Monthly Archives: March 2014

Events: Week of March 31

April 2, 12: 15 p.m.: Geologic Journey: Pacific Rim: Americas (film). The Eastern Pacific Rim, from the glaciers of Alaska to the Andes of Chile. 50 min. EMS Museum, Deike Bldg.

April 2, 2:30 – 4 p.m.: Introduction to Zotero, W315 Pattee. Register online.

April 4, 4:30 p.m.: Matthew G. Kirschenbaum will give The 2014 Charles W. Mann Jr. Lecture in the Book Arts, “Invalid Keystroke: Recovering a Literary History of Word Processing.” Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library. A reception will follow in the Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library.

April 7, 10:30 a.m.: Introduction to Mendeley, 211 Davey. Register online

April 8, 3 p.m.: Tech Update, Foster Aud. and MediaSite Live. Read the full agenda.

April 9, 12:15 p.m.: Geologic Journey–Western Pacific Rim (film). The Asia-Pacific side of the Pacific Ring of Fire, EMS Museum, Deike Bldg.

April 9, 2-5 p.m.: Open house celebration, “The Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of Marian Anderson’s Historic 1939 Lincoln Memorial Concert,” in the Charles Blockson Collection Room, floor 3, Pattee Library, west.

April 9,  noon to 1 p.m.: “Wild Onion Nurse: Women as Healers in Traditional and Contemporary Societies” will be held  in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library. The presentation, which is sponsored by the Interinstitutional Consortium for Indigenous Knowledge, the Department of Women’s Studies, the College of Nursing and the University Libraries, is free and open to the public, and can also be viewed online at http://tinyurl.com/wildonionnurse. The event will be followed by a reception in Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library, sponsored by the College of Nursing. All are invited and light refreshments will be available.

April 10, 1:30 p.m.: Introduction to EndNote, 001 Sparks. Register online.

April 10, 7:30 p.m.- 9 p.m: Poet Elizabeth Bradfield reads as part of the Mary E. Rolling Reading Series, Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library

Hswe appointed to Digital Library Federation Advisory Committee

Hswe mugshot

Hswe…will serve a three-year term

Librarian Patricia Hswe, digital content strategist and head of ScholarSphere User Services at Penn State, as well as co-director of the department of Publishing and Curation Services, has been appointed to the Digital Library Federation (DLF) Advisory Committee, within the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) in Washington, DC. The committee advises the DLF director on matters relating to program activities, initiatives, partnerships and strategies.

CLIR is an independent, nonprofit organization that forges strategies to enhance research, teaching and learning environments in collaboration with libraries, cultural institutions and communities of higher learning. It aims to promote forward-looking collaborative solutions that transcend disciplinary, institutional, professional and geographic boundaries in support of the public good.

Dean of Penn State Libraries Barbara I. Dewey notes, “Hswe’s participation in the DLF committee will bring Penn State to the forefront in a program that aims to build and support a robust, engaged community whose members share an interest in advancing research, teaching and learning through the application of digital library research, technology and services.”

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April 15: National Library Workers Day

National Library Workers Day is scheduled for Tuesday, April 15, and is an opportunity for everyone to thank librarians and staff for their good work and contributions to library services throughout the year. “Libraries work because we do” is a celebration that falls during for the American Library Association National Library Week, April 13–19. For more information, contact Public Relations and Marketing, Penn State University Libraries at 814-863-4240 or cqg3@psu.edu.

Celebrate National Library Week, April 13-19

“Lives Change @ your library,” this year’s theme for the American Library Association National Library Week, April 13–19, is demonstrated daily in all of Penn State’s University Libraries. Students, faculty, staff as well as community members benefit from the Libraries’ traditional and online collections and superior service of the entire staff.

“Our Libraries seek to empower those that we serve with the skills and knowledge needed to succeed as citizens, parents, students, employees, and consumers through basic literacy, information literacy, civic and social literacy, health literacy, and financial literacy,” notes Barbara I. Dewey, dean of University Libraries and Scholarly Communications. “In our role as an academic as well as a state resources library, we change the lives of those we serve, whether they are in need of assistance with researching a paper, using data sets, or searching for medical information, job information, an author or more.”

April 8 Tech Update agenda

Save the Date: Tech Update on April 8, 3-4 p.m., Foster Aud. (and on MediaSite Live*)

Agenda:

  • Kurt Baker (ITS Consultant) will give an update on Box at Penn State and answer any questions.
  • Tim Arnold (DLT) will provide some Security Updates for the Libraries.
  • Linda Klimczyk and Sherry Lonsdale from I-Tech will discuss Survey Software available at the Libraries.
  • Members of the Digital Signage Team will provide an update on the current status of Digital Signage.

*MediaSite log in instructions

LHR News: March 31

Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:

  • Full-time:
    4/1/14 Katelyn Dion – AV Collections Assistant, Special Collections Library
    Jonathan Hindman – Information Resources & Services Support Specialist, Penn State Mont Alto Library
    Thomas Hunter – IRC Assistant, Inactive Records Center
  • Part-time:
    Khushboo Attarwala, Commons Services

Wishing the following employees well as they leave us:
3/31/14 Diane Kurtz, Digitization and Preservation
Carolee Roman, Penn State Harrisburg Library
Ruth Runion-Slear, Penn State Harrisburg Library

HR Forum on Tuesday, April 8
On Tuesday, April 8, we will conduct an HR Forum. We plan to make these forums a regular quarterly event. The HR Forum will be held in Foster Auditorium from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm. It will be available for participation via MediaSite for those who may not be able to join us in person.

The purpose of the HR Forum is to provide a regular opportunity for Libraries Human Resources to communicate new initiatives, changes, policy updates, etc. and provide an opportunity for questions and answers. Topics will vary. Some may be of interest to all Libraries employees, while others may be more directly applicable to certain groups. An agenda will be announced in advance. Participation is open to all, and is purely voluntary.

Important information will continue to be communicated in a variety of formats. It is not intended that anything will be communicated exclusively in an HR Forum. Rather, we hope this will provide a less formal opportunity to ask questions, get clarification, hear updates, and so on.

Our first HR Forum has three agenda items at this time:

  1. 2014 Reporting Child Abuse Training Requirements
  2. 2014 Clery Act Training Requirements
  3. Update on plans for a new SRDP for 2015

We hope you will join us. If you have any questions, please contact LHR. Continue reading

1-Click update

Submitted by Binky Lush

Thanks to all of you who tested 1-Click with LionSearch! We’ve been pleased by the very positive feedback we’ve received. We have decided to leave 1-Click turned on and will be changing the 360 Helper window to include University Libraries branding and more helpful text. The one exception to our positive feedback has been the blank screen we’ve seen with Lexis Nexis. Unfortunately, 1-Click highlights the existing difficulties inherent to Lexis Nexis linking. We have the ability to order the priority of databases in 1-Click, and we have moved Lexis Nexis to the bottom of the list to alleviate user frustration. A user will only see the Lexis Nexis screen if the desired resource is available from L/N only.

Please continue to send us your feedback and any problems (and successes!) you encounter with 1-Click!

Many thanks,
Emily and Binky
on behalf of the Discovery and Access Working Team

1-Click is a direct linking enhancement that allows users to bypass the “Get It” page and go directly to the desired full-text resource.

Dean’s News

By Barbara I. Dewey, dean of University Libraries and Scholarly Communications

Colleagues, I hope you had a wonderful spring break. Now that we are back I wanted to share some information about our administrative transition process to address Mike Furlough’s departure and Jack Sulzer’s retirement. I shared this process so far with Dean’s Library Council and Library Faculty Organization.

I will review the portfolios of the associate deans to see if there are opportunities for adjustments to better support the library and our strategic directions. An important part of this will include a process of consultation which has already begun including with DLC, DSAC, LFO, department heads, and other key individuals and groups.

Additionally, a confidential survey will be set up to gather feedback from any and all faculty and staff using a set of questions along with an open space for comments. The Office of Institutional Assessment will administer the survey to ensure confidentiality. AD portfolios will be drafted and made available for review.

I will schedule a Dean’s Forum to discuss the draft portfolios and next steps. A national search will then be launched to fill the vacancies. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Exhibition explores Judy Chicago’s studio art pedagogy

“Challenge Yourself: Judy Chicago’s Studio Art Pedagogy,” an exhibition, is on display March 24–June 13, 2014, in The Eberly Family Special Collections Library, 104 Paterno Library. The exhibit is one of many activities at Penn State, during spring 2014, to celebrate Chicago and her work and can be viewed online at judychicago.arted.psu.edu.

Judy Chicago boxingPR

Judy Chicago” by Jerry McMillan, 1970, gelatin silver print, 14”x11” Edition 20. Courtesy of Jerry McMillan and Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, California.

In 2011, artist, author and educator Judy Chicago gave Penn State University Libraries the Judy Chicago Art Education Collection, one of the most important private collections of feminist art education. The collection includes textual, photographic, graphic and audiovisual materials related to various art education projects and instruction of Chicago as well as her extensive journal writing about her teaching. It began in the early 1970s, when after a decade of professional art practice, Chicago began a program for women at the California State College, in Fresno—a pedagogical approach to art education that expanded and continues.

University Archivist Jackie Esposito writes, “Art is tactile; archives are contextual. For each moment that art touches the human soul, an archive offers a visual, written or audio reflection of that event to provide visceral documentation for the ages. Art transcends time; archives capture the moments that resonate within human experience and preserve them for eternity. Judy Chicago’s archival collection allows the researcher to connect her art with her need to instruct the viewer over a transom of ideas, ideologies, concepts, theories and emotions, so that when the viewer walks away from the work, he or she is changed forever.” Continue reading

Nominate a deserving colleague for an award

Submitted by Bonnie Osif, chair, Award Selection Committee

Dear University Libraries Colleagues,
We all have the opportunity to express gratitude and appreciation for each other’s contributions. Each spring, the University Libraries honors several Library staff and faculty for their outstanding contributions towards the success of our operations and morale of their colleagues. Award recipients are chosen from applications submitted by the Libraries faculty and staff members who use the nomination process to express their appreciation for the talent, dedication, and character of their peers, It only takes a few minutes to complete the forms. Nominations are now being accepted for outstanding Library faculty and staff members to receive the University Libraries Award, the Margaret Knoll Spangler Oliver Libraries Award, the Diversity Award, and the new University Libraries’ Teaching Award. All nominations must be completed in full by 5 p.m. on April 2, 2014.

The link for more information and forms is located at: https://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/awards.html

Feel free to contact Shirley Davis at sjd3@psu.edu or Bonnie Osif bao2@psu.edu with any questions.

Thank you,
Awards Selection Committee:
Bonnie Osif (chair)
Dawn Amsberry
Mohamed Berray
Jennifer Cain
Matthwe Ciszek
Nicki Hendrix
Ann Snowman
Russ Souchak

Mann Lecture to discuss literary history and the word processing age

Matthew G. Kirschenbaum will give The 2014 Charles W. Mann Jr. Lecture in the Book Arts, on Friday, April 4, 4:30 p.m., in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library. His talk is titled, “Invalid Keystroke: Recovering a Literary History of Word Processing.” A reception will follow in the Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library. The event is sponsored by the Mary Louise Krumrine Endowment for the Charles W. Mann Jr. Lecture in the Book Arts.

Kirschenbaum is an associate professor in the department of English at the University of Maryland and is associate director of the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH). A 2011 Guggenheim fellow, Kirschenbaum specializes in digital humanities, electronic literature and creative new media, textual studies and postmodern/experimental literature.

For more information or if you anticipate needing accessibility accommodations or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact Luann Shifter at lus7@psu.edu or 814-867-0290.

Research Hub to offer spatial data session

The Research Hub is sponsoring the upcoming session: “A Survey of Pennsylvania Spatial Data,” on Friday, March 28, 2014, from 11 a.m. to noon, in 302 Paterno Library.

Tara LaLonde (tll38@psu.edu) will provide an introduction to spatial data resources from the Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA) site, the Pennsylvania Imagery Navigator, Penn Pilot, and Pennsylvania Atlas. The navigation of these applications and their possible uses will be discussed. This session is accessible via Adobe Connect: https://meeting.psu.edu/ssltraining/

Poet highlights women as healers in ‘Wild Onion Nurse’ presentation

Judy Schaefer

Judy Schaefer is a poet and registered nurse

“Wild Onion Nurse: Women as Healers in Traditional and Contemporary Societies” will be held on Wednesday, April 9, from noon to 1 p.m., in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library. The presentation, which is sponsored by the Interinstitutional Consortium for Indigenous Knowledge, the Department of Women’s Studies, the College of Nursing and the University Libraries, is free and open to the public, and can also be viewed online at http://tinyurl.com/wildonionnurse. The event will be followed by a reception in Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library, sponsored by the College of Nursing. All are invited and light refreshments will be available. Read the full story on Penn State News.

Events

March 24, 3:30-4:30 p.m.: “The Gender of Memory: Rural Women and China’s Disappearing Collective Past.” Presenter: Gail Hershatter, Distinguished Professor of History and Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. This event is sponsored by the Asian Studies Department, and co-sponsored by the History Department, the Women’s Studies Department, the Center for Global Studies, and the Penn State University Libraries. Foster Auditorium.

March 25, 2-3 p.m.: Dan Cohen will give the 2014 Kaplan Institute talk “Inside the Digital Public Library of America”. Foster Auditorium and MediaSite.

March 25, 1-4 p.m.: Engineering Library Open House for mechanical and nuclear engineering students, 3rd floor, Hammond Bldg.

March 26, noon: “Using Indigenous Knowledge-Based Narratives to Facilitate Ukrainian Immigrants’ Adaptation to Life in the United States” will be presented by Svitlana Iarmolenko, Foster Auditorium. This is the latest seminar in a series on indigenous knowledge that examines ways of knowing passed down orally from generation to generation. Following the presentation, a small reception will be held in the Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library, sponsored by the Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management. The event is free and open to the public and can also be viewed live online.

March 26, 12:15 p.m.: Geologic Journey–Along the African Rift (film). How the Earth’s crust is ripping apart as molten rock from deep within its recesses pushes upwards. 50 min. EMS museum, Deike Bldg.

March 26, 7:30 p.m. 14 Annual Public Poetry Project reading, Foster Auditorium. This popular event is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Center for the Book. Poets featured in the 2014 Public Poetry Project poster series will read from their work. This year’s posters were designed by Wilson Hutton and will be available at no charge at the presentation. The 2014 Poetry Poster series includes poets Stephen Berg, W. S. Di Piero, Le Hinton and Shara McCallum.

March 28, 2014, 11 a.m. – noon: Research Hub Session: A Survey of Pennsylvania Spatial Data. This session provides an introduction to spatial data resources from the Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA) site, the Pennsylvania Imagery Navigator, Penn Pilot, and Pennsylvania Atlas. Also on Adobe Connect: https://meeting.psu.edu/ssltraining/. 302 Paterno Library.

April 2, 12: 15 p.m.: Geologic Journey: Pacific Rim: Americas (film). The Eastern Pacific Rim, from the glaciers of Alaska to the Andes of Chile. 50 min. EMS Museum, Deike Bldg.

April 2, 2:30 – 4 p.m.: Introduction to Zotero, W315 Pattee. Register online.

April 4, 4:30 p.m.: Matthew G. Kirschenbaum will give The 2014 Charles W. Mann Jr. Lecture in the Book Arts, “Invalid Keystroke: Recovering a Literary History of Word Processing.”  Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library. A reception will follow in the Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library.