Diane Zabel, The Louis and Virginia Benzak Business Librarian and head librarian of the William and Joan Schreyer Business Library, is the recipient of the 2015 President’s Award for Engagement with Students. The award is given to a faculty member who goes beyond his or her responsibilities to engage and encourage students in learning. The honorees have made themselves available to interact with students outside class, link students to opportunities and help them build their confidence as learners and potential contributors to society. Read the full story on Penn State News: http://news.psu.edu/story/349102/2015/04/09/academics/zabel-receive-president%E2%80%99s-award-engagement-students

submitted by Binh P. Le, Associate Librarian

Binh P. Le, Associate Librarian, presented a paper “Leadership Attainment by Asian Americans Academic Librarians: Challenges and Development” at the ACRL 2015 Conference. Portland, OR. March 25 – 29, 2015. The same paper “Leadership Attainment by Asian Americans Academic Librarians: Challenges and Development” has also been published in Dawn M. Meuller (ed.), Creating Sustainable Community: ACRL 2015 Conference Proceedings. Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2015, pp. 28-39.

Binh’s poster presentation proposal “Leadership Aspirations of Asian American Academic Librarians” has been accepted for presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Library Association. San Francisco, CA, June 26 -30, 2015.

Binh has been selected to serve as a co-mentor in the ALA International Mentoring Pilot, a joint IRC/ IRRT initiative. Binh’s mentee was a Fulbright scholar and Peace Corps volunteer, and currently is a doctoral student in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois. Currently, Binh chairs the ALA International Relations Committee/East Asia and the Pacific Subcommittee.

Binh P. Le has been appointed as Chair of the Nominating Committee of the Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.

Alessia Zanin-Yost, reference and instruction librarian and coordinator of library Instruction at Penn State Altoona, will be one of the keynote speakers at the 2015 National Conference “La biblioteca partecipata: collezioni, connessioni, comunità” (The engaged library: collections, connections, community) conference in Milan, Italy, in March. She will discuss the critical role academic libraries play in developing lifelong learning skills through the incorporation of information and visual literacy in the curriculum. While in Italy, Zanin-Yost will also guest lecture at both the University of Parma and the University of Florence.

University Park Librarian Glenn Masuchika, in keeping with the Penn State Libraries’ tradition of advocating a wide range of academic interests for their librarians, had published a number of peer-reviewed articles in 2014 and has articles scheduled for publication in 2015 on various subjects:

•  “Problems of Scholar-Created, Synonymous Subject Terms in Buddhism” was published in Library Review, 63:4/5 (2014)
• ”Profiles in Science for Science Librarians: “Now We Are All Sons of Bitches!”: The Atomic Life of Kenneth Bainbridge” was published in Science & Technology Libraries, 33:3 (2014)
• “Applications of Business Presentation Techniques to One-Shot, Library Instruction” is in press for College & Undergraduate Libraries, and is scheduled for publication in vol. 22:1 (2015)
• “Japanese Cartoons, Virtual Child Pornography, Academic Libraries, and the Law” has been accepted by Reference & User Services Quarterly, and is scheduled for publication in vol. 54:4 (2015)

Penn State Abington Librarian Binh Le has a number of recent achievements of note:

• His article, “Academic Library Leadership in the Digital Age,” has been accepted for publication in the forthcoming issue (vol. 36, issue 1/2) of Library Management. This paper was previously presented at the Seventh Shanghai International Library Forum, held in Shanghai, China, July 9 -11, 2014.
• His proposal, “Asian American Academic Library Leadership Attainment: Challenges and Development,” has been accepted for presentation at the 2015 ACRL Conference to be held in Portland, OR, March 25-28, 2015.
• He presented a poster session, “Vietnam’s Library Resource Centers: A Model for Developing Modern Academic Libraries in Developing Countries,” at the 2014 IFLA World Library and Information Congress, Lyon, France, August 16 – 22, 2014.
• He has been appointed as chair of ALA IRC East Asia and the Pacific Subcommittee.

ALA President and Penn State Greater Allegheny Head Librarian Courtney Young penned a blog post on Huffington Post last week, touching on free speech, civility and censorship. Read it here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/courtneyyoung/trigger-warnings-censorship_b_5863506.html?utm_hp_ref=books

Submitted by Paige Andrew

Lee Ann Nolan, Paige Andrew and former head of the Donald W. Hamer Map Collection, Marcy Bidney, recently had a peer-reviewed article published in the Journal of Map & Geography Libraries.

“The Digital Atlas Dilemma: Outlining the Challenges for Libraries” discusses in detail several unique challenges that digital atlases, compared to their physical counterparts, present to librarians and libraries. Nolan, Andrew and Bidney state in the abstract “We describe the issues that arise from digital atlases and how they impact both the user and the librarian, and we provide a call to arms for anyone charged with collecting, describing, utilizing, storing, or preserving these evolving new types of atlases.”

The article appears in the volume 10, number 2 (May-August 2014) issue and was published in July. Lee Ann Nolan is the information resources and services support specialist at the Fletcher L. Byrom Earth and Mineral Sciences Library and Paige Andrew is the maps cataloging librarian in the Cataloging and Metadata Services Department.

Courtney Young was interviewed by Marketplace Tech recently, on the future of libraries and books: http://www.marketplace.org/topics/tech/learningcurve/how-tech-changing-reading-libraries

Article Published

Linda Musser, head of the Earth and Mineral Sciences Library, had two articles out recently:
“Power to the People: Loaning Batteries to Users” PaLA Bulletin 69(3):10-11. (this was a description of a project funding by one of the UL microgrants, read more about the project on this page: https://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/admin/microgrant-program/intranet/awards-reports.html)
and “Copyright Status for Sanborn Maps” base line 35(4):25-26.

• Associate Dean Lisa German, the outgoing chair of the Penn State Commission for Women, was recently featured in an article on Penn State News. Full story: http://news.psu.edu/story/319958/2014/07/02/impact/taking-long-view-german-relfects-service-commission-women
• Penn State Greater Allegheny Head Librarian Courtney Young was recently featured in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: http://www.post-gazette.com/local/region/2014/07/05/Plum-librarian-takes-lead-at-American-Libraries-Association/stories/201407050085

Courtney Young, head librarian at J. Clarence Kelly Library, Penn State Greater Allegheny, recently appeared in an article about photographer Kyle Cassidy’s latest project, a collection of images of librarians from which he intends to create series of gallery shows called “Alexandria Still Burns.”

The following faculty were elected to positions in the American Library Association:
Matthew Ciszek, Officers/Council councilor-at-large
Bernadette Lear, ACRL Education and Behavioral Sciences Section vice-chair/chair-elect
Ellysa Stern Cahoy, ACRL Instruction Section vice-chair/chair-elect
Tom Reinsfelder, RUSA Reference Services Section secretary
Matthew Ciszek, Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Round Table director-at-large
Stephen Woods, Government Documents Road Table assistant-chair/chair-elect
Eric Novotny, Library History Round Table vice-chair/chair-elect

Spring 2014 issue of Pennsylvania Libraries: Research & Practice (PaLRaP) includes articles from three Penn State Librarians:

• “Beyond the Letter of the Law: Accessibility, Universal Design, and Human-Centered Design in Video Tutorials,” by Amanda Clossen
• “Three-Dimensional (3-D) Scanning Within Academic Libraries: Exploring and Considering a New Public Service,” by Jason Reuscher
• “Basic Online Pennsylvania Legal Research for Librarians,” by Laura Ax-Fultz

Article published
Bonnie Imler and Michelle Eichelberger. “Commercial Database Design vs. Library Terminology Comprehension: Why Do Students Print Abstracts Instead of Full-Text Articles?” College & Research Libraries May 2014 75:284-297. See: http://crl.acrl.org/content/75/3/284.full.pdf+html

Nancy Adams’ article, “A Comparison of Evidence-Based Practice and the ACRL Information Literacy Standards: Implications for Information Literacy Practice” was published in the March 2014 issue of College & Research Libraries. Another article, “Collaborating to increase access to clinical and educational resources for surgery: a case study,” co-authored with surgery faculty, was published in the Jan-Feb 2014 issue of Journal of Surgical Education.

Librarians edit book on collection development and management

“Rethinking Collection Development and Management” (Becky Albitz, Christine Avery, and Diane Zabel, editors) has been published by Libraries Unlimited.This collection of 29 essays demonstrates how collection development has changed in academic and public libraries. Chapters discuss current trends, best practices and future scenarios. Contributors include five Penn State colleagues: Robert Alan, Anne Behler, Linda Musser, Christopher Walker and Sue Kellerman. More information can be found at www.LibrariesUnlimited.com.

• Crawford receives reviewing award
  For the fourth time, Greg Crawford, director of Capital College Libraries, has received the Outstanding Reviewer Award from the journal Collection Building. The award was presented by Emerald Publishing. Crawford has now received the award in 2009, 2010, 2013, and 2014.

• Reinsfelder article published
  Tom Reinsfelder, Mont Alto reference librarian, had his article “E-Books and Ethical Dilemmas for the Academic Reference Librarian” published in the most recent volume of The Reference Librarian. An open access version of this article is available in ScholarSphere at https://scholarsphere.psu.edu/files/sf268934s

• Shank’s new book published
  John Shank, instructional design librarian at Penn State Berks, has written the first book on interactive open educational resources, “Interactive Open Educational Resources: A Guide to Finding, Choosing, and Using What’s Out There to Transform College Teaching” (published by JB, a division of Wiley). A book signing will be held 4 to 6 p.m., on Wednesday, April 9, in the Berks Campus Bookstore. Light refreshments will be served. Read the full story on Penn State News.