By Barbara I. Dewey, dean of University Libraries and Scholarly Communications
I am pleased to announce three new advisory groups for the University Libraries. DSAC, the University Libraries Graduate Student Advisory Group and the University Libraries Undergraduate Student Advisory Group will provide additional avenues for ideas, consultation, and communication.
Dean’s Staff Advisory Council (DSAC). DSAC will meet with me periodically to discuss issues of importance to our staff. I will be relying on DSAC to bring forward topics and provide feedback on various initiatives. Anyone can bring issues to the attention of Council members. DSAC will meet quarterly. Many thanks to all who indicated an interest in serving.
Nadine Deitrich – Access Services
Courtney Dillon – Business Office
Jeff Edmunds – Cataloging & Metadata Services
Eloise Ingram – Education and Behavioral Sciences Library
Ben Hoover – Penn State Hershey
Lisa Moyer – Penn State Erie-The Behrend Campus
Kathleen Scholz-Jaffe – Penn State Press
Alissa Zawoyski – Special Collections
Jackie Peagler – Affiliate member and liaison to University Staff Council
Lisa German has initiated two student advisory groups — the University Libraries Graduate Student Advisory Group and the University Libraries Undergraduate Student Advisory Group. Both groups met for the first time over the past two weeks.
Tim Pyatt and I had the opportunity to celebrate President and Mrs. Erickson’s recent gift of the historic map of Centre County at a recent lunch. Their map previously hung in the Provost’s Office. Please take some time to see it hanging in the Eberly Family Special Collections Library.
Congratulations to recipients of the 25th anniversary “chair. Tracy Deitrich, Elaine Horner, Earl Houser, Steven Kress, and Bernice Whitehill were honored at a reception on Friday, November 8, 2013. We appreciate their dedicated service to Penn State!
Submitted by Barbara Coopey
Users now have the option while in The CAT to continue their search in UBorrow. A link to UBorrow is located under the “Continue search in” section on the results list and record screens. When a search in The CAT shows that the item is checked out or does not produce needed results, the user can transfer the search over to the UBorrow catalog. The UBorrow search will display holdings for the CIC (Big Ten) libraries and the Center for Research Libraries catalogs. Penn State faculty, staff, and students can place requests for books and other material for loan within Uborrow and receive a 12-week loan period. Requests are imported into and the loans are checked out on ILLiad. Because of authentication issues, E-Zborrow cannot be added to The CAT at this time. Continue reading
November 11, 2:15-3 :30 p.m.: Introduction to EndNote, 202 Chambers. Register online
November 11, 6 p.m.: “Girl Rising” film screening and discussion, Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno.
November 12, 7:30 p.m.: Mary E. Rolling Reading series presents David Shields, New York Times best-selling author, Foster Auditorium. Free and open to the public.
November 13, 7 p.m.: “Bridge the Gap to Pine Ridge” film screening and discussion on Oglala Lakota culture. Sponsored by the University Libraries, the Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity (CORED), the American Indian Leadership Program, and the Interinstitutional Consortium for Indigenous Knowledge. Refreshments sponsored by CORED.
November 13, 12:15 p.m.: Taking a Second Look: Communities and Dam Removal (film) 105 Deike. Addresses environmental and economic issues in deciding whether to remove rather than repair or replace dams. (22 min)
November 14, 10 a.m.: Data Management Workshop, 211 Davey Lab. Register online.
November 18, 5:30 p.m.: Presentation by Dr. Brooke Erin Duffy, “The Romance of Work: Gender and Aspirational Labor in Contemporary Culture Industries, Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library.
November 19, 4-5 p.m.: Presentation by Chris Ware, winner of multiple Eisner Awards and the National Cartoonists Society Award, Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library.
Story and photo by Abby Maxwell
It’s common knowledge among most members of the Penn State community that our school is home to hundreds of clubs and organizations. One club some students may not know about is TARDIS: Penn State’s Doctor Who club. “Doctor Who” fans know that in the context of the television show, TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimension in Space) is a time traveling British Police Box. But at Penn State, TARDIS stands for True Aficionados Relating to Doctor Who and Intersecting Subjects.
Penn State TARDIS is a group of students—many of whom happen to be engineering students—who share a common love of “Doctor Who” and all things relating to British television. The club meets weekly to watch episodes, play games and discuss their passion for these various shows. In addition to meetings to celebrate their passion for “Doctor Who,” the club holds fundraising events such as pierogi days and collecting food for underprivileged local families. Bonnie Osif, engineering librarian and faculty adviser for Penn State TARDIS, says, “they are a phenomenal group—a joy to be with.” She shares their love of “Doctor Who” and states that she would love to play a role in an episode, even as a Dalek—simplified for those less familiar with the show as “basically an evil salt shaker that wants to kill you.” Continue reading
Five Libraries employees received their 25-year anniversary awards during a celebration held in Mann Assembly Room last week. Pictured here are (from left) Steven Kress, Elaine J. Horner, Bernice A.Whitehill, Earl Houser, and Tracy L. Deitrich. Congratulations to all!
photo by Catherine Grigor
By Ryan Johnson, technology training coordinator
Outline View in PowerPoint shows all the text of all slides in the presentation, no graphics are shown. This view is useful for quick reading of your slides and for quick text editing on the slides as well. Simply select the text to edit in this view, make any necessary changes and save your presentation.
Outline View is also a good way to export your data out as a Word document to use as a summary handout or to create a web page with the same content as well.
Entomologist uses ScholarSphere repository to preserve rare insect
collection. Read the full story:
http://news.psu.edu/story/294128/2013/11/05/academics/entomologist-uses-scholarsphere-repository-preserve-rare-insect
Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:
Part-time:
Samuel Elvin – PS Schuylkill Ciletti Memorial Library
Michael Fairback – PS Lehigh Valley Campus Library
Nasiba Rexiati – Robert E. Eiche Library, PS Altoona
Full-time:
11/13/13 Emma Davidson – Receptionist, Dean’s Office
Upcoming Holidays
Thanksgiving Day
The Thanksgiving holiday will be on Thursday, November 28. The University is also closed on Friday, November 29, and this day is considered an Official Campus Closure. Continue reading
Calendar
Order the first ever Libraries Calendar! The Libraries’ United Way Committee has created a 2014 Calendar using your photos. Order by noon, Friday 11/15. To be delivered early December. Order form: https://surveys.libraries.psu.edu/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=7lMJl78 Continue reading