Volume 23 Spring 2016 BEYOND THE PAGES University of Georgia Libraries VISIT THE LIBRARIES' WEBSITES www.libs.uga.edu Special Collections Library UGA Libraries Contact Information www.libs.uga.edu/scl Dr. P. Toby Graham University Librarian and Associate Provost Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library [email protected] www.libs.uga.edu/hargrett (706) 542-0621 Chantel Dunham Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research & Studies Director of Development www.libs.uga.edu/russell [email protected] (706) 542-0628 Walter J. Brown Media Archive & Peabody Awards Collection www.libs.uga.edu/media Leandra Nessel Development Officer [email protected] (706) 542-3879 SUPPORT OUR ORAL HISTORY Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library TEACHING AND RESEARCH MISSION Chuck Barber Kat Stein Interim Codirector Interim Codirector [email protected] [email protected] (706) 542-0669 (706) 542-5484 Ruta Abolins Director, Walter J. 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BEYOND THE PAGES : Contents Volume 23 Spring 2016 Miller Learning Center Within The Pages 13 It's All About the Students 4 Letter from Dr. Toby Graham Student advisory group provides valuable insight 6 Georgia Writer's Hall of Fame into what students want 8 Pat Conroy Remembered Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library 8 Why I Give 14 "An Advocate for Women's Rights" 9 UGA Libraries, A Valuable Resource Draper Center and Archives for the Study of Women's Rights rededicated 10 New Collections 12 17 Discovering Jack Adams Exhibit Schedule Unknown Georgia artist's work discovered FEATURES in antique shop COLUMNS In the Stacks 30 Letter from Chantel Dunham, Science Library Libraries Director of Development 18 Scientific Explorers 31 Board of Visitors Interactive touchscreen exhibit encourages student exploration Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies 19 Fulfilling the Dream Russell Oral History participant selected as President's honoree 20 "Nothing About Us Without Us" Documenting Georgia's Disability History 22 Born Digital, Not Yesterday Preserving bits and bytes at the Hargrett and Russell Libraries Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection 24 A day in the life of the Staff of the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection Digital Library of Georgia 26 The DLG curates four exhibitions for the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) You are receiving this publication because we think you have an interest in the UGA Libraries. Literary Update If you do not wish to continue receiving Beyond 28 News from the University of Georgia Press the Pages, PLEASE give the gift of letting us know, 29 News from the Georgia Review which equals approximately $1.25 per issue. Contact Chantel Dunham at (706) 542-0628 or at [email protected] or Leandra Nessel Cover Photo: Known as the "Suffrage Herald," Inez Millholland Boissevain rode a horse at the head of the at (706) 542-3879 or [email protected] to be suffrage parade in Washington, D.C., in 1913. The image removed from the mailing list. of her on horseback became an emblem of the suffrage movement. From the Lucy Hargrett Draper Collection, Thank you so much!! Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library. within the pages DR. TOBY GRAHAM University Librarian university libraries of georgia and Associate Provost 4 Above: The 1910 Carnegie Library on the University of Georgia's Health Sciences campus. ndrew Carnegie, steel magnate “gospel of wealth,” a belief in the importance well as the UGA/Augusta University Medical and philanthropist, has been of giving generously for the public good. Partnership. called the “patron saint of Carnegie wrote that the best field for philan- The 1910 Carnegie Library is the most Spring 2016 A libraries.” Through his charitable giving, thropy was library development. He saw his historically significant structure on the Carnegie helped to build about two own life as an example of how libraries could Health Sciences Campus, and the University thousand library structures between 1896 underpin individual self-improvement and had begun to work toward its renovation by and 1919 and make libraries an inextricable self-reliance for many others. 2012. Once again, philanthropy played an part of American educational and cultural life. Most Carnegie Libraries were public essential role. The Calloway Foundation and Carnegie derived his commitment to community libraries, but Carnegie also built the Tull Foundation provided generous sup- libraries from personal experience. Reflect- them for colleges on occasion. One of those port to help the University provide a new life ing on his childhood, Carnegie wrote about was the 1910 library at the Normal School in for the historic library. With the UGA Office a “Colonel Anderson” who opened his Athens, Georgia, a college for training teach- of University Architects, the UGA Libraries personal library to the boys of Allegheny, ers. The entire Normal School campus later have worked to recapture the historic and Pennsylvania. Carnegie believed that the became the property of the U.S. Navy, serv- aesthetic significance of the Carnegie Library knowledge and inspiration he derived from ing as the site of its Supply Corps School. In while also providing a vibrant twenty-first- reading Anderson’s books helped him rise 2011, the base closed, and the University of century learning environment for medical from poverty to become one of the most Georgia acquired the property for its Health and public health students. powerful industrialists of his age. Having Sciences Campus, which includes compo- The newly renovated Carnegie Library achieved such success, Carnegie adopted his nents of the UGA College of Public Health, as Learning Center opened in November 2015 within the pages and has been well received and extensively used by students at the UGA Health Sciences Campus. For the UGA Libraries, the Carnegie presents a new op- portunity to contribute to medical and other health- related education at the University and ultimately to public health in Georgia and beyond. It also reminds us of the potential of philanthropists to have a meaningful and enduring impact through their sup- port of libraries. I invite you to visit the newly renovated Carnegie Library at the UGA Health Sciences Campus and thank you for your support of the University of Georgia Libraries. Sincerely, university libraries of georgia 5 Spring 2016 Large windows and high ceilings provide lots of natural light on the ground floor reading room. The addition of computers and small group study rooms on the lower floor provides students with the resources they need. within the pages INDUCTS FIVE NEW MEMBERS By Jean Cleveland, Communications Officer ive new members, including the first offers political commentary both erudite pragmatist, Cheney differed from his Agrar- African-American to win a Pulitzer and entertaining. The book was a critical ian counterparts in significant ways. He FPrize, have been elected to the success, garnering praise from northern and supported New Deal programs like the Ten- Georgia Writers Hall of Fame at the southern critics alike. nessee Valley Authority, and his novels reflect university libraries of georgia University of Georgia Libraries. In the past twenty-five years he has also a more forward-looking attitude toward For the second year, the UGA Libraries written poetry and screenplays and pub- racial integration and social change. In all of are encouraging Georgians to read at least lished thirteen books; contributed to some his novels Cheney’s acute political ear and 6 one book by each inductee before the annual one hundred periodicals; performed on his awareness of the complexities of a chang- November ceremony. television, stage, and radio; and played with ing society create a graphic and memorable “Book clubs and individuals responded an authors’ rock band, the Rock Bottom portrait of a region. so favorably to last year’s suggested read- Remainders, along with Dave Barry and Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin was a ing initiative that we are again making Stephen King.