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Melissa Cox Norris, Acting Public Information Officer, melissa.norris@uc.edu

Awards

Don Heinrich Tolzmann, curator of the German-Americana Collection, was named the Distinguished German-American of the Year. He was awarded the honor at the Annual Council of 1000 Banquet held in October. Dr. Tolzmann was chosen in recognition of his work to promote the field of German-American Studies by means of scholarly publications and through his work curating UC's German-Americana Collection, as well as for his efforts in organizing the campaign that led to the establishment of October 6 as German-American Day.

Conference/Workshop Participation

Alison Armstrong, head of Training and Education Services, served on a panel that presented a workshop at the Annual Library Association Conference in Atlanta on June 14. The pre-conference workshop, "From Expectations to Results: Library/Faculty Partnerships for Assessing Student Learning Outcomes," was the final activity of a project jointly sponsored by The Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) entitled "Assessing Student Learning Outcomes in Information Literacy Programs: Training Academic Librarians."

Rosemary Franklin, English/theater/communication bibliographer, presented "The Whatness of the Web: Scalability and Extensibility in Subject Access" at the Libraries in the Digital Age Conference at the Inter-University Cultural Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 24. The Conference was co-sponsored by Rutgers University; University of Osijek, Croatia; Royal School of Information Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; and the University of Tempare, Finland.

Angela Gooden, head of the Geology/Physics Library, was selected to be a participant in the Training Institute for Early Career Librarians at the University of Minnesota, September 28-October 5. She joined other outstanding applicants for a full week of intensive learning, skill building, and networking with colleagues.

In Print

Jane Carlin, head of the Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) Library, and Nanda Araujo, DAAP Library staff member, co-authored the chapter "Instruction for Students of Architecture," in the book Library Instruction for Students in Design Disciplines: Scenarios, Exercises, and Techniques (Kanata, Ontario, Canada: Art Libraries Society of North America, 2002).

Kevin Grace, assistant head of Archives & Rare Books, and Tom White, Acquisitions Unit head, have co-authored Cincinnati Revealed: A Photographic Heritage of the Queen City (Arcadia Publishing, 2002). The book features nearly 200 rarely seen photographs and vintage postcards highlighting key points of the city's past. Concise yet informative text completes this eclectic look at the people and places that are a part of Cincinnati's heritage.

Mark Palkovic, head of the College-Conservatory of Music Library (CCM), authored two books: Harp Music Bibliography Supplement: Compositions for Solo Harp and Harp Ensemble (Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2002) and Harp Music Bibliography: Chamber Music and Concertos (Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2002).

Creating Buzz

James Krusling, First Year Experience librarian, has helped bring national attention to the University Libraries' First Year Experience Program (FYE) with his work on the Research Universities Project database <www.brevard.edu/fyc/ruproject/index.htm> at the Policy Center on the First Year of College. The database provides an overview of the FYE Librarian's activities as they relate to UC's goal of improving retention of first-year students. The Libraries' FYE Program is included in the database of first-year experience programs and strategies held nationwide. The database is featured in an upcoming article in the Sept/Oct issue of About Campus.