Library Newsletter Spring 2014

THE HARRY & JEANETTE WEINBERG MEMORIAL LIBRARY

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SPRING 2012 • Vol.1 Issue 1

A newsletter from The Weinberg Memorial Library SPRING 2014

Colum McCann to Receive Distinguished Author Award

Photo credit: Brendan Bourke

The Friends of the Weinberg Memorial Library Royden B. Davis Distinguished Author Award will be presented this year to National Book Award-winning author Colum McCann.

Novelist and short story writer Colum McCann won the 2009 National Book Award for fiction for his eighth book, Let the Great World Spin. For this work—in which stories intersect and diverge, with the August 7, 1974 walk by Philippe Petit on a wire stretched between the two towers of the World Trade Center as a focal point—he researched tightrope walking, Vietnam, theology and the language of the streets. In an interview with Bret Anthony Johnson for the National Book Foundation website, the Current Biography Yearbook for 2010 notes that McCann spent time with homicide detectives, watched films, studied old photographs, and sat in Bronx stairwells to ”soak up a language that would relate to the streets.” McCann told Johnston: “I love research. I feel that I go to university each time I write a new book. I revel in getting away from myself.” (Current Biography, 375) His works reflect diverse settings, characters

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and voices. The 2010 Current Biography article also notes that for his book This Side of Brightness, McCann spent nights with homeless people on New York City streets. He studied the history and culture of the Roma or gypsies for Zoli. McCann studied the social conditions and arts, traveled to Russia and interviewed friends of Rudolf Nureyev to write his work Dancer about the ballet.

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Rathmines College in Dublin. To gather experience for his writing, he spent a year bicycling across the United States. After earning a B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin, he moved with his wife to Japan where he worked on short stories and completed his first novel, Songdogs. The couple later moved to New York City, and McCann published Fishing the

Library Research Prize: 2 Deadlines, 1 Judging, 2 Prizes This academic year, the application process for the Weinberg

Memorial Library Research Prize has changed. For projects completed for courses taken during Summer/Fall 2013, the

application deadline was in December; while projects done for Intersession/Spring 2014 courses have an application deadline

of 4:00 p.m. on Friday, May 2, 2014. Although there are two

different dates to submit an application, there will be only one judging, which will take place in May 2014. This change was made so that students in summer or fall courses could submit their applications closer to when they completed their projects.

Two prizes will be awarded: one to an undergraduate

student or group of students, and one to a graduate students or group of students. Each prize is $500.00. Group winners will

split the award equally among the group members. The Library

Research Prize is designed to attract the outstanding research projects from courses taught in departments across The University of Scranton campus. Projects can be in any format.

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Applicants must submit an essay that describes their methods

of research, including the information gathering process, and

use of library resources, tools and services. Submissions will be judged on the research done for the project. Applications must also include a bibliography, which should be more extensive

than the Works Cited or Reference List for the project since it will also include background material.

Faculty who assign research projects should encourage

their students to apply for the Library Research Prize. A statement of faculty support is another component of the application process.

For more information, visit scranton.edu/libraryresearch-

prize or contact Bonnie Oldham, Information Literacy

Coordinator at The University of Scranton’s Weinberg Memorial

Library, by phone (570-941-4000) or e-mail bonnie.oldham@ scranton.edu.

—Bonnie Oldham

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Sloe-Black River, a collection of 12 short stories that include “tales about a gay man and his dying lover, an ex-prizefighter’s obsession with a former girlfriend and other stories of love, loss, exile and everyday struggles.” (Current Biography, 375) The book won the 1994 Rooney Award for an Irish author under the age of 40. He later co-wrote a screenplay based on this collection. In 2004 he co-authored the screenplay for the Academy Award nominated short film Everything in This Country Must.

His most recent work, TransAtlantic, crosses two continents and three centuries to interweave the lives of strong female characters with those of Frederick Douglass and Senator George Mitchell.

Since 2005, McCann has taught in the MFA creative writing program at Hunter College, a division of the City University of New York.

In addition to the National Book Award and the Rooney prize, his honors include the Irish Independent award, the Hennessy Award for Irish Literature (1990), the Ireland Fund of Monaco Princess Grace Memorial Literary Award (2002) and the Deauville Festival of Cinema Literary Prize Award (2009). Also in 2009, France named him a chevalier in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and the Arts Council of Ireland inducted him into Aosdana which is limited to 250 living artists who have produced a distinguished body of work.

(Current Biography, 377).

The Dictionary of Literary Biography states that his works compel interest “because of his inventive images and symbols, his rich poetic language, and his explorations of international characters who often live on the margins of society in Ireland and America.” (DLB, vol.

267, p. 181) Reviewers and critics have noted that “his writing blends both the lushness of magic realism and the spare details of a harsh realism.” (DLB, Vol. 267, p. 186) Please join us on October 18 at 5 p.m. in the DeNaples Ballroom when we present the Friends of the Weinberg Memorial Library Royden B. Davis Distinguished Author Award to Colum McCann. To register for the event, please go to the Distinguished Author website (http://www.scranton.edu/academics/wml/distinguished/index.shtml).

—Bonnie Strohl

Mutiny on the Bounty Exhibit and Lecture at Library Although the Mutiny on the Bounty will always stand as a signal event in maritime history, the circumstances surrounding the mutiny have been clouded by early attacks on Lieutenant William Bligh and by motion pictures, which portrayed him as a tyrant. Doubtless, Bligh had a sharp tongue which he used quite effectively to berate his petty officers. But contrary to the portrait created by partisans of the mutineers, Bligh was an enlightened commander who limited the use of disciplinary flogging.

The mutiny is only part of the story. After the Bounty was taken by Fletcher Christian and his fellow mutineers, Bligh and 18 loyalists squeezed into a launch for a harrowing 47-day open boat voyage in bad weather.

Bligh and most of his men survived one of the greatest feats of navigation in history and returned home. But Bligh, eventually a RearAdmiral, was always dogged by the mutiny and by the concerted smear campaign waged by several pardoned mutineers and the family of Christian.

In celebration of the 225th anniversary of the mutiny, the Weinberg Library is presenting an exhibit on the topic drawn from the collection of University benefactor and alumnus Edward R. Leahy ’68. Mr. Leahy has acquired rare and fascinating books showing both the

historical facts and the efforts to sully Bligh.

From Bligh’s Narrative to the mutineer’s court martial transcripts to the spurious Fletcher Christian letters and the authentic and extremely rare Peter Heywood letters, Mr. Leahy has assembled the historical evidence. But he has also collected the start of the Mutiny saga in the arts with works like Lord Byron’s The Island. This exhibit provides both the fiction and the facts of the Mutiny on the Bounty.

The Heritage Room exhibit will open February 7 and close April 17. On April 9 at 5:30 p.m. Edward Leahy will speak on The Mutiny on the Bounty: Myth and Fact in the Heritage Room with a reception to follow.

The talk is free and open to the public.

Contact Special Collections Librarian Michael Knies, michael.knies@scranton.edu or 570-941-6341 for more information.

—Michael Knies

(above) William Bligh.

Voyage to the South Seas.

1792. (below) Images from the Mutiny on the Bounty exhibit.

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Reilly Learning Commons Construction Moves Forward Plans are moving forward for construction within the space to take place in summer 2014, directly after spring semester finals.

The space will be designed for innovation, collaboration and flexibility.

As you may recall from the Fall Information Update, the Library has secured funding to develop the Reilly Learning Commons located on the first floor of the Weinberg Memorial Library. Plans are moving forward for construction within the space to take place in summer 2014, directly after spring semester finals. The space will be designed for innovation, collaboration and flexibility. Construction will include the addition of group study rooms, including a special Lecture Capture space for students to practice presentations, record them and save them to share with classmates or instructors.

The space will also include several highend PCs and, something entirely new to the Library, a bank of iMacs. These additional computers will have specialized software to meet growing student needs for video and audio editing, graphic design software, and more high tech features. The space will also

feature large screen monitors with outlets that allow students to plug in their laptops or tablet computers and project them onto the screen for collaboration on group projects. We will be ordering new furniture for the space, including rolling chairs, larger desks for small group collaboration and modern couches.

The Reilly Learning Commons is named after Joseph C. Reilly who generously donated his estate to the Weinberg Memorial Library.

An additional donation was also made by Joseph Reilly’s sister, Kay, to help ensure the implementation and construction of the Learning Commons. Without the generous support of the Reilly family, we would not be able to bring this vision to light. Funds will continue to be raised in the future, with additional software, hardware and furniture being phased into the space over time.

—Sheli McHugh

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Clippings Collection: 100 Years of University of Scranton News Much attention has been drawn recently to the emerging discipline of digital humanities and particularly to its exciting applications for scholarship in history. For example, the University of Richmond’s Digital Scholarship Lab recently released a beautifully interactive web version of Charles O. Paullin’s 1932 Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States that allows viewers not only to look at old maps but to explore and manipulate them. Another Richmond project, Visualizing Emancipation, fosters new understanding of the end of slavery by plotting 4

an enormous set of data points, representing emancipation events, on maps and timelines. These kinds of projects demonstrate a growing need among digital humanities scholars for access to archival and special collections materials that they cannot simply see and view but use; that is, as one humanities scholar explained, “The easier objects are to repurpose, remix and reuse the better.”

The Weinberg Memorial Library’s Digital Services Department has been digitizing archival and special collections materials since 2008 in an effort to increase access to

rare and unique documents. Last year, in preparation for the University’s 125th anniversary, we digitized 97 oversized scrapbooks filled with newspaper clippings about the University that were hiding in our basement.

Digitization itself was an enormous undertaking. There was an immense variety of materials inside the books—some were dedicated to academics, others to athletics and alumni—dated from as early as the 1890s to as recent as the 1980s. Some of the scrapbooks were in good shape, while others were falling apart. Many had loose clippings and disordered pages, and some pages seemed to have been stuck into the wrong scrapbook throughout the years. But the most troublesome aspect of the project has simply been its scale: all combined, the 97 scrapbooks had almost 16,000 pages. When digitized, those pages produced just short of a terabyte of digital images—nearly doubling the size of our digital repository.

Digitization is only the first step in collection building, however. What we’re working on now is processing and cataloging the digitized images to make them easy to browse and search. With digital humanities scholarship in mind, we’re turning what was a disorganized pile of scrapbooks into a database, transforming clippings into data points that can be searched but also manipulated by date, location, subject and publication.

This is a highly labor-intensive process, but thankfully I’ve had quite a bit of help—a team of 17 library faculty, staff and student workers has pitched in from five different Library departments (Digital Services, Special Collections, Systems, Technical Services and Administration). I’ve been especially grateful

to have the assistance of David Hunisch, who moved upstairs from the Circulation Department this fall into a new position as digital services assistant, as well as two extraordinary student workers, April Francia ’15 and Justin Goreschak ’15.

We’ve had some lovely finds along the way. Among our favorites are the many photographs of legendary professor Dr. Bill Parente. With our new Reilly Learning Commons having opened up on the first floor, we were also thrilled to find a few articles about sisters Evelyn Reilly ’52 and Katharine Reilly ’53, who were among the earliest University of Scranton alumnae. (Women were first admitted into the Evening School in 1938, but the University did not become fully coeducational until 1972.)

While we’re only about a third of the way done, our new University of Scranton Clippings Collection (scranton.edu/library/ clippings) already holds 15,000+ articles from the 28 scrapbooks completed to date.

Items in this collection are restricted to oncampus users only, but off-campus users can search and browse article records.

—Kristen Yarmey

(top) Library benefactor Katharine (Kay) Reilly ’53 is standing, right, in this 1956 clipping announcing the newly elected officers of The University of Scranton’s Alumnae Society. Also pictured are Margaret Gallagher, Molly Noone (one of the University’s first M.A. graduates in 1952), Elizabeth McDade and Mrs. Joseph A. Lynn. (above) In one of his many scrapbook appearances, Dr. Parente awards Dr. Robert Sallavanti the 1976 Alpha Sigma Nu award for great teaching.

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Snapshots of several scrapbooks prior to digitization

Lindisfarne Gospels Facsimile Added to Special Collections

Dr. Midori Yamanouchi, Friends of the Weinberg Library board member, Michael Knies, special collections librarian, and Charles Kratz, dean of the Library, display the Lindisfarne Gospels.

The Weinberg Memorial Library Special Collections recently received an extraordinary gift in honor of the 20th anniversary of the Library.

Dr. Midori Yamanouchi, Friends of the Weinberg Memorial Library Board Member, provided funding for the acquisition of a fine art facsimile of the Lindisfarne Gospels. The original Lindisfarne Gospels is at the British Library in London and is one of the most important and best-preserved early medieval manuscripts.

The Lindisfarne Gospels is an illuminated manuscript gospel book created approximately 715-720 AD in a monastery at Lindisfarne off the coast of England. It is considered one of the best early versions of St. Jerome’s Latin Vulgate. The Lindisfarne Gospels also includes an interlinear Old English translation of the Gospels. This word-for-word English gloss was added to the Gospels around 950-970 AD. It is the oldest known translation of the Gospels into English.

The fine art facsimile of the Lindisfarne Gospels was produced in 2002 by Faksimile Verlag of Luzern Switzerland, a company that specializes in the highest quality reproductions of liturgical medieval manuscripts.

The facsimile was produced in cooperation with the British Library using state of the art digital photographic technology.

In 1996, the Weinberg Memorial Library was given a fine art facsimile copy of the Book of Kells (ca 800 AD) by dean emeritus Charles Buckley and also produced by Faksimile Verlag Luzern. This facsimile has been on exhibit and used for teaching purposes repeatedly in the 17 years that it has been at the University of Scranton. Adding the facsimile Lindisfarne Gospels to Weinberg Library gives us the opportunity to teach with and exhibit fine art facsimiles of the two greatest Gospel manuscripts from the medieval Anglo-Saxon world.

—Michael Knies

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Information Literacy Competency Standards Being Revised The Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education have been the bedrock of information literacy for librarians, educators, and assessment agencies since they were adopted by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) on January 18, 2000. So, why are they being revised? The first ten years of the 21stcentury have seen dramatic changes in technology, the information climate, and the needs of students. This prompted the ACRL Board, in July 2011, to create a review task force whose job it was to decide whether the standards should be renewed, revised or rescinded. The unanimous recommendation of the review task force was that the standards should be significantly revised.

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The review task force report provided a number of suggestions for change. These suggestions included: • Simplifying so the model will be understood by a range of audiences with appropriate language for these audiences • Addressing affective, emotional learning outcomes, thereby extending the cognitive focus of the current standards • Incorporating components from the metaliteracy conception of information literacy • Reconceptualizing the issues of format • Addressing the role of student as creator and as content curator • Aligning the resulting item with

Students and Teachers Receive Rose Kelly Awards Students at The University of Scranton and their high school teachers who they credit for contributing to their success were recognized at the Rose Kelly Awards ceremony held recently on campus.

The Rose Kelly Award was established by a

University of Scranton alumnus, Joseph Wineburgh,

Ph.D., to link the efforts of educators to the achieve-

ments of college students. The award is presented jointly to a student in each of the University’s colleges who has completed two years at Scranton

and to the teacher whom he or she recognizes as having a great impact on his or her life. Students

are selected based on exemplary achievement in both academics and general campus involvement.

From the College of Arts and Sciences, Maria Cleary of Cherry Hill, N.J. (center), nominated Maureen Simzak from Paul VI High School (right).They are pictured with Brian Conniff, Ph.D., dean of the College of Arts & Sciences.

From the Kania School of Management, Kristin Frost of Freehold, N.J. (center), nominated Joseph Iacullo from Freehold High School (left). They are pictured with Murli Rajan, Ph.D., interim associate dean of the Kania School of Management.

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From the Panuska College of Professional Studies, Dylan Lang of Kenilworth, N.J. (center), nominated Judith Linnett from Union County Magnet High School (right).

They are pictured with Debra Pellegrino, Ed.D., dean of the Panuska College of Professional Studies.

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the American Association of School Librarians’ Standards for the 21st Century Learner The revision process began in August 2012 with the creation of a new task force under the leadership of Craig Gibson, Associate University Librarian, Ohio State University Libraries and Trudi E. Jacobson, Head of the Information Literacy Department at the University Libraries, University at Albany, SUNY. The charge to the revision task force was to “Update the Information literacy competency standards for higher education so that they reflect the current thinking on such things as the creation and dissemination of knowledge, the changing global higher education and learning environment, the shift from information literacy to information fluency, and the expanding definition of information literacy to include multiple literacies, e.g., transliteracy, media literacy, digital literacy, etc.”

In April of 2013, Gibson and Jacobson submitted A Prospectus for Revision to the Executive Committee of the ACRL Board.

They propose the development of a conceptual framework for information literacy rather than the writing of a standard. This new approach underscores the critical need for faculty members and librarians to collaborate to effectively address information literacy education that aligns with disciplinary content. While the exact approach is still under discussion, two new elements will be incorporated: threshold concepts and metaliteracy. These two foundational elements should provide the basis for more sustained collaborations with disciplinary faculty and create more aligned teaching and learning communities at the institutional level.

The document also presented a timeline for implementation that included several opportunities for librarians to provide feedback, including an open forum at the American Library Association’s Annual Conference in June 2013 as well as at its Midwinter Meeting in January 2014 plus three online open forums in the fall of 2013. The target date for submission of final revisions to the ACRL Board is June 2014.

—Bonnie Oldham

From the Library Dean Happy New Year! 2014 is the Twentieth Anniversary

several European awards, the 2010 Best Foreign

Memorial Library. The Friends organization was

His work has been published in over 35 languages.

of the founding of the Friends of the Weinberg

formed in 1994 to support The University of Scranton’s Weinberg Library and to provide cultural

I am indebted greatly to all of the Friends of

the Library Board members and many volunteers

ening collections that reflect the history of ideas

zation’s countless successes - from the establish-

while building collections and programs that reflect

the present and serve as gateways to the future.

During the past twenty years, the Friends have supported this effort by building an Endowment, by adding to the Library’s collections, and by spon-

soring programs of interest to the community.

The Friends’ programs have heightened commu-

nity awareness of the Library’s resources while the Friends’ gifts to the Library have enriched its collec-

tions, furnishings, equipment and services. Members

of our Friends group have enjoyed fellowship and friendship with those who value the importance of

libraries and learning. And they have had a special

opportunity to help the University and Library attain their goal of excellence.

In 1997, the Friends of the Weinberg Library

established its Distinguished Author Award Series to reach the hearts of booklovers in our community and to provide a glimpse into the inner-most

hearts of writers. Annually, the Friends of the Library recognize and honor the work of fiction or non-

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He teaches at the MFA program in Hunter College.

outreach to the Northeastern Pennsylvania community. Today’s libraries face the challenge of strength-

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Novel Award in China, and an Oscar nomination.

to share their literary pursuits and impressions with our academic community and our friends in

Northeastern Pennsylvania. During its Twentieth Anniversary year, the Friends of the Weinberg Memorial Library are excited to announce that

who have worked tirelessly to achieve the organiment of the Royden B. Davis Distinguished Author Awards series in 1997, to the Friends’ annual Leaves

of Class Raffle, to the Friends’ annual book sale, and to the Friends’ many programs and exhibits. Poet

Emily Dickinson said “I know nothing in the world that has as much power as the word....” This is so

apropos of our volunteers. They are truly lovers of the written word with a mission. One of our great book lovers and dear friends, Judith L. Weinberger

passed away suddenly in December. Judy was a voracious reader and lover of the written word.

She was always reading and looking to her friends for their latest author suggestions. Judy served

as a member of Friends of the Library Board and as a member of the annual Distinguished Author

Award Series Planning Committee. She loved this

author series and was always willing to help the Library make it the Friends’ signature event each

year. In 2005, she chaired the event honoring

author James Grippando. Like Emily Dickinson who knew nothing in the world as powerful as

a “word,” I know nothing more powerful than a

true friend and supporter of the written word and libraries. Judy was that and more. She will live on

in our hearts especially each year as we plan the Distinguished Author Award series.

Please join us for the Distinguished Author

National Book Award winning author Colum

Award event on October 18, 2014 and become a

Distinguished Author Award on Saturday, October

of the Weinberg Memorial Library (https://web2.

McCann will receive the 2014 Royden B. Davis

18, 2014. Professor McCann was born in Ireland in 1965. He is the author of six novels and two

collections of stories. He has been the recipient of many international honors, including the National Book Award, the International Dublin Impac Prize, a Chevalier des Arts et Lettres from the French

government, election to the Irish Arts Academy,

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member of The University of Scranton’s Friends scranton.edu/WML/membership/WMLFriends.asp).

You too can help us champion the critical role

of libraries in today’s society.

Charles E. Kratz

Dean of the Library

University of Scranton Reference Librarian Participates in NEH Summer Seminar

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The core material of the seminar need not relate directly to the school curriculum; the principal goal of the seminar is to engage teachers in the scholarly enterprise and to expand and deepen their understanding of the humanities through reading, discussion, writing, and reflection.

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addition to our seminar meetings, we also visited many museums, art galleries, libraries, and historic points of interest in England, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

By the end of the seminar, I had been to London, Stratford-upon-Avon, and Oxford; Antwerp, Bruges, and Ghent in Belgium; and Amsterdam, Hoorn, Enkhuizen, Leiden, Haarlem, and Wassenaar in the Netherlands.

Over the five weeks of the seminar, I had walked the halls of Henry VIII’s Hampton Court Palace, visited the birthplace of Shakespeare, viewed the crown jewels, visited the medieval churches and towers of Belgium, viewed Rembrandt’s “Night Watch” and Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring” and experienced the unique cultures of three different countries. It truly was the experience of a lifetime! It is a learning opportunity that I hope other school teachers and college professors will explore and an opportunity that I hope that the U.S. government will continue to invest in through its funding to the NEH. Each year the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Division of Education Programs offers teachers opportunities to study a variety of humanities topics in NEH Summer Seminars and Institutes. An NEH Summer Seminar for school teachers enables sixteen participants to explore a topic or set of readings with an expert scholar. The core material of the seminar need not relate directly to the school curriculum; the principal goal of the seminar is to engage teachers in the scholarly enterprise and to expand and deepen their understanding of the humanities through reading, discussion, writing, and reflection. For more information on NEH Summer Seminars and Institutes, please visit http://www.neh.gov/divisions/education/summer-programs.

—Neil Grimes

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During January of 2011, I began to fill out an application in the hopes of being one of the sixteen teacher participants selected for the National Endowment for the Humanities summer seminar—The Dutch Republic and Britain: The Making of Modern Society and a European World Economy. This seminar was to take place over a period of five weeks from June 26 to July 29, 2011, and was to be led by Dr. Gerard Koot of the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. The purpose of the seminar was to study how the economy of the Dutch Republic rose to preeminence in the new European world economy of the seventeenth century, how Britain acquired this supremacy in the eighteenth century, and how it transformed itself to become an industrial nation. The seminar met at the Institute for Historical Research at the University of London for the first week and at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies in Wassenaar (near The Hague) for four weeks. If I were selected, NEH would provide a stipend of $3900 toward expenses.

A few months later, I received a phone call from Dr. Koot offering me the opportunity to be one of the participants in his seminar.

I enthusiastically accepted and began preparing for the five week NEH summer seminar.

Before I knew it, I was at the Philadelphia airport on a plane headed to London. The first day of the seminar gave me an idea of what to expect for the rest of the seminar.

The seminar involved daily class readings, class discussions, and time for research on our culminating projects. My culminating project was a paper focused on the artist Johannes Vermeer, the Dutch Golden Age, and the impact of Vermeer on the art world.

This paper can be found at http://www1. umassd.edu/euro/2011papers/grimes.pdf. In

Introducing Our Staff: Kevin Kocur Kevin Kocur, who joined our staff in May 2012, works as cataloging clerk at the Weinberg Memorial Library. Kevin Norris, editor of Information Update, interviewed him via Facebook Messenger.

KN: : KK

Tell us about the work you do at the Library.

The bulk of what I do is cataloging the new titles. In the near future I will be doing some original cataloging; I’m really looking forward to that.

Kevin Kocur

KN:

Could you tell us something about the newspaper project that you have been working on?

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The newspaper project has been fun. Over the years articles about The University of Scranton from newspapers around the country were collected into close to 100 scrapbooks. We even have a clipping from a newspaper in Nebraska. These scrapbooks are being digitized under the leadership of Kristen Yarmey. A number of employees and students have taken on the project. It’s truly a cross-departmental effort. So far, we have over 11,000 articles that can be accessed here on campus, with plans for wider access down the road. I’ve been helping out by providing bibliographic info and tagging the articles with specific keywords.

There are some interesting stories that develop through going over the articles.

Some of the football and basketball stories keep things moving along.

up in an area that has valued libraries probably got me interested in working in a library.

When I went to John Carroll I worked the circulation desk. Over the past eight years I’ve taught social studies at a military school and I worked at a library in Casper, Wyoming, among other things.

KN:

You and I are from the same area originally. I’m from Sharon, Pennsylvania, which is just across the border from Youngstown. You worked in a video store for a while, too, didn’t you?

KK :

Yes. I worked at the once mighty Blockbuster Video as a part-time job and a manager over the years. I always like adding the titles that Media Services acquire for our library.

The Warner Brothers, the big movie moguls, had connections to the Youngstown area. My great-grandfather ran a movie theater during the Depression, but he didn’t make it as big.

KN :

A shame he didn’t make it big like the Warners; you could be in Hollywood instead of Scranton.

Are there any skill sets you carried over from video store manager to librarian?

KK:

Tell us something about your background, where you’re from, and how you came to library work.

Even though I’m not working directly with the public anymore there is still a good deal of satisfaction helping co-workers track things down for students and faculty members here at the University.

There’s a service imperative in both places, and there’s job satisfaction when patrons get what they are looking for. I’ve noticed that the people behind the scenes are equally committed to the folks in circulation and reference to make things run smoothly.

I’m from Youngstown, Ohio.

They’ve always had a good public library system. They have two newer branches in the suburbs, and they also refurbished a grocery store on the city’s Southside. Growing

Blockbuster, of course, is out of business now. How do you see the future of home entertainment delivery?

Are DVDs on the way out, or do you think people will still want them?

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KK :

In 1996 a guy came up to me in the store and said, “All of this will be obsolete. All this will be available over fiber optic lines.” I think, or maybe hope, a niche will remain. A while back you sent me an article about a video store in New York City that specializes in Argentinian movies.

There’s also an independent store that’s thriving in Brooklyn. So maybe a specialty market will continue to exist. But it’s also nice seeing documentaries available digitally through our library catalog. You can’t beat that.

KN

: There’s a lot of debate nowadays

about print versus ebooks, and that print is read differently than text online. Also, that people enjoy and feel more secure with ownership of the printed page. I remember in the 1980s when CD ROMs first came in, savants predicted that the “paperless society” had arrived—which it hadn’t, at least not in the way they envisioned. Do you think streaming and online will replace the sense of ownership and the security of having a book or DVD or whatever in hand as opposed to having it over the web, where it can disappear at the whim of the provider?

KK :

I think the same thing about electronic devices being status symbols, considering how much they cost and how

word; “alter” might be better. If I visited a professor after a class and asked him/ her about something and he or she turned around and pulled a book off their shelves and handed it to me, I felt a sense of equality or respect. Wow! They trust me with this!

However, if my teacher is a faceless flashing cursor in a chat room, I’m not getting the same social experience.

I’m not going to deny the advances in technology. Great amounts of information can be accessed. While I’ve often spent hours looking at things online, such as Central American boxing records, for example, I’ve also found myself asking people questions about things, even though it would be easier to look it up on a computer. I really think there should be a definition for the act of knowingly disregarding technology in order to affirm one’s place in society.

Here’s another example. When I worked at a public library we had our regulars. Maybe I was breaking a privacy barrier, but I would say: “So you like this? Have you read...?” That was an opportunity for social interaction.

And I think there is a lot of value in that kind of interaction.

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And where are libraries going with these new trends?

There’s something called the “Third Place.” These are bookstores, libraries, bars, coffee shops, social clubs and other hangouts. People have their home and their workplace. They go to a Third Place to relax and meet. With advances in technology libraries can free up space and develop spots for people to congregate. I started here when there was a massive serials collection on (continued on page 12)

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not working directly with the public anymore there is still a good deal of satisfaction helping co-workers track things down for students and faculty members here at the University. There’s a service imperative in both places, and there’s job satisfaction when patrons get what they are looking for.

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It does destroy the concept of supply and demand. Companies are now being accused of price fixing and collusion. Along with the economics there’s a sociological dimension to the changes. Paul Fussell, a social scientist, wrote about books in the homes of middle class families. They’re generally neutral. Not too political, one way or the other.

I think there is a danger of handheld devices becoming status symbols. I like to think of books as an equalizer in society. I think books can be conversation starters.

Maybe electronic devices will destroy this opportunity for socialization.

Also, it wasn’t too reassuring when Amazon didn’t secure the rights to George Orwell’s 1984 and ended up erasing all of the copies off their Kindles.

quickly they become obsolete. After all, the idea of the public library was that all you needed was a library card—which was free.

I’m curious, though. Why do you feel electronic devices might destroy the opportunity for socialization? Aren’t we always being told that Web 2.0 sites are making the world one big interactive community?

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the first floor of the Library. Now it’s being developed into a dynamic meeting place.

I’m probably stuck between two worlds. I could never imagine bringing a cup of coffee into a library in the early 90’s. I think there were signs up that said, “No food or drink allowed.” But when I go to bookstores or coffee shops, most people are so focused on their phones. I think Orwell had it wrong.

Seems like small screens in people’s palms are more powerful than massive screens on walls.

KN

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ber when there were smoking sections in college libraries—even at the University. Imagine having that now!

Speaking of the past—and the future— where do you hope to see yourself in 10 or 20 years, professionally speaking?

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I think a good job would be something related to the history of New York City. I’ve been there a lot since I moved here and have read several books. And I’m addicted to a podcast called The Bowery Boys.

I really like the interaction of ethnic groups and assimilation into American culture. I think it’s an amazing place, and I can always find something to do. But Scranton still has better pizza.

KN

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Taking the Library Catalog to the Next Level with ERM ERM is a type of library software management

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system that allows the Library to provide access to and management of the online journals and databases to which the Library subscribes.

In November 2013 the Library took its online catalog to the next level with a soft launch of Innovative Interface’s ERM module. “ERM” is an acronym that stands for: “Electronic Resources Management.” ERM is a type of library software management system that allows the Library to provide access to and management of the online journals and databases to which the Library subscribes. Over 45,000 records for the online full text journals that are currently included in database subscriptions or as individual online journal subscriptions have been loaded into the Library’s online catalog. These records are searchable by keyword using the online catalog’s Encore interface. The majority of these records also have Library of Congress subject headings which allow them to be cross-searched by subject as well. Prior to the ERM implementation, determining which journal/serials titles were available in a particular discipline was not an easy task. In addition to online full text journals, the Library’s databases associated with those journals have also been assigned subjects and can now be accessed through the 12

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All of the online (electronic) journal records which have been added to the Library’s online catalog also include coverage data. This information provides users with the publication dates for which full text articles are available from a particular journal.

The ERM helps to maintain, update and consolidate this information.

Some added benefits of implementing ERM is the ability it gives the Library to notify users when a database is down for maintenance or is having “issues.” This notification is down to the individual journal level.

Users can also be notified of copyright and license agreement restrictions. Behind the scenes the Library plans on adding contact information and usage statistics to help in the maintenance and evaluation of resources.

Implementing ERM is another step in leveraging the power and investment in the Library’s online catalog by providing users with a familiar, one-stop place for their information needs.

— Narda Tafuri

Update on Google Books Legislation: A Win for Libraries and Researchers the Author’s Guild, which was first filed in Manhattan in 2005. The decision put to an end the claim of copyright infringement and allows Google to move forward in its digitization project, enlisting more libraries and providing more access to books both in and outside of copyright. The long and drawn out litigation may have had a positive effect on the outcome. Since the lawsuit was first filed in 2005, attitudes towards electronic books have improved and the technology involved in digitalization and indexing has increased scholarly access to works that were formerly housed in inaccessible archives.

Although the Author’s Guild plans to appeal the decision, Judge Denny Chin, who presided over the case for the past eight years and ultimately chose to dismiss the charges wrote that “Google’s use of copyrighted works is highly transformative. Words in books are being used in a way they have not been used before.”

It remains to be seen if the appeal will be effective. Reference librarians are delighted that we can continue to help our patrons pursue the research that has been previously unavailable to them prior to the Google Book project.

—Betsey Moylan

Since the lawsuit was first filed in 2005, attitudes towards electronic books have improved and the technology involved in digitalization and indexing has increased scholarly access to works that were formerly housed in inaccessible archives.

Staff Changes We would like to welcome two new members of our staff.

Ian O’Hara joined us in November 2013 as serials/electronic

resources clerk. He has an MLS degree from Clarion University and a BS degree from The University of Scranton. He worked

Kaytlen Powers also joined us in November as library

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Who has not logged onto the Amazon website, looked for a book title, then before hitting the “place it in my cart” option, selected the “look inside” link to scan a few pages or to look at the index or table of contents before parting with hard earned money? This feature is so much a part of our bookbuying habits that if it is not available, we are sometime reticent to purchase a book, either electronically or in print. This feature, in place on Amazon since 2003, was not protested by authors; in fact they often viewed it as an excellent marketing tool which would only increase the sales of their books.

Enter Google, which attempted to tap into this same technology as part of their ambitious Google Books project begun in 2005.

When it was first introduced, the company partnered with five large research libraries (Harvard and Stanford among them) in a project which involved scanning their enormous collections in return for a digital copy of each work scanned. That project, still underway, includes all of the work that is noncopyrighted in each library, as well as a small portion of copyrighted work. More libraries have joined the consortium and the total number of unique digital titles promises to top 25 million books before the end of 2014.

Publishers and authors were not as enthused with the Google Book project as they were with the “look inside” feature on Amazon.

According to Paul Aiken, executive director of the Author’s Guild, which represents writers, Google is complicit in copyright infringement. The Guild filed a lawsuit stating that “Google created unauthorized digital versions of most of the world’s copyright-protected books.” Their intent was to seek $750 for each copyrighted book made digital, and considering that Google has scanned over 20 million books so far, the sum would be astronomical.

On November 14, 2013, a New York federal judge dismissed the case brought by

The Writing Center at the CTLE is Expanding!

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As an instructor of first-year writing and creative writing, I ask my students to ponder one specific question during their first week of classes: Where or what is your writing home? Sometimes I get brilliant responses that range from the internal “my writing home is a tunnel through my heart,” to the metaphysical “my writing home is built from me, by me, in me.” The majority of students, however, are homeless. They’ve created no space, or home, in which to write. They write in the computer lab at midnight, on a laptop while watching Breaking Bad, or on their iPad while their roommate sings along to the latest Lady Gaga. They write wherever they find the space or time. But most successful writers will tell you this method, while it may work for some, detracts from the writing process and can actually sabotage the writer.

A writing home, as I intend the question to be interpreted, is not just about a physical space, but also self-awareness. My writing home, for example, is located in the few precious morning hours before my children rise, where the coffee is hot and the floors are cold.

My writing home is located in the second paragraph or stanza of anything I write, since I

Welcome to the Newest Friends of the Library We would like to thank the newest members of the Friends of the Weinberg Memorial Library for their contributions.

Julie Aulisio

Austin Burke

Matthew Geiger

Ed Hughes

Elisa Cosner

Theresa Hughes

Bernadine Munley

Atty. Robert Munley Pauline Palko

Marie Rakauskas Dan Santariello

Thomas Walker

Joshua Cramer Sarah Lynch

Atty. Daniel Munley Dr. Jay Nathan

Penn Security Bank and Trust Josephine Saccone Sue Walker

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have learned—through years of practice—that I need to write my way into something and that my real work starts somewhere after my intended introduction. My writing home lives in revision six and seven of my novel, revision three of my MFA thesis, and revision four of my poetry chapbook. I spent years learning where and what my writing home is, and I learned it in a writing center. This is the kind of realization and introspection that happens every day in writing centers across America.

Soon, thanks to an ongoing collaboration between Dean Kratz, the Weinberg Memorial Library, and the Writing Center at CTLE, students will have a new place to consider when looking for their writing home. The newly created Learning Commons located in the Library will included a satellite location for the Writing Center. While the details are still being worked out for the dedicated space, one thing is certain: with this enhanced accessibility, the Writing Center will be able to extend its services and offer a new array of hours and consultation experiences.

The current writing center located in the CTLE will remain in place. Students who have used our services in the past will find that not much has changed, and that they will still be able to meet with a favorite consultant in the space that’s familiar and comfortable to them. However, our vision is to create a “home away from home” that will allow students to take advantage of the wonderful services offered by the Writing Center during hours or times when they need immediate help. Some students will find their writing home in our writing center, and some will be comfortable in our beautiful library. Thanks to the exciting creation of the Learning Commons, students will now have more choices, more support, and more blueprints to choose from when searching for their writing home.

—Amye Archer, Writing Center Coordinator

Looking Back, Looking Forward: From WML20 to WML+10 Throughout the Weinberg Memorial Library’s 20th Anniversary celebration in 2012-2013, Dean Charles Kratz reflected on the idea of looking back while also looking forward, celebrating the history and traditions of the Library while also preparing to sustain and advance the Library’s role as a center for innovation, collaboration, and scholarship on campus.

Toward this end, in spring 2013, Dean Kratz asked members of the Library faculty and staff as well as members of the Library Advisory Committee (including student liaisons and faculty members from other academic departments) to envision what the Library will look like in ten years.

The goal of this exercise (nicknamed WML+10) is to outline a broad, comprehensive strategy for developing the Library’s physical spaces, services, collections and staffing, and to anticipate, consider and accommodate rapid changes in higher education,

information technology, and scholarly communication over the next decade. Since the Weinberg Memorial Library building will be celebrating its 30th Anniversary in 2023, particular attention was paid to physical spaces and facilities, with the understanding that renovations and other forms of construction require years of advanced planning.

Working in two teams, participants in the WML+10 project held meetings and discussions throughout the Spring and Fall 2013 semesters. Common themes, tensions, questions, and uncertainties shared in these sessions were presented in a draft report to the full Library Advisory Committee this December, and we intend to see further input from the full faculty (as well as other University divisions and departments) this spring prior to presenting a final report to the Provost at the beginning of Fall 2014.

—Kristen Yarmey

Library Has Strong Judaic Studies Collection

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Judaic Studies acquires most books published on Jewish history and thought, and is particularly strong in Holocaust studies and the history of anti-Semitism. The collection also benefitted from gifts we received, in particular from the library of the late Rabbi Milton Richman who led Temple Hesed, and from that of Rabbi Simon Shoop, who served as rabbi of Temple Israel and who taught the first Holocaust course at The University of Scranton.

The collection, housed on the fifth floor of the Library, includes numerous translations of classic Jewish texts including the Talmud, works of Maimonides, and the 16th century code of Jewish law by Rabbi Joseph Karo.

—Bonnie Strohl

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Memorial Library has the strongest Judaic Studies Collection in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

A search of the Library’s catalog for “Judaic Studies” retrieves an article from the Library’s digital collection from the December 1989 issue of The Record titled “University Receives $6 Million Gift.” The article includes a sketch of the design for the Weinberg Memorial Library, photographs of donor Harry Weinberg, and floor plans for the building. In addition to the donation for the construction of the building, The Weinberg Foundation gave $1 million for the creation of a Judaic Studies Institute. To read the article, click on the words “media file” in the catalog record.

Information Literacy Stipend Recipients Announced

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Four University of Scranton professors have been awarded Information Literacy Stipends to help them integrate information literacy learning outcomes into their courses.

Representing the College of Arts and Sciences are William (Clark) Wolf, an adjunct professor in the Department of Theology/ Religious Studies, and Robert Waldeck, associate professor in the Biology Department.

Professor Wolf has designed an assignment whereby students in Introduction to the Bible (T/RS 121) will effectively use appropriate secondary material that will enhance their understanding of Biblical texts. Librarian Donna Witek will provide an information literacy session to acquaint students with relevant online resources and she will also participate in assessing how students actively use the sources that they locate. Dr. Waldeck’s proposal is tied to the revision of the general biology laboratory curriculum and will therefore have an impact on all sections of the course. He will collaborate with librarian Betsey Moylan to provide students who take the General Biology Laboratory (BIOL 142L) with an effective method to locate, access, and evaluate biological data. A rubric

will be created to assess six specific learning outcomes. Students will also be required to document their research process in a journal.

Two stipends have also been awarded to faculty in the Kania School of Management— John Ruddy, Faculty Specialist in the Accoun­ ting Department, and Satya P. Chattopadhyay, Associate Professor of Marketing. Professor Ruddy will collaborate with librarian Betsey Moylan to provide students in Financial Statement Analysis & Research (ACC 463) and in Financial Reporting and Research (ACC 527) with the skills necessary to conduct finan­ cial research. Professor Moylan will also be the cooperating librarian on Dr. Chattopadhyay’s stipend for FYS: Ideas of Business (BAUD 101x) that will require students to use relevant library resources to complete a term project on Jesuit diversity. Assessment of the information literacy outcomes will be completed via rubrics.

For more information about the information literacy stipends, please contact Bonnie Oldham, Information Literacy Coordinator at 570-941-4000 or bonnie.oldham@scranton.edu.

—Bonnie Oldham

Library Celebrates Scholarship Month Once again, the Weinberg Memorial Library will

conference programs, posters, pamphlets and

of Scranton during May 2014 with an exhibition

Please send your items to Library Dean Charles

celebrate Scholarship Month at The University

of faculty publications in the Scranton Heritage Room. The Library is seeking scholarly works

produced since June 1, 2013, and prior works not already donated to the Faculty Publications

Collections. Faculty members are invited to send copies of their scholarly works, i.e. books,

chapters, offprints, articles, reviews, abstracts,

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notices. Participation in this exhibition is voluntary.

Kratz by April 16, 2014, and indicate if you would like to donate the publications to the Library’s

Faculty Publications Collection or to have the items returned following the exhibition. Please join the Weinberg Library in celebrating Scholarship

Month. If you have any questions, please contact Charles Kratz at 570-941-4008.

Leaves of Class XV Winners July

MARY ANN BIEL of Scranton, PA won 2 tickets and accompanying gift basket to the Wyalusing Valley Wine Festival, a $25 gift certificate for a round of golf at Lakeland Golf Club, a gift basket from The Commonwealth Medical College (TCMC) keeps you looking sharp, 2 movie gift bags from The Dietrich Theater, a $40 gift certificate for Keystone College Chef ’s Table Restaurant, a $25 gift certificate from The University of Scranton Bookstore, a $50 gift certificate to Uno Fitness Inc., a $100 gift card from Boscov’s, 6 tickets to a 2013 season production of the Ritz Company Playhouse, a “Stay, Sleep, Dream Gift Certificate” for an overnight stay from The Colonnade, and gift certificates from Patsel’s Restaurant ($50) and Stirna’s Restaurant ($25).

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October

BERTHA LUDWIKOWSKI of Scranton won a gift basket from Mary-Go-Round, an Amazon gift card ($30), an Alibris $50 gift certificate, $250 cash, a sterling silver bracelet from Bartikowsky Jewelers, a meal at Ruth’s Chris Steak House ($25 gift card), a Pet Basket of Gifts (gift certificates from local pet stores and more - $100 value), 2-$10 gift cards to Cinemark Theatres, a meal at Posh (Dinner for 2 up to $50), a $50 gift certificate to Uno Fitness Inc., 2 tickets to an Actors (continued on page 18)

Friends of the Library 20th Anniversary Exhibit The Friends of the Weinberg Memorial Library are celebrating their twentieth anniversary in 2014.

For two decades the Friends of the Weinberg

Memorial Library have been committed to helping the Library excel in meeting the dynamic

scholarly, cultural and social endeavors of the University and the community at large. In celebra-

tion of the anniversary, the Library will display a

September

small exhibit in the Heritage Room showcasing the

years of support from the Friends of the Weinberg Memorial Library, including their various activities, events, and endowment. The exhibit will be on display until Thursday, April 17.

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JANET & ABBY KREIG of Moosic won gift certificates from Epicurean Delight Catering, Inc. ($100), Doma Importing Company ($25), Weis Markets

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CAROL HEIM of Clarks Summit won a 6-week Beginner’s Series of lessons from Prana Yoga, gift certificates to Nada & Co. ($50), Personal Touch ($25), Patsel’s ($50), The Settler’s Inn ($50), Six East Restaurant (Dinner for 2 up to $30), T.G.I. Friday’s ($25 gift card), Keystone College Chef ’s Table Restaurant ($40), Wegmans ($50), and Debbie’s Flower Boutique ($50).

She also won 4 tickets to Roba Family Farms, knitting needles and a basket of imported Italian yarn from Summit Yarn Design Studio, 2 theater subscriptions to The University of Scranton Players productions, and 2 tickets to an Actors Circle production.

($20), Windsor Inn ($15), Naturally Yours ($25), Live With It ($75), Anna Maria’s Restaurant ($50), Café Classico ($20), Ruth’s Chris Steak House ($25), Stirna’s Restaurant ($25), City Café ($25), Uno Fitness Inc. ($50), and Twigs Restaurant & Café ($50).

They also won a trip for 2 to NYC to see the Radio City “Christmas Spectacular” courtesy of AAA Travel Agency.

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Students Recognized for Academic Achievement

Circle production, and gift certificates for Café Classico ($20) and Thai Thani ($40).

Students at The University of Scranton were recently recognized for outstanding academic achievement at an awards ceremony held on campus.

Frank O’Hara medals were given to the first-, second-

and third-year students with the highest grade point

averages in the Kania School of Management, the Panuska College of Graduate of Professional Studies, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the College of Graduate and Continuing Education for the 2012-2013

academic year. The award is named in honor of the late

Frank O’Hara who served the University for 53 years in

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various administrative positions.

(top, left) From left, recipients of The University of Scranton’s Frank O’Hara medals from the Kania School of Management, pictured with Murli Rajan, Ph.D., interim associate dean of the Kania School of Management, are Stephanie A. Romano and Brittany A. Moyer. (top, right) From left, recipients of The University of Scranton’s Frank O’Hara medals from the College of Arts and Sciences, pictured with Brian Conniff, Ph.D., dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, are Christopher Ritter, Shayne D. Wierbowski and Phillip H. Gilmartin. (bottom, left) From left, recipients of The University of Scranton’s Frank O’Hara medals from the Panuska College of Professional Studies, pictured with Debra Pellegrino, Ed.D., dean of the Panuska College of Professional Studies, are Courtney A. Ruch and Dana E. Raciti (bottom, right) CGCE O’Hara recipient was absent for photo.Recipients of The University of Scranton’s Frank O’Hara medals from the College of Graduate and Continuing Education are pictured with representatives from that college.

From left are Meg Cullen Brown, assistant dean of the College of Graduate and Continuing Education; Heather Alber; Lisa Lobasso, assistant dean online and off-campus programs of the College of Graduate and Continuing Education; and Theresa Macknosky.

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November

Recipient won a Longaberger basket and a Fragrance Art House filled with fragrances from Debbie’s Flower Boutique, Inc., a hand-knitted Malbrigo yarn stole courtesy of Electric City Yarn ($120 value), a gift certificate from Leonora’s ($25), a gift card from Macy’s ($25) and a special 20th Anniversary gift basket from the Friends of the Weinberg Memorial Library featuring: a set of Moleskine Legendary notebooks with a special design from the Zaner-Bloser Penmanship Collection, a Library tote bag, two signed books by Jay Parini, and more. They also won a $50 gift certificate to a Scranton Cultural Center event, gift certificates from Barnes & Noble ($25), Red Lobster (6- $5 gift certificates), Café Classico ($20), Russell’s Restaurant ($50), Stirna’s Restaurant ($25), Martini Grill & Lounge ($25), and Abe’s Deli ($10), and Quinn’s Supermarket ($50). Also included is a Mellita style coffee maker with a Krups coffee grinder, 5 classes at Prana Yoga and a 75-minute Jaida Glow Cleansing facial at Jaida Spa.

December

LORI NIDOH of Scranton won an iPad from The University of Scranton, Information Resources Division, a Basket of Cheer, compliments of I. Leo and Ann Moskovitz, a gift basket from Medical Express Care, and gift certificates for AmberJewelry. com ($50), T.G.I. Friday’s ($25), and the Olive Garden ($25).

Weinberg Library 20th Anniversary Campaign

Friends of the Weinberg Library Board Member Mary McDonald and Dean of the Library Charles Kratz view the Springer Electronic Book Collection, a recent acquisition funded by Dr. and Mrs. Herbert McDonald in honor of the Weinberg Memorial Library’s 20th Anniversary.

Friends of the Weinberg Library Board Member Sidney Prejean, Esq. Class of ‘72 , Melinda Ghilardi, Esq. Class of ’80 and Dean Charles Kratz test the Library’s recent acquisition of iPads funded by Sidney Prejean and Melinda Ghilardi in honor of the Weinberg Memorial Library’s 20th Anniversary.

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Friends of the Weinberg Library Board Member Brian McHugh, Class of ’59 and Dean Charles Kratz visit at the 2013 Distinguished Author Award Event honoring Dr. Susan Bartoletti ‘82. Mr. McHugh has recently made a major estate gift to the Weinberg Memorial Library.

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Dean Of The Library: Charles Kratz