6/30/10 This issue: AD Recruitment Underway/1; Sunday Funnies Ceremony/2; Additional Appointment to Combined ADs Search Committee/2; Summer Workshops/3; Committee Appointments Announced/3; 20009-2010 Faculty Honors and Awards Reception/4; CMS Training/5; Digital Storytelling Sessions/5; People/7; Exhibits/8

AD Recruitment Underway: From Carol Diedrichs: Our recruitment web site and brochure are now complete. You can find them at: http://library.osu.edu/about/jobs/administration/

We need everyone’s help in recruiting and finding excellent candidates for our leadership team. If you have suggestions for individuals that we should contact, please send that information to Marilyn Willhoff. I will send them a letter asking them to consider applying. Please indicate for which position they would be suitable and their contact information. Your name will not be used in the letter or shared with them.

You should also feel free to forward the following announcement of the availability of the positions to appropriate listservs:

The Ohio State University Libraries is seeking four dynamic and creative new leaders for its administrative team. In addition to implementing a new organizational model for the Libraries, these individuals will collaborate to carry out key elements of the Libraries' strategic plan, forge new partnerships, and develop innovative programs for campus constituents. Position descriptions and application information are available from the Libraries' web site, at http://library.osu.edu/about/jobs/administration/ In order to build a diverse workforce, Ohio State encourages applications from individuals with disabilities, minorities, veterans, and women. EEO/AA employer.

Independence Weekend Library Hours:

 Saturday, July 3: All libraries close at 5 p.m.  Sunday, July 4 (Independence Day): All libraries closed.  Monday, July 5: University Holiday--All libraries closed except the Science and Engineering Library, which will open at 5 p.m.

Sunday Funnies Commemorative Stamps First-Day-of-Issue Ceremony, Friday, July 16, 10:30 a.m., Ohio Union Performance Hall, 1739 High St.: Presented by the United States Postal Service and The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum. The “Sunday Funnies” stamp pane honors five of our most beloved comic strips: Archie, Beetle Bailey, Dennis the Menace, Garfield, and Calvin and Hobbes. The day’s program includes remarks by David Failor, Executive Director, Stamp Services, for the U.S. Postal Service; Joseph Alutto, OSU Provost, and Libraries Director Carol Diedrichs. Honorees attending are Archie Comics: Nancy Silberkleit, Co-CEO and Craig Boldman, cartoonist; Beetle Bailey: Mort Walker, Greg Walker, cartoonists; Calvin & Hobbes: Lee Salem, President and Editor, Universal Uclick; Dennis the Menace: Marcus Hamilton, Ron Ferdinand, Scott Ketcham, cartoonists; Garfield: Jim Davis, cartoonist. Archie characters TM & © 2009 Archie Comic Publications, Inc. Dennis the Menace ©2010 Hank Ketchum Enterprises, Inc. Beetle Bailey ©2010 King Features Syndicate, Inc. Garfield ©Paws. All Rights Reserved. Calvin and Hobbes ©2010 Universal Press Syndicate.

Associate Director/Planning and Administration Search Committee Convened: The Associate Director/Planning and Administration search committee met on June 30 to discuss Director Carol Diedrichs’ charge and the next step in the search process. The committee is reviewing materials from the pool of applicants and expects to make recommendations to Carol by mid-July.

Additional Appointment to Combined ADs Search Committee: Judy Cerqua has been added to the Combined Search Committee for the three associate director positions currently being recruited. In announcing the appointment, Libraries Director Carol Diedrichs said Judy’s addition to the committee would provide representation for the Libraries’ CCS staff. Carol said that she had not been aware when the earlier appointments were made that there were no CCS staff included. Updates on the work of the committees will be included in future issues of NewsNotes.

Executive Committee Notes: Executive Committee did not meet this week. The next meeting will be July 6.

2 Summer Workshops in Special Collections and Archives:

 “What’s New: Recent Additions to the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum’s Collections,” Lucy Caswell, Curator, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, Wednesday, July 14, 3-4:30 p.m., 023L Wexner [seminar room adjacent to the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum’s lower level entrance] This workshop will acquaint participants with the resources available in the Cartoon Library, especially those which might be of interest to generalists and undergraduates. Lucy Shelton Caswell, the founding curator, will provide a brief overview of the unit’s development since it was established in 1977, as well as a look at plans for its future in the renovated Sullivant Hall. She will provide a demonstration of the library’s Web- based resources, including the Opper Project. Workshop participants will then move to the library’s reading room for a gallery talk about “What’s New: Recent Additions to the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum’s Collections.”

 “Sharing Library Collections through Digitization,”Amy McCrory, Digital Imaging Specialist, OSUL Preservation Department / Digital Imaging Division, Tuesday, July 20, 3-4:30 p.m., Ackerman Tech Center, Room 5826: This workshop will focus on how digitization supports the traditional work of librarians, as well as opening up new opportunities. Examples from digitization projects done in OSU Libraries will be given, with discussion of how these support teaching, learning, research, and the sharing of our library’s unique collections.

Committee Appointments Announced: Libraries Director Carol Diedrichs has confirmed the following appointments to the Libraries’ committees for the coming year:

 Advisory Committee on Research (ACR): Jose Diaz, chair; Tschera Connell, Nancy Courtney, Anne Fields, Joseph Galron, Lynda Hartel  Committee on Faculty Benefits, Privileges and Responsibilities: Morag Boyd, chair; Tamar Chute, Karen Diaz, Joseph Galron, Kathy Webb  Faculty Review Board: Fern Cheek, Karen Diaz, Jennifer Kuehn, Natalie Kupferberg, Guoqing Li  Lecture Committee: Melanie Scholosser, chair; Larry Allen, Anne Gilliland, Amanda Gluibizzi, Henry Griffy, Beth Mastin, Nancy O’Hanlon, Kathy Webb  Planning and Policy Committee: Melanie Scholosser, chair; Beth Black, Jose Diaz, Dracine Hodges, David Lincove, Nancy O’Hanlon, Kathy Webb

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Curt Bonk, a well-known authority on emerging technologies for learning, spoke to an audience of 120 at a June 29 program at the Thompson Library. Bonk led a second presentation on the heroes, gurus, and revolutionaries of the shared internet.

The programs were jointly sponsored by OSUL and Franklin University. Bonk was offering three additional programs at Franklin on June 30.

4 CMS Training Schedule for Summer Quarter: Please use our sign up form to register for Content Management System training sessions. Registration is required for ALL classes. Space is limited to 14 participants per session.

 Introduction to the CMS: covers how to use the CMS to create pages and a short portion on the navigational structure. Each session includes significant hands-on practice time. This class is REQUIRED in order to create pages using the CMS. Located in Thompson 149. o Wednesday, July 21, 10am-12pm o Thursday, August 12, 10am -12pm

 Carmen Library Link and Subject Pages: covers the Carmen Library Link (CLL) editor and the connection from that system to the CMS for the creation of Subject pages using Carmen Library Link widgets. This session will also cover the changes to the CLL editor, so even those using it for a while are encouraged to attend. Located in SEL 390 o Wednesday, July 21, 2-4pm o Thursday, July 29, 10am-12pm

 Open Lab: Come with your questions and/or work with helpers standing by, it’s up to you. If you have a particular question, please share it on the registration form so we can be prepared to answer it. These require registration so we can be sure to have enough helpers. o Wednesday, July 21, 2-4pm (in SEL 390) o Thursday, July 29, 10am-12pm (in SEL 390) o Tuesday, August 24, 2-4pm (in THO 149)

Digital Storytelling Sessions Generate 12 Stories: Libraries Director Carol Diedrichs took time to enjoy the 12 stories created by Libraries’ staff participating in the Digital Storytelling Workshop held in June. The leaders of the sessions—Karen Diaz, Nancy Courtney and Anne Fields, with help from Cindy Gray from the Digital Union— congratulated the participants for their hard work, creativity, and perseverance on getting their stories told. Plans are being made for an appropriate forum in which to share the stories with our colleagues in the libraries.

Participants were Kevlin Haire, Michelle Drobik, Melanie McGurr, Beth Black, Lisa Iacobellis, Henry Griffy, Maureen Walsh, Beth Kattelman, Danny Dotson, Maureen Donovan, Miriam Conteh- Morgan, Pam McClung, Tschera Connell and Corey Riley (student at Music & Dance Library).

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Why Culture Shaping? Watch this short video to learn more: http://www.osu.edu/eminence/index.php?id=133

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Carol Diedrichs has been elected as a Delegate to the OCLC Global Council. The Global Council’s recommendations shape specific and encompassing OCLC policies and services, from operational details (such as pricing strategies and contribution requirements) to service enhancement issues (including policy on content-enriched monograph and serials table of contents records). Carol’s three-year term on the Council begins July 1, 2010.

Maureen Donovan has been selected to facilitate the Mid-Career & Senior Faculty Program of The Ohio State Teaching Enhancement Programs. The program was designed to provide tenured faculty with the opportunity to reflect on their teaching, explore new ideas, meet regularly with a group of peers, and implement changes. As part of this program, Maureen will develop and implement a personalized teaching enhancement plan, and will receive a $1,000 professional development grant.

Sandra Howe, Facilities Services Assistant, has been hired into the position on a permanent basis. Sandra was initially hired into the job when it was a six-month temporary position. The Facilities Services Assistant position was recently made permanent.

A thank you: My family and I would like to express our appreciation for the notes and flowers following the recent death of my father. The flowers were just beautiful. Dad was an OSU alumnus himself (his thesis is at the Depository) and he would have been pleased as can be to see the tribute. Thank you all. Sue Collins/Interlibrary Services

Personnel Report Provided by the OSU Libraries Human Resources Department

To comply with University procedures, employees applying for listed vacancies must complete a Promotion/Transfer Request (form 8931, Rev 9/97) during the week of the first listing of the vacancy in the University Personnel Posting (green sheet). To ensure awareness of all vacancies which have been posted, applicants should consult the weekly green sheet rather than relying on the listing in NewsNotes Online and are encouraged to attach a resume and/or other supporting documents to the form. Prospective faculty and staff applicants who are absent during the 5-day posting period and wish to apply should see Toni Morrison-Smith.

Library personnel can also review university employment opportunities at:

www.jobs.osu.edu

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“Hot off the Presses: The Curtiss From an 1806 James Gillray engraving Show Print Collection” to an editorial cartoon that helped Nick Anderson win the 2005 Pulitzer Prize, Thompson Library Gallery the range of materials added to the Billy 1858 Neil Ave. Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Through August 31 during the past five years is remarkable. This exhibition documents the Curtiss Selected examples are celebrated in the Show Print Collection, a remarkable exhibition What’s New? A Sampler of record of the beautiful letterpress work done by the company for its show business clients. The more than 1,200 printing blocks, as well as photographs, correspondence, job tickets, ledgers, and colorful print materials tell not only the story of the show printer, but also the history and legacy of traveling companies in the early to mid-20th century. Recent Acquisitions at The Ohio State Yes, ladies University’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and & Museum through August 20. gentlemen, (Graphic by James Gillray, 1756-1815) you'll see A Great Stream from a Petty Fountain; -or- posters, John Bull Swamped in the Flood of New- window Taxes:-Cormorants Fishing in the Stream. cards, May 9, 1806. Hand-colored engraving. heralds, Published by Hannah Humphrey, London. tickets, ads, Purchased with assistance from the William letterhead J. Studer Endowment in 2008). stationery, and much, much more. Want to know what entertained America "back then"? Step right up and see the “In recent years we have acquired an exhibition! astonishing assortment of rare and interesting materials,” said Lucy Shelton Caswell, Professor and Curator of the library. “Gifts, bequests, and deposit Recent Additions to the Collection collections have enriched our holdings Subject of Exhibition at OSU’s considerably. The materials in the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & exhibition are really just a small sample Museum of what has been added. We have also been fortunate to make several Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum outstanding purchases with the 27 West 17th Avenue Mall, assistance of the William J. Studer 023L Wexner Center Endowment, which honors the retired Through August 20 Director of University Libraries. Visitors

8 will enjoy the variety of more than two centuries of cartoon-related materials that are showcased in this exhibit.” The cartoonists whose work is exhibited are a who’s who of cartooning. Among those included are Lynda Barry, Eldon Dedini, derf, Will Eisner, Lee Lorenz, Trina Robbins, Jeff Smith, Jeff Stahler, Garry Trudeau, and Bill Watterson as well as older work by artists such as Richard Felton Outcault and James Montgomery Flagg. Parental discretion is advised when visiting this exhibit as some materials are adult-oriented.

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