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Volume 18, Number 1, Spring 2012
Volume 18, Number 1, Spring 2012
UConn Libraries Newsletter
2 The Vice Provost explores the inevitability of change and the Libraries’ innovative responses to it.
3 A documentary about veterans, produced by two students, features the Waterbury Library.
4 Staff maintain a welcoming green oasis in Homer Babbidge Library.
5 Archives & Special Collections opens writer Michael Rumaker’s Papers to researchers.
6 An anthropologist contends ethnographic methods will help libraries.
7 Therapy dogs ease frayed nerves of students facing finals at Homer Babbidge Library in the popular Paws to Relax program.
8 Library friend UConn Emeritus Professor of Art Roger Crossgrove celebrates his 90th birthday.
9 Lisa Laplante named …
Uconn Libraries Newsletter Volume 18 Number 1
Uconn Libraries Newsletter Volume 18 Number 1
UConn Libraries Newsletter
2 The Vice Provost explores the inevitability of change and the Libraries’ innovative responses to it.
3 A documentary about veterans, produced by two students, features the Waterbury Library.
4 Staff maintain a welcoming green oasis in Homer Babbidge Library.
5 Archives & Special Collections opens writer Michael Rumaker’s Papers to researchers.
6 An anthropologist contends ethnographic methods will help libraries.
7 Therapy dogs ease frayed nerves of students facing finals at Homer Babbidge Library in the popular Paws to Relax program.
8 Library friend UConn Emeritus Professor of Art Roger Crossgrove celebrates his 90th birthday.
9 Lisa Laplante named …
Uconn Libraries Newsletter
UConn Libraries Newsletter
2 Vice Provost notes exciting things happening on campus and in the Libraries.
3 New computer technology provides remote access to the Libraries' licensed software, anytime, anywhere.
4 Billie Levy receives NCLC Distinguished Service Award.
5 Staff member David Avery recognized as academic mentor.
6 New fund launched for UConn authors who publish in open access journals.
7 Kindertransport through the eyes of survivors and Archives & Special Collections.
8 Library events captured in photos.
9 Dodd Prize awarded to human rights litigation experts.
10 New staff and anniversaries.
11 A remembrance of preservationist Jan Merrill-Oldham.
12 Current art exhibits.
Volume 17, Number 1, March/April 2011, Jean C. Nelson
Volume 17, Number 1, March/April 2011, Jean C. Nelson
UConn Libraries Newsletter
Page 1 - We look at the University's transition to requiring Master Theses be placed into UConn's Digital Commons Institutional Repository. The Archives & Special Collections receives the collection of African-American poet and artist Allen Polite.
Page 2 - The Vice Provost for University Libraries presents the results of the recent LibQual+® survey. The Director of the UConn Health Center Library provides an overview of the new efforts to communicate across the campuses on issues of copyright and access to research.
Page 3 - Our regional campus libraries give us a glimpse of what is happening on their campuses. We …
Volume 16, Number 4: November/December 2010, Jean C. Nelson
Volume 16, Number 4: November/December 2010, Jean C. Nelson
UConn Libraries Newsletter
Page 2 The Vice Provost for University Libraries reflects on the changes we have seen as an institution and how the financial support of our friends has enabled us to invest in learning.
Page 3 Research in the Archives & Special Collections uncovers the story of political activist Vivien Kellems.
Page 4 Fall Library Forum takes on the classroom versus online learning debate.
Page 5 In a guest column, the department head for UConn’s Journalism Department highlights the risks journalists are taking in Mexico.
Page 6 A visual look at a full fall semester of activities.
Page 7 The Dodd …
Volume 16, Number 3, September/October Newsletter
Volume 16, Number 3, September/October Newsletter
UConn Libraries Newsletter
Page 2 The Vice Provost for University Libraries says the campus community will notice a significant number of improvements to the Libraries this fall. The Map and Geographic Information Center, together with the Connecticut Geographic Alliance, hosted its first geospatial workshop for teachers in August. Page 3 The papers of noted children’s literature illustrator and author Leonard Weisgard are donated to the Northeast Children’s Literature Collection. Page 4 An improved instant messaging system for help debuts. New collaborative spaces are installed at the regional campus libraries. Page 5 In a guest column, the interim director of the Puerto Rican and …
Volume 16, Number 2: April/May 2010
Volume 16, Number 2: April/May 2010
UConn Libraries Newsletter
Page 2 The Vice Provost for University Libraries reflects on Google’s recent experience in China. • A new digital collection of 19th-century Spanish women’s magazines is now available to researchers. Page 3 Collector Gary Wait donates a treasure trove of juvenile literature from the 19th century to the Northeast Children’s Literature Collection at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center. Page 4 The Map and Geographic Information Center offers a new internship program, where students earn three academic credits and work eight hours a week while developing advanced Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and digitization skills. Page 5 Associate Professor of Anthropology …
Volume 16, Number 1: February/March 2010, Suzanne Zack
Volume 16, Number 1: February/March 2010, Suzanne Zack
UConn Libraries Newsletter
Page 2 The University’s Capital Campaign supports the increasingly popular Libraries, according to the Vice Provost for University Libraries.
The new electronic devices available for loan are hot items.
Page 3 Alumni artists Janet Cummings Good ’66 and Peter Good ’65 do a 10 year retrospective of their popular long and literate wall calendar in the Dodd Research Center.
Page 4 Art & Design Librarian Michael Young traveled to the pilgrimage site of Loreto, Italy to research why there are more than 50 copies of the San Loreto's Holy House in the Czech Republic.
Page 5 Professor William H. Foster …
Volume 15, Number 4: November/December 2009, Suzanne Zack
Volume 15, Number 4: November/December 2009, Suzanne Zack
UConn Libraries Newsletter
Page 2 The Vice Provost for University Libraries looks at how undergraduates are being supported by the library.
Faculty learn the nuances of making map mash-ups for their classes.
Page 3 Scholars come from throughout the U.S. and abroad to research at Archives & Special Collections at the Dodd Research Center.
Page 5 A trip to Kenya by a journalism professor opens a door to the world for his students.
Volume 15, Number 3: September/October 2009, Suzanne Zack
Volume 15, Number 3: September/October 2009, Suzanne Zack
UConn Libraries Newsletter
Page 2 The Vice Provost for University Libraries contends the library’s new organizational structure, which aligns with the University’s Academic Plan, will improve services to users.
Page 3 UConn alumna and former UConn librarian Nancy Mattoon Kline ’59 pledges seed money to establish the Earl and Dora Mattoon Ward Fund for Human Rights Photojournalism Collections at the Dodd Research Center.
Page 5 The new director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies traces its 35 year history and future plans.
Volume 15, Number 2: April/May 2009, Suzanne Zack
Volume 15, Number 2: April/May 2009, Suzanne Zack
UConn Libraries Newsletter
Page 2: Vice Provost for University Libraries recounts the Libraries' accomplishments made in the face of a challenging economy.
Page 3: Veteran writer and editor Alexander Gavitt Jr. from UConn's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources donates his papers to the Dodd Research Center.
Page 5: The late animal cloning pioneer Jerry Yang is remembered by a former graduate student.
Volume 15, Number 1: February/March 2009, Suzanne Zack
Volume 15, Number 1: February/March 2009, Suzanne Zack
UConn Libraries Newsletter
Page 2 - Vice Provost for University Libraries and Emeritus Director of University Libraries launch a new endowment for art exhibits and a new series in honor of Emeritus Professor of Art Roger Crossgrove.
Page 3 - An artist from California embarks on a new art installation in Babbidge Library.
Page 4 - A librarian and School of Nursing faculty member incorporate a research component into a class.
Page 5 - In the guest column on diversity issues, Women’s Studies Director Manisha Desai reflects on last November’s terrorist attacks in her hometown of Mumbai.
Page 6 - Senior administrator William …
Volume 14, Number 3: September/October 2008, Suzanne Zack
Volume 14, Number 3: September/October 2008, Suzanne Zack
UConn Libraries Newsletter
Page 2 -The Vice Provost for University Libraries looks at how the Libraries’ strategic plan will support the University’s academic plan.
Page 3 - Profile of artist Hans Weiss.
Page 4 - Noted children’s literature author Leonard S. Marcus to speak October 22.
Page 5 - In a guest column, the Vice President for Enrollment Planning, Management, and Institutional Research examines diversity, enrollment, and the University’s academic plan.
Page 6 - Both the longtime head of MAGIC and the Dodd Research Center retire.
Volume 14, Number 2: April/May 2008, Suzanne Zack
Volume 14, Number 2: April/May 2008, Suzanne Zack
UConn Libraries Newsletter
Page 2 - The vice provost for University Libraries examines library initiatives that support diversity.
Page 2 - Women’s rights ignored in many countries, says former judge at The Hague.
Page 3 - Former U.S. Rep. Nancy L. Johnson continues efforts to improve health care in U.S.
Page 5 - Conference marks new degree in African American studies.
Page 6 - Survey of students’ studying needs done at regional campus libraries.
Page 7 - Marshall and Levy research grants available at Dodd Research Center.
Volume 14, Number 4: November/December 2008, Suzanne Zack
Volume 14, Number 4: November/December 2008, Suzanne Zack
UConn Libraries Newsletter
Page 2 - Vice Provost for University Libraries Brinley Franklin reflects on Google’s 10th birthday.
Page 3 - Noted children’s literature writer, historian, and critic Leonard S. Marcus delivers a lecture at the Dodd Research Center.
Page 4 - A new collection of cetacean books is donated to the Avery Point Campus Library.
Page 5 - Asian American Studies marks its 15th anniversary at UConn with a conference.
Page 6 - UConn proves to be a top user of the Roper Center.
Page 7 - Lifelong learning occurring at UConn’s Waterbury campus with OLLI.
Volume 14, Number 1: February/March 2008, Suzanne Zack
Volume 14, Number 1: February/March 2008, Suzanne Zack
UConn Libraries Newsletter
Page 2 - The vice provost for University Libraries examines what the Libraries are doing to support the University’s new academic plan.
Page 2 - Poems and papers belonging to Louise Gaffney Flannigan, sister and wife to brakemen for the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, who served as poetess of the Brotherhood of Railroad Brakemen Lodge No. 201.
Page 3 - Werner Pfeiffer, an artist whose book sculpture “Endangered Species” will be permanently installed in Bookworms Café is profiled.
Page 5 - The director of the Women’s Center traces the beginnings of the Center 35 years ago and …
Volume 13, Number 3: September/October 2007, Suzanne Zack
Volume 13, Number 3: September/October 2007, Suzanne Zack
UConn Libraries Newsletter
Page 2 - The Vice Provost for University Libraries looks forward to the digitization of important components of the collection, making streaming video available on course reserve, and other new initiatives.
Page 2 - The head of reference services at UConn’s School of Law Library examines the changing face of legal scholarship.
Page 3 - The area head for Information Technology Services reflects upon his summer in Vietnam, teaching the country’s upcoming generation of librarians.
Page 4 - The Dodd Research Center’s curators collaborate with faculty to use the center’s collections in classes.
Page 5 - In a guest column …
Volume 13, Number 2: April/May 2007, Suzanne Zack
Volume 13, Number 2: April/May 2007, Suzanne Zack
UConn Libraries Newsletter
Page 2 – The Vice Provost for University Libraries reflects upon the strides made in the last year.
Page 3 - Ornithologist David Sibley’s Edwin Way Teale lecture is featured.
Page 5 - In a guest column on diversity issues, Professor Hedley Freake examines what UConn is doing to engender cultural understanding in students.
Page 6 - Staff anniversaries and awards.
Page 7 - Finding articles, images, and music easier with new database locator.
Volume 13, Number 4: November/December 2007, Suzanne Zack
Volume 13, Number 4: November/December 2007, Suzanne Zack
UConn Libraries Newsletter
Page 2 - The Vice Provost for University Libraries reflects upon the Libraries’ entry into the world of mass digitization of books.
Page 2 - A new worldwide directory of national and international union catalogs debuts at the Libraries.
Page 3 - A Chinese scholar delves into America’s counterculture of the 60s and 70s at the Dodd Research Center.
Page 5 - In a guest column on diversity issues, the director of the Rainbow Center talks about the Center’s efforts to support gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students.
Volume 13, Number 1: February/March 2007, Suzanne Zack
Volume 13, Number 1: February/March 2007, Suzanne Zack
UConn Libraries Newsletter
Page 2 – The Vice Provost for University Libraries examines how the libraries are responding to 21st century student learning.
Page 3 - Children’s author and donor to the Northeast Children’s Literature Collection Susan Bivin Aller is featured.
Page 5 - In a guest column on diversity issues, Theo. Van Alst describes the events sponsored by Native American Cultural Society Office.
Volume 12, Number 3: September/October 2006, Suzanne Zack
Volume 12, Number 3: September/October 2006, Suzanne Zack
UConn Libraries Newsletter
Page 2 - The Vice Provost for University Libraries explains the Libraries' role in the campus diversity initiative.
Page 3 - Assistant Professor of History Charles McGraw and his students discover how history is written by delving into the Dodd Research Center’s collections.
Page 4 - The Library achieves a landmark by placing 7,500 UConn doctoral dissertations in Homer, the Libraries’ online catalog.
Page 5 - In a guest column the vice provost for multicultural and international affairs discusses the University-wide focus on diversity.
Page 6 - Staff News: librarian David McChesney retires after more than a quarter century of …
Volume 12, Number 2: April/May 2006, Suzanne Zack
Volume 12, Number 2: April/May 2006, Suzanne Zack
UConn Libraries Newsletter
Page 2 - The Vice Provost for University libraries looks at the steps the library has taken this year toward achieving its Strategic Plan 2010.
Page 3 - Bill Frederiksen, still a practicing artist in his 90s, shares his personal view of Watergate through his art.
Page 5 - Students share their thoughts on what do and what they’ve learned by working in the library.
Page 6 - Staff News: service anniversaries and new faces
Page 7 - Peter Good & son to design husky dog sculpture.
Volume 12, Number 1: February/March 2006, Suzanne Zack
Volume 12, Number 1: February/March 2006, Suzanne Zack
UConn Libraries Newsletter
Page 2 - The Vice Provost for University libraries reflects on what constitutes the library as place.
Page 3 - Norman Stevens, emeritus director of the University of Connecticut Libraries is profiled.
Page 5 - The Julia Brooker Thompson Library joins in the 40th anniversary of the Torrington campus.
Page 6 - The Class of 1956 will support the University archives with its class gift.
Volume 12, Number 4: November/December 2006, Suzanne Zack
Volume 12, Number 4: November/December 2006, Suzanne Zack
UConn Libraries Newsletter
Page 2 - The Vice Provost for University Libraries reviews the comments made and conclusions reached in the 2006 Library User Survey.
Page 3 - Professor James Crawford of Cambridge University delivers the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Distinguished Lecture.
Page 4 - An illustrated copy of Salvador Dali’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is donated to the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.
Page 5 - In a guest column on diversity issues, Associate Professor of Sociology and Asian American Studies Bandana Purkayastha discusses children of immigrants.
Volume 11, Number 3: September/October 2005, Suzanne Zack
Volume 11, Number 3: September/October 2005, Suzanne Zack
UConn Libraries Newsletter
Page 2 – The University and its Libraries celebrate 125 years of growth and service to the citizens of Connecticut. • UConn joins the Center for Research Libraries, the nation’s oldest and most significant library consortium.
Page 3 - A profile of Stanley Israelite recounts his civic contributions and his role as a creator of the Dodd
Research Center.
Page 4 - The Thomas J. Dodd Research Center celebrates its 10th anniversary with a series of special events. • The Pharmacy Library occupies new quarters in UConn’s new Pharmacy/Biology Building.
Page 5 - The 2005 Connecticut Children’s Book Fair features …
Volume 11, Number 1: February/March 2005, Suzanne Zack
Volume 11, Number 1: February/March 2005, Suzanne Zack
UConn Libraries Newsletter
Page 2 - Brinley Franklin and Scott Kennedy find much to celebrate as the library adapts to a world of digital information
Page 3 - Richard Schimmelpfeng, the first director of the library’s special collections department, continues to volunteer his time and donate his collections to the library.
Page 6 - Staff News: Brinley Franklin is promoted to Vice Provost of University Libraries. Iris King retires after 34 years of service to the University Libraries. Tony Hopkins joins the Tri-Campus Libraries staff.
Page 7 - Donors to the University Libraries, July 1 – December 31, 2004
Volume 11, Number 2: April/May 2005, Suzanne Zack
Volume 11, Number 2: April/May 2005, Suzanne Zack
UConn Libraries Newsletter
Page 2 – The Vice Provost cites 2004/2005 as a year of significant accomplishments for the Libraries. • The Dodd Research Center and the Human Rights Institute plan a conference on economic human rights for October.
Page 3 - Researcher Bill V. Mullen talks about the work of avant garde musician, composer, and author Fred Ho, whose archive is in Archives & Special Collections.
Page 4 - Students tell us why they come to the library. • The Dodd Research Center commissions two students to create a logo for its 10th anniversary celebration. • Fragile pamphlets are given new life …
Volume 11, Number 4: November/December 2005, Suzanne Zack
Volume 11, Number 4: November/December 2005, Suzanne Zack
UConn Libraries Newsletter
Page 2 - The vice provost for University Libraries writes about the many efforts underway to archive electronic resources for future use. • The director of the Tri-Campus Libraries comments on freedom of speech & the academic library.
Page 3 - Manuscripts from Archives & Special Collections record the recollections of a Civil War nurse, a Connecticut naturalist, and a prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials.
Page 4 - A WPA mural by James Daugherty is rescued and installed in the Jeremy Richard Library. • Access Services finds new ways to improve services for library users.
Page 5 - A renovated …
Volume 10, Number 2: April/May 2004, Suzanne Zack
Volume 10, Number 2: April/May 2004, Suzanne Zack
UConn Libraries Newsletter
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Volume 10, Number 4: November/December 2004, Suzanne Zack
Volume 10, Number 4: November/December 2004, Suzanne Zack
UConn Libraries Newsletter
Page 2 – A is for Access. The librarian’s role is changing from manager of materials to manager of access to materials. Where Will Your Research Be Tomorrow? Institutional repositories hope to preserve research created on-campus.
Page 3 - An Ideal Collaboration. Librarians provide research support for UConn/Stamford Author Nechama Tec
Page 4 - In Brief. Naxos is a new online music collection. A new method for binding paperback books saves the cover information. Archives & Special Collections add new collections.
Page 5 - In Brief. ARTstor is a major new collection of online art images. Human Rights Internet Archives …