GAZETTE Volume 27, No

GAZETTE Volume 27, No. 2 • January 15, 2016 • A weekly publication for Library staff Inside Lewis and Clark and Maps Authors Ralph Ehrenberg and Herman Viola next week will discuss their book, “Mapping the West with Lewis and Clark” – a volume produced mostly with documents from Library of Congress collections. Page 2 Key Posts Filled in OCOO Chief Operating Officer Edward R. Jablonski has appointed a new director of Integrated Support Services, a new chief of the Facility Services Division and a new budget officer. Page 3 Witter Bynner Winner U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera has selected poet Allison Hedge Coke as recipient of the 2016 Witter Bynner Fellowship. Page 5 Professional-Development Stipends The Library of Congress Asian Ameri- New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph World-Telegram New York Collection / Prints and Photographs Division can Association is currently accepting applications for stipends that help its A portrait of James Naismith, who in 1891 invented the game of basketball. members pursue educational and professional development. Page 6 A Voice from Hoops History Only Known Naismith Audio Discovered at Library voice of the man who invented basketball, By Mark Hartsell telling how he did it. “Suddenly, out of nowhere, you have asketball, unique among major this very unique snapshot, kind of like sports, has a clear creation story: putting your ear to the keyhole and hear- B We know when, where, why and ing the past,” said Gene DeAnna, head how the game was invented, and by of the Library’s Recorded Sound Sec- whom. tion. “It’s really quite wonderful. There’s Cellist Alban Gerhardt and pianist Now, some 125 years after the first magic to it.” Anne-Marie McDermott perform game was played in a Massachusetts The discovery was made by Michael J. works by Barber, Britten and others, Jan. 16 in the Coolidge Auditorium. school gymnasium, we know something Zogry, the director of indigenous studies new: the sound of the creator’s voice. and an associate professor of religious On Tap A researcher recently discovered studies at the University of Kansas. Lectures, films, concerts, classes and in the Library of Congress archives the Zogry had been conducting research other events at the Library of Congress only known audio recording of Dr. James for a new book exploring the influence of in the coming week. Page 8 Naismith – revealing, for the first time, the NAISMITH, continued on page 4 2 THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GAZETTE JANUARY 15, 2016 EVENTS Upcoming GAZETTE Lewis and Clark’s Expedition, in Maps www.loc.gov/staff/gazette GAYLE OSTERBERG Mapping the West Executive Editor Jan. 19, noon MARK HARTSELL Montpelier Room, Madison Building Editor Contributing Editors: Erin Allen, Calendar; Carlin “René” Sayles, Moving On and Length of Service; sign their book at an event next week Lisa Davis, Donated Leave in the Montpelier Room of the Madison Proofreader: George Thuronyi Building. Design and Production: Ashley Jones The book tells the story of the Lewis PETER BRAESTRUP GAIL FINEBERG JAMES W. McCLUNG Founder Founding Editor Founding Publisher and Clark expedition in a new way: (1990 – 1997) (1990 – 2009) (1990 – 1994) through the maps the explorers used Levenger Press and made. The maps present a mix of An official publication of the Library of Congress,The Gazette encourages Library managers and staff to submit articles and new information about the nation. They photographs of general interest. Submissions will be edited to The expedition of Lewis and Clark also make evident the influence of the convey the most necessary information. Deadline for submission of articles is 5 p.m. Wednesday, one was unprecedented – an exploration American Indians, whose concept of a week prior to publication date. Please submit text in digital (1804–1806) of the Western United map was very different from that of the form via e-mail ([email protected]) preferably as an attached Microsoft Word file. States in a country that now stretched Europeans and yet so fitting for this vast Back issues of The Gazette in print are available in the Public from the Atlantic to the Pacific. new land with its unfathomable terrain. Affairs Office, LM 105. A new book on their journey docu- Ehrenberg and Viola, Smithsonian Electronic archived issues and a color PDF file of the current issue ments the story in maps, with most of Institution curator emeritus, retrace the are available online at www.loc.gov/staff/gazette. these documents coming from the expedition with more than 100 images Library of Congress Gazette collections of the Library of Congress’s reproduced in detail in their book. Washington, DC 20540-1620 Geography and Map Division. This Books & Beyond event is co- Editorial: Mark Hartsell, 7-9194, [email protected] Design and production: Ashley Jones, The authors of “Mapping the West sponsored by the Library’s Center for 7-9193, [email protected] with Lewis and Clark,” Geography and the Book and its Publishing Office. It is ISSN 1049-8184 Map Division Chief Ralph Ehrenberg free and open to the public; no tickets Printed on paper that contains recycled paper by the Printing Management Section, Office Systems Services and Herman Viola, will discuss and are required. Gazette Welcomes Letters from Staff Staff is invited to use the Forum pages for lively and thoughtful debate relevant to Library issues. However, just as other newspaper editors exercise discretion over which letters to publish and Donated Time how to edit them, so do we. In deciding whether or how much to publish, we consider content (including misstatements of fact, The following employees have satisfied eligibility requirements to receive libel, innuendo, ridicule of individuals or the institution, personal attacks, and redundancy) and length (the limit is 300 words). leave donations from other staff members. Contact Lisa Davis at 7-0033. Letters must be signed by the author, whose place of work and telephone extension should be included so we can verify author- Lori Ayers Eve Ferguson Juan Perez ship. Letter writers should understand that when they sign their letters and release them to us for publication they are relinquishing Craig Andrews Richard Fitzgerald Kevin Pinckney privacy. If a letter calls for management response, for example, an explanation of a policy or actions or clarification of fact, we Sharalyn Baker Tanya Fletcher Bernice Reyes will ask for management response.—Ed. Alexis Baquiran Deloris Freeman Jordan Akinbileje Luisa Blanchfield Patrice George Elizabeth Rose Christy Chason Gina Greco Sarah Sullivan Gazette Deadlines Antoinette Childs Bart Gustafson Michael Waclawski The deadline for editorial copy for the Jan. 29 William Cox Sr. Marieta Harper Leonard Waters Gazette is Wednesday, Jan. 20. Sarah Davis Nawal Kawar Donna Williams E-mail editorial copy and letters to the editor to [email protected]. Steven Davenport Tiffany Lucas Melissa Young To promote events through the Library’s Tonya Dorsey Veronica Newman online calendar (www.loc.gov/loc/events) Sandra Edwards Donald Marcus and the Gazette Calendar, e-mail event and contact information to [email protected] by 9 a.m. Monday of the week of publication. Boxed announcements should be submitted electronically (text files) by 9 a.m. Monday Read the Gazette in color at www.loc.gov/staff/gazette the week of publication to [email protected]. JANUARY 15, 2016 THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GAZETTE 3 NEWS Upshur, Blackshear, Carson Named to OCOO Posts Courtesy of Carl E. Carson III Shawn Miller Shawn Miller Upshur Carson Blackshear Chief Operating Officer Edward R. neer squadron commander and chief of mander of the 78th Civil Engineer Group; Jablonski has appointed R. Adrian Upshur facilities, providing facilities operations, commander of the 11th Civil Engineer Jr. director of Integrated Support Services maintenance, repair and minor construc- Squadron; deputy director of the Criti- (ISS) at the Library of Congress. The tion, and logistics support services, health cal Infrastructure Protection Integration appointment took effect Dec. 14. and safety oversight. His last military Staff, Office of the Assistant Secretary of In his new role, Upshur is responsible assignment was at the Pentagon as chief Defense at the Pentagon; staff architect for infrastructure support, including the of facilities. with the Property Control Division of the Facility Services Division, the Safety Ser- Upshur received a Bachelor of Sci- state of New Mexico; and board chair vices Office, the Health Services Office, ence degree in civil engineering from of the U.S. Green Building Council-New the Office Systems Services Division, the the United States Air Force Academy in Mexico Chapter. Her most recent position Logistics Services Division and the Space 1980 and a Master of Science degree in was chief of the Facility Operations Unit Utilization Planning and Design Division. engineering management from the Air at the FBI. He also oversees essential contracts Force Institute of Technology in 1985. Blackshear received a Master of Sci- supporting mail and freight delivery, the Lemoyne F. Blackshear was appointed ence from the National Resource Strategy administrative copier program, food ser- chief of Facilities Services in ISS, effec- from the Industrial College of the Armed vice, custodial service and interagency tive Jan. 11. Forces in 2000; Master of Architecture coordination with the Architect of the Blackshear is responsible for oversee- from the University of New Mexico in Capitol and the General Services Admin- ing the administration of the Library’s 1991; and a Bachelor of Science in archi- istration. facilities operations and building ser- tecture at the University of Virginia in Prior to coming to the Library, Upshur vices; facility engineering, design and 1981. served as vice president of federal pro- construction; governing the use of Library Carl E. Carson III was appointed the grams with The Ravens Group from 2001 buildings, support services to the staff, budget officer in the Office of the Chief to 2003; shared-services facilities account and the use of public facilities.

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