Daily Archives: June 5, 2017

It’s official — Zoom is Penn State’s web-conferencing platform

It’s official — Penn State IT has announced that Zoom has been chosen as the University’s centrally funded, cloud-based web conferencing platform. Thanks to a successful pilot across seven campuses, eleven months, and countless surveys and interactions with more than 2,000 faculty, staff, and students, it was determined that Zoom best met all accessibility standards and had comparable features to Adobe Connect and BlueJeans. If you have been using/piloting BlueJeans, please transition to Zoom as soon as possible. If you have been using Adobe Connect, note that it will be available through the Spring of 2018. As soon as we have more information we will communicate solid timelines for Adobe Connect end-of-life.

Thanks to a successful pilot across seven campuses, eleven months, and countless surveys and interactions with more than 2,000 faculty, staff and students, it was determined that Zoom best met all accessibility standards and had comparable features to Adobe Connect and BlueJeans. If you have been using/piloting Blue Jeans, please transition to Zoom as soon as possible. If you have been using Adobe Connect, note that it will be available through the Spring of 2018. As soon as we have more information we will communicate solid timelines for Adobe Connect end-of-life.

Tier one helpdesk support for Zoom will be provided at the local IT department level, or, in our case, by I-Tech.

If you have any questions regarding Zoom, please submit them to the Libraries IT helpdesk at https://staff.libraries.psu.edu/ithelp or via email to: ul-itservicerequest@lists.psu.edu. You can learn more about Zoom on our website at https://staff.libraries.psu.edu/i-tech/training/zoom or by attending a Zoom overview available through the Learning Resources Network (LRN).

– submitted by Dace Freivalds, I-Tech

Virginia Beach Middle School educators selected for Judy Chicago Art Education Award

Eighth-grade student Fawziya Gyamfi with her art about actress Lupita Nyong’o.

The Judy Chicago Art Education Award was presented to Leah Krueger, Jessica Provow, and Anne Baker from Virginia Beach Middle School in March for their exemplary nine-week classroom implementation of Creating Tribute: The Judy Chicago Project. The award presentation can be viewed online at https://meeting.psu.edu/jcae_award.

Inspired by Judy Chicago’s “The Dinner Party,” eighth-grade students in the 2017 award-winning project were presented with the challenge of identifying people that have “changed the world for the better.” In response to the first student-generated list, the teachers facilitated discussions with the students asking why the predominance of white men on their list and so few women and people of color represented. The discussion motivated students to research fields of study that they are interested in with a quest to learn about the women who have advanced knowledge and contributed significantly to society with their work.

From their research, the students created sculptural dinner place settings with each work of art symbolic of a woman and the context of her life. The students presented their art to each other and discussed the symbolism and the importance to honor through art the people who have made the world a better place. NASA scientist Kate Rubins, actress Lupita Nyong’o, Olympic gold medalist Misty May Treanor, theoretical physicist Lisa Randall, Queen Elizabeth II and artist Sandy Skoglund are some of the women honored by the students through their art creations.

The art as dinner place settings was displayed in the main hallway at Virginia Beach Middle School and select works will be displayed at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Virginia Beach.

The Judy Chicago Art Education Award honors Judy Chicago and her pioneering work as an art educator. Penn State’s Judy Chicago Art Education Collection online archive of award-winning curricula offers teachers ways to engage the Judy Chicago Art Education Collection with their students. This might include using The Dinner Party Curriculum Project, or applying Judy Chicago’s content-based participatory art pedagogy, or developing themes from the artworks created in Chicago’s 11 teaching projects from 1970 to 2005. The annual award includes a certificate and a $1,000 prize. For complete details about the award, visit http://judychicago.arted.psu.edu/news-events/news/award/.

The Judy Chicago Art Education Award is made possible by Through the Flower, Penn State School of Visual Arts, and the generosity of Faye Kellerman.

Discovery Day 2017 feedback

Thanks to you the 2017 Discovery Day was a great success!

The Discovery Day Committee would like to thank everyone for attending, presenting and volunteering.

We would like for you to share your thoughts about the day and help us make the next Discovery Day the best ever. Please provide your feedback here: https://pennstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eDT8UJFdmSoByip

Thanks!

2017 Discovery Day Committee
Zoe Chao
Ethan Eissenstat
Carmen Gass
Elise Gowen
Earl Houser
Verne Neff
Angel Peterson
Rebecca Peterson
Victoria Raish
Shenetta Selden
Ann Snowman

Libraries’ United Way Tag Sale June 13

On Tuesday, June 13, the University Libraries United Way will be holding a tag sale at University Park. Donations of new and used household items in working condition are being accepted.

Please do not donate books, clothing or other items that cannot be easily transported by you or the purchaser. If you are not sure, please check with Amy Miller at arm107@psu.edu before you bring the items in.

Donations can be brought to Amy Miller in Common Services.

All proceeds benefit Centre County United Way.

Leading a customer-centric culture

What do great companies have in common? Great customer service. Discover how to chart your team on a course that focuses on the customer, with three no-nonsense tips. In just 13 minutes, Jeff Toister discusses how to set a direction, create mile markers and course correct when things get off track.

Discover how to chart your team on a course that focuses on the customer, with three no-nonsense tips. In just 13 minutes, Jeff Toister discusses how to set a direction, create mile markers and course correct when things get off track.

Watch Toister’s Lynda.com video “Leading a Customer-Centric Culture.”

– submitted by Carmen Gass, User Training Services

Tech Tip: New Excel preview in Box

by Ryan Johnson, I-Tech

Have you noticed the new Excel preview capability in Box?

Single-click an Excel file from the Box web app and it will open in the Box preview pane. Now you can navigate between sheets, rows, columns and cells. It’s very similar to the Excel Online experience. Of course to edit the file, you’ll still need to open it.

Note: the new preview capability works only with .xlsx files under 5 MB.

LHR News: June 5

Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:

Part-time:
Keri Mongelluzzo – Center for Humanities and Information

Internal Moves:
Matt Francis – Associate Head, Special Collections

Events: June 5

Maymester / Summer 2017

Academic calendar information for all campuses is available online.

Through Sunday, July 30, “The Painted Photograph: Selections from the B. & H. Henisch Photo-History Collection,” Pattee Library operating hours, Paterno Family Reading Room, 201A Pattee Library, University Park.

Through Wednesday, August 9, 2017: “Plastics: Knowledge and Information Taking Shape” exhibit, Pattee Library operating hours, Sidewater Commons and central entrance, Pattee Library, 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 Sunday, September 10, 2017: An Abecedarium from the 15th to the 21st Century” exhibit, Eberly Family Special Collections Library, 104 Paterno Library, Paterno Library operating hours, University Park.

Monday, June 5: last day of classes, Maymester, University Park.

Tuesday, June 6: study day, Maymester, University Park.

Tuesday, June 6: Panel Discussion, answers and information about service dogs, with the Sight Loss Support Group of Central PA and Happy Valley Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind, 1:30-3 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park and Mediasite Live archive recording with captions.

Wednesday, June 7: final exams, Maymester, University Park.

Wednesday, June 7: Docunight: Iran via Documentaries, “Plane Grove,” documentary screening of a film about, around, or in Iran, or made by Iranians, 7 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park.

Wednesday, June 21: State College Police Department K9 Unit Community Education Presentation, 2-3 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park.

Thursday, June 22: Tech Update, by I-Tech, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library, University Park.

Friday, June 23: last day of classes, first six-week summer session, University Park.

Saturday-Sunday, June 24-25: study days, first six-week summer session, University Park.

Sunday, June 25: arrival day, second six-week summer session, University Park.

Monday, June 26: final exams, first six-week summer session, University Park.

Wednesday, June 28: first day of classes, second six-week summer session, University Park.

Tuesday, July 4: Independence Day, no classes.

Wednesday, July 5: Docunight: Iran via Documentaries, documentary screening of a film about, around, or in Iran, or made by Iranians, 7 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park.

Monday, July 10, Data Days, various locations at Pattee Library and Paterno Library, University Park. Register here.

Wednesday-Sunday, July 13-16, Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, Children’s Day July 12, BookFest July 15, State College and University Park campus.

Tuesday, July 18: Summer Academy for the Blind at Penn State, panel discussion, 1-3:30 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park.

Wednesday, July 19: PA Forward Information Literacy Summit, Pattee Library and Paterno Library, University Park.

Thursday, July 20: Special Collections Library Research Travel Awards “Brown Bag” presentation, by Albert M. Petska Eighth Air Force Archives winner Marla Okner, noon-1 p.m., Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library, University Park.

Wednesday, July 26: Open House Volunteer Kickoff Party, 3 p.m., Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library, University Park.

Thursday, July 27: Special Collections Library Research Travel Awards “Brown Bag” presentation, by Mary Ann O’Brian Malkin Research Award winner Tilden Russell, noon-1 p.m., Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library, University Park.

Wednesday, Aug. 2: Special Collections Library Research Travel Awards “Brown Bag” presentation, by Dorothy Foehr Huck Research Award winner Kinohi Nishikawa, noon-1 p.m., Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library, University Park.

Wednesday, Aug. 2: Docunight: Iran via Documentaries, documentary screening of a film about, around, or in Iran, or made by Iranians, 7 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park.

Friday, Aug. 4: Special Collections Library Research Travel Awards “Brown Bag” presentation, by Dorothy Foehr Huck Research Award winner Kristoffer Smemo, noon-1 p.m., Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library, University Park.

Wednesday, August 9: last day of classes, second six-week summer session, University Park.

Thursday, August 10: study day, second six-week summer session, University Park.

Friday, August 11: Final exams, second six-week summer session, University Park.

Friday, Aug. 11: Special Collections Library Research Travel Awards “Brown Bag” presentation, by Through the Flower Research Travel Award winner Monica Steinberg, noon-1 p.m., Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library, University Park.

Saturday, August 12: Summer Commencement, University Park.

Tuesday, August 15: Tech Update, by I-Tech, 10-11 a.m., Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library, University Park.

Wednesday, August 16: University Libraries Picnic, 5-8 p.m., Holmes-Foster Park, State College. All University Libraries current and retired employees and their families invited. RSVP details to come.

Friday-Sunday, August 18-20: Arrival days

Monday, August 21: First day of fall semester classes

Tuesday, August 29: Open House Volunteer Training, 2-3 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park.

Wednesday, August 30: Open House Volunteer Training, 11 a.m.-noon, Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park.

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