Daily Archives: July 5, 2016

ALA Annual Conference Updates

The following is a round-up of activities many of our colleagues participated in at the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference held June 23-28 in Orlando, Fla., as well as ALA-affiliated organizations’ June conferences. Please see also the June 27 Library News post on Associate Dean Karen Estlund’s two ALA panel presentations and new ALA leadership roles for  Penn State Shenango Head Librarian Matt Ciszek and Head of Library Learning Services Rebecca Miller.

Andrew Completes Chairmanship of MAGIRT
A three-year leadership role in Map & Geospatial Information Round Table concluded for Cartographic Resources Cataloging Librarian Paige Andrew. During his stint as chair, Andrew was involved in everything from planning meetings and programs, establishing and then leading Executive Board meetings, participating in multiple Committee, Discussion Group, and Interest Group activities, writing a column for MAGIRT’s newsletter, and collaborating with other ALA units, most especially the Government Documents Round Table (GODORT).

An overwhelmingly successful formal half-day program at the 2015 ALA Annual Conference, co-sponsored with GODORT titled “Data Visualization in the Library: Collections, Tools and Scalable Services” became the foundation for the formal 2016 formal Preconference workshop held last week. Another highlight of his term was serving as chair of the Nominations and Awards Committee and being part of the process of deciding who would be selected for our annual Honors Award.

Andrew also was presented with his 2016 Margaret Mann Citation at the ALCTS Awards Program.

Behler chaired ACRL Instruction Section conference program
Information Literacy Librarian Anne Behler chaired the planning committee and moderated the ACRL Instruction Section conference program, attended by more than 175 people.

Herb served on Children’s Book Council panel
Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarian and Director of the Pennsylvania Center for the Book Steven Herb spoke on a Children’s Book Council panel titled “Graphic Traffic: Graphic Novels Takeover.”

Jackson serves in leadership roles at ACRL and ALA conferences
Athena Jackson, Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair and head of the Eberly Family Special Collections Library, chaired the plenaries subcommittee for the Rare Books & Manuscripts Section (RBMS) of ACRL conference, “Opening Doors to Collaboration, Outreach, and Diversity.” Jackson moderated the opening plenary: “Open the Door to a More Diverse and Collaborative Future,” and an additional papers panel: “Diversity and Cultural Communities.”

Following the RBMS conference, Jackson transitioned to her three-year appointment as Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect of RBMS at ALA’s Annual Conference. She also serves and participated in a planning meeting as co-chair of the Roundtable Discussions as a member of the ACRL 2017 conference coordinating committee for “At the Helm: Leading Transformation,” in Baltimore.

Knapp assumes presidency of LIRT
Larry and Ellen Foster Communications Librarian Jeff Knapp, who has served in various roles in the Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) for more than 10 years, assumed its presidency on July 1. The purpose and mission of LIRT is to “empower … librarians, from all types of libraries, to become better teachers through sharing best practices, leadership and professional development, and networking.” Although there are a number of different units within the American Library Association that deal with library instruction, LIRT sets itself apart by bringing academic librarians together with public and school librarians.

Novotny served as Library History Round Table chair
Eric Novotny, history librarian at University Park, served as Chair of the Library History Round Table (LHRT) and presided over a full slate of activities, including convening the Executive Board Meeting, hosting the Edward G. Holley Memorial Lecture on “History, Childhood, Memory, and Imagination” and attending our annual Research Forum on “History of Reading and Readers in Libraries.”

Novotny, Lear’s library history journal launched
Novotny, and Bernadette Lear, reference librarian at Penn State Harrisburg, unveiled a new scholarly journal at the annual conference with the first edition set for Spring 2017. Sponsored by ALA’s Library History Round Table and published by the Penn State University Press, Libraries: Culture, History, and Society is the only journal in the United States devoted to library history.

Rustic begins term as Chair of Reference Services Section
Amy Rustic, a reference and instruction librarian at Penn State New Kensington, began her term as Chair of Reference Services Section (RSS) on July 1. She was elected and served as Vice Chair last year. RSS is the largest of RUSA’s sections and represents a wide range of reference librarians.

Open House learning outcomes to shape student success

The Libraries’ Open House at University Park is scheduled for September 7-8, from 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. each day. The Open House Team Leaders are excited to share the updated learning outcomes developed for the event. Details will be discussed at individual stop meetings, but for planning purposes, highlights are listed below. them here. Each stop will be asked to identify at least one of these outcomes that the particular Open House activity will address.

Any questions? Please email the Open House Team Leaders at:
UL-OPEN-HOUSE-STEER@LISTS.PSU.EDU

Learning Outcomes
After completion of the Libraries’ Open House, students should be able to:

  1. effectively navigate the Libraries’ physical spaces in order to locate
    needed resources and/or assistance from library staff and faculty;
  2. identify that the Libraries groups its collections, people, and resources
    into subject libraries in order to identify which subject library supports their major;
  3. recognize that there are a variety of online resources available to them, including the Libraries’ homepage, subject guides, and the Ask a Librarian service; and
  4. feel comfortable approaching library faculty and staff for assistance.

Tech Tip: Create a UCS filter for meeting invitation replies

When you are the meeting organizer in UCS, meeting invitation replies sometime can clutter up your inbox. You can easily create a filter so the email responses from meeting invitees are automatically filed into a folder.

To create this filter:

  1. Click the Preferences tab
  2. Select Filters from the Overview Pane on the left
  3. Select the New Filter button
  4. Name the filter (Example – Meeting Invitation Replies)
  5. Click the Subject button and choose Calendar from the drop-down menu
  6. Under Perform the following actions section, click the Keep in Inbox
    button
  7. Choose File into Folder
  8. Click the Browse button
  9. Click the New button on the bottom left to create a new folder (or choose
    a mail folder from the list if you have already created a folder for the
    meeting invitation replies)
  10. Type a name for the folder, choose a location and click OK
  11. Click OK

Now all meeting invitation replies will automatically be filed into this folder!

Below is a screenshot of a Meeting Invitation Replies filter that I created on my account.

screenshot of dialogue box for editing email filters

LHR News: July 5

Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:

Full-time:
Nathan Troup – Records Management Officer

Part-time:
Ryan Spencer – Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library
Celine Tesvara – Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library
Brenna Doyle – Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library
Daniel Coursen – Intern, World Campus

Events: July 5

Summer 2016

Tuesday, June 7–Friday, July 29: “Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts at 50: Making Lasting Memories” exhibit, Special Collections Library, open 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Monday-Friday (summer hours).

Tuesday July 12, Working with International Patrons, training session by Carmen Gass, User Services training coordinator, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Foster Auditorium and online via MediaSite Live, University Park.

Wednesday-Sunday, July 13-17, Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts 50th anniversary, Children’s Day July 13, BookFest July 16, State College and University Park campus.

Tuesday, July 19: Coffee with Carmen, the Libraries’ User Services Training Coordinator, 9-10 a.m., Engineering Library.

Wednesday, July 20: Self Defense, training session by Carmen Gass, the Libraries’ User Services Training Coordinator, 10 a.m.-noon, Intramural Building, Lower Level, Room 8.

Wednesday, July 20: Integrating Sustainability into Your You@PSU Goals, training session by Carmen Gass, the Libraries’ User Services Training Coordinator, 2-3 p.m., Foster Auditorium, Paterno Library and online via MediaSite Live, University Park.

Thursday, July 21, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.: PA Forward Information Literacy Summit, Foster Auditorium, Paterno Library.

Thursday, July 21: PA Forward Information Literacy Summit, Mann Assembly Room, Foster Auditorium and classrooms, Pattee/Paterno libraries, University Park.

Wednesday, July 27: Discovery Day Webinar Series: Breaking News! Worldwide Exclusive! Lionsearch News Tricks Exposed!, presented by Eric Novotny, Jackie Dillon-Fast, Sandy Morgart and Ashoo Kuma of the News & Microforms Library, 1:30-2:30 p.m., W211a Pattee Libraries, University Park, and online via Adobe Connect.

Monday, August 3–Friday, December 16: “The Expanding Horizons: Penn Staters in the Olympics” exhibit, Special Collections Library.

Tuesday, August 9: 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.: Libraries Clean Up Day, University Park.

Wednesday, August 10: last day of summer classes, University Park.

August 10, 10:30-11:30 a.m.: Tech Update, by Libraries I-Tech staff, Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, and MediaSite Live.

Friday, August 12: finals day, second six weeks summer session, University Park.

Saturday, August 13: Summer commencement, University Park.

Fall 2016

August 10, 10:30-11:30 a.m.: Tech Update, by Libraries I-Tech staff, Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library.

Friday-Sunday, August 19-21: Arrival days.

Monday, August 22: First day of classes.

Tuesday, August 30: Coffee with Carmen, the Libraries’ User Services Training Coordinator, noon-1 p.m., Mann Assembly Room.

Monday, September 5: Labor Day, no classes.

September 7-8: Open House, 10 a.m.5 p.m., University Park library locations.

Please submit event information to Public Relations and Marketing via the Library News submission form.