tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87542264980412112792024-03-14T02:15:30.927-04:00Friends of the UNCG LibrariesThe Friends of the UNCG Libraries are advocates and supporters of the Libraries. Our Friends make a real difference in our ability to serve the campus and the local community.KathrynChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15155512265686811172noreply@blogger.comBlogger567125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754226498041211279.post-13941280356535102912018-06-15T13:35:00.000-04:002018-06-15T13:35:32.227-04:00PRIDE! of the Community Holds First Scanning Event<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q04qMwLLvzk/WyP3lnlStcI/AAAAAAAABic/wNW9vPa3Frw47vwCmM_u_xDN27MHPQerACLcBGAs/s1600/29497000_388820874919773_7114739483069100056_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q04qMwLLvzk/WyP3lnlStcI/AAAAAAAABic/wNW9vPa3Frw47vwCmM_u_xDN27MHPQerACLcBGAs/s320/29497000_388820874919773_7114739483069100056_n.jpg" width="320" /></a>The first scanning event for UNC Greensboro’s PRIDE! of the Community project was held on May 19. In partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Guilford Green Foundation, the PRIDE! project hopes to record the often invisible history of the LGBTQ+ community as it relates to North Carolina, especially in the Triad area and Greensboro.<br />
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Digital Projects Coordinator David Gwynn, Special Collections Technician Stacey Krim, and Manuscripts Archivist Jennifer Motszko were all present at the first scanning event to ensure the transition from physical to digital went smoothly. Most of the items they scanned during the first event were from one of their partners, the Guilford Green Foundation. They hope that as time goes on, more LGBTQ+ people and organizations will take advantage of the PRIDE! scanning days.<br />
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These events serve as a way to create digital copies of physical items such as photographs, t-shirts, organizational newsletters and records, bar or club fliers, protest signs, activism materials, and/or letters and postcards, that will stand the test of time. “Our intention is to get the LGBT[Q+] community excited about their own history,” says Motszko.<br />
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The team hopes to digitize material from the LGBTQ+ community as a whole and historically underrepresented groups within the community, such as people of color, women, older people, and transgender individuals. However, Gwynn clarifies, “Anybody who’s got a story to tell, we want to hear from, or [anyone who] has stuff that might be of interest.”<br />
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Motszko spoke to her excitement about the project, saying, “I really love this project because Greensboro has had such a large population of people in the LGBTQ[+] community...and having a very sort of quiet, undocumented group just kind of breaks my heart. So I think that the significance in this project is getting these groups...and having them also see the significance in their history.”<br />
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PRIDE! of the Community’s next scanning event will be on June 20 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Guilford Green Foundation. Visit the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1807465522648581/" target="_blank">event page</a> for more details.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754226498041211279.post-43974263750985690472018-05-22T13:41:00.002-04:002018-05-22T13:45:02.312-04:00Jackson Society Members Select Works by Dickens, Twain, Hugo and Flaubert at the Fourth Annual Members' Choice Event<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DQUQPYMyCFQ/WwRPgs80NxI/AAAAAAAABfY/ttTp0HMH3Jwc_a4yrzE6juLfg4zu4TJGQCLcBGAs/s1600/a%2Bchristmas%2Bcarol%2B5-2018.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="664" height="272" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DQUQPYMyCFQ/WwRPgs80NxI/AAAAAAAABfY/ttTp0HMH3Jwc_a4yrzE6juLfg4zu4TJGQCLcBGAs/s320/a%2Bchristmas%2Bcarol%2B5-2018.png" width="320" /></a>University Libraries’ held its Fourth Annual Members’ Choice event on April 10, allowing Jackson Society members to vote on their preferred selection of books to be added to the <a href="http://library.uncg.edu/info/depts/scua/" target="_blank">Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives</a>. The additions twill help grow the collection as it strives to meet the needs of current and future faculty and students, as well as the broader community.<br />
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Jennifer Motszko, Manuscripts Archivist, gave a short presentation on Charles Dickens’ <i>A Christmas Carol</i>. This first edition, first issue, second state, with red and blue title page and green end papers with illustrations by John Leech and published by Chapman & Hall in 1843 was an instant success, reportedly selling all 6,000 copies of the first edition on the first day of publication. Chapman & Hall, a British publishing house founded in the first half of the 19th century, also published William Thackeray and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. After <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, Dickens would write four more small festive books for each successive Christmas.<br />
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Additionally, Erin Lawrimore, University Archivist, provided an overview of several Mark Twain titles, including <i>Life on the Mississippi</i>, a first American edition, second state in original brown cloth with gold lettering published by James R. Osgood and Company in 1882, as well as <i>Punch, Brothers, Punch! And Other Sketches</i>, a first edition, first issue in original embossed blue published by Slote, Woodman & Co. in 1878. Jackson Society members selected seven more titles by Twain.<br />
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<li>Mark Twain, <i>Life on the Mississippi</i>, <i>The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Sketches</i>, <i>Eve's Diary</i>, <i>The Curious Republic of Gondour</i>, <i>The Mysterious Stranger. A Romance</i>, <i>Punch, Brothers, Punch! and Other Sketches</i>, <i>Following the Equator, a Journey Around the World</i>, <i>Europe and Elsewhere</i>, <i>Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven</i></li>
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As the Libraries' premier giving society, the Jackson Society is comprised of committed contributors, who are dedicated to the Libraries' mission to advance and support learning, research and service at UNC Greensboro and throughout the state. Members of the Jackson Society are automatically enrolled in the Friends of the UNC Greensboro Libraries and invited to exclusive events throughout the year. To learn more and explore other ways of giving to University Libraries, please contact Karlene Noel Jennings, Executive Director of Development, at <a href="mailto:knjennings@uncg.edu">knjennings@uncg.edu</a> or 336.256.0112.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754226498041211279.post-63067514472702534612018-05-08T14:47:00.001-04:002018-05-09T10:00:16.394-04:00UNCG's 2018 Reunion Showcases Academic Libraries in the 21st Century<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On Friday, April 20, as part of UNCG's Reunion 2018, librarians in the Research, Outreach and Instruction department provided a workshop to the Class of 1968 entitled, "Books, Bots and Everything in Between!"<br />
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Led by Amy Harris-Houk and Jenny Dale, participants learned how librarians support student success every day by helping students with research projects and evaluating information online.<br />
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Alumnae also toured Jackson Library with Kathy Crowe and saw first-hand how students use a variety of learning spaces and technology. They learned how the Digital Media Commons staff helps students complete their multimedia projects and enjoyed an overview of the makerspace by Armondo Collins.<br />
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Haley Gann, a student worker in University Libraries’ Access Services and Administration departments since 2016, has been named as the 2018 Outstanding Student Library Worker Award Winner.<br />
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The award, made possible by generous gifts from David Arneke and UNC Greensboro’s University Bookstore, is given annually. As winner, Gann’s name will be placed on the award plaque on display in Jackson Library, and she will receive $500 cash from Arneke and a $500 gift card from the University Bookstore.<br />
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“Haley is committed to the Library,” said Karen Ward. “She shows great passion for the work she does with patrons, faculty, staff and students.”<br />
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Gann fully embodies the criteria for the award, including reliability, responsibility, conscientiousness and commitment to service and teamwork. She will graduate this May from UNC Greensboro with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing and has accepted a full-time position in the Nursing Residency Program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754226498041211279.post-32372937805594410162018-04-13T13:39:00.001-04:002018-04-13T13:39:37.428-04:00Suzanne Sawyers' "Proliferation" Selected by the Guild of Book Workers for Its 2018-2019 Traveling Exhibition<div style="background-color: white;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">Every two years, the national Guild of Book Workers invites members to participate in its traveling juried exhibition. The 2018-2019 exhibition, entitled Formation, will travel to five venues over the two-year exhibition, including the Minnesota Center for the Book Arts in Minneapolis, the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking in Atlanta, the University of California – Los Angeles, the North Bennet Street School in Boston and the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">The Guild of Book Workers was founded in 1906 to establish and maintain a feeling of kinship and mutual interest among workers in the hand book crafts. Among its early members were well-known artist-craft workers, such as bookbinders and typographers. The Guild believes there is a responsibility among civilized people to sustain the crafts involved with the production of fine books, and its members work to broaden public awareness of the hand book arts and highlight the need for conservation and restoration. </span></div>
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A recent submission by Suzanne Sawyer, Library Services Technician in Preservation Services, was accepted into the upcoming exhibition. "Proliferation" is an accordion-style book structure that is inspired by both William Morris's screens and microscopic images of cells. The prints include monotypes, letterpress prints and pressure prints.<br />
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This year’s jurors, who received 102 submissions of which 51 were selected, include Colleen Curry, an Instructor at the American Academy of Bookbinding; Graham Patten, a rare book conservator and exhibiting book artist; and Sarah Smith, Manager of the Book Arts Workshop at Dartmouth College and an exhibiting book artist.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754226498041211279.post-14926595741865221372018-03-13T12:13:00.001-04:002018-03-22T17:17:54.491-04:00Annual Friends of the Libraries Dinner Set for April 28<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">University Libraries will host its 60th Annual Friends of the Libraries Dinner fundraiser on Saturday, April 28, at 6:30 p.m., with keynote speaker NC Author and UNC Greensboro alumna Marianne Gingher.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The evening’s festivities—which will take place at the Greensboro Country Club—include dinner, the new Friends of the UNC Greensboro Libraries Literary Award presented to Scuppernong Books, hear about the planning for the future Library addition, and honoring Cal Shepard, the State Librarian of North Carolina on her retirement.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Proceeds from the event help support University Libraries’ most pressing needs, including its collections, resources and services.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Tickets for the Friends of the UNC Greensboro Libraries Dinner are available in three categories including dinner and reception: $100 ticket per person ($50 tax deductible), $125 ticket per person (name recognition in program) in honor of UNC Greensboro’s 125th Anniversary ($75 tax-deductible) or $850 Table Sponsorship (name recognition in program) for eight tickets ($450 tax-deductible).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">For more information or to purchase tickets, contact the Triad Stage Box Office at 336-272-0160. or <a href="http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?pid=8552133">http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?pid=8552133</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Gingher, an award-winning novelist, editor </span>and<span style="background-color: white;"> educator, is a professor of English at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has published a much-praised novel, <i>Bobby Rex’s Greatest Hit</i>, a collection of stories, <i>Teen Angel and Other Stories of Wayward Love</i>, and a book of essays, <i>A Girl’s Life: Horses, Boys, Weddings, and Luck</i>. She is also the editor of <i>Amazing Place: What North Carolina Means to Writers</i>, which showcases a mix of familiar favorites and newer voices, expressing in their own words how North Carolina shapes the literature of its people. Her nonfiction has also appeared in the <i>Oxford American</i>, the <i>New York Times</i>, the <i>Washington Post Magazine</i>, <i>O</i> and <i>Our State</i>. </span>Gingher<span style="background-color: white;"> holds a master’s degree from UNC Greensboro and a bachelor’s degree from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Shepard has held a distinguished career in library services. Prior to her role as the state librarian of North Carolina, she served as chief of library development. Early in her career, Shepard held several positions in public libraries starting out as a children’s librarian in Murphy, North Carolina. She received her MLS from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is active in the American Library Association and the Chief Officers of State Library. She serves on the Board of Visitors for the UNC School of Library and Information Science and on the boards of Educopia and the North Carolina Center for After School Programs. She received the Distinguished Alumni Award from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2013. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Friends of the UNC Greensboro Libraries Literary Award will be presented to Scuppernong Books. The award is given annually to an individual, company or organization in recognition of significant or long-standing dedication and outstanding work in fostering reading, books and literary activity in Greensboro. </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754226498041211279.post-60986088552606675192018-02-13T14:00:00.002-05:002018-02-13T14:10:21.868-05:00#BelieveInTheG: Celebrate Your Spartan Pride! <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dVuNh1Qc5Z8/WoIIKmb5DkI/AAAAAAAABOw/CRLXRNURtmkewlHmMHBmmO5W1EIu0FKHQCLcBGAs/s1600/Believe%2Bin%2Bthe%2BG%2BFacebook%2BCover%2B2-2018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="820" height="151" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dVuNh1Qc5Z8/WoIIKmb5DkI/AAAAAAAABOw/CRLXRNURtmkewlHmMHBmmO5W1EIu0FKHQCLcBGAs/s400/Believe%2Bin%2Bthe%2BG%2BFacebook%2BCover%2B2-2018.jpg" width="400" /></a>Now in its fifth year, #BelieveInTheG is one of UNCG's largest celebrations of school spirit.<br />
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Exposing students to new ideas, sparking their ingenuity and satisfying their intellectual curiosity is at the core of what we do every day. University Libraries is an instructional partner: strengthening learning experiences for students, fostering the burgeoning demand for collaboration and creativity for faculty, and playing a vital role in the fabric of our campus community through evolving technology, flexible and functional spaces and promoting life-long learning.Visit <a href="http://www.believeintheg.com/">www.believeintheg.com</a> now!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754226498041211279.post-20643715751640860372018-02-02T17:10:00.001-05:002018-02-09T20:46:11.366-05:00Book Discussion of The Underground Railroad Led by Noelle Morrissette<div class="MsoNormal">
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Don't miss Documenting Slavery and Freedom, a public talk on Wednesday, February 21, 2018 from 12 - 1 p.m. in the Dillard Room at Weatherspoon Art Museum.<br />
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The free event will feature Gwen Gosney Erickson, Guilford College Archivist and Librarian, and Richard Cox, UNCG Digital Technology Consultant, sharing their experiences preserving and making publicly accessible primary source materials like letters, newspaper articles and deeds that document anti-slavery and slavery activities in Greensboro and in North Carolina.<br />
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As Friends Historical Collection Librarian and College Archivist, Erickson manages the special collections unit of Guilford College, which includes anti-slavery related Quaker documents and letters. Guilford’s campus is notable for its history as a school and as land where local African Americans worked with New Garden Quakers, including famed Quaker abolitionist Levi Coffin, to implement Underground Railroad activities. Enslaved Africans escaped to the Guilford College Woods, where they were supported in their flight to freedom. Guilford is one of the few college campuses listed by the U.S. Department of the Interior as a National Historic District and is part of the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.<br />
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Cox will share the origins of the <a href="https://library.uncg.edu/slavery/" target="_blank">Digital Library on American Slavery</a> (DLAS) project at UNCG and how individuals may use it for research and teaching. The DLAS is an extensive collection of legislative and county court petitions, runaway slave ads, insurance registries, deeds and trade voyages is the largest single index to slave-related public documents from the pre-Civil war era from the Southern states, and the largest collection of African American names from that period.<br />
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This program is held in conjunction with the Sanford Biggers exhibition on view December 16, 2017- April 8, 2018. Support is provided by the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources.<br />
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<i>Image Credit: Anti-slavery needle case, Harriet Peck Papers, Friends Historical Collection, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754226498041211279.post-63337440230701853042017-12-22T14:16:00.001-05:002017-12-22T14:30:43.116-05:00Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project's 20th Anniversary Luncheon Celebrates Women Veterans <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dqFQ4fHrW3U/Wj1YjAIK-YI/AAAAAAAAA0E/t37KS63RyfE3NXFsbP4xxNxL-pKJ_bnAACLcBGAs/s1600/img_0771_38554713612_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dqFQ4fHrW3U/Wj1YjAIK-YI/AAAAAAAAA0E/t37KS63RyfE3NXFsbP4xxNxL-pKJ_bnAACLcBGAs/s320/img_0771_38554713612_o.jpg" width="320" /></a>On Friday, November 3, more than 120 guests gathered at the Alumni House at UNCG. The attendees were primarily women veterans whose service ranged from the WWII era up to current UNCG students. Thanks to the generous sponsorship by UNCG Nursing alumna and Air Force Nursing veteran Glenda Schillinger the luncheon was free for all attendees.<br />
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The luncheon featured an exhibit of uniforms and artifacts from the collections, music from UNCG student musicians, remarks from Jacqelean Gilliam and Martin Halbert as well as an excerpt from the theater production of <a href="http://ttnc.org/star-spangled-girls/" target="_blank">Star Spangled Girls</a>. The main program was a discussion among the women veterans who shared their experiences and insights about their service and the <a href="http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/WVHP/" target="_blank">Women Veterans Historical Project</a>.<br />
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In honor of our 125th anniversary, be one of 125 alumni to support UNCG on #GivingTuesday. As we celebrate the season of giving, perform an act of kindness to share on social media using #UNCG125. For more information about Giving Tuesday, <a href="http://www.alumni.uncg.edu/s/1659/index.aspx?sid=1659&gid=2&pgid=1200" target="_blank">click here</a>.</div>
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<li>Build community. Share why you gave to UNCG using #GivingTuesday and #UNCG125. Consider changing your <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profilepicframes?query=&selected_overlay_id=716873641844535" target="_blank">Facebook photo frame</a> for the day, or even the week, to encourage your friends to do the same.</li>
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University Libraries is the heart of teaching and learning at UNCG, and that is why we are open 5,700 hours per year. Students, faculty and community members rely on us for the education they find in our stacks and at our service desks; the history that is digitized and on display thanks to Special Collections; and the innovative resources of the Digital Media Commons, which include a green screen room, video game lab, and media equipment for rent. Amazing things can happen in the library, but every minute of operation costs us $2.46. </div>
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As the world celebrates #GivingTuesday, give your fellow Spartans an hour of transformative learning with a gift of $147.60 to the University Libraries Enrichment Fund. Your gift of any amount will impact the thousands of Spartans who utilize the Libraries every year.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754226498041211279.post-68770301903927913002017-10-30T14:01:00.000-04:002017-10-30T14:01:37.224-04:00Library Faculty Elected to the North Carolina Library Association's Executive Board<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yxCI-_h8e9I/WfdjiiF01pI/AAAAAAAAAro/jxhvlsBgriQORjbLDpGYjmoRQfps7_8BgCLcBGAs/s1600/ncla_logo_no_tag.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="387" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yxCI-_h8e9I/WfdjiiF01pI/AAAAAAAAAro/jxhvlsBgriQORjbLDpGYjmoRQfps7_8BgCLcBGAs/s320/ncla_logo_no_tag.png" width="311" /></a>On October 20, the North Carolina Library Association (NCLA) held its 62nd Biennal Conference in Winston-Salem where its membership elected the following University Libraries' faculty to the Executive Board for the 2017-2019 biennium.<br />
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Mike Crumpton, Assistant Dean of Administration has been elected to the office of President. Amy Harris Houk, Head of Research, Outreach and Instruction, has been elected as Assistant Treasurer. Lynda Kellam, Librarian for Data Services and Government Information and Assistant Director of International and Global Studies has been elected as the American Library Association Counselor.<br />
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An affiliate of the American Library Association and the Southeastern Library Association, NCLA is the only statewide organization concerned with the total library community in North Carolina. Its purpose is to promote libraries, library and information services, librarianship, intellectual freedom and literacy. Learn more about <a href="http://www.nclaonline.org/" target="_blank">NCLA</a> by visiting its website.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754226498041211279.post-79321191383232056462017-10-11T16:27:00.002-04:002017-10-11T16:27:47.056-04:00Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project Celebrates 20 Years and Announces Annual Luncheon<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8CxnYbj3OQQ/Wd57qCK8bII/AAAAAAAAAoA/zGIgKLj3Tbsm8YX_dEdPtkCfIrPiv31hACLcBGAs/s1600/WVHPLOGO3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="1600" height="91" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8CxnYbj3OQQ/Wd57qCK8bII/AAAAAAAAAoA/zGIgKLj3Tbsm8YX_dEdPtkCfIrPiv31hACLcBGAs/s400/WVHPLOGO3.jpg" width="400" /></a>The Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project (WVHP) began with a luncheon in 1998 to honor the unrecognized military service of women, including many Woman's College (now UNCG) alumnae. To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the WHVP and the 125th anniversary of UNCG, University Libraries will be celebrating the history of the WVHP and hearing from some of the veterans who are a part of the project.<br />
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Thanks to the generosity of Glenda Schillinger, UNCG alumna and U.S. Air Force Nurse Corps veteran, tickets to the November luncheon will be free. As always, the luncheon is open to the public and all are invited.<br />
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One of the primary focuses of the project is oral histories. This year, 17 new oral histories were added to the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, including those from Megan Mead, Rachel Puckett, Barbara Marshall, Deborah Branson, Kate Germano, Caroline Cleveland and Amanda Westfall Dayman.<br />
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The WVHP 20th anniversary luncheon will be held on Friday, November 3, 2017 in the Alumni House at UNCG. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. and the luncheon begins at noon.<br />
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Parking will be provided in the Oakland Parking Deck. Shuttle service begins at 10:45 a.m. from the Forrest Street entrance of the Oakland Deck. If you have mobility issues, we are happy to make special arrangements for you. Contact Beth Ann Koelsch at <a href="mailto:bakoelsc@uncg.edu">bakoelsc@uncg.edu</a> or (336) 334-5838 to RSVP, for disability accommodations or more information. <br />
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Jenny Dale, Information Literacy Coordinator in Research, Outreach and Instruction at University Libraries, will lead a book discussion of <i>Behind the Beautiful Forevers: </i><i>Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity</i> by Katherine Boo on October 24, 2017 at 4 p.m. in the Martha Blakeney Hodges Reading Room, located on the 2nd floor of Jackson Library.<br />
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The book, chosen as the 2017 UNCG Keker First Year Common Read at UNCG, is based on three years of reporting and the winner of the National Book Award for nonfiction. The event is sponsored by the Friends of the UNCG Libraries and is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. For more information or for disability accommodations, please contact Hollie Stevenson-Parrish at 336-256- 0184 or hdsteven@uncg.edu.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754226498041211279.post-88925636572128927422017-09-15T15:29:00.001-04:002017-09-15T16:30:19.683-04:00Lincoln Douglas Debates Presented to Chancellor Gilliam to Commemorate the 125th Anniversary of UNC Greensboro<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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On September 13, Abraham Lincoln's <i>Political Debates Between the Honorable Abraham Lincoln and the Honorable Stephen A. Douglas</i> was presented<i> </i>to Chancellor Gilliam to commemorate the 125th anniversary of UNC Greensboro. The book was chosen by the members of the Walter Clinton Jackson Society at the Third Annual Members Choice event in April along with the other volumes that were added to the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections & University Archives.<br />
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When published as a presidential campaign tool in April 1860, the collected speeches became a best-seller, and by the time of Lincoln’s official nomination, some 30,000 copies were in circulation.<br />
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The book is a first edition and was published in 1860. The debates were Lincoln's springboard to fame and feature the publisher's original embossed cloth and gilt engraved spine. The Lincoln–Douglas debates are unquestionably the most famous, and most important, of such confrontations to have been staged in the history of American politics.<br />
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Also known as the <i>Great Debates of 1858</i>, this series of seven debates between Lincoln and Douglas presaged the core issues that Lincoln would face when he became president. Although Illinois at the time was a free state, the main issue discussed in all seven debates was slavery in the United States.<br />
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The text of the Lincoln–Douglas Debates was set from Lincoln’s own scrapbook of clippings of the candidates’ remarks as reported by the Chicago Press & Tribune and the Chicago Times. The book was presented to the Chancellor by Martin Halbert, Dean of University Libraries, Keith Gorman, Assistant Dean of the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections & University Archives and Leigh Seager, Chair of the Jackson Society. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sheryl Oring, Associate Professor of Art in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at UNCG, will lead the discussion of her book, <i>Activating Democracy: The "I Wish to Say" Project</i> on September 25, 6 p.m., in the Hodges Reading Room of Jackson Library. The event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Friends of the UNCG Libraries. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Oring's <i>I Wish to Say Project</i> was a recipient of University Libraries' 2016-2017 Digital Partners Grant, an initiative that supports a collaborative approach to the creation and sharing of digital content of enduring value to UNCG and the global scholarly community. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Digital Projects unit, part of the Electronic Resources and Information Technologies (ERIT) Department, worked closely with Oring to create a searchable web-based archive of her <a href="http://libresearch.uncg.edu/IWishToSay/" target="_blank">o</a></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://libresearch.uncg.edu/IWishToSay/" target="_blank">n-going public art project consisting of dictated postcards to the U.S. President</a></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and included more than 2,000 postcards and supplemental photographs created during performances held in dozens of states over several years. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Motivated by her belief in the value of free expression that is guaranteed under the Constitution of the United States, Oring's <i>I Wish to Say Project</i> has been helping citizens voice their concerns about the state of affairs in the U.S. for more than a decade now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to tell stories, examine public opinion and foster open exchange. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Using tools typically employed by journalists (the camera, the typewriter, the pen, the interview and the archive) she builds on experience in her former profession to create installations, performances, artist books and internet-based works. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Oring holds a B.S. in Journalism from the University of Colorado, Boulder and a M.F.A. in Visual Art from the University of California, San Diego. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754226498041211279.post-45326985911510081722017-08-17T10:55:00.002-04:002017-08-18T09:38:37.669-04:002017 Aspire IT ("IT is for Girls/Women") Summer Camp <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">While the camp offered students insight into the many aspects of IT, it also included talks from women in various STEM fields, demonstrations in 3D printing, robotics and a visit to Analog Devices in Greensboro. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The camp, led by Dr. Lakshmi Iyer, UNCG Associate Professor and Director of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management Graduate Programs, began in 2009. This year, the camp hosted four sessions for 68 middle schoolers and 22 high school/college mentors. The workshops included app development, robotics, filmography and creating Arduino/Makey-Makey style gadgets. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Highlights of this year’s </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Aspire IT (“IT is for Girls/Women”) Summer Camp </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">culminated with a presentation of video projects to students, mentors and parents. A special thanks to Film Festival Leads Dr. Aprille Black, Instructional Technology Consultant/Lecturer at UNCG, and Dr. Maureen Allen, Adjunct Instructor in Management at Elon University. Digital Media Commons’ faculty, staff and student employees facilitated the planning, filming and editing of the videos. Alyssa Wharton, University Libraries’ Digital Media Technician in the DMC, has been slated for the 2018 Film Festival Session Lead next year. </span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754226498041211279.post-13519882673417531642017-08-04T10:39:00.000-04:002017-08-08T08:38:42.681-04:00In Memoriam: Gaylor F. Callahan<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Gaylor F. Callahan, University Libraries, died suddenly on August 3, 2017. Gaylor received her BA (1974) and MA (1977) in English and her MLIS (1990) from UNCG. She also pursued graduate studies at Duke University. Most of her career was devoted to the Libraries. She worked in Circulation and Reserves while a student and after graduating worked in the Serials Department.<br />
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Since 1984 Gaylor served as the Interlibrary Loan Borrower and helped countless researchers across campus obtain the materials they needed to complete their projects successfully. If you look at the acknowledgments in many UNCG faculty publications you will see their gratitude for Gaylor’s invaluable assistance. Gaylor also taught English at Elon University, UNCG and Duke. It is hard to imagine Jackson Library without Gaylor and she will be greatly missed. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754226498041211279.post-6465089850834615202017-08-01T09:44:00.002-04:002017-08-01T09:47:31.188-04:002016-2017 Digital Partners Grants Promote Collaboration and Build a Community of Scholars<div class="MsoNormal">
During the 2016-2017 academic year, University Libraries launched the Digital Partners Grant in an effort to maintain and preserve the research of UNCG's faculty. Recipients can receive up to $22,500 in resources from the Electronic Resources and Information Technologies (ERIT) department, which provides appropriate existing hardware and software at no cost. Additionally, University Libraries commits to maintaining the scholarly product and making it broadly available for the long term. The 2016-2017 Digital Partners Grant recipients are listed below. </div>
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<li><b>Dr. Chris Hodgkins, <i>Department of English, UNCG</i> and Dr. Robert Whalen, <i>Department of English, Northern Michigan University</i></b></li>
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<li>The University Libraries worked with Hodgkins to acquire, archive and maintain a local copy of the <i>George Herbert: The Digital Temple</i> web application, while also working with him and Whalen on the longer-term design and development of <i>The Complete Works of George Herbert</i>. In addition, University Libraries worked with Hodgkins to update, expand and diversify the web presence of the <i>George Herbert Society</i>.</li>
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<li>The University Libraries worked with Kirchoff and Rebecca Dellinger-Johnson, a graduate student at UNCG, to provide functionality and design updates to a visual online guide, <i>Oaks of the Southeastern United States: Visual Identification Key</i>, that covers 42 oaks native or naturalized to the Southeast United States. The key is designed to help identify oaks using pictures of living oak leaves. The project began as Dellinger-Johnson's research to use as a tool for science education. University Libraries will provide for the continued improvement of the key while giving it the maximum possible exposure on <a href="http://plants.usda.org/">plants.usda.org</a>. </li>
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<li><b>Sheryl Oring, <i>Department of Art, UNCG</i></b></li>
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<li>The University Libraries worked with Oring to create a searchable web-based archive of her ongoing public art project, <i>I Wish to Say</i>, consisting of dictated postcards to the United States President. ERIT digitized more than 3,000 postcards and supplemental photographs created during her performances across the United States. </li>
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<li>University Libraries worked with Sills and Drake to create an interactive map and searchable database that provided information to the general public about housing insecurity in North Carolina, particularly in rural areas. The project emphasizes the rich history of the mobile home as an affordable housing option and chronicles how that role in society has changed over time. Additionally, the project will look at the mobile home as a continued solution to low-income housing needs and current new developments, such as tiny houses. </li>
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<li>University Libraries worked with Filene to create an interactive mapping application to document the life of Charles Aycock, as well as his legacy at UNCG. The project also included providing in-class training to students. The project has grown to include other buildings and their namesakes at UNCG. </li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mitch </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Capel “Gran’daddy Junebug” </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">is a storyteller, recording artist, poet, actor and author. He was born in Southern Pines, North Carolina and has been delighting audiences nationally with his warmth, wit and compelling style since 1985. He refers to </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">his style of storytelling as “sto’etry” (stories recited poetically) and has been described as a “word magician,” “national treasure,” “unexpectedly powerful” and a “transformer of lives." He has been featured at numerous festivals and has performed his character education programs in more than 2,000 schools. Additionally, Capel has received numerous awards from local, state and national organizations for his work as a storyteller. He won the the Zora Neal Hurston Award from the National Association of Black Storytellers and co-founded the African American Storytellers’ Retreat in 1990 held annually in North Carolina. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The University Libraries at UNC Greensboro, with the help of the Pam and David Sprinkle Children’s Book Author and Storyteller Fund, are pleased to sponsor his visit to North Carolina from September 7-11, 2017. He will visit classrooms at Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools on Thursday, September 7 and Friday, September 8, and will make a family storytelling appearance at the Bookmarks Festival of Books and Authors in Winston-Salem on Saturday, September 9. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Additionally, Capel will appear at UNCG on Monday, September 11 to provide two storytelling sessions for 450 4th graders from Guilford County Schools, as well as a Q & A session for UNCG students studying to be elementary school teachers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Capel </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">attended North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, North Carolina and Howard University in Washington, D.C. studying speech and theatre. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754226498041211279.post-67139618274826909772017-06-26T10:42:00.001-04:002017-06-26T10:42:21.967-04:00Greensboro Bound: A Literary Festival<div style="background-color: white;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Friends of the UNCG Libraries wants to make you aware of a budding book fair/literary festival, to be held <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_59642127" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">May 18-20, 2018</span></span>. <i>Greensboro Bound: A Literary Festival </i>targets bringing 60+ authors to downtown Greensboro for presentations, workshops, panels and an array of family-centric activities. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Spearheaded by Guilford County's two indie bookstores, Scuppernong Books of Greensboro and Sunrise Books of High Point, plus an emerging group of community partners, the all-volunteer organizing committee would love to get feedback from FOL to help craft programming and identify the authors you'd love to see in Greensboro. Take a moment and help us launch <i>Greensboro Bound: A Literary Festival</i>. </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754226498041211279.post-87754033410398867582017-06-21T15:52:00.003-04:002017-06-21T15:52:49.358-04:00Jenay Solomon Will Present at the Diversity and Outreach Fair of the American Library Association's Annual Conference in Chicago <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As part of this annual event, the Diversity and Outreach Fair celebrates library services, programs and collections to underserved and under-represented communities. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The ALA is the oldest and largest library association in the world and holds its Annual Conference each summer. It brings together up to 25,000 librarians and library staff, educators, authors, publishers, Friends of Libraries, trustees, special guests and exhibitors to engage and participate in the ongoing transformation of libraries and to network. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754226498041211279.post-90566617905938652302017-06-15T16:29:00.001-04:002017-06-17T17:12:12.919-04:00Ennio Bolognini's Personal Papers and Artifacts Added to the UNCG Cello Music Collection<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://library.uncg.edu/info/depts/scua/" target="_blank">The Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections & University Archives</a> recently welcomed the addition of Ennio Bolognini's personal papers and artifacts to the UNCG Cello Music Collection. Bolognini is the 13<sup>th</sup> cellist represented in the Cello Music Collection, which is the largest single holding of cello music-related material in the world. While the collection is small, it contains a few manuscripts, musical sketches and caricatures drawn by Bolognini, articles, concert programs and photographs relating to his life and career.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Bolognini was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on November 7, 1893. His mother was a prominent singer and opera coach at the Teatro Colón. His father was an Italian correspondent for the Paris-based newspaper Le Figaro and an amateur cellist, who taught his son the instrument. Bolognini made his debut at the age of 12 and soon enrolled in the St. Cecilia Conservatory in Buenos Aires. At 15 he won the Iberian-Am</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In 1923 Bolognini came to the United States to serve as a sparring partner for Luis Firpo in preparation for Firpo's legendary world heavyweight championship fight against Jack Dempsey. Afterwards he joined the Philadelphia Orchestra. Four years later, he moved to Chicago, where he became principal cellist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Often described as a charismatic man with a fiery temper, Bolognini became known for such eccentricities as bringing his dog to all rehearsals and playing all the other instruments of the orchestra.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">He became an aviator in the early days of flight and was one of the founders of the Civil Air Patrol. During World War II he trained cadets to fly B-29 bombers. He was also a notable marksman, swimmer, sketch artist and gourmet cook. He spoke fluent Spanish, Italian, French, German and English and was conversant in Hebrew, Greek, Japanese, Hungarian, Russian and 15 different Italian dialects.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In 1951 he moved to Las Vegas, where he lived for the remainder of his life and founded and conducted a symphony orchestra. He disliked musical recordings and refused to allow his performances of major cello works, such as the Bach Suites, to be recorded. The few professional recordings in existence today are limited to musical vignettes and his own short compositions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Bolognini died in his sleep at the age of 85 on July 31, 1979, at his home in Las Vegas. His Rovatti cello was donated by his widow, Dorothy Bolognini, to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., where it remains in its permanent collection. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754226498041211279.post-23139133391193065862017-06-02T13:57:00.004-04:002017-06-02T13:57:58.693-04:00Students' Love of Libraries Makes Impact on Capitol Hill<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Librarians from across the U.S. gathered in Washington, D.C. on May 1 and 2 to visit with lawmakers as part of the American Library Association's National Library Legislative Day. This year, representatives from University Libraries, <span style="background-color: white;">the Master of Library and Information Studies program in UNCG's School of Education, the North Carolina Library Association and the State Library of North Carolina represented North Carolina with students and families to visit their representatives on Capital Hill. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LSTA is the only federal funding program for libraries. Most of its resources flow to each state through the IMLS in the form of a population-based matching grant. The State Library of North Carolina uses LSTA funds to increase the capacity of North Carolina libraries to improve services for residents. In North Carolina, all 100 counties have benefited from LSTA funds and the average allocation each year is $4.3 million. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Save the date and join us in advocating for libraries next year! National Library Legislative Day will be<b> May 7 and 8, 2018</b> in Washington, D.C. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Learn more today and visit </span><a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/nlld">http://ww</a><a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/nlld">w.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/nlld</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754226498041211279.post-13218440085501193382017-05-16T15:59:00.002-04:002017-05-16T15:59:42.310-04:00Ryan Ridpath Wins 2017 Undergraduate Research Award from University Libraries<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Dean Michael Crumpton and Undergraduate Research Award Committee Chair Jennifer Motszko presented the 2017 University Libraries’
Undergraduate Research Award to Ryan Ridpath on May 3 at the Student Honors
Convocation. This award is given in recognition of an outstanding original
research project or paper written by an undergraduate student or students at
UNCG. A successful project demonstrates sophistication, creativity, originality
and depth or breadth in the use of library collections and scholarly resources,
an exceptional ability to use these resources in the creation of an original
research project or paper and responsible use of information including
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In his
paper, Ridpath explores “women’s roles and the emotions attributed to them,
comparing them to men in <i><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Njal’s Saga</span></i><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">, and analyzing the sorts of gendered language and insults hurled by both genders” to “derive a more concise understanding about the societal values of legitimate violence as it related to gender in the Viking Age, said Motszko.” R</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">idpath was nominated by his professor, Dr. Richard Barton. "Ryan produced some extremely valuable insight, particularly concerning the dynamic relationship between manliness and violence that existed in Icelandic society and concerning the role of insult as a way for such relationships to be expressed and, occasionally, transgressed,” said Dr. Barton. Additionally, he commented on Ridpath’s excellent use of library resources, particularly in finding the best English translation of </span><i style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Njal’s Saga</i><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> and assembling a bibliography of secondary scholarship to support his research. His personal essay included a description of the research process, which involved using online databases and inter-library loan materials. He also browsed sections of the library stacks to find books related to his topic. Through the research process, he learned how invaluable it is to have a familiarity with the physical system of the library and that often, just by looking on the shelves, one can find both the necessary piece for their current research and the cornerstone for the next research project. University Libraries' Undergraduate Research Award was established to recognize students who make these discoveries and apply them to their coursework. Ridpath’s </span><a href="https://libres.uncg.edu/ir/listing.aspx?styp=ti&id=21679" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">winning paper</a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> has been added to NC DOCKS, UNCG’s Institutional Repository.</span></div>
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