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he University Art Collection’s Tnew exhibition, Georgetown Impressions, celebrates several recent acquisitions featuring views of Georgetown, and coincided with the

> William grant John Carroll Weekend in late April. still, 1938 This major alumni weekend, held in a different city each spring, convenes Upcoming EvEnts in Washington, D.C. for the first time in twenty years. The exhibition, June 5 drawn primarily from the University 40 Years: The Dean Peter Krogh Foreign Affairs Art Collection, includes related selections from the University Archives and features Digital Archives several historic views that have never before been exhibited at Georgetown. Peter Krogh, Dean Approximately 32 prints, 9 paintings and other associated objects reveal a promi­ Emeritus, School of Foreign Service nent, yet little­known aspect of the Special Collections Research Center’s collecting Georgetown University efforts in the past several decades: reflecting the many faces of “Swift Potomac’s Lovely Daughter.” These views of Georgetown—both the campus and the neighbor­ se pt e m be r 17 hood—range from the grand to the intimate, the iconic to the quirky. Friday Music Series In conjunction with the This early image of the campus Department of Performing (above) probably derives from an Arts and featuring the 1830s painting by James Alexander music of William Grant Still Simpson, the first instructor of Georgetown University drawing and penmanship at the col­ lege. The lithograph was printed on More events to come! the sheet music cover of The Philodemic Grand March by Pedro A. Daunas (left). The northwest view in this issUE of the campus shows Old North on Turning Forty, Part 2 2 the left and Old South (the first Exhibitions 3 building on campus, razed in 1904 Events 4 to make room for new construction), Planned Giving 6 Mulledy and Gervase on the right. Two of Simpson’s college landscapes are on view Social Media 7 in Carroll Parlor (107 Healy Hall); three others hang in University offices. Rules for Library Use 8 Two etchings in the exhibition were printed in 1984 from Eleazer Hutchinson

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This Newsletter is issued four times a year. It is distributed to all Library Associates, mem­ TurnIng ForTy, Part 2 bers of ARL, the Georgetown from the University Librarian University Board of Directors, Board of Regents, Board of Governors, and selected others. n my last column, I highlighted some of the ways in which our 40­year­old ILauinger Library has changed and reinvented itself as a structure over the years. university librarian Artemis G. Kirk But a building is only part of a Library’s story. The building exists to provide collec­ tions and services to the Georgetown community and beyond, and as the building editor itself changes, what it holds and what it does changes as well. Stephanie Hughes Over the last 40 years, new programs entered the University curriculum, and new

design editor technologies changed the way both the Library and our users do business. New tools Maeve A. O’Connor required new skill sets for conducting research, teaching and learning; and those new tools helped contributors the Library assist our users to find resources across Lynn Conway David Hagen the globe. The Library benefited from the generosi­ Stephanie Hughes ty of many who helped us “grow up” to become 40; Mark Jacobs Artemis G. Kirk our collections and services have grown as well. Karen O’Connell The 1970s—The Board of Trustees of the Christen E. Runge LuLen Walker Library Associates established seven endowment funds in specific areas of study for collections expansion. The 1980s—Colonel Russell J. Bowen donated thousands of items on intelli­ editor gence, security and covert activities to our Special Collections. The Special Collections 202.687.7833 [email protected] at Georgetown catalog was first published. We received generous contributions to form The John H. Forsgren Sr. Memorial Book Endowment Fund and The Bernard book and manuscript and Nancy Picchi Book Endowment Fund. donations John Buchtel The 1990s—Pat Collins Sarnoff gave the Library the Sesame Street (also now Head­Special Collections Forty!) collection of songs written by Joe Raposo. In addition, we gratefully estab­ Research Center 202.687.7475 lished: [email protected] Joseph and Jeannine Jeffs Book Endowment Fund P.C. Lauinger Memorial Book Fund art donations LuLen Walker Breier­Scheetz Manuscript Endowment Fund Curator–University Art Peter J. Tanous Book Fund Collection 202.687.1469 F. Thomas Lauinger and Julie E. Lauinger Resource Endowment Fund [email protected] The Thomas J. Healey Fund for Booker Prize Collections Thomas T. Petzold Endowed Fund gift opportunities Artemis G. Kirk Lauinger Family Library Preservation Fund University Librarian Casey•McIlvane Lecture Fund 202.687.7425 [email protected] Nikki Lee Earll Book Endowment Fund John H. Forsgren Collection for the Arts Fund Printed on recycled paper Lauinger Family Library Endowment Fund Mary B. and Joseph J. Sussen, Jr., C’49 Library Endowment Fund

The 2000s—New services that enhanced research, teaching and learning oppor­ tunities for our constituencies were initiated, including DigitalGeorgetown, which contains two decades of The Hoya and the Roosevelt Civil War Envelopes Collection; online full­text resources for alumni through the LibraryLink; LiveHelp online chat and IM reference services; and the Academic Integrity online tutorial. Special

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Collections Research Center and Research & Instruction staff partnered with fac­ CURREnT AnD ulty in the John Carroll Fellows Program to introduce undergraduates to primary UPCoMInG source research. The Library joined the Washington Research Library ExHIBITIonS Consortium and the ArticleReach consortium, and became a founding member of the Catholic Research Resources Alliance. In addition, we are grateful for: GUnLoCKE RooM

The Thomas J. Healey Fund for National Book Award Collections April-July Susan K. Martin Innovative Information Technology Fund Check It Out: The Origins of the Elizabeth Wood Scholar Fund Georgetown University Library Ellen Catherine Gstalder ’98 Memorial Lecture Endowment FAIRCHILD GALLERy Numerous “Acquisitions of Distinction” Funds April-June It’s now 2010, and we continue to progress. We completed an extraordinary Georgetown Impressions Library Space Master Plan with the aspiration to renovate and recreate a fabulous new Lauinger for the future. Our five­year Strategic KERBS ExHIBIT AREA Initiatives, posted on our website (www.library.georgetown.edu/about­us/mission), May-June emphasize continuing and emerging critical issues in The Dean Peter Krogh Digital Foreign Affairs Archives higher education: copyright and digital rights man­ agement; scholarly communication; preservation and LEon RoBBIn access, both print and digital; research, teaching and GALLERy learning; staffing; collections; and space. Meanwhile, we recruit for the “best and brightest” in our profes­ April-September sion to anticipate the University’s needs and to pres­ Romanticism: Literature, Music ent new services to our users, including mobile and Art applications for research and wireless printing from Curated by students in MUSIC 333, Romanticism laptops. and Modernism Many more highlights and gifts from the last 40

> Salman Rushdie’s years can be found on our website, most particularly Midnight’s C hildren, 1st edi- in our endowment fund pages at tion, 1981. Purchased with www.library.georgetown.edu/giving/endowments funds from The Thomas J. and in our Newsletter archives. Healey Fund for Booker Prize Collections. Rushdie’s As we move forward toward the 22nd century, novel won the Booker Prize this Library will continue to reinvent itself to meet in 1981, and was then cho- the needs of the era and, more importantly, shape sen as the “Booker of the Library as the icon of transformation for the Bookers” in 1992. The endowment fund will allow University and its constituents. We hope you will the Library to purchase first join us to honor Lauinger Library’s 40th Anniversary editions of Booker Prize- by sharing your gifts and ideas for a successful > Detail from photo of winning authors in future!­­AGK the then-new Riggs perpetuity. Library, March 1891. From the Georgetown University Archives, on display in the Gunlocke Room.

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lIbrary assocIates events

WhereD o We Go FroM here?

n February GU Library Board member Peter J. Tanous brought an economic panel discussion to the Library Ientitled Inflation, Deficits and a Turbulent Economy: Where Do We Go From Here? Setting the stage for four pan­ elists, moderator Sam Donaldson of ABC News invited them to explain where they thought the country stood in the current recession and “all the ways to make things right.” First to speak was Dr. Arthur B. Laffer, economist and Chairman of Laffer Associates. He posited that a prosperous economy cannot be realized by overspending, raising tax rates, printing too much money, overregulat­ ing, and restricting the free flow of goods, services and people across national boundaries. If unrealized capital gains are not taxable, people can change the volume, composition, timing and location of their income. If taxes increase in 2011, there is an incentive for people to change the timing of their income. Many will shift income from 2011 into 2010, which will make 2010 look better than it actually is, and 2011 look worse. He considers a 2011 drop in GDP by 6­8% inevitable. Next to speak was William M. Isaac, Chairman of LECG Global Financial Services and former Chairman of the FDIC. He believes that the banking crisis in the 1980s was actually much worse than what is occurring today, but that a comprehensive and consistent plan mitigated that previous crisis. Investors need to know what to expect, and he believes that inconsistency in the current government response­using nationalization, liquida­ tion and rescue­has shaken public confidence. He believes better regulation of the banks is needed, and that solutions include consolidating bank regulatory authorities, strengthening the FDIC, and cessation of mark to market accounting. Peter J. Tanous (C’60), President and CEO of Lynx Investment Advisory, LLC, discussed investing in the current climate. Asset allocation, he said, used to be straightforward­60% in stocks, 40% in bonds was a stan­ dard. Stocks, though the riskiest investment, have historically had the best return over long periods of time. The last decade, however, has been a period of drought, and 10 years of negative returns tries any investor’s patience. Treasury bonds, adjusted for inflation, and commodities such as gold and oil were suggested investment avenues. Lawrence E. Kochard, Ph.D., CFA is Chief Investment Officer for Georgetown University. He compared where we are today with where we were in 1980 as mirror images. He suggested that bringing hard assets into the portfolio, in addition to stocks and bonds, will be the best approach. He also said the good news to take away was that 30 years ago the U.S. was the “only game in town.” Now portfolios can diversify globally by investing outside the U.S. and investing with large cap U.S. companies who are investing globally. Current opportunities lie in real assets and in global investment. The Library would like to thank Peter Tanous for making this event possible. aHa Da y P oo i gen vid b hotos

> Moderator Sam D onaldson and panelists B ill Isaac, Larry Kochard, A rthur Laffer, and Peter Tanous.

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collecting to teAcH

he Library presented the well­attended symposium celebrating the exhibition TCollecting to Teach: the Extraordinary Legacy of Joseph A. Haller, S.J. in February. Held in Riggs Library, the program addressed the role of fine art in teaching. Dr. Eric Denker, senior lecturer at the National Gallery of Art, delivered the keynote talk, “Collecting Matters: Reflections on Father Joseph Haller.” A friend of Father Haller’s for many years, Dr. Denker had shared collecting interests, and served as guest curator for a 1997 exhibition on the graphic art of Australian artist Jörg Schmeisser in Lauinger’s newly opened Fairchild Gallery. The program began with personal reminiscences from Father John Langan, Rector of the Georgetown Jesuit Community, and Fairchild family members Charlie, sister > Joseph A. Haller, s.J. Pamela and her children Winston and Elizabeth. Father Haller had joyfully served as at his 80th birthday the Fairchild family’s priest for two generations. Charlie and Pamela are two of the party in 2000. children of Mrs. Elizabeth Fairchild, who established the Fairchild Memorial Gallery in Lauinger Library in 1997 in honor of her late husband Charles, a long­time friend of Father Haller’s.

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Food Politics Hagen David by Photo

he Ellen Catherine Gstalder (C’98) Memorial Lecture in March featured Marion TNestle, New York University Professor and author of several books including What to Eat, Food Politics, Safe Food, and Pet Food Politics. Her talk, entitled “Food Politics: Personal vs. Social Responsibility for Dietary Choices,” took on food in our society today, ranging across the subjects of food systems, agricultural policy, nutrition, obesity, hunger and food safety. According to Professor Nestle, as a country we are confused about what we should eat, but teaching people how to eat healthfully doesn’t work very well. The obesity epidemic started in the early 1980s, which would imply that we either started moving less at that time, or eating more. There is no evidence that people are mov­ ing less; in fact, there may be a slight overall increase in activity. We must be eating more. To understand how we are eating more, we need to understand a little about U.S. agricultural policy. Eating less is bad for business. In the early 1980s the food available in this country amounted to 3200 calories per per­ son; now it is 3900 calories per person. How did we get more available food? Agricultural policy requires that we grow as much food as possible, twice as much as the country needs, making for a very competitive food industry. Marketing to children has been deregulated. The shareholder value movement demands that food companies always seek higher returns and look for new ways to sell food. Women working outside the home have created a demand for convenience food. Economics make it easier to buy less healthy food. More food dollars are spent outside the home, and much of that is on fast food. Portions have increased, larger portions have more calories, and food is everywhere. Meantime, while the relative price of fruits and vegetables has gone up, the price of beer, butter, and sodas has gone down.

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Lib rA ryce Leb rA te s its40 th A panel discussion followed, moderated by Annive rs A ry, Professor Emeritus Clifford T. Chieffo, a friend and associate of Father Haller’s who, as an active our thoughts naturally turn printmaker and author of an influential book to the future and what Silkscreen as a Fine Art (1967), had helped inspire libraries will look like 40 years from now. While Father Haller’s interest in print collecting. Panelists > K eynote spe a ker eric there are many questions, included Keyser Family Art History Professor Denker, senior lecturer a t the there is one certainty… Elizabeth Prelinger, who had collaborated with Father nation a l g a llery of Art. planning is critically impor­ Haller on teaching an undergraduate seminar on American Twentieth­Century tant. It is as true for libraries as it is for us as Prints in the fall of 2001; Scip Barnhart, Lecturer in Printmaking and Drawing; individuals. and Jennifer Zitner C’05, a former student of Professor Prelinger and the first undergraduate intern for the University Art Collection. As you think about the role libraries, particularly the Barnhart, a donor to Special Collections and master printmaker who has pub­ Georgetown University lished prints for such noted local artists as Lou Stovall, had known Father Haller Library, played in your life, for the past five years and produced an artist’s book in his honor consisting of the you may wish to include the work of his students in printmaking. Each panelist spoke of the unique way in Library in your long term planning. Georgetown which the fine print collection had impacted their roles in teaching and learning. offers simple statements of Jennifer Zitner, for example, explained how her experience working on the 2005 intent which allow you to exhibition, Lynd Ward: A Centennial Celebration, had inspired and enriched her specify how you would like your future gifts used on senior year, and how the print collection at Georgetown is the only such teaching campus. resource in the area. The event culminated with a lively Q&A session, in which curator LuLen This can be a very powerful document to ensure that Walker responded to most of the questions regarding the collection established by your wishes are fulfilled. Father Haller. Father Haller’s brother Dan Haller also gave an impromptu tribute Should your wishes change with reminiscences of his late brother’s early interests in collecting and preserving over time, you may easily for future generations. Following the symposium, the audience assembled in the revise your statement of intent without necessitating Fairchild Gallery to view the exhibition. The symposium can be viewed online at a revision to your will or http://explore.georgetown.edu/news/?ID=49364.­­LLW trust documents. FooDPoLiti c s, continu eD For a sample draft copy of a statement of intent, please email giftplanning@george­ On the positive side, Nestle feels that we in the middle town.edu or call a member of a food revolution, focusing on organic, slow, and locavore of the Gift Planning team food­­food that is better for people and better for the envi­ at: 202­687­3697 or toll ronment. Going forward we can individually make things free: 800­237­8067. better by voting with our forks for a healthier food system; buying foods, not products; teaching kids how to cook and where food comes from; and eating smaller portions. Society can make things better by working on policies regarding school food, controlling marketing to children, providing neighborhood availability, and addressing campaign financing laws. The entire talk can be viewed online at www.library.georgetown.edu/event/2010­ 03­24/food­politics­personal­vs­social­responsibility­dietary­choices.

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Miller’s original copper plate, in a restrike edition of 50 prints by Pittsburgh artist Helen King Boyer. The 1881 view along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in Georgetown (left and below) shows buildings belonging to a flour mill along the south bank. The University owns Miller’s plate, which is included in the exhibition. These impressions by Boyer in two colors show how ink and paper color choice can change the overall effect of an image. Eleazer Hutchinson Miller’s obituary hailed him as “the first artist of national reputation to establish his home and studio in Washington.” Noted primarily for portrai­ ture, Miller also became fascinated with the medium of etching on copper, and frequently exhibited with the New York Etching Club. The rare surviving watercolor (below), by architect John L. Smithmeyer, made in preparation for designing Healy Hall, shows the elevation of the buildings on the south side of campus. Healy, the Flemish Romanesque building listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was named for Georgetown’s 28th president and master­planner of the building, Patrick F. Healy, S.J., the first African­American to head a major university in the United States. John Smithmeyer and his assistant, Paul J. Pelz, went on to design the Library of Congress’ Thomas Jefferson building in 1886­92. Georgetown Impressions is on view in the Fairchild Gallery through mid­July. The exhibition can be viewed online at http://www.library.georgetown.edu/exhibition/georgetown­impressions.­­CER & LLW

Soci a l M e d i a…

he Georgetown University Libraries presented the Tenth Scholarly Communication Symposium in February, Ton Social Media in the Classroom: Implications for Teaching and Learning. Three speakers, deeply involved with social media on their campuses, discussed how social networks might change the way students learn and teachers teach, and the possibilities inherent in these networks to encourage students to be more active and engaged learners. Panelists included Gerry McCartney, Vice President for Information Technology and CIO and Oesterle Professor of Information Technology, Purdue University; Edward Maloney, Director of Research and Learning Technologies at the Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship and Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Georgetown University; Ulises Mejias, Assistant Professor of New Media in the Communication Studies Department at the State University of New York at Oswego You can watch the entire symposium online at http://explore.georgetown.edu/news/?ID=49330 or at Georgetown's iTunesU channel in the Science, Mathematics and Technology section.

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Rules foR libRaRy use

> When Riggs Library in Healy Hall, then the main university library, opened in 1891, seniors were allowed in on Wednesdays and Saturdays only but could not check out books or even enter the Library’s alcoves to browse. Graduate students, who were at least allowed in every day, were subject to the same restrictions. Freshmen, sophomores and juniors were barred from the Library entirely and had to request any books they needed through their professors. These restrictions were gradually eased and, beginning in the late 1930s, students “in good standing” could browse the stacks from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.—if they asked permission. See these Rules and other ephemera from the begin- nings of the Georgetown University Library in the new exhibition Check It Out: The Origins of the Georgetown University Library in the Gunlocke Room in Lauinger Library.

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