SLIS Connecting Volume 3 Issue 1 Article 10 2014 Entire Issue: Volume 3, Issue 1 Stacy Creel Follow this and additional works at: https://aquila.usm.edu/slisconnecting Part of the Archival Science Commons, Collection Development and Management Commons, Information Literacy Commons, Scholarly Communication Commons, and the Scholarly Publishing Commons Recommended Citation Creel, Stacy (2014) "Entire Issue: Volume 3, Issue 1," SLIS Connecting: Vol. 3 : Iss. 1 , Article 10. DOI: 10.18785/slis.0301.10 Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/slisconnecting/vol3/iss1/10 This Complete Issue is brought to you for free and open access by The Aquila Digital Community. It has been accepted for inclusion in SLIS Connecting by an authorized editor of The Aquila Digital Community. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Volume 3, Issue 1 Spring 2014 SLIS Update By Elizabeth Haynes, Director Welcome to this issue of SLIS Connecting. We are 2014. Mr. Pace works with undergraduate students pleased to be able to continue publishing this with both teaching and advising. newsletter to showcase our news and scholarly papers of interest. The 2014 Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival was a huge success. Christopher Paul Curtis was our It seems like this academic year is almost over – as I Medallion winner, and he was joined by other noted write this we are enjoying spring break with (more or authors and illustrators in the line‐up. less) warmer temperatures. Spring is lovely in South Mississippi and never more welcome than this year We’re excited about a new graduate scholarship that after what seems like months of cold weather and was recently funded for five years. Unlike most of our two and a half days lost to an ice storm in February. other scholarships, this scholarship is open to any graduate student meeting the qualifications, Our faculty members have been busy and I’d like to regardless of place of residence. If you are an alum, highlight a few of their accomplishments. employer, or friend of USM SLIS, then we encourage you to consider donating to this scholarship, which is Dr. Catharine Bomhold has recently had two administered through the USM foundation. Pledges peer‐reviewed articles accepted about her can be paid out over five years on a monthly basis research on smart phone mobile applications in through bank draft or credit card charge. For the university library environment as well as example, a pledge of $1000 costs only $17 per month doing a presentation in Memphis. if paid out over five years. Please think about making Dr. Stacy Creel received the Outstanding Faculty this tax‐deductible gift to the School. We’ll be happy Teaching Award for the College of Education and to send you a donation form or put you in touch with Psychology. the USM Foundation. Dr. Creel, Dr. Brenton Stewart, and Dr. Teresa Welsh addressed a standing room only audience Enjoy this issue of SLIS Connecting. recently about integrating technology into teaching at the USM Educators Connect Conference. Dr. Griffis, our newest faculty member, was invited to help the Owens Sound, Ontario Carnegie Library celebrate their 100th anniversary by speaking at the celebration about the history of the library as a Carnegie Library. Dr. Creel, Dr. Griffis, Dr. Stewart, and Dr. Welsh all presented posters at the recent ALISE conference in Philadelphia. Dr. Xinyu (Cindy) Yu is teaching a course in Health Dr. Elizabeth Haynes received her MLS and Ph.D. Information this spring that was developed degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. She through support from a grant from the National has been a school library media specialist and district Library of Medicine. library administrator for the El Paso (Texas) Public See the publications section elsewhere in this Schools. For three years, Dr. Haynes was a library issue for additional information about faculty media specialist for the Texas Education Agency. publications. She joined the faculty of the School of Library and After two years as a visiting instructor, Mr. Edmand Information Science at the University of Southern Pace joined the faculty as an instructor in January, Mississippi in Hattiesburg in 1998. 1 Faculty Spotlight Alumni Spotlight Dr. Elizabeth Haynes received both a B.A. and B.S. degree from Texas Woman's University and her MLS and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. She served as a school library media specialist and district library administrator for the El Paso (Texas) Public Schools. For three years, Dr. Haynes was a library media specialist for the Texas Education Agency. In 1998, she joined the faculty of the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at The University of Southern Mississippi. Dr. Haynes became the Director of SLIS in July 2013. She has served on numerous committees throughout the university and has written a variety of publications. Stephen Cunetto, Administrator of Systems at Mississippi State University (MSU) Libraries, earned his B.S. in Communication at MSU and his Masters in Library and Information Science at The University of Southern Mississippi in 2006. As the Administrator of Systems, he provides strategic direction, oversight, and maintenance of the libraries’ technological infrastructure and technology services. He manages and provides direction for several departments including Access Services, Instructional Media Center, Systems, Web Services, Digital Preservation and Access Unit, and the Charles Templeton Music Museum. Other responsibilities include serving as the Dr. Haynes has served as a member of, and the chair director of the Mississippi Library Partnership, a of, the University Academic Council, as a member of consortium of 53 academic, public and school Faculty Senate, and as a member of the University libraries, managing the Mississippi Academic Library Priorities Committee. She is the author and co‐author Consortium, and serving as the Technical Advisor for of books and articles including: "Getting Started with the MAGNOLIA project. Graphic Novels in School Libraries" and “The Class of He is a member of the Library Administrative Council, 2022: How Will We Meet Their Needs and chairs the Libraries’ Library Technology Committee Expectations” both found in Library Media Connection and the Assessment Committee. He serves on several and Crime Writers: A Reference Guide published by campus committees including the MSU Information Libraries Unlimited. She has presented at numerous Technology Oversight Committee and serves as chair conferences including the Fay B. Kaigler Children’s of the MSU Lyceum Committee. He has received Book Festival, Mississippi Library Association, and the grants from the National Endowment for the American Library Association. Her research area and Humanities and the Mississippi Arts Commission. interests include: Manga, fan‐fiction, youth services, Cunetto served as the President of several and school libraries. She is a regular attendee at organizations including the Mississippi Library science fiction conferences and Dragon Con. Association (2012), Mississippi Theatre Association (2001‐2002), Starkville Area Arts Council (2001), and In the past, Dr. Haynes has taught cataloging, school Starkville Community Theatre (1999‐2001). He has library courses, young adult courses, adult services, served as the Executive Director of the Mississippi and many more. Currently, she teaches LIS 695 – Theatre Association since 2003. In 1999, Cunetto was Master’s Project. awarded the Mississippi Library Association’s Peggy May Award. 2 Course Spotlight The objectives of the course include acquiring knowledge and experience of: LIS 692 Independent Study: Genealogy Research The basic purposes of genealogy (offered spring, summer, fall semesters for 1 or 3 Tools used in genealogical research credit hours) Faculty: Dr. Teresa S. Welsh Preparation of a genealogical report or family tree for a family or individual This independent study is appropriate for graduate Collection and services of a specific students interested in genealogy research—a favorite genealogical collection. topic in many public libraries, academic libraries, and archives. The 3 credit‐hour course is approved as an Requirements for one credit hour: elective for the Graduate Certificate in Archives and Create a family tree using a software of choice or NGS Special Collections. ancestor charts and family group sheets: http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/getting_started Would you like to research your family tree and earn At least one line should go back 5 generations or academic credit? Would you like to become familiar more with genealogical resource like Ancestry.com, Include digital copies of primary‐source records FamilySearch, and Find A Grave? Then the (census record, birth certificate, marriage license, independent study on genealogy research may be of military record, grave headstone image, etc.) that interest. document the information in the tree. Requirement for three credit hours: Create a family tree as required above Locate a genealogical collection at a local library or archive and prepare a 12‐15 page report on the collection’s print and online resources and services. For more information on this course or any other course offered in spring or fall 2014, click on the Academics link at http://www.usm.edu/slis The text for the course is Mastering Genealogy Proof (2013) by Thomas W. Jones, available in print and e‐ format by the National Genealogical Society. The goal of the course is to become knowledgeable in genealogical resources and to demonstrate proficiency in genealogical research using the standards and guidelines of the National Genealogical Society. Source: http://www.ngsgenealogy.org 3 Student Associations News LIS Student Association (LISSA) Embracing the online environment of SLIS, LISSA’s contribution of an Amazon wish list allowed donations Officers for 2013‐14 to be sent from anywhere in the world, greatly President – Emilie Aplin increasing the number of potential donors. The Vice President – Colleen Smith online wish list is a partnership LISSA would like to Secretary – Elizabeth La Beaud continue each year to encourage participation on a Webmaster – J.J.