$1.5 million bequest to benefit SILS technology Inside this Issue

Dean’s Message...... 2 Dr. William H. and Vonna K. Graves have pledged a gift of $1.5 Faculty News...... 8 million to the School of Information and Library Science (SILS). The Honor Roll of Donors...... 13 bequest, SILS’ largest to date, is intended to enhance the School’s Student News...... 18 technology programs and services. See page 3. Alumni News...... 23 SCHOOL OF INFORMATION AND LIBRARY SCIENCE @ The SCHOOL of INFORMATION and LIBRARY SCIENCE • TheCarolina UNIVERSITY of NORTH CAROLINA at CHAPEL HILL Spring 2006 http://sils.unc.edu Number 67 Louis Round Wilson Academy Formed Inaugural meeting held in Chapel Hill

Citizens around “Our faculty, and the world are becoming the faculty of every more aware that they leading University often need a trusted in the world, real- guide to help sort and izes that the role of substantiate the infor- the 21st and 22nd mation they require. century knowledge Faculty members at the professional must be School of Information carefully shaped,” and Library Science said Dr. José-Marie (SILS) agree that Griffiths, dean leading institutions are of SILS and the

obliged to review and Lippert Photography Photo by Tom founding chair of design anew roles and Members of the Louis Round Wilson Academy and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School the Louis Round models for Knowledge Pro- of Information and Library Science faculty following the formal induction ceremony in the rotunda of Wilson Academy. the Rare Books Room of the Louis Round Wilson Library. fessionals who will assume “We understand larger and more pivotal roles in the 21st Century. focused on collecting, sharing and preserving the that those who pursue careers in this increasingly To consider and address topics ranging from record of human accomplishment, activity and important profession require an education that knowledge, trust, ethics and stewardship that imagination. They are charged with addressing a engenders responsibility for all knowledge that impact library and information science professions, future of constant change in which new knowledge influences change.” a newly formed academy of world leaders met in professionals—experts who can help locate, evalu- Her vision of the 21st and 22nd century Chapel Hill, N.C. on Oct. 6 and 7. ate and guide users to credible, comprehensive knowledge professional resembles a cross between The Louis Round Wilson Academy has been information that is relevant and reliable—must the Pope’s most trusted advisor and a Jedi convened by the University of North Carolina at anticipate and understand the information needs master—with every corporate, government, Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library of tomorrow’s society. academic and scientific leader relying on this Science as global thought leaders and information The founding members of the Academy individual to ensure that the information on which revolutionaries who serve as a modern-day council include presidents and chief executive officers of critical decisions are based is accurate, complete, of elders. information technology organizations, historians, unbiased and relevant. Members were selected for their broad range authors, university scholars and librarians and “Without trusted guides through the rapidly of experiences and insightful outlooks that are information scientists from around the world. accumulating volume of recorded knowledge

Continued on page 5  Dean’s Message Dear friends and colleagues:

As you will discover in the pages of this newsletter, the whirlwind of activity at SILS continues. Faculty, staff, students and alumni alike are making major contributions to our Published by the University of North professions and our disciplines, and to the communities they serve. Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Last spring I began to discuss the need to re-introduce ourselves as indispensable al- Information and Library Science for lies to users of recorded knowledge in the global information age. To shape and refine an the school’s alumni and friends. enhanced role and identity for 21st century knowledge professionals, we sought to hear from leaders who understand today’s (and tomorrow’s) issues of ethics, trust, stewardship and knowledge transfer. Last fall we convened the Louis Round Wilson Academy, a group of WANDA MONROE thought-leaders and information revolutionaries. Editor The inaugural meeting was held in Chapel Hill in October and included spirited discus- Director of Communications sion and debate on a wide range of topics including trust, ethics, knowledge, identity and openness. Academy members were fully engaged as issues of the importance of identifying, locating, accessing and preserving the world’s recorded knowledge were discussed. To commemorate the establishment of the Academy, we held a night-time induction KELLY MURPHY ceremony in the Rare Book Room of the Wilson Library. SILS faculty, in full academic rega- Design Editor lia, witnessed each inductee sign a specially designed register. The entire ceremony created Communications Assistant an almost magical memory in its place, time and formality – very Harry Potterish! Just before the end of the Academy meeting, we were delighted to receive and accept an invitation from the Spanish Embassy and the University of Granada to hold the next Academy meeting in Granada, Spain. We welcome your submissions of news One lunchtime discussion during the meeting led to the University Library and SILS in addition to your comments about this joining the Open Content Alliance (OCA). OCA is a group of organizations from around the publication. world that are building a permanent archive of digitized text and multi-media materials. The School’s role will be to collaborate with the Alliance on research and to participate on Please send submissions to: Alliance working groups. While actively participating in these global efforts, we are also preparing to celebrate SILS Newsletter CB 3360 SILS’ 75th anniversary next academic year. The first class was held on September 17th 100 Manning Hall 1931 and the first graduation was on June 7, 1932. Our watchwords for the celebration are: Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360 rededication, redefinition and commitment:

or contact: • Rededication to the high ethical and professional standards that have made this school and those entrusted to its care, among the best in the nation. [email protected] 919/843-8337 • Redefinition of our ongoing mission to educate and train the “next” generation of knowledge professionals, and, indeed, an ongoing redefinition of our profession itself.

• Commitment to the highest standards of stewardship of what we believe is now, perhaps for the first time in history, a globally accessible Knowledge Trust, comprising the totality Learn more about opportunities for giving of mankind’s recorded knowledge . . . a trust never more accessible, never more at risk, and to the School of Information and Library never more in need of conscientious, professional, and dedicated stewardship. Science or about connecting with the SILS Alumni Association by contacting: We plan to launch the celebration of our anniversary with a week of events starting the SHAWN JACKSON afternoon of September 18th. Other events are planned during the year. Much has changed Development Director over the past 75 years, but our goal of providing excellence in education, research and public [email protected] engagement stands constant. Watch for updates on our anniversary plans on our Web site 919/962-8365 and in upcoming newsletters. Finally, I’d like to acknowledge the generosity of so many of you. Your contributions are all appreciated by us and they all do help us in our pursuit of excellence. I hope you’ll come back to SILS during the anniversary year to remember the good times and the bad times, to renew fellowship and camaraderie, and let those of us still here, shake your hand and say a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is heartfelt “thank you.” committed to the principles of equal opportunity with regard to its students and its employees. Sincerely, José-Marie Griffiths Professor and Dean  $1.5 million bequest to benefit techology at SILS

Dr. William H. and Vonna K. The couple envisions their gift we not only demonstrate how School’s planning efforts during the Graves have pledged a gift of $1.5 being used to “flatten” the School’s technology is altering the way mid-1990s. He says he was impressed million to the School of Information programs and services in ways organizations—both public and with the school and its people and and Library currently being discussed by readers private—gather, analyze, apply and their “can-do, roll-up-the-sleeves at- Science of the book, The World is Flat, distribute information, but also use titude” to serving their students and (SILS) at the by Thomas Friedman. The book it to open new avenues of learning improving their already top-notch Univer- describes the societal and economic and engagement for our students,” professional programs. sity of North imperatives for using information said Dr. José-Marie Griffiths, dean of “Dr. Barbara Moran, who was Carolina at technology to create new collabora- SILS. “Through this generous gift dean at the time, and colleagues Chapel Hill. tive business and organization mod- from Bill and Vonna Graves, we will such as Professor Evelyn Daniel were The bequest, els. Graves, an expert on the uses of be able to offer students new learn- providing unselfish leadership that SILS’ largest to date, is intended to IT in higher education, just wrote ing opportunities and experiences set the School apart as dedicated not enhance the School’s technology of these possibilities in “Improving in a state-of-the-art technology en- only to academic excellence, but programs and services. Institutional Performance through vironment that extends globally. We also to a public service ethic that is “The idea is to improve not IT-Enabled Innovation” in the are very grateful for this bequest and sometimes not the norm in research only programmatic quality, but also November/December (2005) issue for the thoughtful insight offered by universities,” said Graves. “I hold the simultaneously the School’s unit of the EDUCAUSE Review, and he the Graves’ to enhance the School’s School in high regard and believe cost structures and the flexibility comments on them frequently in his future through technology.” that Dean José-Marie Griffiths will and convenience of its programs for blog (Web log) at: http://institution- William Graves, professor continue to lead the School forward students—to make the School an alperformance.typepad.com emeritus of mathematics at UNC at on the path of academic excel- unparalleled exemplar of mea- “To prepare our students Chapel Hill and senior vice president lence and public service still being surable quality, accessibility and to succeed in a world that is ever for academic strategy at Collegis, practiced by the School’s faculty and efficiency,” said Graves. changing, it is imperative that interacted with SILS faculty on the staff.” Graves served as associate

dean for general education, interim 75th Anniversary Committee formed vice chancellor for academic affairs and senior information technology officer under various titles at UNC at Chapel Hill. He was the founder and director of the Institute for Academic Technology—a UNC/IBM alliance. In 1999 he retired from UNC to found and chair the board of Edu- prise, Inc., an academic technology services firm that subsequently merged with Collegis, now SunGard Collegis. He writes a periodic academic technology column for Campus Technology and serves as a The SILS 75th Anniversary Planning Committee. From left to right: David Goble, commit- co-founding board member on the tee chair and dean of libraries, Central Piedmont Community College; Julie Harris, Alumni boards of both the National Center Association treasurer; Shawn Jackson, director of development; Sarah Snow, chair, Board for Academic Transformation and of Visitors; Dan Morrow, principal, Jamestown Exploration; Mary Boone, state librarian; the Alliance for Higher Education Claudia Gollop, associate dean; José-Marie Griffiths, dean; Wayne Pond, director of UNC’s Competitiveness. Humanities and Human Values; and Karen Sobel, SILS student. Not pictured, David Carr, The $1.5 million planned associate professor; and Wanda Monroe, director of communications. gift counts toward the university’s The School of Information and Library addition to reviewing feedback from the Alumni Carolina First Campaign goal Science will celebrate its 75th anniversary Association Board and the SILS Board of of $2 billion. Carolina First is a beginning in fall 2006. To prepare for the year- Visitors, members conducted a brainstorming comprehensive, multi-year, private long celebration, a planning committee has session, developed a preliminary time line and fund-raising campaign to support been formed. compiled an initial list of tasks. Carolina‘s vision of becoming the The first meeting of the group allowed Watch for more information about the nation’s leading public university. members to begin discussing ideas for activities 75th anniversary on the SILS Web site and in q and events for the anniversary celebration. In the next issue of the newsletter. q  SILS and UNC Libraries join the Open Content Alliance

Southern Historical Collection. In addition to documents, the library “These are unique items such as will contribute expertise acquired through letters, notes, diaries, handwritten records, its Documenting the American South even photos,” said Sarah C. Michalak, SILS digital library and related projects, says professor, university librarian and associ- Michalak. ate provost for University Libraries. “They “This joint initiative will allow us are fragile, sometimes they’re hard to read, to expand the capability and influence of and they can be very difficult to convert to our research while engaging our students,

Photo by Songphan Choemprayong digital form. But each one tells a unique thereby enhancing their educational The University Library and SILS story. Making them available through the experience,” said Dr. José-Marie Griffiths, have joined the Open Content Alliance Open Content Alliance for the world to use dean and professor of SILS. “We can provide (OCA), a group of organizations from is an exciting opportunity.” expertise in the areas of digitization of not around the world that are building a SILS faculty will collaborate with only books, but video and multimedia, permanent archive of digitized text and the Alliance on research and participate metadata design and development and multimedia materials. on alliance working groups as will UNC digital curation and preservation.” The collections included in the librarians. More than 30 organizations have archive are available for access and This is not SILS’ first time participat- joined the Alliance, among them are The reuse by the global population, while ing in the open dissemination of digital in- New York Times, MSN, Yahoo!, Research “respecting the rights of content owners formation. The School has been research- Library Group (RLG) and various universi- and contributors.” ing, developing and providing open source ties throughout the country. The School is the first from a uni- software and open digital content through “The Open Content Alliance is based versity to join the alliance; the library is projects such as ibiblio.org and the Open on the fundamental principles of openness. the first to contribute manuscripts. Video project. The projects have led to We are delighted to participate in an effort The library will initially focus on a an expansion of information that would that will expand the availability of and project to digitize manuscripts from its otherwise be unavailable. access to open content,” said Griffiths.q

Handling e-mail overload The situation is all too familiar: e-mail gradually piles up, until one records management features, employees without training in information day your inbox holds 1,342 messages. organization or archiving often are left to fend for themselves when it Files nest deep inside the office computer network, never to be seen comes to managing files.” again. Or you spend hours editing a document, only to find that you’ve Besides the tutorial, the team posted presentations that may be used been working on the wrong copy and must start over. for instruction. The Web site also includes an extensive bibliography, links Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and to associated resources and frequently asked questions. Duke University have been tackling these problems for three years. Now, The National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the they have created an online tutorial on how best to manage e-mail and grant-making affiliate of the National Archives and Records Adminis- computer files, available free at www.ils.unc.edu/digitaldesktop. tration, awarded UNC two grants totaling $253,135 over the three year Their project, “Managing the Digital University Desktop,” involved period. University Archives and Records Service hosted additional free studying ways employees at Duke and all 16 UNC campuses deal with the workshops on e-mail management. masses of e-mail and other electronic information that come their way. Members of the Duke research team included project principle “Information overload and e-mail management are insidious and investigator Timothy Pyatt, university archivist; project consultant Dr. universal problems that threaten the retention and retrieval of institu- Paul Conway, director of Library Digital Assets Initiatives for the University tional digital assets,” said Dr. Helen Tibbo, principle investigator for the Libraries; and project adviser David Mitchell, certified records manager, project and a professor at SILS. University Records. An employee may be able to find lost files and e-mail messages with UNC researchers include principle investigator, Helen Tibbo, profes- search mechanisms, Tibbo said. But other staff who need to access the sor; advisers Frank Holt, records service coordinator, and Janis Holder, employee’s files have difficulty when there is little rhyme or reason to file university archivist; and managers Ruth Monnig, Megan Winget (doctoral names and organizational schemes. student at SILS) and Kimberly Chang. “Managing electronic records is more challenging than organiz- “It was great working with such a wonderful team that blended aca- ing paper records, because users can create, copy and distribute files demics and archival and records management practitioners,” said Tibbo. so easily, and because there is no apparent need to delete or organize “This project could not have been conducted without such a collaboration material when storage costs continuously decrease,” said Tibbo. “Since and the support of SILS, the UNC at Chapel Hill Academic Affairs Library, few computer programs – such as word processing or e-mail – include and Duke University Libraries.” q 

LRWA continued from page 1 that is available, global society will lose both and librarians of the future will be immensely confidence and the innovative spirit. As knowl- important. edge leaders, we must move immediately to “If the traditional librarian has been shape curricula and career paths that respond conceived as a figure at home in the discreet precisely to emerging needs in industry, govern- silences and cautious dealings of a Henry James ment, science and academia,” said Griffiths. novel,” O’Donnell writes, “…now, perhaps the “Citizens of the world are increasingly right model will be found in James Fenimore aware that they need help in sorting and sub- Cooper or the Star Wars films: something stantiating the information they require,” said between the pathfinder Natty Bumppo and the Griffiths. “I agree with fellow Academy member Jedi knight.” James J. O’Donnell, provost of Georgetown Uni- By founding the Academy, Griffiths and versity, when he says the librarian of the future her colleagues intend to take on the extraordi- will have to be a more active participant in nary assignment of reviewing and re-designing Lippert Photography Photo by Tom ­decision-making or we will live in infochaos.” roles and models for knowledge professionals Dr. Robert Martin, former director of the federal In O’Donnell’s book, Avatars of the Word, entering the field as well as professionals who Institute of Museum and Library Services and current Lillian Bradshaw endowed chair of he puts what he refers to as “the historical are assuming new and important roles. Library Science, Texas Woman’s University. moment” in which we live into perspective and The next meeting of the Academy will points to what he believes may be our future as be held in Granada, Spain at the invitation of we move toward cyberspace. Both O’Donnell the Spanish government and the University of and Griffiths believe that information specialists Granada. q

Current Academy members include: • Dr. Eva Mendez Rodriguez, Department • James Bailey, author and scholar Biblioteconomía y Documentación, • Chris Batt, chief executive, Museums, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Libraries and Archives Council • Steve Seidel, Arts in Education Program, • Dr. Lynne Brindley, chief executive, The Harvard University Graduate School of British Library Education • Lonnie C. Bunch, founding director of the • Jay Jordan, president and CEO, OCLC • Dr. Terry Sharrer, curator of Health Sciences, National Museum of African American History Online Computer Library Center, Inc. Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of and Culture, Smithsonian Institution • Brewster Kahle, digital librarian, director and American History • Dr. Reginald Carr, director of University co-founder, Internet Archive • Dr. Robert Shelton, executive vice Library and Bodley’s Librarian, Oxford • Donald King, visiting scholar, UNC at Chapel chancellor and provost, UNC at Chapel Hill University Hill, research professor, University of Pittsburgh • Dr. Vivian Siegel, senior editor, Department • Dr. Joan Challinor, former chair, United • Paula Le Dieu, director, iCommons of Pathology, University of California, San States National Commission on Libraries and • Dr. Robert Martin, Lillian Bradshaw endowed Francisco Information Science chair of Library Science, Texas Woman’s • Matthew Szulik, chairman, CEO, and • Dr. Nancy Davenport, president, Council on University president, Red Hat Library and Information Resources • Daniel Morrow, director emeritus, • Dr. Winston Tabb, dean of University • Catherine DeRosa, vice president of Computerworld Smithsonian Awards Program Libraries, The Johns Hopkins University marketing and library services, OCLC Online • Dave Nicholas, professor of Library and • Jimmy Wales, founder, Wikipedia Computer Library Center, Inc. Information Studies and director of SLAIS, • John Wilkin, associate university librarian • Dr. Beth D. Fitzsimmons, president, University College London for Library Information Technology and Information Strategists, Inc. • Cathy Norton, director, Marine Biological Technical and Access Services, University of • Ubaldo Gonzalez, senior representative, Library/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Michigan Spanish Ministry of Finance, Embasay of • Dr. James J. O’Donnell, provost, Georgetown • Dr. Ian Wilson, librarian and archivist of Spain University Library and Archives of Canada • Dr. José-Marie Griffiths, dean, School of • Dr. Wayne Pond, director, Program in • Dr. Ann Wolpert, director, MIT Libraries, Information and Library Science, UNC at Humanities and Human Values, UNC at Chapel Massachusetts Institute of Technology Chapel Hill Hill • Nicole Wong, associate general counsel, • Kenneth Hamma, senior advisor for • Tom Rabon, executive vice president, Google, Inc. Information Policy, J. Paul Getty Trust Corporate Affairs, Red Hat • Dr. Shoshana Zuboff, Charles Edward Wilson • Dr. Paul Horn, executive vice president and • Dr. Yael Ravin, program director, Learning and Professor of Business Administration, Harvard director of Research, IBM Corporation Organizational Performance, IBM Business School 6 School Life

SILS participates in new Opening information horizons 6th ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2006 Bioinformatics Research

Mark your calendar for the 2006 Joint Conference on Digital Librar- Center

ies (JCDL), hosted by the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The event will take place The School of Information and Library Science will participate in a June 11 - 15, 2006. new $4.5 million research center funded by the United States Environ- With a theme of “Opening Information Horizons,” the international mental Protection Agency (EPA). event encompasses the many meanings of the term “digital libraries,” The Carolina Environmental Bioinformatics Research Center including new forms of information institutions; operational information (CEBRC) has been created to “foster collaboratory research between systems with all manner of digital content; new means of selecting, col- environmental bioinformatics researchers nationwide, and to provide lecting, organizing, and distributing digital content; digital preservation for the interchange of research data and scholarly information.” and archiving; and theoretical models of information media, including The CEBRC will initially host basic science research projects in- document genres and electronic publishing. cluding Biostatistics, ChemInfomatics and Computational Infrastruc- This year’s program will include peer-reviewed papers and posters as ture. In addition, the Public Outreach and Translational Activities well as demonstrations and two plenary sessions: (POTA) project will facilitate the exchange and communication of environmental research between the EPA and the different constituen- “Getting Books Online: Practices and Strategies.” A plenary panel on cies it serves (universities, libraries, corporate research, the public, Monday, June 12. government agencies and Congress). Dr. Brad Hemminger, assistant

professor at SILS, is the director of POTA as well as an investigator on Panelists include: the Computational Infrastructure project. • Daniel Clancy, engineer director for Google Print The first program of POTA will be to expand the existing suc- • David Ferriero, Andrew W. Mellon director and chief executive of cessful SILS EPA/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences The Research Libraries at The New York Public Library (NIEHS) internship program. • Daniel Greenstein, university librarian, California Digital Library Developed in conjunction with April Errickson (MSLS ’99), director of the EPA Library at Research Triangle Park (RTP), N.C., the “Open Information: Redaction, Restriction, and Removal.” Jonathan expansion will include an internship funded by the CEBRC fellow- Zittrain of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law ships for library science students trained in the specialized areas of School Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford will present on environmental and bioinformatics sciences. Tuesday, June 13. For the computational infrastructure project Hemminger and Dr. David Stotts (project leader, Computer Science) are investigating “JCDL ’06 will celebrate the progress in making digital information common software development frameworks that will allow research- accessible to people around the world, consider ways in which digital ers from many different science areas, as well as different locations, to libraries can help individuals achieve their goals and assist people from be involved in common developmental projects. Hemminger’s focus around the globe to understand one another,” said Dr. Gary Marchionini, is on analyzing scientist’s data and scholarly communication needs, conference chair. “We invite you to attend this premier research and and the evaluation of metadata and standards needed to support development conference in the friendly venue of Chapel Hill. Join us!”q common software development frameworks. The Center’s Biostatistics project is led by the CEBRC principal To register, or to learn more about the 2006 JCDL Conference, visit the investigator, Fred Wright, associate professor of biostatistics. The Web site at: www.jcdl2006.org/ project is responsible for developing new statistical methods and performing analyses for the computational toxicology community. Alex Tropsha, professor of Pharmacy, heads the ChemInformat- ics project, which will coordinate the compilation of data from rel- evant external chem-informatics databases and perform data mining to investigate Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships. As one of only two such research centers funded by the EPA in the nation, the CEBRC is a unique collaboration including members from UNC’s Schools of Public Health, Medicine, Pharmacy, Informa- tion and Library Science and the College of Arts and Sciences. Those involved with the new Center will work closely with the EPA’s National Center for Computational Toxicology, located in RTP. q  School Life Rare films come to life online Once confined to dusty film canisters and freely hear and see what we have labored on African-American visionary artist Minnie Evans and dark library shelves, some rare American for so long and and others that have won film festival awards and films are seeing new life through a joint project with such enjoy- critical acclaim. between three University of North Carolina ment.” Folkstreams.net currently streams 55 films organizations and Folkstreams, Inc. The groups Viewers can by some of America‘s best-known independent have collaborated to create folkstreams.net, a now find films documentary filmmakers, including Les Blank, video streaming Web site built as a national like Cowboy John Cohen, Tom Davenport, William Ferris, Paul preserve of documentary films about American Poets, represent- Wagner, Michal Goldman and Susan Levitas. folk and roots culture. ing three aspects UNC’s School of Informa- The hard-to-find films now made avail- tion and Library Science, the able through folkstreams.net represent some Southern Folklife Collection of the most significant and artistic documen- and ibiblio.org partnered with taries of the 20th century, and they give voice Folkstreams, Inc. to create to the arts and experiences of diverse American folkstreams.net. ibiblio.org is groups. They are accompanied on the Web site a free public library of digital by background materials that provide context material that provides server to both the films and their subjects. The films space and digital streams for are protected by copyright, but use of the site Folkstreams.net. The Southern is free. of the cowboy-poetry tradition; Give My Poor Folklife Collection maintains the film and tape “Heretofore, much good independent film Heart Ease, a 1975 account of the blues experi- archives. work was like the tree falling in the wilderness ence through the recollections and performances The project has been supported through with no one to hear,” said Tom Davenport, of B.B. King, James “Son” Thomas, Shelby a $95,000 National Leadership Grant from the Folkstreams project director and independent “Poppa Jazz” Brown, James “Blood” Shelby, Institute of Museum and Library Services since filmmaker. “With the Internet and video stream- Cleveland “Broom Man” Jones, and inmates from ­October 2004. Folkstreams.net also receives support ing, we will be able to make a ‘national park’ Parchman prison; and The Angel That Stands from the National Endowment for the Arts and the from this wilderness where everyone can come By Me: Minnie Evans’ Paintings, a portrait of National Endowment for the Humanities. q

Henderson lecture reveals “books, bytes and bugs”

Trends in health care and health added that public health practitioners often work in computer- information that provide new op- poor environments and although they need information they portunities for partnerships between may lack access. Rimer noted that while the right information information and library sciences and is needed, people often receive too much information. “People those in public health, were key topics are bombarded with health information each day and they need of the 2005 Henderson Lecture, entitled, help making sense of it all,” said Rimer. “Online support is one “Books, Bytes and Bugs.” Dr. Barbara way people cope.” K. Rimer, dean of the School of Public Rimer discussed possible areas of collaboration between Health, discussed patients and the SILS and the School of Public Health, suggesting a move public within an information rich environment. forward to reinvigorate a cross-university health informatics Rimer discussed the importance of integrating information and program with a teaching and research focus (in process). library sciences and public health; sources people use when seeking The annual Henderson Lecture was established in 1990 to health information; health communication in the information en- honor the memory of Lucile Kelling Henderson, faculty member vironment; the role the Internet plays in health information; and the (1932-1960) and dean (1954-1960) of what was then known challenges of organizing, integrating and analyzing large amounts of as the School of Library Science. Previous lecturers include Dr. public health data. Fred Kilgour, a Distinguished Research Professor in the SILS Health information and communication challenges facing and founder of OCLC the Online Computer Library Center; and physicians and other health providers were also discussed. Rimer said Dr. Herbert Van de Sompel, team leader of the Digital Library that physicians and those in the health field are inundated with infor- Research and Prototyping Team at the Research Library of the mation that must be organized, and accessible when it is needed. She Los Alamos National Laboratory. q  What’s Happening with Faculty & Staff

When communities read . . . Paul Jones judges world’s first lina, as well as other local communities. He currently convenes the Carrboreaders Reading ­Blooker Prize Group in Carrboro, and recently moderated that community’s three Community Book Forums. Paul Jones, clinical associate professor In addition, community reading was the theme at SILS and director of the ibiblio online of his recent presentations in Fredericksburg, Va library and archive, will serve as judge for and at Duke University. a newly created annual award for blog- Developing community through reading gers-turned-published authors. Lulu.com is a topic close to Carr’s heart. His involvement has set up the Blooker Prize for authors and professional interests are the basis of his who began their writing as blogs and current research project, “When Communities have turned them into fiction, non-fiction Read.” He demonstrates his enthusiasm for and comic A staunch proponent of library-centered reading by sharing his expertise with commu- “blooks” in reading groups, Dr. David Carr, SILS associate nities far and wide. print form. professor, is leading training sessions focused “My participation in these sessions is Blooks are on facilitating group discussions for “Durham always exciting,” said Carr. “When people have a new trend Reads Together,” a program designed to assist read something strong and enriching – when in literature in providing the Durham community and pub- they have read with their hearts open – it en- and have been lic schools with books, services and other re- hances the experience if they can come together discussed as sources that inform, inspire learning, cultivate in an intimate forum to talk. Toni Morrison helping read- understanding and excite the imagination. says that reading should have a ‘talking life,’ ers connect A member of the “Durham Reads communication with others that follows the with authors Photo by Donald Sizemore Together” Steering Committee, Carr has also solitary experience. When communities read, through the worked with community-wide reading projects they are learning lessons together that continu- use of episodic and short chapters. While in Forsyth and Wake counties in North Caro- ously connect them to each other.” q some blooks digress from the traditional blog style using the blog only for a start- ing point, they have also been known to be collaborative efforts that have resulted from the feedback of blog audiences before being published. Almost eight marathons! Jones will join other prize judges to It was an uphill battle for Scott Adams, The athletes decided to undertake the diffi- assess online books based on material technology director at SILS, as he took on the cult run after Clark, a lifelong friend of Chaffin’s, first published on blogs and select the 200-mile-long Blue Ridge Parkway in memory of lost his five year battle with cancer. Friends and best for awards. More than 100 blooks friend Jay Clark, who died of cancer last spring. colleagues also urged him on and demonstrated have already been discussed as possible Despite turbulent weather and strained tendons, their support by contributing to the funds set in nominees. Joining Jones on the judging Adams pushed on with friend and fellow SILS Clark’s name. The run raised nearly $7,000. committee will be prominent net activist graduate Les Chaffin “Though the 200 mile run was a Cory Doctorow and Robin Miller, editor- (MSLS ’98), who biked life event for me personally, I am in-chief of online technology publisher of along next to him, in even more convinced that we are a the Open Source Technology Group. hopes of raising aware- team when faced with challenges The Blooker Prize will be awarded ness and money for bigger than ourselves,” said Adams. annually with small cash prizes for the cancer research. “We accomplish nothing without winners from Lulu.com, the world’s fast- While Adams the care, love and tolerance of est-growing provider of print-on-demand focused on the trail, he those around us. Les and I have books, including an increasing number never lost sight of the been overwhelmed by the honor of blooks. q true cause: “Any pain paid to Jay (Clark) through sup- that we endured during Photo by Kristin Chaffin and Mindy Adams port, sharing of stories and prayers the run wouldn’t even for success. We are very thankful for all come close to the pain that Jay endured while the help we have received and the encouragement battling cancer,” Adams said. we continue to receive.” q  What’s Happening with Faculty & Staff

Tibbo honored for outstanding contributions Haas named McColl Tibbo is known globally for her work with archives and records management, informa- Term Professor tion services for the humanities, electronic information retrieval and reference service. She has won several awards and recognitions for her achievements—including the School of Information and Library Science’s 2000 Frances Carroll McColl Term Professorship. Her current research projects include Dr. Helen Tibbo, professor at SILS, has been “Developing Standardized Metrics: Towards Dr. Stephanie W. Haas has been named inducted as a fellow of the Society of American Understanding the Impact of College and Francis Carroll McColl Term Professor. She Archivists. The prestigious award was presented University Archives and Special Collections on was selected for her contributions to re- during a special awards ceremony at SAA’s 69th Scholarship, Teaching, and Learning,” funded search, teaching and service to SILS. She has Annual Meeting in New Orleans. by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; “Minds previously been honored with the American Fellow is the highest honor bestowed by of Carolina,” a project that is exploring how Society for Information Science Outstand- SAA to members who demonstrate outstanding to best facilitate self-archiving at colleges and ing Information Science Teacher of the Year contributions to the archival profession. universities; and the National Historical Pub- Award in 1996, and the SILS Outstanding “Dr. Tibbo has a strong commitment to lications and Records Commission (NHPRC) Teaching Award in 1997. and passion for archives and technological Electronic Records Research Fellowship Haas teaches courses on databases, Program: Building Capacity Across the Profes- developments,” said Dr. José-Marie Griffiths, systems analysis, information models, sion. For the next two years she will be chairing dean of SILS. “She is a person of vision, colle- organization of information, applications of UNC’s Digital Curation/Institutional Reposito- giality and ethical practice who is committed to natural language processing and informa- ries Committee that will plan and build a pilot mentoring and developing the next generation tion retrieval. Her current research seeks to q of archivists. She is very deserving of this profes- digital repository for UNC at Chapel Hill. create an integrated model of user access to sional honor.” and use of governmental statistical informa- tion (GovStat). Haas’ research extends to Grant funds research on digital library curriculum the North Carolina Emergency Department Database (NCEDD), which makes hospital The National Science Foundation has and field testing individual lessons/modules emergency department data available for awarded a three-year grant of over a half mil- that can be incorporated within courses or used public health surveillance. The Chief Com- lion dollars to the University of North Carolina to support an entire course,” said Wildemuth. plaint Vocabulary Project seeks to analyze at Chapel Hill and Virginia Polytechnic Insti- “With the assistance of our Advisory Board, the form and content of chief complaints tute and State University (Virginia Tech) students in doctoral consortia and other made in hospital emergency rooms in an to develop a digital experts, we will design, effort to develop a standardized vocabulary. library curriculum. implement and field test “We are able to award this additional The project is the modules.” professorship because of two generous entitled “Collaborative “Programs in donations of support for faculty retention Research: Curriculum computer science, as from Bill and Sara McCoy and from Duncan Development: Digital well as information and Smith,” said Dr. Jose-Marie Griffiths, dean Libraries.” The effort at library science, at any of SILS. “We are grateful for their continued SILS will be led by Dr. institution with interest support and generosity.” Barbara Wildemuth, in digital libraries, may Hugh McColl, Jr. established the McColl principal investigator draw upon the project Professorship in memory of his mother, and Francis Carroll deliverables to enhance From left to right, Dr. Barbara Wildemuth, Frances Carroll McColl, and sister, Frances McColl Term Profes- UNC at Chapel Hill; Dr. Edward Fox,Virginia Tech; existing courses, add McColl Covington. McColl said he was in- sor, and Dr. Jeffrey P. and Dr. Jeffrey Pomerantz, UNC at Chapel Hill. digital library (or spired by the school’s needs and his mother’s Pomerantz, co-principal related) courses or even love of literature. “My mother taught every- investigator and assistant deploy a digital library one in the family to love books, and we have professor, and Virginia Tech’s effort will be led curriculum,” said Fox. “Digital library users prospered from having access to them and, by Dr. Edward A. Fox, principal investigator and will thus benefit from the improved under- perhaps more important, knowing where to professor of computer science. standing of those who build the next generation turn to find the information weneed.” q “The research will focus on developing of digital library systems,” he added. q 10 Faculty & Staff News

The latest issue of Library and Information Science Research (vol 27 #3) Congratulations to Shawn Jackson, included Assistant Professor Dr. Deborah Barreau’s paper, “Integra- director of development, and her hus- tion of Information Professionals in the Newsroom: Two Organizational band Morgan, who welcomed their first Models for Research Services.” This paper is the result of her SLA grant child Emsley Taylor Jackson on Oct. 25, project and suggests that librarians who are integrated as part of news 2005. Emsley was 10 pounds and 21.5 teams are more valued and happier than those who are “pooled.” inches long.

Dr. José-Marie Griffiths, dean of SILS, has served on the United States President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee for the past two years. The committee released three reports including: “Report to the Presi- Assistant Professor Dr. Diane Kelly’s paper, dent on Computational Science: Ensuring America’s Competitiveness,” “The loquacious user: A document-indepen- the “Report to the President on Cyber Security: A Crisis of Prioritization,” dent source of terms for query expansion” was and the “Report to the President on Revolutionizing Health Care Through presented at the Special Interest Group Information Technology.” The reports are available on the Web at: www. on Information Retrieval’s 2005 Conference nitrd.gov/pitac/reports/index.html in Salvador, Brazil. Another of Kelly’s papers, “Evaluating personal information management “Accessing Government Statistical Information,” an article by behaviors and tools” was published in the Janu- Stephanie Haas, Gary Marchionini and SILS doctoral student ary issue of Communications of the ACM. Kelly has also been awarded Junliang Zhang was recently published in IEEE Computer. The the Eugene Garfield-ALISA Doctoral Dissertation Award for 2006. The title article is based on their work with the GovStat project and part of an of her dissertation is, “Understanding implicit feedback and document IEEE Computer issue focusing on digital government. preference: A naturalistic user study.”

SILS welcomes new faculty and staff

Christopher (Cal) Meg McKee has Lara Bailey has Lee joined the joined SILS staff been promoted to faculty at the School as the student ser- undergraduate student of Information and vices assistant in the services manager. For Library Science on Dean’s Office. She the past two years Lara July 1, 2005. Cal provides administra- has been a familiar comes to SILS from tive support and face at SILS. She works the University of greets visitors. Meg graduated from Wake Forest with undergraduate students in her new Michigan where he University in 2003, and after a short time as position. received two outstanding teaching awards. program coordinator at Boston University’s He specializes in archives and records man- School of Law she is excited to be back in the SILS welcomes Dr. Eva Ma Méndez agement, and he teaches “Introduction to warmer weather. Rodríguez, a visiting Fulbright Scholar Archives and Records Management.” from the University Carlos III of Madrid Sarah Aerni has where she has been teaching and researching Mark Winston, joined SILS as a since 1997. She a noted leadership research assistant and holds a Ph.D. and diversity scholar, facilitator on projects (cum laude) joined SILS faculty as under Dr. José-Marie in Information an associate professor Griffiths. A graduate Science from the on January 1. Mark of the University of same University, was previously at Pittsburgh, she has a defending her Rutgers University bachelor’s degree in economics and a Master’s thesis in the where, for the last seven years, he has taught in Library Science. Sarah works mostly from academic year undergraduate and graduate courses in her home in Pittsburgh and plays ultimate 2001-2002, which was subsequently awarded leadership, management and organizational Frisbee in her spare time. a further prize as the outstanding thesis of behavior, knowledge creation and use and the year in that field. reference and information services. 11 Faculty & Staff News

Dr. Robert Losee’s paper, “A Performance Model of the Length and Number of Subject Headings and Index Phrases” was published in Knowledge Organiza- tion. In the analysis, Losee provides guidelines for determining and assigning subject headings and index phrases. Losee’s article entitled “Browsing mixed structured and unstructured data,” was published in Information Processing & Management. The article features his work on the use of gray codes to produce optimal ordering for browsing.

Dr. Joanne Marshall, alumni distinguished profes- sor, was awarded an honorary doctorate of letters from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. She received the degree based on her years of service to the field of library and information science. The honorary doctorate is the Greenberg appointed to highest academic honor that McGill University can be- stow, recognizing individuals who have made outstanding DCMI Advisory Board and contributions in their fields. Working Group Dr. Barbara B. Moran, professor, has been selected Dr. Jane Greenberg, associate professor, has been ap- for a Fulbright Senior Specialists project at the Institute pointed to the Advisory Board of the Dublin Core Metadata for Library and Information Studies at Charles University Initiative (DCMI). The Advisory Board is comprised of in Prague, Czech Republic. Moran will travel abroad in global experts in the field of metadata who advise the 2006 through the Fulbright Senior Specialists Program. DCMI Directorate “on all technical and strategic issues The program, created in 2000 to complement the tradi- that occur during the operation of the DCMI.” tional Fulbright Scholar Program, provides short-term In addition to advising on specific DCMI activities, academic opportunities to prominent U.S. faculty and professionals to support the Advisory Board also has an external role with the curricular and faculty development and institutional planning at post second- Dublin Core community and a range of global metadata ary, academic institutions around the world. initiatives. “The DCMI has had a significant impact in the area Assistant Professor Dr. Jeffrey Pomerantz served of metadata development and improving access to digital on his first National Science Foundation review panel resources,” said Greenberg. “The DCMI is an exciting last summer. His paper entitled, “A Linguistic Analysis and important international initiative, spanning many of Question Taxonomies” was published in the April disciplines and endeavors.” edition of the Journal of the American Society for Greenberg was also appointed co-chair of the DCMI Information Science and Technology. In addition, Dr. Tools Working Group, along with Thomas Severiens of the Pomerantz was awarded the 2006 OCLC/ALISE Library University of Osnabrueck, Germany. The Working Group and Information Science Research Grant for his project, provides a forum for those who develop metadata tools “The Return on Investment of Collaborative Virtual Reference Service.” and individuals interested in using metadata applications. Severiens recently visited the SILS Metadata Research Drs. Jeffrey Pomerantz and Diane Kelly, assistant professors, have each Center (MRC), where he and Greenberg began work on an received a UNC Junior Faculty Development Award. Pomerantz will be using the application profile for describing functions and algorithms award funding to launch a project to multi-state evaluation of statewide virtual of metadata tools. reference services. The purpose of Kelly’s project is to evaluate a novel informa- This year, in keeping with the international spirit of tion seeking environment that could impact the ways in which information is the DCMI, the MRC is hosting Professor Eva Mª Méndez located on the Web. Rodríguez from the Library and Information Sciences Congratulations to Dr. Brian Sturm, Department, University Carlos III of Madrid. Méndez served associate professor, and his wife Monica, who as Program Chair of the Dublin Core 2005 Conference welcomed their first child, Nicholas Atherton in Madrid, Spain. She is a European Union Fulbright Sanchez Sturm on November 11, at 8:58 p.m. scholar and the MRC’s first in-house international scholar. He weighed 6lb. 15oz. and measured 51cm. Greenberg and Méndez are collaborating on several projects including editing a book that addresses ways in Dr. Barbara Wildemuth, Francis Carroll McColl Term Professor, was featured which librarians, particularly those with cataloging and on a Webcast conducted on LiS Interactive Webcasting from the University of classification expertise, can contribute to the development Missouri. The February 16 interview focused on the topic of “Studying Online of a more intelligent information infrastructure defined by Search Behaviors” and included discussion with Dr. Carol Barry from Louisiana the Semantic Web.q State University. 12 Development $150,000 gift from Microsoft David Goble named vice-chair/chair elect Drs. Gary Marchionini, Cary C. per-based to electronic information systems,” Boshamer Distinguished professor; Paul said Marchionini, principal investigator of David Goble (MSLS Solomon, associate professor and associate the study. “This new gift will allow the team ’94), dean of dean; and Cathy Blake, assistant professor to extend its efforts to observe annotation in libraries at Central of the School of Information and Library action and expand our efforts to video data Piedmont Com- Science (SILS) have been awarded a second annotation.” munity College, has $150,000 research gift from the Microsoft The team will work with a selected accepted the role Corporation. The gift is intended to continue group of people who are making annotations of vice-chair/chair- their research on how people annotate to structured data. Researchers will observe elect of the SILS’ Board of Visitors. He joins structured information. the participants using software in their Sarah Snow, the current chair, as they work Annotations are notes added to text, workplaces, and then record how they make to advance the efforts and activities of the databases and other media–often included notes to themselves. Those participating in Board. Goble’s role is a four-year commit- in documents to help explain or comment the study will be interviewed and observed ment with two years as vice-chair followed by on specific information. The study will focus over a one-year period to identify strategies two years as chair. on how people make annotations in various and potential tools for annotating structured “I am thrilled to be appointed to the structured electronic objects, with an eye data. Board of Visitors and to continue serving toward developing better tools to support Possible new structured data environ- SILS,” Goble said. “This appointment is digital annotation. ments the team will investigate include video particularly pleasing as I was introduced to The team of faculty and SILS graduate in digital form and Web-based forms such as the Board of Visitors as the president-elect of students have been investigating how anno- tax returns and other government forms. the Information and Library Science Student tations are made and add value to statistical “Our work is motivated by SILS’ long- Association at the board’s inaugural meeting data sets, online library catalogs, blogs, standing research on how people seek and in 1993. Dr. Griffiths has brought a renewed genetic databases, maps and musical scores. use information in electronic forms,” said sense of energy and initiative to SILS and I “Our results to date demonstrate the Marchionini. “Over time, we anticipate that am honored to be a part of those efforts.” importance of annotations for both retrieval the framework developed from the study may Goble’s commitment to SILS has taken and use of structured data and some ways be used by software engineers to build more many forms. He served two terms as treasurer that annotation facilities migrate from pa- productive structured data environments.”q of the SILS Alumni Association and one term as president. Prior to accepting the appoint- ment as vice chair-chair elect of the Board of Visitors, Goble served on the SILS Carolina Board members recognized for First Campaign Committee.q valued services Honorable Mention SILS wishes to recognize the following individuals whose terms expire in June 2006 for Jerry D. Campbell, a their service to the School as members of its Board of Visitors. We are grateful for the years member of SILS Board of support and advisement they provided. of Visitors, and dean, chief information John Berry Katina Strauch Rebecca Lenzini officer and univer- Library Journal College of Charleston Denver, CO sity librarian of the New York, NY Charleston, SC University of Southern Michael Markwith California, was Martin Dillon Margaret Telfer TDNet, Inc. quoted in the November 4, 2005 issue of The Scarecrow Press Photo Book Press West Chester, PA Chronicle of Higher Education in an article Dublin, OH Minneapolis, MN entitled, “Holocaust Stories Move to Academe.” Thomas McCarty The USC has acquired the Shoah Foundation’s Les Johnson Jerry Thrasher Cary, NC repository of 52,000 testimonies of survivors North Coast Electric Co. Cumberland County Library and other witnesses to the Holocaust. The Bellevue, WA Public Library and Info.Center Bernie Todd Smith Shoah Foundation was founded by film direc- Fayetteville, NC Rochester, NY tor, Stephen Spielberg. The preservation of the archive is dedicated to scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. q 13 2004-2005 Honor Roll of Donors

The School of Information Jerry Dean Campbell David Phillip Jensen Maureen Elise Barry and Library Science at the University of North Carolina Dean S. Edmonds Foundation Jack Bevel Kester Jr. and Stuart Mark Basefsky at Chapel Hill is pleased Tara Buck Kester Ruth Gambee Alica Lee Googe Bauer to recognize the following Timothy Wayne Maas and donors for their kind Jane Greenberg Denise Jenny Chen Jane Roth Baugh contributions. Katsuko Tsurukawa Hotelling Barbara B. Moran Jeffrey Beall

Charles Gerrard Society Frederick G. Kilgour and Joyce Lanier Ogburn Jeanne Peery Becker We would like to thank the Eleanor M. Kilgour following individuals for Clayton Samuel Owens Janet Gibson Becker including the school in their Phebe Weissner Kirkham estate plans: Nathan David Martin Robertson Patricia Warren Becker Victor W. Marshall and and Michelle Martin Robertson William H. Graves and Joanne Gard Marshall Jane Alice Beebe Vonna Graves John Erwin Semonche and Duncan Franklin Smith Barbara Potts Semonche Elizabeth Ann Beere

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WISE program offers options for students

New and unique online flexibility in scheduling, and they and professors outside of Chapel Dr. Johnson (our professor) has course opportunities abound can work with other respected fac- Hill.” exposed us to online and in print for students pursuing degrees in ulty around the country and have Some of SILS students have form,” SILS and WISE student the School of Information and access to research that otherwise enrolled in the new program and Emily Stitsinger said. “Most of Library Science. The University of would be inaccessible. are taking classes in the School of these resources are housed on North Carolina at Chapel Hill is “As a member of the WISE Media Librarianship at Indiana the class Web site, which will be among 13 partner schools around Consortium, University at accessible to us even after our the country that have turned to SILS is Indianapolis. coursework is completed.” Web-based Information Science engaged in The class Now in its second year, part- Education (WISE) to broaden op- an innova- “the School ner institutions of WISE include: portunities for students at leading tive online Library Indiana University-Indianapolis, library and information science program Media Rutgers University, Simmons Col- schools. in distance Center,” is lege, Syracuse University, Univer- The WISE program allows education normally of- sity of British Columbia, University students at SILS to take online for library and information sci- fered at SILS, but was unavailable of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, courses at any of the other partici- ence education,” said Dr. Claudia last semester. With permission University of Maryland, University pating schools for credit towards Gollop, SILS associate dean. “SILS from Professor Evelyn Daniel, the of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, their UNC degrees. By participat- students not only receive the students had the opportunity to University of Pittsburgh, University ing in a WISE course, students education they want when they complete the course online. of Texas at Austin, University of can choose from an extensive list need it, they also benefit from the “So far, the thing I have Western Ontario, University of of distance education opportuni- diversity that is cultivated through liked best about the program is the Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Victoria ties. Participants are given greater their increased access to students number of professional resources University of Wellington. q

In previous years, graduate and less expensive,” said Dr. Brad Dissertations and theses can students submitting their disserta- Hemminger, chairman of the now be submitted online tions or theses to the Graduate campus Electronic Theses and Dis- School were required to print sertations (ETD) committee, and two copies (three for theses) on a faculty member of the School of expensive 100 percent cotton paper Information and Library Science. in order to graduate. They had to Cheryl Thomas, Director of then hand-deliver their paperwork Graduate Admission and Enroll- to the office in Bynum Hall, where ment Services at the Graduate staff would carefully review the School, believes this will have a physical print copies for adherence positive impact on the Graduate to format guidelines. School which processes almost all Beginning Spring 2006, this their theses and dissertations in procedure will change. The Gradu- the days before semester gradua- ate School will allow students to tion deadlines. “To save students submit their dissertations and the money spent on copies, and theses electronically. The School the time spent traveling to Chapel Members of the Electronic Theses and Dissertations committee include, plans to convert to completely Hill or waiting in line on the due from left to right: Brad Hemminger, Pat Mullin, Cheryl Thomas, electronic submissions in two date will be very helpful to every- Brandon Bowman, Timothy Shearer. Not pictured, Kathy Thomas and years. one involved,” she said. Elizabeth Evans. “Our goal was to make the For more information on The days of last minute trips to copy centers to print copies of master’s submission of theses and disserta- ETDs at Carolina view the ETD theses and dissertations are drawing to a close. UNC’s Graduate School has tions as well as access to them Web pages at: http://gradschool. embraced a new initiative that allows students to submit their theses and completely electronic, and in the unc.edu/etd/index.html or contact dissertations electronically. process to make things simpler the Graduate School. q 19 What’s Happening with SILS Students

Students welcome ALA president-elect Student organiz- Homeless shelter’s ers poze with Leslie lending library an Burger, president- elect of the American award-winning hit! Library Association. From left to right, The lending library created by SILS stu- Michael Habib, dents for a local homeless shelter is not only Valerie Gillispie, a hit with the children and mothers living Leslie Burger,Stefanie there, the student project also captured the Warlick, Amanda attention of the Special Libraries Association Allgood and Rebecca (SLA), an international organization that Pappert. represents information professionals. SILS students Cindy McCracken, Meg McGinn, Shauna Griffin and Photo by Brad Burrow Kristen Boekelheide were awarded first Leslie Burger, president-elect of the Ameri- • Continually plug the library and contribute place in Outstanding Leadership by a Student can Library Association (ALA), was welcomed to to efforts that will make your library Group for their work establishing the library the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill the centerpiece of the organization it is at Homestart, a homeless shelter for women as the keynote speaker at the “Today’s Leaders/ operating in. and children in Chapel Hill. They also took Tomorrow’s Libraries” lecture and panel discus- • Think about the library all of the time. the Certificate of Merit for third place in In- sion in November. The event provided students, • Build partnerships with people who novative Programming by a Student Group. faculty and staff of the School of Information surround your organization and people within “The lending library project created by and Library Science the opportunity to discuss the organization to accomplish agendas. SILS students of the student chapter of the how library schools prepare students for profes- • Communicate your message often and SLA is a stellar example of teamwork across sional positions. let people know that you are committed to your the state of North Carolina,” said Rebecca Burger’s keynote lecture entitled, “Trans- goals. Vargha, SILS librarian and student advisor. forming Libraries for the 21st Century: A Call • Most importantly, believe that with “Our students are leading the way in making to Action,” highlighted suggestions for current energy, vision and passion everything is a difference in the community. The new and future information professionals and the possible. lending library will open doors to many pos- importance of membership and involvement in • Never give up. sibilities for families at Homestart.”q ALA. She advised on establishing libraries that The panel discussion, “Uniting Educa- reflect user interests and values, and creating a tion and Practice: Preparing Students for culture that allows staff to use their knowledge, Tomorrow’s Workforce,” featured Burger and skills and abilities to provide excellent service. panelists Dr. José-Marie Griffiths, dean of SILS In addition, Burger listed the following at UNC at Chapel Hill; Dr. Irene Owens, dean of tips for new professionals entering the work- the School of Library and Information Science force: at North Carolina Central University; Rebecca • Don’t be afraid to take chances and be Vargha, president-elect of the Special Librar- creative. ies Association and UNC SILS librarian; and • Think strategically. Have a personal moderator Dr. David Carr, associate professor. mission and respond to the needs of the Panelists discussed preparation for enter- Students prepare and organize books community. ing the profession, noting that while new librar- for the library. From left to right, Meg McGinn, Kristen Boekelheide, • Step outside of the box (as much as ians are comfortable with the technical skills ­Cindy McCracken and Shauna Griffin. possible). Think critically about how required by the job, it is in the “softer skills” to fundamentally change the way such as management, leadership and strategic people view your library. planning that they will need as well. Griffiths are looking for in a professional. All panelists • Identify areas of excellence. Assess cur- emphasized that the workplace is an opportu- participated in the lively discussion. rent policies and work with staff to nity to apply the theory that students gained in The successful event gave future profes- make improvements. school, and encouraged them to network with sionals the opportunity to hear the advice of • Create a team of people who share your colleagues, talk with practitioners and assess four leaders within library and information vision. Change happens best in a organizational cultures. Burger highlighted science, who all emphasized the social roles collaborative way. the necessity to know the organization that you that libraries play and the importance of • Raise the profile of the library. are working for and understand what leaders research. q 20 SILS Commencement

The School of Information and Library Really Succeed the Industrial Age.” He spoke Saye, and the Distinguished Alumni Award re- Science celebrated the graduation of 98 about advancements in technology, the most ceived by Larry Alford. The Dean’s Achievement students who received their doctoral, masters’ significant changes ahead of us, and what Awards were presented to Rebecca Kemp and and bachelors’ degrees on May 15, 2005. The those changes will likely mean for the genera- Susan Teague Rector by Drs. Stephanie Haas commencement ceremony featured special tion inheriting and shaping them. and Robert Losee. Christie Lynne McDaniel guest speaker Paul Horn, senior vice-president Several awards were presented during the and Marisa Ramirez received the Outstanding and director of IBM Research, who presented, ceremony including the Outstanding Teacher Service to the School Awards from Amy Gresko, “Beyond Technotoys and Hype: What Will of the Year Award, presented to Dr. Jerry D. current president, SILS Alumni Association.

The graduating class of 2005 joins school faculty for a portrait outside Manning Hall.

Spring 2005 SILS Graduates Doctor of Philosophy Jesse D. Wilbur Laura Hocutt Fox Anne Helen Skilton Justin Robert Changler James Lyon Dominick Kelly Johnson Wilkie Mary Elizabeth Gabehart Michelle Alicia Stover Christina Ngozi Ekeleme Mark Anthony Russo Emily Jill Glenn Susan Rebecca Sylvester Monte Devonta Evans Master of Science in Larisa Vitaly Good Jessica Anne Tyree Krystal Alexis FOxx Master of Science in Library Science Christine Scoggins Granquist Alan Ethan Unsworth Tammy Charlene Greene Information Science Anna Elise Allison Tiffany Amber Hayes John Nielson Vickery Dana Ashley Hafertepen Clifton Aaron Barnett John Wilson Atkinson Krisztian Horvath Adam Paul Webb Terrance Andreas Hairston Damien Mario Berahzer Maureen Elise Barry Deborah Williams Joyner Jane Louise Webster Ryan Patrick Hanna Hugh Anthony Cayless Nicholas Kuster Bellows Jessica Freya Kem Emily M. Weiss Eric Joseph Hoffman Anita M.C. Crescenzi Ewald Heinz Uwe Beltz Anna Irene Krampl James Thomas Wellman John Eric Howie, Jr. Dragomir V. Dimitrov Rita Bhattacharyya Alexandra Bennett Leinaweaver Nora Ellen Wikoff Anita Mark Jotwani April Lannae Edlin Ian Craig Breaden Corinne Jean Mahoney Kristen Elizabeth Wilson Brian Edward Kubis Larry Dean Farrell Kimberly Jo Campbell Sarah Anne Matusz Celine Ting Ma Bachelor of Science Keith Anderson Gatlin III Deborah Jean Carlos Meg Joanne McGinn Christine Lynne McDaniel in Information Marie Remig Kennedy Robin S.D. Chen Christine Russell Mitchell Manisha R. Patel Science Anne Marie LeBel Mara E. Dabrishus Margarite Annette Nathe Peter Cary Robson Cynthia S. McCracken April Dawn Disque Alida Marie Pask Anecia Dishel Allen Aaron D. Shah Naini Harendra Mistry Lewis Robert Dorman, IV Scott Rien Phinney Christopher Bryan Bar- Chia-Ling Tsai Mahesh Pozhickal Alexandra Elizabeth Duda Martha Ingrid Preddie tholomew Lorilee-Maye Woods Madanamohanan Nelson Downing Eubanks Marisa Lyn Ramirez Stephan Christopher Bayer Yuan S. Yue Chang Su Sarah E. Falls Abigail Joan Rovner Anthony Brent Caison Tammy Lynn Wells-Angerer Alison Mary Foley Amanda Jones Sherriff Elizabeth Alana Carlton 21 Dr. Jerry D. Saye receives Outstanding Teaching Award Dr. Jerry D. Saye received the Outstanding Teaching Award from the School of Information and Library Science. The award recognizes excellence in teaching, commitment to students and innovation and effectiveness in teaching. A member of the SILS faculty since 1985, Dr. Saye specializes in organization of information, history of books and libraries, cataloging and classification, abstracting and indexing, technical services and metadata. A respected scholar and teacher, he routinely receives rave reviews from both students and peers. “Dr. Saye has been one of the most personable, engaging and enthusiastic professors with whom I have ever had the opportunity to interact,” wrote one student. “He consistently shows his dedication to teaching in the field of library science, teaching multiple courses most semesters to ensure that students have ample Dr. Jerry D. Saye receives the SILS Outstanding opportunities to take courses relevant to their fields.” Teaching Award from Dr. Deborah Barreau,last Dr. Saye’s “commitment, dedication and enthusiasm are unquestionable and year’s recipient. unwavering,” said Deborah Barreau, who received the award in 2004. “It is a tribute to his teaching excellence that he has been nominated for this award so often and is, in fact, a past recipient.” q

Larry Alford selected for Distinguished Alumni Award

The School of Information and Library Science Alumni Association selected Larry Alford to receive the 2005 Distinguished Alumni Award. The award was presented at the school’s commencement ceremony on May 15, 2005. Alford (MSLS ’77) was the former deputy university librarian at UNC at Chapel Hill before accepting the position of vice provost for libraries and university librarian at Temple University. Alford served at UNC for 30 years, starting as a circulation librarian in the 1970s. Paul Horn, senior vice-president and He helped define standards for using barcodes to circulate materials with the online director of IBM Research, tips his Tar catalog development project. Later, Alford served as project manager for the construction Heel cap to the class of 2005 during of Davis Library and the renovation of Wilson Library. Among his many accomplish- his commencement address. ments, he also oversaw the renovation of the Robert B. House Undergraduate Library. “We are proud to present this award to Larry, who is nationally recognized as a leader in the field of library science,” said Mary Horton, immediate past president of the SILS Alumni Association. q

Alumni Association president, Amy Gresko, presents the awards for Outstanding Service to the School to Marisa Ramirez (pictured left) and to Christie Lynne McDaniel (above). 22 Student Notes

Master’s student the Archives & Special Collections SILS masters’ students, Monica The following Ph.D. students have Chelcy Boyer department of Robert W. Woodruff McCormick and Phil Binkows- successfully defended their disserta- was awarded the Library in the Atlanta University ki were awarded the Elfreda tions: Ron Bergquist, Meredith John F. Kennedy Center. Chatman Award by SILS Alumni Evans, Bin Li, Andrew May, Library Foundation Association. McCorkmick won for Megan Oakleaf and Meng Research Grant her paper “Institutional Repositories Yang. Congratulations! to study class and political issues of A program to and Author Self-Archiving: Does presidential libraries. Her findings fund training Knowledge Matter?” and Binkowski Ph.D. student, Carol Perryman are the basis of her master’s thesis. for librarians was awarded for “Tag-based book- received a first place award for her in environ- marks—Better or Worse?” paper “Information Behaviors in Abe Crystal, mental bioin- an Online Smoking Cessation Com- doctoral formatics has munity” at the 2005 MLA Annual student at been created through the recently meeting in San Antonio, Texas. SILS received established Carolina Environmental Since arriving at SILS last year, Per- the “Doctoral Bioinformatics Research Center ryman has been working with Duke Students to (CEBRC). The first fellowship from and UNC Health Services Libraries ALISE Award.” He is one of only two the program was awarded to Lara on projects related to consumer students selected to receive the com- Handler, a first year master’s health information and evidence petitive award for the international student in library science at SILS. based librarianship. conference which provides for lodg- Rebecca Miller, a master’s ing and complimentary registration student at SILS, received the Baker Master’s students Ashley Brown, for the ALISE annual conference. Emily Horner recently saw her Taylor Scholarship Grant for 2006. Sally Quiroz, and Cassidy Sug- article, “Kamishibai as Propagan- This award will allow Miller to imoto have been been inducted Meredith R. da in Wartime Japan,” published attend a two-week seminar at Oxford into the Frank Porter Graham Honor Evans, a Ph.D. in the prestigious Storytelling, University in England this summer. Society that recognizes outstanding student, is the Self, Society: an interdisciplinary service provided to the university new curator journal of storytelling studies. and community by graduate and of Printed professional students enrolled at Materials in UNC at Chapel Hill. Students win interactionary design competition

Four SILS students were process, final design and user This year, activities that high- awarded for their on-the-spot perspective. lighted the importance of these creativity, as they designed a DVD “The Interactionary was goals focusing on e-government, remote control unit usable for great fun and I think we all e-commerce and other com- arthritic and farsighted users. learned a lot from the judges,” mercial applications, took place Anuj Sharma, Sam said Kome. “The competition is around the world on Nov. 3. Kome, Sayan Chakraborty more about process than product “Most people don’t real-

and Ric Simmons represented - in 20 minutes no one can com- ize that there are schools and Photo by Cindy McCracken the University of North Carolina plete a radical new design. The companies dedicated to making Interactionary Design Team at Chapel Hill as they competed team worked well together, used things easier to use,” said Abe from left: Anuj Sharma, Sam against a team from the North user-centered design principles Crystal, SILS doctoral student and Kome, Sayan Chakraborty and Carolina State University during and had lots of practice.” Usability Day attendee. “World Ric Simmons the World Usability Day Interac- World Usability Day is held Usability Day will help usability tionary Design Competition. The annually in more than 70 cities specialists and researchers gain teams were not given the task in 30 countries to promote easy- the prominence they need to really committed to advancing educa- beforehand and had only 20 min- to-use technology. Its goal is to make a difference.” tion, innovation and economic utes to create their prototype. Five emphasize the value of usability Locally, activities were hosted development throughout North judges, including SILS Professor engineering, user-centered design by the Triangle User Experience Carolina by delivering next-gen- Dr. Gary Marchionini, evaluated and individual user’s responsibil- Group and were held at MCNC, eration information technology the projects based on teamwork, ity to ask for things to work better. a non-profit organization that is services. q 23 Alumni News

Profile: Dr. Lokman Meho Graduate recognized for superior writing fully defended his dissertation and received his Ph.D. in November 2001. Since he began researching, Meho has remained dedicated to his initial goals, publishing three bibliographies, which contain more than 800 books and articles about Kurds and Kurdistan. In addition, Meho’s interest in issues of libraries and censorship in the Arab world have led to his publication of two other annotated bibliographies. Meho’s accomplishments have not gone Born in Beirut in 1968, Lokman Meho’s unnoticed. He recently won the OCLC/ALISE Craig Breaden, a 2005 master’s journey to assistant professor has been a long 2006 Library and Information Science Re- graduate from SILS, has been awarded the one, with exploration and obstacles along search Grant with fellow SILS graduate, Kiduk Theodore Calvin Pease Award by the Society the way. Meho, who currently works for the Yang (MSLS ’02). They were awarded for of American Archivists. School of Library and Information Science at their project “Citation Analysis of Library and Recognized for his outstanding Indiana University, was more fortunate than Information Science Faculty Publications: ISI achievement in writing as a student of his parents. He was able to attend public Databases and Beyond,” Meho’s first research archival administration, Breaden’s paper school and ultimately receive a full scholar- grant. “Sound Practices: Online Audio Exhibits ship to attend the American University of “Our ultimate goal is to build a system and the Cultural Heritage Archive” won for Beirut where in 1991 he earned a bachelor’s that will help scholars and librarians world- its innovation, scholarship, pertinence and degree in Political Science. wide conduct a new line of bibliometrics clarity. Breaden is one of five SILS alumni His interest in books began at an research in much more efficient and effective that have won the Pease Award since its early age, but it was a comment he read that ways,” Meho said. “The system will signifi- inception in 1997. inspired Meho’s interest in libraries and re- cantly cut short the time required to collect “The paper examines how cultural search. After reading that literature on Kurds citation data from multiple sources while at heritage archives deliver, or ‘exhibit’ audio was scarce, Meho “became curious whether the same time help conduct more rigorous and on the Web,” Breaden noted. “In order to this was a fact or just a lack of knowledge on advanced citation analysis studies.” answer some basic questions about the the part of the author,” he said. This curiosity Meho was also the recipient of ALISE’s archives, I created a matrix to use as a led Meho to pursue a job at the UAB’s library 2005 Bohdan S. Wynar Research Paper measuring tool to profile 25 Web sites.” (Jafet) where he gained experience in retriev- competition with Kristina Spurgin (current “It makes me want to write better,” ing, filtering and organizing information. SILS Ph.D. student) for their paper, “Ranking Breaden said. “Receiving the award in front “Recognizing the significance and value of the Research Productivity of LIS Faculty and of my peers in New Orleans last month was access to information in research, I decided Schools: An Evaluation of Data Sources and exciting, and having the paper published in to compile and publish as many annotated Research Methods.” He was recognized as an the American Archivist next year is a great bibliographies on Kurds and Kurdistan as outstanding teacher with the 2006 Trustees reward.” possible,” Meho said. Award from SLIS at Indiana University, which Since winning the award, Breaden has The librarians at Jafet encouraged Meho is given to faculty with outstanding commit- gone on to complete a second exhibition to pursue a Master’s in Library Science in the ment to student development. Web site for the Southern Folklife Collec- U.S. and after attempts to secure funding on Colleagues note that Meho’s door is tion entitled “Fiddler’s Grove Retrospective, his own, his father decided to sell his car to always open; he has even arranged to meet and 1970-2000,” which followed his December give Meho the opportunity to study abroad. work with students completing online search launch of “Hillbilly Music: Source and Through this generous sacrifice, Meho began projects on weekends. In course evaluations Symbol.” Breaden is currently working at his U.S. studies with a MLS degree from North students consistently give Meho high marks for North Carolina State University on a photo Carolina Central University. He ended up in enthusiasm and availability. They comment on digitization project. the Ph.D. program at UNC’s School of Infor- his willingness to seek them out in the library “Winning has focused my plans and mation and Library Science with assistance or laboratory to see how their work is progress- reminded me of my original goal when I from his financial sponsor and mentor, NCCU ing. This commitment to seeing education started at SILS. I am now more commit- Assistant Dean Duane Bogenschneider. While as part of the whole of life is also evident in ted to working with archival media and studying in Chapel Hill, Meho continued his establishing an informal listserv for SLIS enabling users to access audio and video,” to teach and research with the support and students to communicate about professional Breaden acknowledged. q encouragement of SILS faculty. He success- and social matters. q 24 Alumni News

Mary Boone named North Carolina’s State Librarian N.C. State Representative visits with SILS students Mary Boone the United States Information Agency and the (MSLS ’73), U.S. Department of State, with service in Asia, SILS alumna the Middle East, Europe, and Washington, and recipient of DC. Her assignments included serving as the the 2003 SILS’ director of the Department of State’s extensive Distinguished international library program from 1999 to Alumni Award, 2002, and overseeing the planning and estab- has been named lishment of the Jefferson Information Center, North Carolina’s a new Department of State initiative incorpo- state librarian. rating its existing library and a new research Secretary Lisbeth C. Evans of the North service, from 2002 to 2005. Carolina Department of Cultural Resources “We’re delighted that one of our distin- State Representative Alice Bordsen announced the appointment which went into guished alums is returning to North Carolina (MSLS ’83), spoke with students in effect November 15, 2005. at this critical time when libraries are facing Ron Bergquist’s “Seminar in Public A native of North Carolina, Boone was many challenging issues,” said Dr. José-Marie Libraries” class on Monday, February director of the Chapel Hill Public Library from Griffiths, dean, School of Information and 20. In the photo above, Representa- 1978 to 1985 and was a founding member of Library Science. “We welcome Mary back to tive Bordsen answers questions from the North Carolina Public Library Directors North Carolina and wish her the best with her MSLS student Halley Hall. Association. Since 1985 she has been a foreign new appointment.” q service library/information resource officer with

Alumni board stays busy with activities SILS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE BOARD 2005-06 Since the last edition of the newsletter, the SILS Alumni Association Board has stayed quite busy. May’s commencement ceremony marked the end of Amy Gresko, president [email protected] another successful academic year. SILSAA was pleased to present Larry Alford with a Distinguished Alumni award. Larry is currently the vice provost for librar- ies and university librarian at Samuel Paley Library. We also presented Christie Mary Horton, McDaniel and Marisa Ramirez with Outstanding Service to the School awards. immediate past president As always, we hosted a reception with cake and punch after the ceremony. [email protected] Over the summer we held elections for the offices of secretary and vice Alumni Association President’s president/president-elect. Kelley Lawton and Andy Ingham, respectively, had served their terms and we thank them for their hard work over the past few Mark Sanders, vice president/ Message president-elect By Amy Gresko years. We welcomed new secretary Charles Cobine and the new vice president [email protected] Mark Sanders at our annual fall planning retreat. They have been wonderful additions to the Board. During the first week of classes last fall, SILSAA hosted its traditional New Student Reception in Julie Harris, treasurer Manning Hall. Despite the hot and humid weather, we had an overwhelmingly high turnout. A fine [email protected] time was had by all, and we were pleased to award two graduate and one undergraduate students with Elfreda Chatman Book Awards, thanks to your generous contributions. Charles Cobine, secretary We participated in the planning for December graduation ceremonies and are beginning to [email protected] discuss ideas for an alumni reunion sometime during the next academic year – stay tuned! In order to help us keep you informed of our activities, I encourage you to verify your subscription to the sils- alumni listserv, and join if you are not a current subscriber. The traffic is extremely light and the list EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS provides an invaluable communication tool. Visit http://listserv.unc.edu/ select “search for lists” on José-Marie Griffiths,dean the right-hand side of the screen and search for “sils” or “alumni” (a more directed search, unfortu- Shawn Jackson, nately, is not possible). Find the “sils-alumni” list in the retrieval set and chose to visit or subscribe to director of development Rosalyn Metz, the list. You may also keep up with our activities by visiting our Web site at: ILSSA student representative http://ils.unc.edu/alumni/ q 25 Alumni News

Elise Allison (MSLS ’05) has Sue Erickson (MSLS ’00) was Anthony Hughes (MISIS ’03) won the Gene Williams award named acting head of Reference and Barbara Wildemuth have from the Society of North Carolina for the Central Library at Van- published a chapter “Perspectives Archivists for the best paper on an derbilt University. Sue has been in the Tasks in which Informa- archival topic written for a gradu- bibliographer for Anthropology & tion Behaviors Are Embedded” in ate-level course. Society at the school for five years. the ASIS&T monograph: Theories of Information Behavior. The Aletha Andrew (MSLS ’00) Mary Gabe- article covers important research and Business Library (SIBL). and Sukey Stephens Harper hart (MSLS ’05) and theories underlying informa- The Checkpoint Charlie Founda- (MSLS ’00) of the Seymour has received the tion tasks and utilizes a prestigious tion, which fosters collaboration Johnson Air Force Base Library in Pratt-Severn Best list of contributers. between American and German Goldsboro, N.C., are celebrating Student Research institutions, named McDonough their library’s selection as the best Paper Award An article based on Mariam recipient of the first John Jacob library program in the United offered by the American Society of Intrator’s (MSLS ’03) award- Astor Award for “exceptional States Air Force. Dr. Andrew is Information Science and Technol- winning master’s paper “The contribution to the transatlantic the reference librarian at the base ogy (ASIS&T). The award was Theresienstadt Ghetto Central transfer of information. Her recent library, and Ms. Stephens Harper presented in Charlotte, N.C. during Library, Books and Reading: Intel- article, “Hosting strengths ties at is the director there. The base the awards ceremony of the annual lectual Resistance and Escape dur- home and abroad,” International library supports the missions of international conference. Gabehart ing the Holocaust,” was published Leads (September 2005) profiles the 4th Fighter Wing by providing also presented her paper, which is in the 2005 Year Book of the Leo representative examples of SIBL’s mission-essential information, titled, “An analysis of citations to Baeck Institute. This work has global reach. academic support and program- retracted articles in the scientific also led to publication in Libri, ming enhancing the quality of life literature.” and to a conference presentation Brian Kubis (BSIS ’05), who for Airmen and their families. in Israel this past September. double majored in information Linda Greenblatt Esterling Miriam is now looking at doctoral science and economics, has begun Stuart Basefsky (MSLS ’79) was (MSLS ’75) is a market research programs. work at SunTrust Bank in the awarded the SUNY Chancellor’s analyst for the N.C. Small Business Research Triangle Area as a com- Award for Excellence in Librarian- and Technology Development Lynn Jacobson (MSLS ’98) has mercial banking associate. ship for 2005. Basefsky is an infor- Center and lives in Carrboro, N.C. been promoted to head of catalog- mation specialist and lecturer at ing at the Jacksonville Public Leslie Madden (MSLS ’96), the Martin P. Catherwood Library, Robin Hollingsworth Wil- Library, Jacksonville, Fla. husband Bill and daughter School of Industrial & Labor Rela- liford (MSLS ’99) and husband Claudia, welcomed Julian Paul tions (ILR), Cornell University and Joey welcomed their first child, Wooseob Jeong (MSLS ’97) on Easter Sunday, April 11, 2004. director of the IWS News Bureau of Charles William, on Sunday, received a Diversity Grant of Leslie is a reference librarian at the the Institute for Workplace Studies February 13, 2005. Robin has $2500 from the American Library Georgia Institute of Technology. (IWS) in the New York City Office resigned from her position as Association’s Office for Diversity. of the ILR School. director of the Sampson County Jeong won the award for his re- Corinne Mahoney (MSLS ’05) Public Library System to become a search with the blind and visually received an award from the Special Kristen Bullard (MSLS ’03) stay-at-home mom to Charlie. impaired, with the goal of increas- Libraries Association’s Environ- became the instructional services ing their access to library services mental Resources Management coordinator at the University of Ten- Reference librarian Gerald and resources, and the Web. Division for her student paper nessee, Knoxville on July 1. She was Holmes (MSLS ’85) received the “Doing More With Less and Liking previously the instruction librarian REMCO (Round- Caroline Keizer (MSLS ’98) It.” In it Mahoney discussed the at the University of Houston. table for Ethnic and was named supervising cataloger major challenges facing environ- Minority Concerns) of the North Carolina Collection at mental libraries. She focused on Greg Crawford (MSLS ’84) has Roadbuilders Award the University of North Carolina at the positive impact of these chal- been promoted to librarian at the at the recent North Chapel Hill. lenges, which has forced librarians Pennsylvania State University and Carolina Library to be more creative on July 1 was named director of Association meet- Kristen Krause with fewer resources. the Penn State Harrisburg Library. Photo by Barry Miller ing. The award McDonough (MSLS recognizes ethnic ’70) is the Robert and Dr. Robert Martin Loudres Cueva Chacon (MSIS minority librarians who have Joyce Menschel director (Ph.D. ’88) has been ’05) was recently hired as a user served as pioneers in librarianship of the New York Public appointed Lillian interface designer at Lulu.com. and as positive role models. Library Science, Industry Bradshaw Endowed 26 Alumni News

Chair of Library Science at Texas programs in all humanities Library Kiduk Yang (MSLS ’02) and Woman’s University. Martin was and social sciences disciplines, as their Lokman Meho (Ph.D. ’01) nominated in 2001, by Presi- with responsibility for planning, coordinator received the OCLC/ALISE 2006 dent George W. Bush as the first policy development, and budget of Commu- Library and Information Science librarian director of the National management. nity Youth Research Award. They were Institute of Museum and Library Services. Services. IMLS is a federal grant- Irene Owens (Ph.D. ’95) was making agency dedicated to help- appointed dean of the School of Li- K.T. Vaughan (MSLS ’01) has ing the nation’s 15,000 museums brary and Information Science at a new appointment as a clinical and 122,000 libraries serve their North Carolina Central University. assistant professor in the UNC at communities. Dr. Owens served at the University Chapel Hill’s School of Pharmacy of Texas at Austin Graduate School in addition to her primary posi- Elizabeth G. McClenney (MSLS tion as the librarian for Bioinfor- ’89) is the new associate director for matics & Pharmacy at the UNC awarded for their project “Citation Technology and Access Services at Health Sciences Library. K.T. also Analysis of Library and Informa- Robert W. Woodruff Library in the received the 2005 James M. Cretsos tion Science Faculty Publications: Atlanta University Center. Leadership ISI Databases and Beyond.” Award from “Ranking the Research Productiv- ASIST, and Meng Yang ity of Library and Information is expecting (Ph.D. ’05) is currently working at Science Faculty and Schools: An publica- IBM Lotus Evaluation of Data Sources and of Information for ten years. She is tion of her Software Research Methods” a paper by the former head librarian at How- second book, Group, as Lokman Meho (Ph.D. ’01) and ard University School of Divinity. Building Bridges: Collaboration a usability Ph.D. student Kristina Spur- Within and Beyond the Academic specialist. gin, was published in the April Kimberly Poe Shelton (MSLS Library (with Anne Langley and Meng plans issue of the Journal of American ’99) gave birth to her son Alex- Teddy Gray of Duke). on staying Society for Information Science ander Chase Shelton on October in the and Technology. 6, 2005. Linwood Webster (MSLS ’02) Research Triangle Park area until was awarded the 2005 Minor the end of the year and then plans Xiangming Mu (Ph.D. ’04) Jo Powers (MSLS ’04) is the as- Mickel-Shaw Excellence in Advis- on moving to an IBM branch in received grant support for his re- sistant manager of cataloging and ing Award, which recognizes excel- the Boston area. search project “Interactive Virtual technical services at Talbot County lence in advising and is presented Reference: Model, System, and Pi- Library in Easton, Md. annually to advisors in Carolina’s Jessica Zellers (MSLS ’05) and lot User Study” from the Institute Academic Advising Programs in Rita Bhattacharyya (MSLS of Museum and Library Services. A revision of Joe Ripp’s (MSLS the College of Arts and Sciences ’05) have both been hired at the The study will include developing ’03) master’s paper on Lord of and the General College. Blackwater Regional Library an interactive virtual reference the Rings, “Middle America Meets in Courtland, Va. Zellers is the model in hopes of increasing Middle Earth,” has been published Emily Weiss (MSLS ’05) has customer services coordinator and patron usage of VR service and in Book History, the annual pub- joined Connecticut’s Darien Bhattacharyya serves as manager improving library patrons’ search lication of the Society of Author- Library as the first Louise of the Smithfield branch. strategy formulation. ship, Reading and Publishing.

Joyce Ogburn (MSLS ’82) be- Chuck Thomas (MSLS ’96) came the director of the J. Willard was appointed assistant director Share your news with fellow alums! Marriott Library at the University for Integrated Digital Services & Please send your news in an e-mail of Utah on September 1. Scholarly Communication at the message to [email protected] or Florida State University Libraries. send paper copy to: The NCSU Libraries has appointed Darby C. Orcutt as senior Rose Timmons Dawson Parker Berry fellow. Her fellowship News Editor collection manager for Humani- (MSLS ’85) is the new deputy ­includes working two years with School of Information and Library Science ties and Social Sciences, effective director of the Alexandria Library library director Louise Berry as her University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill March 1, 2006. Orcutt will lead system in Alexandria, Va. She for- mentor on a series of projects. 100 Manning Hall, CB 3360 the NCSU Libraries’ collection merly worked for the D.C. Public Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360 27

Former SILS Professor Dies IN after Long Scholarly Career MEMORIAM Former School of Information and Library Former director at UNC Chapel Hill’s Music Library from 1984-1997, Science professor and well-known scholar, Ida M. Reed, passed away on Oct. 9, 2005 after a 13 year battle Haynes McMullen, 90, died on Aug. 30 at with cancer. She was 63. Reed taught the music librarianship course Houston Medical Center. McMullen was an at SILS for many years before retiring and has been described as a avid researcher who collected a vast database of wonderful and caring colleague. Reed’s scholarship was also far- information about pre-1876 libraries during his reaching. In 1997, she edited the fifth edition of “Music Reference 40-year professorship with the School of Infor- and Research Materials,” which has become a prominent work in mation and Library Science at the University of the field. Reed was known for her love of books, quilting and baking. North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is survived by her brothers, George McAliley, Charley McAliley and A productive scholar long after he retired in 1985 at the age Sammy Army of North Carolina. of 70, McMullen’s last book, American Libraries before 1876, was published in 2001. McMullen was one of the most respected library Known to everyone at SILS as Miss Freeman, former assistant to historians in the profession and he will be remembered by SILS staff the dean and lecturer Jean Freeman died peacefully on October for his welcoming attitude. 27 at Springmoor Retirement Community. She was 93 years old. “I never saw him without a smile on his face,” SILS Professor Freeman had degrees from both UNC Greensboro and Chapel Hill. and former Dean Barbara Moran, noted. “Haynes was a wonderful She made numerous contributions to the Library School and will scholar and a true gentleman. All of the faculty and students loved be remembered for her dedication to the profession and continued him.” involvement with the school even after her retirement in the late The research that McMullen complied while working at SILS 1970s. Freeman is survived by nephew, Richard Allen Freeman Jr. of has now been made available online through Princeton Univer- Raleigh; nieces Elizabeth Warner Freeman Gephart of Raleigh, and sity. It has been described by the American Libraries Association Emily Carson Freeman of Emerald Isle; three great nieces; eight great as a “rich source of nephews; four great-great nieces and eight great-great nephews. material…that anybody interested in the history of Sam W. Hitt, librarian emeritus at UNC Chapel Hill’s Health public libraries certainly Sciences Library, died at home on Dec. 11, 2005. He was 84. Hitt needs to be aware of.” was a leader in the health sciences profession, serving in Texas and McMullen’s career Connecticut before coming to Chapel Hill as library director from included a 20-year faculty 1976-1986. He served on the Medical Library Association’s (MLA) position at Indiana Uni- Board of Directors from 1970-1976 and was given highest honors versity’s Library School, for his expansion of library buildings, collections and services with before he moved to UNC. MLA’s Marcia Noyes Award in 1982. He grew up in Arkansas, served He was also formerly the in WWII and attended school at the University of Missouri and Emory head librarian at what University. He is survived by his four children and their families, a is now James Madison brother and a sister. Hitt’s wife Harriett predeceased him. University. Born in Tarkio, Mo., McMullen received his undergraduate Jessica Graham Dalton (BSLS ’48) June 20, 2005 education at Centre College in Danville, Ky., his Master’s of Science in Library Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dixie Lou Lyons Fisher (CLIB ’50) Oct. 31, 2005 and his doctoral degree in Library Science at The University of Sarah Fore Gaines (MSLS ’83) Dec. 5, 2005 Chicago, Ill. McMullen is survived by his wife, Sun Hauk McMullen of Cen- Priscilla Griffey Harpham (BSLS’44) Sept. 4, 2005 terville, Ga.; a son, Joel McMullen of Centerville, Ga.; a step-daugh- Lesley Brown Levine (MSLS ’68) Oct. 16, 2005 ter, Sun Ae Arinaga of Honolulu, Hi; a sister, Catherine G. Craig of Modena, N.Y.; a brother, Bryce McMullen of Baltimore, Md.; three Lucy Elizabeth McDavid (MSLS ’62) Nov. 29, 2005 grandchildren and one great-grand child. q Adriana Pannevis Orr (MSLS ’58) Ma 24, 2005

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