Ford Motor Company Library The Tuskegee University Architecture Library Engineering Library Libraries Connection Veterinary Medical Library www.tuskegee.edu/libraries Legacy Museum September/October 2010 Volume 3, Issue 1 University Archives University Archives: Winning Awards and Inside this issue: Providing Increased Access Legacy Museum 2 News Tuskegee University on the University Archives Archives has also been Repository. The Interlibrary 2 nominated for the _______________________ Loan (ILL) Process State/Local Records After a 40 year stint at the News from Circula- Commission Annual University of New Mexico 2 tion/Reserves Award in Archival Meteoritic Museum, the Preservation and/or George Washington Carver Employee Spotlight 3 Records Management, Meteorite returns to the Tus- which will be awarded kegee University Campus. Students in Action 3 on November 1, 2010. Although just a slice (22 New Faces 3 pounds) of the original mete- Matt Walker, senior student employee, orite, the meteorite repre- Book Club 4 stands at the Archives table at the sents a rare type and has Academic and Student Support Fair. Recommendations been researched by many Congratulations to Dana ________________________ around the world. The GovDocs Spot 4 Chandler and the Archives Finally, we are live!!! The staff for winning second Archives website Industry Notes 4 place at the 3rd Annual Aca- is now up and Directory 5 demic and Student Support running. Repre- Fair held on August 19, 2010 senting one year in the Daniel Chappie James of preparation EDITOR Center. The theme for the and over 500 Academic and Student Sup- items uploaded, Leigh A. Jones port Fair was entitled, "A the website will Pathway to Achieving Aca- aid patrons Government Documents/ demic Excellence (PAAE)." throughout the Reference Librarian The Archives staff partici- world. Available [email protected] pated with a booth at the for viewing are The George Washington Carver Meteorite Fair. Veterinary Medicine, yearbooks, pho- STAFF Deidre Quinn-Gorham, came tographs, diagrams, audio -Dana Chandler, in first. and video materials. Go to University Archivist [email protected] DeKara Daniel the library website and click Circulation/Reserves Assistant University Libraries Host Orientation for New Students [email protected] The Tuskegee University four libraries of Myrtis Morris Libraries held its annual the university orientation for new stu- and the Univer- Legacy Museum Office dents from September 27, sity Archives. Manager 2010 through October 7, [email protected] Students partici- 2010. Students partici- pate in one of pated in classes that of- the orientation Alicia Pichon fered instruction on the use sessions that was held in the Government Documents of tools and resources that Computer Lab of Assistant are necessary for conduct- the Ford Motor ing basic research in the Company Li- [email protected] brary. Legacy Museum News The SGA had its Opening Mixer at the The ladies of the Beta Xi Omega Graduate Legacy Museum. Approximately 150- Chapter (Tuskegee, Alabama) of Alpha 200 students attended this event which Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated (AKA) visited the Legacy Museum on September incorporated fun, food and planning for 10, 2010. AKA is an international service the year. organization that was founded in 1908 at The Student Government Association Howard University. officers are: Ryan Burke Leticia Hunt President Student Activities Coordinator Macon, GA San Jose, CA Nicholas James James Freeman Vice President Treasurer Madison, AL Griffen, GA Donna Smith and Vera Smith (mother The Officers of the Tuskegee University Student and daughter) sign the guest book at the Government Association Bruce James II Legacy Museum. Porsha Thomas -Jontyle Robinson Judicial Adviser Mantachie, MS Curator, Legacy Museum Bainbridge, GA Senator-at-Large [email protected] The Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Process Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a service that al- A total of ten items may be requested A notification is sent out to the bor- lows library users to borrow materials from at one time - it can be 10 books or ten rower by email or phone when the ma- other libraries. The following is a list of the articles or a combination of books and terial arrives. things that you should know before using articles as long as they do not exceed ILL requests are handled in the Learning the ILL service. ten in total. Resource Center, which is located on the You must have a valid Tuskegee Univer- Before we place a request externally, third floor of the Ford Motor Company Li- sity identification card. we check our own resources to ascer- brary. tain that the material is unavailable in You must print out an ILL form from -Asteria Ndulute our own libraries. www.tuskegee.edu/libraries, and com- Learning Resource Center Librarian plete it. Books, dissertations, journal Delivery time depends on who is sup- [email protected] articles, archival materials, and newspa- plying the material - within the state, 3 per articles can be requested. - 7 days; from outside the state, 7 - 10 days. News from Circulation/Reserves The Circulation/Reserves Department would also like to announce the arrival The Circulation/Reserves Department is would like to remind all patrons to of a new employee. Ms. DeKara located on the first floor of the Ford please have your Tuskegee University Daniel , a Tuskegee graduate, is the Motor Company Library. ID card that is required to check out new Circulation/Reserves Assistant. -Deloris Player books and reserve materials. She is enthusiastic about her work and has the knowledge and the ability es- Head of Circulation/Reserves The Circulation/Reserves Department sential for the job. [email protected] Page 2 The Tuskegee University Libraries Connection Employee Spotlight: Mrs. Frances Davis, Engineering Librarian Mrs. Frances Mrs. Davis has had many accomplishments grandmother to the students. Davis is a during her career. She was among the first Mrs. Davis hopes that Tuskegee’s future will native of black librarians from Tuskegee University to continue to do well and make progress with Tuskegee, be allowed membership in the Alabama Li- the new president. She believes that Tuske- Alabama. She brary Association. She went on to serve as gee is on the right path. started work- president of the Special Libraries Association ing with the of the Alabama Library Association in 1974. The Engineering Library is designed to serve Tuskegee University the research needs of the students and faculty Mrs. Davis plans to retire in December. of the College of Engineering and Physical Libraries in When asked what are some of her most Sciences. It is located in Luther Hilton Foster 1954. Mrs. memorable moments at Tuskegee, she said, Hall, and has approximately 11,000 books, Davis started “When the students were striking about the 3,500 bound periodicals, and subscribes to at the Main cafeteria food and they locked the trustees over 200 journals in Engineering and related Library, in Dorothy Hall (which is the Kellogg Center areas. known today as the Ford Motor Company today).” She says that she will miss the stu- Library, when the libraries were just devel- dents the most. She has seen some stu- oping. She has also worked at the Nursing dents go on to graduate and then send their -Alicia Pichon Library (now closed) and the Veterinary children and then their children’s children to Government Documents Assistant Library (now the Veterinary Medical Library). the University. That is why she says that she feels like a grandmother and a great- [email protected] Students in Action In an effort to keep the Legacy Museum tional tours to visitors and guests of the Givens, Lauren Bales, Morgan Arline, available to visitors and guests, Dr. Jon- museum. Houston Frazier, Kayla Mosley, Keith tyle Robinson, curator, has recruited Oliver Jr., Trena Sharpe, Sydnei Jarman, many student volunteers. The Legacy The Legacy Museum volunteers are: Kaila Eric Bourne, Mia Stone, Jessica Daniels, Museum now has over 30 volunteers, Stubbs, Annika Scott, Ormond Castle, Ashley Edwards, Dominique Foster, Indya ranging from all 5 colleges on the Tuske- Jessica Salter, Zachery Phillips, Porsha Jackson, Jasmyne Gilbert, Amber El Dor- gee University campus. Their responsibili- Curtis, Evelyn Richardson, JaDon Ogle- rado, Asha El Dorrado, Meghan Council, ties are to educate themselves about the tree, Melanie Tolbert, Jordyn Calhoun, and Courtney Freeman. historic collection of art and artifacts, Erica Ballard, Jahquille Ross, Jessica War- maintain a welcoming and presentable bington, Courtney Bryant, Ashley Lewis, museum environment, and give educa- Marcus Tarver, JaNae Reynolds, Sabyne -JaDon Ogletree & Zachery Phillips Damas, Shakila Taylor, Shani Ricks, Je’na Student Volunteers New Faces The Tuskegee University Libraries family welcomes the following new staff members. Yolanda Callaway DeKara Daniel Cheryl Ferguson Library Assistant Library Assistant Archival Assistant, University Archives (Also pictured: Student employees Preston Veterinary Medical Library Circulation/Reserves Massey (l) and Reina Jackson (r) ) Volume 3, Issue 1 Page 3 Book Club Recommendations The Coldest Winter Ever Dickey’s way of writing is always simple and easy but keeps you drawn in. by Sister Souljah Cheaters is about love, betrayal, and The Coldest Winter Ever captures realis- self-discovery. This is a great book for tic characters and situations that we curling up on the couch. can relate to personally or not so per- sonally.