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"SWEET DELICATA" FROM THE UNIVERSITY GOES TO SEATTLE LIBRARIAN 2 FACULTY NEWS 3 OSU ARCHIVES 4 THE GIFFORD PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION 6 COMMENTS FROM TRANSITIONING HEAD OF REFERENCE 8 COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT 9 THE NORTHWEST ART COLLECTION 10 APPRENTICESHIPS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 12 DONOR PROFILE 13 LIBRARY EVENTS 14 FROM THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN

OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY again, we Pauling Institute, as LIBRARIES are beginning a well as with faculty in Oncenew school the colleges of Science The Valley Library year. It is an exciting and Liberal Arts to Main Campus, Corvallis time to be on campus plan a yearlong cel- enrollment is up; foot- ebration. We have Marilyn Potts GuM Library ball is good and the fall many events planned Hatfield Marine Science Center, and some are still in Newport weather has been ex- traordinary! There is the preliminary stages. also much excitement in The Linus Pauling THE MESSENGER the library. The first Forum will kick off the OSU Libraries three weeks of a new celebration, including Oregon State University 121 The Valley Library term are always our talks from Nobel Prize Corvallis, OR 97331-4501 busiest and this term is winner Ahmed Zewail, (541) 737-4633 no exception. Our fac- Lily Kay, Robert ulty, staff, and student Paradowski, Tom Karyle S. Butcher, employees at The Valley Hager, and Linus Donald and Del pha Campbell Pauling, Jr. This event University Librarian and Library campus and at Deputy Vice Provost for the Guin Library are will be held at the Information Services working hard to accommodateOSU libraries. As we strive to LaSells Stewart Center. Please the myriad of requests we are become a tier one university, see the sidebar on the bottom Kevin Bokay, Editor receiving. It is great to see the we must ensure that we have aof page 14 for more events and Karen Russ, Assistant Editor use our students make of the tier one library. While the expect to hear more in the next library and, thanks to so manypicture is gloomy, I do see Messenger. Photos by: library supporters and donors,some bright spots. University I was saddened to learn Molly Schmitz they have such wonderful administration directed in- that Pam Emory, a long time Janelle Banasek OSU Archives library facilities to support creased funding to the library,OSU Alum and Friend of the them. annual giving to the library is Library, recently passed away. The Messenger is published As I have mentioned in up and we are expecting to Pam graduated from OSU in twice each year. earlier Messenger columns, we receive a substantial endow- 1970. She was a competitive are continuing to struggle withment by the end of this year. golfer and was the only the growing inflationary cost Moreover, the completion of aAmerican competitor in the of research journals. While recent collection assessment British Women's Amateur there are many reasons for thisproject has identified collec- Championships. I knew Pam cost increase, the bottom line tion strengths that we can during her career as a for many of our researchers build upon as we move our freelance writer specializing in and students is that it is be- library to excellence. the history of famous golf coming very difficult to do I want to invite all of you tocourses. She was an avid quality research at this univer-participate in the 100-year library user. We extend our sity using the resources of anniversary of the birth of best wishes to her family. OSU famous alumnus Linus Pauling. We have been working with faculty at the Linus

2 Messenger, Fall 2000 FACULTY NEWS r`=6"oe, Loprds Chau, Jeanne Griffin, Richard. "Technol- partments to plan for, provide, Davidson, and ogy Planning: Oregon State and continually assess library MayJanet Webster, all University's Information services and resources that attained tenure this fall. Commons." OLA Quarterly. support their research and Webster is currently the Head v6, n3. (Fall 2000), p12-13. instructional needs. Mariol was of the Guin Library at Matylonek, John. "Review also responsible for keeping Hatfield Marine Science of ASCE Online." Issues in her library patrons up-to-date with information about new Center in Newport, OR. In Science & Technology Kevin Bokay addition to managing this Librarianship. n24. (Fall 1999).library resources and services. Executive Assistant to branch library of OSU, she Sapon-White, Richard E. She developed a positive the Head Librarian provides reference and re- and Mary Hansbrough. "Therapport with everyone she search assistance, serves as impact of subject heading dealt with and also added an liaison to appropriate campus assignment on circulation of incisive, whimsical wit to her units, and develops the dissertations at Virginia daily dealings with others, collections for Fisheries, Tech." Library Resources & which made her a joy to work Wildlife, and Marine Sciences Technical Services. v42, n4. with and a great asset to the for The Valley Library. Chau, (Oct. 1998), p282-91. library. Agriculture Librarian, and Webster, Janet G. and Mariol started her career as Davidson, Physical Sciences Cheryl Middleton. "Paying a catalog librarian in 1968 after May Chau Librarian, perform similar for technology: student fees finishing her Master of Library Agriculture Librarian tasks at The Valley Library in and libraries." The Journal of Science degree from the Uni- their respective fields. Chau Academic Librarianship. v25, versity of California in Berke- also co-instructs an agricul- n6. (Nov. 1999), p462-72. ley. Previously, she studied ,lure class Winter term and English and Music at Linfield OSU library special collec- College, where she earned her Avidson serves both as tions staff Cliff Mead, Faye BA in 1967. In 1972 she began liaison and support for Infor- Harkins, and Chris Petersen, mation Services instructional her service as a reference were mentioned in the article librarian. In 1980, Mariol programs. "A Prized Collection: Pauling earned a second Master's Memorabilia" in the August 7, Jeanne Davidson Published Authors: degree in Music History from Banerjee, Kyle. "Is data 2000 edition of Chemistry & Physical Sciences the University of Oregon. She Librarian mining right for your Engineering News. attained tenure, became an library?" Computers in Kevin Bokay began work associate professor in 1981, and Libraries. v18, n10. (Fall as the Assistant to the Univer- was designated associate 1999). sity Librarian on June 1,2000. professor emeritus upon her Butcher, Karyle. He comes to us after a career inretirement. Mariol is most "Reflections on academic the U.S. Army in which most ofremembered for her love of librarianship." The Journal his service occurred in Europe.music and the fine arts, and for of Academic Librarianship. His duties at The Valley Li- her "wogamanizing"precise v25, n5. (Sept. 1999), brary will include editing the editing for spelling, punctua- p350-3. Janet Webster Messenger. tion and grammar of a wide Head of the Guin Library Chau, May Ying. "Com- variety of library documents. puter supported concept In June, Mariol Wogaman Though she will be missed, we retired after 32 years as Hu- maps: excellent tools for wish her the best in her well- manities Librarian. In this enhancing library work- deserved retirement. Mariol capacity, Mariol served most shop presentations." says she wants to sleep as late recently as the liaison between LIBRES. v8, n2. (Sept. 1998). as she feels like, read mysteries Davidson, Jeanne R. and the library and faculty and and travel. Good luck, Mariol! Carole Ann Crateau. students in the departments of Art, Music, Philosophy, and ow."Intersections: teaching research through a rhetori- Apparel, Interiors, Housing & Mariol Wogaman cal lens." Research Strategies. Merchandising. She worked Associate Professor Emeritus Humanities Librarian v16, n4. (1998), p245-57. with the faculty in these de-

Messenger, Fall 2000 3 OSU ARCHIVES

ARCHIVES thirty-four university records manage- Institutional records are years as part of ment program in Oregon and organized by originating RETURNS TO OSU's central one of the first in the nation. department or office and THE LIBRARY administration, In August 1966, the Ar- include annual reports, policies Afterthe University chives was administratively and procedures, correspon- ccj Archives and Records Manage-transferred to the university's dence, research reports, archi- ment program is returning to Business Affairs Office in ordertectural drawings and campus its roots in the University to more effectively implement plans, meeting minutes, and Libraries. records management on cam- other records that document Although an Archives pus. Originally located in the the development and function- Committee was created at basement of Gill Coliseum ing of the University since its Oregon State College in 1950, aadjacent to the Homer Mu- founding in 1868. Among the university archives was for- seum, the Archives moved to most important institutional mally established in 1961 as a Kidder Hall in 1963 and to the records maintained by the component of the library. Kerr Administration Building Archives are those of the Harriet Moore served as the in late 1971. The Archives President's Office, the Exten- first University Archivist and affiliated with the Office of sion Service, the Experiment concentrated on acquiring Budgets and Personnel (later Station, the University Librar- historical materials relating to Budgets and Planning) in 1973;ies, Student Affairs, and the OSU. Upon her retirement in it continued as a component of colleges of Agricultural Sci- 1966, William Schmidt was Budgets and Planning until thisences, Home Economics, For- appointed University Archi- past September when the estry, Engineering, Science and vist. He established the recordsprogram returned to the Uni- Liberal Arts. management component of theversity Libraries. The Archives' extensive program, the first college and Since 1966, the University photographic holdings includ Archives has maintained a more than 200,000 images, balance between its two pri- making it one of the largest mary functionshistorical photographic collections in documentation and records Oregon. Taken by staff and managementboth of which private photographers, the are mandated by state statute images document campus and university policy. The buildings; student life; instruc- Archives' collections reflect tion and research; Extension OSU's long and rich history Service programs, such as 4-H; and provide information on thefaculty, staff, and alumni; and University's teaching, research,the state of Oregon, primarily and outreach programs; fac- the mid-Willamette Valley and ulty, administrators, and rural areas of the state. Please alumni; campus buildings and see the feature on the Gifford development; and student life. Photographic Collection in this All major aspects of the Oregonissue of the Messenger. economyagriculture, for- Personal papers of faculty, Archives Staff from left to right: Elizabeth estry, engineering and the administrators, and alumni, as Nielsen (Senior Staff Archivist), Janet "high tech" industry, and well as the records of student, Wendt (Staff Archivist), Karl McCreary (Staff Archivist), Larry Landis (University marine resourcesare repre- faculty, and staff organizations Archivist). sented in the holdings of the constitute another major com- University Archives. The ponent of the Archives' hold- impact of major events and ings. Notable collections are developments in American the papers of several presidents history and culture on Oregon and of faculty in agriculture, e,1 ., State University and the peoplehome economics, forestry, of Oregon are reflected in the science, botany, architecture, Archives' holdings. and physical education.

4 Messenger, Fall 2000 Other types of historical materials are maintained by the Archives. These include all official publications issued by OSU, such the Barometer news- paper, the Beaver yearbook, catalogs, departmental news- letters, the alumni magazine, and the myriad of publications issued by the Extension Ser- vice, Experiment Station, Sea Grant, and the OSU Press; visual and sound recordings documenting intercollegiate athletics, lectures, musical performances, and other special events from the 1920s to the present; audio and video productions prepared by the Extension Service, the Alumni Association, and the University's communications offices; and oral history tapes unpublished personal papers uling, archival retirement, and Archives Reference Room n d transcripts made by or and organizational records temporary storage and destruc- with microfilm reader, microfiche bout OSU faculty, staff, stu- such as correspondence, dia- tion of university records. The reader, computer, collection guides, research tables, and card dents, alumni and residents of ries, photographs, scrapbooks, Archives staff administers the catalog. Corvallis and Benton County. and research files that comple- university records retention Because OSU's records are ment records created by and disposition schedule, public by law, the Archives' Oregon State University. assists with the transfer of holdings are generally open to The Archives maintains an permanent records to the whoever wishes to use them. active exhibits and outreach Archives as well as the storage Archives staff assist several program. Its staff prepares and destruction of confidential, hundred researchers per year displays and exhibits on his- non-permanent records, and who use the Archives on-site, torical topics using reproduc- advises departments on filing as well as several hundred tions of materials from its systems and equipment and other researchers who submit holdings for sites and events onuse of microfilm and digital inquiries via phone, FAX, and camps and for travel to other imaging technologies. The staff e-mail. Most researchers using institutions in Oregon. The also aids offices in the salvage the Archives are OSU faculty, staff assists other departments and recovery of damaged staff, students, and alumni, butand offices in preparing histori-records resulting from natural at least one third are scholars cal displays or exhibits using disaster, accident, or vandal- from other institutions, gene- materials from the Archives' ism. alogists, or others interested incollections. The Archives staff Information about the a particular facet of OSU's regularly makes presentations University Archives holdings history. to OSU classes, student and and services is available via the The University Archives' faculty organizations, and Web at http://osu.orst.edu/ holdings are continually in- community groups about its dept/archives. The Archives' creasing. Many offices and services and programs, histori-Web pages include detailed departments transfer historicalcal research, or other topics. descriptions of many collec- 4.-nd permanent institutional The University Archivist tions, on-line exhibits, policies :.cords on a regular basis. serves as the institutional and procedures, information Faculty and alumni routinely records officer for OSU and is about the history of OSU, and donate materials, especially responsible for retention sched-links to other archives.

Messenger, Fall 2000 5 THE GIFFORD PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION

TREASURES OF around 1890 graph from Lost Lake is one ofcolor and black and white through the mid- the most famous Mt. Hood photography. THE UNIVERSITY 1950s, the name vistas ever taken. Ralph and Wanda's son, Ben ARCHIVES Gifford was almost Ralph I. Gifford accompa- L. Gifford, graduated from Fromsynonymous with nied his father on photographyOregon State College in 1950 --;q1LVd photography in Oregon. Dur- trips throughout Central Or- with a degree in business. He ing that time, four photogra- egon as a boy, and took over worked as a photographer in phers (including two Oregon operation of his father's studio Salem, and helped his mother State alumni) representing in 1920. He sold the family with the family photography three generations of the Giffordphotography business in 1928, business. In 1986, Ben donated Note: In September the family photographed nearly but returned to photography inthe collection of his family University Archives became every corner of the state. 1936 becoming the first photog-photographic work to OSU's a department in the Univer- Benjamin A. Gifford (1859 rapher for the Oregon High- Homer Museum, where it was sity Libraries. The Gifford 1936) worked as an apprentice way Commission's Travel later transferred to the Univer- Photographic Collection is in a photography gallery after Information Department. sity Archives. It consists of one of the most significant briefly attending Kansas Nor- Ralph died suddenly in June approximately 600 glass nega- holdings of the University mal College. He and his wife 1947 while on a shoot in East- tives, 4,500 film negatives, Archives. This massive later opened their own photo ern Oregon. His wife, Wanda 5,000 prints, 150 color transpar- collection of more than studio in Portland, OR. Well T. Gifford, was a 1916 Oregon encies, and 1 cubic foot of 10,000 items came to known for his images of NativeAgricultural College graduate correspondence, family bio- Oregon State University Americans, scenes of the Co- in home economics. After graphical information, and in 1986 from the Gifford lumbia River and the ColumbiaRalph's death, she continued publications in which Gifford Family and was acquired by River Highway, and views of the photography business into photos appear. A complete the University Archives in Central Oregon and Portland the 1950s, focusing on human guide to the collection is avail- 1996. areas, Benjamin's 1901 photo- subjects and working with bothable in the University Archive

Left: Benjamin A. Gifford with view camera, ca. 1910. Gifford posed for this photograph wearing his broad- brimmed hat and lace-up boots, both of which were his trademarks. (OSU Archives P218) Right: Klickitat Brave, 1899. Benjamin A. Gifford was well- known for his studio portraits of Native Americans of the Columbia Basin. (OSU Archives P218: BAG#152)

6 Messenger, Fall 2000 -id on its World Wide Web Columbia Basin around the site at http://osu.orst.edu/ turn of the century. The collec- Dept/ archives /archive /pho / tion also serves as a tremen- p218des.html. dous agent in the study of 20th The collection is an impor- century photography. tant source of documentation "Photos By Gifford: An of the entire state of Oregon, Oregon Legacy," an exhibit of especially the Columbia River, photographs from the collec- Mt. Hood, the Cascades, the tion, was developed by Univer- Oregon Coast, the Willamette sity Archives staff in the spring Valley, and communities such of 1998. It opened at the CH2M as Portland and Salem. Many Hill Alumni Center in May photographs document 1998, and then traveled to Oregon's traditional resource- Newport, The Dalles, Bend, based industries, such as Salem and Portland. More agriculture, fishing, and for- recently, the exhibit has been estry. Benjamin A. Gifford's shown at OSU Central Oregon photos of Native Americans in Bend and OSU's LaSells document the tribes of the Stewart Center.

Top Left: Little Girl and Her Accordion, ca. 1948. Wanda Gifford considered photographs of children one of her specialties. (OSU Archives P218: WMG#254) Top Right: Jersey Judging Show, State Fair Grounds, May 19, 1951. After spending a year at the Fred Archer School of Photography in Los Angeles, Ben L. Gifford returned to Salem and helped his mother with the family photography business. He sold many of photographs to magazines and ad agencies. (OSU Archives P218: BLG#3C-40) 9ttom Right: Blossom Time, Salem, Oregon, April 1939. Landscape photographs such ds this were a hallmark of Ralph Gifford's photography work. (OSU Archives P218: RIG#0691)

Messenger, Fall 2000 7 COMMENTS FROM TRANSITIONING HEAD OF REFERENCE

MOST are someone-on-one how to select and asked about the things people of the most search research databases cannot find. And their expecta- SIGNIFICANT significant (which we've always done), settions are very, very high. But, CHANGE IN changes up their email accounts, and so are ours. We just can't be REFERENCE Whatthat have find their course pages on the sure the information isn't there occurred in Reference Services?web, which may be linked to somewhere. There are unlim- C, a; The most obvious change is other websites with primary ited potential sources of infor- the dramatic increase in the information. mation on the webgreat number of computers and our The reference desk used to primary resources but much dependence on them. In addi- be a place where people came that is mediocre at best. It is tion to adding email and other and asked for help with re- our job to sort through this glut general software applications, search or asked for specific of information and try to we have a new Research Gate- information i.e., the phone ascertain what has validity and way on the Library web that number of a foreign consulate what doesn't. provides more instructional or the number of microwave But in many ways our work material for novice users. ovens in the U.S. We used a is not that much different. Perhaps the reference finite number of resources to Students have always used the librarian's greatest challenge ishelp, and we were basically library to study, do research, reaching novice users reluctanttied to a physical location: and write papers. Reference to ask for help because they general reference, government has always been a classroom. Loretta Rielly was Head of think they should already documents, and maps. If we We teach people how to iden- Reference from January, 1996 to know how to use the library. couldn't answer a question tify and find good information. August, 2000. Experienced users are the first with the materials in the li- In the Library's Information to ask for help and let us knowbrary, i.e., print, cd rom, or Commons our help is more if they don't like something. microfiche, we'd call another extensive and includes work- I have also seen changes in library or do an online search ing with students on the "prod- the attitudes and teaching for the users, for a fee. The costuct"the paper, web page, or styles of the reference staff. I was based on amount of time presentation. Before, we would see them teaching students and number of results, so the be asked for help citing a searcher had to be experienced.journal article; now that help When I conducted my first includes using the superscript online search for a faculty and the header in the word member at Northern Illinois processing program. University, he, apparently with Also, we're assisting stu- more experience than I at this dents in all aspects of their exercise, showed up for his college liferegistering for appointment, gave me the classes, doing research, writing parameters for the search, and papers, completing math then set a stopwatch! That was assignments on the web, send- a real stressful moment for me,ing assignments via email, and in the beginningbut then I participating in online discus- learned to work under those sions. It's fascinating and conditions. enervating and I am very In some ways, users are lesshappy to be a part of the dependent on us now. They change. can search electronic databases There is still a place called and the web without worryingReference in the Librarybut The Information Commons functions as about paying for the amount ofit's a center now rather than a a centralized unit to provide training and support to the OSU community in select- time they are online. But as a desk. Actually, it's even more ing, accessing, and organizinginformation, result, the questions we get arethan a center. It's virtualit's using the latest in technological advances. much harder. Now we are not tied to place or time.

8 Messenger, Fall 2000 COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT

important part tion was the most helpful in The assessment confirmed THE of most works in determining where we need toour belief in the strength of our progress is to stepgrow. agriculture, plant sciences, CONSPECTUS back and look at This recently completed forestry and fisheries, oceanog-METHOD Anwhere you are evaluation was the most com- raphy and atmospheric science and plot the next move. Collec-prehensive study we have evercollections. Weaknesses were tions are undoubtedly works inundertaken. The evaluation revealed in the depth of por- progress, with growth and process occupied the librarianstions of our subject collections, direction being influenced by for more than one year, includ-and in most areas of physical new technologies, curriculum ing writing reports for each sciences and our journal collec- changes, and the ebb and flow subject. tion. The collection supporting of budgets. For this reason, we What did we learn? We the College of Liberal Arts periodically evaluate where welearned our collections are meets the requirements of the are in our collections in order strong in the sciences, particu- curriculum. to stay on course. The Conspec-larly in life sciences. In many What are we doing with the tus is the name for the method areas, we are losing ground information? Foremost, we are used in our most recent evalua-and see that our collection is using the information to shore tion, completed in May 2000. older than we would like. Our up weak areas by targeting The Conspectus is a series ofbiggest concern in almost everysubject areas. Donor support quantitative measurements of area is periodicals. This came plays a key role in this en- each broad subject area that as no surprise, as the cost of deavor. We are also creating culminates in an overall assess-periodicals has forced us to goals for the collection that will ment in terms of the academic cancel titles in order to stay require longer-term attention degrees that the collection within our financial boundariesdue to emerging areas of ,..- 'mild support. The measure- and has reached a level of subject, and substantial changes ments were accomplished in national crisis among academicin the direction or the level of large part through the use of libraries. academic study at OSU. our online catalog system. Our computer calculated the aver- age age of the publications and counted the number of titles. We looked to see if we were getting the important material by comparing our holdings

against key bibliographies in These decorative bronze door the subject and recorded the panels, created by Emeritus percentage of ownership. We Professor Wayne P. Taysom in then looked at our purchasing 1963, suggest the level by comparing the number communication of knowledge among peoples and the of titles acquired in the past importance of natural resources two years with what had been to Oregon. Originally, they published. With this data in served as door panels on the hand, the librarians walked the Kerr Library, but are now shelves with faculty from each mounted at the entrance of The Valley Library. subject area to get the instruc- tors' and researchers' perspec- tives of the quality, strengths, and weaknesses of our collections. From all accounts, the An time the librarians spent with the faculty to discuss the collec-

Messenger, Fall 2000 9 THE NORTHWEST ART COLLECTION

SHELLEY Valley Library's Northwest Art JORDON, Collection is one NORTHWEST painting short ARTIST Therecently. The artwork is not lost, however, it has moved on to a larger, more prominent venuethe Frye Art Museum in Seattle, Washing- ton. Only paper signs telling of the painting's temporary move remain where Shelley Jordon's Sweet Delicate once dazzled the eye with its rich garden hues. Jordon developed her skills at various schools in New York City. After graduating from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York in 1986 with a Master of Fine Arts, she came to OSU to teach art. Her focus on celebrating the beauty of everyday objects was further

Pepino Melons, 1999, 48 x 48 in. (122 x 122 cm)

developed by her 1994 visit to tant, masculine exterior world, the American Academy in to create a sense of expanded Rome where the strong Medi- space and meaning of the terranean light and contrast feminine. By showing ordi- between new and old inspired nary, marketplace objects her brushwork. She opens up larger than life, Jordon brings the genre of still life, typically strength and potentiality to the small in scale and nature, to feminine, domestic realm. view the grandness of daily Gone for nearly seven life. Familiar, ordinary objects weeks, Sweet Delicate joins over command awe when Jordon two dozen pieces by Jordon exposes their strength and gathered from various collec- inner beauty with her fresh tions, both public and private, colors and bold brushstrokes. at the Frye Art Museum. On Sweet Delicate is a vibrant display through November 5, example of Jordon's prowess 2000, we strongly encourage with still life. A vase of flowersvisitors to Seattle to stop by perched on a magenta table- and enjoy the opportunity to cloth strewn with summer immerse themselves in a world squashes dominates the short of giant vases, showy flowers, string of river barges floating inand vivid produce, boldly the background. This is consis- holding center stage to the Hot Chili Oil, 1995, 48 x 48 in. (122 x 122 cm) tent with her layering of envi- contemporary images of ronments, domestic interiors barges, bridges, buildings, and made central against the dis- factories in the background.

10 Messenger, Fall 2000 Seattle is the lucky home of the Frye Art Museum, made possible by the generosity of Charles and Emma Frye. The Fryes began collecting artwork from all over the East Coast and Europe after establishing a highly successful meatpacking business. Over four decades of travel and purchasing, an eclectic array of works developed. In 1940, the people of Seattle inherited the art collection as well as the Frye fortune, which was to be used to create a free public art museum. Opened to the public in 1952 and recently remodeled, the Frye Art Museum offers a pleasing setting for visitors to comfortably enjoy and contem- plate art.

Roman Vista with Cantaloupe, 1994, 52 x 52 in. (132x 132 cm)

Sweet Delicata, 1997, 48 x 60 in. (122 x 152 cm)

Messenger, Fall 2000 11 APPRENTICESHIPS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

SYMPOSIUM August 14, worked full-time for eight tice, 1998-1999 Associated 2000, more thanweeks during the summer withStudents of OSU President, and 2000 200 high school practicing professionals in OSU student. ci varrif students from science and engineering. With about 500 symposium Onthroughout the President Risser delivered participants in addition to the Northwest gathered at The the welcoming address to kick student presenters, The Valley Valley Library. The Appren- off the 2000 ASE Symposium, Library got to showcase its ticeships in Science and Engi- followed by Dr. Ed Thompson,Rotunda reading room and neering (ASE) Symposium 2000President of Oregon Graduate Gallery as the backdrop for the was an opportunity for studentInstitute; Tom Imeson, Princi- students, and Oregon State apprentices to come together pal, Neil Gold Schmidt, Inc. University, the major sponsor and tell their peers, parents, and Member, Board of Higher of the 2000 ASE Symposium, mentors, teachers, and guests Education; and Melanie again displayed its dedication about the summer projects theySpraggins, 1994 ASE Appren- to scholarship and research. labored on for eight weeks Top Right: Stephen Henry, Walla under mentorship of a scientist Walla High School, Walla Walla, or engineer in the region. PIT Tags in F WA. Mentor: Mr. Earl Brown, Bonneville Power Administration, The ASE is a program of the Walla Walla, WA. Self Financing Saturday Academy and the and the Government: Where Your Oregon Graduate Institute of Tax Dollar Doesn't Go. Science and Engineering. Bottom Right: Diana Koester, Initiated in 1990, the program Hermiston High School, Hermiston OR. Mentor: Mr. Jon Mittelstadt. has grown from 36 talented National Weather Service, youths to the robust group of Pendleton, OR. Climate Cycles and205 students at this year's their Effects on the Weather of event. Selected from a pool of Northeast Oregon and Southeast 8,000 high school freshman, Washington. Below: Visitors, exhibitors, mentors, sophomores, and juniors from and sponsors mill about the variousOregon and Southwest Wash- displays in the Rotunda. ington, these dedicated youths

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12 Messenger, Fall 2000 DONOR PROFILE

n 1995, when David ment for Special Collections Recently, Dave was invited DAVID Barnekoff's wife's kid- and, most recently, he was ableby Professor Mary Alice SevilleBARNEKOFF neys failed, Dave to it possible for the library to of the College of Business to donated one of his to receive a Sun matching equip- spend the day at OSU with the To save her. Jan Barnekoff ment grant which has providednew junior accounting stu- was able to enjoy life for five for 50 thin client serves in the dents. After spending the day more years until her untimely Information Commons. with the students, he was the death in December, 1999. His When Dave was growing upkeynote speaker at their ban- amazing love and unselfishnessin Bandon he wanted to be- quet that evening. epitomizes his character. come an engineer like his In his leisure time, Dave Dave and Jan first became cousin who had graduated volunteers for his sons' lacrosse involved in the Library con- from OSU. He began his stud- organization and enjoys gene- struction project in 1995. They ies at OSU declaring a major inalogy as a hobby. He and his felt it was time to start giving Engineering but soon switchedtwo teenage sons often come to back to an institution that had to the College of Business and Corvallis for football games helped them achieve their calls it "one of the best deci- and other university activities. goals. Together they decided tosions I ever made." Dave He will soon be a member of make a significant financial giftmajored in accounting and the Strand Society (a donor toward the realization of a newwent on to receive his MBA at recognition club) and plans an facility. As a result of their the University of California, additional gift to name a re- support, the fourth floor is nowSanta Clara. He joined Sun in search study room in memory graced with Barnekoff Avenue.1984. He has spent his career inof his wife. In 1999, Jan and Dave created the Silicon Valley and also Oregon State University is the Barnekoff Business Collec- spent time in Canada with Sun.proud of Dave Barnekoff. He rion Endowment to assure Dave is currently the Director has two great kids, a very funding for books in the area ofof Finance, Strategic Integra- successful career and a philan- commerce. Dave's influence at tion for Sun. He also provides thropic heart. His generosity Sun Microsystems paved the financial and accounting con- and friendship enhances The way for a major gift of equip- sulting to start-up companies. Valley Library and the greater campus community in many ways. Dave is making an investment in the future of OSU. (Dave is one of the many special people who support the work of the OSU Libraries. Look for more donor profiles in coming Messengers.)

:41 3111.11=1.111.111111M Dave Bamekoff relaxing with his two sons, Andrew (17), and Gregory (15).

Messenger, Fall 2000 13 LIBRARY EVENTS

CAROLYN Special Collec- SERVID AND tions Room in The Valley Library was BRETT LOTT the setting for an AT OSU Theevening reading by Carolyn Servid, author of a (;(9 collection of essays, Of Land- scape and Longing. In front of windows framing views of tall trees, next to Frank Boyden's sculptures of ravens, Carolyn read about the landscape she calls home, the rocky, raven- graced shores of Baranof Island in southeast Alaska. Carolyn is co-founder and co-director of the Island Institute in Sitka and Carolyn Servid used the backdrop of the stunning panorama in the Special Collections Douglas Strain Reading Room as she read from her book Of Landscape and Longing. the author of The Book of the (See adjacent page for another view of Kidder Hall in the background.) Tongass. Her reading was sponsored by the Spring Creek Project, the OSU Bookstore, Club selection and has receivedmemoir, Fathers, Sons and and the University Libraries. the praise of having "exquisite Brothers, have appeared in, Acclaimed author Bret Lott moments of tenderness and theamong other places, The Chi- read from his fiction in The gift for elevating the common- cago Tribune, The Antioch Re- Valley Library's first floor place to the sublime" from view, The Gettysburg Review anc rotunda the evening of OctoberKirkus Reviews. Lott's work Iowa Review, and have been 20, 2000. One of Lott's many includes two short story collec-cited in the 1994, 1995 and 1996 and diverse works, his novel, tions, a memoir, and five volumes of Best American Jewel, was an Oprah's Book novels. Selections from his Essays.

LINUS PAULING CENTENARY EVENTS

Campus forum on Linus PaulingOne day, five speakers Scheduled Speakers: Ahmed Zewail, Lily Kay, Robert Paradowski, Tom Hager, Linus Pauling, Jr., at Lasells Stewart Center, February 28, 2001. Publication of The Pauling Catalogue, second edition. The first comprehensive listing of the complete holdings (500,000+ items) of the Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers, Fall, 2001 Opening of the traveling exhibition, Linus Pauling and the Twentieth Century. January 8, 2001 through March 31, OMSI in Portland. Linus Pauling Institute Conference, Diet and Optimum Health. Portland, May 2001. The Linus Pauling Institute Prize for Health Research. Presented during the conference to a nutrition research scientist of the highest distinction. The Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Peace Lectureship. Betty Williams, Nobel Laureate, May 14, 2001. The Linus Pauling Chemistry Lecture. John B. Goodenough, October 17-19, 2001. On-campus screening of biographical films on LP. Gilfillan Auditorium, February 27, 2001. LP Display Exhibit. Memorial Union, January-February, 2001. Publication of Linus Pauling: Scientist and Peacemaker. A Collection of Essays edited by Cliff Mead and Tom Hager, Published by OSU Press, January of 2001.

14 Messenger, Fall 2000 Oregon Agricultural College Library from a Photograph Taken at Sunset, 1919. Now known as Kidder Hall, this building served as Oregon State's library from 1918 to 1963. The photograph appeared in the 1920 Beaver yearbook. (OSU Archives P16:262)

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