2001 (37(6)) edition of Information In May, she traveled to Prague to make Dr. Sturm’s exhibit, “Picture A Book,” an Information and Library Science (SILS). Processing & Management. arrangements for our inaugural SILS/Charles exhibition of North Carolina children’s She succeeds Gillian Debreczeny who retired Dr. Losee’s paper, “Term Dependence: A Summer Seminar. While there, she met with illustrators was on display at the Carrboro in 2000. Basis for Luhn and Zipf Models,” appeared in the former visiting faculty member Richard Papik Branch Library (July 1 - October 28). … He has Vargha, most December 2001 (52(12)) edition of JASIST, the and a number of SILS’ Charles exchange designed an online course for the Education recently a senior Journal of the American Society for Information students. School titled “Children, Literature and research specialist at Science and Technology. She completed service as a member of the Elementary Schools.”… He joined the planning Nortel Networks in Taskforce on Strategic Planning for the ALA’s committee for the N.C. Literary Festival to be Research Triangle Dr. Gary Marchionini has presented the Committee on Accreditation and she was elected held on campus April 5-6, 2002. Park, comes to SILS following papers: chair of the Budget Committee of the Faculty He has been invited to join the advisory with more than 20 ■ Marchionini, G. (2001). “Evaluating Assembly, the elected body of representatives of board for the Tales Online Project funded by the years of professional Rebecca Vargha Digital Libraries: A Longitudinal and Multifac- the faculty of the 16 UNC campuses. National Endowment for the Humanities. The library experience. eted View.” Library Trends. 49(2), 304-333. effort to design an electronic database of folk After earning her master’s of library science ■ Fox, E. & Marchionini, G. (2001). Dr. Greg Newby recently announced narratives is currently funded at $100,000, and is degree from North Carolina Central “Digital Libraries” (Guest editor’s introduction to that Project Gutenberg, a volunteer project for based out of the Indiana University folklore University (NCCU) in Durham, she worked special issue). Communications of the ACM, which he serves as “second in command,” was department. for 14 years as an associate librarian at the 44(5), 31-32. recently named a finalist in the Tech Museum of National Humanities Center in Durham ■ Marchionini, G., Hert, C., Shneiderman, Innovation’s Global Awards Program. McColl Professor Dr. Helen Tibbo’s and then spent six years at SAS Institute Inc. B., & Liddy, L. (2001). “E-Tables: Non-Specialist Project Gutenberg is made up of approxi- paper on “Archival Perspectives on the Emerging in Cary, as a research and information Use and Understanding of Statistical Data. mately 2,000 volunteers on five continents, who Digital Library” appeared in the May 2001 issue analyst and library coordinator. She joined Proceedings of dg.o2001: National Conference input electronic texts that are carefully edited of Communications of the ACM devoted to digital Nortel’s staff in July 2000. for Digital Government. (Los Angeles, May 21- and proofread. People in over 100 countries are libraries. Papers by clinical professor Paul Vargha, who earned her bachelor’s 23, 2001). 114-119. accessing this electronic library which contains Jones (“Open[Source]ing the Doors for degree in English from UNC in 1979, served ■ Nelson, M., Marchionini, G., Geisler, G., almost 4,000 e-texts and is adding about 1,000 Contributor-Run Digital Libraries”) and SILS as an adjunct professor at SILS in the late & Yang, M. (in press). “A Bucket Architecture for per year. research fellow Dr. Michael Nelson (“Buckets: 1990s. She is an active member of the the Open Video Project.” Proceedings of JCDL Project Gutenberg’s main distribution site is Smart Objects for Digital Libraries”) also Special Libraries Association (serving as 2001: Joint Conference on Digital Libraries SILS’ own ibiblio.org (formerly MetaLab). appeared. president of its North Carolina chapter in (Roanoke, Va., June 24-28, 2001). Dr. Newby also had an article published in Dr. Gary Marchionini served as co- 1990) and several other professional ■ Hert, C., Marchionini, G., Liddy, E., & the December 2001 (52(12)) issue of JASIST, the editor of the issue, which reached 80,000 associations. A past member of its national Shneiderman, B. (2001). “Integrating Electronic Journal of the American Society for Information computing professionals and contained 60 board of directors, Vargha today serves on Systems for Disseminating Statistics.” Federal Science and Technology (ASIS&T). The article pages of articles and sidebars devoted to digital the SLA’s Scholarship Committee. ❑ Committee on Statistical Methodology examines the similarities between cognitive and libraries in a variety of disciplines and from Statistical Policy Working Paper 32: Seminar on information space. major research libraries. ❑ 8 SILS Graduates May 2001Commencement Doctor of Philosophy Barbara Miller Marson Debra Jean Slone Certificate of Advanced Study Miriam Louise Matteson Master of Science in Information Science Harry George Ahlas Cynthia Lee Blue Amy Elizabeth Carlson Zhen Zhen Deng Kevin Timothy Doupe Andrew Dzhigo Allison Kamay Fong Lyda Beth Fowler Wei Gao Steven Wai Gee Robert Arthur Hall Holly Marie Harmes Master of Science in Phillip Brian Hilligoss Library Science Angela Hon Elisabeth Jane Bacon Amy Irving Ising Brenda Gale Beasley Jason Burton Morningstar Clinton Kyle Chamberlain Elizabeth Martha Palena Hall Lisa Ann Chinn Yukiko Sakai Clista Corinth Clanton Susan Willis Sharpe Anna Marie Cleveland Adam Miles Smith James Anderson Damron Lin Sun Frances Heidgerken Flythe Gary Wayne Wilhelm Commencement speaker Betty McCain, Lisha Viens Gerber immediate past secretary of the N.C. Heather Catherine Wolf Amy Coquille Gleeson Department of Cultural Resources. Jiangping Yu Susan Roberts Huffman Undergraduate Minor in Information Systems Robert Byrd Humphreys Jr. Adina Roberta Lack Scott Eric Benson Priya Shree Gupta Ali Alexandre Mehfar Betsy Robin Lazan Andrew William Bernish Lauren Quinn James Jesse Keith Barton Moore Jennifer Lynn Longee Christopher Alan Bingham Melissa Ann Jenkins Alexis Nicholas Mueller Eric Steven Obershaw Jeffrey Bryan Bollinger Stephanie Bell Jilcott Jennifer Catherine Nichols Nicholas Edgar Campbell Okrent Laura McKenzie Bright Jason Sung-Dal Kim Nikheel Dilip Purohit Darby Cameron Orcutt Steven Krechel Broughton Kristin Martina Lancaster Charles Ross Scarantino Melanie Dawn Reeves Manley Allard Carr Ann Ping Lee Joshua Douglas Shepherd Lindsey Ellen Schell Monica Yee Yee Chau David Michael Lewis Andrew Devlin Smith Paul Howard Showalter Mathew Simon Clark Belinda I-Shao Liu Elicia Chante Timberlake Andrew William Smith James Michael Everett Craig John MacDonald Pablo Torres David Andrew Timko Sabin Jerome Fannin Regan Alicia Madis Mary Winifred White Katherine Tabor Lawson Vaughan Patrick Clark Frye Jason Michael Martin Virginia Yang Paulina Elaine Vinyard Karen Gau Russell Clark Martin Spencer Wai Gee Alison Julianne McCreary

Your Gifts Make Such a Difference! If specific gift, select from the following: Update Your Online ❏ Akers Scholarship Fund Directory Listing Your gifts to SILS replenish scholarships and fellowships, purchase materials for the school, fund ❏ Asheim Scholarship Fund (doctoral) research for students and faculty and support faculty development. Making a financial contribution ❏ Bishop Scholarship Fund The General Alumni Association of is a great way to give back to the school and support the profession. The students and faculty ❏ Burmeister Computer/Info Science Fellowship UNC-Chapel Hill has established on online appreciate your support. ❏ Gambee Memorial Library Fund (materials) directory of SILS alumni, accessible only to ❏ NAME: ______Glenn Computer Laboratory Fund alumni, students, faculty and staff of the (software) school. It can be accessed through the SILS MAILING ADDRESS: ______❏ Henderson Memorial Lecture Fund (general web page or by typing in http://its- topics) appserve.adp.unc.edu/alsils.htm. Update CITY, STATE, ZIP: ______❏ Holley Student Research Fund your listing today. PHONE: ______FAX: ______❏ Kalp Memorial Fellowship (children and young adult services) Join the Listserv E-MAIL ADDRESS: ______❏ Kilgour Faculty Development Fund In order to facilitate communication ❏ Moore Fellowship for Children’s Library between our alumni, to allow for discussion $ ______SPECIFIC GIFT: $ ______Work UNRESTRICTED GIFT: of professional concerns, to solve job-related Check preference to the right. ❏ SILS Endowment Fund (unrestricted gifts) questions or just to keep up with old friends, Make check payable to UNC-CH School of Information and Library Science and send with this form ❏ Steinfirst Memorial Lecture Fund to: DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT; CB#3360, 100 MANNING HALL; CHAPEL HILL, NC 27599-3360 (children’s literature) Campaign Code: JFT join the SILS alumni listserv. To subscribe, go to http://ils.unc.edu/ils/silslab/listserve.htm. 9 What’s Happening with Students Doctoral student Benjamin Brunk’s paper “Exoinformation and Interface Design” was the cover article in the August/September 2001 issue (Vol. 27, No. 6) of the Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T).

SILS doctoral students Gary Geisler and Miles Efron’s paper, “Recommendation Explorer: Providing High-Quality, Personalized Recommendations with Minimal User Input” was earlier this year accepted for the Joint DELOS-NSF Workshop on Personalization and Recommender Systems in Digital Libraries in June at Dublin City University in Dublin, Ireland. The students received NSF/ERCIM support to attend the workshop and present their paper. Geisler also co-authored two papers at the ACM-IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries in Roanoke, Va.

Becky Imamoto was recently selected as a runner-up for a National Conference on Asian Pacific American Librarians’ (NCAPAL) scholarship. The NCAPAL Scholarship Committee chose 12 LIS students as winners of scholarships and 20 LIS students as runner-ups. Each runner-up recipient received a cash award of $300. Learning Experiences ... SILS faculty members once again worked on projects with students participating in the university’s annual SPGRE (Summer Pre-Graduate Research Experience) program. Carolyn Mitchell (top left), Corey Nickens (bottom left) and Monique Lowe (bottom right) worked with Dr. Greg Newby. Deen Freelon (top right) worked with Dr. Gary Marchionini. Heather McCullogh presented a paper on the French poet Marceline Desbordes-Valmore at the Nineteenth- Century French Studies Conference in Gates Foundation Interns October at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. She also just published an article on the same poet in Romance Notes, a Gain Experience, Help Libraries journal by UNC-CH’s Romance Languages Two master’s students at the University of North Carolina at Department. Heather McCullogh Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science (SILS) have been selected as interns with the Bill and Melinda Gates An article by doctoral student Lokman Meho and SILS Foundation’s U.S. Library Program. Leslie Sult and Aisha Professor Dr. Stephanie Haas titled “Information-Seeking Harvey will work with the program through December. Behavior and Use of Social Science Faculty Studying Stateless The U.S. Library Program partners with public libraries to Nations: A Case Study” appears in Vol. 23, No. 1 of Library & increase access to information technology in low-income Information Science Research. communities, providing grants, software and support. Gates Library interns travel to public libraries in the state, assisting Meho and doctoral student Kelly Maglaughlin have co- Foundation staff with the installation of computers and conduct- authored a book titled “Kurdish Culture and Society: An Annotated ing training classes for librarians. Interns also provide technical Bibliography.” They have given a copy of the book to the school field support for rural and small libraries. and dedicated the book “to the School of Information and Library “We are delighted to work with the Gates Foundation to Science at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.” improve access to the Internet in North Carolina,” said SILS Dean Gates interns Aisha Harvey (left) and Leslie Sult. Joanne Gard Marshall. “Public libraries across the state are the and commit to working 20 hours per week. SILS doctoral student Simon Mu has received a North major on-ramps to the information highway for all our citizens, The Gates Foundation provides tuition for the year that the Carolina Networking Initiative (NCNI) graduate fellowship award. especially those without access to computers and telecommunica- intern works with the program, as well as a $15,000 stipend and He is working this year with Dr. Gary Marchionini on the “User tions. This project will help bridge the digital divide.” travel reimbursement. The Foundation also provides a training Interfaces to Support Collaborative Use of Digital Video” project Sult, a Prescott, Ariz., native, and Harvey, of Raleigh, were session in Seattle, a laptop computer and cellular phone to use for that aims to to create novel interfaces for digital video retrieval and selected in January following an interview process. They were the year and a computer that will be donated to SILS when the browsing and will use the Open Video Project (OV) as its test bed. chosen on the basis of their commitment to public libraries, internship ends. interest in working with technology, technical aptitude and ability To participate in the program, states must be chosen for a SILS doctoral student Debbie to work with novice computer users. State Partnership Program Grant, which establishes a cooperative Travers, recently spent eight weeks at the The program is intended to allow interns to gain teaching relationship between the Foundation, the state library agency, National Library of Medicine (NLM), and training experience, become involved with public libraries and schools of library science and local public libraries. working with linguists on terms for librarians, work with a variety of software applications and develop The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, founded in 1994, emergency department chief complaints. knowledge of hardware and networking. Interns must be enrolled focuses on helping to improve people’s lives through health and She also has had a poster accepted on this as full-time students in a school of information and library science learning. ❑ topic at this fall’s American Medical Informatics Association Conference. Travers also presented a paper, Debbie Travers “Multiple Uses of the Oblique Stroke (slash “/”) in Emergency Botanical Repository Uses the Internet Department Text” at the NLM’s national Medical Informatics To Connect Students With Knowledge Trainee Meeting in Bethesda in July. Kelly Wooten did a field experience during the summer at The Plant Information Center (PIC), a web-based learning PIC also helps science teachers supplement their knowledge, the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture at project at SILS, is using technology to bring children and nature providing a vital link between SILS and the community. Duke’s Perkins Library (Rare Books, Manuscripts and Special closer together. The project maintains a public web site for students and Collections). She helped select books from the girls’ literature An outgrowth of the Botanical Network (BOTNET) project, visitors at http://www.ibiblio.org/pic. The information resource collection and chose appropriate passages from them for display spearheaded by SILS Professor Dr. Evelyn Daniel and Dr. Peter also offers a work and documentation web site for project staff at tags. She also helped arrange a display titled “Beyond Nancy Drew: White, director of the N.C. Botanical Garden, the PIC is a digital http://ils.unc.edu/daniel/PIC. The PIC has an advisory group of Girls’ Literature in the Bingham Collection” and completed an repository of more than 375 botanical specimens from North 15 members with expertise in the areas of science education, online bibliography for the girls’ literature collection. Carolina and the southeastern United States. The project is funded school media practices, botany and related sciences, database by the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS). design and digital photography. SILS doctoral student Kiduk Yang has received the Beta Whereas BOTNET (www.ibiblio.org/botnet/flora/ “We have supportive data for anything about our plant Phi Mu Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. Yang’s indexstart.html) is geared toward the research and professional specimens that you might want to find,” Daniel said. dissertation proposal was defended this spring and is titled community, the PIC has a younger audience in mind. The project Other services provided by the PIC include a frequently asked “Combining Text, Link, and Web Directory-Based Retrieval evolved out of the desire to make the University’s botanical questions (FAQ) section and an “Ask the Expert” function, Methods to Improve Retrieval Performance on the Web.” resources and expert knowledge accessible to school children, currently under construction. Also available is Botanical Pride, Yang has also received a UNC-CH Graduate School Disserta- specifically sixth- and seventh-grade science students. part of an initiative to allow students and the general public to tion Completion Fellowship for the 2001-2002 academic year. “The whole approach is to bring research projects related to contribute images of botanical specimens and corresponding the natural world to the public,” Daniel said. “Our interest is in metadata to the PIC. Yang, doctoral student Kelly Maclaughlin, and SILS information and how to make it more accessible.” In the future, Daniel, White and Greenberg hope to catalog Assistant Professor Dr. Greg Newby co-authored a paper on Added SILS Assistant Professor Dr. Jane Greenberg, a principal herbaceous species, including local wildflowers and carnivorous “Passage Feedback with IRIS” which appeared in the May with the project, “The PIC shows students how a research tool used plants through BOTNET, and present information about plants as 2001 (Vo. 37, No. 3) issue of Information Processing & ❑ by botanists can help identify plants in their own backyards.” The indicators of environmental health. Management. ❑ 10 AlumniNews Wilson Exhibit Shines New Light On Life of Trail Blazing Tar Heel By Robert Albright In an attempt to improve African-Americans’ economic Teresa Church, a manuscripts processing librarian at UNC- power, McKissick also founded Soul City near Warrenton. He Chapel Hill’s Wilson Library, knows a thing or two about civil called the town “the first freestanding community in modern rights activist Floyd McKissick. In fact, Church spent two years history.” McKissick hoped Soul City would serve as an integrated processing information about the African-American leader. community with sufficient industry to support a population of Church, a 1998 MSLS graduate of SILS, unveiled her exhibit 55,000, but the federally financed project ran into difficulties and “The Life and Times of Floyd McKissick” in Wilson Library in never developed as McKissick had anticipated. August. Displayed on the library’s fourth floor, the exhibit ran Following McKissick’s death in 1991, nearly 190,000 through September. photographs, clippings, speeches, maps and other correspon- Church worked steadily for two years processing McKissick’s dence detailing his life remained – items that Church spent manuscripts, undertaking what she said was a “mammoth” but hundreds of hours going through since August 1999. rewarding task. To mark the opening of the Floyd McKissick Papers in “The opportunity to process this collection gave me an Wilson Library, Church said she wanted to put together an awesome introduction to working as an archivist in the library exhibit that honored McKissick’s life and career. Church’s profession,” Church said. “This was also a wonderful review of exhibit, which included unique artifacts such as a Soul City history.” license plate from a local vehicle, detailed McKissick’s attempts to Born in 1922, McKissick was the first African-American man improve race relations and economics. to attend the Law School at UNC-Chapel Hill. McKissick served as “When I began working on this collection, I learned so a key figure in the NAACP and made an impact as a lawyer, much more than I ever imagined,” Church said. “McKissick was SILS graduate Teresa Church stands next to her exhibit. businessman, author, journalist and ordained minister. a man of many talents.” ❑ Your Help is Needed SILS Ph.D. Alumnus Named To Articulate Vision Greetings from your alumni association. It is with great pride that I Director of Federal Agency begin my term in office and write my first “Message” as your president. I am excited about the year ahead and look forward to working with the Senate Confirms Martin’s Appointment as IMLS Chief school, the association and an outstanding executive board. From Press Release From 1985 until 1995, Martin was associate dean of I am pleased to announce that Seldon Lamoureaux, who works at WASHINGTON, D.C. - On July 12, the U.S. Senate libraries for special collections at Louisiana State University. Davis Library, has joined the board as vice president/president-elect. confirmed Dr. Robert Sidney Martin (Ph.D. ’88), a Before that, he worked in the archives and special collections at Susan Gramling, from UNC’s Graduate Studies and Research Office of distinguished library professional and scholar, to be director of the University of Texas at Arlington and the University of Texas Information and Communications, has also the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), an at Austin. He also taught at the University of Wisconsin at signed on, as the association’s secretary. independent federal grant-making agency that supports the Madison. Returning to the board this year are treasurer nation’s libraries and museums. Among the awards and honors Martin has won are SILS’ Ralph Kaplan (with NCLIVE at North Carolina Martin, a librarian, archivist, administrator and Distinguished Alumnus Award, the Distinguished Service Award State) and immediate past president Martha educator, was professor and interim director of the School of of the Society of Southwest Archivists, and the Justin Winsor Barefoot (from UNC’s law school). Library and Information Studies at Texas Woman’s University. Prize from the American Library Association. I must add a special thanks to outgoing He joined the school’s faculty in 1999. Texas Woman’s In addition to his SILS doctorate, Martin earned a master board member Debbie Balsamo (director of the University is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of of library science degree at the University of North Texas and a EPA Library in Research Triangle Park), who did a President’s the top graduate programs in library and information studies bachelor of arts degree in history at Rice University. wonderful job as secretary. Her energy and ideas Message in the nation. Martin is a native of Houston. He is married to Barbara will be missed. By David Goble From 1995 until 1999, Martin served as director and Stein Martin, a professor in the school of library and informa- This year the school celebrates it’s 70th librarian of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. tion sciences at the University of North Texas. anniversary. I am excited that my year as president corresponds with this During his tenure as Texas State Librarian, Martin led a Martin will replace Beverly Sheppard, who has been the milestone in the school’s continued growth and development. I take a dramatic expansion of TexShare, the agency’s statewide library senior official at IMLS since March 1999. Sheppard will resume great deal of pride in being a graduate of SILS. We have an impressive resource-sharing program, and coordinated the development her responsibilities as IMLS deputy director for museum history crafted by a dedicated faculty and staff, as well as the many highly of new school library standards for the state. services. ❑ successful alums who have met the challenges of their times. We have a very bright future if we are willing to meet it with energy and commit- ment. Your alumni board is engaged in a process of creating a vision of what its role could be and should be. We would like your thoughtful input. We are not seeking to rewrite our purpose as stated in the constitution, but rather to activate that purpose. We think our vision should be:

to play a major role in building the future of the school by creating strong, vibrant and dynamic alliances between the school, its alumni, its students, and other people and organizations in the information and library sciences who can contribute to the school.

To this end, we are seeking to establish goals for the months and years ahead. We think these goals might be (1) to increase the active membership of the association and (2) to provide a meaningful contribution to the school’s development goals. Before we quantify these goals, however, we need to know if they are the right goals. What are your thoughts? For many years, the traditional role of the association has included such duties as hosting the new student reception, hosting the graduation receptions, organizing Alumni Day events, and selecting recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Awards. These duties remain very important. Many of us who have served on the board, however, feel that we can do more. We hope you will join us in this endeavor. 2001-2002 Alumni Board ... Serving on the Alumni Association’s Executive Board this year are (from left) Martha Barefoot (past My duties with EBSCO Information Services keep me traveling. president), Susan Gramling (secretary), Seldon Lamoureaux (vice president/president-elect), Ralph Kaplan (treasurer) and David If you would like to get in touch with me, I can be reached at Goble (president). [email protected] or via my voice mail at 1-800-723-2726, ext. 9720. ❑ 11 What’s Happening with SILS Alumni Susan Grambling (MSLS ’76) is professor at the University of Rhode Island efforts with the Wichita Digital Library Group GrantSource librarian and information (URI). He has also been re-appointed director of and the Wichita Genealogical Society. development coordinator at the University of the URI Graduate School of Library and North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Information Studies for a second three-year Sue Erickson (MSLS ’00) is a reference term. His appointment runs through 2004. librarian and bibliographer for anthropology and Jeanne Sawyer (MSLS ’77) has sociology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. published a book, When Stuff Happens: A Kathryn “Katy” Johnston (MSLS, ’89) Practical Guide to Solving Problems Perma- is now the information systems librarian at the Robyn Pretzloff (MSIS ’00) is a nently (ISBN 0-9700304-0-1). She is an Illinois College of Optometry in Chicago. technical writer with Noteworthy Medical independent business consultant, trainer and Systems, a medical software company in writer based in San Jose, Calif. She specializes in Dr. Irene Owens (Ph.D., ’95) has been Cleveland, Ohio. helping clients solve chronic, messy problems promoted to associate professor with tenure at that cause customers to take their business the Graduate School of Library and Information James Jackson Sanborn (MSLS ’00) elsewhere. Check out her web site, and the book, Science at the University of Texas at Austin. She has been appointed data services librarian at the at http://www.sawyerpartnership.com. has also been appointed to a courtesy joint North Carolina State University Libraries. He appointment in educational administration and works under the direction of both the head of Mary Chitty (MSLS ’79) has created a is a junior fellow in British Studies at the data services and the head of digital library web site titled “Genomics Glossary: Evolving University of Texas. Peter McCracken (MSLS ’95) appeared initiatives. Terminology for Emerging Technologies.” It can be on the cover of the August 15 edition of Library Journal. The issue’s lead article found at http://www.genomicglossaries.com/. Dr. Wooseob Jeong (MSLS ’97) recently examined McCracken’s Serials Solutions, Katherine “K.T.” Vaughan (MSLS ’00) earned his Ph.D. in information studies at which offers librarians a reliable way to won the 2001 Sara Aull Student Paper Award for The Library Journal article on librarians Florida State University, and moved to Milwau- track full-text, electronic-format journals. her literature review, “Methods for Journal “crossing over into the corporate sector” kee, Wisc., for a new job - assistant professor at Collection Analysis in Science Libraries.” The (September 2001) features Duncan Smith the School of Information Studies at the award is sponsored by the North Carolina Special (MSLS ’80), formerly with North Carolina University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. Libraries Association and was presented in April Central University’s School of Library and at the NCSLA awards banquet. Along with $500 Reed Williams (MSLS ’97) is the Information Sciences, along with four other W. John MacMullen (MSIS ’97) has and a plaque, the award includes publication of librarian at Shady Side Academy Senior School librarians who have developed careers with accepted one of two library bioinformatics at least the abstract in the NCSLA Bulletin. … in Pittsburgh. He also remains on a part-time dot.coms and library technology companies. fellowships under the National Library of The Spring 2001 edition of the online journal basis at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Medicine’s (NLM) informatics training grant. Issues in Science & Technology Libraries features Julie White Walker (MSLS ’82) is The fellowship is based in the UNC-CH Health an article by Vaughan titled “Internet Teaching Teresa Church (MSLS’98) will have a associate director with the Athens (Ga.) Regional Sciences Library and is administered in Resources in Chemical Research Ethics.” quilt exhibit at North Carolina State University’s Library System. cooperation with the directors of the Centers for African-American Culture Center. The exhibit Genomics and Bioinformatics, Medical Clint Chamberlain (MSLS ’01) has will feature quilts and artifacts from Church’s David Bennett (MSLS ’87) presented a Informatics Training Program and the dean of begun work as Information Literacy Coordinator collection from October 17 through December pre-conference workshop on e-books the School of Information and Library Science. The at Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi. 12. Church has also been invited to speak to at EDUCAUSE 2001 in Indianapolis in October. purpose of the fellowship is to strengthen the students in design classes at NCSU. David is the systems librarian at Robert Morris multidisciplinary bioinformatics knowledge base in Brian Hilligoss (MSIS ’01) was awarded College in Pittsburgh. a practicing librarian or scientist, and develop the 2001 Pratt Severn Student Research Paper Dr. Susan M. Colaric (MSLS ’98) library-based bioinformatics resources and services. Award. The award, presented by the American recently completed her Ph.D. in instructional Michael Lamott Mason (MSLS ’87) is Society for Information Science and Technology systems at Penn State University where her area head librarian at the Ungaretti & Harris law firm Damon Sauve (MSLS ’97) first published (ASIS&T), includes registration to the ASIST of study was instruction for information literacy. in Chicago. Oyster Boy Review, a print and online journal of Annual Meeting and up to $500 toward travel. Her dissertation was titled “Search Engines on fiction and poetry, in 1994 in Gainesville, Fla., The purpose of the award is to encourage student the World Wide Web: A Comparison of Instruc- Ben Trask (MSLS ’87) has been spotted where he studied creative writing with Harry research and writing in the field of information tional Methods to Improve Syntactic Knowl- on the History Channel, during a program on Crews at the University of Florida. His biblio- and science. edge.” She accepted a position as assistant the raising of the USS Monitor. He is a librarian biographical work on Crews has been published professor in the Department of Library Science, with the Mariners’ Museum in Newport News, Va. in The Southern Quarterly, Getting Naked Adina Lack (MSLS ’01) is an archivist/ Educational Technology and Distance Instruc- with Harry Crews and Perspectives on special collections librarian at UNC-Wilmington. tion at East Carolina University starting this fall. Dr. W. Michael Havener (Ph.D., ’88) Harry Crews. Sauve, editor of Oyster Boy has been promoted from associate to full Review, lives in Oakland, Calif. Jamie Roth (MSLS ’01), an archivist at Carol Joyner (MSLS ’98) married Steven the JFK Presidential Library in Boston, has had Cramer (MSLS ’94) on March 10, 2001. his master’s paper, “Serving up EAD: An Exploratory Study on the Deployment and Shirley Dellenbeck (MSLS ’99) is a Utilization of Encoded Archival Description librarian with California State University, Chico. (EAD) Finding Aids,” win the 2001 Society of American Archivists’ (SAA) Pease Award for best Taneya Y. Koonce (MSLS ’99) has student paper of the year. Jamie received the award begun work as an information, education and at the SAA’s Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. research services librarian at Vanderbilt University’s Eskind Biomedical Library in Yukiko Sakai’s (MSIS ’01) paper on Nashville, Tenn. She recently completed her metadata for evidence-based medicine has been second year of the National Library of Medicine’s accepted for the International Conference on (NLM) Associate Fellowship Program, designed Dublin Core and Metadata Applications to prepare future leaders in health sciences (DC2001) in Tokyo in October. Yukiko has settled librarianship. in the Tokyo area and is working for an undergraduate library of Keio University on the Richard Murray (MSLS ’99), a catalog Hiyoshi Campus in Yokohama. She is respon- librarian at Vanderbilt University, has accepted a sible for systems, computers and networks two-year appointment to the Europe & Canada within the library. Yukiko reported that fellow Subcommittee of the American Library May graduate Eric Obershaw (MSLS) is also Association’s International Relations Committee. working in Tokyo. ❑ He has also been named 2001-02 co-chair of the Resume Reviewing Service Committee of the Two More Join Ranks ALA’s New Members Round Table. In Memoriam Charlotta Cook Hensley (1968) ...... March 29, 1997 Of Honored Alumni Margaret Virginia Hunt (1972) ...... July 24, 2000 Claire de la Varre (MSIS ’00) has At May Graduation Jane Cranmer Doherty (1975) ...... Aug. 14, 2000 started a new job in Edinburgh, Scotland, Eugenia Ralston Babylon (1955) ...... Sept. 26, 2000 Bernie Todd Smith (MSLS ’72, above, working for Edinburgh University’s Learning Sangster Parrott (1957) ...... Nov. 5, 2000 left, with SILS Alumni Association Presi- Technology Centre as a Web Developer. She is Cassandra Smith Gissendanner (1968) ...... Nov. 18, 2000 dent Martha Barefoot and SILS Dean responsible for putting the final two years of the Emma Linton Holman (1939) ...... Jan. 11, 2001 Joanne Gard Marshall) and Charles Ellen New Lauten (1942) ...... Jan. 12, 2001 Lowry (MSLS ’74) right, with Barefoot) undergraduate medical curriculum online. Dorothy Potter Jackson (1970) ...... April 11, 2001 were honored at May’s commencement Ann Sweeney Baxter (1973) ...... April 24, 2001 ceremony as SILS’ newest Distingished Heidi Dressler (MSLS, ’00) was Mary McKee Felton (1938) ...... June 3, 2001 Alumni Award recipients. Smith is direc- awarded the Kansas Library Association’s Pattie Bartee McIntyre (1940) ...... June 9, 2001 tor of libraries for ViaHealth, an integrated Outstanding New Professional Award at its Martha Miller Brandis (1964) ...... Aug. 23, 2001 health care system in the Rochester, N.Y., area. Lowry is dean of libraries at the Uni- annual conference in Topeka. A local history Death notices are provided by the GAA. Dates in parentheses indicate class year. Notify the GAA Records Department with versity of Maryland College Park. librarian with the Wichita Public Library, Heidi death announcements at PO Box 660; Chapel Hill, 27514. received the award in part as a result of her

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