Daily Archives: February 6, 2017

Dean’s Doings

by Barbara I. Dewey, dean, University Libraries and Scholarly Communications

Don Welch, Penn State’s first Chief Information Security Officer (CIS0), visited the Dean’s Office last week. As CISO, he will lead Penn State’s Office of Information Security and IT risk-management program. He reports to Provost Jones and Vice President Gray. We are very fortunate to recruit him from the University of Michigan where he held a similar position. He was attracted to the very collaborative working environment at Penn State and is in the process of learning about all aspects of the university.

The Library Administration met with the Faculty Senate Officers (Jim Strauss, Ann Taylor, and Matthew Woessner) as part of their regular visit to the University Libraries. They also met with faculty and will be meeting with staff and students soon. The officers are very supportive of the Libraries and our directions. They, like us, are concerned about the collections budgetary challenges and also the issue of student capacity.

University Libraries supports THON

During the Dean’s Forum on Monday, Jan. 30, Austin Sommerer, Penn State Dance Marathon executive director, and Peter Pagano, special events director, spoke about the mission of THON, presented the 2017 THON promo video, and spoke about the partnership between THON and the University Libraries.

The 46-hour, no-sitting, no-sleeping dance marathon is held in the Bryce Jordan Center during the weekend of Feb. 17-19 beginning at 6 p.m. on Friday and continuing until 4 p.m. on Sunday.

This year, Penn State University Libraries is participating in THON with three events this year:

Final Four-Hour Viewing Location
noon-4 p.m. | Sunday, Feb. 19
Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library

The final four hours of the THON event will be live streamed on the big screen for students from all Penn State campuses, parents, community members, visitors, and everyone who wants to watch and celebrate with Penn Staters as the final fundraising total is revealed!

THON Exhibit
noon-4:30 p.m. | Sunday, Feb. 19
Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library

In conjunction with the live viewing of THON, the Mann Assembly Room will be transformed into an exhibit space featuring THON images, artifacts, and video from the past 40 years of THON.

THON Museum and THON History Tour
6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17 through 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19
Bryce Jordan Center concourse

The University Libraries five-panel display entitled “THON Then and Now,” will be in the THON Museum throughout THON weekend on the BJC concourse. A second set of the same panels will be available for the dancers to view during their history tour.

Please share this information with faculty, staff, and students and if you are in the BJC during THON weekend, look for the Libraries’ THON display on the concourse!

Visit thon.org for more information about the Penn State Dance Marathon, or to donate to THON, visit donate.thon.org.

– submitted by Wendi Keeler, External Relations

Diversity Resident Alia Gant’s spring rotation with Library Assessment

Diversity Resident Alia Gant is spending her spring rotation in the Library Assessment Department. During her time with Assessment, Alia will be leading a study, supporting existing initiatives, and working to develop assessment proficiencies.

Alia’s work plan is available to view as a PDF here.

Some highlights of her planned work include:

Leading a study investigating what we as libraries do to make international students feel welcome and comfortable, what can be done to further enrich those feelings
Shadowing UX Librarian Zoe Chao at the UX Café in preparation for hosting the café for a week conducting a small UX study of her own
Integrating assessment & reflective practice into her instructional efforts, particularly around English as a Second Language (ESL)
Developing a resource on writing good questions for surveys which will be integrated into a workshop on survey design later this spring
Developing peer benchmarks of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and other data sets
As a member of the Library Assessment and Metrics Council (LAMC), will be participating in a data inventory investigating the data that is collected consistently across the libraries

– submitted by Steve Borrelli, Library Assessment

Wrapped books ready for reading ‘dates’ with students

Three more themed activities this semester promote fun and learning for Penn State students in the University Libraries. Beginning on Monday, Feb. 6, the shelves in the Franklin Atrium of the Pattee Library on Penn State’s University Park campus will be filled with both fiction and non-fiction books available for students to take on a reading date.

This “Blind Date with a Book” provides just a few clues and keywords in describing the wrapped books with hundreds of titles available. Books may not be unwrapped until after they are checked out at the lending services desk.

For more information about “Blind Date with a Book” and upcoming student engagement events, read the Penn State News article.

Inside Access: Revised Access Services Training Bulletin #11 Notes Field

by Fay Youngmark, Penn State Harrisburg Library

Access Services Training Bulletin #11, “Notes Field” has been revised to include updated guidelines for when for when to use the notes field and how to enter and view the information in WorkFlows. The notes field allows circulation staff to document patron interactions and decisions about circulation transactions. The information recorded in this field is useful to staff throughout University Libraries. When patrons visit different library locations, or they change their campus affiliation, information about unique circulation transactions, such as fee waivers or claims return issues, is readily available at each circulation desk.

Access Services Training Bulletins are located on the Intranet at https://staff.libraries.psu.edu/access-services-council/access-services-training-bulletins.

If you have any other ideas for training documentation, please contact the Circ-Reserves Expert Team at: https://staff.libraries.psu.edu/ask-circ-expert-team.

ICIK lecture focuses on sustainability and indigenous resource management

man in hat with camera sits behind large lizard

Renowned anthropologist and Stanford University professor Bill Durham has conducted more than 40 trips to the Galapagos Islands.

Just as scientist Charles Darwin’s visit to the Galapagos Islands brought substantial insight into the processes of natural selection and evolution, the Galapagos Islands of today continue to offer lessons about the social and cultural changes necessary for humanity to coexist with the natural resources of the planet.

Addressing these topics, Stanford University anthropology professor Bill Durham will present his lecture, “The Galapagos Challenge: Stewardship in an Evolving Socio-ecological System,” at 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 10, in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, on Penn State’s University Park campus. The lecture will also be available worldwide on Mediasite Live.

Durham, a MacArthur Fellow who has taught human biology and anthropology at Stanford since 1977, has conducted approximately 40 trips to the Galapagos. His lecture will focus on the evolution of a novel co-management system for the sea cucumber and lobster fisheries of Galapagos, which could become a stewardship example for the archipelago — and possibly the world.

The lecture is co-sponsored by the Interinstitutional Center for Indigenous Knowledge; the University Park Allocation Committee (UPAC); the Travel and Tourism Graduate Student Association; Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment; Latin American Studies; and Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management Seminar Series.

The full Penn State News article about this upcoming lecture is available online.

ACRL Access Services Interest Group: Student Employment Virtual Forum

As the work in Access Services evolves, student employment roles and practices need to be continuously examined. Reconsider your Access Service department’s student employment model during this virtual forum facilitated by Brian Merry and Kristin Meyer from Grand Valley State University on Thursday, Feb. 9 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Participants will be introduced to the enhanced role student employees fill within GVSU’s single service desk environment and will identify new approaches to student recruiting, training, and performance evaluation. This session is meant for student supervisors as well as Access Services department heads/administrators.

For registration and access, visit:
https://acrl.webex.com/acrl/onstage/g.php?MTID=e9c70d1ef794014fcd08b726b328b6ab8

– submitted by Carmen Gass, User Training Services

Save the Date: Tech Update Feb. 15

Please save the date for the next Tech Update, at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15 in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library.

If you cannot participate in person please join us via MediaSite Live. Once you have logged in, click I-Tech on the left navigation bar in the Mediasite catalog.

– submitted by Melody Gehlbach, I-Tech

Tips and tricks for taming LionSearch and the CAT April 5

You’re “kitten-me” — it’s that easy?

Have you ever been frustrated when searching in the CAT or LionSearch? Been puzzled when your search didn’t work or you had to wade through pages of results?

We’ve all been there.

Hailley Fargo will present some tips and tricks to tame these systems and get them to work for you and your searching needs from 4-5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5 in 211A Pattee Library. Whether you’re a newbie to these search systems or just need a refresher, this 50-minute class will showcase a few tricks and help bolster your confidence.

– submitted by Carmen Gass, User Services Training

Tech Tip: Learn more about staff site Drupal authoring

by Ryan Johnson, I-Tech

As announced last week, all University Libraries employees now have author permissions for the staff site to edit and make changes.

Training documentation and video tutorials are available on the Drupal Training Manual staff site page to learn more about creating and editing content at your leisure.

The biggest change you will recognize if you were not an author previously, is the Drupal Menu. The Drupal menu is a black bar on the top of your screen after logging in and will be there on every staff site page.

Here is a basic rundown of the menu items:

Home (Button) – Returns you to the site.
Add Content – This menu allows you to choose to create a new basic page, external resource page or staff post.
Shortcuts – This menu option will also take you to the add content screen where you can then choose to create a drupal page. You can also select Find Content which allows you to search for current Drupal content pages.

While new users can learn Drupal authoring at their own pace with Documentation and Video Tutorials, in-class sessions will also still be available. The first one is at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, February 14 in the I-Tech Training room and available online over Adobe Connect. If you are interested in attending, please register in the Learning Resource Network.

LHR: Feb. 6

Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:

Full-time:
Julia Proctor, Collections Services and Strategies Librarian

Events: Feb. 6

Spring 2017

Through Tuesday, Feb. 28: Poster Exhibit: University Libraries Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black History Month, posters designed by Penn State students for 32nd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration poster design competition, Pattee Library, Central Lobby (mall entrance), University Park.

Through Friday, August 30, 2017: “100 Years of the Pulitzers: Celebrating Our Humanity,” exhibit, Arts and Humanities Library operating hours, Diversity Studies Room, 203 Patee Library, University Park.

Through Friday, May 5: “From the Trenches: The Great War in Sepia” exhibit, spring semester hours, Special Collections Library, 104 Paterno Library, University Park.

Through Friday, May 5: “Research Wrapped in Aesthetics: The Air Wall,” documentary exhibit, spring operating hours, Architecture and Landscape Architecture Library, 111 Stuckeman Family Building, University Park.

Monday-Friday, Feb. 6-17: Blind Date with a Book, Franklin Atrium, W106 Pattee Library, University Park.

Tuesday, Feb. 7: Canvas UX Team presentation, 10:30 a.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park and Mediasite Live.

Thursday, Feb. 9: Getting to Know SimplyMap, Social Explorer, and PolicyMap, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Donald W. Hamer Maps Library, W13 Pattee Library, University Park, and Adobe Connect.

Friday, Feb. 10: The Galapagos Challenge: Stewardship in an Evolving Socio-ecological System, presentation by William Durham, 4-5 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park and Mediasite Live.

Tuesday, Feb. 14: Drupal Staff Site Training, 9:30-11 a.m., I-Tech Training Room, University Park, and Adobe Connect.

Tuesday, Feb. 14: Authors’ Reception, celebration of Penn State Hazleton faculty publications, noon-1 p.m., Hazelton Library Lower Level, L-12, Hazelton.

Tuesday, Feb. 14: Communication improved; Conflict reduced, presentation by Don Page, 1-2 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park.

Wednesday, Feb. 15: Tech Update, by Libraries I-Tech staff, 10-11 a.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, and Mediasite Live.

Wednesday, Feb. 15: Human Library, 1-7 p.m., multiple locations at University Park.

Wednesday, Feb. 15: “Studying African Indigenous Knowledge for Improved Health and Biodiversity,” with Abderrahim Ouarghidi and Bronwen Powell, 3-4 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park and Mediasite Live.

Thursday, Feb. 16: Getting to Know GIS: GIS Literacy, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Donald W. Hamer Maps Library, W13 Pattee Library, University Park, and Adobe Connect.

Friday, Feb. 17: Harrell Health Sciences Library Research and Learning Commons dedication, ribbon cutting and open house, noon-5 p.m., Harrell Health Sciences Library Research and Learning Commons, Hershey. Space is limited for keynote address and ribbon cutting ceremony. Please RSVP by Feb. 10.

Sunday, Feb. 19: THON Live Stream Viewing, noon-4 p.m., watch the final four hours of THON, Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park.

Sunday, Feb. 19: THON Pop-up Exhibit of Archival Material, noon-4:30 p.m., Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library, University Park.

Wednesday, Feb. 22: Conversations with Carmen: Morgan Academic Support Center for Student-Athletes, noon-1 p.m., Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library, University Park.

Wednesday, Feb. 22: Dean Dewey’s Annual Open House, 2-3 p.m., 510 Paterno Library, University Park.

Thursday, Feb. 23: TEAM Library, 2-3:30 p.m., with Moses Davis, Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library, University Park.

Thursday, Feb. 23: Introduction to ArcGIS Online, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Donald W. Hamer Maps Library, W13 Pattee Library, University Park, and Adobe Connect.

Friday, Feb. 24: “Moving Mountains and Liberating Dialogues: My Life as a Black Feminist Archaeologist,” talk by Dr. Whitney Battle-Baptiste, co-sponsored by ICIK, 3:30 p.m., 216 Williard Building, University Park. Reception to follow in 118 Williard Building.

Saturday, Feb. 25: One-day workshop on Indigenous Knowledge, with Abderrahim Ouarghidi and Bronwen Powell, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., location TBA, University Park. RSVP to Mark Mattson at mam1196@psu.edu.

Saturday, Feb. 25: 2017 Women’s Studies Graduate Organization Conference — Feminism, Race, and the Anthropocene, co-sponsored by ICIK, 8:30 a.m.-8 p.m., Penn Stater Conference Center, University Park.

Sunday-Saturday, March 5-11: Spring break, no classes.

Thursday, March 9: Introduction to BLUEcloud Analytics, 10-11:30 a.m., I-Tech Training Room, Paterno Library, University Park, and Adobe Connect.

Tuesday, March 14: Centre County Reads: Panel discussion of Stacey Lee’s “Under a Painted Sky,” 4-5:30 p.m., Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library, University Park.

Friday, March 17: Art + Feminism Wiki-edit-a-thon, 10 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library, University Park.

Monday, March 20: Edible Book Contest judging, noon-1:00 p.m., Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library, University Park.

Monday-Friday, March 20-24: Maker Fair, week-long outreach event, Hazleton Library, Hazelton.

Thursday, March 23: Conversations with Carmen, with guest speaker State College Mayor Elizabeth Goreham, noon-1 p.m., Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library, University Park.

Thursday, March 23: TEAM Library, 2-3:30 p.m., Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library, University Park.

Tuesday, March 28: Dean’s Forum, 1:30 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park and Mediasite Live.

Thursday, March 30: Charles W. Mann Jr. Lecture in the Book Arts, “Books, Bodies, and Circulations of Dancing in Early 18th-Century France and England,” by Linda Tomko, 4:30 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park, reception to follow in Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library, University Park.

Wednesday, April 5: Undergraduate Research Exhibition, 9:15 a.m.-2 p.m. poster sessions; 4 p.m. awards ceremony, Alumni Hall, HUB-Robeson Center, University Park.

Wednesday, April 5: “You’re ‘kitten-me,’ it’s that easy? Tips and tricks for taming LionSearch and the CAT, 4-5 p.m. 211A Pattee Library, University Park.

Thursday, April 6: “Why Indigenous Knowledge Systems Matter for U.S. Land-grant Universities: Responsibilities and Challenges,” lecture by Kyle Whyte, 10-11 a.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park.

Friday-Saturday, April 7-8: Boundaries of the Human in the Age of the Life Sciences Capstone Conference, presentations by ten renowned scholars, Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park. Register by March 17.

Thursday, April 13: Celebration of Scholarship Research Fair, noon-6 p.m., Gym, Athletics and Recreation Building, Wilkes-Barre.

Tuesday, April 18: Tech Update, by Libraries I-Tech staff, 2-3 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park, and Mediasite Live.

Wednesday, April 19: Poetry Slam, 7-9 p.m., Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library, University Park.

Thursday, April 20: Beyond the Database Demo: Information Literacy Instruction at the Foundational Level, 11 a.m.-noon, 211A Pattee Library, University Park.

Thursday, April 20: 2017 Public Poetry Contest winners public reading, 7:30-8:30 p.m.,
Pennsylvania Center for the Book, Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park.

Wednesday, April 26: Financial Literacy Workshop, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m.,
Black Box Theater, Slusser/Bayzick Building, Hazleton.

Friday, April 28: Last day of spring classes.

Sunday-Tuesday, April 30-May 2: DeStress Fest, 3-8 p.m, University Park library locations.

Monday-Friday, May 1-5: Final exams.

Thursday, May 4: Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award Public, Oral Defense, three award finalists, 3:30-5 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park.

Friday-Sunday, May 5-7: Spring commencement weekend, most campuses.

Tuesday, May 9: COP Workshop, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library, University Park.

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