ACRL Washington Newsletter
Fall 2006, No. 59
Regional News
The Central Washington University Archives at James Brooks Library is
proud to announce the completion of its first digital image collection.
The Rufus Woods Photograph Collection contains photographic prints and
negatives of the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington State prior to, during
and after construction. The images visually document the construction of
the dam, the conditions in the Columbia River Basin throughout
construction and the introduction of irrigation in north central
Washington State. The collection may be viewed at
http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/cdm4/index_RufusWoods.php?CISOROOT=%2FRufusWoods.
In addition to the Rufus Woods Photograph Collection, three other digital collections have been launched, including a selection from Central's small collection of medieval manuscripts. The digital collections can be found at http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/.
Amber Johnson has recently joined the staff of Brooks Library as a Graduate Assistant. She is pursuing an Master of Music in Music Performance at CWU and works in the Music Library and in the Reference department. She received her undergraduate degree in Music from the University of Northern Iowa and her MLS from the University of Iowa. Amber spent the last three years as the Humanities and Music Librarian at Mansfield University of Pennsylvania. An article she co-wrote will appear in the November issue of the Journal of Academic Librarianship.
submitted by Anna Creech
In addition to the Rufus Woods Photograph Collection, three other digital collections have been launched, including a selection from Central's small collection of medieval manuscripts. The digital collections can be found at http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/.
Amber Johnson has recently joined the staff of Brooks Library as a Graduate Assistant. She is pursuing an Master of Music in Music Performance at CWU and works in the Music Library and in the Reference department. She received her undergraduate degree in Music from the University of Northern Iowa and her MLS from the University of Iowa. Amber spent the last three years as the Humanities and Music Librarian at Mansfield University of Pennsylvania. An article she co-wrote will appear in the November issue of the Journal of Academic Librarianship.
submitted by Anna Creech
Dr. Julie Miller has joined the EWU Libraries as Associate Dean of
Libraries. She comes to us from Western New Mexico University, where she
served as the University Librarian.
Ielleen Miller is the new Library Instruction Coordinator. Ielleen coordinates library instruction at EWU, updates the library web site, and works at the reference desk. She comes to us from the University of Illinois, Springfield, where she was the Instructional Services Librarian.
Nadean Meyer fills the new Learning Resources Librarian position at the JFK Library. She is recreating the curriculum center with a K20 focus, integrating technology and print resources for teaching and learning. She comes to Eastern from Medical Lake High School where she was the Library Media Specialist, in addition to serving as an adjunct instructor for the EWU Department of Education. She is webmaster for Washington Library Media Association and co-chair of the WLMA Task Force on Social Studies Classroom Based Assessments. She obtained her MLS from the University of Oregon, a BA in General Humanities from Washington State University, and a BA/Ed in Communication Studies and Library Science from Eastern Washington University. We are very pleased that Nadean has joined the Eastern team.
submitted by Doris Munson and Carol King
Ielleen Miller is the new Library Instruction Coordinator. Ielleen coordinates library instruction at EWU, updates the library web site, and works at the reference desk. She comes to us from the University of Illinois, Springfield, where she was the Instructional Services Librarian.
Nadean Meyer fills the new Learning Resources Librarian position at the JFK Library. She is recreating the curriculum center with a K20 focus, integrating technology and print resources for teaching and learning. She comes to Eastern from Medical Lake High School where she was the Library Media Specialist, in addition to serving as an adjunct instructor for the EWU Department of Education. She is webmaster for Washington Library Media Association and co-chair of the WLMA Task Force on Social Studies Classroom Based Assessments. She obtained her MLS from the University of Oregon, a BA in General Humanities from Washington State University, and a BA/Ed in Communication Studies and Library Science from Eastern Washington University. We are very pleased that Nadean has joined the Eastern team.
submitted by Doris Munson and Carol King
As of August 1st, the Portland office of Emporia State University's School of Library & Information Management (SLIM)
will be at 1020 SW Taylor, Suite 447, Portland, OR 97205. (We are on the south side of Multnomah County's Central
Library.) Our phone numbers remain the same -- 503-223-8280 or 800-236-7302.
For more information, see: http://slim.emporia.edu/oregon/
submitted by Perri Parise
For more information, see: http://slim.emporia.edu/oregon/
submitted by Perri Parise
Frederic Räuber, Foley Instruction Librarian, left in August to take a position
with the Marin County Library System. Kelly O'Brien Jenks has been appointed
to that position. Kelly has her MLS from San Jose State University and has
been working at Foley in the Periodicals/Microform area.
submitted by Linda Pierce
submitted by Linda Pierce
Faculty librarian Debbie Crumb will be a co-presenter of a 90-minute
session at the 2006 WAESOL (Washington Association for the Education of
Speakers of Other Languages) Conference that will be held at Highline
Community College in Des Moines on Saturday, October 21, 2006. The
session is titled "ESL and Libraries: Dynamic New Partnerships" and will
discuss the cooperative activities of the ESL department and library at
Renton Technical College and will give excerpts from some of the library
workshops developed specifically for ESL students.
Debbie Crumb will also be a co-presenter at the all-day workshop to train new accreditation evaluators that is being conducted by the Northwest Association of Colleges and Universities on Friday, November 3, 2006 at the Hilton Seattle Airport and Conference Center in SeaTac. Debbie's focus will be to cover Standard Five - Library and Information Resources.
submitted by Debbie Crumb
Debbie Crumb will also be a co-presenter at the all-day workshop to train new accreditation evaluators that is being conducted by the Northwest Association of Colleges and Universities on Friday, November 3, 2006 at the Hilton Seattle Airport and Conference Center in SeaTac. Debbie's focus will be to cover Standard Five - Library and Information Resources.
submitted by Debbie Crumb
O'Grady Library welcomed three new staff members this summer. Anar Imin (Public Services), Juanita Johnston (Technical Services), and Jin Zhang (Administration). Anar has a BA in English Literature from Xinjiang University and worked for nearly ten years at the University of Idaho Library prior to joining Saint Martin's. Juanita, who earned a BA at Whitworth College, has fifteen years library experience and was most recently at McChord Air Force Base Library. Jin, in addition to being the library's half-time administrative assistant, is an MBA student at Saint Martin's.
Also this summer, I, Scot Harrison, was named Library Director, effective July 1. I came to Saint Martin's in 2001 as Electronic Services and Reference Librarian and had served as Interim Director since May 2005. In addition to my library responsibilities, I was Title III Grant Coordinator for the University from January 2005 through September 2006.
Finally, I am happy to report that Saint Martin's has accorded librarians full faculty status, including rank, tenure eligibility, and all the responsibilities that go with being a member of the faculty.
submitted by Scot Harrison
Also this summer, I, Scot Harrison, was named Library Director, effective July 1. I came to Saint Martin's in 2001 as Electronic Services and Reference Librarian and had served as Interim Director since May 2005. In addition to my library responsibilities, I was Title III Grant Coordinator for the University from January 2005 through September 2006.
Finally, I am happy to report that Saint Martin's has accorded librarians full faculty status, including rank, tenure eligibility, and all the responsibilities that go with being a member of the faculty.
submitted by Scot Harrison
Librarian, Syd Sullivan, is on family leave fall quarter and is in the
process of bringing home her and husband Mark's adopted son,
four-year-old Abraham, from Panama. We all look forward to meeting him.
We are lucky to have three adjunct librarians: Laurie Shuster, Anna
Horn, and Kate Magner, filling in for Syd and providing release time for
librarian, Becky Sproat, who serves as the campus assessment liaison.
Disappointingly, problems with funding resulted in the loss of a planned remodel for the library. We were, however, able to do some major rearranging over the summer which has moved us closer to our original remodeling goals.
Our Department Chair this year is newly tenured faculty librarian, Rachel Goon.
It looks like another busy year--we've already taught 24 one shots (in the first two weeks of school)!
submitted by Becky Sproat
Disappointingly, problems with funding resulted in the loss of a planned remodel for the library. We were, however, able to do some major rearranging over the summer which has moved us closer to our original remodeling goals.
Our Department Chair this year is newly tenured faculty librarian, Rachel Goon.
It looks like another busy year--we've already taught 24 one shots (in the first two weeks of school)!
submitted by Becky Sproat
Librarian Fellowship Program:
The UWB/CCC Campus Library is piloting a year-long fellowship program for recent MLS/MLIS graduates to learn more about academic librarianship and information literacy instruction at the entry level. Fellows will be working closely with librarian mentors in curriculum development and information literacy instruction at both institutions. Fellows will be actively involved in the overall work of the Reference & Instruction Services Unit, and will participate in special projects such as collection development. We are happy to report that we have recently appointed our first two fellows: Adam Jackman and Katy Dichter, both recent graduates of the UW Information School.
September Project:
For the September Project 2006 http://www.uwb.edu/library/theseptemberproject/, the UWB/CCC Campus Library is featuring a display of books, films, and periodicals with the theme of "Community and media response to democracy in a post-9/11 world". The September Project display is also tied to an education display for Constitution Day, which included a multi-media slideshow that engaged patrons in thinking about the Constitution, democracy, and citizenship.
Team members for the 2006 September Project include the project coordinator, Amanda Hornby (Media Studies Librarian), Venta Silins, (Education Librarian), as well as staff from the Campus Library and Media Center: Jackie Ray, Chalie Asmus, and Marc Studer.
Community Media Collection and Website:
The UWB/CCC Campus Library is pleased to announce the new Community Media Collection and website http://www.uwb.edu/library/communitynews/. The mission of this collection and website is to bring the community together through local media resources that represent a diversity of interests, ideas, and people in the Pacific Northwest.
Amanda Hornby and Cascadia Community College faculty David Ortiz have organized a panel discussion with community media representatives to be held October 18, 2006, to kick-off the new collection and website. Event information online at: http://www.uwb.edu/library/theseptemberproject/events.html
Publications:
Sarah Leadley (Head, Reference and Instruction Services) and Becky Rosenberg (Director, UWB Teaching and Learning Center) have published Yours, Mine and Ours: Collaboration among Faculty, Library, and Writing Center. Centers for Learning: Writing Centers and Libraries in Collaboration. Publications in Librarianship, No. 58. Association of College and Research Libraries: Chicago, 2005.
Suzan Parker (Social Sciences Librarian) and Laura Barrett (Undergraduate Services Librarian, UW Seattle) have published a new book chapter "A Picture Worth a Thousand Words: Visual Literacy Through Critical Inquiry." In D. Cook and T. Cooper (Eds.), Teaching Information Literacy Skills to Education and Social Sciences Students and Practitioners: A Second Casebook of Applications. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries.
Leslie Bussert (Ethics and Humanities Librarian), Suzan Parker, and Mark Szarko have a new textbook chapter in press (due out in 2007): "Interdisciplinary Inquiry through Collaboration." In E. Connor (Ed.), Primer on Instructional Services in Academic Libraries. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.
Presentations and Poster Sessions:
Amanda Hornby co-presented a poster session on "Fostering a Climate for Collaborative Undergraduate Research" at the 2006 University of Washington Teaching & Learning Symposium, with Becky Rosenberg, Director of the Teaching and Learning Center, and UWB professors David Goldstein, Gowri Shankar, and Jerelyn Resnick.
Sarah Leadley presented on a discussion panel: "Common Ground: Information Literacy at two year and four year colleges" at the College Librarians & Media Specialists of Washington State Conference (CLAMS) in May 2006.
Amanda Hornby presented a poster session entitled: "The Media is the Message: Information Literacy Instruction through New Media" at the 2006 American Library Association Conference, New Orleans, LA. Amanda also volunteered at "Librarians Build Communities," the day-long community service project to re-build destroyed New Orleans libraries.
Leslie Bussert, Suzan Parker, and Mark Szarko presented Using Cultural Artifacts as a Pathway to Information Literacy at the LOEX of the West Conference in Kona, Hawaii (June 2006). Doreen Harwood (Business Librarian) and Alyssa Deutschler (Global Studies Librarian) also co-presented a round table discussion about "Connecting with Students: Making the Case for Information Literacy Skills."
Julie Planchon Wolf (Nursing Librarian) presented research and moderated a panel discussion on Preventing Plagiarism through Pedagogy. Panelists included Becky Rosenberg, Cinnamon Hillyard (UWB faculty), and Brian Bansenauer and Chris Byrne (Cascadia Community College faculty).
Committee Appointments:
Katie Whitson (Head, Access Services) has been elected as the Vice-Chair/Chair Elect of the Anthropology and Sociology Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.
Suzan Parker has been appointed as the Co-Chair of the Intellectual Freedom Committee for the Association of College and Research Libraries.
Staff Appreciation Award:
Goodbyes:
We wish our colleagues Mark Szarko and Natalie Beach well as they take on challenges in their new positions. Mark is now the Instruction Coordinator and Reference & Instruction Librarian in the Humanities Library at MIT in Boston. Natalie is the Library & Tutoring Director at Chemeketa Community College in Salem, OR.
submitted by Suzan Parker
The UWB/CCC Campus Library is piloting a year-long fellowship program for recent MLS/MLIS graduates to learn more about academic librarianship and information literacy instruction at the entry level. Fellows will be working closely with librarian mentors in curriculum development and information literacy instruction at both institutions. Fellows will be actively involved in the overall work of the Reference & Instruction Services Unit, and will participate in special projects such as collection development. We are happy to report that we have recently appointed our first two fellows: Adam Jackman and Katy Dichter, both recent graduates of the UW Information School.
September Project:
For the September Project 2006 http://www.uwb.edu/library/theseptemberproject/, the UWB/CCC Campus Library is featuring a display of books, films, and periodicals with the theme of "Community and media response to democracy in a post-9/11 world". The September Project display is also tied to an education display for Constitution Day, which included a multi-media slideshow that engaged patrons in thinking about the Constitution, democracy, and citizenship.
Team members for the 2006 September Project include the project coordinator, Amanda Hornby (Media Studies Librarian), Venta Silins, (Education Librarian), as well as staff from the Campus Library and Media Center: Jackie Ray, Chalie Asmus, and Marc Studer.
Community Media Collection and Website:
The UWB/CCC Campus Library is pleased to announce the new Community Media Collection and website http://www.uwb.edu/library/communitynews/. The mission of this collection and website is to bring the community together through local media resources that represent a diversity of interests, ideas, and people in the Pacific Northwest.
Amanda Hornby and Cascadia Community College faculty David Ortiz have organized a panel discussion with community media representatives to be held October 18, 2006, to kick-off the new collection and website. Event information online at: http://www.uwb.edu/library/theseptemberproject/events.html
Publications:
Sarah Leadley (Head, Reference and Instruction Services) and Becky Rosenberg (Director, UWB Teaching and Learning Center) have published Yours, Mine and Ours: Collaboration among Faculty, Library, and Writing Center. Centers for Learning: Writing Centers and Libraries in Collaboration. Publications in Librarianship, No. 58. Association of College and Research Libraries: Chicago, 2005.
Suzan Parker (Social Sciences Librarian) and Laura Barrett (Undergraduate Services Librarian, UW Seattle) have published a new book chapter "A Picture Worth a Thousand Words: Visual Literacy Through Critical Inquiry." In D. Cook and T. Cooper (Eds.), Teaching Information Literacy Skills to Education and Social Sciences Students and Practitioners: A Second Casebook of Applications. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries.
Leslie Bussert (Ethics and Humanities Librarian), Suzan Parker, and Mark Szarko have a new textbook chapter in press (due out in 2007): "Interdisciplinary Inquiry through Collaboration." In E. Connor (Ed.), Primer on Instructional Services in Academic Libraries. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.
Presentations and Poster Sessions:
Amanda Hornby co-presented a poster session on "Fostering a Climate for Collaborative Undergraduate Research" at the 2006 University of Washington Teaching & Learning Symposium, with Becky Rosenberg, Director of the Teaching and Learning Center, and UWB professors David Goldstein, Gowri Shankar, and Jerelyn Resnick.
Sarah Leadley presented on a discussion panel: "Common Ground: Information Literacy at two year and four year colleges" at the College Librarians & Media Specialists of Washington State Conference (CLAMS) in May 2006.
Amanda Hornby presented a poster session entitled: "The Media is the Message: Information Literacy Instruction through New Media" at the 2006 American Library Association Conference, New Orleans, LA. Amanda also volunteered at "Librarians Build Communities," the day-long community service project to re-build destroyed New Orleans libraries.
Leslie Bussert, Suzan Parker, and Mark Szarko presented Using Cultural Artifacts as a Pathway to Information Literacy at the LOEX of the West Conference in Kona, Hawaii (June 2006). Doreen Harwood (Business Librarian) and Alyssa Deutschler (Global Studies Librarian) also co-presented a round table discussion about "Connecting with Students: Making the Case for Information Literacy Skills."
Julie Planchon Wolf (Nursing Librarian) presented research and moderated a panel discussion on Preventing Plagiarism through Pedagogy. Panelists included Becky Rosenberg, Cinnamon Hillyard (UWB faculty), and Brian Bansenauer and Chris Byrne (Cascadia Community College faculty).
Committee Appointments:
Katie Whitson (Head, Access Services) has been elected as the Vice-Chair/Chair Elect of the Anthropology and Sociology Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.
Suzan Parker has been appointed as the Co-Chair of the Intellectual Freedom Committee for the Association of College and Research Libraries.
Staff Appreciation Award:
- Marc Studer, Campus Media Center Production Services, received the UWB Chancellor's Staff Appreciation Award for 2006.
- Julie Planchon Wolf, Reference & Instruction/Nursing Librarian, reappointed as Senior Assistant Librarian, 7/1/2006
- Natalie Beach, Reference & Instruction/Global Studies Librarian, promoted from Senior Assistant Librarian to Associate Librarian, 7/1/2006.
- Adam Jackman, Librarian Fellow 10/2/2006
- Katy Dichter, Librarian Fellow 10/2/2006
Goodbyes:
We wish our colleagues Mark Szarko and Natalie Beach well as they take on challenges in their new positions. Mark is now the Instruction Coordinator and Reference & Instruction Librarian in the Humanities Library at MIT in Boston. Natalie is the Library & Tutoring Director at Chemeketa Community College in Salem, OR.
submitted by Suzan Parker
Events
Carol Brittnacher, Natural Sciences Reference Librarian (Temporary) (50%), Natural Sciences Library, 6/16.
Laura Barrett, Undergraduate Services Librarian, Odegaard Undergraduate Library, from Assistant Librarian to Senior Assistant Librarian, 7/1.
Edward Roberts, Head, Information Systems, Health Sciences Libraries, from Assistant Librarian to Senior Assistant Librarian, 7/1.
Laura Lillard, Education Librarian and Diversity Officer, Reference and Research Services Division, from Senior Assistant Librarian to Associate Librarian, 7/1.
Maureen Nolan, Natural Sciences and Resources Librarian, Natural Sciences Library, from Senior Assistant Librarian to Associate Librarian, 7/1.
Theresa Mudrock, History Librarian, Reference and Research Services Division, from Associate Librarian to Librarian, 7/1.
Zhijia Shen, Director, East Asia Library, 9/1.
John B. Vallier, Head, Multimedia Services, OUGL, 9/1.
Heather Davis, Jackson Project Archivist (Temporary), Special Collections Division, 9/1.
Reappointment-Provisional/Continuing/Permanent Appointments*
Gail Kouame, Consumer Health Coordinator, Health Sciences Libraries/Regional Medical Library, Senior Assistant Librarian, 7/1.
Eileen Llona, International Studies Computer Services Librarian, Digital Initiatives Program, Senior Assistant Librarian.
Ann Lally, Head, Digital Initiatives, Digital Initiatives Program, Associate Librarian, 7/1.
Resignations
Shalini Miskelly, Natural Sciences Reference Librarian (50%), Natural Sciences Library, 6/15.
Elinor Appel, Reference Librarian (50%), Reference & Research Services Division, 9/21.
Retirements
Nancy Blase, Head, Natural Sciences Library, 6/30.
John Gibbs, Assistant Head, Music Library, 6/30.
Kathleen Forsythe, Electronic Resources Cataloging Librarian (80%), Monographic Services Division, 9/30.
submitted by Jennifer Sundheim
- The Common Book - Fall 2006 marks the first time all new freshmen and transfer students will read the same book. The book selected is Tracy Kidder's Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World. Lectures and special programming, including visits by author Tracy Kidder and Dr. Paul Farmer, have been scheduled. Events are open to the public. Information can be found on the UW Common Book website. The UW Libraries is supporting the event by hosting lectures, providing additional reading material lists and training book group discussion leaders.
- UW Common Book page: http://www.washington.edu/oue/commonbook/
- UW Libraries Common Book page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/commonbook/
- Robert Schenkkan, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright (The Kentucky Cycle) and screen play writer (The Quiet American, among others), has been selected as the first UW Libraries Maxine Cushing Gray (MCG) Visiting Writers Award recipient. He will be in residence at the Suzzallo Allen Graduate Library over the next year.
- Leadership and Career Development Program (LCDP) 2007-2008 Fellowships: Three UW librarians have been selected as fellows - Joanne Rich, Information Management Librarian at the Health Sciences Library; Deepa Banerjee, South Asian Studies Librarian; and Angela Weaver, Head of the Drama Library.
Carol Brittnacher, Natural Sciences Reference Librarian (Temporary) (50%), Natural Sciences Library, 6/16.
Laura Barrett, Undergraduate Services Librarian, Odegaard Undergraduate Library, from Assistant Librarian to Senior Assistant Librarian, 7/1.
Edward Roberts, Head, Information Systems, Health Sciences Libraries, from Assistant Librarian to Senior Assistant Librarian, 7/1.
Laura Lillard, Education Librarian and Diversity Officer, Reference and Research Services Division, from Senior Assistant Librarian to Associate Librarian, 7/1.
Maureen Nolan, Natural Sciences and Resources Librarian, Natural Sciences Library, from Senior Assistant Librarian to Associate Librarian, 7/1.
Theresa Mudrock, History Librarian, Reference and Research Services Division, from Associate Librarian to Librarian, 7/1.
Zhijia Shen, Director, East Asia Library, 9/1.
John B. Vallier, Head, Multimedia Services, OUGL, 9/1.
Heather Davis, Jackson Project Archivist (Temporary), Special Collections Division, 9/1.
Reappointment-Provisional/Continuing/Permanent Appointments*
Gail Kouame, Consumer Health Coordinator, Health Sciences Libraries/Regional Medical Library, Senior Assistant Librarian, 7/1.
Eileen Llona, International Studies Computer Services Librarian, Digital Initiatives Program, Senior Assistant Librarian.
Ann Lally, Head, Digital Initiatives, Digital Initiatives Program, Associate Librarian, 7/1.
Resignations
Shalini Miskelly, Natural Sciences Reference Librarian (50%), Natural Sciences Library, 6/15.
Elinor Appel, Reference Librarian (50%), Reference & Research Services Division, 9/21.
Retirements
Nancy Blase, Head, Natural Sciences Library, 6/30.
John Gibbs, Assistant Head, Music Library, 6/30.
Kathleen Forsythe, Electronic Resources Cataloging Librarian (80%), Monographic Services Division, 9/30.
submitted by Jennifer Sundheim
UW Tacoma Library's First Endowment!
Professor Belinda Louie,
Dr. Douglas Louie and family.
Photo by Dale Goodvin.
The Freshmen are Here
UW Tacoma opened its doors to freshmen for the first time this year. Librarians are working with the nearly 190 new college students who are beginning their studies in co-hort groups. Globalization is a theme throughout the interdisciplinary focused, team-taught classes and Librarians Suzanne Klinger, Carole Svensson, Jennifer Sundheim, and Justin Wadland are providing integrated instructional sessions on using the resources and services of the UW Libraries.
Taste of UWT
Photo by Dale Goodvin
New Thesis Collection
Responding to student requests, Jennifer Sundheim, Collection Development Coordinator, has re-located thesis from three UW Tacoma programs - Computing and Software Systems, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, and Nursing into a central location in the Chihuly Room.
Previously, the theses were interspersed with similar subject matter materials throughout the library. However, over the last year more and more students wanted to do side-by-side comparisons of theses written by other students at UW Tacoma. We hope that the collection will better meet the needs of students and encourage more students to engage in scholarly projects.
September Project
Mike Honey, UWT Faculty leading September Project discussion.
Photo by Dale Goodvin.
Panelists from the UW Tacoma faculty, ACLU, and the Bill of Rights Defense Committee Tacoma spoke with over 50 attendees at each session.
Justin was also a guest columnist in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and his opinion piece on the September Project can be read at: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/284075_lib91107.html
Librarians Promoted
Heartiest congratulations go to Carole Svensson and Justin Wadland on their recent promotions. Carole, Head, Digital Library Services was promoted to the rank of Associate Librarian with permanent appointment. Justin, Media Librarian, attained the rank of Senior Assistant Librarian. Carole and Justin's contributions to the UW Libraries, the Tacoma campus community, and the profession are many and we are proud of all their accomplishments.
New Librarian
We are happy to welcome Erica Coe as our new Instructional Services Librarian. Erica will join the UW Tacoma Library staff on November 1, 2006. Erica comes to us with seven years of professional experience at the University of Dayton and University of Southern Mississippi. Erica recently held the position of Collection Management and Instruction Librarian in the Roesch Library, University of Dayton. Erica received her MLS in 1999 from Indiana University (Bloomington) and her MA in Literature in 1997 from Ball State University. Her professional experience includes reference, instruction, collection development and digital initiatives. She has also served on university libraries and university committees including the North Central Accreditation Association/Accreditation Subcommittee.
submitted by Anna Salyer
We welcome our new Periodicals Librarian, Annette Melgosa. Annette comes to us from the Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies in the Phillippines she was served during the past eight years. While there she served as Acting Library Director as well as the Information Technology Director, she taught graduate classes in Instructional Media, School Librarianship, Library Management, School Library Administration, and Reference Services. Prior to moving to the Phillipines, Annette was the Assistant Librarian at Newbold College in England for five 5 years. Annette has her M.A. in Library and Information Studies from the University College, London as well as a M. A. in Education from Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies. She is currently working on a M.Ed. Educational Technology from University of Southern Queensland. Additional certifications include a Diploma in Information Technology in Applications Software from the Royal Society of Arts.
Annette is a past president and current member of the Adventist Librarian’s Association (ASDAL) and is a published author and experienced presenter.
submitted by Carolyn Gaskell
Annette is a past president and current member of the Adventist Librarian’s Association (ASDAL) and is a published author and experienced presenter.
submitted by Carolyn Gaskell
Departures
John Webb has retired and moved to Vancouver, Washington. He plans to spend time with his grandchildren. John was the Assistant Director for Systems and Facilities and is the Editor for Information Technology and Libraries.
Lynn Chmelir has accepted the position of Library Director at Clark College. Lynn was the Assistant Director for Collections and Technical Services.
Robyn Haynes has left Washington State University to develop her Antiques business. She and her husband, Greg, have moved to Astoria, Oregon. Robyn was the Circulation Supervisor for the Owen Science and Engineering Library.
Arrivals
Sarah French has accepted the position of Education and Social Sciences Librarian. She has her M. A in Library and Information Science from the University of Iowa and has an M. Ed, in Counseling Psychology, from the University of Oklahoma.
Libby Lusby has accepted the position of Circulation Supervisor for the Owen Science and Engineering Library.
Gabriella Reznowski has accepted the position of Humanities Librarian for Languages and Cultures. She has an MLIS from the University of Alberta. Previously she was a librarian at the Marana Unified School District in Tucson, Arizona.
Nicholas Schiller has accepted the position of Library Instruction Coordinator at WSU Vancouver Campus. He has an MLS from Emporia State University. Previously he was a librarian at Pierce College and Edmonds Community College.
submitted by Joel Cummings
John Webb has retired and moved to Vancouver, Washington. He plans to spend time with his grandchildren. John was the Assistant Director for Systems and Facilities and is the Editor for Information Technology and Libraries.
Lynn Chmelir has accepted the position of Library Director at Clark College. Lynn was the Assistant Director for Collections and Technical Services.
Robyn Haynes has left Washington State University to develop her Antiques business. She and her husband, Greg, have moved to Astoria, Oregon. Robyn was the Circulation Supervisor for the Owen Science and Engineering Library.
Arrivals
Sarah French has accepted the position of Education and Social Sciences Librarian. She has her M. A in Library and Information Science from the University of Iowa and has an M. Ed, in Counseling Psychology, from the University of Oklahoma.
Libby Lusby has accepted the position of Circulation Supervisor for the Owen Science and Engineering Library.
Gabriella Reznowski has accepted the position of Humanities Librarian for Languages and Cultures. She has an MLIS from the University of Alberta. Previously she was a librarian at the Marana Unified School District in Tucson, Arizona.
Nicholas Schiller has accepted the position of Library Instruction Coordinator at WSU Vancouver Campus. He has an MLS from Emporia State University. Previously he was a librarian at Pierce College and Edmonds Community College.
submitted by Joel Cummings