Central Washington University

New Graduate Assistant Program at CWU Library

A new library graduate assistant program at CWU has brought four individuals who already have a graduate degree in library and/or information studies to study for a second, cognate, graduate degree at CWU while gaining valuable academic library experience in the Brooks Library. Dean Thomas Peischl, who led a similar program for ten years at a previous university, brought the concept to Central Washington with him.

Thanks to the goodwill and hard work of Dr. Wayne Quirk, Graduate Dean, and Dr. Dave Soltz, Provost, and with the full cooperation of the library faculty, the program was successfully launched and four qualified applicants were recruited. Each individual will work with the library faculty for 20 hours per week during the academic year while studying for a second graduate degree. Following is a bit of information about each graduate assistant:

• Riva Dean has more than ten years of professional experience in archives at the Arizona Historical Society. While studying for a master's of history, Riva will work full time assisting the new University Archivist, Dieter Ullrich, to establish the new archives program.
• Traci Klassen, a history graduate student with previous experience in government documents and reference services, will work half time as a research assistant to history professor Karen Blair. She will work the other half time in government documents, maps and microforms.
• Scott Tomberlin earned a Bachelor of Arts (English), an MLIS, and was studying for an English graduate degree from the University of Kentucky when he read about our library graduate assistant program. He is transferring in order to gain academic library experience in reference and instruction while finishing a Master's of English.
• Elehna Shores has three years of professional experience as a children's librarian at the Free Library of Philadelphia, having earned an M.S. in Library Science from Clarion University. She will study for an English Master's while working in reference, instruction, and consulting for us in the area of children's literature and services.

Eastern Washington University

Eastern Washington University Libraries recently implemented WebBridge, Innovative's module for linking electronic resources, and contracted with Serials Solutions for data about individual journals in electronic aggregators. With the campus migration to a web content management system, our web site has changed too. Check it out at: 
http://www.ewu.edu/x356.xml.

Linda Koep joined Eastern's Reference team this Fall, bringing with her professional experience working in corporate, school, and university library settings. Linda obtained her MLIS from the University of Arizona and her bachelor's degree in Education/History from Eastern Washington University. We are pleased to have her working with us.

Contributed by Carol Raczykowski

Gonzaga University

Foley Center has two new librarians, Frederic Räuber is the new Instruction Librarian, Frederic comes from the National Hispanic University in San Jose, CA. Theresa Kappus is the new Distance Services Librarian and has worked at Foley in interlibrary loan for the last five years.

Contributed by Linda Pierce

Heritage University

Once a two-room school house that provided the first Yakima Valley-based four-year courses to local people, Heritage College has broadened its reach and will become Heritage University on August 20th, 2004. This development, according to Heritage President Kathleen Ross, “has grown out of Heritage’s history as the only four-year higher learning institution in the Yakima Valley, and our expanded role in the communities of the valley which has reached university-level breadth and depth.”

Heritage Board Chairman James L. Smith of Yakima will announce today that the Board unanimously voted for the change. Heritage is owned and operated by a non-profit Board of Directors with twenty-five members from the Yakima Valley and the Seattle–Tacoma area.

University-level research underway at the Toppenish-based institution is cited as evidence of the broader role for Heritage. “We’re conducting research funded by such highly respected sources as NASA, the National Institutes for Health, and the National Science Foundation,” Ross points out. “Heritage’s students and faculty are collaborating on joint research projects with the University of Washington, University of California at Berkeley, the USDA Research Station at Prosser, and the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. This is definitely university-level benefit for the Yakima Valley and the state.”

Other reasons for the name change identified by Heritage Board members include the college’s enrollment statistics. More than 1,400 students attended Heritage during the past school year. Degrees were awarded in May 2004 to 333 students. One Board member pointed out, “Two-thirds of the degrees awarded are graduate degrees. These people are serving as administrators in agencies throughout eastern Washington, principals in schools throughout the state, and filling more than half of the school counselor positions in the Yakima Valley. I’d call that the results from a very productive university.”

Another Board member explained that “Heritage is now organized into a College of Arts and Sciences, and a College of Education and Psychology, making the university name for the overall institution very appropriate.”

Additional evidence noted by Ross includes “the numerous community outreach programs of Heritage in the region’s schools, with hundreds of at-risk young families, with vineyard economic development efforts, with businesses needing marketing strategies, to name only a few.”

Submitted by Reesa Zuber

Tacoma Community College

Tacoma Community College has a new Library Unit Manager, Tamera Meyer. Tamera is replacing Charlie Crawford who was kicked “upstairs” last spring to become the Dean for the Learning Resource Center/English as a Second Language/Distance Learning Division. Tamera most recently worked for the Mid-Columbia Regional Library System and we are already benefiting from her great organizational skills. We will definitely need organizational skills since plans for a building remodel are still in process. We are currently scheduled to move out of our existing space this coming summer and are not entirely certain when we’ll be back. The remodeled LRC will include an improved infrastructure, a computer classroom (at last!), and space that is organized more logically for current and future student needs. We are busy weeding our aging print collection in anticipation of the move and hope to receive supplemental funding from the TCC Foundation to refresh the collection for opening day.

Contributed by Becky Sproat

University of Washington, Bothell

Announcements
The Campus Library & Media Center of the University of Washington, Bothell and Cascadia Community College (UWB/CCC) coordinated a weekly series of September Project events from 9/11 through the end of October. Highlights included a panel discussion, “Informed by the Media,” coordinated by Laura Barrett and Cecilia Jezek of the UWB/CCC Campus Library and Media Center. Panelists included David Silver, co-director of the September Project, Ron Krabill (UWB faculty), Cecilia Jezek (Campus Media Center and Seattle Alliance for Media Education), and Daniel Hannah (Reclaim the Media). David Ortiz (CCC faculty) was the discussion moderator. For information about other events in the series see: http://www.uwb.edu/library/theseptemberproject/index.html

Sarah Leadley and Mark Szarko are participating in “Placing the Humanities: New Locales, New Meanings,” a series of workshops designed to foster collaboration between four community sites and the University of Washington, Bothell, Cascadia Community College, and the University of Washington, Seattle. Faculty, librarians, and academic staff from all 3 institutions meet with scholars whose work addresses the role of humanities scholarship in public life before traveling to a local site. On September 10, the group met with Julie Ellison, Executive Director of “Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life,” for a day-long workshop before traveling to the Panama Hotel and the Hugo House in Seattle. Future workshop leaders include Jace Weaver, Director of the Institute of Native American Studies at the University of Georgia and Keyan Tomaselli, Director of Communication, Culture and Media Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Venta Silins was co-chair of the Planning Committee in charge of the exhibits for the Washington Library Media Association’s Annual Conference, October 7th – 9th, 2004 in Bellevue. More than 70 exhibitors took part, and conference attendance was estimated at over 1,000 school and children’s librarians. At the conference Venta also co-presented “The Best K – 8 Books of 2003.” There were more than 125 librarians in attendance for the presentation put on by Puget Sound Council. Some of the best books included Green Angel by Alice Hoffman; Mind Games by Jeanne Marie Grunwell; and Orville: A Dog Story by Haven Kimmel.

Becky Rosenberg, Director of the Writing Center and Interim Director of the Teaching and Learning Center at UW, Bothell, developed a training program to teach librarians, media center staff, and other staff across Academic Services how to help students prepare for public presentations. As part of the grant Becky received for this project, students will also have access to a new presentation practice space.

Sarah Leadley and Suzan Parker presented a workshop, “Designing Effective Research Assignments” as part of a workshop series for faculty of Cascadia Community College, September 17th, 2004. Mark Szarko, Julie Planchon Wolf, and Sarah Leadley offered CCC faculty a workshop on academic integrity and plagiarism. Leslie Hurst and Venta Silins presented on Campus Library “Nuts and Bolts.”

Natalie Beach, Suzan Parker, and Mark Szarko presented a poster session: “Inquiry through Collaboration: A New Approach to Undergraduate Research” at ALA, Orlando, June 2004.

Julie Planchon Wolf presented a workshop on “Collaborating with Faculty in Online Learning.” at the LOEX of the West conference in Boise, Idaho, June 3rd. Julie also co-presented with a Carol Leppa, UWB Nursing Faculty, and Andreas Brockhaus, UWB Education Technologist, at the Syllabus 2004 conference in San Francisco on July 20th, 2004. The title of the presentation was “Developing and Delivering an Online Faculty Institute in Teaching and Learning.”

Temporary Appointments

Nicholas Schiller, Reference and Instruction/Policy Studies Librarian, 9/2004

Leslie Hurst, Reference and Instruction/Ethics and Humanities Librarian, 8/2004

Departures

Priscilla Angenor, Reference and Instruction/Policy Studies Librarian, 6/30.

Amy Coyne, Reference Librarian, 9/2004

Contributed by Suzan Parker

University of Washington, Seattle

Fifty-Three Years and a Day

Betty Wagner retired this year after 53 years (and one day) of service to the UW Libraries. She began working in the architecture library as a student intern in 1951 and was hired as director immediately upon her graduation. We wish her the very best in her retirement. UW welcomes Alan Michelson as the new Head of the Architecture and Urban Planning Library. Alan earned a Ph.D in Art History from Stanford University and an M.S. in Information from the University of Michigan. He joins us from UCLA where he previously served as Architecture and Design Librarian. Welcome Alan!

Mark Emmert Hired as UW President

UW President Mark Emmert (in suspenders) looks at pictures of Odegaard Undergraduate Library from 1973 as Jill McKinstry (Head, Odegaard), Betsy Wilson (Head, UW Libraries), and Odegaard librarians look on.

Mark Emmert, previously the chancellor of Louisiana State University, became UW's 30th president on June 14, 2003. He and his wife Delaine are natives of Fife and third-generation residents of Washington. He graduated from UW in 1975 and received his Masters and Ph.D in Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. At LSU, Emmert was renowned for increasing staff salaries and research funding, raising the school's ranking, and building excellent relationships with both faculty and state legislators. President Emmert visited the libraries soon after arriving on campus. We enthusiastically look forward to working with him. For a full profile on Mark Emmert, see: http://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns/june04/homecoming01.html

New Appointments

Heija Ryoo, Korean Cataloger, East Asia Library, 5/1.

William Jordan, Associate Director of Libraries for Information Technology Services, 5/16.

Dawn Haggerty, Manager, Special Collections Operations, Special Collections Division, 7/19..

Aron Beal, Linux Web Developer, Health Sciences Libraries/Regional Medical Library, 8/18.

Patricia Carey, Assistant Acquisitions Librarian, Monographic Services Division, 9/1.

Alan R. Michelson, Head, Architecture & Urban Planning Library, 9/13.
Joseph Edwards, Senior Computer Specialist, Information Technology Services, 9/13.

Betty Wagner has been granted Librarian Emeritus status, 7/1.

Temporary Appointments

Tzu-Jing Kao, Serials Project Librarian, East Asia Library, 7/1.

Aaron Louie, Systems Librarian, Information Technology Services, 7/1.

Anne Bingham, Community-Museum Project Research Librarian, Special Collections, 9/1.

Brent Bianchi, South Asia Librarian, International Studies/South Asia Section, 9/3.

Resignations

Emalee Craft, Information Technology Coordinator, Information Technology Services, 6/25.

Alan Grosenheider, Head, South Asia Section, 8/31.

Tzu-Jing Kao, Serials Project Librarian, East Asia Library, 9/24.

Retirements

Clairann Schickler, Senior Serials Cataloger, Serials Services Division, 6/30.

Betty Wagner, Head, Architecture & Urban Planning Library, 6/30.

Karyl Winn, Political Paper Curator, Special Collections Division, 9/30

Deaths

Bartley Dobb, former UW Libraries staff member, died on March 2nd, 2004. Mr. Dobb began his employment with the Libraries in 1953 and worked in various positions. In 1961 Mr. Dobb joined the Political Science Library as a Political Science Librarian. Mr. Dobb retired from the Libraries in 1982 and returned in 1983 as a reemployed-retired librarian in the Reference and Research Services Division until June 1994.

Contributed by Susan Kane

University of Washington, Tacoma

Emily Keller, Reference Librarian and Coordinator of Instructional Development at the University of Washington Tacoma Library, attended ACRL's Information Literacy Institute Immersion program in Seattle this summer. This intense four and a half day program help is designed to help librarians become more effective teachers and leaders in the development of information literacy programs. Keller attended the program manager track to support her work in further developing the UW Tacoma Library instruction program.

In August Charles Lord, Director, UW Tacoma Library, attended the Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians. This program is co-sponsored by ACRL and the Harvard Institutes for Higher Education.

Justin Wadland, Reference and Media Librarian, coordinated the library’s displays for the September Project. Library staff constructed thought-provoking displays on:

• Libricide: Terrorism and the Destruction of Libraries


• Editorial cartoons responding to the 9/11 attacks and the War on Terror
• How has your life changed since the September 11 attacks? - a photo essay with quotes from people questioned on the street. There is also a blank book to give visitors an opportunity to add their comments.
 
• In the Tideflats, Anything but a Dungeon – in April 2004, the Northwest Detention Center opened to hold a steadily growing population of illegal immigrants. The history and role of this Tacoma facility are highlighted.

University of Washington, Tacoma Staff Retreat
Starting the day off right! Tim Bostelle, Justin Wadland, and Terri May.	UWT library staff members learn to use the fire extinguisher. (Editor's note: the railroad tracks are no longer in service, so don't worry that the entire UWT library staff could have been killed at one time!)

Justin Wadland, Reference and Media Librarian, received a $5,000 grant from the Allen Endowment for the purchase of human rights videos. His request ‘comes out of a growing need to update and enhance the selection of human rights films in [the] UW Tacoma Library Media Collection. UW Libraries would fulfill its mission to, "[enrich] the quality of life and [advance] intellectual discovery." Also, the UW Tacoma Library would meet its value to, "[participate] in the interdisciplinary spirit of growth and enjoyment of learning."’ Justin has been selected as one of twenty participants for the Pacific Northwest Preservation Management Institute to be held at the University of Washington, Seattle campus. This series of three sessions is designed to provide systematic preservation management training to staff from libraries, museums, historical organizations, archives, and records repositories. The institute provides information needed to prepare, implement, and maintain an effective preservation program for documents, books, photographs, and other paper-based materials. The institute consists of a combination of lectures, discussions, and small group exercises. Reading and written assignments before and between sessions are geared toward developing a preservation program in each participant’s institution. Those who successfully complete the institute will earn continuing education units from the American Council on Education and will receive a certificate in Preservation Management.

Contributed by Anna Salyer

Walla Walla College

Portland School of Nursing Branch Library News

Representatives from the Oregon State Board of Nursing and Representatives from the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission visited the School of Nursing October 28-30, 2003. In their respective preliminary reports last spring, both commended the library for exceptional services to students and faculty. The Oregon State Board report also commended College Place colleagues for their support to the Portland library. The National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission added commendation for excellent funding for the library. Both site-visiting groups recommended accreditation for the School of Nursing. The National League for Nursing representatives recommended accreditation for eight years, the maximum possible.

Submitted by Bruce McClay

Washington State University

Appointments

Greg Matthews has accepted the position of Cataloging Librarian. Greg previously held positions at the Air Force Weather Technical Library, Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, University of Idaho, Washington State University and Walla Walla Community College. Greg received an MA from the University of Idaho 1995 and an MLS from the Indiana University in 1997.

Departures

Scott Walter has resigned from the position of Interim Assistant Director for Public Services and Outreach to take the position of Assistant Dean for Information and Instructional Services at the University of Kansas Libraries.

Jennifer Stevens has resigned from the position of Interim Head of the Brain Education Library to take the position of Humanities Librarian at George Mason University.

Doug Stewart will be retiring in December from the position of Electronic Resources Librarian and Humanities Librarian.

Transfers

Janet Chisman has accepted the position of the Head of Serials and Electronic Resources in the Washington State University Libraries. Her previous position was that of a Digital Services and Collections Librarian.

 Submitted by Joel Cummings

Whitman College

Penrose Library, Whitman College is happy to report that our new Archivist, Colleen McFarland, began work August 23rd. Colleen comes to us from the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. She has a B.A. from College of Wooster, an M.A. in European History from Cornell, and an MLIS from the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee.

Submitted by Henry M. Yaple
 

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