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              September 2010 Volume 4, No 30
Building Jackson
LIbrary
1948 - 1950
Walking in Their Footsteps
The lives of Woman’s College
Graduates
UNCG’s Growing Online
Student Population
September 2010 Volume 4, No 30
LIBRARY COLUMNS is published periodically by the University Libraries at The
University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Our thanks to Garland Gooden for
the design of the publication. Thanks also to Assistant Editor Kimberly Lutz for
her editorial assistance, and for contributors noted throughout the publication.
With the advent of the budget crisis of 2009, Library Columns suspended
publication, and this issue marks its return as an online publication. Your
comments on the format change may be sent to the editor at the address below.
Barry Miller, Editor
barry_ miller@ uncg. edu
Trees by Karen Bjork Dischell
2010 marks the 60th anniversary of the
opening of Jackson Library at UNCG.
IN THIS ISSUE
From the Dean of University Libraries ...................................... 1
UNCG Wins Grant to Recruit Librarians................................... 2
University Libraries Create Undergraduate Research Award..... 3
University Libraries Produce Short Videos ................................ 3
UNCG Exchange with HBCU Library........................................ 4
NC DOCKS: Growing Tool for Discovering Faculty Research ... 5
The Building of Jackson Library 1948 - 1950 ........................ 6
University Yearbook Website..................................................... 9
Walking in Their Footsteps ...................................................... 10
New Library Tools for Online Students.................................... 12
Faculty Development Workshop .............................................. 13
AMONG FRIENDS .................................................................. 14
of the University Libraries
Friends Elect New Chairperson, Directors ......................... 14
Gifts That Keep on Giving................................................. 14
In memoriam: Dr. James Thompson.................................. 15
2010/ 2011 Book Discussion Group.................................. 16
Native American Storyteller and Author........................... 17
On Exhibit: Karen Bjork Dischell ....................................... 18
Major Acquisitions by SCUA: 2009- 2010 ................................ 19
The Papers of Ellen Black Winston .......................................... 20
UNCG Archives Supports Smithsonian Channel
Documentary on the Greensboro Four ................................... 21
Oral Histories Document African Americans at UNCG .......... 21
LIBRARY FACULTY & STAFF NEWS ........................................ 22
Calendar of Events and Exhibits .............................................. 25
For more information
about the Friends of
the UNCG Libraries
and their events,
visit our blog at
uncgfol. blogspot. com.
M y recent visit to Shanghai leads me to stress
the value of international experiences to you,
our readers.
Assistant Dean Sha Li Zhang and I visited
Shanghai in June, primarily to attend a conference at
the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
( SUFE), and to reinforce partnerships with that
University as part of a visiting librarian program.
We were invited to attend a conference titled
Global Perspective, Academic Library Directors’
Forum ( ALDF) held at SUFE in early June by Dr. Li
Xiaoye, the library director. The conference primari-ly
included library directors from many of the large
finance and economics universities in China. The
University of Tokyo and the City University of
Hong Kong were also represented, as well as the
Emeritus Chief of the Asian Division of the Library
of Congress, the esteemed Mr. Hwa- Wei Lee.
I spoke about fundraising and innovation, and
presented a paper on academic library strategic plan-ning.
Sha Li focused on collection development and
budgeting issues. Credit goes to my translator, Li Na,
who did a magnificent job not only translating my
text for the audience, but interpreting the papers of
the other speakers for me. It was energizing to talk
about issues in American academic libraries and to
listen as they emerge from libraries in China.
Outside of the conference attendance, we were
able to reinforce our partnership with SUFE and
spend much time talking with them about future
collaborations. We learned about their vision for
their library and what it will take to get there. We
were able to share ideas and experiences, and
brainstorm suggestions for the future. Our hosts
were gracious and kind, forthcoming and generous.
It was a truly wonderful learning experience for
which we must thank our hosts.
Sha Li and I were able to visit libraries in two
cities near Shanghai, as well as Tongji University,
where we were treated to a visit to their new
campus and marveled at their beautiful new library.
We are very fortunate to be hosting a professional
librarian from Tongji at UNCG this September and
expect to learn about his experiences in planning
for their new building. He is especially interested in
learning about institutional repositories and our
liaison program during his visit.
Although I have visited libraries in other countries
and have spoken at international conferences previ-ously,
this concentrated visit really showed me the
benefits of incorporating the international experience.
Not only does it broaden my day to day focus, but it
constantly challenges my thoughts and assumptions
about librarianship and allows me to see issues from
different perspectives. At our University Libraries,
we have had a number of visiting international
librarians, and the experience is really a two- way
street. We learn so much from them while they visit
to see how “ the west” does things. The sharing of
information and processes forms a bond that crosses
the ocean. While at SUFE, I was able to visit with
four librarians who had previously spent time at our
library. The bond of friendship was strong, all forged
by the experiences we have shared together.
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from the Dean of University Libraries
Rosann Bazirjian, Dean of University Libraries
Bazirjian elected to OCLC Global Council
Dean Rosann Bazirjian of the University
Libraries is one of fourteen librarians who were
elected recently to represent the Americas
Regional Council on the OCLC Global Council
Comprised of members from libraries and cul-tural
heritage organizations in Canada, Latin
America and the Caribbean and the United States,
the Americas Regional Council is the primary
means through which members offer feedback on
OCLC products, services, programs and policies,
and help shape the future of the cooperative.
Founded in 1967, OCLC and its member
libraries cooperatively produce and maintain
WorldCat, the world’s largest online database for
discovery of library resources. Search WorldCat on
the Web at www. worldcat. org.
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A federal grant of almost $ 900,000 will help
the Department of Library and Information
Studies recruit students who have worked with
or are from underrepresented communities. The
grant is one of 39 awarded by the Laura Bush
21st Century Librarian Program of the Institute
of Museum and Library Services ( IMLS), and is
the result of a team effort between the University
Libraries and the Library Information Studies
Department in preparing the application.
The grant covers students’tuition and fees,
health insurance, stipends and expenses to attend a
national conference. The program also provides the
students with internship opportunities at ten partici-pating
academic
libraries in North
Carolina, pairs them
with experienced
librarians for men-toring,
and offers
them cultural
enrichment
activities during
the two- year
MLIS program.
“ The driving
force behind any
successful library is
a staff of educated
and dedicated library professionals. It is IMLS’s
great pleasure to announce awards which will help
support the next generation of library professionals
in their academic and community- building endeav-ors,”
says Dr. Anne- Imelda M. Radice, director of
the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
“ This grant is a timely infusion to help increase
the number of the students who have worked with
or are from underserved communities into the
MLIS program at UNCG,” says Dr. Sha Li Zhang,
project director/ principal investigator and assistant
dean for collections and technical services for the
University Libraries. Zhang and her team won a
2008 federal grant of $ 862,000 from IMLS that sup-ported
the creation of the Academic and Cultural
Enrichment Scholars program ( ACE) at UNCG.
“ We are very happy to receive the second grant
which will build on the success of the initial cohort.
More culturally diverse students enrolling and
graduating from library and information studies
programs will result in much needed increased
diversity in the library profession,” Zhang said.
Rosann Bazirjian, dean of University Libraries,
points out that in these times of tight budgets, the
grant will enable students to obtain a degree and the
skills necessary to be the best professional academic
librarians they can, and do so with an understanding
about working in a diverse world of many cultures.
“ I am thrilled that we have received this impor-tant
grant to provide an opportunity for a second
group of very
talented students
to attain an
M. L. I. S. degree
from our Library
and Information
Studies program,”
Bazirjian said.
The co- principal
investigators for
the grant are
Bazirjian; Dr. Clara
M. Chu, chair of
the Library and
Information
Studies department; Gerald Holmes, reference
librarian/ diversity coordinator for the University
Libraries; and Drs. Julie Hersberger and Lee Shiflett,
professors in Library and Information Studies.
Participating libraries are: High Point University,
Wake Forest University, Guilford College,
Elon University, NC A& T State University,
Livingstone College, Johnson C. Smith University,
Winston- Salem State University, and Bennett
College for Women.
IMLS is the primary source of federal support for
the nation’s 123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums.
The Institute’s mission is to create strong libraries
and museums that connect people to information
and ideas. To learn more about the Institute, please
visit www. imls. gov.
UNCG Wins $ 900,000 Grant to Recruit Librarians
The University Libraries are
delighted to award Theatre and
Media Studies student Mary
Robinson the first annual
Undergraduate Research Award.
Robinson’s paper,“ Poetry in
Motion: The Divine Sarah on
the English Stage” has also won
accolades beyond UNCG. A ver-sion
of the paper won the
Southeastern Theatre Conference
Young Scholar’s Award, an honor
given to just one undergraduate
student each year. Robinson also
presented her paper at the
Comparative Drama Conference in Los Angeles.
Robinson wrote her paper on the famous
19th Century French actress, Sarah Bernhardt,
for Professor Woodworth’s Theatre History 501
Class. Robinson credits reference librarian Mark
Schumacher for pointing her in the right direction.
When Schumacher met with the class, Robinson
learned about the many theater- specific resources
available at Jackson Library. Schumacher spoke to
the class about the Robert C. Hansen Performing
Arts Collection, which proved particularly valuable
to Robinson. As she wrote in her award application,
the Hansen Collection’s “ archival material provided
insight into another era’s theatrical
practices, and I started to understand
and appreciate the power of publicity,
the role of media, and the star system
during Bernhardt’s lifetime. The library
opened a new world of research
options and strategies for me that
otherwise would have been neglected
or overlooked.”
In her paper, Robinson looked at how
Bernhardt, who never performed in
English, was able to reach celebrity status
on the English stage. Robinson combed
through the numerous reviews of
Bernhardt’s performances in the English
press and looked at many photographs of Bernhardt
in costume to more fully understand the power of
Bernhardt’s stage presence. She argues that Bernhardt
successfully employed pantomime, careful costuming,
and vocal strength, range, and breath control to
win over her audience. Robinson explains,“ Despite
differences in language, an aspect of her success lay
in her ability to speak with the English on a deeper,
profound and emotional level.”
Robinson will graduate in December, 2010, and is
considering pursuing master’s degrees in both theater
history and library and information sciences. We look
forward to her continued success in the archives!
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University Libraries Create Undergraduate Research Award
Telling Our Story: University Libraries
Produce Short Videos
The University Libraries have created several short videos to better
communicate with students and other patrons. One, created by the
Libraries’ Preservation Committee, is a humorous treatment of a serious
topic: the importance of a clean environment for library materials. Entitled
“ Roach Movie,“ it features library faculty member Beth Ann Koelsch as a
costumed cockroach. See http:// tiny. cc/ ULpreservation.
The second video, directed by Beth Filar Williams and produced and edited by
Cheryl Cross, is “ Ask Us @ UNCG Libraries.” Asking what librarians do and what
we can do for you, the video features UNCG students talking about their library
and explores the various resources and services of the University Libraries.
See http:// tiny. cc/ AskUsUNCG.
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The HBCU/ ASERL Exchange Program is an
opportunity for librarians in historically black
colleges and universities and librarians from
Southeastern research libraries to
gain insight into the workings of
each other’s libraries and to collabo-rate
on an Exchange project.
During 2010, the University
Libraries at UNCG participated in a
project with Southern University in
New Orleans. The library there is
transitioning out of a post- Katrina
trailer into a renovated three- story
building, but with a small staff and a new single
point of service. Ms. Jacqueline Keleher sought
assistance in designing policies, processes, and
other items necessary to manage the Access
Services department from a single service point
Keleher’s contact at UNCG was Joe Williams,
Head of Access Services, who has worked in three
academic libraries during transitions to a single serv-ice
point: as User Services Coordinator ( Circulation
and Reserves) for the Health Sciences Library at
UNC Chapel Hill in 1999; as Education Services
Librarian with the Medical Sciences Library at Texas
A& M University Libraries in 2002; and as Director
of the Learning Commons at N. C. State University
Libraries, where he helped establish
and manage a new service desk
model that combined Reference,
Circulation, and IT services in 2006.
Also involved with the project was
Cathy Griffith, Assistant Head of
Access Services, who has worked in
the UNCG University Libraries for 26
years. Cathy worked on the consoli-dation
of the Reserve Division with
the Serials Department, which included a relocation
of Reserves collections and services, creating the
Current Periodicals/ Reserves Division in 1996. Later,
Cathy provided departmental leadership during a
renovation of that public service desk in 2000. Both
Cathy and Joe have many years’experience develop-ing
and managing public services and the policies,
procedures, and documentation to support them.
Grant funding from the Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation covered the cost of travel, lodging and
meals for participants during the exchanges.
UNCG Exchange with HBCU Library
Jacqueline Keleher,
Cathy Griffith,
Joe Williams
Visiting Scholar
Dr. Jose Rodolfo Hernandez- Carrion, visiting scholar
from the University of Valencia ( Spain) to the
Department of Library and Information Studies, came
to UNCG in the Spring in
part because of the
Library’s strong economics
collection, which he used
to inform his research con-cerning
“ Economics,
Education, and Information
Needs: Critical Thinking
and Effective Teaching.”
He delivered a lecture on the topic in the Hodges
Reading room in Jackson Library on May 11 to an
audience of librarians, library staff, and LIS faculty.
Dr. Hernandez- Carrion was particularly complimen-tary
of the materials in the BB& T Reading Room
on Capitalism, Marketing and Morality.
Stream Cleanup
Thanks to the efforts of Sarah Dorsey, Head of
the Music Library, the University Libraries have
officially adopted a stream on Walker Avenue in
Greensboro, just a few short blocks
from campus. Staff members
Keith Buckner, Cheryl Cross,
Anne Marie Taber, and Beth
Filar Williams joined Sarah
in cleaning the stream.
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In January 2009, the University Libraries launched
NC DOCKS, UNCG’s institutional repository, avail-able
at http:// libres. uncg. edu/ ir/. NC DOCKS is an
open- access database for collecting, preserving, and
disseminating the scholarly and creative works of
UNCG faculty.“ Open Access” means
that all works in NC DOCKS are
freely accessible through the Internet.
Although most works in NC DOCKS are
peer- reviewed journal articles, the
repository also includes techni-cal
and government reports,
conference papers, book reviews, book
chapters, educational documents,
audio, and video. Most journal
publishers allow authors to archive
articles in institutional repositories,
but usually there is an embargo period of one
year to 18 months ( to protect subscriptions).
The primary benefit to faculty who post their
works in NC DOCKS is the dramatic increase in the
discoverability of their works. Although NC DOCKS
has its own searching interface, most researchers
will use an Internet search engine, such as Google or
Google Scholar, to discover works archived in the
repository. Search engines “ crawl” repositories for
new material, provide full- text keyword access, and
give preferential treatment to such works. In a
keyword Google search, works in NC DOCKS tend
to fall out early in the results list, which greatly
increases discoverability. Studies show that, across
all disciplines, open- access articles, such as those
in NC DOCKS, have greater research impact
than traditional publications— when works are
discovered more, it naturally follows that they also
are read more and cited more.
At the end of June 2010, there were over 2,000
faculty works in NC DOCKS and over 900 electronic
theses and dissertations ( the only non- faculty works
included in the repository). Since January 2009, the
documents in NC DOCKS have been accessed more
than 130,000 times ( an average of 40 times for each
document). Five articles in NC DOCKS have been
accessed over 1,000 times each. The most viewed
article,“ A Descriptive Model for Managerial
Effectiveness,” is by Dianne Welsh, Distinguished
Professor of Entrepreneurship, and it has been
viewed over 1,500 times. The second most
viewed article,“ Visual Analog
Mood Scales to Measure Internal
Mood State in Neurologically
Impaired Patients,” is by Celia Hooper,
Dean of Health & Human
Performance, and it has been
viewed over 1,200 times. The
three other works that have
been accessed over 1,000 times were
written by David Perrin ( Provost and
Executive Vice Chancellor), James
Petersen ( Dean of the Graduate School),
and Mark Schumacher ( Reference Librarian).
Archiving works in NC DOCKS dramatically
increases their discoverability; most publishers
allow it; and it is easy to do— why not do it?
Any faculty member interested in contributing
works to NC DOCKS should contact Stephen
Dew, Collections & Scholarly Resources
Coordinator, shdew@ uncg. edu. Send him
a list of your publications, and library staff
will verify your publishers’ policies.
NC DOCKS Accessed Over 130,000 Times, Growing Tool
for Discovering Faculty Research
by Stephen Dew
On June 7, Tyra Willoughby ( center) became Jackson
Library’s one millionth visitor during the 2009-
2010 school year. She is flanked by Joe Williams,
Head of Access Services, and Kathy Crowe,
Associate Dean for Public Services.
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The Building of
Jackson Library
1948 – 1950
by Hermann Trojanowski
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When the school first opened in 1892, the library
consisted of a few books housed in a room of Main
( now Foust) Building. The 1898 president’s report
stated that one of the most pressing needs of the
school was for a new library as the school had
more books than the library room could hold.
In 1905, Andrew Carnegie donated $ 15,000 for
a new library building and $ 3,868 for furniture
and shelving stacks. Within fifteen years of its
completion, the North Carolina General Assembly
appropriated a little more than $ 59,000 to enlarge
the building. The Carnegie Library ( now Forney
Building) was partially destroyed by fire on
September 15, 1932. During its reconstruction, the
building was enlarged and was reopened in 1933.
By the late 1930s, a larger library building was
needed for the growing student body; however, a
new library had to wait until after World War II. In
1947, North Carolina General Assembly appropriated
funds to erect a new library building. On September
27, 1948, Chancellor Walter Clinton Jackson broke
ground for the new building, which would be named
in his honor in 1960. Northup & O’Brien, of
Winston- Salem, designed the new library in a
traditional style using sand- finish colonial face
brick and Georgia marble for exterior materials.
On October 2, 1948, construction began on the
99,330 square foot building.
Built to be fireproof, the building was constructed
with steel framing and a reinforced concrete ribbed
slab floor and roof. The structural columns were
placed on an eighteen- foot grid except in large
open spaces such in the lecture hall or main lobby.
All floors were designed for a live load of 100
pounds per square foot. The interior was construct-ed
of terrazzo floors, plaster walls with metal base
boards, and perforated 12” x 12” x 1” acoustical tiles.
On June 5, 2010, Jackson Library celebrated sixty years of service to The
University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Founding President Charles Duncan
McIver once said, “ A great library is the very heart of the literary life of a great
institution,” — a statement even more true today than it was in the 1890s when
the student population numbered several hundred. Today Jackson Library, as
part of the University Libraries, serves a student population of approximately
18,000 with a collection of over a million books, more than 47,000 electronic and
print journal subscriptions, over 500 electronic databases, and 640,000 federal
government documents.
continued on page 8
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The first- floor vestibule walls were made of
Loredo Chiaro marble and the main lobby walls
of rift- sawn white oak with a lime washed finish.
The exterior doors were of metal and interior doors
of flush veneer with a solid core, and the double
hung windows were of steel.
The building was completed in March of 1950 at a
cost of approximately $ 1,232,118. In May 1950, the
books were moved from the Carnegie Library to
the new building, which opened its doors on June
5, 1950. The new library easily met the needs of the
student body with a seating capacity of 1,384 and
shelf space for 300,000 volumes.
The library building served the school well
until the late 1960s when the growing student
population and expanding book collection made
it necessary to add a nine story tower to the
existing building. As Jackson Library celebrates
its 60th year, it remains as McIver envisioned:
the heart of a great institution.
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The University Libraries have created a new
website for those interested in browsing the
yearbook collection in its University Archives.
The site, found at http:// libcdm1.
uncg. edu/ PineNeedles. php covers the
years 1902- 1993. Visitors to the site
may browse the publications and
see actual pages showing the record
of the school for any given year.
The earliest publication of the
University yearbook was the
Decennial of the North Carolina
State Normal and Industrial College.
Published in 1902 by the Cornelian
and Adelphian literary societies,
the Decennial included the history
of the first ten years of the college,
a brief chronicle of each class, and
photographs of students, faculty
members, and organizations.
From 1909 to 1917, the yearbook
existed under the name The Carolinian.
The first edition was dedicated to
President Charles D. McIver and fol-lowed
a similar format to the Decennial.
While the “ annuals” remained under the
wing of the societies, they were subject
to social distractions. No yearbooks were
published in 1912 and 1916 because all
time, energy, and funds were devoted to the elabo-rate
Old English Pageants ( May Day Celebrations).
As World War I came to an end, publication was
sometimes sporadic and there were no yearbooks
in 1918 or 1919. Instead, in 1919, the senior class
produced The Cardinal. More like a scrapbook
than a yearbook, photographs of classmates were
pasted into the book along with handwritten and
hand- illustrated pictures.
In 1919, with interest growing in establishing a
school newspaper, it was agreed that the paper
would be published under the name The Carolinian,
the yearbook would be called Pine Needles, and the
State Normal Magazine would be renamed Coraddi.
No longer under the jurisdiction of the societies,
the first edition of Pine Needles was
sponsored by the senior class and
as in modern versions, included
photographs of students and
faculty, group pictures of athletic
teams and societies, and represen-tations
of musical and literary
clubs. In 1929, the responsibility of
Pine Needles passed to the Student
Government Association.
By the 1990s, yearbooks on
many college campuses ceased
publication due to lack of student
support and interest. UNCG was
no exception and the last edition
of Pine Needles was published on
this campus in 1993.
Coordination and support for
digitization activities was provided
by the Digital Projects Office of
the University Libraries at UNCG,
and the online collection is hosted
and maintained by the Libraries’
Electronic Resources and
Information Technologies ( ERIT)
Department using CONTENTdm
software. The University Yearbooks
physical collection is maintained
in the Libraries’Martha Blakeney
Hodges Special Collections and University Archives.
The collection was digitized through the North
Carolina Digital Heritage Center ( www. digitalnc. org/),
which operates in conjunction with the State Library
of North Carolina’s NC ECHO ( North Carolina
Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) project, sup-ported
with funds from the Institute of Museum and
Library Services under the provisions of the Library
Services and Technology Act. The digital materials
are also housed and are publicly available at The
Internet Archive ( www. archive. org/).
For more information about the collection,
contact David Gwynn, Digital Projects Coordinator
for the University Libraries, at jdgwynn@ uncg. edu
or by phone at 336- 256- 2606.
University Yearbook Website Launched
by David Gwynn and Kathelene Smith
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Questions for Laura Brown
What was the most surprising thing you learned
from this project?
The project was full of surprises! Hepsie ( Dr. Roskelly)
gave us basic guidelines for our research, but she
more or less set us loose and waited to see what
we would turn up. This freedom gave us the chance
to take our research in unexpected directions. We
were constantly sidetracked by something like an
editorial, a short work of fiction, or a stack of letters
and would leave ( without having touched the folders
we intended to look through) with exciting stories
that we never meant to find.
Who, of all the students and faculty you discovered
in the archives, would you most like to meet?
So many! The first person that comes to mind is
Harriet Elliott ( 1884- 1947,
faculty member at WC and
then Dean of Women). She
was such an intelligent and
driven woman, and she cared
immensely about this school.
She had a very clear philoso-phy
for Woman’s College;
she wanted every student to
leave this school having been
trained in their specific fields
while knowing how to lead
“ useful community lives,” as she called it. She saw
the potential for an education to be a dynamic expe-rience
that produces capable thinkers and workers
who are also engaged citizens. Her dedication to
WC is inspiring; even while she was in Washington
working with President Roosevelt on what may have
been considered more important affairs, she con-stantly
wrote about how she longed to return to her
home here in Greensboro. I think there would be a
lot to learn from a conversation with Miss Elliott.
We did actually have the chance to meet several
of the women we researched. Marilyn Lott and
Betsy Toth, two of the WC students who participated
in the Woolworth’s sit- ins in 1960, returned to
Greensboro for the 50th anniversary of the event
this past February. Hepsie, Betty Carter ( University
Archivist), Ashley Johnson ( student intern) and I
spent a wonderful three hours at dinner with them
during their visit. They came
back again in May for the
reunion of the Class of 1960,
and were joined by Ann
Dearsley Vernon, another
participant. Sunny
Yarborough ( student intern)
and I were able to sit in on
the last piece of Ann’s oral
history interview with Betty;
it was wonderful to listen to
her recall her experiences and
Two years ago, Professor Hephzibah Roskelly began researching how
some of the major events and social movements of the Twentieth
Century shaped, and were shaped by, the women at Woman’s College
and Bennett College. Laura Brown, one of the UNCG student interns
on the project, spent hours in the Hodges Reading Room delving
through old issues of the Corraddi, yearbooks, scrapbooks, faculty
correspondence, and other ephemera in search of stories. The WC
“ girls” lived through tumultuous times, witnessing the fight for
female suffrage, the hardships of the Great Depression, two World
Wars, and the new dawn of civil rights. Brown found that the women
who came before her did not let history pass them by— they were
active citizens engaged in their community and the wider world.
Walking in Their Footsteps...
2010 graduate Laura Brown
finds inspiration in the
lives of her Woman’s
College forbears.
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talk to her about her time at WC. Ann smuggled us
in to their wine and cheese reception so that we
wouldn’t have to cut our conversation short. We
have also had the pleasure of meeting JoAnne
Smart Drane, one of the two first African- American
students ever to attend WC, on several occasions.
These women are lively and engaging, and so very
proud of their alma mater. I was struck by their
vibrancy and their love for this place.
What would those former students think of
UNCG today?
This is a tricky
question. In a lot
of respects, I think
many former
students would
hardly recognize
UNCG as it is
today. I’ve heard
about as much
from the former
students that I
have interacted
with. The university has grown and changed so
much that it would be nearly impossible to run the
school with the same principles as when it was
created. Such a large community cannot, through no
fault of its own, engage students in the same way;
the administration has duties and responsibilities
that the founders could not have imagined. Though
the campus may bear little resemblance to the way it
used to be, I think that these women would still find
a great deal to be proud of. Though the school
continues to grow, there are still great moments of
engagement and connection taking place in and out
of the classroom. UNCG is full of professors and
administrators like Hepsie who dedicate their time
and resources to challenging projects that give
students the opportunity to push themselves and
realize their potential. Students are taking the initia-tive
and working to improve our campus and our
city. UNCG may be wildly different now from the
world of Normal College and WC, but as long as the
members of this community continue making signif-icant
contributions to the world around them there’s
no reason why former students shouldn’t be proud.
What kind of response have you received as you
have shared your research?
The response has been very positive. Students and
faculty are always surprised and interested to learn
these pieces of our school’s past, and I think it gives
a lot of people a greater sense of connection to the
school. It’s a good feeling to know that you are a
part of an institution that has consistently cultivated,
motivated and engaged individuals who have proven
that they are capable of creating change. There’s
a sense of pride that comes out of hearing these
stories. I have been surprised at how interested the
UNCG community actu-ally
is. We are planning a
series of lectures and
discussions centered
around our research, and
the response from faculty
has been very encourag-ing.
We’ll be speaking in
several classes as well as
in presentations open to
the entire campus. We
know these stories well,
but that doesn’t mean much if we keep them to
ourselves. We are excited to have new opportunities
to share what we’ve found.
How has this project inspired you?
This project has changed the way I feel about
UNCG, my ( as of very recently) alma mater. I walk
around campus and feel very proud to be a part
of this community, proud to say that this is where
I received my education. Knowing that I spent
four years in a place that was shaped by so many
dedicated people and produced so many capable
and remarkable individuals is inspiring. Being able
to participate in a project like this has been
exciting; it has been wonderful to see our ideas
and intentions develop and change the more
we learn. I have personally gained from the
experience; this was an academic and creative
endeavor like nothing else I worked on throughout
my undergraduate career. I have much more
confidence in my own abilities and effectiveness
after seeing the response we have received thus
far. I am so grateful for the opportunity.
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A growing number of students are encountering
UNCG from a distance, taking courses online or at a
remote campus. During the 2009/ 2010 academic year,
UNCG offered 430 sections of distance learning
courses. This semester, UNCG will offer nearly 50%
more distance learning sections than last Fall. The
increase is not surprising given that 16 programs,
ranging from conflict management to supply chain
logistics, are available in a completely online format.
Add to that the many students who complete their
degrees through a combination of online classes
and courses held in places like Charlotte and
Hickory, and there are a sizable number of students
who may never step foot in the Jackson Tower.
Beth Filar Williams, the Distance Education librar-ian,
has developed a suite of services to make sure
every aspect of the University Libraries is available.
“ While I think students have a good awareness of
the electronic resources available through the library
webpage,” Filar Williams explains,“ there’s even
more that we can do for our online students.” In
addition to the over 33,000 electronic books the
students can access online, distance students can
also access the million plus print books on the
shelves quite easily. Using the Interlibrary Loan
interface on the library’s website, distance education
students who live beyond Greensboro can order
books to be mailed directly to their homes.
Similarly, if students need an article from a print
journal, library staff will scan and email it.
Elluminate, a tool widely used by distance
education faculty to conduct participatory classes
online, provides another way for Filar Williams to
reach students. The University Libraries maintain
an Elluminate “ room,” and during the Fall semester,
librarians will invite both distance education
students and faculty to attend workshops designed
with their needs in mind. Those unable to join the
live workshops can tune in later to watch the
recorded sessions. Filar Williams also tailors these
presentations for specific majors, leading a resume-building
workshop for LIS students, for instance.
And, on several occasions, Filar Williams has been
invited to join online classes to provide direct
library instruction.“ Embedded” in these courses,
Filar Willaims joined the threaded class discussions
on Blackboard and commented on the students’
research progress throughout the semester.
Students also have 24/ 7 access to a growing
group of online research tutorials through the
libraries’ website. For students unfamiliar with
academic libraries, tutorials such as “ find a book
by keyword” and “ renew your items” are good
primers. Other tutorials are focused on specific
resources, such as Lexis- Nexis, and help students
navigate the wealth of scholarly resources available
through UNCG.
Students taking online courses may be logging in
from anywhere. One student working on her post-baccalaureate
certificate in conflict resolution is based
in Uruguay. After years outside of an academic
setting, she worked her way through the online
research tutorials and is now comfortable with the
relevant electronic resources offered through the
University Libraries. Thousands of miles and a few
time zones away, ACE scholar Ingrid Ruffin began
her graduate degree in library and information
studies while deployed overseas in the military. She
notes,“ It’s amazing that I was able to serve my coun-try
and go to school at the same time. The online
resources and support really made it possible.”
Check out http:// library. uncg. edu/ info/ distance_
education/ for more information.
New Library Tools and Services
for UNCG’s Online Students
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I n June 2009 and 2010 librarians Mary Krautter
( Head of Reference and Instructional Services),
Amy Harris ( Information Literacy Coordinator) and
Kathy Crowe ( Associate Dean for Public Services)
teamed with Sara Littlejohn ( University Writing
Center Director and Writing Across the Curriculum
Faculty Development Coordinator) to present a
two- day faculty development workshop, Curriculum
Enhancement with Research and Writing Skills. The
workshops were supported by an Advancement of
Teaching grant from the University Teaching and
Learning Center, the University Libraries and
Communication Across the Curriculum. The grant
provided stipends for twenty faculty. Participants
from a variety of subject disciplines and years of
experience were represented. The workshop provid-ed
the opportunity to revise a course by developing
improved assignments for writing and information
literacy. These skills are Foundational Skills in
UNCG’s General Education learning goals and pro-vide
essential building blocks for academic success.
The workshop began by setting a context about
who our students are by examining various student
surveys and reviewing the UNCG committees that
work with the curriculum. The group then brain-stormed
what writing and research skills faculty
expect their students to have and the gap between
these expectations and students’ knowledge. These
expectations were translated into measurable out-comes
and faculty worked on developing specific
student learning outcome statements. The next step
was to discuss useful assignments to achieve these
outcomes and how to sequence assignments as
well as assessment methods for research and
writing. Methods of grading and evaluation were
presented with an emphasis on rubrics. Throughout
the workshop, participants were given time to work
on their syllabus and share with small groups and
with everyone. Participants very much appreciated
the opportunity to “ get out of their silos” to share
and exchange ideas with faculty from different
departments and create a community.
After one semester, several 2009 participants
gathered to share how their revised course went.
They reported that they developed more concrete
and achievable learning outcomes and had broken
the research and writing content into smaller
“ chunks.” Many felt that students’ writing had
improved, and that they were more successful in
finding their own voice and making connections
between their research and global issues. They
found that letting students review writing drafts
was very liberating. Some expressed concerns that
they may have sacrificed content for skills and that
there was more grading for the instructor.
Some of the participant comments:
“ It was very helpful to be in an interdisciplinary
group to learn about common pedagogical issues and
also to have to explain my ideas more fully. Thank you
so very much for this excellent experience.”
“ This was the first time I’ve really sat back and
thought about how to effectively link my goals for a
course to the assignments that I use. There were a lot
of great ideas about structuring research and writing
assignments that I want to try out.”
“ Excellent ideas for connecting research with writing
and incorporating assignments to enhance student
information literacy, along with good assessment ideas.”
Curriculum Enhancement with Research and Writing Skills:
University Libraries Co- sponsor Faculty Development Workshop
By Kathryn M. Crowe
The University Libraries and the Center for
Women’s Health and Wellness are proud to
host the first Nursing Mother’s Room at UNCG,
where women can pump and/ or breastfeed
their children! This is the first step in a larger
effort to improve the campus climate and
support for breastfeeding mothers.
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I would like to acknowledge the spirit of generosity
exhibited by those who support the University
Libraries year after year, many of whom have made
significant gifts to improve programs, services,
preservation, and acquisitions. Despite a fragile year
for the economy, the University Libraries have been
honored with five significant gifts of support that
are highlighted below.
Irene A. Parsons graduated from Woman’s
College in 1941, with majors in business adminis-tration
and education. Her gift supports the Betty
H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project. Mrs.
Parsons served three years with the Women’s
Reserve of the Coast Guard ( SPARs). In 1965 she
was appointed by President Johnson to the position
of Assistant Administrator of the Veterans
Administration, the highest personnel post in
federal government to be held by a woman at that
time. In 1967 she received an honorary Doctor
of Laws from UNCG to celebrate her distinctive
service and career accomplishments. This is Miss
Parsons’ second major gift to UNCG. The gift will
help the Women Veterans Historical Project acquire
and preserve the history of women veterans and
women serving in related service organizations.
Dr. and Mrs. William K. Bates made a gift to the
University Libraries Enrichment Fund to improve the
learning environment. A Collaboratory space will be
named on a floor of the tower in honor of Dr. Bates.
Wilma Bates initiated the gift to honor her husband,
Bill, who taught in the UNCG Department of Biology
Gifts That Keep on Giving
By Linda Burr
“ All that mankind has done, thought, gained or been:
it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.”
— Thomas Carlyle
continued on page 15
Dr. Rebekah ( Becky) Megerian of Asheboro has
been elected chairperson of the Friends of the
UNCG Libraries, and Mr. Lance Elko, vice- chair.
Both were elected at the recent annual meeting of
the Friends, which featured a presentation by radio
host and journalist Frank Stasio of WUNC.
Dr. Megerian, a native of
Mooresville NC who holds
a doctoral degree in Higher
Education Administration
from The University of North
Carolina at Greensboro,
retired from Randolph
Community College as Dean
of Basic Skills in 2008 after
a 28- year career there. Previously, Dr. Megerian
taught at NC State, the University of Toronto, and
Lenoir Community College.
Mr. Elko, who lives in
Greensboro, is an editor with
Pace Communications. He also
works as a professional musician.
A native of Philadelphia, Mr. Elko
has an M. A. in English Literature
from Villanova University.
Other newly- elected Board members include
Ms. Robin Sutton Anders, Mr. David Arneke,
Mr. Ned Cline, Ms. Carol Cone Douglas, Ms.
Nancy Fuller, Mr. Jim Schlosser, Dr. Charles
Sullivan, and Ms. Laura Tew, all of Greensboro.
Re- elected to the Board was Mr. Selby Bateman,
also of Greensboro.
Friends of the UNCG Libraries Elect New Chairperson, Directors
Dr. Megerian
Mr. Elko
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from 1966- 2000 and served as department chair from
1979- 1988. Wilma earned her M. L. S. degree from
UNCG in 1975 and went on to work as a media
coordinator for the Guilford County School System.
Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Sevier established a fund
to support the Friends of UNCG Libraries Speakers
Endowment. This endowment will assist with funds
for speakers at the Friends of the Libraries annual
dinner and other speaker events. Both Bob and Pat
served as Chair for the Friends of the Libraries Board;
Pat from 2009- 2010 and Bob in 1987. Pat graduated
with a degree in Primary Education in 1964 and has
served on the Weatherspoon Association Board.
Mr. and Mrs. David Sprinkle, past chairs of
UNCG’s Board of Visitors, have established the Pam
and David Sprinkle Children’s Author and
Storyteller Series Fund. The Sprinkles’ gift will
provide five years of funding for the successful
Children’s Author and Storyteller Series. Each
speaker reaches hundreds of children and
educators during his/ her visit to the Triad. The
speaker also provides educational opportunities
for UNCG students as well as the public with their
ability to inspire a love of reading and a passion
for the written word. Pam has recently completed
two terms on the Friends of the Libraries Board.
Pam and David have been friends of UNCG for
a number of years. Their gifts have supported
scholarships, professorships, the Theatre
Department and the Bryan School of Business.
Miss Claire Kelleher, emeritus faculty member
in the Art Department, has provided support for
several UNCG departments including the School
of Music, the Weatherspoon Art Museum, the Art
Department and now the Libraries Special
Collections Acquisitions Endowment. Claire is
a graduate of the University of Toronto and the
University of Chicago. Miss Kelleher taught art
history at UNCG from 1968- 1995. This gift will
allow for the purchase of art and fine printed books
as well as music scores for Special Collections.
These inspiring gifts will have an important
impact on the University Libraries’ programming
and learning environment. We are grateful to
these donors for stepping forward to enrich
the University Libraries.
The Jackson Society
Honoring donors who have generously
contributed to the goals and enrichment
of the University Libraries at UNCG
The Jackson Society is named for the third chief
executive of The University of North Carolina
at Greensboro and the namesake of the Walter
Clinton Jackson Library. As the Libraries’
leadership giving society, these dedicated sup-porters
are committed to the Libraries’mission —
to advance and support learning, research and
service at The University of North Carolina at
Greensboro and throughout the state.
Annual gifts of $ 1,000 or more ensure your place
in the Jackson Society. Payments may be spread
throughout the year or matched by your employer;
however the gift must be received by December
31. Your gift will be recognized on a newly created
Wall of Honor in Jackson Library.
For more information, please contact:
Ms. Linda Burr
Director of Development
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
PO Box 26170
Greensboro, NC 27402
336- 256- 0184
lgburr@ uncg. edu
Gifts That Keep On Giving continued from page 14
In memoriam
Dr. James Thompson, former
UNCG Libraries
director, died
April 13. Jim was
director from
1970 until 1988,
when he left to
teach in the
History
Department for
several years before retiring in 1994.
He oversaw the building of the
Jackson Library tower and increasing
the size of collections and staff.
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2010/ 2011 Friends of the UNCG Libraries
Book Discussion Group
For the second year, faculty will share their favorite
reads with the Friends of the UNCG Libraries Book
Discussion Group. With a line- up that takes us
from nineteenth- century London to present- day
Pakistan, we have a little something for everyone.
Please visit library. uncg. edu/ fol/ register to register
for one or more discussions. The free discussions
are held in the Martha Blakeney Hodges Reading
Room on the second floor of Jackson Library.
Monday, October 4 at 7 p. m.
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
Faculty Discussion Leader:
Dr. Bill Hamilton, Liberal
Studies, Division of
Continual Learning
Chosen as UNCG’s All- Campus
Read, Zeitoun recounts the true
and tragic story of a Syrian-born
contractor, imprisoned in New Orleans after
heroically rescuing victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Monday, November 1 at 7 p. m.
My Stroke of Insight
by Jill Bolte Taylor
Faculty Discussion Leader:
Dr. Gwen Hunnicutt, Sociology
When Jill Bolte Taylor suffered
a stroke at age 37, she was better
equipped to understand the effect
on her brain than most— she is
a neuroscientist. The book describes her long road
to recovery and her new appreciation for how the
different hemispheres of the
brain function.
Monday, December 6 at 4 p. m.
Barchester Towers
by Anthony Trollope
Faculty Discussion Leader:
Dr. Hephzibah Roskelly,
English
Trollope re- creates life in an
English cathedral town, sketching out the
politics of church advancement and creating
memorable villains ( and villainesses) in this
classic comic novel.
Monday, January 24 at 7 p. m.
The Ghost Map
by Steven Johnson
Faculty Discussion Leaders:
Dr. Janne Cannon,
Microbiology and
Immunology ( UNC Chapel
Hill), and Dr. Rob Cannon,
Biology
The Washington Post calls this account of the 19th
Century cholera epidemic in London “ a medical
thriller, detective story and paean to city life.
Johnson’s account of the [ cholera] outbreak and
its modern implications is a true page turner.”
Monday, February 28 at 7 p. m.
Till We Have Faces: A Myth
Retold by C. S. Lewis
Faculty Discussion Leader:
Dr. Christopher Hodgkins
In his last novel, C. S. Lewis
retells the myth of Cupid and
Psyche from the perspective of
Psyche’s older sister.
Monday, March 28 at 7 p. m.
Children of Dust
by Ali Eteraz
Faculty Discussion Leader:
Dr. Jeff Jones, History
From the book’s website:
“ Children of Dust is an elegant
memoir revealing Islamic
fundamentalism and madrassa
life in rural Pakistan, the culture shock of moving
to the U. S., and a journey of reconciliation to the
modern Middle East.”
Come walk the Choctaw Road! Listen to the stories
and songs of Native American culture with one of
the nation’s premier storytellers, children’s book
author Tim Tingle. The University Libraries at UNC
Greensboro are proud to present Mr. Tingle at two
free public performances:
• September 13, 2010 at 7 p. m. at the Elliott
University Center Auditorium on the UNCG Campus
• September 11, 2010 at the BOOKMARKS Festival in
Winston- Salem ( see www. bookmarksbookfestival. org).
An Oklahoma Choctaw, Tim
Tingle is a renowned concert
performer, an accomplished
author, and a popular keynote
speaker. As a storyteller, he
delivers lively historical and
traditional stories, accompanying
himself on the Native American
flute and singing Choctaw songs
to the rhythms of a whale skin
drum. From 2002 to the present,
Tingle has performed a tradi-tional
Choctaw story before Chief Gregory Pyle's
Annual State of the Nation Address at the tribal
gathering in Tushkahoma, Oklahoma, a Choctaw
reunion that attracts over thirty thousand people.
He has performed in festivals and conferences
covering a forty state area, and completed eleven
performance tours for the United States
Department of Defense, sharing tales and humor
with children of military personnel stationed in
southern Germany. In 1997, 2002, 2005, and 2008,
Tingle performed at the National Storytelling
Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee.
An avid collector of tribal stories, Tingle has
guest- lectured on numerous college campuses
about Native American folklore, and in 2003
earned his Master of Arts degree in English at the
University of Oklahoma, focusing on contemporary
American Indian narratives. He currently teaches
an onsite summer storytelling course through the
university,“ Oral Literature of the
Southwest,” consisting of
morning classes and afternoon
guided tours of the pueblos
and sites surrounding Santa Fe,
New Mexico.
In May of 2004, Tingle founded
the Choctaw Storytelling Festival,
a three- day celebration of the
Choctaw narrative: traditional,
historical, and personal. Joining
tribal elders with youthful
attendees, the festival promotes
the ongoing transmission of foundation stories so
critical to the Choctaw community.
The University Libraries gratefully acknowledge
the generous support of the Pam and David
Sprinkle Children's Author and Storyteller Series
Fund for Mr. Tingle’s appearances in the Triad, as
well as the O. Henry Hotel. Pam is a past member
of the Board of Directors of the Friends of the
UNCG Libraries.
Native American Storyteller and Children’s Book Author
Coming to Triad in September
by Barry K. Miller
Tim Tingle has released the following books and recordings, which will be available for sale and signing:
Books
Saltypie ( 2010)
When Turtle Grew Feathers ( 2007)
Spirits: Dark and Light ( 2006)
Crossing Bok Chitto ( 2006)
Spooky Texas Tales ( 2005)
Walking the Choctaw Road ( 2003)
Fifty Texas Ghost Stories ( 2003)
Recordings
Archie's War and Other Choctaw Stories ( CD)
The Choctaw Way
Christmas Stories
Ghostly Tales of Texas, with Doc Moore ( CD)
Grandma Spider Brings The Fire ( Audiocassette)
Jack Comes to Texas
Walking the Choctaw Road ( CD Audiobook 2005)
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On Exhibit
Accepting the Often Chaotic
Appearance of Trees
Karen Bjork Dischell is an artist, working primarily as an oil painter, with
a studio at the Lyndon Street Artworks in Greensboro. Originally from
Massachusetts, she
studied drawing and
printmaking at the
School of the Worcester
Art Museum and
the University of
Massachusetts Amherst.
Bjork Dischell’s paintings
have appeared in galleries
across North Carolina,
most recently in a juried
show sponsored by the
Elder Gallery in Charlotte,“ Carolina’s Got Art.” Images
of her paintings have appeared as cover art for The
Musical Constellations ( Unicorn Press,
2007), a book of poetry by UNCG
English professor and Friends Board
member Tom Kirby- Smith, and in the
journal Flyway ( Iowa State University).
She has also created murals and public
art, including at the Jones Elementary
School in Greensboro. She is a
recipient of a 2009 United Arts Council
Regional Artists Hub Program Grant.
A New Exhibit by Karen Bjork Dischell
on Display in the Jackson Library Reading Room
throughout the fall semester.
Save the date: October 28, 2010, 7 pm.
The Friends of the UNCG Libraries, the UNCG History Club, and the Atlantic
World Network join forces to bring the latest in pirate scholarship to UNCG.
Meet us in the EUC Auditorium and stay tuned for updates about the event.
Pirates in the EUC !
T he Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections
& University Archives has added a number of
major acquisitions through gifts and purchases during
the academic year 2009- 2010. These additions have
enriched several major collecting areas.
A gift of several thousand photographs by former
UNCG faculty member Arnold Doren from Doren’s
estate provides a fascinating visual collection by
a talented photographer. Two exhibits from this
collection have already been presented — one
on Doren’s photographs taken at the famous
Woodstock music festival in 1969, and the other
a sampling of Doren’s captivating travel photos in
the U. S. and abroad— and the variety of categories
allows for more exhibits in the future.
Other gifts of manuscript materials included
additions to the Maud Gatewood ( art), Harold
Schiffman ( music), William Snider ( journalism) and
Patricia Sullivan ( University Archives) collections.
Of intriguing value for researchers are several
diaries relating to women’s life and travels in the
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The most
extensive diary covers almost continuously the years
from 1873 to 1904 and documents the life and work
of a Wayne County, New York woman ( Mary Teller),
who with her husband farmed, ran a nursery and
operated a fanning mill. Accompanying the daily diary
entries are revealing account books for these enter-prises
and a household expenses ledger for the early
years covered by the diaries. Other diaries include one
from 1875 to 1890 by a Quaker lady in Rhode Island
and a fascinating, detailed travel account— complete
with wonderful period photographs— of a bicycle trip
throughout France and Switzerland in 1907 by a
British physician and his daughter.
Most noteworthy among many book acquisitions
are copies of several fine press limited editions. The
Special Collections & University Archives added to
its Kelmscott Press collection by acquiring copies of
that legendary press’s Poems of William Shakespeare
and Gothic Architecture ( both 1893) by its founder
William Morris. No fewer than three titles by the
equally famous Doves Press were added, including
its very first publication, Cornelii Taciti de Vita et
Moribus Iulli Agricolae Liber ( 1901). The third of the
“ big three” of early British fine presses, the
Ashendene Press, is represented by Ye Minutes . . . of
Ye Sette of Odd Volumes ( 1896), the third publication
of this important press. Two other significant early
fine presses, the Essex House Press and the Elston
Press, are also represented in recent acquisitions.
A major acquisition for the Libraries’ holdings in
modern private presses is a unique copy of the
Gogmagog Press’s Graphic Yardarm ( 1984), with
original illustrations by Morris Cox.
The large and important Woman’s Collection at
UNCG was enhanced by the additions of Lydia Maria
Childs’An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans
Called Africans ( 1833) and Mrs. Felton’s Life in America
( 1838), while the significant Girls’Books in Series
collection was augmented by a number of titles
acquired by both donations and purchases.
The availability of nineteenth- century novels
published monthly or weekly “ in parts” is rapidly
diminishing, and UNCG acquired two such
publications this year: Charles Dickens’The Mystery
of Edwin Drood and William M. Thackeray’s The
Newcomes. Such publications, complete with fasci-nating
period advertisements, reveal this unique
method of nineteenth- century “ installment buying.”
From Alumni Relations came a treasure trove
of UNCG regalia and memorabilia for University
Archives, including twenty- seven class jackets,
Marshal sashes, and sixty class banners and
pennants from the early 1930s to the 1970s.
Among the many contributions to the Department
were gifts by Greensboro residents Douglas Berry
( fifty- five eighteenth- or nineteenth- century titles) and
Florence Melvin ( over forty titles for the Juvenile
Collection), as well as significant gifts to the Girls’
Books in Series, American Trade Binding, Home
Economics Pamphlets, and Juvenile collections by
Jackson Library staff members Paul Hessling, Mark
Schumacher, Carolyn Shankle, and Mary Jane Conger.
Major Acquisitions by the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special
Collections and University Archives: 2009- 2010
By Bill Finley
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The Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections
and University Archives at The University of North
Carolina at Greensboro contains the processed
papers of social welfare pioneer Ellen Black
Winston. Born in Bryson City, North Carolina in
1903, Winston became the first United States
Commissioner of Welfare for the newly reorganized
Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare in
1963. During her service in
the Kennedy and Johnson
administrations, she was
instrumental in developing
and promoting government
policies on medical care, child
welfare, and public assistance.
Her work helped to shape
important legislation including
the landmark passage
of Medicare and
Medicaid in 1965.
Previously, Mrs.
Winston served as
the North Carolina
Commissioner of
Welfare from 1944-
1963. During that
time she was the
highest- ranking
women in the state
government. Under
her administration,
she dramatically
changed the
perception and use
of welfare in the State
by increasing the number of foster homes, expand-ing
adoption programs, and working to reform the
juvenile court system. In 1967, she left the federal
government and returned to North Carolina, where
she continued her work in social welfare policies
and reform until her death in 1984.
In March 1973, Ellen Black Winston chose to
donate her personal papers to the Walter Clinton
Jackson Library at the University of North Carolina
at Greensboro. While other archival institutions,
such as Duke University and the John F. Kennedy
Library, sought her materials, she decided on
UNCG because of her close association with the
library for many years
and her desire to
contribute to its
growing collection
of material related to
women leaders. The
collection has thirty
linear feet of material,
and contains docu-mentation
of her
career, her writings,
and her activities
from 1903- 1984. It
consists primarily
of professional
correspondence and
memoranda related to the many
organizations that she was
affiliated with during her
lifetime. The collection also
includes scrapbooks, personal
correspondence, photographs,
invitations, program brochures,
publications, articles, calendars,
newspaper clippings, speeches,
plaques and certificates, as
well as oral history tapes and
transcripts. There are several
artifacts included in the
collection, such as pens used by President Johnson
to sign legislation and various awards.
Researchers are invited to explore and use the
Ellen Black Winston Papers to better understand
the contributions of this relatively unsung pioneer
of social welfare in the United States.
Focus on Collections: The Papers of Ellen Black Winston,
Social Welfare Pioneer, 1903- 1984
by Sean Mulligan
Ellen Black Winston with JFK ( above) and LBJ ( below)
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The University of North Carolina at Greensboro has
long been a primary source of archival information
on the Greensboro Sit- ins. UNCG archivists recent-ly
worked with the Smithsonian Channel to supply
background and images for a new documentary on
the Sit- ins, which began on February 1, 1960.
The Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections
and University Archives sent the Smithsonian more
than 30 images and transcripts of oral history
interviews with several UNCG ( then Woman’s
College) alums who were involved in the Sit- ins
during that first week.
“ We have material no one else in town seems to
have,” says Hermann Trojanowski, interim universi-ty
archivist.“ People have come to us for years,
particularly this year before the 50th anniversary.”
Trojanowski worked with the Smithsonian from
mid- April to mid- May, devoting an estimated 20
hours to the project. Smithsonian writer and
producer Lynn Kessler says,“ Mr. Trojanowski was
a huge help in getting us information, background
and images. He was lovely to work with and his
efforts are seen throughout the show.”
“ Seizing Justice: The Greensboro 4” premiered
on Sunday, July 25, the 50th anniversary of the
day Woolworth’s desegregated its lunch counters.
For more on “ Justice,” visit www. smithsonianchan-nel.
com/ site/ sn/ show. do? show= 136657.
UNCG Archives Supports Smithsonian Channel Documentary
on the Greensboro Four
The University Libraries announce an exciting new
project to preserve the history of early African
American students at UNCG. One of the goals of
the Libraries is to document the history of the
1960s at the University— one of the most turbulent
decades in recent history. While the records of the
Chancellor’s Office and other offices show this
decade from an administrative standpoint, the
Archives also wants to document the decade
from the viewpoint of the students.
The integration of UNCG was one of
the most historic events of the 1960s.
Two African American women entered
the Woman’s College in the fall
of 1956— their numbers grew
slowly during the 1960s. African
American men joined them in
1964. The University Libraries
believe their experiences
should be documented
through oral history interviews. At this time, the
Archives has only three oral histories from this
group of early African American students.
Brigitte Blanton ( MLIS ’ 93), Assistant Director of
the Greensboro Public Library, is heading a group
raising funds to support the project. Their goal is
to raise $ 30,000 to complete oral history interviews,
transcribe the interviews, and support associated
travel to conduct the interviews. Those
wishing to contribute to this project
should contact Director of Development
Linda Burr at 336- 256- 0184 or
lgburr@ uncg. edu. For more on the project,
Interim University Archivist
Hermann Trojanowski can be
reached at 336- 334- 4045 or
hermann_ trojanowski@ uncg. edu.
Oral Histories to Document African Americans at UNCG
JoAnne Smart Drane ( L) and
Bettye Ann Davis Tillman
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Faculty Research
According to SEDONA, UNCG’s system for
compiling the research output of faculty, during the
2009/ 2010 academic year the faculty and staff of the
University Libraries at UNCG made 60 presentations
to professional groups and published one book, five
book chapters, and 31 articles. A list of these research
products may be found at http:// library. uncg. edu/ info/
events_ and_ awards/ staff_ publications. aspx.
Mulligan Selected for Leadership Greensboro
Sean Mulligan of the University Libraries has
been selected by the Greensboro
Chamber of Commerce to partici-pate
in the Leadership Greensboro
Class for 2011.“ This provides a
wonderful opportunity for Sean to
get involved with the city of
Greensboro in a leadership role,”
says Dean of University Libraries Rosann Bazirjian.
“ This nine- month program ( Sept 2010- May 2011)
brings participants together from the local business,
education, and cultural scene. It helps build
leadership skills and provides attendees with
the opportunity to meet important leaders in
the community.”
Mulligan works as an Archives and Records
Professional in the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special
Collections and University Archives Department.
Says Keith Gorman, Assistant Head of the unit,“ I am
very proud of Sean for applying to such an important
and prestigious leadership program. The application
process was rigorous. Sean is looking to use this
program to build his skills as a leader in the field.”
Stacey Krim Honored with Service Award
The University Libraries Staff Service 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.”
The 2010 Staff Service
Award was presented to
Stacey Krim. Stacey works
in Jackson Library, where she
coordinates commercial serials
binding among the Cataloging, Access Services, Music
Library, Preservation and Binding departments. She
also creates and maintains procedures for NC
DOCKS institutional repository materials, and refor-mats,
digitizes or collaborates with various depart-ments
for major serials cancellations and closeout
projects. Stacey has been active in making the library
more inclusive, sharing knowledge, and working
collaboratively across library departments, with the
LIS department, and the campus as whole. She has
served on diversity and preservation related projects
and committees, supported wellness efforts, and
represented the library at numerous campus events.
UNCG Librarian Kellam Selected as Emerging
Leader by American Library Association
Data Services and Government
Information Librarian Lynda
Kellam has been selected to
participate in the 2010 Class
of Emerging Leaders of the
American Library Association.
Her participation is sponsored
by the Government Documents Round Table of
the Association ( GODORT)
The ALA Emerging Leaders program is a leader-ship
development program which enables newer
library workers from across the country to partici-pate
in problem- solving work groups, network with
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peers, gain an inside look into ALA structure, and
have an opportunity to serve the profession in a
leadership capacity. It puts participants on the fast
track to ALA committee volunteerism as well as
other professional library- related organizations.
Lynda is UNCG’s second participant in this
selective program. Cello Music Cataloger Mac
Nelson was named in 2007.
Nelson Wins Gerboth Award
Winning the Walter Gerboth award
from the Music Library Assocation
has enabled Mac Nelson to travel
to the home of the eminent cellist
Laszlo Varga, where he spent three
days recording interviews for use in
his research project, “ The Varga Legacy: An Oral
History.” Varga is one of the two living donors to
UNCG’s Cello Music Collection and is one of the
most distinguished cellists of the 20th ( and 21st)
centuries. In addition to having an international
reputation as a performer and recording artist,
Varga served as principal cellist of the New York
Philharmonic under Dimitri Mitropoulis and
Leonard Bernstein. His life and art were celebrated
here at UNCG February 16- 18, 2007; the “ Varga
Celebration” was jointly sponsored by the UNCG
School of Music and the University Libraries.
The Gerboth Award was founded in 1984 in
honor of Walter Gerboth, librarian, teacher and
mentor, a leader in the Music Library Association,
and a pathmaker in music librarianship.
First Innovation and Program Enrichment
Grants Announced
In January 2010, Dean Rosann Bazirjian established
the University Libraries Innovation and Program
Enrichment Grant to expand library services and pro-grams.
Two project proposals were selected to share
the inaugural award. Congratulations are in order for
Beth Filar Williams, Coordinator of Library Services
for Distance Education, and the team of Cathy L.
Griffith, Assistant Head of Access Services, and
Mary Ann Graham, 24/ 5 Night Manager. Filar
Williams will work with a graduate student from the
Department of Library and Information Studies to
create an “ Instructional Technology Toolbox” for use
by UNCG librarians, LIS faculty, and students.
Griffith and Graham will work with Dr. Sara
Littlejohn in the UNCG Writing Center and the
University Libraries Reference and Instructional
Services department to provide late night, in- library
assistance to student writers prior to exams.
Both the University Writing Center and the
Department of Library and Information Studies are
enthusiastic about these new cooperative endeavors.
Writing Center Director Dr. Littlejohn comments
that “ the Writing Center is very pleased to partner
with the Libraries in this effort to extend services
to students who want and need them outside of
traditional office hours.” LIS Department Chair Dr.
Clara Chu observes that “ the creation of an online
Instructional Technology Toolbox will have significant
cumulative effects for the LIS program, providing
distance students a single point of contact and
portal to assist their academic work and creating yet
another opportunity for LIS faculty and students to
work with UNCG librarians on innovative new
technologies and their application.” Both projects
will be completed by June 30, 2011.
Washburn Wins Outstanding
Student Library Worker Award
Jeremy Washburn ( Reference/
Cataloging) won the 2009- 2010
Outstanding Student Library
Worker Award, presented by award
sponsor David Arneke of
Greensboro. David is a member of the Board of
Directors of the Friends of the UNCG Libraries.
Retiring recently from the University Libraries were
reference librarian Nancy Fogarty, Cataloging Asst.
Clara Kelly, and University Archivist Betty Carter
Betty Carter
Clara Kelly
Nancy Fogarty
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Kathy Bradshaw has been appointed Human
Resources Librarian at UNCG.
Kathy came to UNCG from New
Jersey, where she worked for
MetLife and Montclair State
University. She holds the M. L. I. S.
from Rutgers, a B. A. from Spelman
College, and a M. S. from the New School for
Social Research.
Linda Burr has been appointed the first full- time
Director of Development for the University
Libraries after several years of
working in the capacity half- time.
Linda , who holds a B. S. from East
Carolina University, came to UNCG
from the University of North
Carolina School of the Arts, where
she was Director of Corporate and Foundation
Relations. Previously, she was Executive Director
of the National Conference for Community
and Justice in Charlotte and served in other
development capacities in organizations in
Charlotte, Asheville, and Raleigh.
Jenny McCraw Dale has joined
the University Libraries as the First
Year Instruction Coordinator and
Reference Librarian. Jenny was
previously the Instructional
Design Librarian at K- State
Libraries, Kansas State University.
A native of Charlotte, Jenny received her
M. S. L. S. from UNC- Chapel Hill in 2007, and her
B. A. in English from UNC Chapel Hill in 2005.
Keith Gorman has joined the Martha Blakeney
Hodges Special Collections and
University Archives Department as
Assistant Head and Digital
Collections Coordinator. He will
provide leadership and manage-ment
to the department by setting
its strategic goals and coordinating new digital ini-tiatives.
Gorman has a B. A. in History from Loyola
University in Chicago, a M. A. and a Ph. D. in
History from the University of Wisconsin- Madison,
and a M. L. S. from Simmons College in Boston.
Prior to his library career, Keith taught history for
ten years at Simmons College. His interest in public
history led to his decision to complete a M. L. S.
and work with special collections. In his new
career, Keith has worked at the Smithsonian
in Washington, DC and the Martha’s Vineyard
Museum in Edgartown, MA. His experience in
the areas of instruction, reference, and community
outreach will be directed towards developing new
library programming and digital projects.
David Gwynn has been named
Digital Projects Coordinator at the
University Libraries. David received
his M. L. I. S. from The University of
North Carolina at Greensboro in
2009, and a B. A. in Geography and
Sociology here in 1991. David was a freelance web
designer and developer from 1997 to 2010, and
held management and administrative positions
with FedEx Kinko’s from 1989 to 2005. Born and
raised in Greensboro, David spent much of his
adult life in San Francisco. He currently resides in
Winston- Salem.
LaTesha Velez is the new Diversity Resident at the
University Libraries, the second
person to occupy that position after
it was created two years ago.
LaTesha received her M. L. S. at
North Carolina Central University
in May 2010. She is particularly
interested in library spaces and in making them
functional and attractive for all kinds of users.
Her first rotation during the residency will be
in Reference and Instructional Services.
New Staff Members
The University Libraries welcome Giovonne
Ivey- Ponton in Access Services; Callie Moss
in Cataloging; Kathelene Smith in the Martha
Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and
University Archives; Laurie Therrien in Electronic
Resources and Information Technology; and
Ashlee Weitlauf in Preservation Services.
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Events ( All events are free and open to the public
unless otherwise noted.)
Monday, September 13, 2010: Native American
Storyteller and Author Tim Tingle, 7 p. m., Elliott
University Center Auditorium.
Monday, October 4, 2010: Book Discussion: Zeitoun,
by Dave Eggers, led by Bill Hamilton, Liberal Studies,
Division of Continual Learning, 7 p. m., Martha
Blakeney Hodges Reading Room, 2nd Floor,
Jackson Library.
Thursday, October 28, 2010: Pirates! in association
with the UNCG History Club and the Atlantic World
Network, 7 p. m., Elliott University Center Auditorium.
Monday, November 1, 2010: Book Discussion:
My Stroke of Insight, by Jill Bolte Taylor, led by Gwen
Hunnicutt, Sociology Department, 7 p. m., Martha
Blakeney Hodges Reading Room, 2nd Floor,
Jackson Library.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010: Free Performance
and Book Signing by Peter Yarrow, author of Puff the
Magic Dragon, 6: 30 p. m., Recital Hall, Music Building
( see box).
Monday, November 15, 2010: Custom Bookbinder
Don Etherington and Monique Lallier, 4: 00 p. m.
Martha Blakeney Hodges Reading Room, 2nd Floor,
Jackson Library.
Monday, December 6, 2010: Book Discussion:
Barchester Towers, by Anthony Trollope, led by
Hephzibah Roskelly, English Department, 4 p. m.,
Martha Blakeney Hodges Reading Room,
2nd Floor, Jackson Library.
Exhibits
September 2010 – January 2011: “ A Woman’s Wits:
Women and the War Effort in the Girl’s Books in Series
Collection,” prepared by Carolyn Shankle. Jackson
Library/ EUC Connector.
End of September, 2010 – Early January 2011: “ Favorite
Books of Faculty Recently Gaining Tenure and Promotion,”
prepared by Audrey Sage. Jackson Library 1st Floor,
across from Reference Desk.
September 10 – October 25, 2010: “ Happy Birthday
Charlie: Celebrating the 150th Birthday of President
Charles D. McIver,” prepared by Hermann Trojanowski.
Jackson Library 1st Floor, adjacent to Reference Desk.
October 6 - November 12, 2010, Monday- Friday,
8- 5 p. m.: “ A Gentleman’s Library: The Classic Book
Collection of Norman Smith.” Martha Blakeney Hodges
Reading Room, Jackson Library, 2nd Floor.
October 11- October 25: “ Campus Sports: Vintage Gym
Suits,” prepared by Kathelene Smith. Jackson Library
1st Floor, adjacent to Reference Desk.
October 25, 2010 – April 1, 2011: “ The WASPS
( Women Airforce Service Pilots) of World War II.”
prepared by Beth Ann Koelsch. Jackson Library
1st Floor, adjacent to Reference Desk.
November 15- December 22, 2010, Monday- Friday,
8- 5 p. m.: “ Bound to Please: The Custom Bookbindings of
Don Etherington & Monique Lallier.” Martha Blakeney
Hodges Reading Room, Jackson Library, 2nd Floor.
Calendar of Upcoming Events and Exhibits
Sponsored by the University Libraries and the Friends of the UNCG Libraries
Peter Yarrow
Free Performance & Book Signing
Wednesday, November 3, 2010, 6: 30 p. m
Recital Hall,
Music Building
Sponsored by the
University Libraries