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First Day Without A Desk Buddy: A Detailed Summary, Audrey H. Schwinn

Blogging the Library

Today is my first day behind the Ref. Desk without a Desk Buddy. I'm glad it's a morning shift because those are usually much quieter and less eventful than afternoon shifts. All of the librarians have reassured me that if I need help answering a question I can just call any of them, but so far I've been fine. I've been keeping a list of everything that occurs at the Desk this morning so that I can properly document my first day out here by myself. So far it hasn't been terribly interesting, but right now I'm ok with that. …

Long Lost Freshmen Traditions: The Infamous Dink, Sierra R. Green

Blogging the Library

Hello and happy Wednesday everyone! This week I have been submerged in a past world in which harassing freshmen was a college sanctioned activity. This chapter in Gettysburg College history finds a voice within my unprocessed collection thanks to the curiosity of Mr. Jerold Wikoff. [excerpt]

Exploring Library Room 20 - The Library Instruction Lair, Audrey H. Schwinn

Blogging the Library

For the last couple of weeks, in addition to working behind the Reference Desk, I have also been further investigating the Instruction part of the Reference & Instruction Department. While some instruction necessarily happens at the desk, the librarians have a chance to get more in-depth into teaching research skills when professors bring their students into the computer lab classroom in the basement. In the past couple weeks I have observed an English 101 and a 200-level Psych class, and my own Environmental Issues class was also brought in to meet with a librarian. [excerpt]

Ms-018 Wikoff, Sierra R. Green

Blogging the Library

I am pleased to tell all of you that my (partially) processed collection has been given an official manuscript collection number and title: MS-018 Wikoff! With this new technical title has come a number of exciting experiences for me this past week as the Special Collections Intern.

My primary task these past few days has been to think through how to arrange and describe MS-018 Wikoff. This was a really informative and challenging experience for me. Although I had read through an archival manual and had looked at a number of the finding aids already created by others, I still …

Love And War: A Serendipitous Sweetheart Story, Sierra R. Green

Blogging the Library

Let me just say that I love that its my job to read and process the recorded memories of alumni during World War II. It is just so amazing to me that I can take part in the eternal preservation of these pieces of history! As I mentioned in my last post, I am in the midst of processing a collection of letters, papers and photographs compiled by the senior editor of the Gettysburg Magazine, Jerold Wikoff. Last week, I spent the majority of my time simply reading through and getting to know the stories of various Gettysburg alums that …

Recent Discovery: Answering Research Questions Is Not Impossible, Audrey H. Schwinn

Blogging the Library

Having a name plate is still the most exciting part about being behind the Reference Desk. (It's the little things in life that really make a difference.) But almost equally exciting is that I have now successfully answered several research questions! I am continuing to learn how to do things and, more importantly, I am (usually) remembering how to do them. The other librarians are still taking turns being my "Desk Buddy" so there is always someone to help me answer the questions, but I am starting to provide students and other patrons with helpful information on my own. [ …

Acid-Free Paper, Unprocessed Collections, And Some French Farmers, Sierra R. Green

Blogging the Library

Hello everyone! This week as the Special Collections Fortenbaugh Intern I have been ushered from the figurative world of Archival processing methods and principles into the world of acid free paper and unprocessed collections! After having finished reading through the manual I discussed in my last post, Karen (Director of Special Collections) walked me through the unprocessed collections within the college's possession. After having told me a number of quirky stories attached to many of these collections, Karen gave me some time to explore the unprocessed material and see which collection most catches my eye. [excerpt]

They've Begun To Teach Me Their Ways... Soon I Will Be One Of Them..., Audrey H. Schwinn

Blogging the Library

My name is Audrey Schwinn and I am the Spring 2011 Fortenbaugh Intern for the Reference and Instruction Department at Gettysburg College's Musselman Library. I am originally from Maine, but for the last three and a half years I have been down here in Gettysburg working towards my B.A. in English. (If everything goes according to plan, I will graduate in May.)

This brings me to the familiar question of "What do you do with a B.A. in English?" The Center for Career Development would probably tell you that 'you can do anything with an English degree,' but as for …

Hello And Welcome! First Week As The Fortenbaugh Intern, Sierra R. Green

Blogging the Library

Hello and welcome to Blogging the Library! My name is Sierra Green and I am the Esther K. Fortenbaugh Intern this semester in Special Collections at Gettysburg College.

As the Fortenbaugh Intern for the semester, I will have the exciting opportunity of working alongside our library's archivists in Special Collections. I am really looking forward to gaining firsthand experience within the archival field throughout the semester! [excerpt]

'A Blood-Stained Corpse In The Butler's Pantry’: The Queensland Bush Book Club, Robin Wagner

All Musselman Library Staff Works

Lending libraries were not the norm in 1934 when the Carnegie Corporation of New York sent American librarian, Ralph Munn, to conduct a study of the condition of Australian libraries. In his initial survey Munn learned of the Queensland Bush Book Club, an organization of well-to-do, philanthropic women from Brisbane who had established a book lending service for settlers in the Outback. They hoped to ease the drudgery and lighten the burden faced by isolated women and their families in the rural areas. The antidote was a regular parcel of “proper” reading matter which included books, newspapers and magazines. They …

The Faculty Notebook, October 2010, Provost's Office

Faculty Notebook

The Faculty Notebook is published periodically by the Office of the Provost at Gettysburg College to bring to the attention of the campus community accomplishments and activities of academic interest. Faculty are encouraged to submit materials for consideration for publication to the Associate Provost for Faculty Development. Copies of this publication are available at the Office of the Provost.

Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Fall 2010, Musselman Library

Friends of Musselman Library Newsletter

Table of Contents: From the Director: Open Stacks (Robin Wagner); Save the Date: Books and Reading in the Australian Outback; Library Gets Makeover; Honor with Books (Gregg Williams ’10, Karen Pinto); Call for Entries for 30^th Remembrances; GettDigital: Theatre Arts (George Muschamp ’66); Naval Civil War Broadside Purchased; Focus on Philanthropy (Paul Muchinsky ’69, Karen Drickamer); Glatfelter Lodge Glass Windows (J. William Warehime ’50, Jean LeGros ’73); Paulette and Students Shift Books Over Summer (Paulette Bount, Ross Nicholas ’13); Exhibits: Classes, Photo of the Day (Lucy Marinova ’12, Munya Choga ’12, Jennifer Lazuta ’07, Kathy Cain, Michael Hobor ’69, …

You've Gotta Read This: Summer Reading At Musselman Library (2010), Musselman Library

You’ve Gotta Read This: Summer Reading at Musselman Library

Each year Musselman Library asks Gettysburg College faculty, staff, and administrators to help create a suggested summer reading list to inspire students and the rest of our campus community to take time in the summer to sit back, relax, and read. These summer reading picks are guaranteed to offer much adventure, drama, and fun!

How To Cut A Third Of Your Journal Subscriptions (And Keep Faculty Happy), Janelle L. Wertzberger, Kathleen D'Angelo

All Musselman Library Staff Works

When faced with a 0% budget increase for fiscal year 2010, librarians at Gettysburg College designed a comprehensive review of journal subscriptions. Library staff began by gathering data about format(s), price, publisher, and more. Then subject librarians consulted with academic departments and asked faculty to review titles for relevance to current research and curriculum. 100% of departments cooperated with the review with a mixture of enthusiasm and concern; in the end, most offered to cancel about a third of their journal titles. By trimming multiple format subscriptions, relying on aggregator databases for full text content, cancelling titles that no longer …

Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Spring 2010, Musselman Library

Friends of Musselman Library Newsletter

Table of Contents: From the Director: In House Book Repair (Robin Wagner); Hobor Gives Library a Shopping Spree (Mike Hobor ’69, Robin Wagner, Kathy D’Angelo); Save the Date: Hidden Histories; Book Binding Terms; Basket from Sophomore Class (Andrew Ferreira ’12, Mary Evangeliste); What’s New in Special Collections: Battle of Pickett’s Charge, “Tartaria”, and Confederate Bond (Karen Drickamer); Exhibits (Mike Hobor ’69, John Kovaleski, Eileen Stillwaggon); Gettdigital: Journey to the Mediterranean (Katherine Downton); Librarians go Behind Scenes of Cyclorama (Christine Ameduri, Janelle Wertzberger, Meggan Emler Smith '04); Tribute to Robert Fortenbaugh '44 and Fortenbaugh Interns (Lina Smith Terjesen ’06); Hundreds of …

The Faculty Notebook, April 2010, Provost's Office

Faculty Notebook

The Faculty Notebook is published periodically by the Office of the Provost at Gettysburg College to bring to the attention of the campus community accomplishments and activities of academic interest. Faculty are encouraged to submit materials for consideration for publication to the Associate Provost for Faculty Development. Copies of this publication are available at the Office of the Provost.

'Not Yet Ready': Australian University Libraries And Carnegie Corporation Philanthropy, 1935-1945, Michael J. Birkner

History Faculty Publications

In recent years the Carnegie Corporation's influence on Australian library development has been fruitfully examined from many angles, among them its role in promoting free-library movements in the various states. One piece of the story, however, remains mostly in the shadows: the Corporation's initiatives pointing towards modernizing and professionalizing Australian university libraries. Although the Corporation's philanthropic enterprise at the university level yielded mixed results at best, it was not inconsequential. It provided a blueprint for future university-library development in Australia. In one instance, at the University of Melbourne, it inspired a vice-chancellor to articulate a vision of a library future …

'A Little Bit Of Love For Me And A Murder For My Old Man': The Queensland Bush Book Club, Robin Wagner

All Musselman Library Staff Works

This paper addresses rural book distribution in an era before free public libraries came to Australia. Well-to-do, city women established clubs, which solicited donations of “proper reading matter” and raised funds for the purchase of books for their “deprived sisters” in the Outback. They took advantage of a well-developed rail system to deliver book parcels to rural families. In New South Wales and Queensland they were known as Bush Book Clubs.

Testimonials found in the Clubs’ annual reports provide a snapshot of the hard scrabble frontier life and the gratitude with which these parcels were received. This paper looks at …

The Faculty Notebook, October 2009, Provost's Office

Faculty Notebook

The Faculty Notebook is published periodically by the Office of the Provost at Gettysburg College to bring to the attention of the campus community accomplishments and activities of academic interest. Faculty are encouraged to submit materials for consideration for publication to the Associate Provost for Faculty Development. Copies of this publication are available at the Office of the Provost.

Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Fall 2009, Musselman Library

Friends of Musselman Library Newsletter

Table of Contents:

From the Director: Celebrating the Art of the Book (Christine Ameduri, Barbara Holley ’54, Robin Wagner); Alumnus uses GettDigital to Celebrate 40th Reunion (Kenneith Maskell); Exhibit Explores Art of the Book; Music at Musselman: Madama Butterfly (Kay Hoke, Katherine Rodda ’10); Special Collection’s Exhibit “Return to Wonderland”: 19th and Early 20th Century Children’s Literature; Save the Date: Brittle Books and Broken Bindings (Christine Ameduri); Library donated 2,849 items to the Adams County Public Library (Denise Weldon-Siviy); Gettdigital: Gettysburg Postcards; Exhibits: Student Photos of Asia (Douglas J. Berkowitz ’10, Melissa Gagermeier ’10); Library’s Map Image Made the Cover …

You've Gotta Read This: Summer Reading At Musselman Library (2009), Musselman Library

You’ve Gotta Read This: Summer Reading at Musselman Library

Each year Musselman Library asks Gettysburg College faculty, staff, and administrators to help create a suggested summer reading list to inspire students and the rest of our campus community to take time in the summer to sit back, relax, and read. These summer reading picks are guaranteed to offer much adventure, drama, and fun!

The Faculty Notebook, May 2009, Provost's Office

Faculty Notebook

The Faculty Notebook is published periodically by the Office of the Provost at Gettysburg College to bring to the attention of the campus community accomplishments and activities of academic interest. Faculty are encouraged to submit materials for consideration for publication to the Associate Provost for Faculty Development. Copies of this publication are available at the Office of the Provost.

Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Spring 2009, Musselman Library

Friends of Musselman Library Newsletter

Table of Contents:

From the Director: How Library is Fairing in Tough Economy and Gift Appreciation (Robin Wagner); Student Exhibit: Anukul Gurung ‘09 Kathmandu, Nepal; Library Helps Student Charities (Angela Chongpinitchai ’09); Save the Date: Bill McKibben; Exhibits: “Discover other Worlds”; Hidden Talents: Images of Italy by Dan DeNicola; Alumnus Donates Over 800 Books (Fred Wright Hopkins Jr. ’56); Focus on Philanthropy: Harlowe DeForest Hardinge (Tim Shannon); GettDigital: Travel Back to 1924 Gettysburg; Gett Down With Your Funky Shelf (Anskar Fosse ’11, Patricia Veasey ’11) Alumni Collector: A Tribute to Rev. Frederick S. Weiser (Reverend Fredrick Weiser ’57); George Sweet …

The Faculty Notebook, February 2009, Provost's Office

Faculty Notebook

The Faculty Notebook is published periodically by the Office of the Provost at Gettysburg College to bring to the attention of the campus community accomplishments and activities of academic interest. Faculty are encouraged to submit materials for consideration for publication to the Associate Provost for Faculty Development. Copies of this publication are available at the Office of the Provost.

Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Fall 2008, Musselman Library

Friends of Musselman Library Newsletter

Table of Contents:

From the Director: Library’s Work with Student Employees and Interns (Barbara Holley ’54, Robert Fortenbaugh ’44, Esther Kenyon Fortenbaugh ’46); Larry Marschall’s Rainbow Shot; Library Improving User Services (Lisa McNamee, Mary Evangaliste, Gale Baker); Torn Asunder and Reunited: The American Past and Lincoln (William C. Wright ’61, Joshua Stuart ’11); Music at Musselman: Quintet; Save the Date: Torn Asunder; Richard Sautter Portrays James E. Murdoch; LibGuides; Digital Signage; Hidden Talents (John Regentin); Exhibits: Student’s Galapagos Adventure (Stephanie Molina ’09); Report of Gifts 2007-2008; Focus on Philanthropy: The China Collections (Mike Hobor ’69 and Nancy Hobor); Gettysburg Memorabilia; …

The Faculty Notebook, September 2008, Provost's Office

Faculty Notebook

The Faculty Notebook is published periodically by the Office of the Provost at Gettysburg College to bring to the attention of the campus community accomplishments and activities of academic interest. Faculty are encouraged to submit materials for consideration for publication to the Associate Provost for Faculty Development. Copies of this publication are available at the Office of the Provost.

You've Gotta Read This: Summer Reading At Musselman Library (2008), Musselman Library

You’ve Gotta Read This: Summer Reading at Musselman Library

Each year Musselman Library asks Gettysburg College faculty, staff, and administrators to help create a suggested summer reading list to inspire students and the rest of our campus community to take time in the summer to sit back, relax, and read. These summer reading picks are guaranteed to offer much adventure, drama, and fun!

The Faculty Notebook, May 2008, Provost's Office

Faculty Notebook

The Faculty Notebook is published periodically by the Office of the Provost at Gettysburg College to bring to the attention of the campus community accomplishments and activities of academic interest. Faculty are encouraged to submit materials for consideration for publication to the Associate Provost for Faculty Development. Copies of this publication are available at the Office of the Provost.

Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Spring 2008, Musselman Library

Friends of Musselman Library Newsletter

Table of Contents: From the Director: Honor with Books Kick-Off (Robin Wagner, Brittany Bloam ’07, Jack Ryan, Robert Bohrer); Library Helps Information Literacy (Katherine Downton); Save the Date: Piano Trio; Library Lingo (Kathy D’Angelo); Federated Searching; Focus on Philanthropy: Rare American Bible Folios (Geoff Jackson ‘91); Phi Kappa Psi Papers (Reverend Fredrick Weiser ’57, Ned Brownley ’53); Rare Albumen Prints of the Gettysburg Battlefield; Gettysburg Semester (Allen Guelzo); 2 WWII Propaganda Posters; GettDigital: How It Is Done (Tina Gebhart); Hidden Talents (Neil Beach, Kathy Bradley, Kim Davidson, Julia Hendon, Suzy Miller, Janelle Wertzberger); Library Exhibits (Lindsay Treworgy ’08); LP Records …

The Faculty Notebook, February 2008, Provost's Office

Faculty Notebook

The Faculty Notebook is published periodically by the Office of the Provost at Gettysburg College to bring to the attention of the campus community accomplishments and activities of academic interest. Faculty are encouraged to submit materials for consideration for publication to the Associate Provost for Faculty Development. Copies of this publication are available at the Office of the Provost.