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Former U.S. Rep. Christopher H. Shays Gives Congressional Papers to Dodd Research Center

esearchers interested in the service. It is expected that processing sexual discrimination in the workplace and was an Rnuances of federal campaign will take several years during which time ardent supporter of a woman’s right to choose. He finance reform law will likely find the collection is closed. The opening of helped author the 1993 Gun Control Act and advo- considerable grist regarding the issue the collection for research will be cated a sensible assault weapons ban reauthorization in the papers of former U.S. Rep. announced at a later date. bill. A former Peace Corps volunteer, Shays helped Christopher H. Shays, which are now “The Dodd Center provides a establish the AmeriCorps national service program housed in the Thomas J. Dodd wonderful resource for researchers and co-founded the Congressional National Service Research Center. around the country, and UConn is a Caucus. A Republican who represented premier institution I was privileged to Prior to his election to Congress in 1987, Shays Connecticut’s 4th District from 1987 help support during my 34 years in was elected to the Connecticut House in 1974, when until 2008, Shays was an original co- elected office,” Shays said. “If these he was 29, and served for 12 years. He earned his sponsor of the landmark Bipartisan Campaign Reform records can be helpful and are of interest to students, M.B.A. and M.P.A. from University and his Act of 2002, also known as “Shays-Meehan” and I’m grateful they can continue to be of service.” undergraduate degree from Principia College. “McCain-Feingold,” which banned in federal elections A longtime leader among centrist Republicans, In January 2009, he joined the Board of Directors soft money from corporations, labor unions and Shays worked with the Clinton Administration to of the Campaign Legal Center, a nonpartisan, wealthy individuals and barred issue advocacy ads establish the successful COPS program, which was nonprofit organization, based in Washington, DC, within 60 days of an election unless hard money has widely hailed as a measure that resulted in a reduc- which works in the areas of campaign finance and paid for them. tion of serious crime throughout the United States. In elections, political communication and government The collection consists of almost 100 linear feet Congress, Shays worked to end racial profiling and ethics. of materials documenting Shays’ long career in public

Dodd Research Center’s Treasures Showcased at Open House

Laura Katz Smith ancient Mesoamerican life. nique treasures ranging from the earliest English Northeast Children’s Literature Collections Ulanguage herbal, printed in 1548, attesting to the Curator Terri Goldich showed illustrations and healing properties of herbs, to legal transcripts from the manuscript dummies from the collections of many of Nuremberg Trials, to facsimiles of Mayan Pre-Hispanic the prominent writers and illustrators in the archive, codices, or painted manuscripts that chronicled land- including Leonard Everett Fisher, James Marshall and mark events in ancient Mesoamerican life, were among Barbara Cooney. the items on view at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Literary Collections Curator Melissa Watterworth Center’s first ever Open House on Nov. 12. brought out original photographs of Beat Generation The entire Dodd Center staff was on hand to writers, Jack , Allen Ginsberg and Gregory explain to the faculty members the significance of each Corso, taken by UConn Professor of English Ann item and to suggest ways in which these extraordinary Charters, which are included in her papers at the resources might be integrated into the curriculum and Dodd Center, as well as William Turner’s Herbal, printed provide students with a unique learning experience. 1568, the earliest English-language herbal transcribed The curators each brought out what we know are primarily from Latin texts, which outlines medicinal some of the most interesting items from the archive. and healing properties of herbs, with woodblock University Archivist and Curator for the Political illustrations of plants shown throughout. Collections Betsy Pittman showed Nazi War criminal Valerie Love, the Human Rights Curator, legal trial transcripts from the Nuremberg Trials files in displayed 1960s Alternative Press newspapers and Marisol Ramos, left, curator for Latin American and the papers of Thomas J. Dodd, our building’s namesake, magazines and several artists’ books, including Caribbean Collections, shares some of her favorite from his pre-Senatorial career as a Special Prosecutor items from the collections with Associate Professor, Panorama, a book of panoramic photography of life in for the U.S. Justice Department in the 1940s. Modern and Classical Languages Rosa Chinchilla war torn societies. during the Dodd Center’s Open House. Marisol Ramos, the curator for the Latin American As curator for the Connecticut Business and and Caribbean Collections, displayed facsimiles of manuscripts that described wars, victories, famine, Railroad Collections, I showed track plans of the New Mayan Pre-Hispanic codices, which are colorful painted pestilence, religious events, and other aspects of Continued on page 4 R O M T H E V I C E P R O V O S T

The New Exhibits Revamped Portal Design Features Libraries’ Program Endowment Digital Collections Under One Roof and Roger Crossgrove Michael J. Bennett the items contained on an HTML page may be viewed by Exhibits Series simply clicking on the thumbnails. Also, work is currently ncreasingly library users wish to not only access digital underway on the CONTENTdm® server that will allow content, they have also come to anticipate that such Brinley Franklin, Vice Provost I for client-side use of a PowerPoint plug-in for easy My discoveries take place through well-crafted and aestheti- University of Connecticut Libraries Favorites image downloads from Digital Mosaic into the cally balanced interfaces. popular presentation software for course instruction, ne of the distinguishing features of the University “Users expect information to be professionally faculty and student research, and public engagement alike. of Connecticut Libraries at Storrs is its Exhibits presented and crafted. They will disregard content if the O Regarding DigitalCommons@UConn (http:// Program. The Babbidge Library, the Thomas J. container is not up to professional and expected stan- digitalcommons.uconn.edu/), the institutional repository Dodd Research Center, and the Music & Dramatic Arts dards,” noted library technologist John Blyberg at last has undergone a re-birth as well. Here primary redesign Library, together with the Benton Museum and the summer’s ALA Annual Conference Top Tech Trends objectives include a closer alignment to up-to-date UConn Contemporary Art Galleries in the School of Fine Arts, panel session. In response to such commonly acknowl- web templates and banner imagery for a more standard- provides UConn students, faculty, staff, and visitors with edged user expectations, UConn Libraries Digital ized, unified look in keeping not only with the new Digital rotating exhibits of historical, cultural, scientific, artistic, Collections Web site (http:// Collections site but also UConn’s web presence in general. recreational, athletic, educational, social, and commu- digitalcollections.uconn.edu/) has recently undergone a We hope the novel front-end nity interest. significant update. gives a fresh new look to The Libraries’ Exhibits Program celebrated its 30th Elements of the redesign this integral library service. anniversary last year and offers the UConn community include quick, tabbed- Through collaborative 15-20 exhibits each year. The Libraries’ Exhibits navigated searches of the efforts with University of Program is entirely funded by private giving and relies Libraries’ digitized texts that Michigan, both the UConn on volunteers’ efforts to carry out much of its work. are part of its Boston Library Library’s Digital Mosaic and Reflecting on the many ways that library exhibits Consortium/Open Content DigitalCommons reposito- have enriched the library user experience over the past Alliance efforts (http:// ries are now recognized data three decades, I want to ensure that the Libraries’ www.lib.uconn.edu/about/ providers to OAIster Exhibits Program continues indefinitely into the future. publications/newsletters/ (http://www.oaister.org/), the 10 million-record-strong, With that goal in mind, my good friend and colleague 2007/2007-11.pdf). Additionally, tabs for digitized digital resources union catalog hosted at U-M. Weekly, the Norman Stevens, Emeritus Director of University that are served up to the web from our local metadata records of our two OAI-PMH-compliant Libraries and an enthusiastic Exhibits Program sup- CONTENTdm® server and for digitized finding aids (http://www.openarchives.org/pmh/) repositories are porter, curator, and volunteer, his wife Nora, and I have which run through open-source XTF software are also now harvested and indexed by OAIster which in turn will established an endowment in the University of Con- presented to users. Please note that these finding aids are steer further UConn resource discovery there and also necticut Foundation to support the Exhibits Program. currently in the process of migrating from one local drive higher and more accurate relevance ranking of our Our goal is to reach an initial endowment of $75,000 server to another and will once again be live soon. digital assets in Google and Yahoo. OAI-PMH is a this year and, together, we have already pledged about Beyond its simple, portal-like search functionality, details powerful protocol that allows for such flexible repository one quarter of that amount. on such topics as UConn digital capture standards and extensibility and in turn union catalog or portal creations Norman, Nora, and I also want to recognize in-house capture equipment may also be found on the re- that benefit enhanced resource discovery for all. In Professor of Art Emeritus Roger Crossgrove’s invalu- designed site. It is our hope that the contemporary addition, plans are underway on the creation of Wikipedia able and continuing contributions to the Libraries’ structure may grant the number of fine yet dispersed articles focused on UConn’s digital collections. These will Exhibits Program. Professor Crossgrove came to the individual digital collections that the Libraries take part in also serve as additional means of description for the University of Connecticut from in New a sharper overall visual and functional focus under one libraries’ digital assets and provide another popular York in 1968 and taught at the School of Fine Arts in virtual roof. gateway for their broader exposure. Storrs for 20 years. Roger has donated his own books CONTENTdm® is not only the server-side To keep track of such resource use, enhanced web and works of art to the Libraries, but at least as software engine that drives the Digital Collections’ analytics have recently been put in place across all of the importantly, he has persuaded a number of artists, images quick search but is also a robust search interface library’s digital collections in order to monitor general many of them his former students, to exhibit at the and digital image repository in and of itself. Newly online site traffic and specific collection and item-level University of Connecticut and, in several cases, to unveiled as Digital Mosaic (http://images.lib.uconn.edu), object use. Figures now being compiled on a daily basis donate their works or papers to the University. In there one can find flexible browse and advanced search will form benchmarks for future comparative metrics that recognition of Roger’s contributions, we are establish- capabilities across all of the repository’s collections and will better allow the Digital Collections Coordinating ing the Roger Crossgrove Exhibit Series that will feature sub-collections among other end-user functionality. Team to set goals and evaluate and assess resource use works from outside the Libraries’ collections. Additional features include the saving and sharing of My with an informed eye towards future Students are using the UConn Libraries in record Favorites which are customized image groupings that can collections and interface enhancements. numbers. Many of them spend hours each week in the be easily created by visitors while they browse and

Libraries. We know they value an attractive an inviting search. My Favorites can be locally-saved as an HTML Michael J. Bennett, Digital Projects Librarian & environment to do their work. When asked, they identify page and shared in course lectures, on Web sites, or by e- Institutional Repository Coordinator characteristics associated with the library as place as mail. As long as the recipient has an Internet connection, highly desirable. We know these are difficult times financially, but we also believe that the Libraries’ Exhibits Program Libraries’ New Web Site Unveiled enriches the lives of so many members of the UConn fter a four-month preview and opportunity to comment on a beta version of a redesigned Web site, community that it should be preserved. We sincerely ALibrary users were greeted with a new Web site in January. The new site features a more simplified appreciate the support of our friends and we encourage format, the result of extensive research conducted over a one-year period. An eight-member team of library you to make a gift to the University of Connecticut staff performed multiple rounds of user testing and focus groups with undergraduate and graduate students, Foundation, Incorporated in support of the Libraries faculty, and library staff to better understand how users access library services and information. Exhibits Program through Linda Perrone, Director of Thank you to those of you who participated in the testing for the site. If you wish to share a comment External Relations, University of Connecticut Libraries, about your experience with the new site, please e-mail: [email protected]. U-2005, 369 Fairfield Way, Storrs, CT 06269-2005. 2 H E E V O L U T I O N O F A N A R T I N S T A L L A T I O N Art Installation Speaks Volumes at Homer Babbidge Library

Suzanne Zack we think. has certainly cast a huge shadow on all the literature that s the University of Connecticut’s principal has come after him,” she says. Arepository of printed and electronic information Light and time are of equal impor- resources, the Homer Babbidge Library is home to tance to Foster. “I’m very interested in literally millions of words — words that have been used the sun, she notes. “I could do this to give expression to countless thoughts and ideas. artificially far more easily, but light is the To celebrate the myriad forms that human lan- way the human race has marked the guage can take, Linda Foster, an artist from Goleta, passing of time — through sundials, Calif., is creating a work of art that focuses on words, Stonehenge, and standing stones or specifically those spoken by or written in the languages cairns. At this point in my life, I’m also of the University’s rich linguistic community. very aware that time is passing.” Plans call for Foster to complete the Titled, Hamlet: A Cast of Shadows, the design during the next several months Norman Stevens, Director Emeritus of the University Libraries, and project draws its inspiration from dialogue artist Linda Foster examine possible typefaces for the words that and to install her work in April 2009. in Act II of William Shakespeare’s play: will be used in the new art installation. Dedication of the installation will include Polonius: “What do you read, my lord?” Center; John Magnan’s carved wooden Pencil Book, a talk by the artist, and recitations of the dialogue Hamlet: “Words, words, words.” housed in a display case at the internal entrance to between Polonius and Hamlet in as many languages Babbidge Library on the Plaza Level; Werner Pfeiffer’s as willing participants can be found. Endangered Species sculpture, recently installed in “Words,” translated into multiple languages and “This project is an extraordinary way of recogniz- Bookworms Café; and Ilun Averbuch’s Dove Tower and written in three-inch letters, will be cut from nearly ing and celebrating our individual differences through Steps to the Bottom of a Pyramid, with its allusion to the invisible vinyl and affixed, upside down and reversed, the common denominator of language,” says Brinley use of message-carrying pigeons, located on the to the bottom interior of four west-facing windows on Franklin, Vice Provost for University Libraries. “We’re quadrangle west of Babbidge Library. Level 3 of Babbidge Library. As the afternoon sun pleased that the installation will enable UConn library Development and installation of Hamlet: A Cast of moves across those windows, flooding the space with Shadows will cost approximately $5,000. The library is light, “words” will be “written” in legible shadows on the seeking donors who wish to help support the project. carpet directly below the windows. The seasonal Interested parties should contact Linda Perrone, rotation of the earth will cause the shadows to shift in Director of External Relations for the University Librar- shape and size, marking time and space. ies, at [email protected], or 860-486-0451. Norman Stevens, director emeritus of libraries has Contributions are tax-deductible and should be worked closely with the artist on the project. “It is not made payable to the “Homer Babbidge Library Unre- hard to imagine the beauty of the shadows cast by the stricted Fund” through the University of Connecticut world’s languages,” he said. “Individual, distinctive Foundation. marks of time and cultures, alphabets and characters After spending time on campus to better understand represent our individuality, while demonstrating an the installation site and the campus community, Foster inclusive, common bond: our fundamental need to reflects: “All of these folks have gathered here from all communicate.” users to study and learn in an environment that over the world to study here together. They bring with Stevens notes that some 6,000 languages are in celebrates diversity and the power of words to them not only their culture, but the shape of their use worldwide, and Hamlet has been translated into transmit culture over centuries of time.” language. The Roman alphabet is beautiful, but there’s more than 69 languages during the last 400 years. Hamlet: A Cast of Shadows, complements other Chinese and Farsi; the shapes of the words are just As part of the project, and to celebrate diversity, works of art that celebrate books, reading, and beautiful. I would hope that we wouldn’t all become one. the University Libraries will conduct an informal census information both inside and outside Babbidge Library. I would hope that we would celebrate each individual of the languages written or spoken by members of the These include Dudley Giberson’s Storrs Murini language and hope they all continue to UConn community. Window on the B Level of the library, which represents exist.” Participants will also be asked to contribute the evolution of symbols from cave drawings to the translations of “words” for possible use in the installa- alphabet; the massive Stonebook Universe, sculpted Suzanne Zack, Marketing and Communications Specialist tion or in the dedication program. The census is by Kubach/Wilmsen from Finnish granite, on the plaza available on the University Libraries website: between Babbidge Library and the Dodd Research http://www.surveymonkey.com/ s.aspx?sm=08C8G2EidTOL40g_2b4m9Cag_3d_3d. Foster’s art focuses on artists’ books, or works of art in the form of a book, which she has created for Dodd Center Materials Represented in some 25 years. A graduate of Grand Canyon University Benton’s Anatomical Exhibit in Arizona, she holds an M.F.A. from the University of California at Santa Barbara, where she did a similar everal books, including two from the personal The exhibit, part of the University’s “Year of installation in 1997. She currently teaches drawing at Slibrary of Walter Landauer, a UConn profes- Science 2009” celebration, chronicles the develop- Santa Barbara City College. sor in animal genetics from 1928 to 1964, which are ment of medical illustration through a selection of “I’m looking at this project as an artist’s book and now part of the collections in the Thomas J. Dodd prints, drawings, computer graphics and animation thinking of the window as a transparent page with the Research Center, are included in the William from the 16th century to the present. text on the page cast out into the room as shadows. Benton Museum of Art exhibit Anatomically Correct: The exhibit runs from 17 through May There’s a collective body of knowledge, ideas and Medical Illustrations, 1543-2008. 10, 2009 in the Evelyn Simon Gilman Gallery. images that get cast onto our thinking, influencing how

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A Librarian and School of Nursing Professor Help Students — and Patients — by Incorporating Research into a Pathophysiology Course demonstrations, the students learned that Google, Valori Banfi and Jennifer Telford formally taught the basic library research skills to although a great search engine, is usually not the conduct a literature search. Seeing what she believed appropriate source for finding peer-reviewed ’ve been a nurse for a long time. Why do I need to to be a deficiency in the traditional methods of refereed evidence- based information. I also “Ilearn how to search the latest medical literature for teaching graduate-level nursing students, she wanted demonstrated how to conduct searches in different an Advanced Pathophysiology class?” to bridge the gap that existed between the recognition databases, like PubMed, considered the premier This question was posed repeatedly to us by of a clinical problem and the resolution of the prob- medical database, and Cochrane Database of nurses during a class we co-taught last semester lem—and teach students how to gather relevant Systematic Reviews. Once the students found the which examined the functional changes that accom- information. She believed that Advanced Pathophysi- appropriate guidelines or evidence, they were then pany disease or injury in a patient. ology would be the perfect place for students to expected to evaluate these sources and were even The idea of incorporating research into a develop this skill. Since this class marks the entrance taught how to create a bibliography using RefWorks, Master’s level pathophysiology class for nurse into graduate work for most students, she believed a a citation manager. practitioner students started in August, when Jen case-based approach would make the class more Based on their research, their clinical expertise, Telford, a post-doctoral Acute Care Nurse realistic. the patient’s history, and their newly acquired Practitioner, joined the School of Over the course of the semester, Jen understanding of pathophysiology, the students were Nursing faculty. A colleague sug- lectured each week on various pathophysi- able to determine the best practice decision for Mrs. gested to her that she meet with me, ologic conditions. We collaborated to help Smith and all of their future patients. Valori Banfi, the nursing school library reinforce the material presented to the students Leanne Lachapelle, who has been a nurse for liaison. During that conversation, we discov- by posing real-life patient scenarios that related to 22 years, and who began work on her Master’s ered that we shared a love of nursing, history, the lecture material. For example, during the week degree last spring, says the class taught her the and research. Jen learned that I had been a Jen presented a lecture on women’s health, including importance of incorporating current research into her medical/clinical librarian at Hartford Hospital, information about breast cancer, the students were everyday practice. and that I wanted to continue my connection to given the following clinical vignette: “The class reminded me of how quickly science practitioners. Jen felt that students needed to know Mrs. Smith, a 42-year-old African American progresses and that there is an abundance of the steps involved in identifying clinically based female comes into an outpatient clinic for a well research going on in many areas every day. This research questions, and how to search the literature woman appointment. She asks you, her provider, realization has prompted me to read more research- to find answers. A newfound collaboration between us whether or not she should have a mammogram. based articles about many of the procedures and resulted in an innovative solution that would enable Given the scenario above, the students were then drugs that involve my patients and their disease nursing students to practice in a research and asked what information they needed to obtain from processes. Staying up to date is a challenge but a outcome-based clinical environment. Mrs. Smith in order to begin to explore whether current challenge that is worthwhile, if as a practitioner, I Following graduation, nurse practitioners are research-based evidence in the literature supported or want to make a difference … and I do!” immediately expected to stay abreast of develop- refuted the recommendation of a mammogram. As ments in research as it pertains to their practice. part of this process, the students needed to isolate Valori Banfi, Liaison Librarian to the Since Jen had recently been a student in a Master’s which variables wouldn’t be pertinent to this particular School of Nursing program, she knew that students were expected to patient. This process enabled them to formulate a Jennifer Telford, Assistant Professor, interpret and incorporate the most current research question and then identify which database would be School of Nursing findings into their assignments—having never been most appropriate to search for the answer. Through

Open House (Continued from page 1) Louise Wolcott of South Windsor, CT, who served as a nurse during the U.S. Civil War in the 1860s. The Haven Railroad, southern New England’s predominant collection also includes letters to and from nursing railroad line for much of the 20th century, and the first pioneer Dorothea Dix and information about the telephone directory in the world, printed in 1878 by the history of the American Red Cross. All of these predecessor of the Southern New England Telephone materials, combined with other Dolan archival items Company. held at the School of Nursing, will make for an exciting Finally, Multimedia Curator Kristin Eshelman exhibit that will educate and inform the campus exhibited several examples of 19th century photo- community. graphic processes, including daguerreotypes and stereo Several of the curators reported that they initiated cards, which when viewed through a stereo viewer, or plans with faculty members to give their students stereoscope, produce a three-dimensional view. She orientations to the collections and services in also played 78 rpm records on a vintage Victrola! the Dodd Research Center. One happy result of the Open House was an Curator of Multimedia Collections Kristin Eshelman The curators plan to make the Open House agreement between the curators and School of Nursing spins some 78 rpm records on an annual event and hope that faculty and other Professors Jen Telford and Tom Long to collaborate on a vintage Victrola. members of the campus community will join us an upcoming exhibit in the Dodd Research Center for a glass of wine and a relaxed hour or two of Gallery to show archival and research material from the conversation. Josephine Dolan Collection of Nursing History. Associate Professor-in- Josephine Dolan was the first Professor of Nursing at Residence at the School of Nursing Thomas Long Laura Katz Smith, Curator, Business, Railroad, the University of Connecticut and an avid collector of examines manuscripts. and Labor Collections information about the history of nursing. Her collec- tion includes photographs and correspondence of Ella

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Mumbai Terrorist Attacks Hit Home Soloway Collection of Woodwind Music Manisha Desai means South Asia will become the new theatre of the Now Available war on terror with all the consequences we have seen in heard about the terrorist attacks on my hometown Iraq. Joe Scott Iof Mumbai, India’s financial capital and its largest Such global rhetoric also enables the Indian state city, as we were driving to Pittsburgh for Thanksgiving he Music & Dramatic Arts Library recently com and political parties to erase their own failures in with my family in the U.S. Needless to say, the celebra- Tpleted the cataloging of a rich collection of printed protecting minorities against terror and violence tion and cheer of Thanksgiving break was dampened by music and teaching methods for woodwind instruments organized and perpetrated with the aid of state func- the tragic loss of 173 lives and injury to 308 others. As from the personal library of Louis Soloway, who taught tionaries, such as the ant-Sikh violence that was un- I write this, I have just returned to Connecticut from saxophone in UConn’s Department of Music during the leashed in Delhi in 1984 following the assassination of Mumbai and my reflections address my concerns with 1970s and into the 1980s. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguard the media coverage of the events as well as the re- Soloway, who also maintained an active teaching that led to the murder of almost 3,000 Sikhs; or the sponses of politicians and people in the studio in his home in West Hartford, CT, played and two countries I call home. taught the complete range of woodwind instruments, Initially, the mainstream media UConn Libraries’ Map and Geographic Information Center which include piccolo, flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, coverage in the U.S. reported the attacks to saxophone, and bassoon. He was a close associate of be home grown and a response to both the one of the greatest swing era saxophonists, Toots unresolved Kashmir situation, a territorial Mondello, and was lead alto saxophonist for the Al Jarvis dispute involving Pakistan, India, and agency from the 1960s through the 1980s, playing in the China, as well as the grievances and orchestras for Hartford Civic Center appearances of treatment of the large Muslim minority. In Sammy Davis, Jr., the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey contrast, the mainstream media in India Circus, the Moscow Circus, the Lipizzaner Stallions, the immediately dubbed it “India’s 9/11,” Ice Capades and Holiday on Ice. thereby sidelining the several previous The cataloged collection numbers nearly 1,600 pieces attacks, such as the ones on the Parliament and contains music literature from a wide range of th in New Delhi as well as the bombings in historical periods, from the late Renaissance to the 20 several cities. More importantly, naming it century. India’s 9/11 allows the media, politicians, Works include unaccompanied solos, solos with and people to mobilize the rhetoric of “the piano, and a wide range of chamber music, for like global war on terror,” i.e., preemptive instruments (e.g. saxophone trios and quartets) and mixed instruments (e.g. flute, oboe and bassoon trios). Compos- ers and arrangers range from to Bartok to Irving Berlin, to Elliott Carter, Lasso to Luening, to Milhaud to Mancini, Pachelbel to 1993 violence against Muslims in Bombay , and Satie to Shostakovich, to name but a few. following the destruction of the Babri The following selected works illustrate the variety and Masjid, that was responsible for the loss richness of the collection: J. S. Bach’s “Credo” (from the of nearly 2,000 lives; or the attacks in 2002 Mass in B Minor) for flute choir; Rimsky-Korsakov’s The in Gujarat where nearly 2,000 Muslims Flight of the Bumble Bee for solo alto saxophone and clarinet were murdered by rampaging Hindu mobs. choir; Scott ’s Pineapple Rag for saxophone quartet; Finally, what I find particularly ’s for solo flute; When the Saints Go Marching troubling is how the war on terror serves In” for saxophone quartet; A Complete Method for the Oboe as a screen to the increasing privatization by Apollon Marie-Rose Barrett; jazz solos as played by the UConn students at a Dec. 5 candlelight vigil in remembrance of of the economy and the accompanying likes of Benny Goodman, Charlie Parker, and Sonny the Mumbai tragedy. The vigil was sponsored by the Asian American Cultural Center, the Department of International social inequalities that are a greater threat Rollins; Method on How to Improvise Soul Music by Yusef Services & Programs, and the South Asian student organization, to the security of more Indians than the Lateef; and Herbie Mann on Jazz Flute. Tarang. terror attacks themselves. An example of The works are at an appropriate level of difficulty for this can be found in the full-page ad by strikes, “putting all options, including attacking terror the University’s students and professional performers— the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel, one of the sites camps in Pakistan, on the table,” defining security in exactly the sort of gift that most benefits them. of the attack, in The New York Times on 1/14/09 primarily militarized terms, and accepting a loss of civil Among the ways to locate these materials in the advertising that it is open for business again. The copy liberties and democratic processes. This is familiar to library’s catalog, HOMER, is a keyword search for “Louis begins with “Welcome Home Again” and then goes on us in the aftermath of Soloway.” You can also add an optional keyword indicat- to state, “We’re bringing back the clink of champagne 9/11 in the U.S. Sri Lankan political scientist Jayadeva ing the instrument. Works can also be searched by flutes, even pile carpets that muffle the footfall of Uyangoda calls this “a state of neo-barbarism.” composer, title, and instrument or ensemble. commerce. …You will feel the buzz of business as Despite the mobilization of this rhetoric, there is A special thanks goes to George Sanders, a member usual. …. On this special occasion, we have introduced enough resistance to it among the people that despite of the faculty of the Department of Music (Lecturer, exclusive services … impeccable butler service, luxury the sabre-rattling by both Pakistani and Indian politi- trombone), and assistant principal trombonist of the Jaguar transfers,” (which the Tatas, the business group cians there has been no military response by the Indian Hartford Symphony Orchestra and the Connecticut Opera that owns Taj, acquired last year amid much racist government. This is also the result of diplomacy by Orchestra, who provided the personal information about debate in the Western business world). This business as many international actors, chief among them the U.S. Soloway. usual is clearly not going to secure the lives of the and China. But this lack of military response by India The collection was given to the Music & Dramatic majority of Indians. does not mean we can breathe a sigh of relief. On the Arts Library in 2002 by Soloway’s widow, the contrary, with President Obama wanting to move the late Molly Soloway of West Hartford, CT. Manisha Desai, Director, Women’s Studies Program, and war on terror from Iraq to Afghanistan and Pakistan, it Associate Professor, Sociology Joe Scott, Music Catalog/Metadata Librarian Tracey Rudnick, Music Librarian/Liaison to Dramatic Arts, contributed to this story.

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Atkinson Named Evening & Weekend Supervising Bill C. Orr: A True Friend Librarian Norman D. Stevens oel Atkinson has joined Jthe University Libraries as illiam C. Orr, who came to UConn as a Babbidge Library that was eventually opened in Evening & Weekend Supervis- Wmember of the Chemistry Department, 1968. Although he had retired at the time, Bill was ing Librarian. served as Associate Provost and later Associate one of the strongest advocates for naming the A graduate of Grace Vice President for Academic Affairs from 1965 new library after President Babbidge as was done College in Winona Lake, until he retired in 1978. At the time of his death in 1985, a year after Babbidge’s death. Indiana with a B.A. in English, on January 16, 2009, Bill, 88, was one of the last After his retirement, Bill continued to be a he earned his Master of surviving members of the UConn’s senior strong personal supporter and an active member Library Science degree from Indiana University, administrative staff that worked in Gulley Hall of the Friends of the University Libraries that had Indianapolis, in 2008. under President Homer Babbidge. been formed as the first formal effort to increase He comes to UConn with a variety of library When I joined the University Libraries’ private support for the libraries. He served as experiences. As an undergraduate, he served as an administrative staff in the fall of 1968, Bill was my President of the Friends for several years, during assistant in technical services at Grace College, as a chief contact in the University administration in which time he helped build a more solid basis of graduate student he worked at the Herron Art Library terms of day-to-day operational matters that regular support. Like his long-time boss, Ken at Indiana University, and as a member of the needed outside support and assistance. Bill, and his (“Lame Ducks Bite” *) Wilson, Bill had a wry University Library Reference Team. wife Jean, were good friends with John McDonald, sense of humor. I remember him best, perhaps, then Director of University Libraries, and his wife for a sardonic letter he sent to a number of Swanson Joins Libraries as Jo. That relationship facilitated Bill’s professional people several years later in which he announced and personal support for the libraries. At that time, the formation of a “Friends of Friends” group in UNIX Administrator the University had less independence from a wide a mild protest against the proliferation of so many ob Swanson has joined variety of state rules and regulations in areas such similarly named organizations in and around the Bthe UConn Libraries as as personnel, purchasing, and budgeting. Positions University. UNIX Systems Administrator. were allocated by the state on a line-by-line basis, Bill was instrumental in encouraging his In his new position, Swanson but never with enough funding to support a new daughter Katherine Shelley Orr, a children’s book will oversee the Libraries’ position for an entire fiscal year. As the library author and illustrator, to donate some original current UNIX servers as well as received new positions, we negotiated with Bill and materials as well as copies of her books to the the Libraries’ growing number Ed Hanna, the chief budget officer in Finance and Northeast Children’s Literature Collection of virtual UNIX servers. Administration and also a strong supporter of the (NCLC) in the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center. Swanson, who has worked for the Libraries on a library, and typically were able to gain permission Bill also added to his daughter’s collection with part-time basis since 2006, brings with him 25 years to fill such positions in a timely fashion. the donation of original illustrations, spot art, of IT experience, having worked for the City of The student labor budget, as allocated at the proof sheets, correspondence, books and Hartford in a variety of significant IT roles for more beginning of the fiscal year, was typically far from manuscript materials that he owned. Plus he, and than 20 years. For the past four years, he worked in adequate but we were always verbally assured by his second wife Nancy, contributed to the NCLC the President’s office at the University of Massachu- Bill and Ed that we should proceed to hire the Endowment that provides support for, and access setts as a Senior Systems Specialist. At UMass, he students we needed and that, with a mid-year to, those and other collections. managed multiple physical and virtual UNIX servers review, they would find the funds needed to cover While I saw Bill only infrequently after he and helped to build the university’s enterprise an often substantial deficit by the end of the fiscal moved from Storrs to Bloomfield, Connecticut, business continuity infrastructure. year. In many years they also found additional when I did, he always asked about, and was keenly funds to help augment the acquisitions budget. interested in, the state of the University Libraries, Roper Center Honored by While much of our communication was oral, I can what I was doing, and his many friends at the University. He was always a true friend of the American Library Association think of no instance in which Bill and Ed didn’t keep their word. That is a rare virtue that in more library who was truly deserving of the University he Roper Center for Public Opinion Research’s than 30 years as an academic library administrator Service Award, which recognized his “exceptional TiPoll Databank has been named to the annual I found matched only by Carter, now contributions that strengthen and support the “Outstanding Academic Title” list by Choice: Current President of the Connecticut State University school’s values and mission” that he received at Reviews for Academic Libraries. System, when he held the same position as Bill at the time of his retirement. iPOLL, a finding aid to locate national U.S. public UConn. It was one of the most important on-the- The period of Bill Orr’s administrative opinion polls on particular subjects, contains half a job lessons I ever learned. service at UConn roughly coincided with the million survey questions and answers asked in the The Chemistry Department had a small period that marked the transition of the library U.S. over the last 70 years by more than 150 survey independent library but wanted the library to from a small operation that had not kept pace organizations. provide and operate a larger facility and other with the growth and development of the institu- In its review of the Roper Center’s databank that science departments wanted similar library tion to a major research library that helped appeared in the October, 2008 issue, Choice says, in facilities. John McDonald and I felt that the highly UConn improve its academic programs and part: “The database [iPoll] is updated daily with centralized system at UConn, which was atypical strengthen its national reputation. entries from readily identifiable entities such as of many large research universities, served well Bill Orr played an important role in Gallup, Harris Interactive, and Pew Research Associ- especially given the financial resources that were that transition. ates. . . . Simply put, no other source allows this available. Bill consistently backed our position thus Norman D. Stevens, Emeritus Director of level, breadth, and depth of access. The Roper allowing us to concentrate on providing increas- University Libraries Footnote Center holdings are a unique treasure and worth the ingly strong centralized services and to work *A hand lettered cardboard sign that he kept on his desk access fee for students, scholars, and practitioners.” towards the badly needed development and after he announced he was leaving his administrative Choice is the leading source for reviews of construction of what was to become the Homer position. academic books, electronic media, and Internet resources of interest to those in higher education.

6 R I E N D S O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R I E S Gifts to the University Libraries July 1, 2008 – December 31, 2008

$250,000 - $300,000 $100 - $499 Dennis C. Landis Lee S. and Elizabeth J. Langston Werner Pfeiffer * Lawrence E. and Holly M. Armstrong Donald H. Leavenworth Wallace E. and Bette A. Bailey (In memory of Dana and Marie Yes, I want to be a Friend! $25,000 - $50,000 James M. and Nancy L. Baker Leavenworth) Nancy L. Bardeen John J. and Judith A. McGarrie Norman D. and Nora B. Stevens * Douglas A. and Pamela Barry Kenneth J. and Betty O. Metzler Joan Weatherley Benham I want to make a tax-deductible contribution to $10,000 - $24,999 Doris M. Molinari Kenneth L. and Allene R. Berman George H. Murray support the University of Connecticut Libraries Bert Boyson Alexander Gavitt Dennison J. Nash in the amount of: (In memory of Bradley E. Boyson and SBM Charitable Foundation, Inc. Barbara Desrosiers Oakley Phyllis H. Boyson) (In honor of Patrick McGlamery) $5,000 - $9,999 Alexander A. and Zina Braylovsky Valerie B. Oliver  Associate ------$100–$249 Deborah D. Burnside (In honor of Patrick McGlamery) Robert C. Byrne * Glenn A. and Cary Lou Canfield William C. and Nancy L. Orr Samuel B. and Ann D. Charters Barbara P. Carson George W. and Maryellyn W. Page  Fellow ------$250–$499 Edward R. Downe, Jr. Michele D. Chenail Jennifer Palancia Shipp (In honor of Martha Buonanno) Vaughn Clapp and Gundrun Robinson-Clapp Laura L. Palmer  Billie M. Levy * Christopher F. Clark and Margaret A. Lamb Mary S. Palmer Curator ------$500–$999 Claudio and Jean Marzollo Lois M. Comstock Stephen H. and Sydney A. L. Plum The Mohegan Sun Lt. Colonel Thomas Dillon Martha G. Reichard  Gerald and Claudia A. Reynolds Grace M. Donnelly Marian B. Rollin Patron ------$1,000–$4,999 Maurice Sendak Foundation, Inc. Alan L. and Karol H. Dow Dr. and Mrs. Antonio H. Romano Kevin A. and Donna M. Edwards UConn Co-op Gabriel and Tove H. Rosado  Benefactor ------$5,000–$9,999 Richard A. and Cheryl K. Ferris Richard E. Rossi $1,000 - $4,999 (In honor of Joseph J. Picano, Jr.) Barbara M. Rudolph Brinley R. Franklin Jason Rupaka and Lisa D’Urso  Samuel and Ann Charters * University Librarian’s Circle ------$10,000+ (In honor of Patrick McGlamery) Ronald J. and Lynne B. Russo Roger Crossgrove * Marcy Friedman-Kurzman Ralph P. Santoro Charles A. Fritz III Kenneth Fuchs * (In memory of Linda C. Santoro) Josephine H. McDonald Arthur L. Gandelman Yvonne E. Schiller Total Amount Enclosed $ ______(In memory of John P. McDonald) (In memory of Sydney Jaffe) (In memory of John F. Schiller) Thornton P. McGlamery and Lenore I. Richard and Marion Gebhardt D. Wesley Slate, Jr. and Georgia L. Bills Grunko Nancy H. Gillies (In memory of Homer D. Babbidge, Jr.) Gen. Robert W. RisCassi (Ret.) Name ______(In honor of Patrick McGlamery) Andrew J. Sokolik Richard H. Schimmelpfeng * Gerald J. and Shirley L. Grossman Joan M. Soulsby Norman D. and Nora B. Stevens Karen M. Guillet Gerard K. and Virginia L. Stewart Address ______(In honor of David L. McChesney and Joseph J. Hanggi, Jr. Mary E. Thatcher Patrick McGlamery) Joyce C. Havey Dennis H. Thornton, Jr. Gordon W. Tasker (In memory of The Honorable James M. (In honor of Patrick McGlamery) City ______General J. J. Went, USMC (Ret) Havey) Bruce A. Tomkins Mr. and Mrs. Harold F. Hawkins, Jr. $500 - $999 Anthony A. and Carol A. Trouern-Trend Clem W. Hitchcock John F. and Judith B. Troy State ______Zip ______Leanne H. Jaworski Eldon H. and Judith G. Bernstein University of Connecticut League Keith B. and Marietta W. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Bunnell Cathy J. Wilson Albert C. Johnson Phone ______Bernard and Martha D. Buonanno Marilyn C. Wilson James H. Johnston Jr. Connecticut Library Association Yuen-Chi Wu Walter W. and Phyllis M. Kaercher Joseph R. Ertl Edward H. Yeterian Please make checks payable to the UConn David L. and Billie M. Kapp Henry and June S. Krisch Roanne K. Karzon Foundation and send with this form to: Linda Robert A. and Lois E. Nagy * Indicates in-kind gift Bennett P. and Edith S. Katzen Rockville Bank Community Foundation, Inc. Every effort has been made to review all of Perrone, Director of Library External Relations, Emily D. Keltonic Victor and Janet Schachter the information included in this report. Richard K. Kiyomoto Babbidge Library, 369 Fairfield Way, Unit 2005-A, Cynthia M. Swol However, errors and omissions may still James and Jane Knox Storrs, CT 06269-2005. Dr. and Mrs. Jesse S. Tucker occur. Please accept our apologies if your Olga Krenicki information appears incorrectly, and please K. Narayan Kutty bring it to our attention. Richard M. Lanahan

Poras Collection of Vietnam War Memorabilia at Dodd Research Center

he political and social the 101st Airborne Division Tturbulence surround- at Fort Campbell, Kentucky ing the Vietnam War is and began his collection in reflected in a new collection the late 1990s. of artifacts and ephemera The collection had been recently catalogued and exhibited at the William now available to research- Benton Museum of Art in ers at the Thomas J. Dodd 2004, and at several other Research Center. universities in the United The Poras Collection of States, before being donated Vietnam War Memorabilia, to the Alternative Press a gift of Joseph and Linda Collection at the Dodd Poras of Framingham, MA, Center in November 2007. includes American and Vietnamese propa- The Thomas J. Dodd Research ganda, more than 250 posters from the pro-war Center at the University of Connecticut and anti-war movements, buttons, pamphlets, houses one of the largest collections of correspondence, maps, Zippo lighters used by Vietnam War era underground publica- Ludwig Rosiclair, a 4th semester pre-Pharmacy major from Shelton, American servicemen, and other items, dated tions in the country. The finding aid for CT, takes advantage of the comfortable new furnishings in Babbidge Library’s Learning Commons, the 50th anniversary gift from the Class from 1965 through 1975. the collection is available online at http:// of 1958. The new furnishings include four couches, four over-stuffed Poras, a dentist with an interest in history, doddcenter.uconn.edu/findaids/poras/ tablet arm chairs, 18 two-position study chairs, four over-stuffed served in the U.S. Army from 1970 to 1972 in MSS20070124.html. rocking chairs, and five tables featuring logos for the Learning Commons. The Learning Commons is an extremely popular student-focused suite of services, technologies, and study spaces to support collaborative and individual academic achievement.

7 273700 NON-PROFIT ORG. I N S I D E U. S. POSTAGE What’s PAID STORRS, CT Page 2 Vice Provost for University Libraries and University of Connecticut PERMIT NO. 3 Emeritus Director of University Libraries launch a new endowment for art exhibits and a Homer Babbidge Library new series in honor of Emeritus Professor of 369 Fairfield Way Art Roger Crossgrove. Unit 2005 Page 3 An artist from California embarks on a new art Storrs, CT 06269-2005 installation in Babbidge Library. Page 4 A librarian and School of Nursing faculty member incorporate a research component into a class. Page 5 In the guest column on diversity issues, Women’s WStudies Director Manisha Desai reflects on last November’s terrorist attacks in her hometown of Mumbai. Page 6 Senior administrator William Orr’s life and support of the University Libraries is remem- bered.

WEB SITE www.lib.uconn.edu INFORMATION 860-486-4637 HOURS www.lib.uconn.edu/about/hours/ or 860-486-4636 EXHIBITS www.lib.uconn.edu/about/exhibits/ Exhibits January 20 through March 6, 2009 An Accidental Artist Familiar Terrain COMING Joan Jacobson-Zamore, Printmaker The Hooked Rugs of Lida Skilton March 16 – May 15, 2009 Indigenous Voices Aztec, Mayan and Incan Codices

Babbidge Library, Gallery on the Plaza Curators: Erika McNeil & Laura Katz Smith Babbidge Library, Stevens Gallery Curators: Laura Katz Smith & Suzanne Zack The Year of Darwin Charles Darwin, 1809-1882: Legacy of a Naturalist

Graphical list of Tarascan/Purepecha (Michoacan) dead warriors

Charles Darwin sailed on the second survey voyage of the HMS Beagle Dodd Research Center Gallery (1831-1836) as a naturalist and gentleman companion for Captain Robert Fitzroy. Ship’s artist Conrad Martens painted the watercolor of Also on display… Curators: Carolyn Mills, Melissa native Fuegians hailing the ship. Watterworth & Kentwood Wells Portraits in Glass by Debbie Tarsitano

Volume 15, Number 1 February/March 2009 Connecticut Wilderness Sculpture & Mixed Media by Randall Nelson University of Connecticut Libraries is published four times each year to provide current information about collections, services, and activities to those interested in the welfare of the Libraries. If you do not wish to receive the newsletter, please contact Ann Galonska at [email protected] or 860-486-6882. Transitional Spaces In Post-Soviet Estonia Editor Suzanne Zack Photographs by Sara Rhodin Contributors Valori Banfi, Michael J. Bennett, Manisha Desai, Brinley Franklin, Valerie Love, Laura Katz Smith, Ben Spaulding, Norman Stevens, and Jennifer Telford.