Daily Archives: March 5, 2018

Seeking your ideas for 2018-19 Strategic Plan action items!

By: Amanda S Clossen

The 2018-19 Strategic Action Plan Team invites you to submit your ideas for action items for the 2018-19 Action Plan!

We are looking for suggestions for action items that the University Libraries can work on in the next fiscal year to support the goals and objectives of the Libraries Strategic Plan. If you have a great idea, big or small, that you think should be explored as an action item, we want to hear about it! These action items help us to further our efforts in Discovery, Access and Preservation, Teaching and Learning, and Advancing University Research. Details of last year’s action items can be found here. Our recent staff post includes information on how submitted ideas will be reviewed, as well as the ideas submitted so far.

Have a voice in the future of the Libraries! We welcome all ideas – please submit them using this survey by Wednesday, March 21:
https://pennstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2tqYzTHwENHVy9D

You may submit as many ideas as you like. Questions? Please email the Strategic Action Plan Team at ul-action-team@lists.psu.edu or contact team members directly.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Paige Andrew, Maps Cataloging Librarian
Paul Burnell, Information Resources and Services Support Specialist, Knowledge Commons
Amanda Clossen, Learning Design Librarian
Matt Ciszek, Head Librarian, Penn State Erie
Jen Jarson, Head Librarian, Penn State Lehigh Valley
Glenn McGuigan, Head Librarian, Penn State Harrisburg
Binky Lush, Manager Discovery Access and Web Services (co-chair)
Lana Munip, Analysis and Planning Consultant (co-chair)
Martha Ney, Proposal and Awards Generalist
Billie Walker, Head Librarian, Penn State Great Valley
Rachel White, Information Resources and Services Supervisor-Manager, Lending Services

Penn State York’s Lee R. Glatfelter Library wins big for their students

By: Sarah Bacon

Congratulations to 2017 Giving Tuesday Commonwealth Campus Library Leader, Penn State York’s Lee R. Glatfelter Library!

Led by Barb Eshbach, the Glatfelter Library team embraced the charge to elevate Commonwealth Campus Library (CCL) involvement in the 2017 Giving Tuesday campaign. As the winner of the Get 5 and Most Donors CCL challenges, we are happy to present them with a $1,000 award. These funds will be used to purchase educational resources and textbooks for their course reserves.

2017 Giving Tuesday highlights (full summary attached):
$32,000.03 raised ($20,000 was the goal)
141 total gifts (100 was the goal)
18 first-time donors
39 GOLD (Graduates Of the Last Decade) donors
37 gifts via Commonwealth Campus Libraries
14 from York
6 from Altoona
5 from Hazleton
12 from Abington, World Campus, Great Valley, DuBois, Harrisburg, and Scranton

Watch this video of students saying thank you to our Giving Tuesday donors (note: grand totals were updated after production.)

Thank YOU to ALL who participated and gave of your time, support and/or resources. Mark your calendars for 2018 Giving Tuesday – Nov. 27!

Diversity Retreat schedule now online

By: Lana Munip

Registration for the April 16 Diversity Retreat opens on March 12. To see the day’s schedule, please go to https://staff.libraries.psu.edu/diversity-retreat-advancing-conversation-inclusion.
For the morning program, you’ll have the opportunity to choose from discussions on rankism in the Libraries, bystander training on bias and discrimination, or a “Speak Up!” session, where you will work in groups to craft strong responses to acts of incivility. For something a little lighter, we’ll also host a speed networking session. This invariably fun social activity aims to develop social bonds among employees and is great whether you are new to the Libraries or have been here a long time.

After lunch we’ll have lightning talks presented by staff and faculty (we’ll send out more information on that in the coming weeks) and the LFO Colloquium. Please see the schedule for full details on the speakers.

Note: You don’t have to register for the Retreat if you only want to attend/view the afternoon program – just come to Foster Auditorium or view on MediaSite Live at:
Lightning Talks and LFO Colloquium

Funding is available for campus participants. If you have any questions, please contact Lana Munip at lana@psu.edu, or 814-863-1939.

Tech Tip: Foster Auditorium and Mann Assembly now have Solstice

By: Ryan T. Johnson

So what is a Solstice? A solstice is a wireless presentation system that enables any number of users to connect simultaneously to a shared display over WiFi or Ethernet Network.

A user can connect via computer (PC or Mac), Android and iOS devices. In Foster and Mann, you will see one of the new display options on the podium is Solstice. When Solstice is selected, you will see a display as the one above appear.

To connect, make sure your device is first connected to the Penn State WiFi or by Ethernet. If you are a first time user, you will need to follow the instructions on the screen. Open a web browser, connect to the displays IP address, and download the solstice app. Finally, launch the app, select the display name, and enter the Key on the screen.

Once connected, choose what you want to share to the display. That’s it!

To learn more about Solstice or download a quickstart guide, please visit the Solstice Training page on the staff site.

Events: Mar. 5

Spring 2018
Academic calendar information for all campuses is available online.

Jan. 16–May 13, “What Big Eyes You Have! Looking at the Wolf in Fairy Tales”exhibition, Eberly Family Special Collections Library Exhibition Room, 104 Paterno Library.

Feb. 18-Aug. 13, “Depth of Field” exhibit, Diversity Studies Room, 203 Pattee Library, seeks to highlight the intersections of war in the Middle East with the history of war photography.

Wednesday, Mar. 7: Software in the Humanities and Social Sciences Workshop – PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), a popular program for encryption and authentication of digital messages like email, with Andrew Singer. Bring a bag lunch; noon-1 p.m., 403 Paterno Library and via Zoom at https://psu.zoom.us/j/914950827.

Wednesday, Mar. 14: Software in the Humanities and Social Sciences Workshop – ggplot2, makes pretty, easily reproducible and modifiable graphs for publication, with Nathan Piekielek. Bring a bag lunch; noon-1 p.m., 403 Paterno Library and via Zoom at https://psu.zoom.us/j/914950827.

Wednesday, Mar. 21: Software in the Humanities and Social Sciences Workshop – Pandoc, convert documents from one file type to another and back again, all from the command line, with Grant Wythoff. Bring a bag lunch; noon-1 p.m., 403 Paterno Library and via Zoom at https://psu.zoom.us/j/914950827.

Wednesday, Mar. 21: Poetry Without Borders – A multicultural night of poetry hosted by the Dept. of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literature; 6-7 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library. Reception following in Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library.

Tuesday, Apr. 3: Jillian Cantor to read as part of the Mary E Rolling Reading Series, Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, 7:30-9 p.m.

Wednesday, Apr. 4: Software in the Humanities and Social Sciences Workshop – IIIF, with Karen Estlund. Bring a bag lunch; noon-1 p.m. 403 Paterno Library and via Zoom at https://psu.zoom.us/j/914950827.

Thursday, Apr. 5: Lecture by Professor Leo Bersani, “Force in Progress”, 5-7 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library.

Wednesday, Apr. 11: Software in the Humanities and Social Sciences Workshop – OpenRefine, a free and open-source resource for cleaning, regularizing, and organizing complex data, with Jose Guerrero. Bring a bag lunch; noon-1 p.m. 403 Paterno Library and via Zoom at https://psu.zoom.us/j/914950827.

Sunday, Apr. 22: International Write-In. Two sessions, 3:30-7:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.-midnight. Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library. Interested writers can sign up today at: http://tinyurl.com/psuwritein

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