The Southeastern Librarian Volume 56, Number 2 Summer 2008

Message from the President

It’s almost here! I’m talking of course, about the KLA/SELA/NDLC conference, October 1-4 at the Louisville Marriott Downtown. Every two years we hold a joint conference with one of our states and this year we get to go to Kentucky. This year is also special because the 2008 National Diversity in Libraries Conference (NDLC) will be part of the joint conference. It will be a great opportunity to hear from librarians and non-librarians from all over the country on many different topics. And as a native Kentuckian, I can attest that you’re in for a real treat. Not only are the programs going to be outstanding, Louisville is a great city to visit. You can come to the conference and then spend the weekend exploring this great city on the Ohio River.

If you haven’t already signed up for the conference, take time to do it now. Go to http://www.kylibasn.org/conreg990.cfm and you’ll be all set. Information on the programs and pre-conferences can also be found here, along with travel information.

There are going to be some great pre-conferences (two examples: “Just Like Storytime, Only Louder And Smellier: Why Videogame Tournaments Belong In The Library” and “Discover The Village Branch – Bus Trip Through The Bluegrass”), a fabulous opening session (Jose Aponte, Director of San Diego Public Library), ALA President Jim Rettig, an exciting All-Conference Reception at the Muhammad Ali Center and great programs.

Check out these exciting programs that SELA members are presenting: Michael Wilson - “Using Moodle's Wiki And Forum Functions To Manage Collaborative Assignments In An Information Literacy Course.” Fred Smith – “All You Ever Wanted To Know About Arc Storage And Then Some.” Susan Knoche - “All Star Baffle” an unusual poster

1 session in the style of a popular game show with questions frequently asked in libraries. Amanda Stone - “Schoolrooms: A Sensible State-Wide Solution For Savvy Searching.” Camille McCutcheon – “One World, Many People, Many Perspectives: Developing Diverse Juvenile Literature Collections In Academic Libraries” and “Identifying Psychology Core/Classic Titles In Academic Libraries.” Elizabeth Doolittle, Robbin Glaser Deana Groves, Jean Liddell, Sheila A. Cork, Amanda Stone, and Hal Mendelsohn are going to do a session on Mentoring which is a new project of SELA. The “New Voices: Ideas From New Librarians” presentation will showcase the best and brightest of our new librarians. Judith Gibbons – “The Campaign for American Libraries.” Dr. Dwayne K. Buttler – “Copyright In The Library: Painless Solutions for the Moderately Squeamish.” Michael Hooper and Gina Garber - “Embedding Audio Files In Library Web Pages To Create An Enhanced User Experience.”

The SELA Continuing Education & Staff Training Committee are sponsoring two programs – in the first one, Kathleen Imhoff, President-Elect of SELA, will moderate a forum on “Formulating A Vision For Library Leadership And Service” and the second will be a panel on “Library 2.0, Social Networking And You.” The SELA Intellectual Freedom Committee and the Kentucky Public Library Association are sponsoring Deborah Caldwell Stone’s Intellectual Freedom Program. The SELA Circulation and Reserves Round Table are sponsoring Melissa Horrar and Mark T. Paul – “The Impact Of An Automated Storage And Retrieval System On Patron Services.”

There will also be two Board meetings – Wednesday, October 1 – 4:30 – 5:20 and Friday, October 3 – 11:00 – 11:50. And don’t forget the SELA Awards Luncheon on Friday from 12:00 – 1:30. It should be a grand event.

And it wouldn’t be a conference without a little fun. On Thursday you can attend the All Conference Reception at The Muhammad Ali Center. (Please thank OCLC for sponsoring this event.) This should be a great party at a great venue, so make plans to attend. Then on Friday night, Judith Gibbons has graciously arranged a special SELA Social at Howl at the Moon at Fourth Street Live where there’ll be an opportunity for all conference attendees to meet informally and enjoy dueling pianos, hors d’oeuvres and Happy Hour drink prices before attending the NDLC banquet and the last day of the conference (Attendance is free but admission is limited). There’s also a reception on Friday night at the Western Branch of the Louisville Free Public Library which was the first public library in the United States to be dedicated solely to the service of African Americans.

KLA has also done a great job of listing places to go during and after the conference. Check out http://library.louisville.edu/diversityConf2008/local.html and see a sampling of what Louisville has to offer. There’s a lot to do in Louisville and I hope you’ll take advantage of as much as possible. And since I’m from Cave Country, if you’re driving up I-65, stop by Mammoth Cave National Park – it’s a great place to visit. You can also stop by the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green. If you pick up a new car at the Corvette plant, make sure you show it off at the conference!

2 I must thank Kathleen Imhoff, Judith Gibbons, Christie Robinson and all the SELA members who have worked so hard to make this conference happen. You all have done an amazing job and we will all benefit from your efforts. And to our generous hosts from KLA - thank you for all that you have done for this conference. It looks like we are in for an amazing conference and we appreciate all that KLA members have done to make it happen.

I hope to see you all in Louisville in October. Not only will you learn a lot, meet a lot of fascinating people, you’ll also have fun doing it. So, go to the conference page, fill out the registration form, renew your SELA membership if you need to, and make your hotel reservations. You won’t want to miss this great opportunity!

Faith

SELA ACTIVITIES: Secretary Dr. Gordon N. Baker The SELA Website committee wishes to Clayton State University (GA) announce that the SELA website address 678/466-4325 has changed to http://selaonline.org/ [email protected]

SELA now has its own domain, which Treasurer means that the web address will remain William (Bill) N. Nelson the same, even if the site is relocated. Augusta State University Please change your bookmarks, address 706/650-8537 books, etc. to reflect this update. The [email protected] SELA site is now hosted at Austin Peay State University. Immediate Past President Judith A. Gibbons The 2006 – 2008 Southeastern Library Kentucky Department for Libraries and Association Officers are: Archives 502/564-8300 President [email protected] Faith A. Line Anderson County Library (SC) Frankenthaler Scholarship awarded 864/260-4500 to Library Science Student from [email protected] Georgia

President-Elect Yuliya Kirilova Hadzhieva, a student Kathleen R. T. Imhoff working on her Masters Degree in Lexington (KY) Public Library Library Science at Clarion University in 859/231-5599 Pennsylvania, has been named the [email protected] recipient of a $1000 Ginny Frankenthaler Memorial Scholarship in Library Science awarded by the Southeastern Library Association.

3 Hadzhieva worked for more than ten SELA President’s Award years for libraries in Bulgaria before moving to Georgia in 2001. She worked Please submit nonimations for the th for over five years at the international President's Award by August 15 to: branch of DeKalb County Library Jan Ruskell, P. O. Box 844, Carrollton, System in Chamblee, Georgia. She is GA 30112. participating in a very structured library science program for two years and will The President's Award was established receive her M.S.L.S. with a specialty in by the Executive Board of SELA in Special Information Centers at the end of March of 1988. President Charles Beard, 2008. Vice-President George Stewart, and Executive Secretary Claudia Medori The Ginny Frankenthaler Memorial were authorized to judge nominations Scholarship in Library Science is and to select the first recipient. The made possible through the generosity of President's Award Committee is Bud Frankenthaler, husband of Ginny appointed by the President of SELA and Frankenthaler. Mrs. Frankenthaler shall include members from a varying believed that our free library system is number of states in SELA. The award the basis for a good life and that the was renamed in 2006 after Charles greatest gifts a human being can have Beard. are good memories and education, both of which are supplied free by our public The purpose of the award is to honor an library system. individual, group or corporation outside the library profession who has made a Laura Slavin significant contribution to the SELA development or promotion of libraries in Co-Chair, Continuing Education and the Southeast. Staff Development Committee [email protected] Nominations are to be made in writing to the Chairman of the Charles Beard President's Award Committee. Individuals submitting nominations should send their nominee's name and a short statement of the nominee's significant contributions. Supporting documentation such as newspaper articles, brochures, and letters may be included.

Nominations should be mailed to Jan Ruskell. Jan can be contacted at [email protected] and Betsy Griffies (Co-chair) at [email protected].

The award will be presented during the biennium conference in October in Louisville, KY. Announcement of the

4 recipient of the award, with a Process: biographical sketch, will appear in the Southeastern Librarian. If no suitable Nomination applications for the award nomination is received, it may be should include the following omitted for this biennium. information:

Call for Nominations for 1. SELA member’s name Outstanding Southeastern Library 2. Library’s name, address, Program Award telephone number 3. Beginning and ending dates of the Each biennium SELA recognizes an program outstanding program of service in an 4. Narrative statement describing the academic, public, school or special program and its goals and steps to library in a SELA member state. achieve the goals; and 5. special contribution of the Purpose: program/project including supporting documents related to To recognize an outstanding program of program publicity. service in an academic, public, school, or special library in a Southeastern The SELA Outstanding Library Program Library Association member state. Award will be presented at the joint 2008 KLA/KSMA/SELA/ARL National Criteria: Diversity in Libraries Conference to be held in Louisville, Kentucky, October 1- 1. Any academic, public, school, or 4, 2008. special library in the member http://www.kylibasn.org/ndlc201.cfm states of the SELA may be cited for an outstanding program of Please send your nomination for the service. Programs of service may SELA Outstanding Library Program include, but are not limited to Award by August 15, 2008 to: library activities, projects, or programs. Linda S. Harris 2. The program of service must take Chair, SELA Outstanding Library place during the biennium in Program Award Committee which the nomination is made. Mervyn H. Sterne Library 3. The minimum time span for a University of Alabama at Birmingham rd nominated library program must 1530 3 Avenue S. SL 136B not be less than three months, Birmingham, AL 35294-0014 including the development and [email protected] evaluation stages of the program. 205-934-6364 4. The person making the 205-975-6230 (fax) nomination must be a member of SELA.

5 OUTSTANDING SOUTHEASTERN CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR AUTHORS AWARDS ROTHROCK AWARD

Purpose: Purpose:

To recognize authors in states of the To honor a librarian who has contributed SELA for current works of literary substantially to the furtherance of merit. librarianship in the southeast during a career. Criteria: History: 1. Authors must be native or bona fide residents of a SELA state at The Rothrock Award was established in the time the work was written or 1976 from the will of Mary Rothrock. It published. was sent to the SELA President on 2. Works must be chosen based on February 11, 1976, and stated, “I literary merit. bequeath $10,000 to the SELA, the 3. Two awards may be made: one in income from which shall be used to fiction and one in non-fiction. establish a biennial award. The recipient 4. In each category, works must of this award is to be designated by a have been published within five committee of the Association from years prior to December 31 or the among librarians of the Southeastern year proceeding the biennial States, and chosen for exceptional conference. contribution to library development in 5. The person making the the Southeast.” The committee shall be nomination must be a member of appointed by the President of SELA and SELA. shall include librarians from varying member states of SELA. The recipient of Process: Submit nominations on the this award has always been kept secret SELA web site. until the actual presentation is made http://sela.jsu.edu/Awards/OutstandingA during the conference. uthorsAwardForm.htm along with any accompanying material (not to exceed Criteria: four pages for each entry - reason for nomination, book reviews, biography, 1. The age and years of service etc.) to the committee chair by August should not be a deciding factor in 22, 2008. the selection. 2. Service in one or more states of Mail to the address below: the southeast would qualify a Bonnie A. Tollefson person for nomination for the 6629 SW 80th St. award. Gainesville, FL 32608 3. The award should be made to Email: [email protected] only one person in any biennium, and, if no deserving person is nominated, an award may be omitted for that biennium.

6 4. Nomination must be made by a SELA member. Gretchen Smith Collection Development Librarian Process: Georgia Southwestern State University 200 Bristol Street, #83 Submit nominations along with Perry, GA 31069 supporting biographical material, to any 229/ 931-2789 (W) member of the Rothrock Award [email protected] committee, listed below, by August 15, 2008. Within the cover letter, please HBCU NEWS provide name of nominee, nominee’s phone/email, mailing address, and Six HBCU-ASERL Librarian include a copy of nominee’s curriculum Exchanges Announced vitae. The SELA member making nomination needs to include their The HBCU Library Alliance and the phone/email, along with signature and Association of Southeastern Research date. Libraries (ASERL) announced the pairings for the 2008 HBCU-ASERL Stephen Patrick, Chair Librarian Exchange Program. This is the Professor & Head, second time the two organizations have Documents/Law/Maps collaborated for this staff development Sherrod Library - East Tennessee State program, again funded by a grant from University The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The P. O. Box 70665 activity is part of the Alliance’s ongoing Johnson City, TN 37614 initiative to provide leadership 423/439-6994 (W); 423/ 439-5674 (F) development opportunities for librarians [email protected] from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Deana Groves Education Catalog Librarian Librarians from six HBCU institutions Western Kentucky University Library will spend two weeks each working at an 1906 College Heights Blvd., #11067 ASERL library on a strategic issue Bowling Green, KY 42101 identified by the HBCU librarian as 270/ 796-8361 (W); 270/ 745-3958 (F) important to HBCU library and campus. [email protected] The following matches were made via a Deborah Lee careful selection process led by HBCU Professor & Coordinator, Library Library Alliance and ASERL staff: Instruction Services Associate Director, Corporate & Blanche Sanders, Alcorn Statistical Research Center University, Lorman, MS Mississippi State University Project Overview: To Develop a P.O. Box 5408 comprehensive information Mississippi State, MS 39760 literacy program 662/ 325-0810 (W) [email protected]

7 ASERL Librarian: Suchi ASERL Librarian: Rosann Mohanty, University of North Bazirjian, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Carolina at Greensboro Adrienne Webber, Xavier University, New Orleans, LA Lillian Lewis, HBCU Library Alliance Project Overview: To develop a Program Officer, said, “The exchange formal library experience for new program will support personal students during freshman professional development, leadership orientation week development within individual HBCU ASERL Librarian: Shelly Arlen, libraries, and leadership development University of Florida, Gainesville within the larger HBCU library Mantra Henderson, Mississippi community.” In addition, John Burger, Valley State University, Bena, Executive Director of ASERL, notes that MS “The project will strengthen connections Project Overview: To transform between libraries to build knowledge, the current media center into a foster collaboration, infuse new ideas learning resource center into the HBCU and ASERL library ASERL Librarian: Wendy Scott, environments, and advance resource North Carolina State University, sharing among all partners.” Raleigh Tyrone McNeal, Bowie State Questions about this pilot program may University, Bowie MD be directed to Lillian Lewis, HBCU Project Overview: To develop an Library Alliance Program Officer, at information literacy program that 404-592-4820 or [email protected]. will assist students in identifying and articulating their information Sandra Phoenix Named HBCU needs Library Alliance Director ASERL Librarian: Julia Rholes, University of Mississippi, Oxford Sandra Phoenix has been named the new Eddie Hughes, Southern Director of the Historically Black University and A&M College, Colleges and Universities Library Baton Rouge Alliance. She was formerly Executive Project Overview: To create a Services Librarian at SOLINET. database of prominent African Americans in Baton Rouge “The HBCU Library Alliance’s ASERL Librarian: Carol Pitts longstanding partnership with SOLINET Diedrichs, University of and Sandra’s hard work in facilitating Kentucky, Lexington this partnership make her exceptionally Tanja Hunter, Lawson State well-suited to this position,” said Loretta Community College, Bessemeer, Parham, Chair of the HBCU Library AL Alliance Board of Directors. “In this Project Overview: To create a dynamic role, Sandra’s skills and curriculum to improve learning relationships will help the alliance skills of low performing first- continue its growth and define new year students directions.”

8 Phoenix has more than 20 years of plastics and aluminum. Other ways the administrative experience at nonprofit department is cutting down on paper is organizations. She has a bachelors by creating only electronic versions of degree in business management from class handouts and class evaluations and Savannah State University in Georgia sending contracts and letters to host sites and a masters of library and information electronically. science from Florida State University. She has extensive project management This is just one in a series of changes experience and strong leadership and departments throughout SOLINET are organizational skills. making for conservation. Other actions include the emailing of invoices and “The work of the HBCU Library billing statements rather than sending Alliance and the needs identified by the hard copies. In addition, most SOLINET Alliance were the impetus for me to get member publications are distributed my library science degree,” Phoenix said. electronically. The weekly SOLINET “The Alliance and SOLINET Update is emailed to members, and the encouraged and supported me during bimonthly SOLINET Solutions is this endeavor, and now, it’s my turn to available as a PDF on the SOLINET use my skills, experience and education website. to support and develop the alliance.” SOLINET to Offer Atlas’ Aeon SOLINET PRODUCT NEWS SOLINET is pleased to offer Atlas’ SOLINET Educational Services Goes Aeon, a workflow and circulation Green automation system for special collections libraries. As part of SOLINET’s continuing initiative to save natural and financial Aeon offers a customizable web resources, the Educational Services interface for patron requesting, department has taken several “green” controlled access to class reserve steps. materials, OpenURL linking with ILS and EAD finding aids, and other features. One of the most significant changes is beginning with Spring 2008, the For details about Aeon and the quarterly class schedule is no longer SOLINET offer regarding it, please see being printed and mailed. Instead, the www.solinet.net/Aeon. Atlas is best- schedule will be available on the known for its development of ILLiad, an SOLINET website as a PDF, and the interlibrary loan management software. link will be emailed each quarter to people who have requested it. To request the email, please email Vanessa SOLINET Elects 2008-2009 Board, Richardson at [email protected]. Officers and Members Council In addition, instructors are encouraged to Delegates telecommute whenever possible, carpool, rent hybrid cars when traveling, use Eligible SOLINET members have public transportation, and recycle elected two representatives to the Board

9 of Directors and two delegates to the SOLINET’s New Web Site Offers OCLC Members Council. Added Value

New SOLINET Board members are: SOLINET launched its new Web site at www.solinet.net, to offer added value to • George Gaumond, University its members and other Web visitors. Librarian at Valdosta State University in Georgia SOLINET’s new Web site is part of a • Merrily Taylor, Professor and series of innovative initiatives that the University Librarian at cooperative is undertaking to reinforce Washington & Lee University in its strong foundation of member service. Virginia. Among the site’s new features are: The new Board of Directors elected these officers: • Full site search capability by keyword • Chair: Carol Pitts Diedrichs, • Enhanced search capability for Dean of Libraries at the classes and products University of Kentucky • New FAQ resource • Vice Chair: Richard Madaus, • Expanded online product order Executive Director of the College capability Center for Library Automation in • More user-friendly navigation Florida • Secretary: Laura Davidson, Dean As is customary for virtually all Web of Library Information Services sites developed today, 1024 x 768 is the at Meredith College in North screen resolution that is best viewed. Carolina Along with the new Web site, SOLINET • Treasurer: Sol Hirsch, Director is also presenting its new corporate of the Alachua County Library colors and stylized name. District in Florida. SOLINET to Provide Training on The following people have joined the Evergreen Software SOLINET delegation to the OCLC Members Council: SOLINET is pleased to announce a new partnership with Equinox Software, the • Barbara Dewey, Dean of support and development company for Libraries at the University of Evergreen integrated library system Tennessee – Knoxville software, in use in hundreds of libraries. • Lamar Veatch, Associate Vice This agreement establishes SOLINET as Chancellor and State Librarian of Equinox’s provider of choice for the Georgia Public Library worldwide training on Evergreen Service. software to libraries. Evergreen is an open-source Integrated Library System capable of supporting the workload of large library systems and consortia. SOLINET is Equinox’s endorsed partner

10 to provide worldwide instruction on the & Outreach Officer, at Evergreen product. [email protected] or Randy Bell, SOLINET Manager of Program Evergreen users will attend classes Management & Development, at specially developed for them by [email protected]. The phone number is SOLINET instructional staff. As the 800-999-8558. software changes and evolves, these classes will be updated to reflect those SOLINET PERSONNEL NEWS changes. SOLINET instructors will teach these classes using distance Karen Brown Letarte Joins education software, giving the students SOLINET’s Reenergized the benefit of instructor-led classes Consulting Services Program without the expense and time of travel. SOLINET is expanding its capabilities SOLINET Introduces Consortial and adding new resources with the Licensing Program addition of Karen Brown Letarte as Consultant for Library Planning and SOLINET has instituted a new program to Effectiveness. benefit library consortia. The Consortial Licensing Program gives library consortia Formerly serving as Head of Cataloging the opportunity to outsource their and Metadata at North Carolina State electronic resource licensing activities to University Libraries, Ms. Letarte has SOLINET. more than twenty- five years of experience in the library field. Her areas The program is open to anyone, not just of expertise include workflow analysis, consortial members of SOLINET or library re-engineering, staff development library consortia in the Southeast. The and training, WorldCat Collection program is flexible, allowing analysis, electronic resources customization based on each consortium’s management, fiscal management, own needs and the needs of its members. Services available through the program collection development and acquisitions, include managing new offers, handling and library diversity issues. renewals, setting up a licensing program and administering the program. Specific Other valued team members of the activities include: Consulting Services Program are Kate Nevins, Cal Shepard, Ed McBride, • Identifying member interests and Heather Dray, Kate Vincent, Brenda needs Banks, Elaine Roegge and Kara • Handling contract negotiations McClurken. They provide expertise in with vendors consortia building, strategic planning, • Creating and maintaining contact staff development, meeting facilitation, lists preservation issues, grant writing, citizen • Billing and collecting payments advocacy, ebook adoption, resource • Managing trials sharing, ILL workflow and other areas.

To participate in the program or to get more information about it, please contact Ed McBride, SOLINET Chief Marketing

11 Elaine J. Roegge Joins SOLINET as Katharine Vincent Joins SOLINET as Library Sales Consultant Library Sales Consultant

Elaine J. Roegge has joined SOLINET Katharine “Kate” Vincent has joined as a Library Sales Consultant. She will SOLINET as a Senior Library Services report to Ed McBride in his newly Consultant. She will report to Ed created position as Chief McBride. In this role, Ms. Vincent will Communication, Marketing and consult with SOLINET members in Outreach Officer. Roegge joins Rob Virginia, North Carolina, and South Aaron and Kate Vincent on the Library Carolina regarding purchase of Sales Consultant team. In this role, Ms. SOLINET products and services. Ms. Roegge will consult with SOLINET Vincent will be based in the Northern members in Georgia, Florida, and Virginia/Washington D.C. area. Alabama regarding purchase of SOLINET products and services. Ms. Ms. Vincent comes to SOLINET from Roegge will be based in South Florida. OCLC, where she was responsible for sales to large consortia, driving new Ms. Roegge comes to SOLINET from business, and territory management. She Roegge Life Coaching Services, where was recently named OCLC’s top sales she was an Executive Life Coach, partner. As a Senior Sales Executive at helping clients develop and achieve their Thomson Gale (now called Cengage personal and professional goals. As a Learning), she managed sales to public, Senior Account Executive at Thomson federal, and academic libraries. Her Gale (now called Cengage Learning), products included online databases, she surpassed her sales goal for five published reference and eBook titles, years and consistently demonstrated the and one-time archive product sales ability to build client relationships, solve requiring in-depth product knowledge. issues, and fulfill needs. Ms. Roegge led She has regularly surpassed her sales sales of print and electronic products for goals, including achieving 137% of the academic and public markets. She will annual goal by June 30, 2006. She has draw on these professional experiences sold more than $1 million in digital to help members make the most of their archives and was first in selling Gale budget dollars by advising them on eBooks in 2005. Ms. Vincent will draw purchases of electronic resources and on these professional experiences to help library products as well as guiding them members make the most of their budget to other SOLINET resources, including dollars by advising them on purchases of classes, preservation services, and electronic resources and library products consulting services. as well as guiding them to other SOLINET resources, including classes, Ms. Roegge has bachelors degrees in preservation services, and consulting journalism and political science from services. Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash. Ms. Vincent has a bachelors degree in journalism from Point Park College in Pittsburgh.

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15 include the MS in Library and Information or [email protected]. We look forward Science, MS in Information Systems, and to welcoming you to Drexel! Certificate of Advanced Study in Information Science and Technology. Historic Avondale Paintings Donated to Comer Library We are pleased to announce that Drexel’s ALA accredited MS in Library and Information Science, ranked 11th in the Stephen Felker Sr. donated a part of nation, has added three *NEW* high- Avondale Mills’ legacy to Sylacauga, demand concentrations. The Alabama’s B. B. Comer Memorial concentrations now available for the MS in Library for present and future Library and Information Science program generations to see. are: Felker, CEO of Avondale Mills, Inc. • *NEW* Competitive which closed in July of 2006, gave the Intelligence & Knowledge famous Douglass Crockwell collection Management: This of paintings to the Comer Library. The concentration focuses on paintings detail important occasions in information needs and the lives of the families of many of the knowledge management in employees of Avondale Mills in the late special library, corporate, and 1940s. other organizational settings. • *NEW* School Library The paintings were commissioned by Media: This concentration is for Avondale Mills for a national students who wish to work in K- advertising campaign, which ran in the 12 school library programs in Saturday Evening Post from October both public and private schools. 1947 to December 1948. • *NEW* Youth Services: This concentration meets the interests Twelve of the subjects were also of students planning public selected for use in the 1948 company library careers with a focus on calendar. Two of the paintings were also youth populations. featured as cover subjects on the • Digital Libraries: This company’s annual report for 1948 and concentration covers a range of 1950. topics in digital resources, collections and services. In the paintings are of families and • Library & Information employees from Sylacauga, Pell City, Services: This is a generalist Alexander City and Birmingham, all concentration that includes key cities where plants were located in professional skills and an Alabama. The paintings range from an orientation to both a work setting Avondale chorus to a beach scene at the and a relevant elective. company’s vacation location, known as Camp Helen to the birth of twins at the For more information about the MS in company hospital. An image of the Library and Information Science degree, painting “Family Birthday” appears other Drexel programs, or your partnership benefits, please contact your partnership below. liaison, Suzanne Howard, at 215-895-0362

16 Crockwell, the artist, achieved fame for paintings on its website so that people a skill for realism and expression with across the country can see this beautiful, subjects from American life. His historic collection of paintings. subjects ranged from war to illness to family reunions portrayed in a style similar to Norman Rockwell. Crockwell was a contemporary of Rockwell.

During the1940s and 1940s, Crockwell became one of America’s favorite artists and was linked to famous advertising campaigns, including General Electric, Welch’s Grape Juice, Friskies and a long ad campaign for the Brewing Industry Association.

Felker said because of Avondale’s FLORIDA legacy in the community, he had a strong desire to leave the paintings in UCF Libraries Receives IMLS Sylacauga, where they could be Conservation Bookshelf displayed together and not separated. “These paintings are important to the Treasured objects and artifacts held by community. It will be good that they the University of Central Florida come back to a home. I want them Libraries will be preserved for future grouped together. They tell the story of generations with help from the IMLS Avondale. Connecting to Collections Bookshelf, a core set of conservation books, DVDs, The library is the obvious place and and online resources donated by the entity to take care of them. I am Institute of Museum and Library delighted to be a part of this and Services (IMLS), the primary source of donating them to Sylacauga for federal funding of the nation’s museums generations to come.” and libraries. IMLS and its cooperator, the American Association for State and Spears said that she believes that the Local History (AASLH), will award a Avondale paintings will draw people in total of 2,000 free sets of the IMLS who may not have visited Comer Bookshelf by the end of 2008. Library. “We are open seven days a week and we have a beautiful building in UCF Libraries is among the first to which they can hang. We are looking receive this essential set of resources forward to sharing them with visitors to based on an application describing the Comer Library.” needs and plans for care of its collections. The IMLS Bookshelf Spears said that the library has put focuses on collections typically found in together information on each of the art or history museums and in libraries' paintings for the public to see. Felker special collections, with an added gave the library the right to use the selection of texts for zoos, aquaria,

17 public gardens, and nature centers. It are delighted that she has entrusted us to addresses such topics as the philosophy share this aspect of her with the world." and ethics of collecting, collections management and planning, emergency Walker has written most frequently preparedness, and culturally specific about the struggle for survival among conservation issues. Southern blacks, particularly black women. She also has given literary voice The IMLS Bookshelf is a crucial to the struggle for human rights, component of Connecting to environmental issues, social movements Collections: A Call to Action, a and spirituality, as well as the quest for conservation initiative that the Institute inner and world peace. Often considered launched in 2006. IMLS began the controversial for her portrayals of racial, initiative in response to a 2005 study by gender and sexual issues, Walker is Heritage Preservation documenting the widely recognized for her thoughtful dire state of the nation’s collections. The weaving of realism with love for multi-faceted, multi-year initiative humanity and human potential. shines a nationwide spotlight on the needs of America’s collections, "I chose Emory to receive my archive especially those held by smaller because I myself feel at ease and institutions, which often lack the human comfortable at Emory," said Walker. "I and financial resources necessary to can imagine in years to come that my adequately care for their collections. For papers, my journals and letters will find more information on the conservation themselves always in the company of initiative see: people who care about many of the http://www.imls.gov/news/2007/www.i things I do: culture, community, mls.gov/collections . spirituality, scholarship and the blessings of ancestors who want each of us to find GEORGIA joy and happiness in this life by doing the very best we can to be worthy of it." Emory University The completeness of Walker's archive Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize-winner and makes it truly exceptional, says Rudolph internationally known Georgia-born Byrd, professor of American studies and novelist and poet, will place her archive a founding member of the Alice Walker with Emory University, Provost Earl Literary Society, an international Lewis announced. organization of Walker scholars and enthusiasts. "The acquisition of the Alice Walker Archive is a major addition to Emory's "The archive contains journals that she collection," said Lewis. "Scholars and has been keeping since she was 14 or 15 students from around the world will find years old," said Byrd, who also is a in these papers Alice Walker: her friend and colleague of Walker's. "There commitment to social activism, literary also are drafts of many of her early genesis, personal growth and works of fiction, as well as the back and development, spirituality and self. We forth between Alice and the editors for each book.

18 "The Alice Walker Archive will provide Letters; and Radcliff Institute, Merrill a major bridge in the university's and Guggenheim fellowships. collections on African-American literature, history and culture," said James Earl Carter Library Steve Enniss, director of Emory's Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book The James Earl Carter Library at Library. "Walker is one of Georgia’s Georgia Southwestern State University most beloved writers, and it is hosted various events this past academic particularly gratifying that she has year. Our Luncheons at the Library chosen to return her archive to the state Program kicked off with a Banned where she was born, to the city where Books Celebration held during Banned she attended college as an Books week. Members of the faculty, undergraduate, and to Emory which has, staff, and student population of GSW in the intervening years, become a major participated in the event. Readings research center in literary studies.” enjoyed by all were done from a wide range of books including: The Lovely Emory's African-American literary Bones by Alice Sebold, Heather Has collections include significant Two Mommies by Leslea Newman, collections related to the Harlem Ulysses by James Joyce, and Of Mice Renaissance novelists and poets and Men by John Steinbeck. The Library Langston Hughes and James Weldon hosted its Second Annual Pumpkin Johnson, and the papers of the Georgia- Decorating Contest in October. There born novelist John Oliver Killens. The was a large crowd on the lawn in front of Camille Billops and James V. Hatch the Library carving and painting collection of African-American pumpkins. On St. Patrick’s Day, various performing arts materials includes patrons came out and read passages from hundreds of playscripts including works their favorite Irish authors and enjoyed by Zora Neale Hurston and August cookies, chips and drinks. Readings Wilson, among many others. were done from a wide range of books including: The Chronicles of Narnia: In 1983 Walker became the first Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis, Dracula African-American woman to win the by Bram Stoker, and Dubliners by James Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which honored Joyce. The Library also co-hosted a her novel "The Color Purple." The book Brownbag Poetry Reading with Sirocco, depicts oppressive early 20th century life GSW’s literary magazine, as part of in the South for a young African- Springfest 2008 featuring Jeff Newberry, American woman named Celie. reading from his collection of poems. Newberry is an Assistant Professor of Other honors bestowed upon Walker and English at Abraham Baldwin her writing include the 1983 National Agricultural College. The Library also Book Award, also for "The Color co-hosted a reception with Sirocco Purple"; the 1973 Lillian Smith Award where contributors to the publication from the National Endowment for the read from their entries. Arts for "Revolutionary Petunias and Other Poems"; the Rosenthal Award The Library was fortunate enough to from the National Institute of Arts & host three book signings this academic

19 year. Renowned author June Hall Meeting of the American Library McCash, Ph. D signed copies of her Association in Anaheim, CA, on June books and visited with the GSW 28, 2008. community. She is the author, co-author and editor of six books and numerous There was a full contingent from VSU articles, including The Jekyll Island attending: Dr. Wallace Koehler and Dr. Cottage Colony and Jekyll Island’s Elaine Yontz from the MLIS Program; Early Years. The Library also hosted the Emily Rogers from Odum Library; book signing for Jack Riggs, author of MLIS alumni Lori Lester and Ruth When the Finch Rises. Riggs teaches Hayden; and current MLIS students Creative Writing and Film Studies at Christopher Baker and Jennifer Yontz- Georgia Perimeter College in Atlanta. Orlando. Dr. George Gaumond accepted Author Kathryn Stripling Byer signed the charter for our Beta Beta Mu chapter, copies of her latest publication, Coming the newest chapter in over twenty years. to Rest, in the Library’s Rare Books Room. Byer grew up in southwest Georgia and attended Wesleyan College in Macon, GA and earned her Master of Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is currently a poet-in-residence at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC. Her poetry books include: Catching Light, Black Shawl, Wildwood Flower, and The Girl in the Midst of the Harvest.

Pictured with Dr. Gaumond is alumna Lori Lester.

KENTUCKY

Nunn Center Names New Director

The University of Kentucky Libraries has announced that Doug Boyd is the Valdosta State University new director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History. Boyd previously The Master of Library and Information managed the digital program at the Science Program was recently approved University of Alabama and before that to host a chapter of Beta Phi Mu, the served as director of the Kentucky Oral International Library & Information History Commission. Studies Honor Society. The VSU chapter was installed at the Annual

20 Boyd earned his doctorate in folklore 28-30, 2008, in the John Grisham Room from Indiana University and his and the Charles Templeton, Sr. Music bachelor's degree from Denison Museum of Mitchell Memorial Library University. He is recognized nationally and in the newly renovated Lee Hall as an authority on digital oral histories Auditorium. Featuring concerts and providing electronic access to oral showcasing the talents of eight brilliant history collections. Additionally, Boyd artists, informative guided tours of MSU has a background in recording studio Libraries' Templeton Museum, seminars, production specializing in digital audio and interviews, the Festival proved even restoration and has consulted nationally more successful than its inaugural event on major digitization projects. in 2007.

Boyd has conducted folklore and oral The Festival revolves around and was history research in areas as diverse as inspired by the Charles H. Templeton, Appalachia, Northern Ireland and with Sr. Music Museum and Collection the Navajo in Arizona. He is currently housed at Mitchell Memorial Library. completing a manuscript focusing on the By bringing ragtime and jazz musicians, dynamics between oral history and scholars and enthusiasts to see the public memory. Boyd recently co- Museum and Collection, the Festival authored with folklorist Henry Glassie continues to bring more attention to and the audio CD that accompanies Glassie’s use of these exquisite primary resources. latest book, "The Stars of Ballymenone," published by Indiana University Press. Artists who brought their amazing talents to the MSU campus for the 2008 The UK Nunn Center is internationally Festival included: the new Queen of recognized for its outstanding collection Ragtime, Montreal’s Mimi Blais; a of more than 6,500 oral history veritable walking encyclopedia of interviews on such topics as politics and Ragtime and early jazz, Marty Eggers; public policy, Appalachia, military the stride piano genius, Brian Holland; history, medical history, agriculture and classically-trained concert pianist, education reform. Frederick Hodges; host of the San Francisco-based “Ragtime Machine,” MISSISSIPPI David Reffkin; the man hailed as America’s greatest living boogie woogie Mississippi State University Charles pianist, Bob Seeley; West Coast Templeton Ragtime Music Festival Ragtime music scene mainstay, Virginia Tichenor; and musicologist, collector, For its second year, Mississippi State author and authority on all areas of University’s Mitchell Memorial Library American popular music, David Jasen. hosted the Charles Templeton Ragtime Music Festival. The Festival provided The artists shared their expertise and three days and nights filled with the their passion, their insights and their glorious sounds of ragtime music. experiences throughout each day of the Festival via intimate and enlightening The 2nd Annual Charles Templeton interviews, short and informative talks- Ragtime Music Festival was held March

21 at-the-piano, and high-energy concerts Community Emergency Response each evening. Team Training Hosted by Gunter Library College and high school students, University employees, community On June, 6, 7, and 8, twenty volunteers members and followers of ragtime participated in Community Emergency festivals across the country attended the Response Team (CERT) training at the Festival’s events and rated Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Laboratory in State’s Festival as one of the best of its Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Organized kind. and hosted by Gunter Library head librarian, Joyce Shaw, the class was As a means of taking the music and composed of librarians and other excitement of ragtime into the managers from the University of community, the incomparable Mimi Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast and Blais (see picture below) visited with Hattiesburg campuses, Red Cross and played for area elementary schools, volunteers, Gulf Coast Research a youth theatre guild, and a local Laboratory employees, representatives bookstore and coffee house during the from the city of Ocean Springs week leading up to the Festival. “Being Emergency Management office and the able to see the love of this music on the Mississippi Department of Marine kids’ faces,” said Blais, “not only makes Resources. your day, it makes your life.” CERT is a U. S. Department of Plans are already underway for the 3rd Homeland Security program that helps Annual Charles Templeton Ragtime educate citizens and trains them in life Music Festival to be held March 27-29, saving skills so that they are better 2009. equipped to respond to emergency situations in their communities. The goal For more information on the Charles of CERT training is to give citizens Templeton Ragtime Music Festival, the skills to cope with an emergency disaster Templeton Museum, and Mississippi in the event that emergency responders State University Libraries, please visit are overwhelmed. During the 20 hours http://library.msstate.edu/templeton of CERT training, citizens learned:

Managing utilities and extinguishing small fires Basic first aid and triage Search and rescue Managing volunteers Information collection to assist emergency providers

Eddie Ivy, training coordinator for the City of Meridian Homeland Security Department, and Steve Baggett, Public Works Director for Decatur, MS, and a

22 volunteer fire chief, provided the that allows family members to build a training. Participants who finished the family tree together and to communicate training received a CERT kit which with each other. The site allows blogging, contained emergency supplies and tools. maintains family calendars, and archives family photos, as well. Joyce Shaw, head librarian at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory’s Gunter Participants were able to get together Library, received the grant from the during lunch to share information with Mississippi Office of Homeland Security others researching the same family to provide the training. lines. Dessert at lunch was a special 10th anniversary birthday cake.

The afternoon sessions consisted of personal research in the Libraries’ Special Collections department, tours of resources throughout the Libraries, and "brick-wall breaking" sessions. MSU Libraries’ Lynne Mueller, a Special Collections librarian, presented sessions on incorporating new research techniques

with more traditional research. At the 10th anniversary for genealogy fair is a same time, Elizabeth Downey, Mattie Sink, the manuscripts librarian in Special success Collections, and Becky Murphey of

Oxford, Mississippi, were in the Special The Tenth Annual Regional Genealogy Collections department to work one-on- Fair took place on Saturday, June 21st, one with researchers who had identified 2008, at Mitchell Memorial Library on the specific, difficult research problems and Mississippi State University brought their documentation with campus. About 50 genealogists from them. They worked together to identify across the state participated. possible strategies and sources to solve

seemingly unsolvable problems. The keynote speaker for the Fair, Anne L. Webster of the Mississippi State Department of Archives and History in For more information on MSU Libraries’ Jackson, presented an overview of the Genealogy Fair and on the Special resources and services available at the Collections department, please visit Department of Archives and History. She http://library.msstate.edu/workshops/gene shared examples of documents, both alogy/. common and rare, that researchers might find and emphasized that researchers should check every possible resource, even documents that might not appear to be pertinent, because information is often recorded in odd places.

Elizabeth Downey, an instructional librarian at MSU Libraries, presented Famiva, a new social networking website

23 • creating a family tree using Famiva • using wikis in the classroom; • creating a summer reading and blogging program • and using Meebo and Skype for virtual library instruction sessions

Summit attendees got to share their experiences in the online world during a Gen Fair attendees (from left) Julie birds-of-a-feather boxed luncheon where Dickerson and Beth Downey search table topics included Twitter, virtual through MSU Libraries’ Special reference, wikis, Teen Web, and more. Collections’ records, tracing family histories. Photo by Jim Tomlinson For more information about Mississippi State University Libraries’ MS Library 2.0 Second Mississippi Web 2.0 Summit is Summit, please visit a Success http://blogs.library.msstate.edu/web2sum mit/ and to view photos from throughout On Friday, June 20, 2008, Mitchell the day’s events, check out the Libraries’ Memorial Library on the campus of Flickr site at Mississippi State University hosted http://flickr.com/photos/msstatelibraries/. librarians and library staff members from across the Southeast for its 2nd Annual Mississippi Library 2.0 Summit.

Nationally-known expert on Web 2.0 technologies Sarah Houghton-Jan delivered the Summit’s keynote address, “Sustainable Web 2.0 Services for Smaller, Underfunded Libraries.” Following Houghton-Jan’s presentation, attendees chose among “steal-this-idea” sessions featuring topics such as:

• using Flickr to share your Summit planning committee chair library’s event photos and Amanda Clay Powers (l) poses for a archived collections photograph with keynote speaker, Sarah • advertising your library and Houghton-Jan, and MSU Libraries’ connecting your staff and Administrator of Systems Stephen students on Facebook Cunetto. Photo by Jim Tomlinson • managing your personal and your library’s online identity in social networks • using Google Analytics to see who’s visiting your library’s website

24 NORTH CAROLINA physical science at NCSU and rare books, North Caroliniana, and other TRLN Member Libraries Join Open special collections at UNC. Duke Content Alliance University will also contribute select content for digitization during the first Members of the Triangle Research year of the collaborative project. Libraries Network (TRLN) have announced that they will join the Open Through their memberships in the OCA, Content Alliance (OCA) and other major UNC and NCSU envision opportunities research libraries in contributing to the to build on long-standing TRLN freely accessible digital library hosted by cooperative arrangements. the OCA. TRLN is a collaborative Because 70% of the titles held within organization of the research libraries at TRLN libraries are unique to a single Duke University, North Carolina Central member institution, coordinated University, North Carolina State digitization efforts will offer an University, and The University of North opportunity to expand access and use of Carolina at Chapel Hill. the extensive research collections held within TRLN. TRLN and its members By partnering with the OCA, the TRLN also intend to work toward the libraries are ensuring that their online development of shared principles for collections will remain open to scholars digitization and the long-term and all other members of the global preservation of digitized content. community. Administered by the non- profit Internet Archive, the OCA The OCA comprises more than 80 other represents the collaborative efforts of a major institutions and research libraries, group of cultural, technology, nonprofit, including the British Library, University and governmental organizations from of Toronto, Smithsonian Institution, around the world that are helping to Getty Research Institute, University of build a permanent archive of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, multilingual digitized text and University of Virginia, and University of multimedia content. California system.

In the first year, UNC and NCSU will The Internet Archive is a non-profit each convert public domain books into organization that was founded in high-resolution, downloadable, reusable 1996 to build a permanent and freely digital files that will be available on the accessible digital library of web sites and Internet Archive website other cultural artifacts in digital form. (www.archive.org), can be linked to Built on open source software, it is the from local online catalogs, and can be largest publicly available web archive in indexed locally and by any web search existence. engine. UNC and NCSU will start by each hosting one state-of-the-art Scribe For information about TRLN: machine provided by the Internet http://www.trln.org/ Archive to scan the books. Each university library will focus on historic collection strengths, such as plant and animal sciences, engineering and

25 For more information contact: Libraries' new exhibit gallery, which opened on March 12, 2007, B.W. Wells: Triangle Research Libraries Pioneer Ecologist drew praise from Network:Judy Ruttenberg (919-962- Richard Noble, chair of the RBMS 8022 or [email protected]) Exhibition Awards committee and rare books cataloger at Brown University: Duke University Libraries: Ilene Nelson (919-660-5816 or Certificates were presented to each [email protected]) winner on June 29, 2008, during the American Library Association (ALA) North Carolina State University Annual Conference in Anaheim, Libraries: Anna Dahlstein (919-515- California. 3585 or [email protected]) The B. W. Wells website encompasses The University of North Carolina at not only the online exhibition per se, but Chapel Hill:Judith Panitch (919-962- also the audio files of oral histories 1301 or [email protected]) collected from persons who knew the renowned NC State professor, links to NCSU Libraries Exhibit on Pioneer related archival and manuscript Ecologist Wins Prestigious Award collections, and an image database. The database contains photographs taken by The NCSU Libraries' online exhibition Wells in the 1920s and1930s, and others B. W. Wells: Pioneer Ecologist has won by contemporary photographer Freda a nationally prestigious award presented Wilkins, documenting the flora of the by the Rare Books and Manuscripts ecologically unique Big Savannah of Section (RBMS) of the Association of Pender County, North Carolina, and College and Research Libraries (ACRL). areas beyond. Developed by the Special Collections Research Center, the online exhibition The B. W. Wells online exhibit extends claimed the top honors in the the NCSU Libraries' exhibitions digital/Web category of the 2008 program's efforts to share and interpret Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab library collections and promote their American Book Prices Current scholarly use to an international Exhibition Awards. audience.

Funded by an endowment established by NCSU Secures Its 6th Consecutive Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab, Digital Library Federation Forum editors of American Book Prices Fellowship Current, the awards recognize outstanding exhibition catalogs issued by The NCSU Libraries' Digital Collections American or Canadian institutions. This and Preservation Librarian, Markus year, only four other North American Wust, has been awarded a Digital exhibit catalogs received awards, all for Library Federation (DLF) print publications. Forum Fellowship for Librarians New to the Profession. He will receive a Designed as an online companion to the stipend of up to $1,000 to help defray inaugural exhibition in the NCSU the costs of attending the DLF Spring

26 Forum 2008, scheduled from April 28 While TRLN pioneered the nation’s first through 30 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. consortial online catalog as early as the 1980s, Search TRLN adds next- Only five information professionals are generation search capabilities to the selected each year for the prestigious consortium’s combined collection of 16 fellowship, yet this is the sixth million volumes. Endeca’s approach to consecutive year that an NCSU librarian information retrieval mimics the human has qualified for one. Former DLF discovery process by integrating the two Fellows include the NCSU Libraries' most common means of finding Geospatial Data Librarian Jim Tuttle information online – searching and (2007); both of the Associate Heads of browsing – allowing people to adapt and the Digital Library Initiatives department, refine their search based on their own Tito Sierra (2005) and James Jackson determinations of relevancy. Users can Sanborn (2003); the Interim Associate browse their results along facets such as Head of the Information Technology subject, format, location, and department, Emily Lynema (2006); and availability, and can sort them by Serials and Electronic Resources publication date, title, author, call Librarian Jacquie Samples (2004). number, and popularity.

The Digital Library Federation is a Search TRLN further enriches the search consortium of libraries and related experience by incorporating not only agencies that are pioneering the use of traditional bibliographic records but also electronic-information technologies to bonus descriptive information provided extend collections and services. by Bowker’s Syndetic Solutions, including cover images, summaries, Triangle Research Libraries Network track listings, audiovisual reviews, and Launches “Search TRLN” first chapters/excerpts, whenever available. The TRLN libraries have also The Triangle Research Libraries licensed searchable table of contents Network (TRLN) has launched Search data from Syndetic Solutions ICE TRLN, a single-interface discovery tool service for books published since 1984. that searches across the collections of the Users of the system can now search the four member institutions: Duke collections by chapter title and chapter University, North Carolina Central author. One faculty member testing University, North Carolina State Search TRLN said, “What I especially University, and The University of North like is having the searchable table of Carolina at Chapel Hill. Using the contents. In my field, I am always “faceted searching” and browsing looking for book chapters and they’re capabilities of Endeca software, and really hard to find.” building on the strengths of TRLN’s existing cooperative collecting and One-stop access to the entire body of interlibrary delivery services, Search TRLN’s collections is especially useful TRLN provides a single search and to the faculty and students at the four request environment for faculty and universities because there is relatively students on each campus. little duplication among their collections. TRLN is one of the oldest consortia in

27 the country, and has been highly The Core Module provides access to the successful in the area of cooperative original research of Andre Savine, an collection development. A recent antiquarian book dealer and owner of Le analysis of collection overlap Bibliophile Russe bookstore in Paris. By demonstrated that 71 percent of the titles the time of his death in 1999, Savine had were unique to a single TRLN amassed a collection of more than institution, and only 2% of our 60,000 items documenting the lives of collections are duplicated on all four Russians who lived in exile, from the campuses. 1917 revolution onward. The UNC Library acquired the Savine Collection Items from the shared collections are in 2002, including Savine's annotated made available to eligible users – TRLN descriptions of items in his collection on students, faculty and staff – through thousands of index cards and notebook reciprocal borrowing arrangements and pages. electronic/hard-copy document delivery. The request functionality has been built The Core Module database serves as an into Search TRLN. A graduate student index hub that will eventually link to noted, “I love that you can easily request modules consisting of electronic full text. things from the other universities - that's Core Module records include item really useful.” descriptions, related indexes, and digitized images of Savine's written In implementing Endeca, TRLN has records. The module provides Russian- built on the experience of the NCSU language search and retrieval Libraries, which in January 2006 was the functionalities, with the option to display first academic library in the world to text in Cyrillic or in Roman deploy the popular e-commerce transliteration. software. By launching Search TRLN, the consortium has demonstrated that it Phase II of "Russia Beyond Russia" will is uniquely suited to lead in the creation be to catalog all materials in the Savine of innovative digital collections and Collection. A $218,000 grant from the services for the twenty-first century. Mellon Foundation, scheduled for completion June 30, 2010, is currently Russia Beyond Russia First Module being used to catalog 1,600 serials in the Available From UNC Library Savine Collection. In addition, a donation from Van and Kay The University of North Carolina at Weatherspoon of Charlotte, North Chapel Hill Library has completed the Carolina, will be used to catalog Core Module of the "Russia Beyond monographs in the Savine Collection in Russia Digital Library" a project that will begin July 1, 2008, (http://rbr.lib.unc.edu/cm/). A grant of and run through June 30, 2010. A $363,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon planned Phase III of "Russia Beyond Foundation funded the project, which is Russia" will create new digital content to the first phase in the Library's digital be indexed through the Core Module. publishing initiative to document the Russian Diaspora.

28 For more information about "Russia pioneers worked with no maps, no Beyond Russia," visit convenient field-guides, no cameras. http://www.lib.unc.edu/savine/RBR/. They relied on their own instincts and observations, drew their own pictures, SOUTH CAROLINA and learned when they could from Native American guides and contacts. Exhibit on South Carolina Naturalists Yet, by the mid-19th century, they had Opens in Greenville brought knowledge of the region’s natural history to a level comparable An exhibit titled “Naturalists in South with that of Europe. Carolina: Audubon in Context,” opened at the Upcountry History Museum in The pictures and books in the exhibit Greenville on April 28 and will be on include Havell Audubons donated by display through September 7. Materials Jennie Haddock Feagle and in the exhibit came from the University reproductions made from the South of South Carolina’s Rare Books and Carolina College original subscription Special Collections in Columbia. The set, now one of the Library’s major exhibit was curated by Patrick Scott, and treasures. sponsored by the Bill and Connie Timmons Family Fund. This is the first exhibit in the changing exhibits gallery of the new Upcountry This exhibit traces the story of some of History Museum, 540 Buncombe St., the pioneer naturalists in South Carolina Greenville, which opened in September natural history from the early 18th 2007. For location, hours etc., see century to the mid 19th century. It http://www.upcountryhistory.org/locatio includes examples of original engravings n.php. by both the major naturalist-illustrators who worked here, Mark Catesby in the 1720s and John James Audubon just over a century later.

Audubon's massive illustrations for his great Birds of America (1827-1838) dominate the exhibit room. The exhibit sets Audubon’s achievement in context alongside that of artists and writers who are now less well known.

At the beginning of the period, Carolina, Shown, left to right, are Mrs. Alester G. and especially the Carolina up-country, Furman and Dr. Patrick Scott at the was uncharted territory to the scientists opening of the exhibition “Naturalists in of Europe. The naturalists presented South Carolina” at the Upcountry here were reporting on species that were History Museum in Greenville, April 28, previously unrecorded and undescribed. 2008. Mrs Simms is a longtime Travel, by river or on rough tracks, was supporter of South Caroliniana Library difficult and even dangerous. The early and also of the newly-opened museum.

29 PEOPLE NEWS State Library Announces Reorganization ALABAMA

The South Carolina State Library has Birmingham Public Library Staff Win recently completed its internal National Awards reorganization of divisions and is pleased to announce a new Birmingham Public Library has received organizational structure. three Be Innovative! awards from Innovative Interfaces, Inc. III provides The new Division of Discovery & software to public, academic, special and Delivery headed by Felicia Vereen now school libraries in the US and 40 includes Library Services headed by countries for managing, ordering, Mary Morgan, Talking Book Services processing, and circulating library headed by Pamela Davenport, and materials. This awards program Library Development headed by recognizes the creative and outstanding Deborah Hotchkiss. The new Division uses of Innovative products. The of Innovation & Technology is headed Birmingham Public Library is the only by Catherine Buck Morgan and includes library, worldwide, to receive this award the SchoolRooms Project, The DISCUS three times. Program headed by Amy Duernberger, and also includes the areas of Technical Jane Keeton, Acquisitions Department Services and Information Technology & head, received the Most Innovative Staff Infrastructure. The new Division of Module award at the 2004 Innovative Organizational Resources is headed by Users Group Conference in Boston, Leesa Benggio and includes Finance, Massachusetts for the introduction of the headed by Paula James, and also immensely popular Best Sellers Club. includes the areas of Mail Services, This club allows the patrons of the Administration, and Human Resources. Birmingham Public Library automatic Public Relations Information is reserves of newly published books of coordinated by Dr. Curtis R. Rogers. fiction penned by their favorite authors. Literary Arts Program Coordinator, Currently, 1,980 patrons use this service Susanna Brailsford, works with the and more are added daily. South Carolina Center for the Book. Melinda Shelton, webmaster for the For more information, please visit library, accepted the award for the Most http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/organizati Innovative Marketing of Millennium on-and-departments and to see the new Products/Features at the 2007 Innovative organizational chart, visit Users Group Conference in San Jose, http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/docs/abou California. Shelton designed and linked t/Organization_Chart.pdf. features from the Innovative Interfaces system to the library's MySpace page to allow direct searching of the catalog, new materials list, and other online content.

30 Tobin Cataldo, Information Systems Mervyn H. Sterne Library, University of Manager, accepted the Most Innovative Alabama at Birmingham. She Implementation of E-resource Discovery previously held positions as Librarian; award at the 2008 Innovative Users Bibliographer; and Head of the Group Conference in Washington, D. C. Department of Scientific, Fiction, and Cataldo created links in the online Foreign Literature at Belarusian State library catalog to allow patrons to easily University. access other recommendations for similar titles or genres found on Ms. Laura Simpson was hired as Amazon.com. Cataloging Librarian at Mervyn H. Sterne Library, University of Alabama at University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham. She was most recently Library Personnel News Catalog Librarian/Systems Administrator at Lambuth University. Ms. Susan Holt, Head of Technical Services at Mervyn H. Sterne Library, Ms. Imelda Vetter was hired as University of Alabama at Birmingham, Reference Librarian for Education at retired in December 2007. Ms. Holt was Mervyn H. Sterne Library, University of a cataloging librarian at Sterne Library Alabama at Birmingham. She for 30 years. previously held positions as a Cataloger and an Information Consultant at Indiana Ms. Carolyn Walden has been University-Purdue University promoted to Head of Cataloging at the Indianapolis. Mervyn H. Sterne, University of Alabama at Birmingham. She has been Ms. Lisa A. Ennis, Systems Librarian at a cataloging librarian at Sterne Library the Lister Hill Library of the Health since 1978. Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, was recently awarded the Ms. Piper Cumbo was hired as General 2008 Outstanding Professional Reference Librarian at Mervyn H. Sterne Publications Award from the Alabama Library, University of Alabama at Library Association's College, Birmingham. Prior to coming to Sterne University and Special Libraries Library, she was Law Librarian for the Division. The award is given in Birmingham law firm of Cabaniss, recognition of the recipient's outstanding Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O’Neal. contribution to the professional literature of academic or special librarianship Ms. Dana Hettich was hired as General within the past three years. Reference Librarian at Mervyn H. Sterne Library, University of Alabama at FLORIDA Birmingham. She was most recently Collection Development/ Reference University of Central Florida Librarian and Instructor of Library Personnel Changes Science at Gainesville College, John Harrison Hosch Library. The University of Central Florida (UCF) Libraries is proud to announce the Ms. Irina Stanishevskaya was arrival of Laila Miletic-Vejzovic, who promoted to Cataloging Librarian at

31 joins the Libraries faculty as head of the was in Music History from SUNY at Special Collections & University Genesco), began her library career at the Archives department on March 3, 2008. Cleveland State Community College in Cleveland, Tennessee. In 1973 she Miletic-Vejzovic, who received her moved to the University of Tennessee at MLS from the University of Wisconsin Chattanooga, working in interlibrary and was most recently employed as head loan, reference, and public services. She of Manuscripts, Archives & Special was hired at the University of Central Collections in the Holland & Terrell Florida library in 1984 as a reference Libraries at Washington State librarian; a year later she became University, brings with her expensive coordinator of library instruction. Snow experience in all aspects of special was appointed department head for the collections and archives, including rare active and growing reference department books, manuscripts, endowments, and in 1988. She held this position for six grants. She has a long list of awards, years, at which time she stepped down to professional activities, and publications focus on reference, library instruction, as well. interlibrary loan and collection development. The UCF Special Collections & University Archives department has Marilyn Snow has been active been without an official department head throughout her career in local and since June 2007, when long-time Florida regional professional associations. In archivist, manuscripts librarian, and addition to her other duties and working administrator Carla Summers retired. with the UCF Student Disability The Libraries has eagerly awaited Services, Snow promoted UCF library Miletic-Vejzovic’s coming and looks initiatives supporting the American with forward to introducing her to the Florida Disabilities Act. community.

Catherine Steffens, a cataloger librarian at the University of Central Florida Libraries since September 2003, has accepted a position as database manager and bookkeeper at Nathaniel's Hope (www.nathanielshope.org), a non-profit organization sharing "the Hope" with kids with special needs and their families. Her last day was February 28, 2008. GEORGIA The University of Central Florida (UCF) Libraries announces the retirement of Valdosta State University Marilyn R. Snow on May 29, 2008. Laura Wright has been appointed Snow, who received her M.L.S. from Assistant Professor of Library Science George Peabody College at Vanderbilt and Reference Librarian at Odum University (her undergraduate degree

32 Library, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia. Augusta State University

Yadira V. Payne, former interim government documents librarian at Augusta State University's Reese Library, has been appointed government documents librarian. Ms. Payne is a 2007 graduate of Drexel University's online MLIS program. She is also the Georgia Library Association Government Documents Interest Group secretary and vice-chair elect, the Central Savannah River Area Library Sonja Sutherland has been appointed Association vice-chair, and was on the reference librarian and instructor of ballot for the American Library library science at Odum Library, Association GODORT secretary. This Valdosta State University, Georgia. new librarian has also received a grant from ALA and Nextbook for Reese Library to host a "Let's Talk about It! Jewish Literature" book discussion program.

Jeff Heck, automation librarian at Reese Library, has received a promotion to associate professor.

Camilla Reid, associate director at Reese Library, has been awarded tenure. Clayton State University Georgia Southwestern State

University Katherine Ott has joined the library faculty at Clayton State University as Valarie Anthony has been named the head of access and information Access Services Supervisor at the James services. She previously was employed Earl Carter Library at Georgia at Southwestern Oklahoma State Southwestern State University. Valarie University. previously served as the Senior

Technical/Access Services Assistant at Dr. Gordon Baker, Director of GSW. She is a graduate of GSW with a Libraries at Clayton State University is bachelor of business administration the 2007 recipient of the Georgia Library degree in Management. Association’s Bob Richardson Award, which recognizes a GLA member who has made a significant contribution to GLA through their time and effort.

33 KENTUCKY person nationwide to be awarded this credential. She was certified by the University of Louisville American Library Association and the Allied Professions Association in April, Rae Helton has been named 2008 after successfully completing a Coordinator of the Learning Commons rigorous seven-course curriculum. "I am at the University of Louisville Libraries. thrilled to be the first librarian in the South and the third librarian in the U.S. Emily Symonds was appointed as to achieve this voluntary national Metadata Librarian at University of certification. My knowledge base has Louisville Libraries effective April 7, expanded my awareness of current 2008. issues, reports and trends. I am much better equipped to perform multiple On June 2, 2008 Toccara Porter joined tasks in the complexity of the public the University of Louisville Libraries in library environment and its demands on the Diversity Residency position. library administrators. I can develop a stronger vision for our public library James Procell II will become Music with all the keyholders, funders and Librarian at the University of Louisville community to make our library GREAT. Libraries beginning August 1, 2008. It strengthened my managerial and leadership skills, and I would highly Mildred Franks, known to KLA recommend the program to other members since 1985 as the “Kentucky librarians who are currently library Kaleidoscope” column editor for administrators or plan to seek that career Kentucky Libraries, is retiring effective path in the future. The course August 1, 2008. She has been at the assignments were also very practical and University of Louisville Libraries for 45 diverse which included writing a years, where she began her employment technology plan, a grant application, a as an acquisitions assistant. Along the staff and board diversity plan and a way Mildred’s assignments have facility preventive maintenance plan." included Acting Head of Acquisitions; Dr. Maggio recently returned home to Assistant-Head, Reference Department, her native state to take over the reins of part-time Head, Office of Personnel the Assumption Parish Library in December, Services; twice acting head of Reference 2007. Department; Information Delivery Team Leader; and finally in 2006, Head of Public Services for Ekstrom Library. MISSISSIPPI She received her promotion to Professor in 1997. Mississippi State University Libraries

LOUISIANA Gerald Chaudron has joined the Mississippi State University Libraries as Assumption Parish Library Assistant Professor/Manuscripts.

Dr. Teri Maggio, Director of the David Scott Nolen has joined the Assumption Parish Library is the first Mississippi State University Libraries as librarian in the South and the third

34 Assistant Professor/Humanities Chair of the Mississippi Association of Reference Librarian. College and Research Libraries.

Jason Phillips has joined the Schmidt has been an active member of Mississippi State University Libraries as the ALA since 1975. She served on Government Documents and various committees of the Association Microforms Reference Librarian. for Library Collections and Technical Services, Library Administration and Ryan Semmes has joined the Management Association, Association of Mississippi State University Libraries as College and Research Libraries, and the Assistant Professor/Archivist. Resources and Technical Services Division. She was elected as the Julie Xu has joined the Mississippi State President of the Junior Members Round University Libraries as Assistant Table and served as a member of the Professor/Engineering Reference ALA Council from 1991 through 1995. Librarian. Her contributions to the professional June Schmidt has retired from her literature have appeared in such position as Associate Dean for Technical publications as Library Resources & Services and Professor at Mississippi Technical Services, Library Collections, State University Libraries after thirty-six Acquisitions, & Technical Services, years of service. She worked for three Mississippi Libraries, Staff years as a school librarian before Development: A Practical Guide, and beginning her career in academic the ALA Yearbook. These contributions librarianship at Mississippi State have focused on staff development and University, where she was appointed to practical issues in acquisitions and positions of increasing responsibility and collection development. authority. Her efforts were focused in technical services, except for a seven June Schmidt’s consummate year period during which she served as professionalism and collegial leadership the Branch Librarian for the University’s will certainly be missed by her library College of Veterinary Medicine. colleagues.

During her tenure at Mississippi State University of Southern Mississippi University, she played leadership roles in several campus organizations. Linda K. Ginn, Catalog Librarian/Asst. Notable among these were the Professor at The University of Southern President’s Commission on the Status of Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Women and the Faculty Senate. She has presented a paper, "Civil Rights and been active in a number of professional Mississippi History: the Continuing groups. Among these groups was the Education of a Catalog Librarian," at the Mississippi Library Association, where 15th International Conference on she was elected as Secretary, Vice- Learning on June 4, 2008, at the President, President, and American University of Illinois at Chicago. Library Association (ALA) Councilor. She was also elected for two terms as

35 NORTH CAROLINA Amy Baldwin has been appointed University of North Carolina Director of the North Carolina Literary Libraries Festival. Baldwin will have overall responsibility for the festival, which will The University Library, University of take place on the Chapel Hill campus North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), Sept. 10-14, 2009. Baldwin was most announces three recent appointments: recently the co-owner and vice president of development and marketing at Non- Linda Drake is the new Director of Linear LLC, which developed and Library Personnel. During 2007, Drake coordinated a three-day music and served in that position in an interim extreme sports festival in San Diego, capacity, while continuing half-time as Calif. Baldwin holds a B.A.B.S. in librarian for the F. Stuart Chapin, Jr., marketing from Northern Arizona Planning Library at UNC, a position she University in Flagstaff. held since 1989. From 1999 to 2007, Drake also served as the University Thuy-Anh Dang is the new Media Library's Staff Development Coordinator. Resources Cataloger. She will be Drake holds an M.L.S. from Kent State responsible for cataloging audio-visual University in Kent, Ohio, and a B.A. resources in a wide array of formats and from Bowling Green State University in languages. Dang recently served as a Bowling Green, Ohio. temporary cataloger in the Rare Book Collection at UNC. From 2003 to 2007, Heather Ball Gendron has been she was a cataloger at the National appointed Art Librarian for the Joseph Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. Curtis Sloane Art Library. Since 2001, Dang holds a B.A. in English from Gendron has been Art and Architecture Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Librarian and Assistant Professor at and an M.L.S. from the University of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. Maryland at College Park. Gendron holds an M.L.I.S. from the University of Texas at Austin and a Emily King has been appointed B.F.A. from Purchase College of the Coordinator of E-Learning Services. State University of New York. King will coordinate digitized course support services provided by the Alan Unsworth has been named to a University Library and will represent the one-year appointment as General Library in campus-wide e-learning Reference Librarian. Unsworth will initiatives. King holds a B.A. in primary provide general and specialized education and history and an M.L.S., reference services and library instruction. both from UNC. While completing her He was most recently Assistant Desk M.L.S., she served as a reference and Staff Supervisor in the circulation assistant and instructor in the UNC department at UNC's Davis Library. Library. Unsworth holds an M.S.L.S. from the School of Information and Library Science at UNC and a B.S. in Sociology Beth Ann Koelsch has been appointed from Appalachian State University in as the curator of the Women Veterans Boone, N.C. Historical Collection at UNC

36 Greensboro. She previously worked as a general management and management of project archivist at the Sallie Bingham the acquisitions process. Her article, Center for Women’s History and Culture "Operational Efficiencies in Acquisitions at Duke University. to Minimize the Impact of Budget Cuts upon Library Materials Budgets" (The Bottom Line, 2003) won the "Highly Commended" award from the Literati Club in 2004. Her other articles include "Ethics within the Serials Family" (Library Collections, Acquisitions & Technical Services, 2002) and "Negotiations with Library Materials Vendors: Preparation and Tips" (The Bottom Line, 2003). As a personal interest, Flowers authored "Starting a Church/Synagogue Library" (North Carolina Libraries, 1987).

Janet L. Flowers retired April 1, 2008, A member of the American Library as Head of Acquisitions at the University Association and the Association of of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library Library Collections and Technical on the anniversary of her 38th year of Services, Flowers served most recently employment with the Library. Flowers on ALCTS's Education Committee graduated from UNC with a B.A. in (2001-03) and Technology Committee French in 1966, and an M.S.L.S. in 1967, (1996-2000). She was also Co-Chair of and was inducted into the Beta Phi Mu, the ALCTS Vendors of Library Epsilon Chapter. Her first professional Materials Discussion Group (2001-02) position was as a reference librarian at and most recently presented the paper Wake Forest University in Winston- "Managing the Acquisitions Workflow Salem, N.C. She came to UNC as of Monographs" to that group in 2006. Romance Languages Cataloger in 1970, As a member of the North Carolina becoming Assistant Head, then Head, of Library Association, she chaired its Bibliographic Searching before her Library Administration and Management appointment as Head of Acquisitions in Section (1992-94) and also served two 1982. terms on the NCLA Executive Board (1992-94 and 1995-97). During her career, Flowers was a regular participant in and pre-conference leader At UNC, Flowers was an elected on topics related to acquisitions member of the University's Faculty management and vendor negotiations at Council (1981-84 and 1988-91) and the annual Charleston Conference for served on the University of North Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition. Carolina Faculty Assembly (1982-85), She also was active in the North with representatives from all campuses Carolina Serials Conference, where she in the UNC system. She was president made a number of presentations. She (1978-79) of the Librarians' Association published widely on topics related to at UNC-Chapel Hill and served on

37 several LAUNC-CH committees. She NC State Librarian Named One of the was a member of the Carolina Academic Top "Movers & Shakers" in the Library Associates Steering Committee Profession and was a member of the steering committee overseeing a reorganization, Hilary Davis, the NCSU Libraries' now in process, of the Library's technical Collection Manager of Physical Sciences, services operations. Flowers lectured Engineering, and Data Analysis, has frequently for the Collection been named one of the year's top Management classes at UNC's School of "Movers & Shakers" by Library Information and Library Science and Journal. She was recognized by the was also president (1982-83) of the SILS magazine as one of the "people shaping Alumni Association. Over the years, the future of libraries" primarily for her Flowers mentored many SILS students sophisticated use of analytics in adapting on matters relating to management and collections to meet researchers' needs. acquisitions challenges. Davis develops and manages the NCSU James Harvard Ovitt, 51, Government Libraries' collections in all subject areas Data Librarian at the University of North in the physical sciences and in selected Carolina at Chapel Hill, died suddenly of engineering subjects. She also analyzes a heart attack on April 20. data to support planning, budgeting, and policy development and to respond to Jim became Government Data Librarian accreditation reviews and statistical in 2005 after serving as a reference surveys. librarian and a student assistant at UNC's Davis Library. He received the degree of She joined NC State in February 2005 as Master of Science in Library Science an NCSU Libraries Fellow in Collection from the School of Information and Management, serving as a subject Library Science at UNC in 2003 and specialist for faculty and students of the also held an A.B. in history (1980) from College of Physical and Mathematical Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.. Sciences. As a Fellow, she made Before entering the field of librarianship, significant contributions to the planning Jim spent nearly twenty years in the and development of a digital media industry in New York as a repository. She holds an M.A. in producer and director of documentary Library Science from the University of and industrial films. Missouri-Columbia, an M.S. in biology from the University of Missouri-St. Jim was a member of the American Louis, and a B.S. in biology with honors Library Association and of ALA's from Guilford College. Association of College and Research Libraries and Government Documents It is the third year in a row that an NC Roundtable. He was also a member of State librarian is recognized as a "Mover the North Carolina Library Association & Shaker" by Library Journal. In 2006, and of NCLA's Government Resources Associate Head for Digital Library Section. Development Tito Sierra made national headlines, and last year, Interim Associate Head of Information

38 Technology Emily Lynema took the the preparation of grant proposals related library world by storm. Library to the planning and development of Journal's article about Hilary Davis is library programs. available at http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/C Terry Hill earned the Master of Science A6535072.html in Library Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where NCSU Libraries he was a Carolina Academic Library Associate. He earned the Master of Arts Terry B. Hill joined the NCSU in Political Science and the Bachelor of Libraries as Assistant to the Vice Science in Political Science from Provost and Director of Libraries. Appalachian State University.

Hill previously worked for the NCSU NCSU Libraries Taps 2008-2010 Libraries as Collection Manager for Fellows Management and Social Sciences. Most recently, Hill taught at the University of The NCSU Libraries has announced the North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North appointment of the 2008-2010 NCSU Carolina Central University graduate Libraries Fellows, effective July 1, 2008, library schools, while also holding a unless otherwise noted: Freeman Culver, position as librarian at Hope Valley III (effective September 1, 2008), Cory Elementary School. He has also worked Lown, Dan Lucas, Genya O’Gara, in the private sector as a customer Andreas Orphanides, and David Zwicky. service representative for Harrassowitz, a major international book and serials The NCSU Libraries Fellows Program vendor for the academic and research develops future leaders for academic community. Hill has presented and libraries, with a focus on science, published on issues in collection engineering, and digital librarianship; on management, including an upcoming diversity; and on library management. presentation for the International Now in its ninth year, the program Federation of Library Associations and continues to attract an impressive group Institutions, Social Science Libraries of talented new graduates from Section, entitled "Keeping Up With the universities throughout North America. Joneses: New Models to Support NCSU Libraries Fellows are appointed Developing Needs." for a two-year term as members of the library faculty, combining a project In his new role, Hill will coordinate assignment on an initiative of strategic communications and internal and importance with a half-time appointment external relations for the Vice Provost in a home department. and Director of Libraries, and will oversee management of the Freeman Culver, III will receive the administrative functions of the Office of Master of Library and Information the Director. By researching topics in the Studies from the University of Alabama. field of librarianship and higher Culver’s home department will be education, he will contribute to Access and Delivery Services. In his administrative studies, presentations, and project, Endowment Profiles: Bringing

39 the Stories to Light, he will work with in Information Technology and a project, the Libraries Development team, E-Learning Resources for Teaching and contributing to the creation of profiles of Learning, in Research and Information library donors. Services.

Cory Lown is soon to graduate with the David Zwicky will complete the Master Master of Science in Library Science of Arts in Library and Information from the University of North Carolina at Studies from the University of Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), where he was Wisconsin-Madison. With a home awarded the Margaret Ellen Kalp assignment in the Textiles Library, Fellowship. Lown will serve in Digital Zwicky will serve Textiles and Library Initiatives with a project Engineering students and will use his assignment, NCSU Libraries Collections: digital library skills on his project, Data Making Data Work for Us, in Collection Repository Development, in Digital Management. Library Initiatives.

Daniel Lucas will complete the Master of Science in Information Science from NCSU Special Collections Staff the University of North Carolina at Member Wins Several Prestigious Chapel Hill. Lucas has a home Awards department assignment in Digital Library Initiatives. In his project, New Media Initiatives, he will draw upon his Judy Allen Dodson, the Administrative background in visual communications Support Associate in the NCSU and web development to investigate and Libraries' Special Collections Research implement new media design, services, Center, has been awarded the Archie and content in Research and Information Motley Memorial Scholarship for Services. Minority Students by the Midwest Archives Conference (MAC). The Genya O’Gara will earn the Master of scholarship provides financial assistance Science in Library Science from the to students pursuing graduate education University of North Carolina at Chapel in archival administration and Hill. O’Gara’s home department will be encourages ethnic diversification of the Collection Management. Her project in profession. The award is a scholarship of the Special Collections Research Center, $750 and a one-year complimentary Exposing Modern Archival Collections: membership to MAC, the nation's largest Documenting Kannapolis, will draw regional professional association for upon her experience with primary archivists. research materials. The award is named for the late Archie Andreas Orphanides will receive the Motley, who served as the MAC's first Master of Science in Library Science president between 1972 and 1975 and from the University of North Carolina at enjoyed a distinguished career at the Chapel Hill, where he was the recipient Chicago Historical Society. He was of the Margaret Ellen Kalp Fellowship. highly regarded in the field, serving as a Orphanides will have a home department mentor and guide to countless colleagues and researchers from the 1950s through

40 the 1990s. website, information literacy tutorials, library instruction, and academic support Allen Dodson has also been awarded a for faculty teaching online courses. scholarship to attend the 49th Annual Queens is offering its first online courses Rare Books and Manuscripts Section in the Summer of 2008. (RBMS) Preconference, “Rare and Special Bytes: Special Collections in the The library also announces a new Digital Age,” which will be held from employee, Elaine Wood, became the June 24 to 27, 2008, in Los Angeles, Public Services Librarian/Manager in California. This competitive scholarship June 2008. Elaine will begin a training offers complementary registration as program for library student assistants in well as a stipend. the Fall of 2008, the QUEST Program (Queens University Electronic Systems The Rare Books and Manuscripts Trainee). Students will be given Section (RBMS) of the Association of information literacy and technology College & Research Libraries (ACRL), a literacy training to allow them to trouble division of the American Library shoot questions about use of electronic Association (ALA), plays a leading role resources and equipment and software in local, national, and international concerns. special collections communities. This year's annual preconference will address Ben Farnham will begin work as the various aspects of special collections in Evening and Weekend Public Services the digital environment, including Assistant in early August. intellectual property issues, using digital special collections in the classroom, and SOUTH CAROLINA mass digitization. University of South Carolina Furthermore, Allen Dodson has been selected to represent North Carolina Kenneth Eldridge Toombs who was Central University in the Student-to- Director of Libraries at the University of Staff Program at the ALA Annual South Carolina from from 1967 to 1988 Conference in Anaheim, California, died March 4, 2008 in Columbia, S.C. from June 26 to July 2, 2008. She will after a long illness. complete an assignment with Cognotes, the daily newspaper of the conference, A native of Virginia, Toombs served in which draws more than 10,000 attendees the U.S. Army in WW II and the Korean from the library profession to its more War. He was a graduate of Tennessee than 2,000 committee meetings and Weslyan College and Tennessee events and 300 educational programs. Polytechnic Institute. He earned a master’s degree in history from the Queens University of Charlotte University of Virginia and a master’s degree in library science from Rutgers Queens University of Charlotte Everett University. He began his library career Library announces a new position, at Louisiana State University in 1956 Emerging Technologies Librarian. Joli and later became Director of Libraries at Barham will concentrate on the Library the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

41 School of Library and Information Much progress was made in the Science. Before his death Olsgaard was University of South Carolina library awarded the title Associate Professor system during Tombs’ tenure, including Emeritus. the addition of the millionth volume and the building of the Thomas Cooper and Olsgaard’s primary research interests Law Libraries. Toombs served as co- were in the areas of academic library founder of the Southeastern Library administration, research methodologies Network, was listed in Who's Who in in library and information science, and Library Science and Who's Who in information system design. Olsgaard America and received the Rothrock received a B.A. in history from Award, the highest honor of the Jamestown College in 1974, an M.A. in Southeastern Library Association for his American history from the University of contribution to the Solinet System. He North Dakota in 1976, a Master of was known nationally as an academic Library Science degree from the library building consultant. University of Iowa in 1977, and a Ph.D. in library science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1984.

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John Newman Olsgaard, 53, passed Middle Tennessee State University away December 7, 2007 of lung cancer. Olsgaard was appointed Assistant Christy Groves has been placed in Professor and Assistant Dean in the charge of User Services for the Walker College of Library and Information Library at Middle Tennessee State Science at the University of South University. She will oversee Reference Carolina in Columbia in 1984. He served & Instructional Services and Access as the Interim Dean of the College from Services. Her MLS is from the 1985 to1986. In 1989, he was appointed University of Tennessee and she Associate Provost of the University of currently serves as Head of Access South Carolina, where he served for Services at Ball State University in fifteen years. He also served as Interim Muncie, Indiana. Prior to her Dean of the University of South Carolina appointment at Ball State she served as Libraries from 2001 to 2002. In 2004, Science Librarian and Reference he returned to full-time teaching at the Services Librarian at that institution.

42 Jason Vance has been appointed University of Alabama and is currently a Information Literacy Librarian. at dissertation stage candidate for the Ph.D. Middle Tennessee State University. He at the University of Illinois, will direct campus-wide literacy Urbana/Champaign. Her responsibilities initiatives in support of student retention will include reference, library instruction, in addition to providing reference and collection development. In addition, service and instruction in library she will contribute to campus diversity resources. He comes to MTSU from initiatives and devote time to the Morehead State University in Morehead, completion of her dissertation. The Kentucky where he serves as Interlibrary fellowship program at Middle Tennessee Loan / Regional Campus Coordinator. State University is part of the His MLS is from Simmons College. He institution's program to enhance has also served as an adjunct instructor diversity in research, teaching, and at Morehead State. Prior to his service through the recruitment of appointment at Morehead, he served as underrepresented minority students from Chief Librarian for Public Services at across the country who are completing Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia, graduate research. Individuals wishing to Kentucky. know more about this program should contact William Black at the Walker Christa V. Hardy has been appointed to Library (615-898-2772; a library thesis/dissertation fellowship. [email protected]) She received her MLS from the

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