Events: September 22

September 24, 12: 15 p.m.: “Shattered Sky: The Battle for Energy, Economy, and Environment,” film, EMS Art Gallery, 18 Deike (57 min.) How the hole in the ozone layer is shaping the dichotomy between businesses and politicians.

September 25, 1–2 p.m.: GIS interest group meeting. Paterno Library, Room 403. Any library employee is welcome to attend. Discussion of geospatial, GIS, map and spatial topics relevant to the libraries. The format of this gathering will be discussion style with time for demonstrations as necessary.

Sept. 26, noon–2:00 p.m.: Introduction to Digital Humanities (repeated on Oct. 16, noon–2:00 p.m.) 23 Pattee Library (News and Microforms Library)
Instructors: James O’Sullivan, Digital Humanities research designer, and Dawn Childress, Kalin Librarian for Technological Innovations in the Humanities and humanities librarian

September 29, 2 p.m.: Engaging with Ojibwe communities, Foster Aud. and MediaSite Live

September 30, noon-1 p.m.: Brown Bag Presentation by Sarah Pickle, Social Sciences Data Curation Fellow (a CLIR postdoc position), Mann Assembly Room

October 1, 1 p.m.: Mapping Applications Workshop, W315 Pattee Library. Details

October (multiple dates): “Queering Penn State History”: Penn State Archivist Doris Malkmus will be traveling to Penn State campuses this fall to present “Queering Penn State History.” Using a game setting and primary sources from The Eberly Family Special Collections Library, she will help attendees discover the tumultuous history of Penn State’s first gay student organization, circa 1968–1974. The presentations are free and open to the public. First stop is Penn State York on October 1.

October 23, 3-4 p.m: Getting to Know International Patrons, Mann Assembly Room and Adobe Connect. There are over 7,000 international students from around the world enrolled at Penn State. These students bring with them a broad range of cultures, languages, backgrounds, and expectations. This discussion-based workshop will present effective strategies for communicating with our international patrons.

October 23, 2014, 7:30 p.m.: The Emily Dickinson Lectureship in American Poetry presents Marilyn Nelson, Foster Auditorium. Marilyn Nelson is a three-time finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the Newbery and Coretta Scott King awards. She is the author or translator of 15 poetry books for adults and children and five chapbooks. In 2013 she published a memoir entitled “How I Discovered Poetry”—a series of 50 poems about growing up in the 1950’s in a military family. Part of the 2014-2015 Mary E. Rolling Reading Series.