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A newsletter for members of the Coe College Library Association

A NOTEFROM THE DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY SERVICES Some years, Stewart Memorial Library and the Also updated was a large library conference Bibliophile bring you "big" news. room on the main level, now filled with history to become the Coe College Black Alumni In 1988, it was the $4.3 million remodeling Association Conference Room. It's striking in and expansion of the library that almost tripled both appearance and gravitas. the size of the original building. We grew to 57,910 square feet to house our materials and We put new carpet on the library's second collections, display some of Coe College's floor. It hadn't been updated in 20 -plus years impressive art collection and provide space for and needed replacing. We reupholstered the studying, creating, activities , meetings and comfortable couches in the Upper Reading celebrations. Room. They needed it, too. Student s enjoy studying there, and the leather had the wear In 2014, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of to prove it. that expansion, as well as the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Coe College Library We added three colorful, portable, glass dry ­ Association , whose members support the library erase boards that classes and students find so collections and activities. useful. Working with Coe's Office of Marketing we added a graphic to a wall in the computer lab In 20 15, a $1.2 million remodeling added the - a small touch, but it perked up the room. The Learning Commons to the library's lower level Coe College Student Senate donated funds to - bringing together the support services that update the dry -erase walls in the study rooms on help Coe students succeed at college and in life. the library's main and lower levels. The Student It was a good fit, given the library's mission of Senate also paid for more portable power­ connecting students with resources, assistance charging stations. and support. In addition, library staffers coordinated the In 20 17, we celebrated Stewart Memorial move of the Fisher Music Library in Marquis Library's 85th year. Hall, where we added a couple of comfortable armchairs to the remodeled space. (Perhaps you In this issue of the Bibliophile, we want to tell sense a theme; we want people to be comfortable you about a raft of improvements we've made at while they study.) And we hired four students Stewart Memorial Library in 2019-20. They're as peer reference aides to help students find not "big" - in the sense of ribbon -cuttings information in the library and get the most out and the popping of Champagne corks. But of the library's many offerings. neither are they "little." All of the projects have improved the user experience for those who I deeply appreciate the hard work that's gone into walk through our doors. All add to the library's all of these achievements - even ifwe didn't pop sense of welcome and demonstrate this is a any Champagne corks. Thank you to the Coe beautiful building our campus cares about. administration, Coe students and friends of the Stewart Memorial Library who supported this One of our major accomplishments this work. It's our library, and we can be proud of its past year was the update and remodeling of continued relevancy in the 2 1st century. our Media Technologies Department on the lower level. The department offers services ranging from the latest virtual reality headsets to the microfilm of yesteryear, and it needed an update. Jill Jack Dire ctor ofLibrary Servi ces 0 Co11ti11ued 011 page 2 > J

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A Coe College student walked into the library's Media Technologies Department last fall and said she hardly recognized the place. Laura Riskedahl, head of media technologies, and Linda H ummel, media technologies assistant, smile at that memory and the compliment it implies for the remodeling and additions made to the department over the summer.

The department remains on the Stewart Memorial Library's lower level. But the public space is now more open and welcoming.

Student workers last summer took apart and moved out the heavy wooden viewing stations that had been in use since the 1980s. Steve Blockhus, from Coe's Physical Plant, repainted the walls in crimson and gray, following the Coe brand. New signage and new branded vinyl created by the Office of Marketing were added to the shelving end caps, adding to the crisp, new look of the department.

A new modular space was created with portable Versace partitions , creating an area where students can use virtual reality headsets. Two sleek new viewing stations were added to that space for viewing electronic media , a gift from D ougie Peters '8 1, whose generosity and motto - "Start small, think big" - have financed other improvements at Stewart Memorial Library over the years. Students use the two stations to view DVDs assigned in their classes - the department has almost 9,000 DVDs, many of chem on educational topics not available on the internet.

The new viewing stations are modular and portable, meaning their use can change in the future if need be. Peters closely examined them when they were unveiled and pronounced , "I really like them ."

NaomiVanGullck '23 usesthe microfilmreader. ~ e Co11tirmed 011page 4 > OTHER NEW EQ!:TIPMENT AND ADDITIONS INCLUDE: • A combo player was added that plays DVDs and, surprisingly, old­ school VH S tapes. Many of the VH S tapes are on educational topics • Two new wireless virtual reality headsets allow users to move around and haven't been put on DVDs or the internet , at least not yet. while experiencing other "realities,• be it a Van Gogh painting or the Amazon rain forest. The wireless headsets , made by Oculus ~est , are • Slick, black, portable nesting chairs replaced old chairs . lh e new ones popular with students because of their lightness and mobility , though have arms and wheels, allowing them to be moved easily and used they're not as powerful as the YR headsets tied to a computer in the throughout the department. viewing/YR studio. Besides learning opportunities, students check out the goggles to play strategic games and the ever-popular Beat • New signage also was added to the expanded MakerStudio, whi ch Saber game. offers 3-D printers, a 3 -D scanner, a laser cutter/engraver and an animation workstation , plus embroidery and sewing machine s. The • A modern microfilm reader - a fraction of the size of the old ones - is studio is busy, with students creating artifacts and art, a scale model of available for historic research of the library's microfilm collection. lh e a brain , models of crustaceans with movable tentacles, phone holders collection includes issues of The New York Time s dating to the 1850s and more. A poster on the wall provides the perfect premise for the and back issues of the Cosmos, the Coe student newspaper. Mak erStudio: "Experiment. Fail. Learn. Repeat."

":Weare fortunate to have Coe willing to invest in d ie rapidly di anging tecnnologies in today's worlcl," [aura RisKedahl said. "It helP,sour faculty, our staff ano, most of all, our stuclents, who will be living in a century with technological innovations we can only imagine. This is their future. At the same time, we're also offering them older technologies - a microfilm machine, a :VCR. ~ e are honored to offer our stuclents several generations of technology, all in this central SP.ace."

TOPLEFT: Directorof LibrarySer vices JillJack, Head of CirculationSandyBlanchard , MediaTechnologies Assistant LindaHummel , BriannaBecher '23 , KalebDonels '22 , MeghanBrune'21 , CaltllnSievers '22 , KellyHusmann '23and MarissaMarshall'22 posewith DougiePeters '81in the renovatedMedia Technologies Department.

TOPRIGHT : Newbranded v inyl wasinstalled on the shelvingend caps.

RIGHT:RyanGiere '20 usesthe Dougie Petersviewing station while CameronElam'22 and Anthony Christensen'22pick out a DVDand RobbyKostellc'20 andChristinePuleo'20 usethe Oculuswireless VR . --A

JaodonPotorson'ZZ, JoshLivingood '21 , JackRoy 'ZZ and LauraMcAdam 'ZO helpmove the FisherMusicLibrary.

Sandy Blanchard, head of circu lation at Stewart Memorial Then the students made all those trips, up and down the steps, to transfer Library, was happy co have access co Coe student muscle the books, CDs and files. and stamina last summer, as well as help from Coe's Physical Plant. The Fisher collection remains in demand, both on campus and through interlibrary loan, Blanchard said. Blanchard coordinated the move of the Fisher Music Librar y in Marquis Hall , which meant moving almost 4,000 CDs and hundreds of books from "The CDs are mainly classical music, performed by certain orchestras and the building' s first floor to newly remodeled space on the lower level. Cue performers, with jazz and musical cheater productions, too," Blanchard the student muscle. said. "If you're studying certain composers, performers or conductors, you need to hear the music. You can see the scores with liner notes." Bue it was Russ Pauly, from Coe's Physical Plane, who transformed the lower-level space from a dated classroom to a room suitable for a music Books in the Fisher library run the gamut, from one listing the words to library. Pauly gutted the dated room, removing a wall, old electronics, old all of Franz Schubert's songs to one showing the sheet music for John C. whiteboards and even a chalkboard. He put together call, metal shelves Handy 's blues tunes. Volumes of old French songs share shelf space with and secured chem to cinder block walls. Steve Blockhu s, also from Physical ones on jazz improvisation. Plan t, painted the room with a fresh color, adding a pop of blue to an accent wall. • Co11ti11ued 011 page 6 > - "Also, we have a four -drawer filing cabinet full of old sheet music, which probabl y is the most precious item in the Fisher Music Library," Blanchard said. "It's music you won't find on the internet"

Jill Jack, director oflibrary services, said her goal in the move was to make the new space welcoming and to give students in Marquis a quiet place to study, listen to music and create. Two comfortable armchairs and a rug were added, suitable for relaxing and studying. A sophisticated listening station is there, too.

The Fisher Music Library is open for two hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon, staffed by student workers. Librarians are available to help with reference questions and interlibrary loan requests.

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LIBRARYCONFERENCEROOM HONORS BLACKHISTORYATCOE William B. Lowery was che first African American co graduate ouclining seeps co achieve equal icy on campus. And a time from Coe College in 1902 . Linton H oward Marcin was the line charts the evolution of the Coe College Black Alumni first African American co play on Coe's football team in Association. 1904 . The Coe Board ofTrustees in 1949 cold fraternities and sororities they could not discriminate based on race, The centerpiece of che room is a long cable, where highlights religion or nationality. Marcin Luther KingJr. spoke at of black history on che Coe campus are printed and displayed under a glass tabletop. The faces were gathered by three work ­ Hannah a Coe convocation in 1962. Henry Blue became che first DALEY'20 African American professor at Coe in 1966 in the English study students from the Office of Advancement. The students Department. -H ann ah Daley '20, Abb ie C hr istop hersen '2 1 and Kr ist in Walt er s '20 - pored ch rough decades of Coe Cosmos student Those faces - and more - about che black experience at Coe newspapers co document che stories and pictures featuring College now are displayed in a sunny conference room on black students and faculty. The information they found went the main floor ofScewarc Memorial Library. The idea for che into a spreadsheet, which will be preserved in che library's room - called the Coe College Black Alumni Association George T. H enry College Archives. Conference Room - came out of a meeting of association Abbie "le was super cool," Daley said of the research. "We cried co members in Sc. Louis in 2016. The members wanted co find CHRISTOPHERSEN'21 a way co give back co Coe and also deepen Coe students' gee ch rough a decade each day, and it cook three weeks co understanding of black history on campus, according co an complete. lewas very interesting." article in the Coe College Courier. The members formed a committee, donated money and worked with Coe's Office of Jill Jack , director oflibrary services, is looking forward co Advancement and Office of Marketing co create che room. meeting the members of the Coe College Black Alumni Association at H omecoming chis fall and welcoming chem co The resulc is stunning. The names of the donors are inscribed che new dedicated room in che library. "We are truly graceful on the glass door leading into the room. A plaque lists the for che organization's commitment co the library and creating a Kristin demands black students presented Coe administrators in 1968 historical• and meaningful space." WALTERS'20 .,~ .' .,_ , '·

LIBRARY'SPEERREFERENCE STUDENTS

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Ir's a premise Srewarr .\lemorial Library is resting rhis year with irs first Blanchard said rhe peer reference srudenrs are scheduled rowork when four peer reference students - \'X'anjik11 Garu a '2 0, Camill e .\lir a nda­ their help may be needed rhe most - Sunday and Thursday nights , for Esrrada '22 , Brid ger Paur '2 2 and Ca itlin Sic\'crs '22 . example. If rhey encounter a question rhey need help wirh , a Srewarr librarian is "jusr a phone call away," she said . "They're rhere ro help wirh rhe first steps in research, a gateway ro rhe basics," said Sandy Blanchard, head of circular ion. "They know abour H aving rhe peer reference srudenrs comes wirh an added benefit , said Jill books and articles and databases available in rhe library and beyond. They Jack, d irecror oflibrary services. "They're skilled in social media," she said . help students find rhe full -rexr journals , which are downloadable with a "They ger rhe word our ro orher srudenrs rhar they're rhere ro help." •

TOLIBRARY WORKERSIN THECLASS OF '19

1he Coe College Class of2019 included 11 graduates who were student workers at the Stewart Memorial Library. Wethank them far their work and wish them the best. 1heir names and what they're doing now are:

Ill o, 1 ll ow, I llO\I 1 111: Alysia Cleppe, now a social studies special B~< K 1ww, 1 Ro,11 111: Nathan Dvorak, recipient of a Graduate education reacher in rhe College Community School District in Cedar Research Fellowship from rhe N ational Science Foundation, is in rhe Rapids who's working on endorsements in behavioral disorders and doctorate electrical engineering program ar rhe University ofl\lichigan; learning disabilities; Cara Klazura , attending graduate school in Chicago; Allie Rausch , working ar Unity Point H ospira! in Des .'vloines and pursuing Ella Gibbons, working in guest services ar a ski resort in Park City, Urah; a nursing degree; Ellie Bechler, in medical school ar rhe Universit y of Amber Bradberry, reaching ar a private school in Cedar Rapids; Sydney Iowa; Garrett Tieder, a manager ar Jimmy John 's in Champaign, Illinois; Pitstick, reaching third grade ar a bilingual school in .\larshallrown, and Wade H ill, studying ar .\1irchell Ham line School of Law in Sr. Paul, Iowa; and Tianna Robert s, married and working in a doctor's office in rhe .\linne sora. .\1 innea polis area.

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--- ALUMNIANDFACULTY PUBLICATIONS Added to the George T. Henry College Archives, 2019-2020

Adamson, Tom.Renatus. Fremont,NE: 2019. (Tom Adamson, Class Owen,Jerry. TheAngel's Littl e Brother: For Flute, Clarinet and of 1972) Guitar. (full score) Cedar Rapid s, IA: Indian H ills Road Music , 2015, 2019. Oerry Owen, Professor of Music, 1969-2006 ) Anderson, Alan M. "Two ships passing in the night: the United States, Great Britain, and the immunity of private property at sea - The Maroon Spittoon in the Tycoon Saloon: For Brass Quin­ in time of war, 1904-1907" in New interpretations in naval histo­ tet. (score) Cedar Rapid s, IA: Indian H ills Road Mu sic, 2009. ry: Selected papers from the Eighteenth McMullen Naval H istory - The Maroon Spittoon in the Tycoon Saloon: For 11 instru­ Symposium held at the U.S. Naval Academy 19-20 September ments. (score) Cedar Rapid s, IA: Indian H ills Road Music , 2009 , Newport: RI: Naval War College Press,20 18. (Alan M. Ander­ 2013. 2018. son, Class of 1978) -Pimpaalitaawi Neekawikamionki (Let's Walk Along the Barnett, Dennis. "DAH Theatre, Decontaminating Serbian Cul­ Great Sand Lake}: For Flut e and Guitar. (score) Cedar Rapid s, ture" in Staging Postcommuni sm: Alternative Theatre in Eastern IA: Indian H ills Road Music, 2019. and Central Europe after 1989 by Vessela S. \'v'arner and Diana - Tango and Serenade: For Solo Trombone and 13 Instru­ Manole. Iowa City, IA: University oflowa Press, 2019. (Dennis Barnett, ments. (score) Cedar Rapid s, IA: Indian H ills Road Music, 2011- Professor ofTheater Am 2001 - ) 2019. Bolender, Mi rah. City of Broken Magic. New York: Tor, 2018. (Mi rah -Suite far a Littl e Angel: Versionfar Flute and Guitar. (full Bolender , Class of2014 ) score) Cedar Rapid s, IA: Indian H ills Road Music, 2006.

Ensley, Philiph K. "Circus Hurts." in Giant Hearts: Travels in the - Wild Garden: Versionfar Double Reed !2.!!artet of two oboes, (full score). Cedar Rapid s, IA: Indian World of Elephants. Jean- Philipp e Puyravaud, Priya Davidar. N ew English horn, and bassoon. H ills RoadMu sic,2001. Delhi: Rupa Publi cations India P vt. Ltd., 2015. (Philip K. Ensley, Class of 1965) - Wild Garden: Versionfar Saxophone f2.!!artet of soprano, alto, tenor, baritone. Cedar Rapids , IA: Indian H ills Road Music, Fink, Larr y. Thepast present and future: Coe College. 2013. (Larr y 2001. Fink, Class of 1962) Rettb erg, Scott. El ectronic Literature. Medford, MA: Polity Press, Garcia,]. Malcolm. Thefruit ofall my grief Liv es in the shadows of 2019. (Scott Rettberg , Class of 1992) the American dream. New York: Seven Stories Press, 2019. (Malcolm Garcia, Class of 1979) Rogers, Betty.At the Lake: Poems and Photos. Marion , IA , 2019. (Betty Rogers, Stewart Memoria l Library, 1971-2007) Guffe y.Andrew R. The Book of Revelation and the Visual Culture of Asia Minor: A Concurrence of Images. Lanham, MD: Lexington Rogers, Tammi e. Shamaron: Dog D evoted. Brownstown, IL: Tammi e Books/ Fortress Press, 2019. (Andrew Guffey, Class of2001 ) Rogers, 2018. (Tammie Rogers, Class of 1982)

H ausknecht, Gina. "Square Brackets and Performance Choices: Spinelli, Leslyn Amthor. Taking my Chances: A Caroline Spencer Considering the Shakespearean State Direction"in Shakespeare on Novel. Apple Valley, MN: Door Creek Press, 2018. (Leslyn Amthor Stage and Ojfb y Kenneth J.E. Graham and Alysia Kolen tsis. Chi cago , Spinelli , Class of 1973) IL: McGill-~een's University Press, 2019. (Gina Hausknecht, Professor of English 1994- ) Stevens , Mary Beth; Susan Spellman. Tippy Finds a Home. Port s­ mouth, N H . Peter E. Randall Publi sher, 2019. (Mary Bet h Steven s, Class Krug, Ellen. Getting to Ellen: A memoir about love, honesty and ofl978 ) gender change. Minneapolis, MN: Stepladder press, 2013. (Ellen Krug, Class of 1979) •