LIBRARY STAFF NEWS

Congratulations

Cheryl Ghosh, Education Reference Librarian, Dorothy Byers, Head of the Engineering Library, and Erma Fritsche, Head of Library Technology Services, along with Lisa Holstrom (Early Childhood Learning Community director), were awarded the most outstanding presentation for 2004 for their presentation “Meeting the Library Needs of Virtual Early Childhood Education Students” at The Convergence of Libraries Learning and Technology Conference held in March 2004.

Angela Gooden, Head of the Geology-Mathematics-Physics Library, received a Faculty Development Grant from the Faculty Development Council to attend the American Library Association’s Annual Conference to be held June 25-28, 2005, in Chicago, IL.

Congratulations to Wahib Nasrallah, Senior Business/Economics Librarian, on having his book United States Entrepreneurs and the Companies They Built included in the list of “Outstanding Business Reference Sources for 2004,” compiled by the American Library Association’s RUSA BRASS Business Reference Sources Committee. His title was listed among the “Other Notable Titles” section.

Mark Palkovic, Head Librarian, College-Conservatory of Music Library, received a Faculty Development Grant that will allow him to pursue individual study of book and paper conservation and preservation as they relate to libraries and archives. This summer, Mark will attend the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia to participate in “The Music of America on Paper,” taught by D.W. Krummel, professor emeritus of library science at the University of Illinois at Urbana. Following that, he will attend a course offered by the Southeastern Library Network, “Introduction to Preservation and Collections Care.” Lastly, Mark will participate in private studio study with a local renowned book binder, Gabrielle Fox.

Conference Participation

Cheryl Albrecht, Associate Dean for Public Services, Pam Bach, Head of the Langsam Library Info Commons, Donna Samuels, Senior Library Associate Specialist, and Debbie Tenofsky, Head of Reference and Instructional Services, presented a poster session “Charting the Course: An Inclusive Process for Strategic Planning” at the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) conference held in Minneapolis, MN April 7-10, 2005. Melissa Cox Norris, Director of Library Communications, designed the poster along with co-op student Christen McClanahan.

At the same ACRL Conference, Barbara Macke, Instruction Librarian, and Jane Carlin, Head of the Design, Architecture, Art and Planning Library, participated in the panel session, “Dramatically Underrepresented”: Librarians and the First Year Experience.

Jane Carlin, Head of the Design, Architecture, Art and Planning Library, Cheryl Ghosh, Education Reference Librarian, Olga Hart, Instruction Librarian, and Barb Macke, Instruction Librarian, presented at the Ohio Digital Commons for Education 2005 Conference, March 7. Their presentation, “Out of the Stacks and Into the Classroom: Using Problem-Based Learning to Enhance Information Literacy and Faculty Collaboration,” focused on the use of active learning pedagogies to increase student interest and motivation in the research process as well as the creation of innovative library assignments.

Lorna Newman, Government Documents Librarian, attended the Spring 2005 Depository Library Council meeting in Albuquerque, NM, April 17-20, 2005. The meeting provides depository library staff with an opportunity to keep current with the Federal Depository Library Program, provide input into the planning process, and exchange ideas among colleagues.

Elizabeth Meyer, Visual Resources Librarian, Jane Carlin, Head of the Design, Architecture, Art and Planning (DAAP) Library, and Shawnee Turner, DAAP graduate student, presented “Beyond Slides...Digital Technology and Art History” at the Midwest Art History Society Conference, April 7, 2005, held in Cincinnati and sponsored by the College of DAAP and Department of Art History.

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