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Reflections - Fall 2013, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Reflections

Contents:

The Jak Smyrl Collection..... p.1
From the Dean of the Libraries..... p.2
New Faces..... p.2
At A Glance: Services..... p.2
Your USC Libraries..... p.3
Fall Literary Festival Welcomes Three Authors in October..... p.3
Fall Literary Panel to Feature Pat Conroy..... p.3
We're Playing a Role in the Digital Public Library of America..... p.4
Events..... p.4
Exhibits..... p.4
Have you Met..... p.5
Exhibits Provide Unique Look at Desegregation..... p.5
Have you Met..... p.6
Increase in Library Sessions Is Dramatic..... p.7
Have you Met..... p.7
W. Graham Arader Gift Creates an Unmatched Teaching Collection..... p.8
Blair Collection Adds to MIRC's Holdings..... …

Caroliniana Columns - Fall 2011, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

Mary Chesnut's Illustrated Diary, Mulberry Edition..... p.1
Simms Initiatives Website Goes Live..... p.1
Report from the Director..... p.2
Letter from the Dean of Libraries..... p.3
Student Intern Discovers the Willie Lee Buffington Collection..... p.3
Remember ... University of South Carolina Memories..... p.14
Sigmund Abeles: Columbia Museum of Art Spotlights one of South Carolina's Own..... p.16
South Caroliniana Library Exhibits for 2012..... p.20
University South Caroliniana Society..... p.20
Memorials..... p.20

Librarians As Partners In Service-Learning Courses (Part Ii), Maureen Barry

University Libraries' Staff Publications

In Part I, I described two case studies during which I collaborated with service-learning instructors. Here, I will explore how librarian-faculty collaborations for service-learning courses are similar to or different from librarian-faculty collaborations in courses without service-learning and offer advice for librarians who may have the opportunity to support or become a partner in service-learning courses.

Librarians As Partners In Service-Learning Courses (Part I), Maureen Barry

University Libraries' Staff Publications

Service-learning is a high-impact educational practice that engages students (Kuh, 2008) and is a growing trend in higher education (Campus Compact, 2011). In 2008, my coinstructor and fellow library staff member, Cheryl Lauricella, and I incorporated service-learning in our for-credit information literacy (IL) course because we recognized that connecting information literacy to the real world through service-learning would lead to increased skill retention and engagement with the curriculum (Barry, 2011). Before this realization, when I taught my first few for-credit information literacy courses as a new professional, I asked my students to research a hobby or something related to their …

Thomas Cooper Society Newsletter - Spring 2008, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Thomas Cooper Society Newsletter

Contents:

Thomas Cooper Medal Presented to Widow of Norman Mailer..... p.1
Medieval Manuscripts from Across the State Exhibited at Thomas Cooper Library..... p.1
Special Collectctions Addition to Thomas Cooper Library..... p.3
Rare Robert Burns Manuscripts Added to the Roy Collectction at the University Libraries..... p.3
Beowulf Story Inspires Exhibit at Thomas Cooper Library..... p.4
British Author Presents Lectcture on Giuseppe Garibaldi..... p.4
Michael and Carol Smith Endow European History Library Fund..... p.5
In Memoriam: John Newman Olsgaard, Robert D. Thornton, and Kenneth Eldridge Toombs..... p.5
Exhibit Highlights Four Hundred Years of Scientific Publishing..... p.6
Two Fitzgerald Exhibits Mounted at Thomas …

Reflections - Spring 2008, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Reflections

Contents:

Medieval Manuscripts from Across the State Exhibited at Thomas Cooper Library.....p. 1
“He Never Stood in the Way of Progress” Robert E. McNair (1923–2007).....p. 3
Two Fitzgerald Exhibits Mounted at Thomas Cooper Library.....p. 4
Léon Bakst Item Added to the Music Library’s John Kenneth Adams Collection.....p. 5
Fitzgerald Exhibits: Opening Remarks by Judith Felix, President of the Thomas Cooper Society.....p. 5
Exhibits and Events at TCL.....p. 5
SCPC Exhibit Focuses on South Carolina Journalists and Cartoonists.....p. 6
Music Library Hosts Exhibit of Artwork by Edwin E. Gordon.....p. 7
New Digital Collections Feature S.C. Photos and Carolina Bands.....p. 7
Beowulf …

Thomas Cooper Society Newsletter - Fall 2004, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Thomas Cooper Society Newsletter

Contents:

Libraries Receive $2 Million Gift for New Special Collections Wings..... p.1
The Thomas Cooper Society Events, 2003-2004..... p.1
University Libraries Commission Portrait of George Terry..... p.2
Library Receives Books Recalling One of USC's Founders..... p.2
Thomas Cooper Library Presents Robert Burns Colloquium and Exhibit..... p.3
A Newly Discovered Love Letter to Robert Burns..... p.4
Researchers Speak Out..... p.4
Thomas Cooper Society Presents Student Book Collecting Awards..... p.5
USC Acquires World War I Archive..... p.5
Collection of Unique Fitzgerald Screen Plays Acquired by Thomas Cooper Library..... p.5
The Donna I. Sorensen Endowment: Southern Women in the Arts.... p.6
Upcoming Exhibits..... …

Reflections - Fall 2003, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Reflections

Contents:

“Posters of the Great War” Exhibit on Display at McKissick Museum..... p.1
Herbert J. Hartsook Named Director of the South Caroliniana Library..... p.1
In Memoriam: George Plimpton..... p.2
One Year Later: Dean Paul Willis Reflects on 2002–2003..... p.2
Graphic Fiction Symposium Held November 18–19..... p.3
Linda Allman Becomes Director of Campuses Library Services..... p.3
“I-Day: September 11, 1963”..... p.3
Preservation Initiative Addresses Needs of Portrait Collection..... p.4
New Endowment Fund Supports Science and Mathematics Journal Collection..... p.5
New Map Donation Enhances Darwin Collection..... p.5
Educational Films Collection Returns to the Thomas Cooper Library..... p.5
Library Endowments Benefit Students and …

Reflections - Spring 2002, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Reflections

Contents:

In Memoriam, George D. Terry, 1950-2001
Library Receives Major American Literature Collection
Holtz Library Endowment Announced
South Caroliniana Library Opens Long-awaited Laurens Exhibit
DEIS Artist Creates Bicentennial Web-page Visuals SciFinder Scholar Installed in TCL's Science Library
Hemingway and the Thirties
Thomas Cooper Society Donates Rare WWI Poetry Books
Library Receives Jules Furthman Screenplay Archive
Audubon Exhibit
Memorial Gift for Prof. James W. Oliver
Special Collections on the Web
News from the Roy Collection
Library Exhibits Rare Bradbury Collection
Map Library Acquisitions Endowment Established
Graduate Assistantship Honors Music Librarian
University Libraries Endowments
Ex Libris Society
Payne Endowment Funds Purchase of …