The Art ofBooks: UNIVERSITY LIBRARIE.5 LEADS THE WAY IN NEW DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP ON NINETEENTII-CENTURY P ublishirs' ~ indings O nlin!Z DECORATIVE BOOK BINDINGS I 8 I 5 - 1950: th~ ~ rt of S ook$ ublisherl Bindi11g1Online, 1815-1930: the AnofBooks (PBO) is a three-year digital project funded by the Jnsrirutc of Museum and Library Services. This national leadership grant• funded project allows for the development ofa cutting-edge resource relating co the study ofnineteenth- and eady-twencieth-ccntury American book covers and related materials. The lead insritution for this project, University Libraries ar the Univcrsicy ofAlabama. is parmcring with the University ofWisconsin-Madison General Library Syscem co develop this bo untiful digital resource. T he Thtgmphirft11tlfrrd htrr u from 1hr vast majority of che works chosen ht!f>://bindings.lih.lf11.tdlf home }N(Rf· from the University ofAlabama, Th, de.tig11 far th, bi11dilfgs wthsilrj,al11m including rare Confederate de/ailsfro111 book.I lfml i11 th, proj,r/. imprints published by Goer-t.el Thur i11didt!1111I1q11al"tJfo,·n, '1 patrhu,ork in Mobile, are from the William that /m'11g1 lo 111wd II quill motif. The Stanley Hoole Special Collecrions book.J 111(d in tht projrrl npre1t11/ cotmllt.ss dijftte11f 1lesig111 ,md 1!Jlts~ rolors. tlNJ11tJ, Library. Scholars and srudencs in ml{/j>tlllems. numerous areas ofstudy, the K- 12 community, and the general Left to Righi: Tru1h Dexter public have found this project ro be both bcaurifi.tl and informative. IN 1111, l \\lll (l.J11/1, /Jrou'I/ and Co11,p,,1!), I90I). Funded in September 2003, chis project has brought together via Tbit si111pl, desif.n is 110111p,d In gold, the World Wide Web a collection ofbook bindings in a searchable • Oecorative Book Jellou1 ,111dgne,1 mid btor, /Ix du(~ntri database with several value-added componenrs co facilitate the study Jig,1nllfr,. A Warickshirc L,d: The Bindings ofthese works. Upon completion in September 2006. rhe database Story of the l!oyhood of Willian, Shakespeare (D Applr/011 ,111d Co., will contain up to 5000 tides and ar lease twice as many images. • Harper Lee Visits Hoole /916). TbiJ bf11di,,g, drs[t11ed l?J !ht Rich information about the books as physical objects, along with /J11ornlfi, /)r1ig11er,, "prolijirJim, teaching tools. research cools, and information about the place of of this ,m, is !JPirt1fof !ht hindi11gs nincrecnch- and rwentieth-ceniury books in American hisrory and • Let's Talk About It! frr,111 !hr rorf, 20th .-,11111,y, "11011·11 culmre will be included. • Serving the Black Belt lls ,ht"" of tbt de.rignrr bi,11/i11f. , The project looks ar books that were published in the United 10111tti111u k1101r11 as /he G!mgJ111 Ro1t. Stares from 1815 to I 930, the era ofthe "publishers' binding." Hubert's Wife:,\ S,ory For You [t\ During this period, binding, which had once been provided by Somhern Otrholic Story) (Kr11r4J • Legendary Voice bookbinders o nly on an individual basis, became a standard part of Mel Allen and Sons. ra. 1880}-This i11/ntn/f the initial publishing process. The result is a body ofmaterials thar • Technology Helps Users hi11dhf$/tlll11re1 g,,:(}111tlrir, ftoml. and n-bt11 is ojie11 rolled diagpnnl or ZfJ"' represents many things ro many people. Scl1olars and students in a • Resource for duig,111. II is rrprr.smfillil't ef lfx broad range ofacademic pursuits relating to American history and High School Students tlalJOrole Virlori11J1 1tylr. culture can use these works to gain an understanding ofaspects of • Dinah! nineceench-cenn,ry American li fe. The comprehensive contro lled vocabulary created for chis project has provided a pathway co • BUILT for Sciences undemanding the visual iconography ofAmerican history and life. • McLurc Gift Elements represented include Westward expansion and the Civil • Donors War, the development ofleisurc time and activities, the Victorian era. and some ofthe earliest examples ofAmerican influence on • Development News Europea n design. T he bindings provide countless exan1ples ofdecorative motifs, • New Space in Gorgas reflecting the evolution ofgraphic and commercial design in • New Faculty Welcomed America. During this period, sometimes c.illed "America's firsr ice Bindi11gs, pn_~e 2 HARPER LEE Vrsrrs UNIVERSI1Y LIBRARIES
ery few authors have had as great an impact on the literary world or on humankind as a whole as has Harper Lee. With Vone novel she caused a ripple that has been felt around rhe world fo r the past fon:y-five years. To Kill a Mockingbird brought Harper Lee a Pulin.er Prize and an Oscar. Mock ingbird has been translated inro more than forry languages. and Lee's book was deemed by an American Library Association poll to be the greatest novel of rhc twentieth cen tury. On January 28, 2005, Ms. Lee, a Mon roeville, Alabama, native and University Four tditious ef Horprr Lrrl inlrmotional!, of Alabama graduate, visited the William be/01.,d no,./, To Kill , Mockingbird from tht Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library lf-'.S. HOble Sp,rial Coll 2 Tfff l.' ~l\' E.RS I TY OP \l. ABAM!\ 111\R \RII S BRUNO LIBRARY SERVES BLACK BELT COUNTIES he Alabama Entrepreneurial Research Nerwork (A.ERN) is a project designed Tto encourage economic development in the Black Belt counties of Alabanu. The project equips local chambers of commerce wirh resources and training char allow them co offer support ro area residents in forming and developi ng small businesses. Initially funded by a grant from rhe Alabama Legislature, rhe projecr was launched by the Center for Business and Economic Resea rch and the Small Busines.~ Developmcnr Cenrer, boch unirs of the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Adminisrration ar the Universiry of Alabama. The Angelo Bruno Business Library quickly became che third parmer in che project and now plays a major role in the project's ongoing activitles. LET'S TALK ABOUT IT! The seven cu rrent members of A.ERN arc chambers of commerce rom Tevye the Ddiryman co Americd11 Pastoral, Jewish serving cou nties Ii-om Greene to literature has given us a lor co ralk about. Wilcox. Each member chan1ber F Members ofthe communj ty gath~ed at Amelia Gayle receives a computer with basic Gorgas Library chis spring co parcicipare in a five-parr reading and office productivity software and the discussion series on Jewish lirerarure. hardware and software needed for Let's Talk About lt!is a reading and book discussion program lnccrnetconncctivity. Thechambers model developed by the American Library Association (A.LA) in also receive collections of reference materials containing information 1984. The program focuses on reading a common series ofbooks, that is useful in scarring or growing a small business. AERN rhen chosen by a nationally known scholar, and discussing them in rhe provides training fo r chamber employees and members ofthe public in using both the information resources n. cc °'··- comexr ofa larger theme. Recently, rhe ALA Public Programs , M1 aoama Entrepreneuria, =•rdi Networ~ Office and Ncxrbook, a nonprofit organization that promotes provided by AERN and 1he business _. ::.~ -- ~--- L books illuminating 3000 years ofJewish civil ization rhroughouc the databases included in the Alabama Unired Stares, launched a new let! Talk About It! theme - "Jewish Virrual Library. - --~~ Librarians from the Brw10 Library ----· ·------... _- Literature: Identity and Imagination." -- pa rticipate in several aspccrs of the - University Libraries is one of200 libraries nationwide chat -- received a grant from ALA and Nexcbook co host the series. Dr. projecr, from consultations abour r=------= Steven Jacobs, Aaron Aronov Professor ofJudaic Studies in the whicl1 reference books to provide to - ·· ---·-·· Department of Religious Studies, stepped into the role oflocal conducring training sessions at the scholar and led the group in lively discussions centered around the individual chambers. The business librarians conducted an in-depth theme "A Mind of Her Own: Fathers and Daughters in a Changing workshop at tbe Bruno Library that was open co all employees of World." In addition co an accompanying essay writcen by project A.ERN member chambers; a second workshop ofthis type~~ scheduled scholar Jeremy Dauber ofColumbia University, participanrs had for lacer chis spring. In addition ro rraining activities, rhe Bruno the opporrunity ro read and ralk about Tevye the Dairyman by Library sponsors the A.EIU'-1 website. located on the Web at hrrp:// Sholem Aleichem, Brend Givers by Anua Yezierska, 1185 Park aern.cba.ua.edu. The librarians created and maintain the website and Avmueby Anne Roiphc, American Parroralby Philip Roch, and provide rhe bulk of the content. One of the website's features is an Bee Seaton by Myla Goldberg. Although these books explore the ''Ask a Business Librarian" Web form char can be used by chamber conflict between fathers and daughters from a Jewish perspective, employees or their diencele ro refer questions 10 the li brarians ar the the themes wirhin this body ofliterarure are universal, as was Bruno Library. evidenced by the engaging discussion among program parricipanrs. Economic development is a slow process, and each small success The Lets Talk About ft! discussions served ro introduce a rich is valued. Aspiring businc'l;Spcople in these counties now have access lirerature and a culture rbar had been unfamiliar co many program co tools that offer rhcm a greater opponuni1y to succeed. Among die parricipancs. Another goal of the program series was community success stories are rwo Demopolis restaurants, Smokin' Jack's Bar-B outreach, and University Libraries successfully parrnered with Que and Cora's Restaurant, whose owners used AERN resources; each the Brooks-Cork Library at Shelton Srare Community College, has received national exposure dirough being featured in a program on the William H. Sheppard Library ar Sri llman College, Tuscaloosa the Food Network. T he Bruno Library is commitced co continuing Public Library, and the Arrs and HLunanjties Council ofTuscaloosa ics role as a partner in the Alabama Emrepreneurial Research Network co promote the program. With discussion participants from each and playi ng a part in improving rhe qual ity of life in the Black Belt partner, a broad specrrum of che local communiry was represented. counties ofAlabama. Marria Bam11 l.rr f>ilu tAt11.IDg librarian /mid. A11grlo 8rw1(J Businm Ubrn,y LJ8RARY HORI ZONS 3 USING TECHNOLOGY To HELP USERS he University Libraries' Web pages are be T coming livelier as more and more instruc tion materials are being convened to electronic formars. The librarians' aim is to provide as sistance to users in any medium they choose, whccher face-ro-face, by phone or e-mail, or onJine. One popular and growing resource is the Course•Relared Pages (http://www.lib.ua.edu/ coursepages.hrm). Librarians can pose handouts created for a specific class on these Web pages. Students can access these handoucs ar any rime for review and assistance wirh an assignment. Faculty can refer co their own class pages or to those oftheir colleagues. It is also extremely helpful co ocher library staff arcempcing to assist How ABOUT THAT! A NEW BooK ON ALABAMA NATIVE students with rhei r research. AND LEGENDARY VoICE MEL ALLEN New tutorials are also being developed co assist students. The Bama Undergraduate orn Melvin Israel in Birm_ingham, Alabama, of Russian Jewish immigranr Information Literacy Tutorial for Sciences parenrs, Mel Allen, as he 1s broadly known, overcame Depression-era (hrtp://www . lib.ua.ed u/1ibraries/ sel/bu i Ir/) was .B hardships and Klan persecurion co become one ofthe mosr recognized voices developed by librarians at the Rodgers Library in spons. Allen got his scarr in broadcasring as an undcrgraduare at the University for Science and Engineering and is described ofAlabru1~a. He_came co campus ar the very young age oflifreen in 1928 with hopes elsewhere in this issue. In the Bruno Business ofbeconung a big-league ball player. His love for spons brought him instead to Library, Karen Chapman ha.~ developed tutorials rhc worlds ofsports wriring and broadcasting. He made a name for himself at the for rwo heavily used databases, Business Source Capstone while an undergraduare and a law student. Premier and \Y/eb ofScience. Look for them at Allen joi ned CBS and che New York Yankees broadcasti ng cc-Jm and was http;//bru1101ib.cba.ua.cdu/search/dat:1bases/in the "voice ofthe Yankees" from 1939 co 1964. He gained national acclaim as dex.hrml. a broadcaster ofnumerous World Series and was che voice of baseball's weekly Another initiative in the works is the creation ...... , highlight show, "This Week in Baseball." His ofshort tucorials char explai n specific searching unmistakable voice and his famous phrases, such as techniques. These shorr tutorials, mosdy rn~accd "Ho/II nbout that!"after a great play and "Its goi11g... in Macromedia Flash, can be re-used in many going...it} go11e!" to mark a home run, arc couchscones conrexts on the Libraries' Web pages or can be ofAmerican culture that have reached far beyond the integrated inro course pages created by teaching world ofbaseball. Red Barber and Allen were the lim faculty. Thus far, three such skill-set tutorials recipienrs ofthe Ford C. Frick award, which is presenrcd have been creared: how co use Booleru1 operators, by the National Baseball Hall ofFame co a broadcaster how to use tntncacion, a,1d how co take a citation - for "major conrributions ro baseball." from an electronic database and search the Li Stephen Borelli, a well-known auchor and journalist, braries' catalog. To view these short tutorials, go grew up listening to Mel Allen's show, "This Week in co the entry on the Libraries' databases Web page Baseball.'' His new book, Ho/II About That!: Th, Life (http://www.lib. ua.ed u/darabases) for Academic ofMel Allen (Spores Publishi11g LLC, 2005) captures Search Premier. Click on the Search Tips Link brilliantly the life and career of cl1is local hero rurned co the righr of che database tide. Once on the narional treasure. Research for the book was done at Search Tips Web page, scroll down and click on the University ofAlaban1a's W. S. Hoole Library, which the red links ro Boolean Operators, Truncation, Top: A photogrupb •f ,\/ti houses the Md Allen Papers. Mel's brother, Larry Allen or rhe UA Libraries' caralog. Alim 1111d b,mbo/1 bgtnd ofMontgomery, often visited Tuscaloosa to meet with Keep checking the Libraries' Web pages for Mirk.J:y :\111111/,from th, Mel Borelli to share in rhc reviewing ofthese materials. further developmcnrs in onli ne insrruction. If Allen Paper.; ho111td at th, B_orelli talked about Mel Allen and his career, along with you th ink ofsome kind ofdemonmarion or in ir: S. Hool, Sp,nnlColl,ttio111 srrucrion you would like co have available onlinc, Ulmny. ;\bovc: Tb, toi,r his own research, and signed copies ofhis book on April contact Mary Alice Fields ([email protected]) or of th,jorlhro111i11g book, How 27 at the \Y/. $. Hoole Special Collections Library on the t\bou1 Th.11!: -11,e Ijfe of Un iversity ofAlabama campus. click on the webmascer link at the borcom ofany Libraries' Web page. Mel Allen. /,y S1,ph,11 Borr/Ii Jnsica Lnch~~FtMtnn11 (Sporis Plfbli1hi1,g, LLC, pub/ir and outrr11d, ser111ccs (Obrdi11111or. M",y Alict Fi;/d, 2005). \f( S. H(J(}/r Sp,tial Collrc-tiom libmry hrnd. Gorg,11 h,fomu11io11 S 4 TIii. t:Xl\' I R~ITY or A l.t\8;\.\I., J,IIUP,Rlf.~ UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES PROVIDES RESouRCE DINAH! FOR HIGH ScHOOL STIJDENTS hat a Dijfnncr a Day Malm! n f-cbruary 2004. Dean of Libraries Louis A. Pitsehmann charged W Th.it day was March 2, 200>, Ithe librarians of Mclure Education Library with che task of cre when more than l 00 people came ating an electronic resource for high school students. Working from together in GorgasLibr.iry10 celebrate that premise, Head Librari2n Helga Visschcr, 1nfo~.inon Rcsour~ the life and music of Tuscaloosa es Librarians Jim Blansett and Nancy DuPree, Curriculum Maten• native Dinah Washington. Several als Librarian Benita Strnad, and Gorgas Library Reference Librarian cousins still call the Tuscaloosa area Barbara Oahlbach began rhe home, and some of them joined in Fli"fro,,, 1h, /)1nob TIii UM\'lll\llY Of AIAIIA\\,\ arduous process of dt-vdoping 11''111/,ir,gt°" r1,n1 htld in the festivities in Gorgas. Gorlfll J.jbmry, .\lartb 2, High School this resource. T he URL for this Born Ruth Jones, Dinah left Web page is hnp://highschool. 2005, lw1,bfitf11~, 1h, 1t,t,,,.,, Digital Tusaloosa in 1928 at the age offour ronttrt, and ,:,,bib,11. lib.ua.edu. The wcbsi1c is de 10 make a new home wi1h her family Resources signed 10 hdp high school sru• in Chicago. By the time she reached her mid-teens, she was Web Page dents access web resources and already an accomplished gospel singer, following in the foomeps research materials that will help of her mother who also had made a name for herself in Chicago them produce quality :tSSign• church circles. \. ____.._ •~'-..,_,.,...,_._ .. .. mcnrs. These sites have been Though Dinah passed away in 1963 at the very young•~ of evaluated by UA librarians for 39, she left behind an enormous legacy - numerous reco~mgs conrcnt, rclcv.ince, and age-appropriateness. that caprure her unmistalcable style and ralcnr. She rcceJVed a Believing 1har the quickest way 10 attract the attention of ro"."g Grammy award for \'(l/w a Dijfrma a Day Malm in 1959 and students is wirh motion and sound, librarians designed the open,ng had a host ofother hiis. Her voice and arrangements straddled sequence to provide plenty of both. Hoping 10 "brand" the website the worlds of blues, jau., pop, and gospel, and earned her lhc with heavy instirution identification, the librarians employed "_BigAl," monikers "Queen ofBlues" and "Queen ofthe Juke Box." the University mascot, 10 stampede across the screen, grow111g ever The Dinah celebration included a slidcshow and a spirited larger, all 10 rhc funfurc from "Yea. Alab.una." Once a visito~ ~as sec~ lecture and book signing by Nadine Cohodas, author of Qumi: this fcarurc, he or she can opt to by-pass it upon rhc next v,sn. Th,s The Lift a11d Music of Di1111h \'(las/,i11gto11 (Pantheon, 2004). page has proved co be rhe mosr popular fcan'.rc of1he emirc ~vebsite. Following Ms. Cohodas's lecture, a musical perfor~ance ,v.is Much thoughtwcn1 inro,-clecring the )UbJects. The librarian group given by renowned blues singer and Alabama native Elnora began with 1he subject list from the Alabam~ ~me Co~rsc of_Srudy. Spencer, who was accompanied by Tuscaloosa native Tommy Ccrrnin subjects lent 1hcmselvcs ro further revmon. Soc,al s1ud1es was S1cwarr. S1ewarr had played subdivided into American history, world history, and governmen1. keyboard with Washingron at General science was broken down imo irs curricular parts: biology. the Apollo Theatre in 1962. The chem isrry, and physi~. Each committee member was assigned subjecr blues scr was a perfecr way to end areas. Every sire was e,stluated for currency, accuracy, relevance. and the evening. The event brought t · poin1 of origin. Each member was responsible for both the original together music enthusiasts from all selection and the ongoing selection ofnew sites. Sites will be "cycled" over the community to celebrate 'i ;I\ from time 10 time, 10 keep 1hc Web resources fresh. Dinah's life and music. Following The new website for high school students has elicited comments the event, Nadine Cohodas joined from administrators. reaching fuculry. and 01hcr librarians, who Alisa Bcckwirh for an hour of have sugges1cd more subjects and websites. The Web page was an Dinah Washington's music on ~ ..., '! ,. '1,, " immediate hi1 with University administrators. The dean of1hc College APR's Evening Jazz. ' , of Engineering liked it so much 1har he requested the addition ~fa An exhibit fc.iruring photo.. section for engineering. Although rhe subjccr is nor taught in lugh graphs and sound recordings ofDi schools in Alabama. many a1 1he University regard the website as a nah Washington was on display in 1h11 ,,,pr,ssii, to111/id slx!t recruiting rool for srndents. The li nks 10 University dcp:,rtmcnis, the Hoolc Library through March 1bo»1 Dinah lf'osNngton 11~,j•g test preparation sites, and college application information encourage 18. Included was a blow-up ofthe ill htrapattlfttlll. Di11ab 1111 students 10 think abou1 college, especially the University ofAlabama. Dinah Washington posrage sromp, J:.no»·n far lonn/1, nn infamu1/ Users are encouraged to provide feedback by coniac1ing the webma;ter on loan from the U.S. Postal Ser 1am 111Jiun. 11·/wrt JtJlllt tJj /ht via a link on each page. All linked information is free. One of the vice. The sramp with Dinah's im ,.,.,,,,,,,/"'(!\. 6114 ,1,,,,11t#Jinon1 purposes of chis wcbsirc is 10 promote rhc University of Alabama. age was dedicared in 1993 in her ram, 1og,thtr a/Irr hours lo pill] 11111/ sing 1og,1/xr. but the site provides useful resources ro studcn1s everywhere as they hometown ofTuscaloosa. prepare for college and university srudy. jns,ra u,b,r-Ft/dnun publir andourm,rh Krtdffl (0(1,di,1.11111r. Hrlf.t' ViJJelxr j,'111 B/1111st1t W S Ho,/, Sp«iol C.Ut<1>un1 lib'"f1 lit.1tl M,lurt &l11 LIBRAR'' IIOR17.0).S 5 SCIENCE LIBRARIANS D EVELOP INFORMATION TUTORIAL c chis time University Libraries wishes co recognire the following A UA alumni and friends fo r their support. The list includes Rotunda eaching scudenrs co use and cvaluace information effectively is a Library Society members, participants in our now Honor wich Books Tkey goal for the Rodgers Library for Science and Engineering. bookplate program and many others who have made special gifts ro With the development and implemenracion ofa Web-based the Libraries. We extend our deepest appreciation to all. If your name information literacy nicorial, this goal is easily attainable, according should appeac on chis list but does not, please conract Cheryl Alcemara at co Mangala Krishnamurthy and Barbara Hedges, cwo librarians who 205-348-1416 or calct [email protected]. worked on chis projecc. University Libraries Donors ]am111ry 2004-Marci, 2005 BUILT for Sciences (Bama Undergraduate Information Literacy Tutorial) reaches undergraduates co sdccc sources ofinformation, Phillip •nd Oo11na Adcock Joe and Martha Horton C.,herine M. Roach search fo r information, and evaluate information. The nicorial includes Rucker and Margaret Ag"' &rb,u2 H. Hunter Ron•ld R. Robd Fund Wayne :and Cheryl Hutton Lois M~.rie Robcrrson a section on misconceptions about the lnrcrnec. It also includes sample Drew and Cheryl Alrcmar, Gr,gory 0. Hyde Anne M:aric Romano searches developed for chemistry and biology. Chemistry and biology AmSouth Bank Foundation rBM Corpor.uion Benjaniin and Luanne were chosen because reference librariam are already providing research Michelle Andrcw:t Robbi Srtven Jacobs R=ll Jo.an .ind Jon Atkin.son Emily Comdia Johnson P;auJ and K:athcrine skills oricnrations co undergraduate scudenrs in these disciplines, :u1d Robert C Baird, Jr. Tonjanfr2 Johnson Rudcdge Family faculty in these departments responded positively co die idea. Lacer, D. Gayle Baker John H. and C.n,lyn Josey AJcx.1nder S21nwcll Eric N. Bakhmoff Joseph C. K,llm Kunis Sch..1.elfc.r the sample searches will be extended ro ocher sciences. The cmorial is Cheryl M. Ballard Patricia C. Kellen Charley Scott currcndy avaj lable on che Rodgers Library's website at hrrp://www.lib. William R. 8:mle, ll1 Jerry M. Kelly Van Scoroc Assoda1es ua.cdu/libraries/sel/builc/. M,ry C.,hcrine llcaudump Neid. Kelly Robert H. and Eliubcth Trinh T. Bed>:ud Dorie King K. Shaw BUILT was created with the assistance ofa University Libraries Marie B. Bing.h.1.m P:atricla Anne Klinefelter Harrold Sheffield Innovation Granr. The purpose ofthese grants is to challenge library Jim and Catherine Blan$CH Susan Kr.rt Cbark.1blc Trust James 8. and C..rolyn F. faculty :u1d staff to develop new approaches co library services and Jessica lacher-Fddnum Frank Samud Skinner.Jr. Boone Ura and PbiJjp l:a.Morc;mx Grace M. Slaughter operations. Funds from the grant paid the salary ofthe Web designer 1..try J. Bowen Dorwd Nickerson t..d,em, Mary Fnnces Slaughrcr for che project, Shashi Gireddy. The rucorial is based upon TlLT, the F. Dixon Brooke, Jr. Sr. M,rgam B"rdick Smi 6 THE: l't-. JVl! RSJ i ' ' ('lf A I. Att AMA 1. IUR,\ RI E~ LIBRARYLEADEMHIP BOARD he L.ibrary Leadership Board is an advisory board chat exists co support University Libraries in irs mission co provide quality T library and information services co the students and faculty ofthe University and to the state-wide community. The board meets twice each year and is actively involved with Libraries devdopment activities. Since holding its first meeti ng in May 1999, the Library Leadership Board has undertaken several projects beyond its advisory role. These projects, for which no other funds were available, include providing the funds to catalog a critical portion ofUniversity Libraries' government documents boldi11gs and contributing more than half of the funds LIBRARIES REcEIVE.S GIFrs ro FUND D1GITIZATION for the endowment supporti ng the Drm11a !. Sorensm Collection: The Contribution; ofS0111hm1 UVomen. Both projects have enhanced che n December the Libraries received cwo major gifts, one from resources provided by University Libraries. Ian individual and one from an Alabama fou ndation, to support The board has created cwo annual awards co recogni1.e excellence digitization of unique archival materials held in the William Stanley among the Libraries' faculty and staff. In gratitude fo r his many years Hoolc Special Collections Library. J. Wray and Joan B. Pearce of leadership, che board commissioned a portrait of former Dean of gave more than S l 8,000 to support chis effort, and che Raymon J. Libraries Charles B. Osburn. The portrait now hangs on the second Baker Foundation has pledged $ I 00,000 over five years cowards che Aoor ofAmelia Gayle Gorgas Library. Most recently, the board agreed project. to sponsor a scudenr essay comest in conjunction with the University's The materials co be digitized pertain co rhe political, social, and Honors Week and in celebration of National Library Week. The economic history of che srare of Alabama. These materials. which essay topic is "The role the libraries play in my University ofAlabama arc pare of che Alabama Collection, include commercial records that experjence.." describe industry and agriculture around che state in the nineccenrh cenrury and chc first half ofche cwemieth century, as well as political The 2005 Library Leadership Board Members records. plantation papers, correspondence, diaries, letters, early photographs, and maps. Shirley D. McCrary, Chair, Mooresville, AL While also contributing to a larger national effort currencly Calvin J. Brown, Chair-Elecr, Decarur, AL J. Wray Pearce, lmmediare Past Chair, Birmingham, AL underway co digitize unique collecrions, the digirization of these Jo h.n H. Josey, Straregies Commirree Chair, Birmingham, AL materials will make chem accessible via the World Wide Web. Rather Eleanor Srreir. Program Comm irree Chair, Tuscaloosa, AL chan handling fragile maps, letters, and photos in Hoole Library's Celesre Burnum, Nominating Commirrce Chair, Tuscaloosa, AL collections, patrons will gain improved access and search capabilities Jane Bandy Smith, Exccucive Commirree Member at Lirge, as well as enhanced reproduction options once these items have been Alexander Ciry, AL cligicized. Donna Adcock, Tusc,loosa, AL Doric King, Birmingham, AL 01 ~181\ARY HORIZONS 7 THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA Spring 2005 Vol. 18, No. 2 L IBRAR I ES library Horizons: A News/mer ofthe University ofAlabnmo Box 870266 librarin is an official newslener of the Univ"rsit)• community. Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0266 Please send comments or suggestions to Berry Bryce, editor, Librory Horiums, Box 870266, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0266 or co [email protected]. Libmry Horizons is published twice during the academic year. Editor Berry Bryce Editorial Board Jessica Lacher-Feldman, Kare Ragsdale, Helga Visscber, and Cheryl Al cemara, ex officio Special thonks to Jill Grogg 011dJmnifar McClure N EW FACUL1Y W ELCOMED SnmENTS DISCOVER N2w Sruov SPACE IN GORGAS LIBRARY onathan Darby was appointed in January 2005 as the Gov Jernment Documents librarian in the lnformacion Services D ecenc refurbishing of Aoor 4M in Gorgas Departmenc ofGorgas Library. Mr. Darby holds a B.A. in 1'1.ibrary has cesulccd in an amactive and history fro m Auburn University and an M.L.I. S. from the comfonable new study space wicl1 a variety of University ofAlabama. Before coming to the University of Ala seating options for UA srudencs and fuculry. This bama, he was the coordinator ofreference and, subsequeo cly, new srudy area was made possible through the coordinator of reference and bibliographic insrruction in the generous gifr of Benjamin and Luanne Russell of Ina Dillard Russell Library at Georgia College and Stace Uni Alexander City, Alabama. versity. Prior to working at the Russell Library, Mt. Darby was a reference librar Results from recent user surveys indicate rhac ian and bibliographic instruction coordinator in the James Earl Carre, Library at UA srudl'llts need a variety of study spaces in Georgia Southwestern State University. the Libraries. In response to srudenc feedback, Mr. Darby brings fo ur years ofexperience in bibliographic instruction and additional group study rooms were built in Gorgas library outreach activities that will enhance the lnformarion Services Dcparrmenc Library several years ago. Students participating in in ics effort to meet the research needs offuc ul ty and students. organized study hall groups are using the hu:gc Angtla \'flright, human mourr:tJ oflirrr study areas on rwo Aoors in the library. The coffee shop on the lim floor in Gorgas Libeary mracts UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES • studencs who wane colfee or a snack as fuel for FISCAL YEAR COMPARISONS studying, and some nudencs even study there. Category 2003-04 % change over 2002-03 Now on Aoor 4M the library has created yer a Visi.rors to Libraries 1,038,332 +f3.94% different type ofsrudy space Library lnsm,ction 437 Seating in the new 4M study area includes +30.84% Classes comfortable club chairs in groupings with tables Library lnmuctioo 7,773 and lamps, tables for four people, and a long study +29.55% Participancs rablc with cask lighting thatwill sear 10-12 people. Circulation 205,4 10 +23.28% Designed especially to 611 a need voiced by graduate studenrs and faculty arc 18 individual study desks FALL SEMESTER ON-SITE VISITORS equipped with task lighting and positioned by Year On-site visics % increase over previous year windows that provide a view of three ofthe most 2004 4.77,977 +10.72% architccrurally srunning buildings on the campus. 2003 431.679 + 15.62% 373,35r-----+- o.8"9%______The new study area supports wireless coonccciviry 2002 to the Internet. 2001 349,258 -12.99% Word has spread, and many studencs are 2000 401,441 + 2.84% choosing Gor:gas 4M as their study ar:ea ofchoice. 1999 390,328 +26.81 % Thank you, Benjamin and Luanne RusseU! Kau Rag11lak, plnnuing offim Increase in Fall 2004 over Fall 1999 +22.45% "U11ilirr,;'l Libran·rs : Bruno, Wrgm, Hool(. A1rlmr, ,md Rodgrn libmrin,