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September 9, 2005

Library Lecture Series Set

Michael Buckland, Professor Emeritus, School of Information Management & Systems, University of California.
Nov. 15, 10:30 a.m.
Professor Buckland has recently been engaged in topics that include improving libraries' ability to support searching by place and time and the desirability of recreating the helpful structure of the reference collection in a digital library environment,and the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI), an an informal international collaboration dedicated advancing the humanities and social science by taking time and place more seriously.

Susan Gibbons, Assistant Dean, Public Services & Collection Development, University of Rochester.
Tuesday, February 7, 3:30 p.m.
Ms. Gibbons interests are in institutional repositories, particularly technology, work-practice and policy issues and the tailoring of library resources at a course level, whether through traditional course management system or home-grown library systems. In "Understanding Faculty to Improve Content Recruitment for Institutional Repositories," (D-Lib Maganzine, January 2005) explores the research practices of faculty not unlike the OSU environment. Ms. Gibbons has also been chosen for a 2005 "Mover & Shaker" award by Library Journal for her work developing the University of Rochester's institutional repository and for contributing to the University's early involvement as a leader in using DSpace technology to capture, store, index, and distribute finished scholarly work.

Carol Tenopir, Professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Interim Director of the Center for Information Studies. Tuesday, April 4, 10:30 a.m.
Professor Tenopir's areas of teaching and research include: information access and retrieval, electronic publishing, the information industry,online resources, and the impact of technology on reference librarians and scientists. She is the author of five books,including, Communication Patterns of Engineers, with Donald W. King.

David Carr, Associate Professor, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Tuesday, May 16, 3:30 p.m.
Dr. Carr explores the idea of cultural institutions as spaces where ordinary people can go to explore society's past and to create visions of the future through individual contemplation. His many presentations, articles, book chapters and recently published collection of essays, "The Promise of Cultural Institutions," center on these themes of lifelong learning. In October 2002, he delivered a talk titled "Each Life: Cultural Institutions and Civic Engagement" at The White House Colloquium on Libraries, Museums and Lifelong Learning.

All four programs are scheduled to be held in Room 210 of the Thompson Library.

Cartoon Research Library Exhibit--The Yellow Kid: Hero of Hogan's Alley

September 15, 2005 - January 13, 2006
Reading Room Gallery
The Yellow Kid has been described as the first commercially successful comic strip superstar. His popularity was so enormous that the great rival newspapers in New York City, Joseph Pulitzer's New York World and William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal, at one time ran competing versions of the Yellow Kid drawn by two cartoonists. The Kid was successfully merchandised with a wide range of products from cigarettes and game cards to dolls and sheet music.

Richard Felton Outcault (1863-1928) created the comic strip Hogan's Alley, which is considered to be the first newspaper comic strip. It debuted in 1895 and featured Mickey Dugan, who is better known as the Yellow Kid.

This exhibition features rare examples of original full-color newspaper pages featuring the Yellow Kid from the San Francisco Academy of Comic Art Collection plus samples of the many products that licensed this comic strip character, as well as editorial cartoons that featured him from several of the library's other collections.

President's/Provost's Diversity Lecture Series presents "Making Work and Family Compatible: Challenges and Strategies for Change" and "Annual Reception Honoring Women's Progress at OSU"

Professor Robert Drago: "Making Work and Family Compatible: Challenges and Strategies for Change"
Thursday, October 6, 3:30-4:45 p.m.
Ohio Union Conference Theatre Professor Drago will repot on recent research documenting biases against caregiving in the academy, how individuals strategically engage in bias avoidance to escape prospective career penalties, and ways colleges and universities, academic departments and faculty and their family can effectively counter such biases to improve gender equity. Dr. Drago is Professor of Labor and Women's Studies at the Penn State University, a Professional Fellow at the University of Melbourne, and president-elect of the College and University Work-Family Association for 2006. The author of over 70 articles and three books, the results of his recent research on faculy and work-family responsibilities is currently forthcoming in "Academe," "Change," "American Behavioral Scientist," and "Ivey Business Journal."

Annual Reception Honoring Women's Progress at OSU
Thursday, October 6, 4:45-6 p.m.
Ohio Union Main Lounge
Reception co-sponsored by The Women's Place, The President's Council on Women's Issues, The Department of Women's Studies, The Association of Faculty & Professional Women, and Women's Student Services/The Multicultural Center.

Fair Use Webcast Archive Available

If you weren't able to attend the "Applying Fair Use Doctrine in Colleges and Universities Web Conference" on August 23rd, use the links below to listen to the archived session and view the presentation slides. The archive is only available to OSU individuals until Thursday, September 29, 2005. After that date you will have to pay to listen to the archive.

A copy of the original presentation materials can be downloaded from the following link(s):

To access the archive, follow the link below. The archive includes the speaker's voice along with his PowerPoint presentation slides and it will be played through the WebEX browser plug-in. You might be asked to install the WebEX browser plug-in when you click on the link below. If it is already installed, the recorded session should begin automatically.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Academic Impressions directly at 720-488-6800.

 

September 6, 2005

OSU Libraries Helping Libraries Impacted by Hurricane Katrina

We are monitoring the library situation in New Orleans and coastal Louisiana and Mississippi as best we can. Reports are coming in from several library news sources, but many of the evacuated areas have not yet been assessed. LSU Library appears to be OK, but we are not sure about Tulane's Library, which we hope has stayed dry. We are sure there will be damaged libraries in the city, such as the City of New Orleans Research Library in the French Quarter, and damaged libraries in other parts of coastal Louisiana and Mississippi.

We are starting to offer local help and develop longer term national strategies in coordination with the American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries, and OCLC to assist libraries in Louisiana and Mississippi. We are taking the following actions:

From Joe Branin

Honors and Scholars Open House Also Source of Potential Student Employees for Other Libraries' Units

A great source for potential student employees of the Libraries is coming up soon. The Honors and Scholars Open House will be Thursday, September 22, from 3-5 p.m. Peer Library Tutor working group members will be there, and we invite other Library departments who are still hiring to have a presence there, too. (Peer Library Tutors are paid student employees, hired, trained, and supervised by librarians to support the research and instruction roles of the OSU Libraries. The first group of tutors is expected to begin their work this fall.) The event will be held at the University Honors & Scholars Center, 220 West 12th Avenue. Please contact Kathy Dean (dean.202@osu.edu) if you are interested in participating.

Autumn Quarter Orientation Sessions for New Student Employees

Main Library, Room 122

New student employees are required to attend a single two-hour library orientation workshop. All workshops will be held in Room 122 of Main Library. Refreshments and activity prizes will be given to the students who attend. No reservations are needed.

August 2 - August 24, 2005