Eugene McDermott Library 2002 Annual Report The University of Texas at The State of the Library

In academe the library holds a special place as the heart University's mission, we constantly monitor our book of the campus. If McDermott Library is not located in the selections and seek input from the faculty. middle of the University of Texas at Dallas, it nevertheless We have started a leisure reading program with books wishes to be at its heart. Toward that end McDermott ranging from fiction to self-help. This program has proved Library supported a host of activities in the past year that very popular. engaged our faculty members, authors, historians, our Our Special Collections Department is well known for champion chess team, our baseball team, and our softball bringing new people to campus, and last year was no team. These collaborations enlivened our campus and put exception. Its unique resources attracted scholars, docu- the Library in the university spotlight. We worked with the mentary producers, writers, and the curious from across the Center for U.S. - Mexico Studies, Multicultural Center, country and from abroad. The collections continue to grow and the UTD Mercury. in size and significance. As significant as the McDermott Library’s programs were, Participation in conferences, professional meetings, they were peripheral to our central mission. That mission is training programs, on-line courses, and library science spelled out further in this annual report. classes have been important for keeping our staff current In the past year we built on previous accomplishments to with new developments. Our staff learns from and con- expand access to electronic resources provided by the tributes to professional programs. University of Texas System, the Texas State Library, and For much of the past year the Library staff has had to the Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund. This mission work in the midst of a renovation project. Although the top applies to both the McDermott and Callier Center libraries. floor of the McDermott Library was the principal con- This year we added 4,000 journals on-line. We implement- struction zone, the work impacted other floors as well. ed programs that, in most cases, allow us to deliver articles Wanting to see the project completed in a timely manner, requested on interlibrary loan by email. On-line reference the Library staff has tolerated the disruptions with good service is now available to distance education students and humor. Close working relationships with the architect, our on-campus patrons. We are committed to bringing the Booziotis & Company, and the prime contractor, Turner Library and its resources to our patrons wherever they may Construction, have smoothed out many potential problems. be. In addition the staff's inventiveness has kept the project With these innovations teaching our patrons to use tech- from impacting our users more than absolutely necessary. nology is vital to our mission, and our Bibliographic Next year's annual report will feature the fine new facil- Instruction program is meeting that need. Our reference ities currently under construction. Mrs. Margaret staff worked with our technical services staff to plan a new McDermott, widow of our namesake Eugene McDermott, facility during the year. made this needed renovation possible. The extra quality Books are and will remain central to the Library's mis- built into the project is a result of her direct support, sion. To be sure that we add books significant to the involvement and concern. Larry D. Sall, Ph.D. Director of Libraries Contents

The State of the Library by Larry D. Sall, Ph.D ...... 2

McDermott’s Curiosity by Tom Koch ...... 4-5

Library Instruction by Loreen Phillips ...... 6

Library Technical Services by Faizur Rahman ...... 7

Interlibrary Loan by Vickie Bullock ...... 8

Special Collections by Erik D. Carlson, Ph.D...... 9

Leisure Reading by Matt Makowka ...... 10

The Year...... 11-13

Looking at Numbers...... 14

Library Leaders and Managers...... 15

The McDermott Library Annual Report is a publication of the University of Texas at Dallas Libraries, PO Box 830643, MC 33, On the cover Richardson, Texas 75083-0643 Phone 972-883-2960 The 2002 Annual Report is dedicated to the Fax 972-883-2473 library’s namesake - the late Eugene C. McDermott. The cover features a bronze bust of Mr. McDermott Larry D. Sall, Director of Libraries that is on display in the lobby of the McDermott Tom Koch, Editor Library. All photos by Rick Biddenstadt, At left, Eugene McDermott as he appeared on Photographer, unless otherwise noted Oct. 29, 1964 during the dedication of the Founder’s Building at the Graduate Research © 2002, UTD Libraries Center of the Southwest, the forerunner of UTD. 3 File Photo Curiosity, just curiosity

His name is on the main library at The University of gious energy to foster it. After the TI trio created the Texas at Dallas. Graduate Research Center of the Southwest (that evolved But who was Eugene C. McDermott beyond one of the into UTD in 1969), McDermott lamented that Dallas lacked three Inc. leaders who created the pre- public kindergartens and had failed to provide a public jun- dessor of UTD? ior college. That is not easy to answer because McDermott was a He helped found St. Mark’s School of Texas in Dallas multi-faceted dynamic individual. Years ago he told a and served nine years as its president. He served as trustee Dallas Morning News reporter, “Scientists have looked at the Hockaday School for Girls, and was a member of the from the planets all the way to the microscopic and submi- visiting committees at Harvard University and the croscopic. This is fine. But it’s time we got back to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in areas spanning macroscopic, the big instead of the little, the obvious, liv- psychology, population studies and physics. ing organism. We need to investigate at the level of gross His philanthropy touched education far and wide. morphology.” He gave Stevens Institute more than $1 million to build Brooklyn born, McDermott earned an ME degree from a 15-story building in Hoboken, NJ. Stevens made him an Stevens Institute of Technology and an MA from Columbia honorary doctor of science. University. He and Dr. J.C. Karcher created Geophysical He helped dedicate a new building at MIT and provided File Photo Serivce Inc. (GSI) to pursue geophysical exploration for oil 55 students with full and partial scholarships. Eugene C. McDermott companies. He supported a visiting professorship in anesthesiology He had some 10 inventions in various areas from geo- at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. chemistry to antisubmarine warfare. During World War II He served on the Board of Governors and Board of he was a civilian consultant to the government’s Office of Trustees at Southern Methodist University (SMU) and con- Scientific Research and Development. tributed money to establish a theater in SMU’s Owen’s McDermott and Karcher developed the reflection seis- Fine Arts Center. mograph to explore geological formations by measuring At Western Reserve University in Cleveland shock waves coming from underground explosions. It was McDermott was associated with studies in clinical anthro- GSI that developed into TI, a diversified engineering and pology. He wrote a paper titled “The Varieties of Human manufacturing company known for Jack Kilby and the cre- Physique.” ation of the integrated circuit. “The aim of education at all levels must be to maximize Most credit McDermott for forming the TI team of everyone’s capacities for thinking and doing,” he said. McDermott, Erik Jonsson and Cecil Green. At TI Asked what drove him to be a scholar, scientist, engi- McDermott was president, board chairman and executive neer, industrialist, philanthropist, inventor, education leader, committee chairman. weekend rancher and author, McDermott replied: 4 He had a particular interest in education and a prodi- “Curiosity, just curiosity.” Eugene C. McDermott

Born: Brooklyn, New York, February 12, 1899 Died: Dallas, TX, August 24, 1973

Earned Degrees 1919 - M.E., Stevens Institute of Technology 1925 - M.A.,

Honorary Degrees: 1960 - Doctor of Science, Stevens Institute of Technology 1972 - Doctor of Humane Letters, University of Dallas

Professional Experience:

1930-41 - (Predecessor company of Texas Instruments Inc.) File Photo Cofounder, Vice President, President, Chairman 1941-51 - Geophysical Service Inc. (GSI), Dallas, TX 1951-73 - Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (Chairman, 1951-57; Chairman Mrs. Margaret McDermott, shown here with her late hus- of the Executive Committee, Board of Directors, 1958-64; Director, 1965-73) band, Eugene McDermott, continues to generously sup- port the McDermott Library and programs of excellence at Educational Affiliations: UTD. Southwestern Medical School Foundation, Dallas, TX - Member, Executive Committee and Vice President Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX - Member, Board of Governors & Board of Trustees St. Mark's School of Texas, Dallas, TX - Member, Board of Trustees Graduate Center of the Southwest, Richardson, TX (Predecessor of The University of Texas at Dallas - Co-Founder

Professional Affiliations: Children's Medical Center - Member, Board of Trustees Presbyterian Hospital - Member, Board of Trustees Texas Research Foundation - Trustee

Honors and Awards:

1966 - Bene Merenti Medal File Photo 1969 - University of Texas Santa Rita Award 1972 - Service Award of the Dallas Hospital Council 1972 - Linz Award 5 Library Instruction @ McDermott

Reference librarian Hillary Campbell begins a Bibliographic Instruction session.

By Loreen Phillips In 1980, the first BI Librarian, Margaret "Peggy" one computer, but the Library's electronic resources Bibliographic Instruction Librarian Olsson, gave instruction classes with a borrowed chalk could be demonstrated, the students could be shown log- board and an overhead projector. The Library Instruction in procedures, and research techniques could be demon- The newly renovated Bibliographic Instruction (BI) program at McDermott did not have its first computer strated. Jane Darling later coordinated library instruction Room at the McDermott Library provided an opportuni- until 1986. Classes were taught in a corner of the until 2001. Ms. Darling was able to both assign instruc- ty to reflect on the progress of library instruction at the Reference area between the Reference Desk and the tion to all the librarians and teach. It has only been a lit- University of Texas at Dallas. In September the room Index shelves. Later, library databases were on CD's that tle more than a year since I came on board, but coordi- was updated with 32 computers. We are now calling this had to be loaded and updated monthly. These products nating the BI program, giving instruction, and working Library Instruction @ McDermott. could not easily be demonstrated. Connie Hildebrand, with the renovation of the BI room has been exciting. The ELO System integrates a PC, DVD and CD the next BI Librarian, enjoyed advanced technology with In the few weeks since the renovation has been com- players, VCR, sound, lighting and wall screens into one the Library's first on-line computers. Classes were some- pleted the librarians have embraced the possibilities that control panel located in the lecturer's podium, allowing times taught in the Electronic Reference Center in the the new technology allows us to offer. We are finding the librarians to use the technology to demonstrate as middle of the library during the busiest, most populated new ways to show that books, journals, print materials well as allow for hands-on participation. Not only can times of day. Considerable team-teaching was needed in and electronic databases are all portals to knowledge. students see demonstrations of the electronic resources those days. Every piece of information learned in a Bibliographic the Library has to offer, they can now participate in Finally, in 1997, library administration converted a Instruction session is transferable to another part of life. hands-on sessions with a librarian. With all this technol- back room into an instruction room furnished with Whether they are used for job hunting, buying a car, ogy the future of BI at McDermott is unlimited. equipment taken from other library departments and the achieving a Ph.D., or simply finding a limb on the fami- But where did all this begin? Learning Resources Center. During the tenure of ly tree, research techniques are useful in many areas of Back in 1969, at the advent of UTD as a graduate Dorothy Notarnicola, the next BI Librarian, the library inquiry. school, there was no library instruction. In fact, had a website. The first webpages were created and bib- Library Instruction @ McDermott gives the Bibliographic Instruction for McDermott is only 22 liographic instruction took on a new direction with the University of Texas at Dallas community knowledge. years old. As the saying goes, it's come a long way. latest technology. True, the room was equipped with only Knowledge is empowering.

6 Library

Technical Services Management Staff: Technical Faizur Rahman, Library Systems; Jane Hoorman, Materials/Aquisitions; Angela Jones, Cataloging-/Reserves; Joanie Aquatero, LITS; Jean Vik, Associate Director, Technical Services. Services

By Faizur Rahman records to provide direct access to electronic materials a search term, a patron can restrict the list of new titles by Manager, Library Systems already in the collection as a print title," said Jean Vik, subject, library location, call number, author or title. Associate Director for Technical Services. "More than Increased Report Writing Abilities: Technical Remarkable numbers were the story in Library 5,000 such links were added this year." Services also applies software to keep track of resources, Technical Services during the past year. Approximately The Library Technical Services department consists patron information, database usage, vendor statistics, 125,000 new records were added to the library catalog of Materials Acquisition, Cataloging/Reserves, Library orders placed, serials checked in and claimed, discharged applying both automated and manual techniques. Information Technology Services, and Library Systems. reports, etc. Now we have a combination of people and Records were batch loaded for books, serials, electronic These divisions provide the support and skill to build machine power that can perform all the technical jobs journals, and microfiche. and maintain the library's collections and services using whenever and wherever needed. Records for one microfiche set containing more than the latest technology. "Each year is an exciting time as Networking Printing and Installations: A network 83,000 titles were purchased and bulk loaded into the the staff finds new and innovative ways to build and printing solution was added to improve printing opera- database. A file of over 5,000 titles was loaded into the maintain the library's databases," Vik said. tions. Students send printouts to high-speed printers for database providing records with links to electronic jour- Installation of a library proxy server: This great quality black and white pages. In addition, they can send nals. Most of the books received through the approval system enhancement increased access for the remote files to a networked color printer to color highlight plan come shelf-ready with MARC records. user to the library's electronic journals and databases. reports. The print management software allows students By purchasing files of records for sets of titles owned Now anyone with an active McDermott library card can to password protect files to be printed only by them at by the library and receiving records for new books, the access the library resources anytime from anywhere in the print release stations. This solution has reduced the library has increased the number of titles added without the world. We use the latest "IP recognition technology" printers in the Electronic Reference Center from 26 to 3, increasing staff. This makes the library's collections which is the heart of today's database connectivity. It decreasing the amount of printer maintenance required more accessible and reduces the amount of time from works by talking to our different database vendors on from the Library Information Technology Service (LITS) purchase to circulation. behalf of our remote users, and relaying the vendor's department. Catalogers enter records manually for titles without a responses back to the users. In other words, the library Added Equipment and Software: The LITS staff MARC record. This and the bulk loads have resulted in a proxy server sees where our user wants to go, authenti- upgraded 165 library computers to Windows 2000. LITS record number of titles being added to the database. For cates the user, then passes the request to the vendor who was kept busy installing new equipment and software to example the number of titles added increased from receives the traffic as coming from a campus machine. finish projects supported by the TIF Board grant. The 18,225 in fiscal year 2000-2001 to 124,726 in fiscal year New Titles Listings: This software can retrieve all library added two windows servers to support the net- 2001-2002. "Besides entering new records in the data- the new titles added to the library catalog during a speci- work printing solution and enhance the library staff help base, the catalogers have been adding a link to existing fied period ranging from one week to a month. By entering desk. 7 Interlibrary Loan By Vickie Bullock courier or postal mail is easily scanned into Manager, Interlibrary Loan Ariel. Using this enhancement to Ariel allows Interlibrary Loan staff to forward During the past year the Interlibrary Loan materials to patrons faster while saving staff Department expanded its services by upgrad- time, paper, printer toner and envelopes. At ing its Ariel software to Version 3.1. New the receiving end, patrons evaluate and select hardware and the Ariel software enabled the pertinent pages for use without having to McDermott Library to scan articles, photos, print or forward an entire document. This and other documents directly and transmit the new service was well received by UTD facul- electronic images to other Ariel workstations ty, staff and students. It has been especially around the world, using either FTP or e-mail. helpful to distance education students. The system allows the McDermott Library to It is not, however, without challenges. receive documents from other Ariel libraries Depending on the graphics or number of for patron delivery. pages in an article, the PDF file can be quite Instead of printing articles and mailing large. Many email servers, including the them to patrons or taking articles to the Copy UTD email server, has a quota on the size of Center for pick up, the library now converts files that can be attached and how many files the articles into an Adobe PDF files and can be in an email account at one time. It is sends them directly to patrons as an e-mail not unusual for a faculty or student to request Interlibrary Loan staff member Merry Trujillo (at left) and division attachment. a number of articles at one time. Because of manager Vickie Bullock send and receive materials with libraries The majority of the articles requested on the quota the library cannot send more than throughout the country in both manual and electronic means. Interlibrary Loan are delivered to UTD via two or three articles per day to each patron. Ariel. The small percentage that arrives by

8 Special Collections

By Erik D. Carlson, Ph.D. tions in Dallas to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Head, Special Collections Plano Star Courier, Richardson Morning News, The Scranton Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, Contra- The McDermott Library Special Collections Costa Times (Calif.), The State (South Carolina) and Department consists of three main areas - the History Salt Lake Tribune. of Aviation Collection, the Belsterling Botanical The HAC held a luncheon and tour for the Book Collection and the Wineburgh Philatelic International Association of Transport and Research Library. Communications Museums affiliate, the Air & Space Highlights of the past year in Special Collections Museums Group, during its 2002 Annual Conference include a presentation by Auburn University history in Dallas. professor W. David Lewis, Ph.D. in the George W. Dr. Carlson made special presentations on avia- Jalonick III and Dorothy Cockrell Jalonick Memorial tion history to the McFaddin-Ward House historical Distinguished Lecture Series and two programs dur- group in Beaumont, Texas and the Richardson ing National Library Week about the Jimmy Doolittle Golden Kiwanis Club. Archive in observance of the 60th Anniversary of the The Louise B. Belsterling Foundation of the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo. Dallas Garden Club provided a donation that resulted During the summer Lewis spoke to a near-capac- in the acquisition of three early 19th Century botani- ity audience in the McDermott Library Auditorium cal books. Pomona Herefordiensis (1811) and a two- about "The Hero in His Prime: Edward V. volume set, The New Botanic Garden (1812) were Rickenbacker and Eastern Air Lines, 1934-1941." An printed in England. A rare book expert was brought in endowment for the series dedicated to presentations to evaluate the older books in the Belsterling Auburn professor W. David Lewis talks by aviation scholars was started by George Jalonick Collection and recommend needed restorations and about Eddie Rickenbacker IV and his wife, Mary Jalonick. other preservation methods. The evaluation was made Researchers used the resources of the HAC's possible by a gift from friends and family in memory extensive Williams and Ferko collections of World of Mrs. Mim Watson, a longtime Belsterling War I photographs for a History Channel television Collection supporter. program on fighter pilots and for a book on Sanke The Wineburgh Philatelic Research Library con- cards featuring German aces. A writer consulted the tinued to add to and update volumes in its collection Braniff International Airways collection for a national and co-sponsored the Children’s Youth Center at the magazine feature about the Lockheed Constellation. annual Texas Philatelic Exhibition in Dallas that is In April, Doolittle Archives curator and author sanctioned by the American Philatelic Society C.V. Glines (USAF, Ret.) and Erik D. Carlson, Ph.D., Special Collections accepts donations to build Head of Special Collections, gave lectures about the resources for academic research in the areas men- famous raid of 1942 that lifted American spirits and tioned above. For information contact the department alarmed the Japanese. Glines discussed aspects of the at MC 33, PO Box 830643, McDermott Library, Doolittle Raid while Carlson made a comparison Richardson TX 75083-0643, 972-883-2570 or fax Jalonick Lecture Series sponsor George between the Hollywood movie treatment of the raid 972-883-4590. Jalonick IV (right) and Maj. Gen. Richard and historical facts. Coverage of the 60th anniversary The website is www.utdallas.edu/library/special. Mulberry (USMC, Ret.). event extended to local talk radio and television sta- 9 Leisure Books Collection

By Matt Makowka are returned to the company at no charge. Those Leisure Reading Section Manager deemed valuable or of long-lasting quality to the library's permanent collection may be purchased at a The Eugene McDermott Library has adopted a win- fraction of the cover price. What is not used in the per- ning collection. manent collection may be returned to the McNaughton In January 2002, much to the delight of students, Book Service. And once per month, new titles are faculty, and staff, the McDermott Library introduced a ordered to replenish those returned. At the same time, collection of high-demand leisure reading materials, the leisure reading collection makes patrons happy, ful- the McNaughton Collection. Numbering 1,000 books filling their desire for popular reading materials in the and growing, the McNaughton Collection caters to library. desires for every imaginable genre: mysteries, science As the McDermott Library's Reference and fiction, fiction, fantasy, romance, westerns, true crime, Electronic Services Librarian, I manage the non-fiction, biographies and autobiographies. It McNaughton account, selecting new books each debuted to much fanfare among McDermott Library month. Working within the 50-books-per-month limit patrons. There are indications the program will contin- designated by the lease contract, I use professional ue to grow in popularity. sources such as Library Journal and Publishers The McNaughton Collection is a lease library Weekly, consult students and colleagues, anticipate my whose concept originated with Nelson McNaughton audience's taste in books, regularly check The National more than 50 years ago. It continues in its current form Campus Bestsellers and other bestseller lists, and even as the McNaughton Book Service. It combines the best pore over book reviews on Amazon.com, a major of both worlds: the convenience of the library with the online book retailer, to make the best selections. currency of the book retailer. For a modest fee much According to 2002 circulation statistics, the most lower than retail prices, the McNaughton Book Service popular authors have been John Grisham, J.K. Rowling temporarily loans books to the library. of Harry Potter fame, Michael Moore, Stephen King, Matt Makowka (left), manager of the popular new The McNaughton Collection allows the library to Robert Ludlum, Jean Auel, Mary Higgins Clark, Dean Leisure Reading Section, shows a best-seller to meet patron demands for popular reading materials Koontz, David Baldacci, Danielle Steel and James Mircea Grancea. without suffering the commitment involved in purchas- Patterson. At last count, approximately 850 books had ing them. The result is a win-win situation for the circulated for the year. The staff predicts that as news library and its patrons. Books that fail to circulate, of the McNaughton Collection spreads, circulation arouse little demand, and take up precious shelf space numbers will grow.

10 The Year

As the university grew to a record 13,400 enrollment in the 2002 fall semester, the McDermott Library continued to add services and expand its electronic resources. All this in the midst of perhaps the most unfortunate of all library anoyances - noise. Patrons and staff alike were patient with the wide range of renovation including the complete refurbishment of the McDermott Suite on the fourth floor, major concrete work to fill the open spaces between the third and fourth floors, re-sealing of the roof and overhangs, upgrading of the main stairway and overhaul of the heating and air conditioning units.

In response to many requests on campus, the McDermott Library established a Leisure Book Section through a book-leasing program offered by McNaughton Book Services. The program allows the library to offer general reading materials in addition to the core of scholarly items that is the main focus of an academic library. The service enables the library to offer the most popular titles and return those in low demand. The program maximizes the library's collection development, saves shelf space and does not require a permanent investment. The major renovation of the library continued through out 2002 on the roof, third and fourth floors and the Library Information Technology Services main stairway from the first to the fourth floor as (LITS) installed 50 new computers in library shown above. offices, the new network printing solution in the Electronic Reference Center and handled 712 calls from library staff. The new floor above Special Collections with light- Electronic databases added to the catalog ing wires ready for hookup. - Photo by Carole Thomas included Military Library FullTEXT Database, Cell Press, PsycInfo (new version), and HeritageQuest. In light of the changing aspect of library 11 science, the McDermott Library rewrote its periodicals. Discovered during the shifting was Mission and Vision statements by establishing an entire cart of titles not in the catalog and teams consisting of the library staff. nearly a dozen titles that required relabeling. Intense preparation work was done by Kreg The MISSION STATEMENT is: "We Walvoord, Linda DePhillips, Vickie Bullock, embrace the mission of the University of Texas Jean Vik and Ellen Safley at Dallas by providing maximum access to rel- evant, authoritative, and scholarly resources. The library inaugurated a new lecture series We are dedicated to maintaining a congenial in cooperation with the campus newspaper, the atmosphere for the library community and will UTD Mercury. Because of the terrorist attack endeavor to accommodate the needs of our on New York's World Trade Center on Sept. diverse clientele." 11, 2001, the first lecture featuring veteran Dallas Morning News sports columnist Frank The VISION is: "The University of Texas Luksa was postponed for one year. Luksa at Dallas Libraries pledge to promote a collab- came back on Sept. 4, 2002 and had the audi- orative and congenial learning environment as ence laughing about humorous incidents dur- active partners with the faculty and administra- ing his 40-plus years of covering the Dallas tion in realizing the University's mission. Cowboys professional football team. In 2001 Employing the latest technology, the Libraries true crime writers Carlton Stowers and Bill will gain, manage and maintain access to the Dear appeared after the Luksa postponement. greatest number of resources relevant to the The library joined the UTD Center of U.S.- University's teaching and research mission. Mexico Studies to present Pulitzer Prize-win- Constant effort and innovation will make ning journalist Andres Oppenheimer of the access as efficient as possible. Librarians will Miami Herald who discussed, “Mexico and the The massive periodicals shift consumed 10 teach patrons how to evaluate and extract the United States in 2006: The Challenge of days and 350 person hours. maximum from our resources. The Libraries Liberalization.” will preserve and manage important and unique materials for present and future schol- The library display case commemorated arship. Recruiting and retaining excellent staff, events such as Memorial Day (CAT/Air updating its expertise, and encouraging its par- America), Veterans Day (Armistice Day), ticipation in professional activities will ensure Black History Month, Hispanic Heritage high quality service that will add value to the Month, Summer Reading and International University's assets. Finally, the Libraries will Week. In addition, the case displayed books maintain the highest ethical standards as stated written and/or edited by UTD faculty. in the American Library Association Code of The Library Lecture Series continued in the Ethics." Spring semester with appearances by former A major shift of periodicals and journals on UTD President and Geosciences professor the main floor involved 85 percent of the Robert H. Rutford, Ph.D. ("Tourism in library staff. There were 6,980 shelves or 3.9 Antarctica: An Asset or an Issue?"), Tim miles of shelving involved. It took 10 days and Redman, Ph.D. ("Chess at UTD: What and 350 person hours to complete the shift. Human Why?"), Raul P. Garduno of the U.S. Social UTD history professor Carla Gerona hands moved 598,436 items plus many loose Security Administration ("Social Security . . . holds a blackened penny from the 1921 Tulsa race riot after a guest lecture by 12 author Tim Madigan (at right). It's More Than Retirement") and Geosciences featured two special lectures commemorating professor Kent C. Nielsen, Ph.D. ("Atlantis: the 60th Anniversary of the Jimmy Doolittle Plato's Puzzle"). raid on Tokyo. Special Collections houses the personal papers and artificats of Jimmy One of the most popular events of the year Doolittle, who led the daring B-25 raid on was the newly-created ChessFest, a series of April 18, 1942 from the aircraft carrier USS four events over four days in March that fea- Hornet only four months after the surprise tured the university's national championship attack on Pearl Harbor. The first lecture was Chess Team. The mighty chessmen (and presented by Col. C.V. Glines (USAF Ret.), women) used the March ChessFest celebration the official biographer of the Doolittle Raiders, as a prep for the major national showdown who has written numerous books about with arch rival University of Maryland Doolittle and the raid. The second lecture (Baltimore County). Chess players showed up served as meeting for the UTD Alumni in large numbers to challenge the UTD Chess Association board and was presented by Erik Team that later went to Miami and won back- D. Carlson, Ph.D., Head of Special Collections to-back Final Four of Chess championships. at UTD. Through the use of video and power Events included a Challenge the Champions point, Dr. Carlson explained his topic, "The tournament in which a Chess Team member Doolittle Raid: Hollywood versus Reality." played up to four challengers simultaneously. Chess Team members were busy for four National Library Week included a Writer's The Challenge the Champions tournament during hours playing challengers from around the Series presentation by Tim Madigan, Fort ChessFest drew curious observers including Director of campus. Another feature was the Human Worth Star-Telegram reporter and author of Libraries Dr. Larry Sall (left) and UTD President Dr. Chess Set whereby UTD Grandmaster Yuri The Burning: Massacre, Destruction, and the Franklyn Jenifer (center). Shulman directed human chess pieces through Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. Madigan gave his one of the game's classic matches. Both of emotional talk before Dr. Carla Gerona’s these events received major news coverage. freshman history class.

National Library Week in April was full of At the Callier Center Library in Dallas, activities leading off with a "Hit a Home Run librarian Allen Clayton, Ph.D., participated in with Scotty" celebration to encourage patrons National Medical Librarians Month during to use the 3M Self Check computer to check October. Clayton produced a special book- out books. Members of the UTD baseball and mark featuring Callier Library's information softball teams, came to the lobby with UTD on along with a copy of the Medical Library President Franklyn Jenifer and Richardson Association's (MLA) poster, "Take a Byte out Mayor Gary Slagel for the opening ceremony. of Medical Misinformation." The back side of Library staff wore baseball hats and served the bookmark had a list of MLA's "Most popcorn out of an old fashioned popcorn cart. Useful Websites" for health information. The baseball and softball teams donated an Callier also entered anyone who returned a autographed baseball and autographed softball library item during the month in a drawing for shirt for prizes. The McDermott Library later a $25 gift certificate to Majors Scientific received $1,000 from the 3M Company for its Books. An informal Callier reception included UTD grandmaster Yuri Shulman directs a ChessFest crowd promotion of the Scotty machine. free snacks and promotional key chains that participating in a “Human Chess Set” through a famous double as soft drink can and bottle cap open- chess match. The first day of National Library Week also ers. 13 Looking at Numbers

UTD Libraries

Library Collections FY 00/01 FY 01/02 Total Titles 663,664 754,491 Total Volumes 861,701 948,019

New Titles Added 18,255 124,726 Left to right - Sheila Blankenship, Director of Libraries Larry Sall, Vickie Bullock and Toni Huckaby. Microforms Held 94,398 179,859 Cartographic Materials 12,300 12,653 Distinguished Librarians Media 4,913 5,080 Compact Discs 2,211 1,706 and Staff Electronic Books 6,465 23,499 2002 Ethel Ward-McLemore Electronic Journals Cataloged 7,389 10,527 Awards for Library Excellence Government Documents 164,794 145,470 Sharon Deal, Reference Web Page Hits 3,678,914 4,783,974 Ruth Oldham, Cataloging Service Expenditures Vickie Bullock, Interlibrary Loan, 30 years Library Materials $1,973,000 $2,610,800 Sheila Blankenship, Copy Center, 20 years Erica Yeung, Cataloguing, 15 years Salaries & Wages 1,815,000 1,933,517 Toni Huckaby, Special Collections, 15 years Other Operating Costs 900,000 600,424 Nora Edwards, Materials/Acq., 15 years Tity Nguyen, Materials/Acq., 10 years Jach Ross, Administration, 5 years Debbie Montgomery, Cataloguing, 5 years 14 Evelyn Guerin, Materials/Acq., 5 years Library Leaders and Managers

Dr. Ellen Safley Carolyn Henebry Jean Vik Dr. Erik D. Carlson Linda Snow Associate Director, Head, Special Associate Director, Associate Director, Head, Reference Dr. Larry D. Sall Public Services and Administration Technical Services Collections Collections Director of Libraries Development

Loreen Phillips Dr. Allen Clayton Tom Koch Jach Ross Joan Aquatero Angela Jones Bibliographic Librarian, Coordinator, Library Administrative Manager, Library Manager, Instruction Callier Center Library Public Relations Services Officer Information Services Cataloging/Reserves

Jane Hoorman Debbie Gilbert Faizur Rahman Vickie Bullock Lee Rumph Rick Biddenstadt Manager, Manager, Circulation Manager, Library Manager, Manager, Library Photographer Materials/Acquisitions Systems Interlibrary Loan Copy Center 15 Eugene McDermott Library The University of Texas at Dallas PO Box 830643 Richardson TX 75083-0643