“No Nobler Effort: Evan Pugh, Penn State’s First President” is on display from January 28 to June 10, 2014, in Robb Hall Exhibit Gallery, Hintz Alumni Center. The exhibit takes a closer look at the remarkable life and achievements of Pugh, a leader and advocate for public higher education, whose life was cut short by typhoid fever at the age of 36.
Pugh was an intellectual giant from Chester County, Pa. who completed his Ph.D. in 1856 and joined the Rothamsted Agricultural Research Station, in England, where his research won him membership to the prestigious London Chemical Society in 1859.
In October 1859, at age 31, Pugh left England to serve as the President of the Farmers’ High School (now Penn State) in Centre County. His goal was to educate new generations of agricultural scientists and conduct practical research in support of American farmers. He was president, teacher, researcher, registrar, bursar, construction superintendent, curriculum organizer, promoter, lobbyist, disciplinarian and procurer of supplies. In 1861, the school produced the nations first graduates (11 students) with a degree in scientific agriculture.
“Penn Staters Skate to Winter Olympic Glory,” an exhibition, is on display January 20–March 20, 2014, in the Penn State All-Sports Museum, University Park. As the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia near, it is time to look into the Penn State historical record and recognize those athletes who have participated in Winter Olympic Games from years gone by. Kurt Oppelt (figure skater representing Austria), Allison Baver (short track speed skater representing the U.S. – in photo below- from http://www.teamusa.org/ ) and Edgar Seymour (bobsledder representing the U.S.) are among the significant Penn Staters who have skated into Olympic memories.
January 28, noon -1:00 p.m.: Brown Bag Talk on “Visualization of Historic Maps and Special Collections to Optimize Teaching and Research,” by Kathy Weimer, Coordinator of Map and GIS Library at Texas A&M University Library. Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library
January 29, 12:15 p.m.: Secret Life of Ice (film – 49 min.) Ice may be one of the strangest substances in the world. Full of contradictions, it is powerful enough to shatter rock but can melt in the blink of an eye; it is transparent, yet can glow with color. EMS Museum, Deike Building.
January 30, 11 a.m. – noon: Library Research Basics, 302 Paterno
January 30, 1-4 p.m.: Civil and environmental engineering students are invited to an Open House in the Engineering Library, 325 Hammond Building. Highlights will include library resources used in the study of civil and environmental engineering. Several displays will include a timeline of historically important civil and environmental engineering events, new books, and a demonstration of an engineering database. Light snacks will be served. All majors are invited, and attendees are encouraged to bring a friend.
January 30, 2–3 p.m.: Visiting scholar Ellen Gruber Garvey will give a presentation, “Hidden Histories: African American Scrapbooks Talk Back to the White Press in the 19th Century.” Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library
February 4, noon – 1 p.m.: Data Management Workshop, 211 Davey
Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:
Part-time:
Jordan Diaz, J. Clarence Kelly Library, Greater Allegheny Campus
Yasmin Mohamed, University Archives
Laura Montes, University Archives
Nora Peach, Penn State Harrisburg Library
Tamia Robinson, Berks Thun Library
Wishing the following employees well as they leave us:
1/31/14 Barry Kernfeld, Special Collections Library
Marti Lindsay, Life Sciences Library
By Ryan Johnson, technology training coordinator
Tags can be your key to creating your own personal classification system in UCS. You can create custom tags and then apply them to any item(s) in your UCS account, such as emails, contacts, calendar appointments, tasks, and briefcase items.
Clicking on any given tag will sort your account based on that tag, only returning items with that tag. For example, you can create a tag called Follow-up, use it to tag emails in your inbox that you need to follow up on, then click the Follow-up tag in the Overview pane to only display items that have been tagged as Follow-up.
For more information on tagging, please view the web-based tutorial Using Tags to Classify Emails, Contacts, Appointments, Tasks, and Briefcase Items.
This year, all colleges and units of the University are working on a five-year strategic plan for 2014-2019, to be submitted by July 1. Over the last few weeks the Libraries Strategic Planning Steering Committee has been working on two things:.
1. a framework to guide the further development of the Libraries five-year plan for 2014-19
2. appointing working groups to carry out deeper discussions of the libraries strategic directions.
There is a complete update on the framework and the working groups at the Libraries Strategic Planning site, where you can also comment and ask questions about the process. — Mike Furlough
Submitted by the Discovery Day Project team
Discovery Day 2014 at University Park is set for Friday, March 7. You suggested and we listened. Here is a preview of the coming attractions:
Fun with Photoshop
Learn how to manipulate images in fun, exciting and EASY ways using Photoshop. For beginners as well as advanced and intermediate users, this session will give you a fun perspective on what you can do with Photoshop. (Basic knowledge of Photoshop required).
Paperback Swap
Like to read? Want to pay less for books? Want to thin out your book collection? In this session learn how to swap used books for only the price of media mail postage! Our book club helps avid readers exchange books for free. List books you’d like to swap with other club members. Choose from over 4 million available books. No late fees, no hidden charges.
Library Management Council Meeting Minutes
https://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/groups/library_management/intranet/2014minutes.html#011414
The Libraries Diversity Committee and the LGBTA Student Resource Center will provide a Straight Talk for library faculty and staff on February 13, at 1 p.m., in Foster Auditorium. Straight Talks are panels of speakers composed of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and ally students from a wide range of beliefs and background who educate the university community on sexual orientation, gender identity, oppression, and diversity at Penn State University. This is a libraries-only event.
Please mark your calendars and plan to attend the LFO Research Colloquium on Thursday,, 2/27/14, from 1 – 3:30 p.m. in Foster Auditorium and via Media Site Live.
Presenters include:
More information will be shared soon via Library News.
We hope to see you there!
All photos by Wilson Hutton
Penn State’s University Libraries have acquired the archives of the renowned designer and writer Chip Kidd. Kidd, dubbed the “the closest thing to a rock star in graphic design” by USA Today, studied graphic design at Penn State before starting work at Alfred A. Knopf in 1986. At Knopf he has created memorable book jackets for authors such as John Updike and Michael Crichton, including the iconic cover for “Jurassic Park” (pictured left). Kidd is the recipient of the National Design Award for Communications (presented by the Cooper-Hewitt/Smithsonian) and will receive the AIGA medal for lifetime achievement in April.
Kidd is also the author of several books, including “The Cheese Monkeys” and “The Learners,” both fictional accounts of his time at Penn State, as well as an original graphic novel, “Batman: Death by Design.” He has also authored several books about comics, most notably “Peanuts: The Art of Charles M. Schulz,” “The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross” and “Bat-Manga: The Secret History of Batman in Japan,” among many others. His most recent work is the highly acclaimed “Go: A Kidd’s Guide to Graphic Design.” Continue reading
By Barbara Coopey, assistant head of Access Services
Access PA recently completed a catalog reload of our holdings in the Access PA database. More than a decade ago Penn State joined Access Pennsylvania and added our holdings to their database. There were yearly holdings updates until 2008 when at that time Access Pennsylvania no longer was able to process the updates. Since then, the database has been lacking accurate Penn State holdings.
During Fall Semester 2013 Access Pennsylvania did a reload of our holdings and deleted our old records. Thanks to the efforts of Maryam Kutchemeshgi of I-Tech and E-ZBorrow Expert Team members Shane Burris, Barbara Coopey, Amy Miller, Trish Notartomas, Barb Woods, and Fay Youngmark, our holdings records were examined and the size of the files sent to Access PA were reduced to make the reload easier. Continue reading
Submitted by the Discovery Day Project team
Discovery Day 2014 at University Park is set for Friday, March 7. You suggested and we listened. Here is a preview of the coming attractions:
Images of the Bridget A. and the late Heinz K. Henisch Collection
Special Collections will be showcasing striking examples of virtually every type of 19th century photographic process and teaching participants how to identify them. These daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, cabinet cards, cartes-de-visite, tintypes, and stereo cards will be displayed to illuminate the early social role of photography and the ways in which photography was used for a great variety of purposes.
Stump Al and the Green Team (The Green Team)
Get the newest guidelines on what to recycle, how, and where. Bring your toughest recyclables and/or questions and try to stump Al Matyasovsky, supervisor of Central Support Services.
Sign up for these and other classes in TechSmart in February.
By Ryan Johnson, technology training coordinator
Have you tried Box at Penn State ? Box allows content to be storied online so it can be managed and shared from anywhere.
Box Sync is a feature that allows you to automatically sync files and folders between their Box Account and their desktop. Any changes made on the desktop will automatically sync’d to your Box account. Continue reading
Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:
Full-time:
1/20/14 Andrew Gearhart – Publishing Services Web Developer, Publishing and Curation Services
Part-time:
Lisa Maine – Penn State Lehigh Valley
Sarah Kwon- Penn State York
Jesus Joe Bennie Ayala – Penn State York
Shelbie McCurdy – Penn State Greater Allegheny
Aaron Procious – Earth and Mineral Sciences Library
Gajanie Golding – Research Hub and Knowledge Commons
Rashmi Shukla – Publishing and Curation Services
Josette Schluter – Digitization and Preservation
Wishing the following employees well as they leave us:
1/23/14 Keith Farwell – Lending Services
Civil and Environmental Engineering students are invited to an Open House on January 30, 1:00-4:00 p.m., in the Engineering Library, 325 Hammond Building.
Highlights will include library resources used in the study of civil and environmental engineering. Several displays will include a timeline of historically important civil and environmental engineering events, new books, and a demonstration of an engineering database.
Light snacks will be served. All majors are invited, and bring a friend!
If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided and for more information, please contact Angela Davis at ard21@psu.edu or 814-865-7005.