SCHOOL OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION STUDIES

Volume 42, No. 1 • Fall 2010 Jottingsand DIGRESSIONS COURTESY OF CRISTINA SPRINGFIELD CRISTINA OF COURTESY Save the Dates

May 5, 2011 Alumni Association Annual Business Meeting All SLIS alumni are encouraged to attend. Check the SLIS website in the spring for time and location, an agenda and the Executive Board ballot.

May 12, 2011 Beta Beta Epsilon Chapter of Beta Phi Mu annual meeting and initiation of new members at the Pyle Center, UW-Madison. Check the spring issue of Jottings for more details.

June 26, 2011 SLIS Reception and Alumni Reunion at ALA conference in New Orleans. Check the spring issue of Jottings for details. From left: Tom Olson, head of acquisitions at Forest Home branch of Milwaukee Public Library, Cara Evanson, Amy De Simone, Kristina Gomez, Eric Johnson, foreign language system selector for the library, and Angie Manderfeld CONTENTS Students found REFORMA Chapter SLIS REFORMA is a student orga- the most-supported, non-English 2 From the Chair nization based off REFORMA, the language in public libraries. 3 Digital Humanities Initiative national association for the promotion What these statistics mean for of library and information services to UW-Madison SLIS students is that 4 Olive C. Koch Rowe Scholarship Recipient: Toni Streckert Latinos and Spanish-speaking many students will eventually work populations. A recent graduate of in an information setting serving 5 Scholarships and Awards SLIS, Kristina Gomez, MA’10, estab- Spanish speakers. Gomez, Boss, and 6 Faculty and Staff News lished the UW-Madison SLIS chapter Springfield saw the implementation 8 Alumni News of REFORMA in fall 2009. Fellow of a SLIS REFORMA chapter as an SLISers Sam Boss, MA’10, opportunity for students interested 10 Class Notes and Cristina Springfield, MA’11, in Spanish language services to unite 13 Alumni Learning Opportunities assisted Gomez. and collaborate on service projects and 14 SLIS News Gomez said the primary drive professional development opportunities. for establishing a student chapter of SLIS REFORMA is working REFORMA was based on statistics: to address major areas of library Hispanics are the fastest growing reform, such as more frontline staff demographic in the United States, and fluent in Spanish, library staff who recent ALA research shows Spanish as are representative of the community’s Continued on page 3 FromHEADING the Director’s Chair New Year Brings New Faces Dear Friends, focuses on bioethics and informa- years of experience in student services tion ethics, with particular reference at UW-Madison, most recently as As I write in to privacy. He is author of several the graduate program and research late August, articles on topics that include genetic administrator in the Laboratory of we are get- engineering, and the USA PATRIOT Molecular Biology & Institute for ting ready to Act. Alan, whose appointment is 100 Molecular Virology. welcome new percent in SLIS, will be teaching two As you know, just maintaining members of courses a year for SLIS, and two for the size of the faculty and staff is a the SLIS com- legal studies. We are confident that continuing challenge for SLIS. I am munity. First, students will much appreciate his very happy to let you know that SLIS Christine Pawley, Director, I want to dynamic and knowledgeable presence is able to search for a faculty member School of Library and Information Studies introduce our in the classroom, and are thrilled that during the 2010–2011 academic year, new SLIS he is joining us. as part of a new Digital Studies pro- faculty member: The largest contingent of new gram funded through the Madison assistant professor SLISers is, of course, the incoming Initiative for Undergraduates (MIU). Alan Rubel, who master’s class. Over 100 students are The Digital Studies program, a cross- brings to us consider- entering as master’s degree candi- departmental initiative, prepares able research expertise dates; 79 of these will take the pro- undergraduate students to critically in an area of core gram through on-campus delivery, 29 analyze and creatively compose with

Alan Rubel, interest in LIS — through our newly formatted distance new media and information technolo- Asst. Professor privacy. For the last program. Recruitment to the program gies (see www.dighum.wisc.edu/). two years, Alan has in both delivery modes has been very Finally, let me thank you for your been Greenwall Fellow in Bioethics successful this year: we received 260 continued support of SLIS, whether and Health Law Policy at Johns applications to the campus program through financial contribution, advo- Hopkins University and Georgetown and 54 applications to the distance cacy, or practical assistance. We rely University. Previously, he was law program. Two new PhD students are on friends like you to help us keep clerk to Wisconsin Supreme Court starting this semester. SLIS strong in the face of dwindling Justice Ann Walsh Bradley for two While we are excited to meet resources. I’m sure that you will be as years. He received his PhD in phi- new colleagues and students, we pleased and proud as we are that SLIS losophy in 2006 and his JD in 2003, were sorry to say goodbye to visit- has again ranked in the top 10 schools both from UW-Madison. His research ing assistant professor Sei-Ching of library and information in the 2010 Joanna Sin (PhD 2009). However, U.S. News & World Report; that at we are delighted at her appointment UW-Madison, SLIS consistently ranks Jottings is the alumni newsletter of the as assistant professor at Wee Kim in the top five master’s programs in School of Library and Information Studies 600 North Park Street Wee School of Communication and the number of graduates; and, most Madison, WI 53706 Information, Nanyang Technological importantly, that SLIS students con- E-mail: [email protected] University, Singapore. We wish Jo the tinue to get jobs. In the last five years, Director of the School of Library very best in her new job. We were 413 graduated from the MA program; and Information Studies: Professor Christine Pawley also sad to bid farewell to our student our research shows that 89 percent of Jottings Editor: Christina Johanningmeier and alumni relations coordinator, graduates surveyed were employed Assistant: Laura Damon-Moore Andrea Poehling, who has moved (overall response rate 90 percent), and Contact for gifts information: “up the hill” where she will be work- that 184 had jobs in Wisconsin. We Christine Pawley, Director ing with the divisional committees, feel that this is a very good achieve- [email protected] particularly on tenure cases and cur- ment, and we are working hard to Design: Wisconsin Alumni Association riculum matters. The excellent news make it even better. On Facebook: UW-Madison SLIS is that we have hired a new student On Twitter: UWSLISAlums and alumni relations coordinator, With very best wishes, Or link from the SLIS homepage: www.slis.wisc.edu Tanya Cobb. Tanya received her MA from SLIS in 2004, and has many Christine Pawley

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Curriculum Update: Digital Studies, Other Changes SLIS has implemented, or is prepar- would be offered in fall 2011. more options to specialize in their ing to implement, several changes and Currently, “a sweet spot exists area of interest,” said SLIS Director additions to its curriculum that will between casual computer use and Christine Pawley. The art history dou- broaden choices for students. computer science that the arts and ble degree offering may begin as early In the spring of 2010, the Digital humanities can best fulfill,” the fac- as spring 2012. Humanities Initiative at UW-Madison ulty and staff, including SLIS faculty SLIS has also retooled its Archives was awarded funding to offer an Kristin Eschenfelder, Greg Downey, and Records Management program. undergraduate Digital Studies certifi- Stephen Paling and Christine Pawley, The revamped curriculum, which cate. The development of the Digital wrote in their proposal. “At the high- launches in the fall of 2011, is essen- Studies curriculum is a collaborative est level, it promises to make UW a tially the same as the previous track effort, involving more than 30 fac- leader in 21st-century education.” with the exception of the course ulty and staff in three colleges, the A new double degree program sequencing and broader practicum Libraries, and DoIT. with the School of Music and a similar choices. The familiar 977 class will For SLIS, the Digital Studies program in the works, through the now include an EAD component and program will offer increased teaching Department of Art History, also will 40-hour practicum; in addition stu- assistantship opportunities for mas- allow students to cross disciplines. The dents will take the 620 class and 120- ter’s students through two undergrad- idea behind the programs is to reduce hour practicum or equivalent intern- uate classes and provide a gateway to the course load required for those who ship at an archives of their choice. attract students to SLIS. Graduate stu- would like to pursue graduate studies “It’s more open and more flexible,” dents will benefit, too, from additional in music, art history and Library and said Pawley. course offerings. The first courses Information Studies, giving “students

Reforma continued from page 1 demographics, increasing diversity language selector Eric Johnson and Tammy Pineda, MA’08, for students within the LIS profession, expanding acquisitions librarian Tom Olson to interested in learning basic Spanish outreach to recent immigrant popula- learn about developing and maintain- vocabulary related to the library envi- tions, cultural sensitivity training for ing a Spanish collection. The Forest ronment. Students focused on Spanish library staff, more funding for Spanish Home branch is home to Milwaukee’s computer terms, terms and phrases language materials, and bilingual early largest Spanish collection and is in a for getting a library card, checking out literacy programming. predominantly Hispanic neighbor- books, and phrases applicable in the Members of SLIS REFORMA are hood. Group members learned about youth services department. Gomez focusing their efforts on public library changing community demographics believes that having a basic grasp of services, reflecting the interests of its and the importance of keeping a col- these words is a solid start to estab- current members. While some of the lection relevant to community needs. lishing a relationship with Spanish issues facing public and academic They also learned about what types speakers at the library. libraries are quite different (e.g., ESL of books and programming are most SLIS REFORMA is open to all programming), there are multiple par- popular for the Forest Home Library SLIS students regardless of language allels between public and academic and what vendors were useful for abilities. Of the 2009–2010 officers, a services, such as increasing the diver- hard-to-find, but popular, Spanish non-Spanish speaking member was sity of library staff and creating col- language materials. active with programming and activities lections representative of the library’s SLIS REFORMA provides practi- and participated in the Spanish work- user population. cal experiences for SLIS students by shop. For more information about During the 2009–2010 academic encouraging them to develop skills SLIS REFORMA, please visit its blog year, SLIS REFORMA members visit- they can use directly in their work as at http://slisreforma.wordpress.com/. ed the Milwaukee Public Forest Home librarians. One example is a recent branch, where they met with foreign workshop conducted by SLIS alumna

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Featured Scholarship Recipient: Toni Streckert, Olive C. Koch Rowe Memorial Scholarship COURTESY OF TONI STRECKERT TONI OF COURTESY Many incoming SLIS students have the reasons I’m excited to be enrolled already accomplished much in library at SLIS is in being able to see (and work. Their hard work is acknowledged in learn) how to realize this, and in par- part through SLIS-funded awards, grants, ticular the following statement: “We and scholarships. The following profile is believe in the core values of service to the first in a series to highlight the achieve- our clients and the importance of intel- ments of SLIS scholarship recipients. Toni lectual freedom to a democratic society. Streckert, Outreach Coordinator at the We believe that information grows more Monona Public Library, was awarded valuable as it is used to create new the Olive C. Koch Rowe Memorial knowledge and understandings.” In Scholarship for Fall 2010. addition, the reputation and wonder- ful work of the CCBC has been a sig- By Toni Streckert nificant influence on my growth and ongoing interest in the profession. My educational background includes I am very interested in how our studies in English literature and spe- Streckert was the recipient of the 2010 Olive C. profession is changing and adapting cial education (learning disabilities), Koch Rowe Scholarship. to the economic, technological, and with additional training in school activities, and library use. We also have cultural climate, and its intersection library and media programs. I have a strong community partnership with with areas that previously might be worked as a copy editor, a grant writ- the Monona Grove Alternative High ascribed to social services (job hunt- er/fundraiser, and a substitute teacher/ School and co-host book discussions ing, health care research and options) school librarian. I have also been a and projects with them, which has or education (pre-K and adolescent freelance writer and authored a book been (and continues to be) a rich and literacy, particularly for at-risk popula- on Wisconsin community cookbooks, illuminating experience for me. tions). I think the outreach aspect of a which involved interviewing some I am closely involved with an excit- librarian’s job — making other busi- remarkable women on their commu- ing new initiative from the Madison ness, institutional, community, and nity and immigrant heritage. I began branch of the Susan G. Komen personal connections and partner- working as a library assistant in youth Foundation to develop a comprehen- ships — are vital for both the continu- services for the beautiful Monona sive special collection of materials ity (and survival) of library services. Public Library two and a half years focusing on breast cancer and women’s Getting the support for additional ago and this position has expanded (and men’s) health. This includes training and certification to follow to include teen and some adult pro- developing a core of materials for these areas will help me become a gramming. Currently, I work as the youth from pre-K through teens who better advocate for our patrons and outreach coordinator for the library, have a relative, caregiver or friend with our library. I am quite grateful for this which is very gratifying because it cancer, a topic which is often over- opportunity which will help allow me involves a little bit of everything. looked in this area. Learning how to the means to be able to pursue my One of the highlights of working promote library services and collections greatest interest, which, with two chil- at the Monona Public Library for me is is another area of interest for me. dren currently in college, would not be working with teens and involving them I think there is a great wellspring otherwise possible. I cannot envision directly in program planning. They of community support of public librar- working in an occupation that offers have wonderful ideas such as a Lego- ies, if we can tap into it through pro- greater job satisfaction or personal ful- building contest held on March 14, grams, marketing and activities, so it fillment and I am enthralled with the which is also National Pi Day, so they is an exciting challenge to figure out prospect of being able to progress in competed for homemade pies as prizes. how to make this possible. From my this field. I’ve had the privilege of mentor- previous work in development, I have ing our Teen Advisory Board, which learned the importance of mission and Monona Public Library was the 2010 last year won a mayoral award for their values statements to distill the phi- SCLS Library of the Year and WLA work in promoting teen literacy, green losophy of an organization and one of 2010 Wisconsin Library of the Year.

4 JOTTINGS Scholarships and Awards

Scholarship and Award Recipients Thanks to our many donors, past and Scholarly Contribution to the Field: • Olive C. Koch Rowe Memorial present, we are able to provide mod- Peter Shrake Scholarship: Toni Streckert est scholarships, hire students to assist • Valmai Fenster Memorial • Charlotte M. Sawyer Scholarship: faculty and support student travel to Scholarships: Jiekun Yang and Melissa Moll conferences. Joung-A Park • Rachel K. Schenk Memorial Scholarships and awards funded • Charlotte A. Friedman Scholarship: Scholarship: Erinn Batykefer by or on behalf of alumni, and their Stephanie Heyroth • William R. Werk Scholarship: recipients: • Leona Gifford Scholarships: Brittany Jessica Bartsch • Maralyn B. and George G. Babcock Sheveland, Kevin Cunningham • Vannita L. Weseley Scholarships: Scholarship: Gregory Bond • Marguerite Linda Hasse Scholarship: Sara Cummins, Mai Lee • Kathryn Eye Bading Scholarship: Tina Ngo • Lawrence C. Zweizig Student Crystal Schmidt • Dianne McAfee Hopkins Diversity Leadership Award: Yi Hong Sim • C. Berger Entrepreneurial Promise Award: Kristina Gomez • LAMP scholarships have been Award: Caitlin Sticco • Lawrence Jacobsen Innovations in awarded to incoming students • Beta Phi Mu Outstanding Student Library Science Award: Yi Hong Sim Caitlin Greene and Yee Vue. Scholar: William Straub • Penelope and Stephen Klein Beatrix • The Midwest Archives Conference • Beta Phi Mu Outstanding Student Prize: Ying Qin (MAC) Louisa Bowen Memorial Scholar Finalists: Kristina Gomez, • Penelope and Stephen Klein Scholarship to support the graduate Gabe Gossett, LuMarie Guth, Scholarship Award: Amy De Simone study of archival administration has Shauna Masella, Omar Poler • Mary Rose Kobetich Scholarship: been awarded to Virginia Corvid. • Ethel M. Brann Scholarship provided Toni Streckert • Three SLIS students were recently by Elizabeth Hendrickson, to honor • John R. Koch Scholarship: Jonathan awarded scholarships by the her mother: Emilie Steinmann Carlson Wisconsin Library Association • Olive Dornfeld Busjaeger Centennial • James Krikelas Award for Innovative Foundation. Alexandra Hinrichs Scholarship provided by Maralyn Use of Information Technology: was awarded the Library Education and George Babcock: Kayce Austin Andy Giesler Scholarship. Cristina Springfield • Jack Clarke Scholarship, given by • Signe Ruh Ottersen Scholarship: was awarded the Sally Davis Beta Beta Epsilon Chapter of Beta Jessica Bartsch Scholarship. Kia Vang was awarded Phi Mu: Elizabeth Ryan • Beatrice Owens Memorial the Diversity Scholarship. Kia also • Sally Davis Scholarship: Jessica Scholarship: Ronda Cole received the UW-Madison Advanced Bartsch • Linda B. Richardson Memorial Opportunity Fellowship and the • Valmai Fenster Award for Student Support Fund: Xiaohua ALA Spectrum Scholarship. Outstanding Promise for Exceptional “Awa” Zhu Archivists-in-Training Go National Nine archives-track SLIS students and help develop the profession. SAA- “A Room of One’s Own: recent graduates attended this year’s Madison Student Chapter members Documenting Feminist Space”; Society of American Archivists’ (SAA) worked over the course of the year to Elizabeth Fox-Corbett, “Scrapbooking annual conference in Washington, D.C. raise funds. the Cultural Memory of the American The joint meeting with the Presenting posters were: Kara Civil War”; Marisa Hirsch, “UW Council of State Archivists and the Blue, MA’10, “From Lesson Plans Madison’s SAA Student Chapter National Association of Government to Literature: Do Archivists Reach Creates Computer Confluence”; Archives and Records Administrators, Out to Homeshcoolers?”; Christina Samuel Rudin, “Henry and Elizabeth “Foundations and Innovations,” Johanningmeier and Carla Alvarez, Baird Papers Digitization Project”; brought together more than 2000 MA’10, “Making an Impact Through Danielle Taylor, “Who Was Irma archivists and students August 10–15 Blogging: UW-Madison’s Archives Harding? The Role of Oral Histories in to share ideas, make connections and Month Blog 2009”; Virginia Corvid, Understanding Larger Collections.” www.slis.wisc.edu 5 FacultyHEADING and Staff News

Faculty and Staff News ■ Congratulations to Michele Besant hopes to attend library school when ■ In September, Professor Christine on her promotion to senior special she graduates from Beloit College. Pawley co-chaired the conference librarian! Besides a busy summer in Allison is also pleased to announce “Libraries in the History of Print the SLIS Library with collection and that the Allied Drive Literacy Time Culture” with Professor Louise facility projects, Michele traveled with project has received a $2,000 grant Robbins. Her book, Reading Places: Louise Robbins to help with the Red from Target Stores. Literacy, Democracy, and the Public Cliff Tribe library project in northern Library in Cold War America, appeared Wisconsin and continued to be active ■ Associate Professor Kyung-Sun from the University of Massachusetts with the Jail Library Group. “Sunny” Kim attended the ALA Press in June. Christine is excited to be Annual Conference (Washington, teaching a course on the history ■ Professor Greg Downey survived D.C., June 24–29). She success- of librarianship for the first time in his first year in his new role as the fully completed her term as chair fall 2010. director of the UW-Madison School of CORS (Committee on Research of Journalism & Mass Communication and Statistics) and hosted a CORS ■ In April, SLIS Associate Director without breaking anything. He is still Research Series program, entitled Jane Pearlmutter presented work- teaching for SLIS once a year and is “Reaching out to Generation Y — shops on “Collection Development excited to have been awarded spe- Conducting Research to Understand in a Consortial Environment” at cial funding by the Department of Digital Natives.” Sunny also complet- Wisconsin Valley Library Service and Information Technology to purchase ed part of her research on the source Indianhead Federated Library System. micro-projectors and iPads for his selection behavior, and two papers are In May, she spoke at the WLA undergraduate LIS 201 course, “The under review for publication. She is Support Staff Section spring Information Society,” in Fall 2010. currently collaborating with Seonghee conference. Kim, PhD’95, a visiting scholar from ■ Associate Professor Kristin Chung-Ang University, Korea, to ■ Professor Louise Robbins and Eschenfelder is continuing to rep- research different factors affecting the Michele Besant returned to Red resent the department on the steer- use of social software. Cliff in September with Dan White ing committee of the Digital Studies of the Rural Libraries Project and Program, part of the Madison for ■ Associate outreach specialist designer Christian Schaller to assist Undergraduates (MIU) Initiative, along Meredith Lowe contributed to a the tribe with planning for an even- with Stephen Paling. This semester panel discussion on continuing edu- tual re-opening of the tribal library. she will again serve on the Graduate cation at the Wisconsin Association Catherine Phan, MA’09, and Omar School Research Committee. of Academic Librarians (WAAL) Poler, MA’10, also participated in the conference in late April. Meredith meeting. In September, Louise was ■ We congratulate Allison Kaplan coordinated the third Archives co-chair of the Library History Round on her promotion to faculty associ- Leadership Institute, held on cam- Table’s Library History Seminar, ate! This summer, Allison was the pus in Madison from July 18–24. In heading up the auction used to faculty mentor for Janelle Cox, an August, she attended the Society of raise money for the Round Table’s undergraduate at Beloit College and a American Archivists annual meeting awards. In addition, Louise will be McNair Scholar. Cox contacted SLIS in Washington, D.C. working with other members of the in search of a summer research project UW accreditation team to plan and on early literacy. Allison volunteered ■ Assistant Professor Stephen Paling implement a 2012 centennial cel- to mentor Janelle in a research project has an article on fuzzy sets and the ebration for the Wisconsin Idea. She at the Hedberg Library in Janesville as organization of literary works forth- also remains active in PROFS (the a case study on baby and toddler lit- coming in the Journal of Documentation, Public Representation Organization of eracy programs. Ms. Cox will present a and will be part of a panel at this Faculty Senate). literature review and preliminary find- year’s annual meeting of the American ings of their investigation at a future Society for Information Science and ■ Louise thanks all the friends McNair Scholars conference and Technology. and graduates who have been so

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supportive of her and her family ■ Assistant Professor Catherine librarian at NYPL for over 40 years). during the past difficult year. She Arnott Smith was the recipient of a On June 27, Whitmire conducted hosted a memorial celebration for competitive short-term fellowship, the a presentation at the Royal Danish her husband Robby in July. James and Sylvia Thayer Short-Term Library (The Black Diamond), Research Fellowship, from UCLA. This sponsored by the Royal School of ■ In LIS 861, Information award enabled Smith to spend two Library and Information Science in Architecture, taught online by Debra weeks in June immersed in the Baby Copenhagen, Denmark. Upon return- Shapiro (promoted to faculty associ- Books Collection housed at UCLA’s ing to Madison, she presented her ate — congratulations!) this summer, Louise B. Darling Biomedical Library. research and information-gathering students began the course by learning In May, Smith attended the national techniques to the African-American to write valid XHTML and CSS code meetings of the Medical Library Genealogy Writing Group on July to create 24 personal websites. As a Association in Washington, D.C., 19. During the fall 2010 semester, final project, student teams redesigned to present results from her National she will give a presentation in the the websites of four public libraries, Library of Medicine-funded study, Department of Gender and Women’s one school and community library, “Personal Health Records, Public Studies. Whitmire received a $2,500 and the teen page of a larger public Libraries.” research grant for her project from library. SLIS welcomed a new class of the University of Wisconsin System’s distance students with a weeklong ori- ■ Associate Professor Ethelene Institute on Race and Ethnicity. She entation here in Madison, August 2–6. Whitmire presented her research on will be a participant in the fall 2010 Debra was the lead planner, assisted librarian Regina Andrews to various University of Wisconsin’s American by many other faculty and staff at the audiences during the spring and sum- Studies Faculty Development Seminar School, including Michele Besant, mer of 2010. On April 27, she gave a sponsored by the Center for the Nathan Johnson, Allison Kaplan, presentation for the New York Public Humanities, the Institute for Research Steve Paling, Jane Pearlmutter, Louise Library (NYPL) Retirees Association in the Humanities, and the College of Robbins, Cat Smith, and Tien-I Tsai. in New York City (Andrews was a Letters and Science.

Archives Leadership Institute Celebrates Fourth Year

The Archives Leadership Institute aims UW-Madison’s beautiful lakeshore PEARLMUTTER JANE to examine the leadership needs of the conference center. A mix of panels, archives profession and to prepare par- workshops and small-group discus- ticipants to influence policy and effect sions explored topics such as policy change for the benefit of the profession issues for archivists, communication and the users it serves. The program is and media relations, legislative advo- directed primarily at mid-level to senior cacy, strategies and sources for fund- staff — archivists who aspire to leader- ing, and collaboration and coalition ship roles in their organizations and/or building. A grant from the National SLIS alumnae Sonia Yaco, Rachel Vagts, and professional associations. The Archives Historical Publications and Records Brenda Burk attended the Archives Leadership Institute last summer. Leadership Institute, which first took Commission (NHPRC) funded most of place in 2008, has received funding the costs of the institute. through 2012. More information about the would like to receive e-mail updates This year’s Archives Leadership Archives Leadership Institute, includ- regarding the 2011 institute or future Institute occurred July 18–24. Twenty- ing application information, is institutes, please send a message to seven archivists from 17 states online at http://www.slis.wisc.edu/ Meredith Lowe at [email protected] were selected to spend a week at continueed/archivesinst.html. If you or call (608) 890-0364. www.slis.wisc.edu 7 HEADINGAlumni News

Getting to Know ...

Eileen Harrington HARRINGTON EILEEN OF COURTESY

Eileen received her MA from SLIS in 2007. She is currently the Naturalist Center manager and reference librarian at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.

What have you been doing since you completed your SLIS degree? What is your current position? A few weeks after I graduated, I packed up a rental truck and drove to San Francisco to start my new job with the California Academy of Sciences, a natural history museum, aquarium Eileen Harrington says the youth and children’s literature classes and the SLIS Library helped prepare and planetarium, all under one living her for her job. roof. I work in the Naturalist Center tion literacy at a university. When I grams like Science Story Adventures, as the Naturalist Center manager and first read the posting for my current which is a sort of story time-plus. We reference librarian. The center is a job, it felt like it had been written read science-themed stories, examine resource center on the public floor of especially for me. It draws on both my natural history specimens to learn more the museum. library and environmental education about the animals or plants, and then Were you always interested in skills. I am very lucky to have found do a craft. Most days I get to answer working in a naturalist center? such a perfect fit. interesting and unusual questions, such What drew you in that direction? What do you find particularly as helping a local art museum identify I knew I wanted to somehow incor- compelling about your current the type of beetle that was used on one porate my science background into position? of their African masks or helping a visi- whatever job I got, as well as have I love the dynamic nature of my job. tor identify a scorpion they found in some sort of education component, No two days are ever the same. I get to their house. whether it was working with kids or develop and deliver educational pro- doing library instruction and informa-

Reading as a Subversive Activity Christine Pawley. Reading Places: place. Using interviews and library projects to expand Literacy, Democracy, and the Public records, Christine Pawley reveals the education. Relating Library in Cold War America book choices of ordinary individual a seemingly small (Amherst: University of Massachusetts readers, showing how local cultures of story of library Press, 2010). reading interacted with formal institu- policy, she teases tions to implement an official literacy out the complex Reading Places examines the role policy. interaction of read- of public libraries during a time of Analyzing the history of tensions ing, locality, and cultural difference. national anxiety, recounting the histo- between various community groups, In so doing, she illuminates broader ry of an experimental regional library Pawley delineates the long-standing questions regarding libraries, literacy, service in the early 1950s, a story that antagonisms arising from class, gen- and citizenship, reaching back to the has implications far beyond the two der, and ethnic differences which 19th century and forward to the Wisconsin counties where it took contributed to a suspicion of official present day.

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Beta Beta Epsilon Update Rauh are: president-elect Cynthia Beta Beta Epsilon On May 13, 2010, Beta Beta Epsilon Bachuber; vice president for scholar- (BBE) held its 26th annual recep- ship Kate Hull; and secretary Molly New Members — May 13, 2010 Hamm (nee Beverstein). Also con- tion, initiation, and meeting at the Amy Caes tinuing to work with BBE is faculty Pyle Center along the shores of Lake Darcy Gervasio adviser Louise Robbins. Thanks to Mendota, where we welcomed our Kristina Gomez everyone who attended the annual newest members. Gabe Gossett meeting and helped make it a suc- William Straub was named LuMarie Guth cess! Outstanding Student Scholar of the Amanda Lanyon-LeSage Mark your calendars now for Year, and Elizabeth Ryan was hon- Alex LeClair BBE’s 27th annual meeting, which ored as the recipient of the 2009– Kolap Mao will take place May 12, 2011, at the 2010 Jack A. Clarke Scholarship. We Shauna Masella Pyle Center. Please consider helping were privileged to have Josh Ranger, Omar Poler us celebrate not only the academic archivist for the Archives and Area Ellen Qualey accomplishments of our newest Research Center at Forrest Polk Michelle Richmond inductees, but also BBE’s great, his- Library, University of Wisconsin- Michelle Shippy toric tradition! Oshkosh, give a talk on “The New Amy Stenftenagel If you need to update your Normal in Libraries.” William Straub contact information to receive an New board members were Merle Watkins invitation, contact vice president also elected. Joining president Lia Alyson Williams for membership Anne Rauh at Vellardita, past president Leah Ujda, Michelle Wyler treasurer Dee Grimsrud, and vice [email protected] president for membership Anne

Botswana Program Continues Through a program in its second year, three SLIS students were given the opportunity to intern in a library in Botswana this sum- mer. Partnering with community librarians and paraprofessional staff, interns help develop and model library services with aca- demic support from the University of Botswana Department of Library and Information Studies. Ashley Bieber, Cara Evanson, and Rachel Lockman shared their experiences with friends and family through separate blogs. Their entries chronicle the challenges, victories, and frustrations of working with the Botswana National Library Service. Ashley Bieber, professor Ethelene Whitmire, Cara Evanson and Rachele Lockman join Angelina, The program is looking forward the students’ main supervisor and an LIS professor at the University of Botswana; the director of the Botswana National Library Service, Ruth “Pinky” Bailang; Nathan Mnjama, another UB supervisor; to its third year. supervisor Lucia; and other BNLS representatives during Ethelene’s visit.

www.slis.wisc.edu 9 HEADINGClass Notes

Class News and Notes

1960s...... helping her community with its com- Terry Dawson, MA’75, received an puter technology needs. Outstanding Alumni Award from Nancy R. Meinel, MA’68, writes UW-Fox Valley. that after a school library career that Kristine Adams Wendt, MA’74, spanned 41 years, it is a joy for her to was appointed as the policy and Maureen F. Ellsworth, MA’79, retired meet former students and know she community relations director for in June 2010 after 35 years with the had a small impact on their lives. Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton Madison Metro School District. of Wisconsin. Wendt recently led the 1970s...... Rhinelander District Library as execu- 1980s...... Barbara Moore, MA’73, was featured tive director from 2003 to 2008, where Kathleen de la Peña McCook, in article in the Democrat and Chronicle she focused on strengthening commu- PhD’80, presented the 2010 Dr. Jean of Penfield, New York. The article nity outreach programming. E. Coleman Library Outreach Lecture highlighted Moore’s business, Net at the 2010 ALA Conference in

Results, LLC, and her enthusiasm for Washington, D.C.

In Memoriam Spencer G. Shaw, MA’41, nation- received numerous honors and president of the Beaver Dam ally and internationally known recognitions for his work, including Kiwanis Club, a member of the librarian, storyteller, and educa- the Distinguished Service Award Calvary Bible Church in Fond du tor, passed away on June 16, 2010. from the Black Caucus of the Lac, and was active in the Boy He was 93 years old. A graduate American Library Association and Scouts of America. of the University of Wisconsin the Grolier Foundation Award. In Library School, Shaw was pro- 1990, Shaw was the first recipient Clarice M. Ruder, MA’73, passed fessor emeritus at the University of the SLIS Distinguished Alumna/ away on May 24, 2010. Born in of Washington. Growing up in Alumnus Award. This award is Marshfield on May 31, 1948, Ruder Hartford, Connecticut, during the conferred upon an alumna or alum- moved to Florida in 1974, soon Depression, Shaw was the only nus of the School of Library and after earning a master’s degree African-American student in his Information Studies in recogni- in library and information stud- grammar and high school classes. tion of outstanding leadership and ies at UW-Madison. Her first job His parents were actively involved accomplishment in library service. in Florida was as an adult services in community affairs, and the In 1991, Shaw received the honor- librarian at the Palm Beach County Northwest Branch of the public ary doctor of humane letters from Public Library System. In 1976, she library was an important part of UW-Madison. joined the Tampa-Hillsborough his upbringing. Throughout his Public Library System, where she lengthy career, he shared his love Fred J. Mencer, MA’63, passed worked for 34 years as the head of of libraries and community service away on April 13, 2010. Mencer several progressively larger branch as a public librarian, educator, and worked as a librarian in Ashland libraries, the last being the invit- expert on storytelling and library from 1963 to 1965, and at UW-Eau ing new Jan Kaminis Platt Regional service to children. The American Claire from 1965 to 1970. Mencer Library on Manhattan Avenue in Library Association called him an became the director of Dodge South Tampa. “authentic and forthright spokes- County Library Service in 1970 person for children and youth and worked in that role until his Arnold Dave Popinsky, best librarians, contributing enormously retirement in 1990. He was a life friend, love, and husband of Sydelle in motivating and guiding the member of the Wisconsin Library Popinsky, MA’71, passed away on nation’s youth.” Professor Shaw Association, a member and past May 6, 2010, after battling leukemia.

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Donald Clay Johnson, PhD’80, Bill Doering, MA’87, received the Nola Walker, MA’03, was awarded received a professional develop- American Library Association’s (ALA) the 2010 Information Literacy Award ment grant from the University of 2010 Coutts Award for Innovation in by the WAAL Information Literacy Minnesota Retirees Association to Electronic Resources Management. Committee during the annual WAAL study embroidery traditions in India. conference. Mary Markland, MA’87, received the Gregor Trinkaus Randall, MA’80, 2009 Distinguished Librarian of the Kori Hall, MA’04, accepted the posi- preservation specialist at the Year award from the Midwest chapter tion of information and adult services Massachusetts Board of Library of the Medical Library Association. manager at the Waukesha Public Commissioners, has been elected Library in Waukesha. SAA vice president/president-elect for Elisabeth Owens, MA’88, works for 2010–2011. the administration department for the Kelli Keclik, MA’04, late eve- UW-Madison General Library System. ning public service librarian at Lyn Korenic, MA’81, director of the As the director of the GLS External UW-Madison’s College Library, was Kohler Art Library, was awarded a Relations Office, Elisabeth oversees awarded a 2010 Librarian of the Year 2010 Librarian of the Year award from Parallel Press, the Libraries’ publish- award from UW-Madison Libraries. UW-Madison Libraries. ing imprint, and other external library communications and publications. Josie Hanneman, MA’06, is currently Kathleen T. Horning, MA’82, direc- living south of Bend, Oregon, work- tor of the University of Wisconsin- 1990s...... ing as the teen services librarian at Deschutes Public Library. Madison Cooperative Children’s Book Jane Thompson, MA’90, is the con- Center (CCBC), delivered the 2010 May servator for the state archives at the Sheila Stoeckel, MA’06, Academic Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture, “Can Arkansas History Commission. Children’s Books Save the World?” Librarian at UW-Madison’s LILI pro- gram, received a 2010 Library Service Rhonda (Butt) Beck, MA’91, lives in Award from the UW-Madison Libraries. Sheau-yueh Janey (Huo) Chao, Cornelius, North Carolina, with her MA’83, was selected as one of two daughter Barbara and writes on local librarians from the City University of Paloma Celis Carbajal, MA’07, was short- and dirt-track racing as a corre- awarded the 2010 Information Literacy New York to attend a one-month resi- spondent for the Gaston Gazette. She is dency to teach in Shanghai under the Award by the WAAL Information a member of the National Motorsports Literacy Committee during the annual CUNY-Shanghai Exchange Librarians Press Association. Program. WAAL conference. Lynn Silipigni Connaway, PhD’92, Eileen Harrington, MA ‘07, Naturalist Patrick Losinski, MA’83, executive co-authored the fifth edition of Basic director of Columbus Metropolitan Center manager and reference librar- Research Methods for Librarians, due to ian at the California Academy of Library, accepted the 2010 Library of be published by Libraries Unlimited the Year award from Library Journal. Sciences, co-authored “Natural in September 2010. Lynn is a senior Wonders: Implementing Environmental The award was presented to the research scientist at OCLC Research. Columbus Metropolitan Library for its Programming in Libraries,” which appeared in the spring 2010 issue of service to the community and innova- Nicholas (Nick) Goetzfridt, PhD’97, Children and Libraries. tion in creating programs that helped is professor of library science and dramatically increase library usage. Micronesian studies, University of Leia Verfuerth, MA’07, has accepted Guam. He has a book on Guam history a position as assistant serials librar- Lynn B. Aber, MA’86, is president of coming out from University of Hawaii the New Hampshire Archives Group ian in the Acquisitions Department Press next year and just returned from at UW-Madison Libraries. Leia will and serves on the state’s board for an international conference on ethno- Connecting to Collections. be part of the Information Processing mathematics in Baltimore. Unit, where she has been a research Janet Oberla, MA’87, is now the intern since 2008. 2000s...... head of the Main Library at the U.S. Department of Justice. The library, in Bonnie Tijerina, MA’03, a digital Sonia Yaco, MA’07, Old Dominion Washington, D.C., is the oldest and collections services librarian at the University special collections librar- largest of eight branches serving per- University of California-Los Angeles, ian and university archivist, and sonnel at DOJ. was named a 2010 Mover and Shaker her partners in the Desegregation by Library Journal. of Virginia Education (DOVE) proj- ect recently received a $2,000 grant www.slis.wisc.edu 11 HEADINGClass Notes from the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Christina Johnson has accepted a Michelle Caswell, doctoral candidate, Memorial Commission of the Virginia position as the campus librarian for published an article, “Khmer Rouge General Assembly. “The locations of Globe University-Green Bay. Archives: Accountability, Truth and many of Virginia’s historically impor- Collective Memory,” in the spring 2010 tant records of school desegregation Omar Poler, MA’10 accepted a posi- issue of Archival Science. Additionally, remain unknown. DOVE will train tion as associate outreach specialist she presented papers at the Midwest volunteers to conduct onsite surveys of at UW-Madison SLIS Continuing Archives Conference in Chicago in school desegregation collections,” says Education Services. April, the Archival Education Research Yaco. To learn more about DOVE, visit Institute in Ann Arbor in June, the Roy Brooks, MA’10 is now employed http://www.lib.odu.edu/specialcollec- Forum on Archives and Records as a LIS career specialist and practi- tions/dove. For additional informa- Management Education Research in cum coordinator at the University of tion, contact Yaco at (757) 683-4483 or Oxford, England, in June, the Society of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign Graduate [email protected]. American Archivists annual meeting in School of Library and Information Washington, D.C., in August, and the Science. Cynthia Bachhuber, MA’08, campus Archivists Without Borders conference librarian at Globe University-Madison Current Students...... at the Hague in August. West, was chosen to be a protégé in the WLA WeLead Program. Melissa Adler, doctoral candidate, Irene Hansen, doctoral candi- received a Dissertation Proposal date, participated on a panel at Andy Burkhardt, MA’08, emerging Development Fellowship from the the Expanding Literacy Studies technologies librarian at Champlain Social Science Research Council. She Conference at Ohio State University. College, won a Next-Gen Librarian is one of 60 graduate students selected She also taught “History of Books Award from Lyrasis. from social sciences and humanities and Print Culture” and “Genealogy departments at institutions across Library Services” for SLIS and taught Amy Commers, MA’08, is the new the United States. Melissa partici- “Genealogy Library Services” for children’s librarian at the South St. pated in workshops in San Diego and Simmons College, Boston. Paul Public Library in South St. Paul, Philadelphia in preparation for her Minnesota. dissertation research on the social con- Nathan Johnson, doctoral candidate, received a Top Scholar Fellowship Stosh Jonjak, MA’09, has accepted a struction of sexual deviance through from the University of Washington in position as a specialist in knowledge the lens of the Library of Congress. The August 2009. In November, he is due management at the Pittsburgh office fellowship also provided her with funds to present a paper titled “Constituting of the law firm Reed Smith. to conduct research for three weeks this summer at the Library of Congress Technical Standards: How to Build David Mindel, MA’09, has started in Washington, D.C. an Infrastructure” at the National a new job as Digital Conversion Communication Association’s 96th Specialist with the World Digital Master’s student Easter DiGangi annual convention in San Francisco. Library at the Library of Congress. recently published an article, “Gaming at the Fitchburg Public Library,” in Brenton Stewart, doctoral candi- 2010s ...... the Wisconsin Association of Public date, was accepted into the American Libraries newsletter, Communique. Antiquarian Society’s (AAS) Summer Rachel A. Bicicchi, MA’10, has Seminar in the History of the accepted a position as assistant profes- Tien-I Tsai, doctoral candidate, pre- Book. This year’s theme was “The sor and educational technology librar- sented a paper entitled “Information Global American South and Early ian at Millikin University in Decatur, Horizons of Taiwanese Graduate American Print Culture.” The AAS Illinois. Students” at the 2010 iConference awarded Brenton the Isaiah Thomas at University of Illinois at Urbana- Scholarship toward the seminar’s Christina Johnson, MA’10, and Champaign. She received a Study tuition. William Straub, MA’10, each Abroad Student Travel Grant (spring received a 2010 Library Service Award 2010) from the Ministry of Education, from the UW-Madison Libraries. Taiwan. Each semester, a nationwide If you have a class note, please send it Christina received the award for her competition is held among Taiwanese to [email protected]. work at the Business Library and graduate students who study abroad American Indian Studies Library. to fund their conference paper presen- William was recognized for his work tations. at the Ibero American Collection and College Library Reference Desk. Also,

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Library History Seminar XVII: Libraries in the History of Print Culture Continuing Education Opportunities We are getting ready to host Libraries and Middle-Class Desire), and our own Here is a sneak preview of what’s in the History of Print Culture, a former SLIS faculty member, professor in store for spring: joint conference of the Center for Wayne A. Wiegand of Florida State the History of Print Culture and the University (author of many books • Basic Public Library Library History Round Table (LHRT) on library and print culture history, Administration of the American Library Association. including Books on Trial: Red Scare in • Fundamentals of Cataloging Every five years, LHRT mounts a the Heartland and Irrepressible Reformer: Library History Seminar that attracts A Biography of Melvil Dewey. • Basic Reference scholars in library history from all over Both lectures are free and open to • Connecting Teens with the Best the United States and Canada, as well the general public, due to the gener- in New Teen Lit as abroad. ous contributions of our co-sponsors, • Children’s Services This, the 12th seminar, also acts as which include the UW’s Anonymous • Librarians’ Tour of Germany the biennial conference of the Center and Brittingham Funds, DEMCO (May 2011) for the History of Print Culture. With Corporation, the UW Libraries, more than a hundred registrants, and Madison Public Library, the Wisconsin Questions? Contact Meredith a packed program that includes topics Library Association’s Wisconsin Lowe at (608) 890-0364 or Anna that range from “Libraries as Sites of Library Heritage Center, and the Palmer at (608) 263-4452, or visit Resistance” to “Children at the Main departments of History, English, the http://www.slis.wisc.edu/contin- Street Public Library,” the three-day History of Science, the School of ueed.htm for more information. conference promises to be an exciting Journalism and Mass Communication, opportunity for print culture historians and the Holtz Center for Science and to hear about innovative research in Technology Studies. the field. Another highlight will be the Want to sign up for news? We are very fortunate to have auction (with Louise Robbins as auc- [email protected] two keynote speakers with interna- tioneer!) of library history books and Want to send news for Jottings? tional reputations: professor Janice A. memorabilia. We’ll try to capture some [email protected] Radway of Northwestern University photos for the next issue of Jottings. (author of Reading the Romance: Want to meet with other Women, Patriarchy, and Popular alumni online? Literature and A Feeling for Books: The Visit www.facebook.com and Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary Taste, search for “UW-Madison SLIS Alumni Association.”

Distance Learning Program Begins Anew This fall, SLIS welcomed 29 new stu- courses. No distance students were year students. They also have several dents who will be working toward admitted in 2009 to give the School class meetings for two core courses, LIS their master’s degrees in the restruc- time to revamp the program. In the 450 and 451, and instruction on UW tured distance program. SLIS has restructured program, rather than hav- Libraries resources and courseware. offered a distance master’s degree ing to travel to a classroom to partici- This fall’s distance class went since 2005, in collaboration with the pate in videoconference courses, stu- through bootcamp August 2–6, and, Prairie Area Library System (PALS). dents can take all their courses online. although it’s still early days for the Four classes of PALS students Online study is complemented by new program, signs of team-building began the program between 2005 and a weeklong bootcamp, or orientation, and camaraderie-generating were vis- 2008, took the core courses via video- in Madison. During the bootcamp, ible throughout that week. conference, and then completed the students have an opportunity to meet rest of the degree by taking Web-based their classmates, faculty, and second-

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A Message from the SLIS Alumni Association President

I am happy to report another eventful year for SLIS and the Alumni Association! Members of the SLIS Alumni Association were happy to attend the graduation ceremony for our newest SLIS graduates in May and enjoyed the refreshments and conversations back in SLIS. We also were honored to rec- ognize Jennifer Younger, who received the 2010 SLIS Distinguished Alumna Award at the graduation ceremony. We are very pleased to welcome Catherine Phan and Jean Ruenger- Hanson to the SLIS Alumni Association. Catherine Phan was recently elected to the position of vice president and president-elect, and Jean Ruenger- Hanson joined the SLIS Alumni Association board as our new secretary. The Alumni Association would like to thank Andrea Poehling for her incredible service to SLIS. She has been an integral part of the Alumni Association and the entire SLIS program, and we would like to wish her well in her new position. We are looking forward to the SLIS Alumni Reunion at WLA in November and hope to see many of you there. If you are interested in volunteering or have any questions regarding the reunion, please contact the SLIS student services coordinator at [email protected]. In closing, the SLIS Alumni Association would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continuing support of libraries, library education, and SLIS.

Sincerely,

Phil Hansen

SLIS Alumni Association Board Members 2010–2011 SLIS Advisory Council

Past President, Nikki Busch, MA’03 Special Events Chair, Ann Combs, The council provides the School UW-Madison Memorial Library MA’94 with insights into the changing [email protected] UW-Madison Ebling Library information services environment, [email protected] keeps us in touch with the profes- President, Philip Hansen, MA’06 sion, and helps plot future direc- UW-Madison Steenbock Memorial Reunion Chair, Rhonda K. Puntney, tions. Library MA’96 [email protected] Lakeshores Library System Connie Bakker • Kate Bugher [email protected] Barbara Dimick • Alberto Herrera Vice President/President-Elect/ Ethel Himmel • Penelope Klein Nomination Committee Member-at-Large, Patricia Herrling, Bob Koechley • Juba Watts-Cain Catherine Phan, MA’09 MA’84 Rhea Lawson • Nancy McClements UW-Madison Digital Collections Center UW-Madison Steenbock Agricultural Zelantha Phillip • Sarah Pritchard [email protected] Library Joshua Ranger • Sarah Roberts Allison Smith • Mark Wendt Secretary, Jean Ruenger-Hanson, MA’90 Ex-Officio Member Jennifer Younger UW-Madison Steenbock Memorial Christine Pawley, SLIS Professor & Library Director For more information, [email protected] [email protected] visit http://www.slis.wisc.edu/ alumni-advisory.htm SLIS Student Services Coordinator [email protected]

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Barbara J. Arnold SLIS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Contribution Form Fund Created Jottings is sent to all alumni. The costs for producing and mailing the newsletter are shared by the SLIS Alumni Association and the School. The association needs your support now more than ever to support its activities. A fund has Contributions to the Second Century Fund provide unrestricted support for the greatest needs. Your gifts to the been created scholarship program provide extremely important financial support for students. If you are considering a planned to honor gift, please contact Jennifer Karlson, our UW Foundation representative, at (608) 262-7225 or the work [email protected]. Thank you for your support! of Barbara Arnold, Date ______MA’73, who Name______served SLIS Address______as the stu- Barbara J. Arnold City______State______ZIP______dent services coordinator. Arnold retired in Phone______December 2007 after serving E-mail______SLIS for more than 30 years. Fax______The Barbara J. Arnold Fund will support professional devel- My contribution to the SLIS Alumni Association includes: opment and community build- _____ SLIS Alumni Association Activities ($20 suggested to ing for the students and staff at help cover reunions, awards, student activities, etc.) $______SLIS. The fund may be used for celebrations, reunions at pro- Scholarship Funds: fessional conferences, student _____ Rachel K. Schenk _____ Sally Davis recruitment, special speakers _____ Valmai Fenster _____ Jack Clarke $______and events, student travel, pro- fessional development opportu- _____ SLIS Directors Fund $______nities, and other related uses. With this fund, Arnold aims _____ SLIS Second Century Fund $______to promote the opportunities for professional development she _____ SLIS Laboratory Library $______experienced at SLIS: “My posi- tion as student services coordi- _____ Barbara J. Arnold Fund $______nator pulled all of my previous work, professional organization, _____ Other Purpose (please specify): and volunteer work experience ______$______together in service to my alumni, Total Amount Enclosed $______school, state, and profession.” “I was very blessed in the _____ Check here if you would like a SLIS pin for contributions of $25 or more. number of opportunities I had for personal and professional Please make check payable to University of Wisconsin Foundation and mail to: career development throughout University of Wisconsin Foundation, 1848 University Ave., Madison, WI 53708. my career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I owe a News for the next issue of Jottings: lot to my faculty adviser, Muriel ______Fuller, and many mentors and ______colleagues who guided me along the way.” Questions? Call (608) 263-2909 or fax (608) 263-4849. Please send address changes or update your record in the Alumni Directory at uwalumni.com/directory. www.slis.wisc.edu 15 SCHOOL OF LIBRARY & Nonprofit Org. INFORMATION STUDIES U.S. Postage PAID Permit #658 Library & Information Studies Madison, WI 4217 Helen C. White Hall 600 North Park Street

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reception and exhibit walkabout October 22 in the SLIS Library. SLIS the in 22 October walkabout exhibit and reception Engagement Showcase. Engagement

Jennifer Younger, MA’71, PhD’90, and Charles Bunge, director from 1971 to 1981, visit at the the at visit 1981, to 1971 from director Bunge, Charles and PhD’90, MA’71, Younger, Jennifer

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Center for the History of Print Culture, Culture, Print of History the for Center

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student posters and a reception. Other Other reception. a and posters student

concluding with an exhibit walkabout of of walkabout exhibit an with concluding

program about the master’s degree and and degree master’s the about program

School, opening with an informational informational an with opening School,

each day spotlighted an aspect of the the of aspect an spotlighted day each

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SLIS succeeded in its goal of bringing bringing of goal its in succeeded SLIS

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