August 7: Faust Travel Award Winner, Emily Van Dette, and Huck Travel Award Winner, Kristine Thompson, will talk about their research projects in the Mann Assembly Room at 1:00 P.M. Emily Van Dette will be talking about her research project, “Six Scribbling Women and the Politics of Literary Reputation.” Van Dette received her Ph.D from Penn State and is on the faculty at the State University of New York at Fredonia. She will be using the Fred Lewis Pattee papers as well as other related collections from the Special Collections Library.
Kristine Thompson of Louisiana State University is researching photographic representations of death and mourning, from the 19th century to the present day. She is using the Jay Ruby Collection and other related materials from our collections. Light refreshments (lemonade and cookies) will be served.
August 20: Annual Picnic
Please join us for the 23rd Annual University Libraries’ Faculty/Staff Family Picnic, from 5:00 p.m. – sunset, in Sunset Park, Pavilions #1 and #2 (Buffet dinner service to begin at 5:30 p.m.)
MENU: Hamburgers & Hot Dogs with rolls, potato salad, grilled vegetables, freshly cut fruits, and desserts
Please RSVP (by Tue., 8/06/13) using the online form at http://bit.ly/18aUWPp, by visiting the University Libraries’ Picnic page (http://bit.ly/176TOJi), or by printing and sending the form via campus mail to Sandy Confer, 510 Paterno. Sorry, we cannot fund travel expenses for those coming from other campuses, but we promise good fun and fun! We hope to see you there!
**Note: UPLEA supplies drive for Pets Come First is being held this month**
11am-3pm, in the Mann Assembly Room.
September 16: The University Libraries will host Megan Oakleaf of Syracuse University for a visit focused on library assessment. Dr. Oakleaf will help us learn more about assessing library services so that we can document the value that we provide to our users. More details of her visit will be forthcoming.