NCSU Libraries Volume 31, No. 1, Winter, 2014–15 MEET WILL QUICK NEW PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS Visualization Studio at D. H. Hill Library Makerspaces Ask Us Center at D. H. Hill 22 2 3 8 NCSU Libraries Volume 31, No. 1, Winter, 2014–15 14 VICE PROVOST AND DIRECTOR OF LIBRARIES: Susan K. Nutter EDITOR: Charles J. Samuels, Director of Publications GRAPHIC DESIGN: Charles J. Samuels, Brent Brafford Friends of the Library Campus Box 7111 Raleigh, NC 27695 [email protected] 919-515-2841 24 Focus seeks to promote the services, activities, needs, and interests of the NCSU Libraries to the university, the Friends of the Library, and beyond. Unless otherwise noted, photographs are by Charles Samuels and Brent Brafford, NCSU Libraries, or Marc Hall, NC State University Communications Services. NCSU Libraries: www.lib.ncsu.edu 13 Focus Online: www.lib.ncsu.edu/publications/ focusonline On the Cover: Will Quick, President of the Board of Directors of the Friends of the Library. Photo by Marc Hall, University Communications. This publication was printed at a cost of $1.45 per piece with funding by the Friends of the Library of North Carolina State University. WINTER, 2014-2015 ©2015 NCSU Libraries 2 Libraries News 24 Ask Us Center at the D. H. Hill Library 8 Friends of the Library News 28 Libraries Personnel 16 Hands On. Minds On. 30 Honor Roll of Friends 22 Visualization Studio at the D. H. Hill Library LIBRARIES NEWS LIBRARY EVENTS RECAP a child’s perspective. Martin and students performed monologues Moreira led a post-film discussion. and scenes from banned and This past Fall’s events were another challenged books. This year’s testament to the fantastic students, selections focused on current and faculty, and staff who help the contemporary titles that show NCSU Libraries remain a vital hub how censorship is not just a thing of creativity, thought, and purpose of the past. A in the NC State community. highlight of the evening was a Genetics, Food and performance Society adapted In August Dr. Fred from Captain Gould of NC State’s Underpants, a popular series Genetic Engineering Josh Katz shows his dialect maps. and Society (GES) of kids’ books that tops the Center led a discussion NCSU Libraries’ Amazing featuring Pamela lists of banned Alumni series featuring Josh and challenged Ronald and Raoul Katz Banned Books Adamchak, visiting books. In student performers, Josh Katz authors of the 2014 The New York Times’ addition to the Nic Peaks, Patrick Dr. Fred Gould chats visited the NCSU Libraries in evening event, Narmi, Yamila Monge, with Pamela Ronald and Common Reading September to discuss how our web-based and Antrone Burke at Raoul Adamchak. book, Tomorrow’s Table: Organic data visualization is improving WKNC interview. Farming, Genetics, and the Future Banned Books researchers’ ability to convey of Food. NC State’s Common quiz provided complex information to the public. Reading Program assigns a book to a fun way Katz is a graduate of NC State’s incoming undergraduate students, to test participants’ knowledge Department of Statistics and introducing them to the university’s of this important phenomenon. creator of the immensely popular “institutional and academic values Congratulations to our winners of interactive dialect map – the and expectations, including New the quiz, Clark Meshaw and Emily most visited piece of engagement as members of this York Times’ Green, who received 2014 Banned content in 2013. community of scholars.” Books Week t-shirts designed by the American Library Association. image courtesy of Brad Feinknopf Documentary film – “If You Build It” A/V Geeks Presents: “Vote - And The Choice Is Yours” This inspiring (1964) documentary film tells the story of a design/ In commemoration of the 50th build project that anniversary of the signing of transformed the high the Civil Rights Act, NC State school experience for alumnus and founder of A/V a group of students Geeks, Skip Elsheimer, screened in rural Bertie County, Attendees watch A/V Geeks’ films “Vote - And The Choice Is Yours”, NC. Following the on the Commons Wall. a film produced in 1964 by the North Carolina Film Board. The In the film “If You Build screening, NC State It” a group of high students Colin White A/V Geeks Presents: Back to film featured interviews with school students learns and Stevie Mizelle, two of the School Fayetteville State College students discussing voting and other about design—and students featured in the film, were The 2014-2015 film and discussion democratic processes. Dr. Blair determination— as on hand to answer questions and series, “A/V Geeks at the Hunt they work to build a Kelley of NC State’s Department talk about how the experience Library,” premiered this fall. NC farmers’ market for of History provided historical affected their lives. State Alumnus Skip Elsheimer took their small rural town. perspective and context. over the Hunt Library’s 4th floor Independent film, Commons Wall MicroTiles display “Harbinger” Author Event featuring to screen archival films about Richard Blanco NC State alumni everyone’s favorite time of year— Andrew Martin Back-to-school. The film series pairs Richard Blanco discussed his (producer) and Kieran Elsheimer’s 16mm educational film memoir The Prince of los Cocuyos: Moreira (director) archive A/V Geeks with scholars A Miami Childhood, a poignant, brought their new from NC State and the community. hilarious, and inspiring memoir independent film, from the first Latino and openly “HARBINGER” to the Red, White & Banned (4th gay inaugural poet. This event was Hunt Library. The film Annual) co-presented by the Friends of the Library and Quail Ridge Books & is a live- action, fantasy- In commemoration of National Music. drama, seen through Banned Books Week, NC State 2 | FOCUS - NCSU Libraries LIBRARIES NEWS Read Smart: The Maid’s Version by Daniel NCSU Libraries’ Fabulous Woodrell Faculty series featuring Flash Boys: A Wall Street In October, Dr. Marc Justin LeBlanc Revolt by Michael Lewis K. Dudley, associate “Project Runway” season 12 finalist Dr. Eileen Taylor, CPA, CFE, and professor of English and NC State’s own Justin LeBlanc, associate professor of accounting at NC State, led the assistant professor of Art + Design, at NC State, led our discussion of this talked about his design aesthetic, August discussion short novel by the his work at NC State, and the of the bestseller author of Winter’s inspiring story of his life before and Flash Boys: A Wall Bone. after “Project Runway.” Street Revolt by In conjunction with LeBlanc’s Michael Lewis. presentation, NCSU Libraries Fabulous Faculty Cooked by has exhibited items from his Soundwaves collection in the Michael Pollan NCSU Libraries’ Fabulous D. H. Hill Library Ask Us lobby. In September, Faculty series featuring Dr. Dr. Keith Barbara Sherman Harris, assistant professor of Our Fabulous Faculty series took Food, Bioprocessing & Nutrition us to the College of Veterinary Sciences at NC State, moderated Medicine in September for a talk our discussion with Dr. Barbara Sherman, clinical of Cooked, the professor of veterinary behavior at newest bestseller NC State’s College of Veterinary photo by Barbara Nitke by Michael Medicine and past president Pollan, author of of the American College of The Omnivore’s Veterinary Behaviorists (ACVB). Her Items from LeBlanc’s Sound Dilemma. presentation focused on helping Waves collection including 3D dog-lovers better understand their printed accessories. canines’ cues and behavior. Furniture Design Series presented the history of Knoll of history’s most elegant design featuring the chairs of the furniture design and the beginning solutions, but also revealed the Hunt Library of the Modernist Movement. optimism in humanity’s ability Describing each designer’s to employ creativity to improve As hundreds of student tweets, thought process, Lutz people’s lives. photographs, and even websites detailed how many show, the Hunt Library is “full of You can learn more about modernist designers chairs,” and students love them. upcoming Hunt Furniture sought to innovate In fact, we now have one of the Design Series events at by removing most extensive collections of www.lib.ncsu.edu. decoration and Modernist chairs anywhere—and breaking with past a great opportunity to use them conventions. as an educational tool for those interested in design, textiles, and On October 28, 2014, many other fields. our guest speaker was Tim deFiebre. His This fall we launched the Hunt background working Tim deFiebre shares Furniture Design Series to let the with Ward Bennett, insights into his students, the community, and all one of the greatest design process. of us who work at NC State furniture designers learn more about our of the 20th century, brought him collection and design a great understanding of the in general from ergonomics of the chair and the some of today’s difference between “sitting on it” best designers and “sitting in it.” Tim shared his and scholars. design process of developing a On September simple, beautiful chair with a focus 16, 2014, Brian on the varied details that make it Lutz from Knoll comfortable. A special thanks to the Tom Both Brian and Tim reminded us Russell Charitable Foundation, Brian Lutz discusses Knoll Inc. for its support of NCSU that the Modernist Movement and the history of Modern Libraries programs throughout the not only presented us with some furniture design. semester. NCSU Libraries - FOCUS | 3 LIBRARIES NEWS THE RESEARCH OF RESEARCH: THE 2014 I.T. LITTLETON SEMINAR WITH DR. SHEILA CORRALL Supporting and advancing the research enterprise is part of the strategic fabric of modern research libraries. From formulating and researching a topic, to actively curating data, to visualizing scholarship, to advising on publication rights, to analyzing the impact of publications—research libraries are working across the research lifecycle to help make scholars more productive.