OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES VOL.20NO.2 OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES The Valley Library IN THIS ISSUE: Main Campus, Corvallis Marilyn Potts Guin Library From the University Librarian Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport OSU-Cascades Campus Staff and Faculty News 4 Bend Instruction THE MESSENGER Writing 121 6 OSU Libraries Oregon State University 121 The Valley Library Oregon Multicultural Archives Corvallis, OR 97331-4501 Documenting the Cultures in Oregon's Communities 8 (541) 737-4633 http://osulibrary.oregonstate.eduhnessenger/ Campus News Karyle S. Butcher OSU Diversity Book Club 9 Donald and Delpha Campbell University Librarian Sabbatical NewsRichard Sapon-White Editor: Kevin Bokay Land of the Double-tailed Lion 10 Assistant Editor: Kerrie Cook [email protected] Student Videographer Editorial Committee: OSU Libraries on the Big Screen II Larry Landis Cliff Mead Donor Profile Chris Petersen Marjorie Guerber Jessup Sara Thompson Ruth Vondracek Library News Photos by: Kevin Bokay International Visitors; Author Readings; University Archives 13 Kerrie Cook Stephen Meyer Northwest Art Collection OSU Archives The Art of David Nez Richard Sapon-White 14 David Simmen The Messenger is published biannually.
Page 8 Page 12 Ruth Namur° Donor profile in Japanese Costume. Photograph by John Garman (OSU Archives, P95:93 John Garman ON THE COVER: Photograph Collec- Chief Hash-Nash-Shut, 1901. Photograph tion). Oregon Page 9 Page 14 by Benjamin A. Gifford (OSU Archives, Multicultural Diversity Book Club David Nez artwork P218: BAG #214 Gifford Photograph Archives. Collection). Oregon Multicultural Archives.
2 THE MESSENGER, FALL2005 FROMTHEUNIVERSIT' ARIAN
...I decided that basedonthis year's accomplishments, Iwould giveus asolid 'A."
Hello Library Supporters,
FIRST, LET ME WISH EACH OF YOU HAPPY HOLIDAYS! As we end the term and think of grades I thought about how I might grade the library. Realizing that I am not even reasonably impartial, I decided that based on this year's accomplishments, I would give us a solid "A." As you will see from this issue of The Messenger, our faculty and staff have been especially productive. In addition, we have launched a new multicultural archival program and we are well on the way to developing, in conjunction with the Institute for Natural Resources, a new website, The Oregon Explorer, that we envision as the "go to" place for information on natural resources. Below are some other reasons for my giving the library an "A." The hallmark of this year has been a quantitative and qualitative leap in applying technology to the discovery and delivery of information to our students and faculty. Our websites on the research of Linus Pauling have, as one journal notes, "set the standards" for what a website should be. Our research and development unit was awarded a $72,000 grant to expand development of a library searching prototype to Oregon's public libraries, and our Technical Services department has completed a trial program (now launched university-wide) which will allow students to submit their theses and dissertations to our gradu- ate school electronically. While technology plays an increasing role in the delivery of library services, it is the people working in the library who have the greatest impact on our faculty and students. This year we have seen terrific success with our library instruction program. Although my goal is to have a library that is easy and intuitive to use, the current reality is that the library can be overwhelming especially to undergraduates. The challenge for our library faculty is to design classes which teach both the basics of finding information as well as more advanced techniques on how to differentiate and evaluate information found. Finally, it is important to me to tell you that we would not be an "A" library without your financial help, your encouragement, and your belief that libraries are important. It is your generosity which has provided the funding for new initiatives and it is frequently these new initiatives which have led to new funding. All of us at Oregon State University Libraries thank you!
Ira4,6 Karyle Butcher
THE MESSENGER, FALL 2005 3 STAFF AND FACULTY NEWS
Employees: Consortium Administrator for the to both research and teaching in the Toni Hammerquist accepted Northwest Digital Archives project, a physical and biological sciences. M Newthe Library Technician 1 National Endowment for the Humani- position in Interlibrary Loan. She ties-funded consortium of archives in recently received a Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, degree in Anthro- and Alaska that is headquartered in the pology from OSU OSU Archives. She is also the only so she is familiar Valley Library employee telecommuting with our library from Missoula, Montana! She holds an services and looks MA in American History and an MLS forward to being a from the University of Maryland at part of the library College Park and a BA in English from Paula McMillen Valery King staff. Whitman College. Toni Hammerquist Jeremy Belsher Bill Hundley, our new Library was welcomed to Access Services and Technician 1 in e1 ongratulations: works primarily in Access has a BA in Paula McMillen and Valery Circulation. Jeremy Anthropology from King both received promotion comes from Port- Arizona State and tenure this year. Each earned the land where he was a University and is title of Associate Professor. pest control inspec- working on his Faye Harkins tor/technician. He Masters in applied recently completed is a student in the Anthropology at her MLS from the Portland Commu- OSU. He most University of Wis- nity College Library recently worked as aBill Hundley consin Milwaukee Jeremy Belsher and Media Assisting teaching assistant at OSU's department through their Program and has experience providing of Anthropology. distance education circulation service and doing copy Alison Bobal is program. cataloging. one of two new Kevin Bokay Kathryn (Kate) Gronemyer ac- Science Librarians recently finished hisFaye Harkins cepted the position as Cascade Campus hired in Reference, coursework for a MIS with Texas Reference & In- Instruction and Woman's University. He accomplished struction Librarian. Collection Devel- this through several Kate is OSU Cas- opment. She years of online cades Campus' received her MLS classes. Kevin second librarian. from the University edited The Messen- Kate graduated Alison Bopal of Michigan. ger for the past few from the UniversityBefore coming here, she worked as a years. Since receiv- of Washington reference librarian for three years at the ing his degree he Information McGoogan Library of Medicine at the has applied for and Kathryn Gronemyer School. Her previ- University of Nebraska Medical Center. was offered a job in ous experience includes working as an C. Scott Walker is the second new Kevin Bokay Colorado Springs on call librarian for Cascades, conduct- Science Librarian hired in Reference, at the Fort Carson Library as a librarian. ing instruction Instruction and We wish him the sessions for Central Collection Develop- best of luck in his Oregon Commu- ment. He has a BA new career. nity College, work- in Geology from Terry Reese was ing with NOAA and Williams College awarded the Esther the University of and a MALS from J. Piercy Award Washington Natural the University of from the American Science Library. Arizona. He brings Libraries Associa- Jodi Allison- broad experience in tion for 2005. This Bunnell is the Jodi Allison-Bunnell applying GIS data C. Scott Walker is an esteemed Terry Reese
4 THE MESSENGER, FALL 2005 award recognized at the national level. Library Center (OCLC) Members The award recognizes contributions to Council. The Members Council, along scholarship in library collections and with the Board of Trustees, is one of the technical services by a librarian. two governance Larry Landis was selected by the bodies representing Faculty Recognition and Awards Com- the membership of mittee as the 2005 recipient of the OSU the global, non- Professional Faculty Excellence Award. profit, worldwide This award was based on Larry's out- library cooperative. standing work as University Archivist The Members Special Collections, (left to right) Cliff Mead, both within our campus community and Council supports Ryan Wick, and Chris Petersen. beyond. This is a OCLC's mission of wonderful honor Michael Boock furthering cost- the category of "History of Science and for OSU Libraries effective access to worldwide informa- Technology." M and of course for tion by serving as a key strategic discus- Larry. The award sion forum and the major communica- was presented to tions link among members, networks, Richard Larry September and OCLC. Mike was elected by and Sabbaticals:Sapon-White 19th during an represents the OCLC member libraries spent the first half "invitation only" in the Northwest United States. of this year on Larry Landis evening event Congratulations to the staff in Spe- sabbatical in Prague (campus recognition was during Uni- cial Collections for being named not at the Czech versity Day - September 20th). This is once but twice in the August issue of Republic's leading 1111-ie second year in a row that a library Choice magazine for the Linus Pauling library school, the _nember has received an award at Uni- and the Race for DNA website and the Institute of Infor- versity Day. Linus Raiding Research Notebooks mation Studies and Richard Sapon- White Michael Boock, Head of Technical website. The two Pauling websites were Librarianship of Services, was recently elected to serve as among six total chosen as the "best of Charles University. See page 10 for full an Alternate on the Online Computer the best" of all websites classified under details. ZI
John Pollitz, our new Associate University Librarian, accepted our offer to fill this post which has been vacant for some time. John has over fourteen years of experience in higher education librarianship. He was the Library Director at O'Keefe Library at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, and will be in charge of Public Services and Innovative Technologies at OSU Library. John served as the O'Keefe Library Director from 1997 to 2005, after a seven-year stint as Assistant Library Director of the Augustana College Library. At St. Ambrose, John worked with teams of students, faculty, and librarians to create and implement a required, one-credit information literacy class for under- graduates. He was an early user of technology to support the educational mission of libraries. In addition, John was a key player in many digital projects at Augustana College, including his role as director, in 1994, of an early digitization project that made Civil War diaries available to the online researchers. At OSU Libraries, John will be responsible for providing leadership for Refer- John Pollitz, Associate University Librarian ence and Instruction Services, Special Collections, Archives, Access Services, the Guth Library, and OSU-Cascades branch library in Bend. John holds a BA in History from Southern Illinois University, an MA in History from the University of Denver, and a MLS from the University of Iowa.
THE MESSENGER, FALL 2005 5 INSTRUCTION
Writing 121 librarians put together high-quality available. They don't understand the collections of information; students publication cycle, or why they should be by Anne-Marie Deitering, focused on pulling all of the informa- looking for scholarly information. They Reference Librarian tion about their topics out of those don't know how to find one quality collections. They expected to search source and then use it to find more like remembers using the card multiple times and in multiple ways to it. Because finding some information is catalog? Flipping through be sure they got at all of the informa- easy for them, they have not learned Whocards, looking for a particulartion available. In today's world, one can how to take the additional steps neces- title or author. Browsing through the find some information on just about anysary to find information that is worth subject headings to find the perfect topic without using any complicated using. book. That is, if there wasn't someone techniques or sophisticated evaluation We know that our students want the already using the one drawer you skills. Entering a misspelled keyword chance to grapple with real, relevant needed! into a search engine like Google will stillissues and problems in their courses. We Most OSU students today have never bring results because at least a few know that they are more likely to be used a card catalog. They have always information producers will have made successful if they are engaged in learn- had keyword searching, digital reference the same spelling error. ing activities that extend beyond the sources and instant access to informa- Because finding information is so classroom. To these ends, OSU stu- tion. For today's students, finding easy many of our students do not come dents are encouraged to enroll in learn- information on just about any topic is to us with the sophisticated search skills ing communities, to pursue internships the easy part. Being able to sift through or evaluation techniques they need to and service-learning opportunities, and what they've found to find the sources produce high-quality academic or to do original research projects. To do worth learning from is a much more professional work. They can find infor- any of these things effectively they must complicated task. mation, but they are not always sure be able to work effectively with infor- Back in the day, to do good research what it is that they have found. They mation: to find it, to learn from it, and" a student needed to know how to find don't know what they should expect to to use it ethically to communicate what information in their library. Academic pay for, and what should be freely they have learned to others. Every year, about seven thousand students come to the OSU Libraries to learn how to work with information from OSU instruction librarians. While the time we spend teaching these classes is very important to us, it only repre- sents a small portion of the work we are doing to promote information literacy as an academic goal of OSU. We have big goals for our students. We want them to master a complex, recursive IOMR11 research process that will give them the skills they need to succeed at OSU, and lateras informed citizens and effective employees. To achieve these goals, we know that we need to work with teach- ing faculty to embed research and information skills throughout the cur- riculum. In the last year, OSU's instruction librarians have been working in partner- ship with teaching faculty and others across campus to craft a set of Informa- tion Literacy Competencies for OSU Undergraduates. These competencies Anne-Marie checks a student's work in the Autzen classroom. describe what an ideal OSU graduate
6 THE MESSENGER,FALL2005 should be able to do to effectively find, learn from and use information. Insights and ideas from academic success special- ists, assessment experts, directors of programs for special student popula- tions and teaching faculty were incorpo- rated into the competencies. The result- ing document truly represents a shared vision of what an information literate OSU student looks like. In the next year, instruction librarians at OSU will continue to develop our partnerships across campus. We will be developing a variety of tools to help faculty promote information literacy in their own class- rooms, as we continue to promote it in library instruction sessions. I have been teaching undergraduates for the last six years in various capacities and believe that as a teacher, one of the most important things I can do is to prepare my students to continue learn- ing after they leave my classroom. I elieve that Writing 121 is a step in that Anne-Marie coordinates all of the Writing 121 classes taught in the library upwards of twenty- direction. gt five to thirty sessions per term.
How OSU Libraries Support Teaching and Learning on Campus At this year's donor appreciation luncheon held on August 30th, Anne-Marie Deitering, Instruction Services Coordi- nator, presented her latest work with students. She ex- plained how OSU Libraries provide students with powerful information retrieval tools. The Reference and Instruction Librarians (Anne-Marie included) have laid out a set of four Undergraduate Information Literacy competencies that, taken together, describe an OSU graduate who can: Recognize when information is needed Find information efficiently Learn from information gathered and Use information effectively and ethically These four competencies were developed in collabora- tion with teaching faculty and others interested in student learning and achievement at OSU. Each competency is a separate, definable step in an iterative research process, emphasizing exploration, discovery and learning. Local donors enjoy dessert in Special Collections while listening to a For more information visit http://osulibrary. presentation on the four Undergraduate Information Literacy oregonstate.edu/instruction/ug_comp.html. competencies.
THE MESSENGER, FALL2005 7 OREGON MULTICULTURAL ARCHIVES
mental Justice Advi- Documenting the sory Council. The Cultures in Oregon's collection also includes materials pertaining to Communities her master's degree from PSU. by Erika Gastrin°, University Archivist Another OMA highlight was the the fall of 2004, the University transfer of the records Archives embarked on an initiative of OSU's Office of /nto document the lives and experi- Multicultural Affairs ences of Oregon's ethnic and during the directorship multicultural citizens. Inspired by the of Phyllis Lee (1991- strategic planning that the library had 2003). These records A group of African Americans working in a bean field near recently engaged in, the University document the office's Scappoose, Columbia County. Rev. M.C. Cheek, pastor of Guilds Lake Community Church is the leader of the group. Photograph Archives felt that one way we could role as the university's taken in 1947 (OSU Archives, P 120: 2594 Extension and Experi- contribute to not only the Library's primary body in pro- ment Station Communications Photograph Collection). strategic direction but also the moting awareness of University's and President Ray's com- diversity and cultural mitment to diversity was to establish the sensitivity issues, and reflect administra- used Braceros in Oregon Photographic Oregon Multicultural Archives (OMA). tive support and outreach activities, Collection. Some of the highlights of The vision of the OMA is to compre- such as involvement in committees and the Oregon Multicultural Digital Col- hensively acquire, preserve and make advisory panels in the development of lection are the selected photographs of available collections that document the university policy regarding diversity, the Native Americans from the Benjamin A1 lives and activities of African American, sponsorship of workshops and presenta- and Ralph I. Gifford Collection (P 218) Asian American, Hispanic and Native tions to the university community, and a beautiful John Garman color American communities of Oregon. interaction with regional agencies and autochrome (glass) negative of Ruth These diverse collections will reflect organizations serving under-representedNamuro in Japanese costume. how these communities have contrib- communities, and consultation to OSU Outreach to the community is essen- uted to the identity of the state of offices and departments. tial to the growth of the collections in Oregon. The collections will advance In addition to acquiring materials for the OMA. University Archives actively scholarship in ethnic studies and racial the archives, the University Archives has participates in reaching out to the diversity both on the OSU campus as engaged in making the materials avail- community and the students that we well as on a state and regional level. Theable electronically by creating a website serve. However, without the outreach OMA will strengthen the university's and a digital photographic collection. to the community we could not convey core value of diversity, which enhances The website is the main gateway to to them how important it is to bring OSU's "teaching, scholarship, and accessing information about the OMA. this diverse community to the fore- service as well as our ability to welcome, On the website you will find informa- ground. Often many people do not respect, and interact with other people."tion about the Mission and Vision of realize that their letters, photographs, (OSU Strategic Plan). the archives, a guide to collections, a and records could be of great impor- One highlight of the OMA has been link to our digital photographic collec- tance to scholars and the community at the acquisition of two accessions of the tion, and a related resources page that large. These materials can further un- papers of Benton County Commissionerincludes a listing of repositories that derstanding about what it means to be Annabelle Jaramillo. Annabelle was hold multicultural collections in the an ethnic minority living in the state of born in Colorado and received both her Northwest. Oregon. It is our hope that individuals undergraduate and graduate degrees At present we have scanned more and groups who hold important materi- from Portland State University. The than 70 photographs of African Ameri- als that demonstrate the lives and activi- collection, which dates from 1968 can, Asian Americans, Latinos and ties of minorities living in Oregon will 2001, reflects her work with the USDA Native Americans living and working in consider placing their materials with the,c Forest Science Lab on the OSU cam- Oregon. The Oregon Multicultural OMA so that their experiences, stories pus, the Oregon Commission on His- Digital Collection is a wonderful com- and legacy might be preserved and told panic Affairs, and the National Environ- pliment to the impressive and widely for future generations. Si
8 THE MESSENGER, FALL2005 CAMPUS NEWS
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On October 12th, the book OS, club was launched with a Book Club discussion of James W. Loewen's book, Lies My by Richenda Wilkinson, Social Science/ Teacher Told Me: Everything Humanities Librarian Your American History Text- book Got Wrong. About nine- beginning of Fall term saw teen people, including several the birth of OSU's Diversity Corvallis community members TheBook Club Forum, a program from off-campus, attended the similar to the "One Book" projects in forum discussion. Terryl Ross, communities across the nation. As one OSU's Director for Commu- of the initiatives of the university's A nity and Diversity, facilitated World of Difference Campaign, the by providing discussion ques- book club is intended to generate tions and giving some back- dialogue about diversity issues. Each ground on the book and its month there will be a new book for the author. Ross was both sur- OSU community to read and discuss. prised and pleased to discover Every book was chosen by a faculty or that the book sparked such staff member, who will also facilitate the animated discussion when the discussion of that book. OSU's Presi- participants broke into small dent Dr. Ed Ray has been an enthusias- groups. "I spent a lot of time tic supporter of the project and has preparing the questions and I Terryl Ross, Director of Community and Diversity, Ps-elected Beverly Tatum's Why Are All didn't need to," Ross said, coordinates the readings and facilitators. the Black Kids Sitting Together in the "reading the book made it easy Cafeteria as the second forum book. for people to talk to one an- other." The discussion has campus-wide initiative and enlisted the continued online at the book help of several co-sponsors, including club website
THE MESSENGER, FALL2005 9 SABBATICAL NEWS
My subject analysis course intro- Description). My Czech students, Land of the Double- duced Czech students to American already technologically savvy, readily tailed Lion methods and tools for assigning subject soaked up this course content. Al- headings to catalog records and classify- though many university courses still rely by Richard Sapon-White, ing library materials. Students had the heavily on lectures with a final oral Catalog Librarian opportunity to try out web versions of exam, the students responded well to the Library of Congress Subject Headingsmy American teaching methods of the first half of 2005 on (LCSH) and the Library of Congress group discussions, in-class exercises, sabbatical in Prague, teaching two Classification (LCC). They also pre- homework, and written examinations. /spentcourses in cataloging at the Czech pared subject heading proposals for In addition to teaching, I spent a Republic's leading library school, the LCSH which I will be submitting to thegood deal of time visiting libraries in Institute of Information Studies and Library of Congress this fall. Whenever Prague. Library culture there is very Librarianship of Charles University. possible in my lectures, I chose ex- different from the United States. Ameri- Supported by a Fulbright Fellowship amples with a Czech spin to them, such can libraries are very highly organized, and accompanied by my family, I had as using "Austerlitz, Battle of, Czech with editions and translations of a given the opportunity to learn much about Republic, 1805" to illustrate the word title sitting next to each other on the Czech libraries, library education, and inversion in some headings. Although I shelf. However, in many libraries in the culture. was able to teach in English, I had to be Czech Republic, books may be orga- The Czech Republic is in the very careful of cultural pitfalls. In one exer- nized by very broad classes and within a center of Europe, surrounded by Ger- cise, I asked my students to classify a class they are in accession order. For many, Austria, Slovakia, and Poland. book on baby names from the Bible. example, at the campus library where I Since the fall of communism in 1989, it Baby name books would usually be worked, one must search numerous has been experiencing tremendous classed together amongst other books shelves to find all of Mark Twain's social, political, and economic changes. about names. However, baby name books as they are mixed in with the Adic Prague, its capital, is about the size of books are not a part of popular culture works of other American authors. Portlanda little over a million inhabit-in the Czech Republic. Most of my I also had the opportunity to facili- antsand has an excellent transporta- students classified this hypothetical tate a session of Pamoja, a simulation tion system, dozens of outstanding book amongst scholarly works on the game that focuses on international museums, and stunning architecture. Bible! This provided a "teachable mo- library development. Players are divided ment" to discuss the into "countries" and must create their cultural biases of own culture, then interact with other LCSH and LCC. countries to raise funds and build librar- The second course I ies and museums. The Czech librarians taught, Metadata for who played the game played much Description and Re- more cooperatively than Americans that trieval of Online Re- I have facilitated. One "country" in- sources, was designed sisted that visitors from abroad take a to introduce students "language class" before negotiating to the many metadata about funding! schemes currently used I also had the opportunity to do a in libraries. Traditional small project at the Jewish Museum library cataloging uses Library, augmenting a database of the Anglo-American Holocaust children's art from the Cataloging Rules and Terezin concentration camp. One is MARC (MAchine constantly reminded of the impact of Readable Cataloging) Nazism and communism on this small format, but these days, country's recent history. librarians need to be My time in Prague was richly reward- aware of other ing, both professionally and personally. (left to right) Martin Soueek, Richard Sapon-White, and schemes, such as I miss the city and my colleagues greatly Richard Papik. Richard is director of the Institute for Informa- tion Studies and Librarianship of Charles University; Martin is Dublin Core and EAD and hope to go back sometime, at least on the faculty there. The institute is where I taught my classes. (Encoded Archival on my next sabbatical if not sooner! El
10 THE MESSENGER, FALL2005 STUDENT VIDEOGRAPHER
OSU Libraries on After a lot of hard work, Tim has available early in 2006. made a terrific film. He filmed indoors If you are interested in contacting the Big Screen and outdoors, encouraged students to Tim Lawrence of Digital Works Multi- be candid about their thoughts on the media Productions for projects of your by Kerrie Cook, Assistant Editor library's functionality and used creative own, he can be reached at (503) 348- techniques to blend the segments 1741 or [email protected]. started out as an idea together. Would you believe that decid- from our Library Advisory ing upon the music was about the most WhatCouncil earlier this year has difficult decision we had to make? been realized. We have been working The finished product should be on a ten-minute DVD to show you, our donors, the many ways that your contri- butions have helped us to keep pace with changes in technology, collections and how students use the library. The DVD depicts the library as it was many years ago, where we are today, and where we would like to be in the future. Department heads, students and a local author, who used the library for research on his book, were interviewed. All of the interviewees agreed that we el'Ire accomplishing our goals and that This is a great place for learning. We should like to introduce you to our videographer Tim Lawrence. Tim is a recent OSU student, who graduated from the new Media Program as a videographer Spring 2004. After gradu- ation, he began a business with his friend and classmate, Brian Shaw (Digi- tal Works Multimedia Productions). Together they work on projects includ- ing: Web based media Photo editing Digital conversion Slide shows CD creation Music videos Promotional videos Wedding videos We got to know Tim when he visited the Valley Library, seeking permission to film from our rooftop for a project sponsored by the College of Pharmacy. T^Tim has since been hired by Fluid :mages, the firm which produced the new Oregon State University commer- cial seen statewide this past summer. Tim Lawrence filming in Special Collections.
THE MESSENGER, FALL 2005 II DONOR PROfiLE
riarjorie Guerber Jessup by Jack Holpuch, OSU Libraries Development Officer
a note was sent to us recalling a moment during a Recendy,workday at the Kidder library through the eyes of student worker Marjorie Guerber.
"The summer of '45, whichever, Carolyn Coleman, the baseball coach's daughter, and I worked in the OSC Library. With white ink we lettered the backs of the books. One long project was 'Pig Genealogies.' The rules were strict 'no talking or breaks,' even when the librarians stopped for tea. We could hear the student soldiers marching to class. Surreptitiously I slipped Carolyn this note." It read, "The A.S.Ts they whistle while going to next class. But Marjorie Guerber Jessup, class of'49. Carolyn and Marjorie a window cannot see, alas."
The Messenger has been successful in OSU, both her parents, brother, two work. Marjorie remembered her super- the past in reaching many alumni in an sons, brother-in-law and five cousins visor being a little lady with white hair effort to recount stories of their time have attended OSU. Marjorie was a who was very strict. Their work environ- here at OSU and in the library. member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority and ment was in the catacombs of the Marjorie Guerber Jessup is a 1949 was active in social events on campus. library. alumnus of the College of Business. During the summers the library was a The OSU library would like to thank She grew up in Corvallis and has a great place for the "townies" to find Marjorie Guerber Jessup for sharing her long standing connection to OSU with employment. In the summer of 1945, moment with us, and now with all of many family members attending our Marjorie and her friend Carolyn, sought you. OSU Libraries has changed so great University. Along with meeting employment at the library. The library much since Marjorie's timemore her late husband, Craig S. Jessup, at was a very quiet and serious place to talking and less tea! So much of the real change in the libraryelectronic jour- nals and enhanced electronic classrooms is because of the support of Marjorie Jack Holpuch is the OSU Libraries Development and other OSU alumni like yourself. We Officer at the Oregon State University Founda- thank you. tion. He welcomes your inquiries about making The history of this University is in gifts in support of the libraries by telephone, the minds and memories of those who (541) 737-9636, or by email, jack.holpuch@ have walked the halls. By hearing these oregonstate.edu. memories we preserve the history of OSU for generations to come. Instruc- tions on letter submissions can be found on the back cover of this issue. M
I 2 THE MESSENGER,FALL 2005 LIBRARY NEWS
International Visitors This past a union database of Encoded Archival October 20th, Description (EAD) finding aids avail- Images of America and Women's Devel- poet Alice able online at nwda.wsulibs.wsu.edu. opment in Tunisia were the topics of Fulton read from OSU Libraries will continue to be two panel discussions led by faculty her latest book in the lead institution for the project and from three colleges in Tunisia in July. the Valley LibraryWashington State University will host This was the final part of an OSU- rotunda. Earlier and provide the technical infrastructure Tunisia grant titled, "New Technologies in the day, she for the finding aids database. At the in Research and Teaching." The pre- met with studentstime of the award announcement, Lynne Sharon senters described the aggressive and in Special Collec- Karyle Butcher stated that "we are very militaristic image that the media pre- Schwartz signing books after her reading. tions to engage inexcited to continue playing a lead role sents of America. On the contrary, the a closer discus- in the Northwest Digital Archives. It presenters noted how friendly and sion of her work. Alice has received compliments the OSU Libraries' com- helpful people had been during their many awards for her work, including mitment to enhancing access to infor- visit. This multicultural experience was the Rebekah Johnson Bobbit National mation through digital technology. The heightened by an audience which in- Prize for Poetry, given for the most collaborative aspect of the Northwest cluded teachers from Mexico and Paki- distinguished book of poetry written by Digital Archives is also very important as stan, OSU students and staff and an American. She teaches poetry at we look to maximize resources by Corvallis residents. Bonnie Allen, Asso- Cornell University in New York. partnering with other institutions." ciate University Librarian for Collection Additionally, the Northwest Digital Development and Technical Services, Archives was designated a "We the has been the library participant in this People" project by NEH this past grant. Karim Hamdy from OSU Inter- spring. The "We the People" initiative ewpational Education assisted as a transla- was inaugurated on Constitution Day or 2002, when President George W. Bush announced the NEH initiative with the charge of exploring significant events in our nation's history, and sharing these lessons with all Americans. "We the People" projects enhance the teaching Alice Fulton chatting with students in Special and understanding of American history Collections. through grants to scholars, teachers, filmmakers, museums, libraries, and other individuals and institutions. This 2-year phase began on July 1, (left to right) Ms. Moufida Tebourbi Feki, Ms. Radhia Najari, translator Karim 2005, and builds on the strong founda- Hamdy, Ms. Nabila Dhieb Henia, Mr. tion established by initial funding Mourched Derbali, Mr. Moncef Ben Gouider awarded by NEH to the OSU Libraries Ayachi, and Ms. Hafer Ghaffari. OSII y1311174171( for establishment of the consortium in July 2002. Currently, the NWDA Readings database includes 2,429 finding aids ARCHIVES describing archival collections at sixteen On May 26th, in the Valley Library repositories. The new NEH funding will rotunda, Lynne Sharon Schwartz read This past spring. the National Endow- support the addition of six new institu- from her latest book, Referred Pain. ment for the Humanities awarded the tions to the consortium and a minimum She is the author of nineteen fiction andOSU Libraries $300,000 for continued of 1,600 finding aids to the NWDA nonfiction books and has received many development and expansion of the database (including at least 80 from the awards, including accolades from the Northwest Digital Archives (NWDA). University Archives). Guggenheim Foundation, the National The NWDA provides integrated access University Archivist Larry Landis r'Hndowment for the Arts and the New to regionally significant archival and continues as the NVVDA Consortium York State Foundation for the Arts. She manuscript materials in Idaho, Mon- Director. IN lives in New York City. tana, Oregon, and Washington through
THE MESSENGER, FALL2005 13 NORTHWEST ART COLLECTION
David Nez Collection is something for which we statement, there is still something for can thank Oregon's One Percent for Artthe "art for arts sake" person to enjoy. by Sophie Hitti, student intern, in Public Places Program. The program,By having a series of active, multi- OSU Libraries designed by the Oregon Arts Commis- layered works near the entrance, the sion, introduces art to the community Valley Library invites visitors to explore the past three years at by ensuring that public buildings have the basis for public art. Oregon State University I an opportunity to display art. Public art Like the two other pieces in this Overhave become extremely well has the capacity to open our eyes and series, Hermes Bird is a mixed media acquainted with the Valley Library. minds to aesthetics, history, social painting. The engaging background is However, unlike any other building on concerns, and the local environment. composed of traditionally ordered campus, the library walls are adorned David Nez is one of these local elements like maps, hieroglyphs, sched- with nearly 130 artists. Three of his paintings are dis- ules, spreadsheets, parts of phone books artworks by local played on the main floor of the Valley referencing computers and technology, artists which have Library; Hermes Bird, Vessels #1, and and an indication of cosmology along- the ability to relax Homunculus. His works have an author- side other softer elements like poetic and engage me ity which engages the public and typifieswords, a curious man, a butterfly, and before crunch time.what the public arts program is all the Hermes Bird. The composition feels Housing a public about. Some critics believe that art celestial and scientific, as if the man in collection as im- exists purely as an aesthetic experience; front is using formula and science to pressive as the and although Nez explains the deeper create a masterpiece of his own. Sophie Hitti Northwest Art reasons behind his work in his artist's Hermes, the patron of alchemists and also a trickster, adds playfulness and humor to the painting. With no refer- ence to the finished product the three works emphasize creation, experimenta- tion, and consciousness. By choosing to make the background more complex than the foreground we are invited to come and take a closer look at Nez's conception. His statement affirms that his recent works on paper are inspired by alchemi- cal manuscripts. The artist states: "The alchemists documented their labors in enigmatic texts in which chemical procedures, cosmology, and myths are woven together into fantastic allegories. Similarly in my paintings I use imagery of birds, beasts, plants and minerals as symbols of the process of transforma- tion." He described to me the process by which his initial research on medieval archetypal texts developed into more personal artistic interpretations. He sees a solid connection between alchemy and art that involve both a transformation of materials as well as consciousness. Nez is an established artist who has been creating works for the last four decades, but his interest in art does not stop there. Trained in the Jungian Hermes Birdby David Nez approach, he is also an art therapist.
14 THE MESSENGER, FALL 2005 The alchemic influence on Nez became clearer when I learned of his art therapy studies, as Jung largely bases his Cleaning the Northwest Art Collection approach on psychology and archetypal Two pieces from the art collection were cleaned over the symbolism. Since returning to the states summer Marta Dingus' Fence and Shelley Socolofsky's Nez has been doing more collaborative Crease. performances and installation work Sandra Troon, a textile conservator from the Oregon alongside his own paintings. Textile Workshop in Beaverton, was recommended to us Although many students may not be by the Portland Art Museum for this project which took able to spend the appropriate amount of two days. time studying Hermes Bird to gain the Fence is a piece made up of strips of twill and knit full-impact of what the artist is trying to Sandra Troon fabrics that are folded and sewn together to form a large impart even a short examination of the grid. Attached to this grid are objects such as keys, plastic, artwork tends to leave the viewer im- buckles, leather, glass and rubber. The piece, which was heavily coated with pressed. The acquisition of some of his dust, was treated using a low suction vacuum and small soft brushes. Surface work was an appropriate choice for debris and dust were removed, light readings were conducted and recommen- engaging students and faculty that may dations were made concerning the best way to illuminate the piece. otherwise not take a second glance. IC Crease is a tapestry that hangs from a Velcro strip on the 5th floor, just outside Special Collections. The tapestry was carefully removed 11 IP la from the wall by rolling it rilaajt1 around a covered large-diameter .2111111111101/1121M tube. Crease was then placed 14gurograimslinli face down on sheet-covered it ails 17 8 tables. A low-suction vacuum ofliamionalana filtered with a fiberglass screen rautlanintut was used to surface-clean the MEI tapestry of dust and debris. (above) Fence Recommendations for future by Marta Dingus care included close monitoring (left) Crease of light readings and remount- by Shelly Socolofsky ing with a stronger Velcro strip incorporating stainless steel staples. Some of the tools that we can use to conserve these two pieces in the future include:
Blue Scales, which are textile fading cards that test for the effects of light on paintings and documents. Each card features pieces of pool cloth, dyed with blue pigments which are used to determine light fastness standards. The Blue Scales allow one to monitor the net exposure of light shined upon objects on display, and to alert conservators to any needed adjustments to the intensity of illumination. UV light filters protect displays and storage areas from the fading, bleach- ing, and deterioration caused by ultraviolet light from fluorescent lighting. The filters are easily installed over existing fluorescent bulbs. Visible light meters measure light levels to provide the information needed to create low risk lighting designs. All measurements are made in foot- candles.
(top) Vessel #1 by David Nez (bottom) Homunculus by David Nez
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