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Vol. LI No. 3 January 15, 2002

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"A most curious and useful thing to realize is that one never knows the impression one is creating on other people."

Arnold Bennett "The Arnold Bennett Calendar"

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Calendar of Events Back to Top

Arnold Roth: Free Lance February 15 - May 17, 2002 The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library More Info

Presentation by Arnold Roth March 17, 2002, 2:30pm Wexner Center Film/Video Theatre More Info

For other University events, see OSU Electronic Calendars University News Releases onCampus University Research News

Announcements Back to Top Roth Exhibit Coming to OSU

In the world of cartooning, Arnold Roth has done it all. He has drawn magazine cartoons, humorous illustrations, syndicated comic strips, political cartoons, sports cartoons, record album jackets, book jackets, book illustrations, cartoon advertisements, and animation. He has also managed to support himself as a freelance cartoonist for half a century--no small accomplishment in an ever-changing and exceedingly competitive field--and this fact is evidence of the consistent high quality of his work. Arnold Roth: Free Lance documents the entire range of Arnold Roth's remarkable career through more than sixty original works from his private collection.

Arnold Roth's freelance career began in 1951. Charm, TV Guide and Esquire were the first national magazines to commission his work. Early assignments included Holiday magazine; record covers, mostly for jazz musicians such as Dave Brubeck; and creating advertising "idea bank" storyboards and animations for John Hubley's company Storyboard, Inc., along with Gene Dietch, Crockett Johnson and R. O. Blechman.

In 1956 he joined Harvey Kurtzman, the creator of MAD Magazine, and some of the cartoonists who contributed to that publication, to write and draw for Trump with the peerless Kurtzman as editor. The magazine folded before the first issue hit the newsstands due to catastrophic upheavals in the magazine http://library.osu.edu/sites/staff/Newsnotes/nn011502.html (2 of 8) [7/30/2007 2:16:03 PM] Ohio State University Libraries: NEWS NOTES Online

world. Roth then joined Kurtzman, Alan Jaffee, Jack Davis and Will Elder as creators and co-owners of Humbug. He moved on to Help, a monthly, edited by the ubiquitous Harvey Kurtzman who was assisted by Terry Gilliam and Gloria Steinem.

In 1959 he created a color Sunday comic strip for the New York Herald Tribune Syndicate titled "Poor Arnold's Almanac." The feature lasted until 1961 It was revived in 1989-1990 for Creator's Syndicate as a daily and Sunday feature. Roth's longest association with a single foreign publication started in 1958 when his work began to be published in Punch. In 1965 he replaced P. G. Wodehouse, who was retiring at the age of ninety from doing the "Report on America." Roth was honored in 1986 by being invited to become a member of the Punch Table, and he carved his initials into the famous dining table where they joined those of illustrious artists from Sir John Tenniel, John Leech, George du Maurier and Phil May to Leslie Illingworth, Michael Ffolkes, and Ronald Searle.

The list of publications in which Arnold Roth's work has appeared or is currently published is astonishing: American Health, Archeology, Audubon, Charm, Chicago, City Journal, Connoisseur, Esquire, Food and Wine, Forbes, Fortune, GQ, Harper's, Holiday, Horizon, Humbug, Industry Week, Inside Sports, Lamp, Life, Look, Modern Maturity, Money, Mother Jones, The Nation, National Lampoon, New England, New Woman, New York, New York Daily News, New York Post, New York Times, The New Yorker, Newsweek, Parenting, Pennsylvania Gazette, People, Playboy, Premier, The Progressive, Psychology Today, Punch, Rolling Stone, Saturday Evening Post, Smithsonian, Smoke, Sports Illustrated, Sports Travel, Town and Country, Time, Trump, TV Guide, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, West, Working Woman, and many more. At present he serves as art director of (and contributor to) the Journal for Blacks in Higher Education.

Roth has been very active in his profession as a member of the National Cartoonists Society (serving as its president in 1984-1986), the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, and the Society of Illustrators. He lectured at the Philadelphia College of Art, School of Visual Arts, Pratt Institute, Cooper Union, Parsons School, Princeton University, Ohio State University, University of Pennsylvania, Thurber House, National Art Museum, Yale University, Syracuse University, University of the Arts, and the International Museum of Cartoon Art. He has had one-man shows at the University of the Arts and The Print Club. His work is in the permanent collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Rosenbach Collection, the International Museum of Cartoon Art, the Cartoon Art Museum, and the Karicature & Cartoon Museum in Basel, Switzerland. His peers have recognized his art through numerous awards, including the Reuben Award as Cartoonist of the Year from the National Cartoonists Society in 1984.

A gregarious and quick-witted conversationalist, Roth has appeared on numerous television programs including the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, the David Letterman Show, and the Joan Rivers Show. His artistry with the saxophone equals his skills with a brush, and he has played in a variety of New York jazz venues for more than forty years. Roth's hometown loyalty continues in his affection for the Phillies. The Phillies, as always, remain passive.

Arnold Roth: Free Lance opened in Philadelphia at University of the Arts in September 2001. In addition to The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library, other scheduled venues are Society of Illustrators Gallery in New York City and the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco. The exhibition will also travel to London where it will be shown at the National Museum of Cartoon Art, after which it will go to the Karicatur & Cartoon Museum in Basel, Switzerland. Lucy Shelton Caswell, Professor and Curator of The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library, curated the exhibit, organized the tour, and edited the catalogue, which is published by Fantagraphics (ISBN 1-56097-438-9). Arnold Roth: Free Lance is co-sponsored by The Ohio State University Libraries, Friends of the Libraries, and Wexner Center for the Arts.

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For More Information e-mail [email protected] or telephone 614-292-0538.

Lucy Shelton Caswell ([email protected])

A Facelift for the Foyer

The long awaited face-lift for the Main Library lobby and foyer began January 14. NEWS NOTES Online will be keeping you up to date with weekly pictures as the renovations progress.

The work should be completed in roughly this order: ● Moving the lobby's fire alarm bell and pull box to a better location. ● Cleaning the marble wall surfaces. ● Replacement of the four bulletin boards with wall-mounted display cases. ● Replacement of existing ceiling light fixtures with new fixtures in the foyer and the lobby. ● Refinishing the two 1913-era pew benches and placing them back-to-back in the center of the lobby. ● Painting the entire foyer and lobby, to take place after the completion of the first phase.

It is estimated that the first phase of work will be completed January 28.

Any questions can be directed to Wes Boomgaarden ([email protected]) or Ryan Langhurst ([email protected]).

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Return of the Spot Bonus Award

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Maria van Boekel, Circulation Supervisor in the Fine Arts Library, has earned a spot bonus award for her outstanding work. Last July, Maria set an ambitious goal of hiring eight work-study students for FIN this academic year. Work-study students are scarce, but Maria achieved this goal, and in doing so, generated additional funds. Since each student has a $4,000 grant, Maria's success translates into $32,000 of federal money coming into University Libraries to cover wages.

Maria's success is tied to a detailed strategy. She networked with other circulation supervisors and Human Resources to learn the specific details of hiring work-study students. She set up her own campus-wide ad campaign, including regional campuses, to recruit work-study students. She re-wrote job descriptions to reflect work-study duties in FIN, thereby raising the pay scale. She even wrote an appeal to the work-study office and was able to reinstate work-study for a highly trained student employee who had lost her work- study grant.

Her colleagues note that, "Maria, in her quiet and modest manner, brilliantly succeeded at a task we all struggle with this year. She exemplifies the fiscally creative employee we want to foster." While she offers to assist her co-workers by sharing her successful techniques, she also inspires others to think of ways to save or find additional dollars for University Libraries.

The Libraries Spot Bonus Initiative recognizes and celebrates the extraordinary deeds that further the mission of the Libraries "to be a world-class library system by providing outstanding resources and services." These

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bonuses foster a culture that values meritorious contributions of staff. At the same time the awards, encourage excellent performance, and provide meaningful and immediate appreciation before the end of the fiscal year. The recipient of the approved Spot Bonus may choose from either a $200 cash award or an equal value gift certificate. The Spot Bonus awards started August 1, 2001 as a test for one year. Information on the Spot Bonus program is available on the Thurber "W" drive.

Chiquita Mullins-Lee ([email protected])

Meeting Minutes Available

The minutes of the December 20th meeting of the Technical Services Committee and the minutes of the January 3 Collections Advisory Council meeting are now available on the web.

Technical Services Committee /tsweb/122001ms.htm

Collections Advisory Council: /tsweb/cac010302.htm

Lisa Iacobellis ([email protected])

Library Links Back to Top

● OSU Course Catalog & Master Schedule

● Library Staff Advisory Council's Web Page

● Library Staff Information Page

● OhioLINK Reference Databases - Access Rights

● Electronic Journal Center (OhioLINK) - Publisher List

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Luminous Lucubrations

Last week's entry, "propinquity," means "nearness, closeness, or proximity." This week's entry is "soporific."

Online resources for this question are available:

● WWWebster Dictionary - brief definitions

● The Oxford English Dictionary - lengthy, historical entries

Laughs

● Dilbert's Daily Mental Workout

● Cartoon of the Day

Human Resources Back to Top

Resignations

===Administrative & Professional=== Information Technology Department: Edwin Reed III has resigned the position of Systems Manager effective 22 January 2002

Vacancies

===Administrative & Professional=== Health Sciences Library: Librarian 2 (replacing Murphy) Law Library: Law Librarian (replacing Genzen) - Reposted Mansfield Campus: Librarian 2 (replacing Skinner)

===Staff=== Book Depository: Library Media Technical Assistant 1 - 75% - (replacing Fosler) 1st listing Monographs Department: Library Associate 1 (replacing Valinis) Music and Dance Library: Library Associate 2 (New Position)

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