A Shoe for All Seasons: The 25th Anniversary Exhibition
June 10 - August 16, 2002
Cartoon Research Library More Info

Libraries' Quarterly Birthday Party
July 17, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Thompson Library Staff Lounge More Info

Ohio Support Staff Institute Closing Session
August 7, 2002 9:00am-11:30am
Ohio Dominican College More Info

Directory of Active Committees

The updated Directory of Active Committees for 2002/2003 is now available at the following URL:
/Staff/comlist.html

The Index by name has also been updated and can be found at the following URL:
/Staff/comindex.html

Betty Sawyers (sawyers.1@osu.edu)

Quarterly Birthday Party

Upcoming Exhibits

Upcoming exhibitions in the Philip Sills Exhibit Hall, Ohio State University
Thompson (Main) Library, 1858 Neil Avenue Mall:

September 7 - December 13, 2002
A Walk in Our 'Shoe: The History of Ohio Stadium.
The history of Ohio Stadium, including football highlights at Ohio Stadium, the pageantry surrounding the game, and other uses of the stadium is highlighted in this special exhibition. Artifacts will include the dedication day newspaper about the Stadium, a portion of goal post from the 1955 Rose Bowl, and several signed footballs. For additional information, contact the exhibit's curator, Tamar Chute, at chute.6@osu.edu or telephone 614-292-3271.

January 6 - April 14, 2003
"Some Sort of Somebody": Ohioan Elsie Janis on the Stage and in the Trenches
Columbus native Elsie Janis made her professional stage debut in 1896 at the age of seven in the newly opened Southern Theatre. From the Southern, she moved to vaudeville and legitimate stages in New York, London, Paris, and to the trenches to entertain troops during World War I, charming audiences with her songs and her clever imitations of famous people. A songwriter throughout her career, she later wrote filmscripts, articles for film magazines, and poetry, while continuing her other stage and film activities, sometimes giving work to WWI veterans for whom she created Elsie Janis and Her Gang. To borrow from a song Janis wrote with Jerome Kern, she was indeed "Some Sort of Somebody." For additional information, contact the exhibit's curator, Nena Couch, at couch.1@osu.ed or telephone 614-292-6614.

May 1 - August 29, 2003
Ohio Cartoonists
Ohio has a remarkable place in the history of American cartooning. Among the "firsts" displayed in this exhibit are works by the creator of America's first comic strip, the first syndicated editorial cartoonist, and the first woman editorial cartoonist. Work by cartoonists who were born, educated or worked in Ohio are featured. For additional information, contact the exhibit's curator, Lucy Shelton Caswell, at cartoons@osu.edu or telephone 614-292-0538.

September 15 - December 12, 2003
Early Ohio Imprints
An exhibition of early printing in the State of Ohio including books on husbandry, wine making, government, education and the natural sciences. The exhibition will concentrate on items from the early nineteenth-century through 1875 with some attention to special books published in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. For additional information, contact the exhibit's curator, Geoff Smith, at smith.1@osu.edu or telephone 614-292-5938.

Upcoming exhibition at Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library, 27 West 17th Avenue Mall:

September 9, 2002 through January 24, 2003
Thomas Nast: American's First Great Cartoonist
The exhibit features woodcuts and original ink drawings by Nast. The library's regular hours are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hours vary between terms. The library is closed on national and University holidays. For additional information, contact the exhibit's curator, Lucy Shelton Caswell, at cartoons@osu.edu or telephone 614-292-0538.

The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library, Department of History, and School of Journalism and Communication will host a symposium Thomas Nast: A Celebration of His Contributions to American Culture on December 7, 2002, to mark the centennial of Thomas Nast's death. Known as the Father of American Political Cartooning, Nast's contributions to the history and culture of his adopted country were many, yet he died near obscurity. Two leading Nast scholars, Morton Keller and Draper Hill, will lead the one-day conference to be held on the Ohio State campus on Saturday, December 7, 2002. In addition, a Web site highlighting examples of Nast's most influential cartoons with a companion Web-based teacher's guide will be mounted to assist educators in using Nast as part of their American history and culture curriculum.

All of these exhibits are free and open to the public.

Lucy Shelton Caswell (caswell.2@osu.edu)

Awards, Acknowledgments, Fellowships, Grants, and Publications

Share your good news with the University and the entire community. Please send information about your recent accomplishments to Program Coordinator Chiquita Mullins Lee (Library Communications) at mullins-lee.1@osu.edu.
Libraries' faculty and staff are engaged in exciting work and we want to make it known.

Awards

Achievements

Training Opportunities & Tips

Presented by the OSUL Training Advisory Council

Student Employee Training Workshops. In the past, the Training Advisory Council (TAC) hasn't provided training for new student employees during Summer Quarter, but workshops are being presented currently. The first of these was held on Friday, June 28; the second and final one for this summer will be presented on Thursday, July 11, from 2:30-4:30. If you have students who have not attended one of these workshops, please plan for them to attend this session. The two hour workshop provides an overview of the Libraries and customer service in an interactive session, complete with refreshments and prizes for participation!

Training Calendars - Calendars for the current and two future months, showing training opportunities available from the Libraries, the Office of Human Resources, OhioLINK, OHIONET, and the Computer Workshop. Alphabetic and Subject Indexes are also provided.

Send comments and questions to Training Advisory Council
Visit the TAC Web site.

• OSU Course Catalog & Master Schedule
• Library Staff Advisory Council's Web Page
• Library Staff Information Page
• OhioLINK Reference Databases - Access Rights
• Electronic Journal Center (OhioLINK) - Publisher List

Spot Bonus Award Party

Photos from the reception:

Chiquita Mullins-Lee (mullins-lee.1@osu.edu)

Branin Conducts Workshops in Spain

Joseph Branin, director of University Libraries, recently spent two weeks in Spain. His visit was at the invitation of the Consorci de Biblioteques Universitaries de Catalunya and the Consorcio de Universidades de la Comunidad de Madrid y de la UNED. These two consortia of academic libraries invited Branin to Barcelona and Madrid to conduct three-day workshops on the topic of the "Changing Nature of Collection Management in Research Libraries," workshops based on a paper he and two colleagues published two years ago on this topic.

"The teaching was intense," he says, "I had to prepare the workshops, speak for about three hours each day, and answer a lot of questions. Each workshop had about forty participants. In Barcelona there was no translation, but in Madrid the consortium did use simultaneous translation. I spoke in English, which was translated into Spanish, and questions to me in Spanish were translated into English. Once I got used to the translation routine, I felt very comfortable. Many of the participants spoke English, to some extent."

He continues, "I always enjoy traveling. I find it refreshing and educational to visit other countries and exchange information about library management. In Spain, there is great interest in American libraries. I found this to be true when I visited China a few years ago. They admire our wealth of modern resources and our advances in information technology. In turn, I admire their longer histories, depth of collections, and commitment to international cooperation."

Branin has been invited back to Madrid late this summer to participate in a digital libraries seminar. He is one of the many faculty and staff members who serve as knowledge ambassadors on behalf of the OSU Libraries.

Chiquita Mullins-Lee (mullins-lee.1@osu.edu)

Promotion and Tenure for Libraries' Faculty

Librarians of the Ohio State University Libraries enjoy faculty status and the opportunity to attain tenure. This month, we celebrate the appointments and promotions of a few of our own. Ohio State University Libraries Director Joseph Branin, speaking at the Annual Promotion and Tenure Reception at the Faculty Club, introduced five members of the Libraries faculty who successfully achieved tenure and the rank of professor or associate professor.

Receiving promotions and tenure in the University Libraries this year are:

Tschera Harkness Connell, Serials Coordinator, Technical Services, tenured as Associate Professor. Tschera was initially appointed as a faculty member at Ohio State on August 8, 1999.

Carol P. Diedrichs, Assistant Director for Technical Services and Collections, promoted to Professor. Carol was initially appointed as a faculty member at Ohio State on October 1, 1987.

Alan A. Green, Head, Music/Dance Library, promoted to Associate Professor. Alan was initially appointed as a faculty member at Ohio State on January 21, 1992.

Guoqing Li, Chinese/Korean Studies Librarian, tenured and promoted to Associate Professor. Guoqing was initially appointed as a faculty member at Ohio State on August 1, 1996.

James L. Murphy, Cataloger in Technical Services, promoted to Professor. Jim was initially appointed as a faculty member at Ohio State on March 1, 1983.

L - R: Carol Diedrichs, Alan Green, Tschera Connell, Guoqing Li, James Murphy

Congratulations to each of you.

Chiquita Mullins-Lee (mullins-lee.1@osu.edu)

Luminous Lucubrations

Last week's entry; "scrivener" means "writer-out of documents; lawyer."
This week's entry is "cadastral."

Online resources for this question are available:

• Merriam-Webster OnLine - brief definitions
• The Oxford English Dictionary - lengthy, historical entries
• The Dictionary of Difficult Words - rarely used, archaic, and difficult words

Laughs

• Calvin & Hobbes Daily Comics
• Cartoon of the Day

===Administrative & Professional===
Health Sciences Library: Curator (Myers Lenahan Archivist) New Position 2nd listing

===Staff===
Circulation Department (Thompson Main Library): Library Associate 2 (replacing Morgan)
Health Sciences Library: Library Media Technical Assistant 2 (replacing Pfister) 2nd listing
Science and Engineering Library: Library Media Technical Assistant 2 50% (replacing Mason)

In order to comply with University procedures, employees who are applying for listed vacancies must complete a Promotion/Transfer Request (form 8931, Rev 9/97) during the week of the first listing of the vacancy in the University Personnel Posting (green sheet). To ensure awareness of all vacancies which have been posted, applicants should consult the weekly green sheet rather than relying on the listing in NEWS NOTES Online and are encouraged to attach a resume and/or other supporting documents to the form. Prospective faculty and staff applicants who are absent during the five-day posting period and wish to apply should see Toni Morrison-Smith

Library personnel may also review University employment opportunities at http://www.ohr.ohio-state.edu/index.htm