Library Staff News

Conference Attendance

Karen Cudjoe, student worker supervisor in the Circulation and Multimedia Services Department in Langsam Library and UC adjunct professor, presented “Traditional Strategies for Nurturing and Sustaining Black Women: A Case for Revisiting African Cultural Knowledge and Traditional Practices” at The Association for the Study of Classical Civilizations’ (ASCAC) 26th Annual Midwest Regional Conference on November 5, 2011. The theme of the conference was “Return to the Source: Voices & Texts in Ancient African Studies.”

Peter Poulos, information technology analyst in the Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library, presented a paper entitled “Victoria a Genova: Modelli ed influenza.” at the Società Italiana di Musicologia, in Genoa, Italy, on October 21, 2011.

Holly Prochaska, head of the Geology-Mathematics-Physics Library and head of the Preservation Services and Lab, attended the “Exploring Maps: History, Fabrication, and Preservation” conference in Philadelphia, November 2-3, 2011. It was hosted by the Conservation Center.

Sharon Purtee, associate senior librarian in Technical Services, and Edith Starbuck, senior research associate in the Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library, together presented the paper “Managing Journals by Committee” at the Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association conference in Indianapolis on October 9, 2011. They presented the paper a second time for the Cincinnati Area Health Sciences Libraries Association TechConvo group on November 14, 2011.

Personnel News

Sarah Maguire was appointed library associate 1 in the Reference and Instructional Services Department effective November 28, 2011.

The following staff members were recognized from the University for reaching milestone anniversaries during the last half of 2011 for their years of service:

Stephanie Bricking, 5 years David Hensley, 15 years Max Abel, 30 years
Janice Schulz, 5 years Peter Poulos, 15 years Gregory Borkenhagen, 30 years
Lisa Haitz, 10 years Karen Cudjoe, 25 years Daniel Burke, 30 years
Victoria Montavon, 10 years June Taylor-Slaughter, 25 years Michael Braunlin, 35 years
Janice Hutzler, 55 years

Honor

Dorothy Byers, senior librarian emeritus and former head of the Engineering Library (now the College of Engineering and Applied Science Library), received the Homer I. Bernhardt Distinguished Service Award at the 2011 American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) conference in Vancouver, BC. The Engineering Libraries Division of ASEE presents this
prestigious honor, which recognizes individuals whose work contributes to the advancement and development of excellence in engineering libraries.

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