Library Staff News

Conference Participation

Francis Ott Allen, associate librarian, gave a presentation about University Libraries’ German-Americana Collection at the Germanists Discussion Group Meeting held June 27 in Orlando Florida. In addition, Allen was reappointed by the Governor’s Office to serve on the Ohioana Library Association Board of Trustees. Ohioana’s current holdings include over 40,000 books, 10,000 pieces of sheet music, scrapbooks and biographical files on more than 20,000 Ohio writers, artists, musicians and other notable Ohioans. The books are written by Ohioans or are about Ohio or Ohioans.

Ted Baldwin, College of Applied Science librarian, moderated a roundtable discussion for corporate chemical information professionals at the Special Libraries Association annual conference held in June. Also attending the conference were Angela Gooden, Geology-Mathematics-Physics librarian, and John Tebo, Chemistry-Biology librarian.

Lorna Newman, government documents librarian, attended a week long interagency seminar in June in Washington, D.C. hosted by the Government Printing Office (GPO). The annual seminar is an opportunity for new depository librarians to acquire up-to-date information, discuss and exchange ideas with GPO staff, and hear from federal agency representatives. Librarians from around the country attended and had an overview of information products and activities of numerous Federal Agencies as they relate to Federal Depository Libraries. Participants were also able to tour the GPO, the Library of Congress, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and the U.S. Copyright Office.

Melissa Cox Norris, director of library communications, presented “Marketing: A New Way of Doing Business” at the Ohio Library Council’s 2004 Annual Conference held September 28 through October 1 in Cincinnati, OH.

Elizabeth Meyer, visual resources librarian, attended the Summer Education Institute for Visual Resources and Image Management, sponsored by the Art Libraries Society of North America and the Visual Resources Association, July 6-10. The Institute focused on managing an image collection in both analog and digital formats.

Publishing

Kevin Grace, head of Archives & Rare Books, and Jack Klumpe, retired Cinicnnati photographer, published The Cincinnati Reds: 1950-1985. The images in the book document Klumpe’s photographic coverage of the Reds for over a quarter century (1950-1985) as he followed the team from Spring Training to the World Series. Notable players and personalities in the book include Joe Nuxhall, Pete Rose, Sparky Anderson, and others who helped define baseball in the Queen City.

Library Faculty Promotions

George Johnston, Monographs Department, was promoted to associate senior librarian.

Barb Macke, Instructional Services, was promoted to assistant librarian.

Les Vuylsteke, Reference Department, was promoted to associate senior librarian.

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