Events: September 29

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

September 30, noon-1 p.m.: “Data Curation in the Research Library,” presentation by Sarah Pickle, Social Sciences Data Curation Fellow (a CLIR postdoc position), Mann Assembly Room

September 30, 11a.m.–noon: So HELP Me Part 2: Workshop on Improving Customer Service. This two-part workshop will consider some of the challenges of customer service and how best to handle them. You will learn techniques that will help you solve customer problems quickly and to the customer’s satisfaction. The video, “So HELP Me,” along with the training session, will not only demonstrate techniques for solving customer problems, but will also make the customer service experience more satisfying to our customers and to you. Register in TechSmart Additional dates are located on the Training Opportunities page of the Libraries Intranet (https://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/groups/intranet/training.html).

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

October 1, 12:15 p.m.: “The Price of Sand,” 18 Deike Bldg. EMSL Film Series. The impacts of silicon mining on the local economies of Minnesota and Wisconsin.

October 6, 1:30 – 3 p.m.: Introduction to Mendeley, 203 Paterno. Registration and more information here.

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. Full schedule here.

Note: The Oct. 9, 7 p.m. presentation by Civil rights leader the Rev. Jim Lawson on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 will now be held in Room 101, Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building. Full story on Penn State News

October 14, 7:30–8:30 p.m.: Meet Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of ‘Americanah,’  in an interview conducted by Ellysa Cahoy, librarian and assistant director Pennsylvania Center for the Book. Days Inn Penn State, 240 South Pugh Street, State College. Open to the public.

October 22, 12:15 p.m.: Managing the 21st Century’s Sustainability Crises (Peak Moments TV episode 192) and Collapse of the Titans (Peak Moments TV episode 202), 18 Deike Bldg. EMSL Film Series. Interviews with Daniel Lerch and Dmitry Orlov about the future of America’s energy instabilities. (56 min. total)

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.

October 29, 12:15 p.m.: Ocean Frontiers: The Dawn of a New Era in Ocean StewardshipSeries of three short episodes on the ocean and sustainability, 18 Deike Bldg. EMSL Film Series. Featuring:

  • Ocean Blueprint in the Florida Keys (11 min.)
  • Saving Whales at Stellwagen Bank (27 min.)
  • Iowa Farmers & Gulf of Mexico (22 min.)