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              September 2007 Volume 4, No 26
Theodore Sorensen on
The American Presidency
Collaborative Learning Spaces
An Evening with the Pinkneys
University Librarians
Lecture in Russia
September 2007 Volume 4, No 26
IN THIS ISSUE
From the University Librarian ................................................... 1
Looking At The American Presidency......................................... 2
By Barry Miller, Librarian for External Relations
Scholarly Communications Committee Formed ........................ 4
New Committee Replaces Senate Library Committee
By Kathy Crowe and Stephen Dew
Collaborative Learning Spaces................................................... 5
An Evening with the Pinkneys ................................................... 6
Impact of the Google Book Project on Libraries ....................... 7
A Lecture by Kimberly Armstrong
Among Friends .......................................................................... 8
of the University Libraries
Margaret Maron Reads from Her New Novel..................... 9
Gifts That Keep On Giving................................................ 12
by Linda Burr, Director of Development
Betty Morrow Art Show.................................................... 13
Artists Among Us: Audrey Sage ............................................... 14
Staff Appointments, Changes and News.................................. 15
University Librarians Lecture in Russia ................................... 19
By Sha Li Zhang, Assistant Director for Collections
and Technical Services
Calendar of Upcoming Events.......................... inside back cover
LIBRARY COLUMNS is published periodically by the University Libraries
at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. This issue is the first using a new
layout and design by Garland Gooden. Our thanks to Garland and to Clinton Press
for the new look.
A total of 3550 copies of this public document were printed and distributed at a cost of
$ 4196.16, or $ 1.18 per copy, using funds from the Friends of the UNCG Libraries account.
Barry Miller, Editor
Betty Morrow
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from the University Librarian
W elcome to the Fall 2007 semester, and the beginning
of what promises to be another exciting year for the
University Libraries. We’re proud of our new information
commons and collaboratories, and are certain that our
students will make good use of these for their research
projects and partnerships.
I’d like to look back and share the results of the Spring 2006
survey of our sophomore and graduating senior students.
Chancellor Sullivan proudly discussed the results of the
bi- annual Sophomore and Graduating Senior Student
Surveys at the Friends of the UNCG Libraries annual
dinner this past March. She stressed how well the UNCG
Libraries were rated by these two constituencies.
I’d like to brag and share a summary of the survey results
with you. In both surveys, UNCG’s library scored the
highest ratings of all of the doctoral intensive institutions
in the UNC system on all four measures of the library.
The surveys were conducted in the Spring of 2006.
Percentage of “ Good/ Excellent” Ratings
Among Sophomores
UNCG Doctoral Intensive
Institutions of the
UNC System
Library Hours of Operation 89.9 86.8
Access to Databases & Collections 94.9 91.9
Training to Use the Library 78.2 74.0
Library Services Overall 96.6 92.6
Percentage of “ Good/ Excellent” Ratings
Among Graduating Seniors
UNCG Doctoral Intensive
Institutions of the
UNC System
Library Hours of Operation 91.6 89.4
Library Staff Responsiveness 92.0 89.6
Access to Databases & Collections 95.0 93.0
Library Services Overall 96.7 94.0
Sources: http:// web. uncg. edu/ pages/ 2006/ soph06/ Sophomore% 20Survey. pdf;
http:// web. uncg. edu/ pages/ 2006/ gss06/ Senior% 20Survey. pdf
Coble Donates Congressional
Papers to University Libraries
We are pleased to announce that
Congressman
Howard Coble
has donated his
congressional
papers to the
U n i v e r s i t y
Libraries. The
congressional
collection, spanning 22 years, is a
valuable academic resource on political
and governmental workings. This contribu-tion
will also serve to attract other impor-tant
political, business and corporate
papers. Look for future information
regarding a special reception to honor
Congressman Coble's gift to the University.
We need to be proud of these survey results, not only
because of the type and level of services that we are able
to provide to our students, but because all of this couldn’t
be accomplished without the hard work and excellent
service ethic of our staff and library faculty. Rosann Bazirjian, University Librarian
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T heodore C. Sorensen, former special counsel,
adviser and speechwriter to President John F.
Kennedy and a widely published author on the presi-dency
and foreign affairs, headlines the upcoming
lecture series, Looking at the American
Presidency, sponsored by the University
Libraries and the Friends of the UNCG
Libraries, the History Department and the
Political Science Department. Sorensen
will speak at 7 p. m. on October 29 in the
Elliott University Center Auditorium.
In developing the series, we want to
engage our students, faculty and the
community in examining the presidency
during the current election cycle, not
just with sound bites and commercials, but with
thoughtful and civil discourse on what the office
of the president has meant historically and how
it functions today. Mr. Sorensen, whom Kennedy
once called his “ intellectual blood bank,” has been
an influential figure in American history and
politics for fifty years, and has been invited to give
his views on the nature of the presidency and the
election of presidents to his audience at UNCG. As
one who was intimately involved in White House
decision- making and image- making during the
Kennedy administration, Sorensen offers a unique
perspective for our audience. He has continued to
maintain an active political life, recently authoring
a widely- read article called “ The New Vision: The
Speech I want the Democratic Nominee to Give,”
published in Washington Monthly in July 2007.
Two historians currently scheduled to participate
in the lecture series are Dr. William C. Harris and
Dr. Vernon Burton, who will examine
the election, career and legacy of
Abraham Lincoln in preparation not
only for the 2008 presidential election
but also for the upcoming bicentennial
of Lincoln’s birth in 2009. The
University Libraries will host a touring
exhibit from the Huntington Museum
and the Gilder Lehrman Institute enti-tled
“ Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s
Journey to Emancipation” in early 2010.
Dr. William C. Harris, Professor Emeritus of
History at N. C. State, will speak on the elections of
1864 and 1860 in a lecture to be
held on Thursday, October 4, 2007
in the Kirkland Room of the Elliott
University Center at 7 p. m. Harris
is the author of the new book,
Lincoln’s Rise to the Presidency.
Copies of his book will be avail-able
for sale and signing following
the lecture. The first chapter in his 2004 book,
Lincoln’s Last Months, dealt with the election of 1864,
which Harris believes was the most important in
American history, along with the one of 1860.“ It has
a lot of drama connected with it,” he notes, adding
Looking at
Theodore Sorensen
By Barry Miller, Librarian for External Relations
Events in this series are free; however, the Sorensen lecture on October 29 requires an advance ticket, available in person only from the
UNCG Box Office in the Elliott University Center. Limit one ticket per person. Box Office hours are noon- 5 p. m. Monday- Friday.
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“ of course, the method of the campaign of 1864
offers a sharp contrast to our current elections.”
Dr. Vernon Burton is Professor of
History and Sociology at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign and is also Director of
I- CHASS, Illinois Center for
Computing in Humanities, Arts,
and Social Science. His new book,
The Age of Lincoln, is drawing wide
praise. Burton will speak about his book and Lincoln’s
legacy in the Elliott University Center next spring. The
date is still being determined at press time. In The Age
of Lincoln, Burton covers the broad
sweep of the United States during
the Civil War and Reconstruction,
carrying the story into the 1890s.
“ Especially striking,” notes one
reviewer,“ is his treatment of the
Reconstruction South when the
victor’s biracial ‘ national building’
experiment failed, a situation which may be
analogous to the current sectarian strife in Iraq.”
Dr. Martha Kumar, political scientist at Towson
University, has recently published a book from Johns
Hopkins University Press entitled Managing the
President’s Message: The White House Communications
Operation. She will speak on
Thursday, November 15 in Cone
Ballroom B of the Elliott University
Center. Other lectures may be
scheduled in 2008 as the election
cycle continues.
In a related
lecture, political
scientist and frequent media com-mentator
Dr. Larry Sabato of the
University of Virginia will be at
UNCG on September 19. Sabato’s
lecture will be given in the
Auditorium of the Science
Building at 7: 30 p. m. He will talk about his book, A
More Perfect Constitution, which is due to be released
the end of September, in what will be one of the first
public discussions of the book, says Dr. Ruth
DeHoog, Chair of the Political Science Department.
“ His appearance will be part of UNCG’s observance
of Constitution Day, and also fits right into our focus
on reform for our Center for Legislative Studies
series on structural and ethics reform in politics,”
says DeHoog. Contact DeHoog at 336.256.0511
or rhdehoog@ uncg. edu for more information.
In another series of related lectures, the Greensboro
Historical Museum will begin a series culminating
in a display of the Bill of Rights at the Museum
November 30- December 2. In the first lecture,
Dr. William Leuchtenburg, Historian Emeritus at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will speak
abut his new book, The White House Looks South:
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman and Lyndon B.
Johnson. For more information about Leuchtenburg’s
lecture and other events at the Greensboro Historical
Museum, contact the museum at 336.373.2043.
“ The American Presidency is a formidable, exposed, and somewhat mysterious institution.
It is formidable because it represents the point of ultimate decision in the American polit-ical
system. It is exposed because decision cannot take place in a vacuum: the Presidency is
the center of the play of pressure, interest, and idea in the Nation; and the presidential
office is the vortex into which all the elements of national decision are irresistibly drawn.
And it is mysterious because the essence of ultimate decision remains.”
— John F. Kennedy
Foreword to Theodore C. Sorensen's Decision- Making in the White House,
Published by the Columbia University Press, September 23, 1963.
Dr. Vernon Burton
Dr. Martha Kumar
The University Libraries are pleased to be able to partner
with our departments and institutions in Greensboro to
bring speakers of this caliber to the community. Other
events in this series include:
Dr. Larry Sabato ...................................... September 19, 2007
Dr. William C. Harris..................................... October 4, 2007
Mr. Theodore Sorensen ........................... October 29, 2007
Dr. William Leuchtenberg...................... November 7, 2007
Dr. Martha Kumar ................................... November 15, 2007
Dr. Vernon Burton ............................................... Spring, 2008
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I n the last issue of Library Columns,
Collections and Scholarly Resources
Coordinator Stephen Dew discussed the
crisis in scholarly communications. As
Dew described, over the last few
decades publishing has become more
commercial and profit- oriented, causing
journal prices to become prohibitive in
some disciplines. As a result, libraries
have found it necessary to cancel jour-nal
subscriptions, limiting their ability to
provide access to the scholarship produced by and
needed by faculty on their campuses. In response to
this crisis, scholars and librarians are devising new
means of publishing, archiving, and
accessing research, including the
development of open- access online
journals and institutional repositories.
In addition, scholars are maintaining
copyright to their work by adding
addenda to their contracts or paying
author- ownership fees.
The University Libraries seek to
provide leadership and engage UNCG
faculty and administration actively in
these issues. One strategy was to
establish a Scholarly Communications Committee.
Rather than create a new committee, it was decided
to work through the existing Faculty Governance
structure. As a result, the former Senate Library
Committee was restructured into the Scholarly
Communications Committee. This committee
includes faculty from the College and the Schools,
along with representatives from Continual
Learning, University Counsel, Technology Transfer,
and the Office of Research. It will be chaired by
Stephen Dew and will include another librarian,
Christine Fischer, Head of Acquisitions. The new
committee was approved by the Faculty Senate in
April 2007.
The faculty, librarians and administrators that
make up the Scholarly Communications
Committee will work together to
support the University’s research and
teaching missions by consulting with
and advising faculty in matters relating
to the dissemination, use, and archiv-ing
of information and knowledge.
The Committee will work collabora-tively
with campus administrators
and faculty members to develop
and implement programs offering
information on new publishing trends
that alter the current course of scholarly communi-cations,
so that it is economically sustainable and
ensures the widest possible access to the scholarly
record. Their activities will include:
• Analyzing and examining issues of
scholarly publishing and communica-tion
as they apply to academic research
institutions like UNCG.
• Proposing short- term and long-term
strategies to inform UNCG
faculty about these issues, such as
sponsoring symposia or other
programs, publishing a newsletter
or blog, and developing a web site.
• Providing faculty with guidance on fair use,
intellectual property rights, and management
of their creative works.
• Suggesting and endorsing avenues for
individual and collective action, including
actions that faculty members can take to
contribute to an open and sustainable
system of scholarly communication, such
as developing an institutional repository
for disseminating faculty publications or
sponsoring open- access journals.
• Promoting initiatives and practices that encour-age
faculty to explore the challenges and oppor-tunities
associated with disseminating research,
creative works, and teaching materials
through new methods and electronic means.
Scholarly Communications Committee Formed at UNCG
New Committee Replaces Senate Library Committee
By Kathy Crowe and Stephen Dew
Kathy Crowe
Steve Dew
T wenty- first century academic libraries have
become much more than buildings that house
books, journals and other print resources. While
these traditional resources continue to be vital,
libraries are also centers of a wide variety of learning
activities. Net Generation students are very social in
nature and prefer learning and working in groups
rather than alone. They expect to have a seamless
work environment where they can access, manage
and produce information at one location. Academic
libraries now offer Information Commons or
Learning Commons that provide workstations where
students may use a wide variety of software as well
as access information resources and the internet. In
addition to traditional reference and research service,
staff members are available for technical assistance.
In one location a student may find information
resources, manipulate data, access Blackboard course
information, email their professor, IM other students,
write a paper, prepare a Power Point presentation
and print out their work! Because students are
expected to work in groups for their courses, libraries
are also providing a variety of group spaces where
students may project their work on a screen or
practice a group presentation. More specialized
services that libraries offer include centers where
students and faculty can develop digital audio and
video and online projects.
The University Libraries at UNCG are making
numerous changes this fall
to incorporate the
Information Commons
theme into its services. In
both Jackson Library and
the Music Library, most of
the public workstations
will include a variety of
productivity software such
as Microsoft Office, Adobe
Reader, Windows Media,
Flashplayer and QuickTime.
They will also be able to
launch applications such
as Adobe Photoshop,
Dreamweaver and Endnote.
These PCs will require a
UNCG Novell login. Several
machines in both libraries will continue to be
available to the public and will provide access
to the internet and the Libraries’ information
resources. Including the Superlab administered by
UNCG’s Information Technology Services, there are
over two hundred computers available in Jackson
Library and twenty- seven in the Music Library.
The Libraries have also renovated spaces to
accommodate group work. With support from the
University Teaching and Learning Center, the
Libraries have established several collaboratories
where students can work together. Three rooms
in the Tower accommodate up to four people and
provide a dedicated workstation and plasma screen.
Students may also use their laptops and toggle the
display on the screen. Two rooms on Tower 2 seat up
to twelve people and include a presentation podium
in addition to a workstation and plasma screen.
These rooms may be reserved. On the first floor
of Jackson Library, other group areas have been
created that will be available on a first- come, first-served
basis. Two areas provide space for seven
people and include a workstation, plasma screen
and whiteboard along with wireless access for
laptops. Three areas provide space for four people
with a computer and wireless access. In addition,
Tower floors 2- 5 are designated group study floors
and new furniture has been purchased that
provides an atmosphere for such work.
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University Libraries Expand
Collaborative Learning Spaces
By Kathy Crowe, Associate Director for Public Services
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Award- winning artist and illustrator Jerry
Pinkney and his wife, author Gloria Pinkney
are coming to spend the day at UNCG on
September 10, 2007. Their visit will culminate
in a program for the public at 7: 00 p. m. in
the Elliott University Center Auditorium on
the UNCG campus. The event is free and
open to the public. Copies of many of the
Pinkneys’ books
will be for sale
by the UNCG
Bookstore, and
there will be a book signing following the
event. The Pinkneys’ visit to UNCG will
follow their appearance at BOOKMARKS:
Winston-
Salem’s
Festival of Books, on Saturday,
September 8 at Bethabara Park in
Winston Salem.
The Pinkneys are recipients of the
following awards:
2 Five Caldecott Honor Medals
2 Five Coretta Scott King Awards
2 Four New York Times Best Illustrated
Awards
2 Four Gold and four Silver medals
from the Society of Illustrators
2 Boston Globe Honor Book Award
For more information on this free
event, please contact
Barry Miller, Librarian
for External Relations,
at 336.256.0112 or
barry_ miller@ uncg. edu
Jerry Pinkney
An Evening with the Pinkneys
Monday, September 10, 2007, at 7: 00 pm
Elliott University Center Auditorium, UNCG Campus
Gloria Pinkney
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S peaking about “ The Impact of the Google Book Project on
Libraries,” Kimberly Armstrong will be the next speaker in the
ongoing lecture series sponsored by the University Libraries and the
Library and Information Studies Department. She will speak at 2 p. m.
on Wednesday, October 24 in the Claxton
Room of the Elliott University Center.
Armstrong is the Assistant Director,
Center for Library Initiatives ( CLI), for the
Committee on Institutional Cooperation
( CIC). Prior to joining the CIC in 2007, she
held positions at the University of Illinois at
Springfield, the Triangle Research Libraries
Network, and Illinois State University.
A native of Greensboro, N. C.,
Armstrong received her bachelors degree
in music education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, a masters degree in music from Appalachian State University,
and an M. L. S from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign.
An active speaker and writer on academic library issues, she
has given presentations at the American Library Association and
Electronic Resources & Libraries conferences. She is currently
co- authoring publications on scholarly communication for the
Association of Research Libraries and the landscape for e- books
for the Journal of Electronic Publishing.
The national 12- university consortium called the Committee
on Institutional Cooperation has entered into a Cooperative
Agreement with Google to digitize the most distinctive collections
across all its libraries, up to 10 million volumes. As part of this
Agreement, the universities will build a shared digital repository
combining all the digitized public domain materials from their
individual collections into one easily accessible on- line resource.
Armstrong’s role in the project is to participate as a member of
the CIC steering team and to act as liaison between Google and
institutional project managers to plan the overall digitization
process. Armstrong will also work closely with Google staff,
CIC collections officers, and library directors to analyze collections
data to determine the universities’ collections of distinction that
are nationally recognized by librarians and scholars as deep and
historically rich research collections.
Past speakers in the LIS/ University Libraries series include Cathy
DeRosa of OCLC, Sarah Michalak of UNC Chapel Hill, David
Lankes of Syracuse University, Elizabeth Aversa of the University
of Alabama, and Kenneth Crews of IUPUI.
Kimberly Armstrong
Armstrong to Speak in University
Libraries Lecture Series
Confessions of a
Pinkney Addict
I have a confession to make— one of my
dearest dreams is to have Thanksgiving
dinner at the Pinkney house. I can’t help
but think what a treat it would be to
pass the gravy to Gloria Jean and hear
about that family reunion here in North
Carolina that inspired her to write Back
Home. I’d love to listen to Jerry speak of
his favorite collaborations with authors
such as San Souci and Lester, and then
compare them with the experiences of
making Aesop’s Fables, The Little Red
Hen and Noah’s Ark with his own
storytelling interpretations. And I’d have
to ask Brian if he ever drew on the walls
as a kid and did he get into trouble or
was it applauded? And what was bed-time
like— were folktales told? After all,
this family has illustrated and brought
to light amazing tales of African
American folklore. And those tales
so often have strong, positive female
characters, so surely this theme must
have played in their family life. Because
Brian and Myles each chose a wife who
can hold their own in this creative,
gifted family— both Andrea and Sandra
have collaborated with their husbands
to create popular and award- winning
books celebrating diversity, history
and folklore. Then, perhaps over pie,
I’d ask what’s next for all of them….
— Brandon Bensley ’ 00
member of the Friends of the UNCG Libraries
Board of Directors and Children’s Librarian
at the Glenwood Branch of the Greensboro
Public Library
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Q uinn Dalton has been
elected chairperson of the
Friends of the UNCG Libraries,
and Dr. Kelly Hannum vice- chair.
Both Greensboro residents were
elected at the recent annual meet-ing
of the Friends, which featured
a presentation by author Jill McCorkle.
Ms. Dalton, a native of South Carolina with a B. A.
from Kent State, holds an M. F. A. from the University
of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is the author of
a novel, High Strung, and a collection of short stories,
Bulletproof Girl. Her stories have appeared in literary
journals such as Glimmer Train, One Story and Verb
and have been included in anthologies such as New
Stories from the South: The Year’s Best. Her third book,
Stories from the Afterlife, will be published in October.
Dr. Hannum is an Enterprise Associate with the
Center for Creative Leadership. She holds a B. A.
in History and German area studies from Guilford
College and a M. Ed. and a Ph. D in educational
research, measurement and evaluation from
UNCG. She is the author of various articles, book
chapters, and books, including The Handbook of
Leadership Development Evaluation with J. W.
Martineau and C. Reinelt ( 2007) and Leadership
Development Evaluation Fieldbook: A Professional
Guide with J. W. Martineau ( 2004).
Other newly- elected Board members include
Mr. Selby Bateman, Ms. Barbara Moran, Ms. Judy
Morton, and Mr. Jon Obermeyer, all of Greensboro.
Re- elected to the Board were Dr. Kate Barrett,
Mr. Robert Douglas, Ms. Betty Hicks, and Ms. Pam
Sprinkle, also of Greensboro.
Officers and Board Members, 2007- 2008
Chairperson: Ms. Quinn Dalton
Vice- Chairperson: Dr. Kelly Hannum
Secretary: Ms. Rosann Bazirjian
University Librarian
Treasurer: Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs
Advisor: Vice Chancellor for University
Advancement
Board of Directors
Through 2008
Mr. Ned Cline
Dr. Bob Gentry
Dr. Kelly Hannum
Ms. Cathy Levinson
Ms. Betty Morrow
Dr. Elaine Penninger
Through 2009
Ms. Brandon Bensley
Ms. Lou McMillion
Dr. Hephzibah Roskelly
Ms. Patricia Austin Sevier
Through 2010
Dr. Kate Barrett
Mr. Selby Bateman
Ms. Quinn Dalton
Mr. Robert Douglas
Ms. Betty Hicks
Ms. Barbara Moran
Ms. Judy Morton
Mr. Jon Obermeyer
Ms. Pam Sprinkle
Quinn Dalton
Dalton, Hannum Elected to Friends of the UNCG Libraries Posts
UNCG has recently been named the
official repository for the papers
of the Lawrence J. Intravaia Library, the archives of
the International Double Reed Society. This collection
will be housed in Special Collections & University
Archives in Jackson Library.
Established in 1971, the International Double Reed
Society ( IDRS), with over 4,400 members, is a world- wide
organization of double reed ( oboe and bassoon family)
players, teachers, instrument manufacturers and enthusi-asts.
IDRS holds an annual conference of concerts, master
classes and workshops by
leading double reed artists from
around the world and sponsors
the annual Fernand Gillet Hugo
Fox International Competition.
The papers of IDRS currently
number over 4,000 items and
include music scores, correspon-dence,
programs, minutes and
other business papers, and the
publications of the Society.
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B est- selling author Margaret Maron,
who attended Woman’s College ( now
UNCG), will read from Hard Row, the
13th novel in the Deborah Knott series
of mysteries, at 1 p. m. Saturday, Sept. 29,
in Elliott University Center Auditorium.
The reading, part of UNCG’s FallFest, is
sponsored by University Libraries and the
Department of Library and
Information Studies. Grand
Central Publishing plans to
release Hard Row on Aug. 22.
In Hard Row, Judge
Deborah Knott and her new
husband, Sheriff's Deputy
Dwight Bryant, search for the
killer of a farmer known for
his mistreatment of migrant
workers. At the same time,
Knott is adjusting to married
life, which includes a stepson, 8- year- old Cal.
Born in Greensboro, Maron grew up on her
family’s farm in Johnston County. She attended
Woman’s College for two years, ’ 56- 57 and ’ 57- 58.
Initially planning to study education, she switched
her major to English after just a few classes.
She transferred to UNC- Chapel Hill,
but dropped out soon afterward to
get married.
Her 1992 novel Bootlegger's Daughter,
the first featuring Deborah Knott, received
the Edgar Allan Poe Award, the Anthony
Award for Best Mystery Novel, the Agatha
Award for Best Traditional Novel and the
Macavity Award for Best Novel, becoming the first
book to win all four awards. Her novel Up Jumps
the Devil won the Agatha Award in 1996.
Maron has described her novels as “ love letters
to North Carolina.” They frequently involve hot-button
issues such as race relations, real estate
development, the environment and the outsourcing
of manufacturing jobs. In addition to writing more
than two dozen books, she has published short
stories in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine,
McCall’s, Redbook, Reader’s Digest and other magazines.
She has loaned her papers to UNCG’s University
Archives and Manuscripts and established an
endowment to support the university archives.
To learn more about Maron, visit her web site
at www. margaretmaron. com/. For more information
about the Sept. 29 reading, contact Barry Miller
at ( 336) 256- 0112 or barry_ miller@ uncg. edu.
Margaret Maron Reads September 29
By Dan Nonte, University Relations
Hard Row, the latest
Deborah Knott mystery
by Margaret Maron, has
an August 22 release date
Be a Friend, Make a Friend, Join a Friend at the 2007- 2008
Friends of the UNCG Libraries Book Discussion Group
Register online at http:// library. uncg. edu/ fol/ register/
The Place: Hodges Reading Room, 2nd Floor
Jackson Library, UNCG Campus
The Time: 7: 00 pm
Information: Call 336.256.0112
The Theme: Journeys
Monday, September 24 The Case of the Frozen Addicts
by J. William Langston and Jon Palfreman
Discussion Leader: Keith Erikson, Nutrition Dept
Thursday, October 25 After This
by Alice McDermott
Discussion Leader: Elizabeth Chiseri Strater, English Dept
Monday, February 25, 2008 The Snow Leopard
by Peter Matthiessen
Discussion Leader: Derek Krueger, Religious Studies Dept
Monday, March 31, 2008 Innocents Abroad
by Mark Twain
Discussion Leader: Karl Schleunes, History Dept
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W orking in the University Libraries at UNCG
has become more rewarding for outstanding
student library workers.
In addition to their
hourly pay, student
workers in the
University Libraries at
UNCG are now eligible
for an Outstanding
Student Library Worker
Award established this
year with a gift from
David Arneke as part
of the Students First
Campaign. The award
will provide $ 500 to one
outstanding student
library worker each year.
Moreover, Barnes and
Noble College
Booksellers will match
the award with a gift certificate at the
UNCG Bookstore.
Arneke is Director of Corporate and Foundation
Relations at UNCG. He was a student library work-er
himself while in college and established the
award to help students who work in the library to
pay for their college expenses. Arneke’s gift funds
the award for five years. The first award was made
to Ms. Jennifer Mincey, on April 11. She was hon-ored
based on criteria including reliability, respon-sibility,
conscientiousness, and a commitment to
service and teamwork as shown in the performance
of library duties. Jennifer was later hired by the
University Libraries and works in Access Services.
Mincey received her undergraduate degree in
Philosophy from UNCG in December 2005, and is
now a graduate student pursuing a master’s degree
in the Library and Information Studies program.
Mincey is from Linden, N. C., near Fayetteville, and
now lives with her husband in Greensboro. She
has worked for the Libraries’Access Services
Department since entering UNCG as a freshman.
Mincey says of her award,“ I was pleased to be
nominated as an Outstanding Student Library
Worker and completely taken aback to be singly
recognized among so many excellent student
workers as this year’s
winner. Mr. Arneke's
interest in the library
student workers and
generosity have been
one of the best experi-ences
of my time here at
UNCG. I feel honored
by this experience.”
Mincey was selected
by a library committee
chaired by Jimmy
Thompson. Other mem-bers
of the committee
were Mary Katherine
Amos, Lynn Harris,
Susan Hendrickson,
Scott Hinshaw, Fairey
Horton, Michael Ingram, Robin Paschal, and
Carolyn Shankle.
Committee member Shankle told Arneke,“ Words
fail me when I try to tell you how much the
Outstanding Student Library Worker Award means
to the recipient - I think it is a life- changing event
for Jennifer Mincey. Her employment as a student
employee in the Library during her undergraduate
years inspired her to pursue her M. L. I. S. at UNCG.
Your award affirmed her choice of profession.”
Arneke replied,“ I couldn't be happier that the
award went to such a deserving student. I had no
doubt that the Libraries staff would choose a very
worthy recipient, but, still, actually meeting
Jennifer and seeing how much it means to her
was a surprisingly wonderful experience that I'll
always remember.”
In recognition of the role that student workers
have played in the success of the Libraries, retiring
Library Assistant Kathy Gaines donated a plaque
recognizing the Outstanding Student Library
Workers. That plaque now hangs on the first
floor of Jackson Library.
Outstanding Student Library Worker Award Established
Jennifer Mincey receives her award from David Arneke
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T he Preddy Memorial Foundation has donated
$ 10,000 to the Women Veterans Historical
Project. Named in honor of Greensboro brothers
George and William “ Bill”
Preddy, the Foundation was
established in 1993 to ensure
that the contributions to vic-tory
in WWII made by the
Preddys and their comrades
would not be forgotten.
The Preddy brothers were
members of the Air Force, fly-ing
P- 51 Mustang fighters in
the European Theater of
Operations. George was on
his way to becoming the top Air Force ace in Europe
when he was downed by
friendly fire during the
Battle of the Bulge on
Christmas Day 1944 near
Langerwehe, Germany.
Bill was shot down in April
1945 over Czechoslovakia
during the last mission
flown by the 339th Fighter
Group. For more informa-tion
about the Foundation and the Preddy brothers,
please see www. preddy- foundation. org/.
The donation is being used to support the
ongoing oral history project of the Women Veterans
Historical Project and the acquisition of manuscript
material relating to the military service of women
during WWII.
Preddy Memorial
Foundation Gift
Bill Preddy
George Preddy
Audrey Sage was recently recognized by her
colleagues with the 2007 University Libraries Staff
Service Award. This award was established in 1997
upon the retirement of Martha Ransley, former
Head of the Circulation Department,“ To recognize
and reward members of the SPA Library Staff who
provide outstanding leadership and service in
furthering the accomplishment of the mission of
the Library to provide service to students, faculty,
staff, and members
of the community
which the
University serves.”
Sage has fifteen
years of service in
the Preservation
Services unit of
Jackson Library.
While fulfilling
duties of book
repair and mainte-nance
of the Libraries’general collections, she is also
able to work with several library departments on
special preservation projects. Sage is co- chair of the
Display Committee, which is responsible for the
design and installation of displays such as Tenure
Attainment and Promotion recognition and book
preservation, as well as various library and campus
events. In addition, Sage serves on the Preservation
Committee and the Disaster Preparedness Task
Force. She also holds presentations on book- binding
designs for the Art Department as well as providing
instruction for art students completing their projects.
Sage Receives University
Libraries’ Staff Service Award
Carolyn Shankle ( l), head of the
selection committee, presents award
to Audrey Sage
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Preserving the Past, Bettering the Future
T he University Libraries contain the vital elements
that keep the research processes of students and
faculty flowing. Our Special Collections include valu-able
manuscripts, personal papers, illustrations and
unique artifacts that bring history to life. Among our
outstanding holdings are The Women’s Collection
with books dating back to the 16th Century; The Betty
H. Carter Women Veteran’s Historical Collection of
letters, papers, photographs, published materials,
uniforms, and oral history interviews of women who
served in the military; The Randall Jarrell Collection,
which contains manuscript items and books relating
to this outstanding mid- twentieth century poet and
critic; and The Lois Lenski
Collection of drawings,
writings and artifacts by this
award- winning children��s
book illustrator.
Preserving these precious
items is expensive, yet crucial
for maintaining our connection with the past while
providing resources for researchers of the future.
The Stanley and Dorothy Frank Family Foundation
recently established the Stanley Frank Preservation
Endowment, a gift that will assist us in preserving the
Stanley Frank Collection, while also generating funds
to preserve other valuable records for students,
researchers, historians and community members.
Best of all, endowments last forever. When individu-als
or groups establish an endowed fund, the univer-sity
invests the principal to generate a permanent
stream of funding for the donors’area of interest.
This means that the support continues in perpetuity,
serving generations of scholars for years to come.
Stanley Frank: Civic Leader Extraordinaire
The Stanley and Dorothy Frank Family Foundation
gift commemorates an incredible individual, Stanley
Frank, who came to Greensboro in 1936 to rescue the
faltering Carolina By- Products and turned it into an
enormously successful endeavor. Frank showed his
love for Greensboro by engaging in civic leadership
and community service, serving as
chair for Greensboro High Point
Airport Authority, United Way,
North Carolina Symphony
Development Committee, and
Guilford County Zoning
Committee. He also served as
President of the Greensboro
Chamber of Commerce and a Director of Boy Scouts
of America. At UNCG he held positions as the Chair
of the School of Nursing Advisory Board and was a
charter member of the Spartan Club. Stanley and his
wife Dorothy created endowments at UNCG for the
School of Business and the School of Nursing. The
Frank’s family and friends
established the Stanley and
Dorothy Frank Athletic
Scholarship at UNCG. The
sculpture “ Play at the Plate”
in the UNCG Baseball
Stadium was dedicated in
honor of the Franks. Frank garnered many honors
during his lifetime, including the Greensboro
Chamber of Commerce’s Distinguished Citizen
Award, a Brotherhood Citation from the National
Conference for Community and Justice, and an
honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from UNCG.
Mr. Frank died January 2, 2006 at the age of 91.
Rewarding Outstanding Staff and Student
Employees
Libraries are only as good as the service provided
by dedicated staff members. Librarian Emeritus
Martha Ransley established an endowed fund
that rewards outstanding SPA staff members and
student employees for demonstrating competency,
creativity, and diligence in daily responsibilities;
exhibiting leadership and service on Library
Committees; participating in projects and assisting
with general work in the Libraries.
Martha Ransley: Dedicated to Libraries
Martha Ransley first came to UNCG in 1964 as
a library assistant and became catalog librarian in
Gifts That Keep On Giving
by Linda Burr, Director of Development
“ A university is just
a group of buildings
gathered around a library.”
— Southern Writer Shelby Foote
Stanley Frank
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P aintings by Greensboro artist Betty Morrow
will go on exhibit September 21 in the
Reading Room on the first floor of Jackson Library.
A native of Greensboro, Morrow became inter-ested
in art through her grandmother’s paintings.
However, her passion for painting lay dormant
until early 2000 when she took an oil painting class
with local artist Connie Logan. Since then she has
studied with other Greensboro artists Nancy
Bulluck ( watercolor) and currently with Judy
Meyler
( oils). Her
2003 retire-ment
from
her posi-tion
as
Head of
Cataloging
at Jackson Library has allowed her to devote more
time to her painting.
Morrow’s art often reflects her travels. She has
painted on location and photographed the beautiful
landscapes of the Provence and Dordogne regions
of France, Tuscany, and most recently Greece.
“ I have always been interested in the French
impressionists and the beautiful play of color and
light in their paintings. They are my source of
inspiration and what I strive to achieve in order
to capture that
moment of
light and color
in my own
paintings.”
Her favorite
subjects are
architectural
and flower landscapes, still lifes and her grand-children.
She continues to learn by taking
workshops with other artists such as John Lines,
an English painter, Connie Winters in France, and
Jim Compton at Carlton Gallery in the North
Carolina mountains.
“ Art washes
away from the
soul the dust of
everyday life”
— Picasso
Morrow Paintings on Exhibit in Jackson Library Reading Room
1973. She later became Head
Circulation Librarian and received
Emeritus status upon her retire-ment
in 1997. As she retired,
Martha created this award to
celebrate the accomplishments
of devoted and hard- working
University Libraries SPA staff and
student employees. She has contributed each year
to the fund and was delighted to endow the fund
in May of this year. Ransley has served as a
member of the Board of Directors of the Friends of
the UNCG Libraries. She was active in Faculty
Government at UNCG, serving on and chairing
several faculty committees, executive secretary of
the Academic Cabinet, and member of the Senate.
The University Libraries is very grateful for these
gifts and others that enhance our service and enrich
our collections. If you are interested in making a
special gift to the University Libraries, I would be
happy to discuss the many ways in which you can
make an impact through an outright or a planned
gift. Thank you all for sharing your time and resources
and all that you offer the University Libraries.
Martha Ransley
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A udrey Sage juggles many roles, and her
wide- ranging interests and curiosity keep
her constantly moving into new
areas. Art keeps her sane, she
says. Those who own samples of
her work understand the care
with which her work is created.
Audrey believes that art allows
her to express her state of mind,
and these days, she seems to have
reached a place of contentment
despite her many roles and
responsibilities. From hand made block prints to
quilting, Audrey says she has gained an appreciation
of the value of slow pace and community that allows
her to create art that has become calmer, more
subdued, and more nuanced as the years go by.
An English literature and Studio Art major at
Wake Forest, she began with intaglio etching and
lithography, but upon coming to study art at UNCG,
from which she received her M. F. A. in 1991, Audrey
increasingly moved to block printing and print-making.
She carves her designs into poplar wood
blocks ( chosen because they are both easy to carve
and offer an even grain) and prints them by hand
rather than using a printing
press. While her output has
diminished somewhat as her
family has required more of
her time, she continues to
collaborate with her hus-band,
potter and painter L. T.
Hoisington, on an annual
December show where she sells some of her prints.
Growing out of an early interest in architecture
and design details, Audrey became interested in
patterns and wallpapers, which she cites as her
inspiration for moving into quilt- design and
quilt- making as well as print- making. She is also
interested in bugs, noting that she often incorporates
insects into her designs and might have become an
entomologist had other career choices been made.
Audrey is very interested in the history of her craft—
noting that relief prints and wood blocks are among
the oldest forms of printing.
Though her designs range from
the traditional to the abstract, she
is also drawn to the history and
tradition of quilting and how
quilts were made and have been
used over time. Her quilts are
made to be used, she says, not
just put on the wall or stored
away. Currently, she does not sell
any of her quilts, but makes them to give as gifts to
special friends and relatives. She is encouraged that
people are increasingly valuing the beauty and per-sonal
nature of handmade things, but is frustrated that
too many still see boundaries between what is regard-ed
as art and handcrafted items such as quilts. She
recognizes no such boundaries. For Audrey, even the
task of making her husband’s
socks is a way of expressing
both her artistic bent and her
caring for someone else.
Audrey’s voice rises with
excitement as she describes
her work at her children’s
school, where she has helped
students and their teachers create a Freedom Quilt
based on their study of the Underground Railroad,
sewn memory books made with handmade paper,
and helped the children make fabric grocery bags of
recycled fabric to support their study of recycling and
resource conservation.
It is clear that Audrey draws satisfaction from her
art, from her family, from her paid and volunteer work,
and from simply creating things, especially things
which are both useful and beautiful. This satisfaction
extends to her work in the University Libraries, where
she often has the opportunity to make custom boxes
and do book binding for library materials. She has
worked in Jackson Library since 1991, she says, noting
that it hardly seems that it has been that long.
Artists Among Us: Audrey Sage
Second in a Series Profiling Artists Working in the University Libraries
By Barry Miller, Librarian for External Relations
Print- maker. Artist. Quilter. Preservation assistant. Mother. Wife.
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Music Librarian Wins Award
Sarah Dorsey, Head Music Librarian at the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, has
won the Dena Epstein Award for Archival and
Library Research in American Music. The award
was announced at the recent annual meeting of
the Music Library Association. Dorsey will develop
a book proposal for a biography of the pioneering
American composer, pianist, and educator Louise
Talma ( 1906- 1996). Despite Talma's many achieve-ments,
an in- depth study of her life and works still
does not exist, chiefly because her own materials
have not been accessible to researchers. Recently,
however, Ms. Dorsey
completed a six month
research leave at the
Library of Congress, where
she began processing an
extensive collection of
Talma's scores, correspon-dence,
photographs,
programs, and other mate-rials.
Since this collection is
the primary source of infor-mation
needed to complete
her book proposal, Ms. Dorsey will use the Epstein
Award funds to return to the Library of Congress
and conduct research for at least one month.
Bazirjian Elected to Two Posts
University Librarian Rosann Bazirjian has been
elected to a three- year term as a delegate to the
On- line Computer Library Center, Inc. ( OCLC)
Members Council from SOLINET. The OCLC
Members Council links member libraries and OCLC
management, facilitating communication and
responding to expressed concerns from Members
Council members, general members, and others to
help shape future directions of the organization. In
this capacity, Bazirjian will maintain open dialogue
with the OCLC Board to discuss matters of strategic
importance, and report developments in the
information and library environments to OCLC.
Founded in 1973, SOLINET is a non- profit
membership organization serving more than 815
libraries of all types and sizes in ten Southeastern
states and the Caribbean. Bazirjian has also been
elected as one of three members- at- large of the
Association of Southeast Research Libraries
( ASERL) Board of Directors. Founded in 1956,
ASERL is the largest regional academic library
cooperative in the country, with 37 research libraries
and six state libraries. Formed in 1956 to share their
best practices and expertise to provide better
services and access to information for their patrons,
ASERL has developed a long history of collabora-tion
and cooperation among its member libraries.
Carolyn Shankle
Lynda Kellam has been
appointed to the library faculty
position of Data Services and
Government Information
Librarian. Lynda previously
worked in the Reference
Department and received her
M. L. I. S. degree from UNCG.
Lynda also has a B. A. in
Political Science from UNCG and an M. A. in
Political Science from the University of Wisconsin.
She previously worked as a Program Assistant in
the UNCG English Department.
Anne Marie Taber has been appointed Electronic
Resources and Metadata Cataloger at the UNCG
University Libraries. Anne
Marie earned the M. L. I. S. from
UNCG in May, after a year and
a half at Jackson Library as a
Reference Intern, Reference
Assistant, and Cataloging
Assistant. She holds a B. A. in
English with minors in Spanish
and in Women’s and Gender Studies, also from
UNCG; and previously spent nine years as a Group
Exercise Instructor at the YWCA of Greensboro.
Staff Appointments, Changes and News
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Dr. Sha Li Zhang of the University
Libraries at UNCG is the recipient of the
2007 Distinguished Service Award of the
Chinese American Librarians Association
The selection committee highlighted
Dr. Zhang’s major contributions to librari-anship,
library and information science,
and professional organizations at the
local, national and international levels.
In their announcement, the committee
notes “ Dr. Zhang has consistently demon-strated
outstanding leadership ability in her
20 years of experience working at several
prominent academic libraries. As a library
administrator, she has made significant con-tributions
to improve the libraries’services
through the use of emerging technologies,
effective workflow, effective staff training,
system migrations, and the development of
a visionary strategic plan. Dr. Zhang is high-ly
praised and enthusiastically recommend-ed
by her Deans and colleagues of the
libraries she has worked and is working for.”
Dr. Zhang has an impressive and
distinctive record of scholarship and
research. She has published over 40
peer- reviewed articles in C& RL, JAL,
LCAT and other highly reputable
academic journals. Her publications have
brought many new ideas to professional
literature. She is also a frequent speaker
at regional, national and international
conferences and academic institutions.
Sha Li Zhang receives her award at the CALA Awards
Banquet
F or the UNCG faculty member who receives a tenure
and/ or promotion letter, it is a long- awaited and most
significant event. In the past, aside from individual and some
departmental celebrations there had been no University-wide
ceremony to celebrate this personal milestone.
Starting in 2006, the University Libraries and the Provost’s
Office joined together to create a plan for public recognition
and celebration when UNCG faculty achieve tenure and/ or
promotion. Each newly tenured or promoted faculty member
is asked to select a book for the University Libraries’ collection
that is then bookplated to commemorate her or his achieve-ment.
Each faculty member is asked to select a book that had
special meaning to them and to write a brief statement noting
why they selected a particular title. Written statements about
the selections give a personal snapshot of the faculty and have
the potential to inspire students and others.
In addition each honoree is invited to attend a reception
celebrating his or her achievement to be held Thursday,
September 27 from 4: 00- 5: 30 p. m. in Cone Ballroom, Elliott
University Center.
The books selected, along with the personal statements,
are on display each year from early October on the first
level of Jackson Library. They are also noted at http:// library.
uncg. edu/ depts/ admin/ recognition/ 2007. asp.
Dr. Moses Acquaah,
Business Administration
Dr. Robert E. Aronson, Public Health
Dr. Dennis Askew, Music
Dr. Beth E. Barba, Community Practice
Ms. Nikki L. Blair, Art
Dr. Ricky L. Bunch, Geography
Dr. Roberto Campo,
Romance Languages
Dr. Guy M. Capuzzo, Music
Mr. Steven M. Cramer, Library
Dr. Heidi B. Carlone,
Curriculum & Instruction
Dr. Nadja B Cech,
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Dr. Jewell Cooper,
Curriculum & Instruction
Dr. Will Derusha, Romance Languages
Dr. Lixin Fu, Computer Science
Dr. Laurie Gold,
Excercise & Sport Science
Dr. Edward H. Hellen,
Physics & Astronomy
Dr. David B. Holian, Political Science
Dr. Jie Hu, Community Practice
Dr. Spoma Jovanovic,
Communication Studies
Dr. Laurie Kennedy- Malone,
Community Practice
Dr. Kevin B. Lowe,
Business Administration
Dr. Zhi- Jun Liu, Geography
Dr. Paul Mazgaj, History
Dr. Cristian Moraru, English
Dr. Ron F. Morrison, Nutrition
Sharon D. Morrison, Public Health
Dr. Charles Orzech, Religious Studies
Dr. Christopher N. Poulos,
Communication
Ms. Tina Sarawgi,
Interior Architecture
Dr. Sudha Shreeniwas, Human
Development & Family Studies
Dr. Paul Silvia, Psychology
Dr. Rahul Singh, Information Systems
& Operations Management
Dr. Paul A. Steimle, Biology
Dr. Robert W. Strack, Public Health
Dr. Steven C. Stusek, Music
Dr. Jeanet Suarez,
Romance Languages
Ms. Elizabeth J. Sullivan, Dance
Dr. Selima Sultana, Geography
Dr. Andrew J. Supple, Human
Development & Family Studies
Dr. Melissa F. Taylor, Social Work
Dr. Welborn E. Young, Music
2007 Promotion and Tenure Honorees
University Celebrates Faculty Tenure and
Promotion Achievements
Zhang Receives
Distinguished Service Award
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Brown Biggers joined the staff of the
Electronic Resources and Information
Technology ( ERIT) Department as the
Assistant Server Administrator in
March. Prior to joining the University
Libraries, Brown served as the Network
Administrator for the Greensboro Montessori School
Cheryl Cross joined the ERIT staff as
the Computing Support Technician in
April. She previously served as a
Support Technician in Client Services.
Steve Dew has recently published
“ The Role of Academic Libraries,” in Michael
Grahame Moore, ed., Handbook of Distance
Education. ( Baltimore, MD: MidAtlantic Books,
2007): 205- 215; “ Providing Library Instruction to
Distance Learning Students in the Twenty- First
Century: Meeting the Current and Changing
Needs of a Diverse Community,” Journal of Library
Administration 45 ( 2006): 315- 337; and “ Charlotte,
North Carolina,” in Steven A. Reich, ed.,
Encyclopedia of the Great Black Migration ( Westport,
CT: Greenwood Press, 2006), Volume 1, 170- 171.
Steve led a discussion,“ Informing Faculty About
the Issues and Options Involved in Scholarly
Communication” at the Association of College &
Research Libraries, Thirteenth National Conference
in Baltimore, MD.
Steve attended the Association of Research
Libraries and the Association of College &
Research Libraries Institute on Scholarly
Communication in Washington, DC July 18- 20,
2007, and serves as a peer- reviewer of manuscripts
for the American Journal of Distance Education.
Christine Fischer, Head of Acquisitions, published
“ Group Therapy— Screening of Donations?” in
Against the Grain 19.3 ( 2007): 79- 80. Fischer was
a co- presenter of " Serial Control, OPAC Displays,
and the Serials Patterns Wiki" at the North
Carolina SirsiDynix Users' Group annual meeting
on May 17, 2007. She is currently serving as
president of the NCSUG.
Norman Hines has accepted the
position of Serials Technologist in the
Department of Acquisitions. Norman
had been with the Libraries’Access
Services Department since October
2005 as Holds Manager. Prior to that,
he worked at the Randolph Community College
Library and taught English as an adjunct faculty
member there. Norman has a MA degree in
English. He is also working on his MA degree
in Liberal Arts at UNCG.
Scott Hinshaw has changed positions
in the Cataloging Department, where
among other job duties Scott will
be cataloging archival materials.
Scott has his Master's degree in
American History and Certification
in Historic Preservation.
Stacey Krim accepted the position
of Binding and Digital Preservation
Associate in May. She recently received
her M. A. in anthropology from East
Carolina University and is studying
towards a MLIS degree at UNCG.
Before joining this library, Stacey was a graduate
assistant at UNCG’s Teaching Resources Center.
Jennifer Mincey has joined the
University Libraries as Holds Manager
in the Access Services Department.
Jennifer has worked in the depart-ment
as a student assistant since
August 2000.
Danny Nanez has been appointed Web Applications
Developer. He graduated from and was formerly
employed by the University of Texas at Austin before
Mary Krautter is the new Head of Reference
and Instructional Services for the University
Libraries. She previously worked at the
University of Kentucky
Libraries as Director
of Interdisciplinary
Information Literacy.
Mary received her
M. S. L. S. degree from
the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
and she has a B. A. in
English and an M. A.
in English, both from
Virginia Tech. Mary grew up in rural southwest
Virginia and now lives in Clemmons.
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coming to Greensboro in 2003 and join-ing
UNCG in 2005. Danny and wife
Lea Leininger of the Reference
Department are also the proud parents
of a new baby son, Benjamin.
Cello Music Cataloger Mac Nelson is a member
of the American Library Association’s Emerging
Leaders Program, which enables new librarians
to get on the fast track to ALA and professional
leadership. His project group is investigating the
continuing education needs of new librarians,
asking such questions as: What do they need to
learn? How do they want to learn? How does
ALA reach them? Mac is the only North Carolina
librarian in the 2007 class of the program.
Jennifer Ormsby has joined the
Cataloging Department as Processing
Manager and LC copy cataloger,
moving over from Access Services.
Jennifer joined the Circulation Dept.
back in 1998 as a student assistant.
She quickly became a lead student and then was
hired as full time staff in 2002.
Anne Owens has been promoted to
the position of Acquisitions Specialist.
This position was previously held by
Nancy Schmidt, who retired from
the University in January 2007. Since
joining the staff of Technical Services at
Jackson Library in 2003, Anne has held the positions
of Serials Technologist and Acquisitions Associate.
Ann Perdue returned to the University
Libraries in February as the Stacks
Manager. Ann worked in the Library’s
Circulation Department during the
1990s and returns to us from the
Division of Continual Learning.
John Picard has been promoted to
the Evening Manager position. John
joined the library staff in 1989, first
in the Catalog Department, then
transfered to the former Reserve
Division in 1993 where he was the
Evening Supervisor. Most recently, he held the
position of Assistant Evening Manager.
Hannah Winkler is the Reference
Department’s new Digital Designer.
A native of Maine, Hannah has a B. A.
in English and B. S. in Earth Studies
from Guilford College, where she
worked in the Hege Library's circulation depart-ment.
Since then Hannah has been the head web
designer for Dynamic Business Solutions ( now
Intertech Communications) and a reporter for the
Thomasville Times and Burlington Times- News; she
also did video work for the Times- News web site.
Cindy Zaruba has accepted the posi-tion
of LTA II on the Multiformats Team
in the Cataloging Department. Cindy
started in Jackson Library as a student
assistant in the library in 1979, and went
on to work full time in the Circulation
Dept. from 1981 to 1984. In 1984 she came to the
Cataloging Department as a library assistant. Later,
she worked on the Serials Cataloging Team and most
recently the Special Collections and Archives Team.
The University Libraries were well represented
at the recent American Library Association meeting
in Washington, DC. Scott Rice & Amy Harris
presented the poster session “ A Monopoly on
Millenials: Gaming in the Library.” Scott also gave
a talk on “ Wikis, Blogs, and Gaming: New Methods
of Communication and Training” for the LAMA
SASS Circulation/ Access Services & ACRL
Electronic Reserves Discussion Groups. Jackie
Case did a poster session: “ Growing Space: An
Organic Approach to Space Issues in Stacks
Management.” which was co- authored with former
Library staff member Marion Ingram. Lynda
Kellam worked in the Press Office. Kathy Crowe
introduced and moderated a panel on Cooperative
Collection Development for Monographs. Stephen
Dew co- presented a program,“ Conquer Your Peer
Fear: A Mock Peer- Review Workshop,” offering tips
on writing for publication. Mac Nelson was part of
an Emerging Leaders poster session, on the subject
“ Continuing Education of New Librarians.” Rosann
Bazirjian completed her responsibilities as past-president
of ALCTS, including active participation
at three ALCTS Board meetings and representation
at additional ALCTS events and meetings.
Staff Appointments, Changes and News ( continued)
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UNCG Librarians Lecture in Russia
By Sha Li Zhang, Assistant Director for Collections and Technical Services
University Librarian Rosann Bazirjian and Assistant
Director Sha Li Zhang delivered an invited series of
lectures in June 2007 to librarians from academic
libraries at the Ivanovo State Textile Academy ( ISTA),
a state institution of higher education in Russia.
I vanovo is a large industrial city located about 250
miles northeast of Moscow. The textile industry is
a center of textile manufacturing in Russia and the
city’s major business, though the number of textile
factories and textile products has decreased in
recent decades. The University was founded in 1918
with a concentration on textile technology, garment
manufacturing, mechanical engineering, economics.
management, cultural services, and design. There
are 4,000 full- time and 5,000 part- time students.
Professor Natalya Masyuk, former Vice Rector for
Financial Affairs and Head of the Department of
Economics and Finance at ISTA, initiated our visit.
Masyuk was a Fulbright Scholar at UNCG during
the 2005- 2006 academic year. We met her at a
UNCG international reception in Spring 2006 and
invited her to give a presentation on Russian higher
education to the library staff. During Professor
Masyuk’s stay at the UNCG campus, she was a
frequent user of the University Libraries.
The lectures
After fourteen months of planning, we headed
to Ivanovo in June, receiving a warm welcome. The
library staff was eager to learn from colleagues at
UNCG, the first delegation from the U. S. in the
history of the Academy. Librarians and staff who
attended the lectures came from seven different
educational institutions in the area.
Our lectures concentrated on a general
introduction to the UNCG academic environment,
signature programs, and services. We also discussed
emerging services and technologies in U. S. libraries,
budget planning and funding management, and
trends in academic libraries. The audience was very
interested in learning specific and practical aspects
of library operations. We answered these questions
based on the practices of the UNCG Libraries and
academic libraries in the U. S.
The library visits
During the visit, we toured the Academy library
and met with library staff. The library has 35 staff
members and 700,000 print items. An M. L. S. degree
is not required for being a librarian. Staff move up
through years of experience. The library does not
have an open stack policy; requested items are
searched through the card catalog and paged by
library staff. The library is open from 8: 00 a. m.
through 6: 00 p. m. As with many American libraries,
the biggest challenge is purchasing, using and
training for changing technology. At the end of our
visit to the ISTA Library, we were invited to the
library at Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and
Technology ( ISUCT) where we had intensive discus-sions
with library staff, who were especially interest-ed
in UNCG’s Journal Finder, which pleased us.
Meetings with officials from the Academy
While staying at the Ivanovo Academy, we had
meetings with Professor Aleksandr N. Smirnov,
Vice Rector for International Relations and
Information at the Academy, who is responsible
for the library operation. Upon our departure,
Professor Smirnov proposed the following topics
to bring back to UNCG for further discussion:
• Possible delivery of equipment and software to meet
the needs of the ISTA library;
• Possible access for ISTA faculty members and
students to library resources at UNCG;
• Participation of UNCG scholars and teachers in
international textiles conferences hosted by ISTA;
• Exchange of specialists;
• Work on joint textile and clothing industry projects;
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• Publication of scientific papers written by UNCG
scholars in the scientific journal, Technology of Textile
Industry, published by ISTA.
Rosann also discussed possible actions by the
UNCG Libraries to assist the library at ISTA:
• Sending English- language literature, perhaps books
from the book sale project;
• Providing scanned articles and book chapters where
copyright allows;
• Answering reference questions
through e- mail and other
methods;
• Sending reference books of
updated English terminology
on textiles;
• Hosting short- term training
sessions at UNCG for library
staff from ISTA who are able to come and able to
speak English.
Professor Vladimir V. Zryukin, Rector ( President)
of the Academy, had dinner with us. Rector Zryukin
recognizes that the library at the Academy is not
in good condition and is in need of upgrades,
especially in the area of technology. But he believes
that technology provides great promise to connect
school children with library materials and would
like to see the improvement of the library. Rector
Zryukin noted that Russian President Vladmir Putin
is establishing a presidential library named after
Boris Yeltsin in St. Petersburg, with branch libraries
in all regions in Russia. Rector Zryukin sees great
promise in this library.
A meeting with Professor Andrey Zdravomyslov
As we headed to Moscow on the way home, we
were able to meet with Professor Andrey
Zdravomyslov from the the State University Higher
School of Economics, a leading sociologist and
author or editor of more than 20 monographs. Since
Professor Zdravomyslov visited U. S. libraries fre-quently
when he gave lectures at several research
universities, he offered comparisons between
American libraries and those at his institution. He
is very pleased by the collections and services pro-vided
at his library, though U. S. libraries are more
technologically advanced. Conversations ranged
from library services to the history of Ivanovo, which
as a textile center witnessed the revolutionary
and working- class movement in the late nineteenth
and early twentieth centuries.
A meeting with Professor Galina Maltseva
We met with Professor Galina I. Maltseva, first
Vice President for Finance Management at the
Vladivostok State University of Economics and
Service ( VSUE), which is located in the Far East
region of Russia. Conversations with Professor
Maltseva provided insight into
another university and its library
that are quite distant from the
center of Russia. VSUE was
founded in 1967. It is well-funded
and employs advanced
technology to deliver instruction
and conduct research. VSUE is
launching an exchange program to send 500
Russian students to study in China and receive 500
Chinese students in Russia each year. While there
is only one computer for public use at the library at
ISTA, there are more than 70 for users at the VSUE
library. The VSUE library has established exchange
programs with many libraries in Europe and North
America. We were invited by Professor Maltseva to
give lectures at her university library upon the end
of the meeting.
A meeting with Beverly Racine at the
Anglo- American School in Moscow ( AAS)
Prior to our trip to Russia, Sha Li got in touch
with Ann Symons, past president of the American
Library Association. Due to her scheduled surgery,
we were not able to meet with Ann in Moscow, but
she introduced us to Beverly Racine, her colleague
and an English instructor at AAS. Beverly was able
to compare the attitudes of students toward learn-ing
and use of their school library, which is well
funded, supported, and staffed, with programs and
services that are among the best in the country.
Conclusion
We are still in the process of absorbing the informa-tion
we acquired about the Russian university system
and their libraries, and we are thinking about the
possible action items. We are grateful to have been
able to take this trip that has enriched our experi-ence
beyond the library community in the U. S.
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