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ACORNChronicle PUBLISHED BY THE JEAN AND ALEXANDER HEARD LIBRARY • VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY • FALL 2007 BooksBooks ThatThat MatterMatter Former VVanderbiltanderbilt All-American basketball player Clyde Lee holds a copy of the book that most influenced him, WWayay of the Peaceful WWarriorarrior. FROM the University Librarian N EWS From Campus Libraries ach of us at some point must come to the end vation details of many sites. Increasingly, the new Walker, Carpenter Serve as Acting Directors opment of the Heard Library homepage and was instrumental in Eof our career, and I am approaching that point. work of libraries is to capture and preserve the results of Peabody, Central Libraries developing cooperative agreements with other area libraries and I have informed the provost that I will be of research before and beyond the printed record. the Tennessee Electronic Library, which brought valuable data- elia Walker, director of commu- stepping down as university librarian after 12 years We work with other organizations through many bases to libraries across Tennessee. As director of the Central Library, nication and library advancement, at the end of this academic year. As one approaches cooperative agreements to bring our students and C Haar oversaw the evolution of instructional services, reference and has been serving as acting direc- the end of working in a profession, it seems only prop- faculty just the right information to meet their needs. interlibrary loan, as well as the enhancement of the building. tor of the Peabody Library since Sharon “John will be missed by all of us for his wisdom, insight, and NEIL BRAKE Our interlibrary loan department is renowned for er to take a look back to see how things have changed Weiner left in July. David Carpenter, head its ability to quickly find material at other libraries friendship,” said University Librarian Paul Gherman. “We wish and what progress has been made. of reference at Vanderbilt, serves as the act- STEVE GREEN him well in the next phase of his life.” I began my first job in libraries in 1969 oversee- to support our faculty and graduate students. This ing director of the Central Library. His Paul M.Gherman year they begin a new service to deliver materials University Librarian ing the storage facility at Wayne State University in appointment began with John Haar’s retire- Detroit where we housed all the books that would directly to faculty offices. ment and will extend until a new director Celia Walker Wife Accepts Award for Late Husband not fit on the shelves of Wayne State’s main library. And we work with commercial business on research is hired and begins work. Carpenter has T. Mark Hodges About the cover: It is only fitting that one of the last major things I and development efforts. For more than a year we previously served as acting director of the Management Library. Former Vanderbilt All- udith Hodges accepted the first T. will accomplish at Vanderbilt is to acquire a sec- have worked with Ex Libris, a leading library automa- American basketball player Mark Hodges International Service Clyde Lee holds a copy of Way ond storage building to house the material that will tion company, to develop AlphaSearch, a tool to Haar Retires After 14 Years with the Library J Award named for her late husband, of the Peaceful Warrior while not fit in our libraries. Growth is the watch word of allow our users to easily poll many indexes and data- doing yoga at Cheekwood’s ohn Haar retired this summer from who served as the director of the Eskind Japanese Garden, Shomu-en. libraries as each year we purchase millions of dollars bases for answers to their queries. AlphaSearch will his position as associate university Biomedical Library.The T. Mark Hodges Photo by Daniel DuBois. worth of information to support the teaching and allow the library to better integrate itself into the J librarian for collections and director International Service Award was estab- THE ACORN CHRONICLE research of our academic community. user’s path no matter where they seek information. of the Central Library. During his tenure lished in 2007 by the Medical Library Asso- is published semi-annually by As one walks past the General Library Building The library has transformed itself over the past the Jean and Alexander Heard at Vanderbilt, Haar guided the library from ciation. The award honors outstanding decade; only the façade of the library remains the Library,Vanderbilt University. nothing much seems to have changed since 1941 one based solely on print to a robust digi- individual achievement in promoting, Address inquiries to the Library, T. Mark Hodges when it was first dedicated. But as one enters, the same. The change has been profound and far reach- STEVE GREEN 419 Twenty-first Avenue South, tal repository accessible to Vanderbilt stu- enabling and/or delivering improvements ing as the very underpinning of libraries has changed. Nashville,Tennessee 37240, change becomes clear. The card catalog drawers dents and faculty from wherever and in the quality of health information internationally through the 615/322-4782, or by email to around the lobby are empty because all our holdings It has been my great privilege for this past decade to editor [email protected]. whenever they need information. John Haar development of health information professions, the improvement are now on computer and accessible from anywhere be a part of this change at Vanderbilt. Looking back, He also played a key role in the devel- of libraries or an increased use of health information services. THE ACORN CHRONICLE, progress and change have been remarkable. Fall 2007 in the world. More than 300 computer terminals © 2007 by Vanderbilt University. provide users access not only to the catalog record —PAUL M. GHERMAN All rights reserved. of what we own, but also to the text of thousands of Uni versity Librarian: journals and hundreds of thousands of books. Our Paul M. Gherman work of arranging knowledge book by book on the Editor: Le w Harris “I like knowing that I’ve invested my money Committee on Undergraduate Information Literacy Contributors: Paul Gherman, shelf is now supported by the ever widening web in a plan that helps me during my lifetime Celia Walker, Beth Boord, Joanne Lamphere Beckham of information that exists on the Internet. Fewer and helps the university continue Art Director: Donna D. Pritchett of our patrons ever come to the library in person, but a program I care deeply about Promotes Students’ Understanding of Research Designer: Chris Collins they find us wherever they need us at any time of after my lifetime.” day or night via the Web. –J. León Helguera, professor of history, emeritus BY FLO WILSON AND MELINDA BROWN evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.” Visit us on the Web at Our work has changed. We now run servers offer- magine for a moment that a recent Vanderbilt graduate has The importance of information literacy skills was recently http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/ hen you establish a Charitable Gift Annuity, or http://www.vanderbilt.edu/ ing the world unique information that we have res- Wyou’re giving yourself income for life—guaranteed— taken a new job. The first big assignment she receives is to highlighted in a 2006 national “Information Literacy Summit” alumni/pub.html I cued from oblivion such as the national television and you’ll receive an income tax deduction. Your gift will create research public perception of a particular organization, one held in Washington, D.C. The summit focused on “American Vanderbilt University is committed a meaningful legacy to the Jean and Alexander Heard Library. to principles of equal opportunity and news broadcasts via the Vanderbilt Television News of which she’s never heard. She first checks the Internet for an Competitiveness in the Internet Age.” affirmative action. Archive, or church records from Cuba and Brazil Benefits on a $10,000 Single-Life Charitable Gift Annuity* official Web site to find out more about the organization itself. The Library recently joined with other units on the Van- documenting the Diaspora of African slaves via those Age Annuity Rate Yearly Income Tax Deduction Then she uses a database to search newspapers, magazines and derbilt campus to promote new students’ understanding of research 65 6.0% $600 $4,131 trade journals for articles that mention the organization and eval- within the academic environment and more specifically to fur- countries to North America. We collect Ugandan 70 6.5% $650 $4,427 folk music by recording it in the bush and cataloging 75 7.1% $710 $4,808 uates which will be most relevant to her assignment. ther the concept of improving students’ information literacy.This it and making it available to the world. We also host 80 8.0% $800 $5,193 In each of these steps the new graduate exhibits what is known group, initially an informal committee, is now recognized by the 85 9.5% $950 $5,474 as “information literacy,” which the American Library Associa- University’s and Library’s administrative structure and goes by ETANA, Electronic Tools and Ancient Near East- 90 11.3% $1,130 $5,885 ern Archives. ETANA contains rare books for the tion and the Association of College and Research Libraries the acronym CUIL (pronounced ‘cool’). has defined as “a set of abilities requiring individuals to recog- CUIL stands for the Committee on Undergraduate Infor- study of near east and actual archaeological exca- *minimum age of 65 and gift amount of $10,000. Rates as of October 2007. nize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, continued on page 11 2 3 Items requested online by 9:30 a.m.