CONNECTIONS Spring 2006, Volume 5, Issue 2 The Newsletter of the David and Lorraine Cheng Library Cheng Library Introduces Leisure-Reading Collection In response to students’ needs and the changing nature of the refer- ence collection, the Cheng Library has made several highly visible modifications on the first floor of the Library. The area opposite the Ref- erence Desk is now completely open and furnished with tables and lounge chairs. This section is more inviting and spacious without the obstruction of five ranges of book shelves which were previously in this space. It has always been a goal of the Library to offer a variety of seating and study areas. The first floor near the Library entrance is an ideal place to develop as a seating area. Students have always congregated in this loca- tion and the new design gives them Kathy Malanga peruses one of the new books in the leisure-reading collection. more space in a heavily used area. Leisure-Reading Collection Library patrons for immediate access the relocation of some reference ma- The Library has also introduced a to popular books. The collection terials. These books are now shelved leased collection of popular fiction development policy of the Library in the Reserve Reading Room, and and nonfiction books. This collec- states that the collection’s primary infrequently used items were trans- tion responds to the needs of Library function is to support the curriculum ferred to a storage area on the lower users for non-academic reading ma- and provide balance in the view- level of the Library where they are terial. One finding of the LibQUAL points represented. In contrast to accessible if needed. survey conducted last spring was the academic libraries, public libraries Friends’ Lounge suggestion that the Library provide devote large portions of their collec- The Friends’ Lounge is located in recreational reading materials. tions to popular reading materials the space formerly occupied by the The initial collection consists of and routinely acquire multiple copies Graduate Research Center. The spe- 200 books selected by the Library of best sellers. cial carrels for graduate students have staff from a list of current best sell- The Cheng Library is a member been relocated to a quiet area of the ers. The collection is not static, how- of a reciprocal borrowing agreement second floor. The Friends’ Lounge is ever. Books will be removed and with the public libraries of Passaic adjacent to the Library Auditorium added in order to maintain a continu- County. Students may borrow items and conveniently located for recep- ously updated assortment of titles. from the Passaic County public li- tions following events scheduled Students and staff may make sug- braries with their William Paterson there. gestions for new titles to be added to University library card. But this col- Anne Ciliberti, Library Director, this popular collection. At present, lection provides the convenience of commented, “We are very excited the collection consists of popular having a small selection of popular about this new collection. It is some- fiction and nonfiction, biographies, books available at the Library. thing we have envisioned for a while mysteries, cookbooks and self-help Response to the new collection and we are delighted to be able to re- books. The books circulate for two has been very positive. Circulation spond to our users’ requests.” weeks and may be renewed once. of these books is high and the lounge We invite the University commu- The leisure-reading collection area is frequently occupied. nity to visit the Library and check out addresses an unmet need of Cheng The redesign project necessitated a book from this new collection. Magdalena Ruszala Joins Collection Development Department ment and began work on January 9, While attending school, Megan 2006. Her responsibilities include worked part time at the South Or- placing and receiving Library orders ange Public Library for six years. for the librarians and the University’s She missed the atmosphere of a li- faculty. Other responsibilities in- brary and decided to apply for this clude keeping track of orders, funds opening at William Paterson. Megan and accounts. Megan also works on is excited to be part of the Collection special projects in Collection Devel- Development staff and is looking opment and has joined the Library forward to contributing to the mis- Exhibits Committee. sion and goals of the Cheng Library. Megan graduated from Montclair Among Megan’s favorite pas- State University with a B.A. in Eng- times are reading and traveling - lish and Secondary Education Certi- Puerto Rico is a favorite destination. fication. Before joining the Cheng She plans to enroll in graduate Magdalena “Megan” Ruszala Library staff, she taught 11th grade school, but has not yet decided the was hired as a Technical Library American Literature at West Orange course of study, possibly library ser- Assistant in Collection Develop- High School. vice.

Mark Sandford Appointed Special Formats Cataloger position, he is in charge of the cata- catalog and assisted with the pro loging and processing of media, elec- bono cataloging of a middle and high tronic resources and music scores school library video collection. and will be taking over the admini- In his free time, Mark likes read- stration of the department’s website. ing and traveling in the U.S. and Mark received his MSLIS from abroad. He has lived in Brussels for Long Island University’s Palmer six months, been on safari in Kenya School of Library and Information and Tanzania, and tutored traveling Science in January, 2006. performers in a touring show in the Before coming to William Pater- Midwest. son, Mark interned at Columbia Uni- A new resident of Wayne, Mark versity’s Burke Library where he did now enjoys exploring northern New original cataloging on the Union Jersey and the surrounding area. He Theological Seminary’s missionary is looking forward to working with Mark Sandford joined the Li- collection. Mark also interned at the wonderful staff at the Cheng Li- brary’s Resource Management Divi- Cassidy Cataloguing Services in brary and becoming more involved sion on February 6, 2006 as the new Harrison, N.J. where he cataloged with the William Paterson University Special Formats Cataloger. In this web resources for their online law community. N. J. Special Libraries Association Conference on March 22-25, 2006 in Professional Activities on March 8, 2006 in Piscataway, NJ. Washington, DC. Susan Sabatino attended a Victoria Wagner attended a Anne Ciliberti, Richard workshop, The ABC’s and D’s of workshop, Valuing Libraries, Kearney, Kathy Malanga, Judy Marketing E: Promoting Your sponsored by the Highlands Regional Matthew, Susan Sabatino, Ray Library’s Electronic Resources, on Library Consortium on February 8 & Schwartz, Kurt Wagner, Nancy October 5, 2005 at the Montville 22, 2006 at the Old Bridge Public Weiner and Bob Wolk attended the Public Library. Library. VALE Users’ Conference on January Ray Schwartz attended the Nancy Weiner completed an 5, 2006 at Rutgers University in American Library Association’s online course, Creating a Piscataway, NJ. Midwinter Conference on January Comprehensive Plan for Information Judy Matthew attended a 20-25, 2006 in San Antonio, TX. Literacy, sponsored by the workshop, Open URL and Kurt Wagner attended the Association of College and Research LinkServer Basics, sponsored by the Computers in Libraries Annual Libraries in April, 2006. 2 Connections - Spring 2006

NEWS FROM Three Student THE FRIENDS OF THE CHENG LIBRARY Assistants Receive

Author and Wolf Watcher Presents Lecture Library Awards

On April 2, 2006, the Friends of the Cheng Library hosted a program The Cheng Library’s Annual on the natural habitat of wolves. The author Brian Connolly discussed his Student Assistants’ Recognition observation of wolves in Yellowstone National Park. Their captivating and Awards Reception was held on behavior motivated him to write the young adult novel, Wolf Journal. The April 11, 2006 in the Library’s lecture and presentation, titled “How Observing Wolves in Their Natural Paterson Room. Three students Habitat Inspired a Novel,” was held in the Cheng Library Auditorium. were selected to receive the Library’s Outstanding Student By the 1970’s, the Northern Rocky Mountain wolf, a subspecies of the Assistant Award for 2005-2006. gray wolf, was nearly extinct in Yellowstone National Park due to man’s The awards were presented at a fear of Canis lupus and the practice of predator control. In 1995, three reception held in honor of the packs of gray wolves were reintroduced in the park. These wolves would students. This annual reception prove to thrive in this ecosystem and grow in numbers far exceeding the gives the Library staff an expectations of the field biologists who released them. Connolly con- opportunity to express their cluded the program with two videos by Bob Landis who has produced appreciation to all of the student many wildlife films for National Geographic. The videos showed the life assistants who help with the daily of the Druid Peak Pack in Yellowstone. Connolly has watched these operations of the Library in the wolves for three months every summer and one month in the winter for public service and technical the past nine years. His fascination with these wolves inspired his first processing areas. novel. To be eligible for the award, student assistants must have Connolly shared with the audience his unusual collection of words and worked in the Library for at least quotations which he keeps on index cards and uses for inspiration in his three semesters and have good writing. One of his favorite words is “crepuscular” meaning “becoming attendance records. In addition, active at twilight or before daylight” — times considered best for wolf the students’ job evaluations must watching. He also shared a quote of Mark Twain, “The difference be- have significantly exceeded their tween the right word and the almost right word is the difference between written job descriptions. lightning and a lightning bug,” and another of Friedrich Nietzsche, “One Enyonam “Bright” Kpo works must live in a world of chaos in order to give birth to a dancing star.” in the Collection Development One of Connolly’s tips for successful writing was his suggestion for Department. Bright is a nursing capturing the immediacy of the moment: “Don’t wait until the next day to major who has worked in the write something down; the thoughts will be gone.” When conducting his Library for three semesters. observation of the wolves of Yellowstone, Connolly once stopped on the Farhana Begum and Amirah side of the road after watching the wolves and pulled out his chair to sit Scudder were recognized for their and write. When finished, he was astonished to find that he had written outstanding work in the Periodicals what would eventually become chapter six of Wolf Journal. Department. Amirah Scudder, a psychology Brian Connolly is a graduate of Edinboro University in Pennsylvania, major, is currently in her fourth where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in education. He com- semester in Periodicals. She will pleted his graduate studies at the State University of New York at Oswego graduate in May. and Cortland, Elmira College and the University of Massachusetts at Farhana Begum is also North Adams. He taught creative writing in the New York public schools currently in her fourth semester in for 28 years until moving to Oregon to pursue his writing career. Periodicals. She is majoring in Nursing and is a member of the Connolly is the author of Bradley’s Christmas Adventure and he has Nursing Honor Society. also written short stories and poems for literary magazines. He has a new Congratulations to Bright, book due out this summer, Not Far From Town, which is a collection of Farhana and Amirah, and a big short stories and a novella. Connolly expects to complete the sequel to “thank you” to all of the Library’s Wolf Journal, entitled Hawk, in 2007. student assistants.

Connections - Spring 2006 3 In Memoriam ~ Amy Grace Job, Technical Services Librarian for 37 Years Amy Grace Job, technical ser- for many years in the Educational Tumulty of the New Jersey Library vices librarian for 37 years, died on Media Program of the College of Association reviewed Amy’s years February 12, 2006 at her home in Education and was active in the Fac- of service in this Association and West Milford. She was 63. Amy is ulty Senate Research Council. She credited her leadership with many survived by her husband, Kenneth participated faithfully in the annual of the activities of the Technical Job, three children and two grand- Thomas Jefferson Lecture Series and Services Section. children. the New Jersey History Day events. Mary Lewis of the New Jersey Amy retired in January, 2006 More than one hundred and fifty Association of School Librarians following a long career marked by friends, colleagues and associates recalled Amy’s playful involvement both the constancy of her position as attended a memorial service for Amy with the Association at its confer- technical services librarian and by on March 14, 2006 in the Cheng Li- ences where she once appeared the variety of the multiple roles she brary Auditorium. Bill Duffy, Coor- dressed as Paddington Bear. On a assumed in other areas of teaching dinator of Reference Services, mod- more serious note, Amy also helped and librarianship. erated the program and Deacon draft certification requirements for During her 37-year career at Wil- Philip Thiuri provided the invocation school librarians in New Jersey. liam Paterson University, Amy and valediction. Alyse Bolander of the Pi worked closely with librarians President Speert commented on Lambda Theta Honor Society re- throughout the State. She was ac- the sense of purpose which pervaded membered Amy’s friendly, caring tively involved in two State-wide Amy’s life. He noted the responsi- and respectful nature and her faith- associations, the New Jersey Library bilities she assumed and the myriad ful efforts in cooordinating the So- Association and the New Jersey As- goals she accomplished during her ciety’s annual book sale. sociation of School Librarians. career. The Library staff extends ex- Amy was also well know for her Three professional colleagues pressions of sympathy to Amy’s work at the University. She taught also spoke during the memorial. Pat family. Eight Oral Histories Added to the Cheng Library’s Archive As part of its mission to create currently being sought to transcribe force on the contemporary jazz original research materials, the the interviews and eventually upload scene. In addition to their interna- Cheng Library’s Jazz Archive now them to the University’s web site tional and national concert perform- includes eight videotaped interviews where they will be accessible to ances, several members of the Van- with former members of the Thad teachers, students, researchers and guard Jazz Orchestra serve as fac- Jones/ Orchestra. The in- the others interested in the history of ulty members in the Jazz Studies terviews are part of an oral history jazz. Program. project co-directed by Professors Starting as a one-night engage- The jazz musicians interviewed Tim Newman and Bob Wolk. ment at New York City’s Village are John Mosca, Cecil Bridgewater, These interviews serve to docu- Vanguard in 1965 under the direc- , Hank Jones (brother ment the history of the / tion of Thad Jones, the Thad Jones/ of Thad Jones), Garnett Brown, Mel Lewis Orchestra. Funds are Mel Lewis Orchestra established a Jerry Dodgion, George Mraz and Ed reputation as one of the most innova- Xiques. tive orchestras in jazz. Thad Jones Professors Newman and Wolk later served as William Paterson have submitted a grant application University’s first Jazz Studies Direc- to the New Jersey Historical Com- CONNECTIONS tor. mission to transcribe the taped inter- Spring 2006, Volume 5, Issue 2 Now known as the Vanguard views into text -- the format consid- Anne Ciliberti, Director Jazz Orchestra, the ensemble re- ered most useful for preserving oral Susan Sabatino, Editor mains a vibrant and groundbreaking history materials. Contributors: Library Staff

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