New leadership at EPA-RTP Library Anthony Holderied became Director of the Environmental Protection Agency Library in Research Triangle Park in August. Holderied follows Susan Forbes, who joined the EPA-RTP Library in 2005 and became director in 2013. She accepted the role of Assistant State Librarian for North Carolina over the summer. Holderied had been Assistant Director of the EPA-RTP Library since 2013. He Anthony Holderied has 14 years of professional librarian experience, and prior to joining the EPA-RTP Library, he was an Instructional Technology Specialist at NC State University. He holds an MLS from North Carolina Central University and an MA in Educational Media from Appalachian State University. In November, Taylor Abernethy Johnson (MSLS ’16) became Assistant Director of the EPA-RTP Library, transitioning from her previous role as User Taylor Abernethy Johnson Services and Research Librarian.
University Librarian Elaine Westbrooks champions changes in academic publishing Elaine L. Westbrooks, Vice Provost for University Libraries and University Librarian at UNC-Chapel Hill, issued a statement on March 20 supporting the University of California (UC) system’s decision to cancel their $50 million subscription deal with publishing giant Elsevier. Read her statement at library.unc.edu/2019/03/statement-uc-elsevier. In the fall, the University Libraries hosted a series of town hall meetings to gather input from faculty and students prior to contract renewal negotiations with Elsevier and other publishers. “In an era of rising costs and declining revenues, the traditional model of academic publishing is unsustainable for universities,” Westbrooks said in a feature published by Carolina’s The Well on October 11. Read more about her concerns and plans at go.unc.edu/westbrooks-open-research.
Above, Mélina Mangal talks with students and faculty at the SILS Library. Right, the cover of Mangal’s picture book.
Mélina Mangal (MSLS ’94) visits SILS to share picture book biography Author, school librarian, and SILS alumna Mélina Mangal (MSLS ‘94) visited Chapel Hill in early April to share her new book, The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just. She read and discussed the picture book biography at the SILS Library in Manning Hall on April 3. Illustrated by Luisa Uribe, The Vast Wonder of the World tells the story of African-American scientist Ernest Everett Just, who overcame hardships and discrimination to become a successful professor, embryologist, and cytologist in the early 20th century. Since its publication in the fall of 2018, the book has received favorable reviews from School Library Journal, Publisher’s Weekly, and Kirkus Reviews, which describes it as “More than a story of triumph against the odds, this book shows the necessity of opportunity for brilliant minds to reach their potential.” The book also received the 2019 Carter G. Woodson Book Award from the National Council for the Social Studies. A Minneapolis Public Schools librarian, Mangal and her book were featured on KARE11, the NBC affiliate in Minneapolis, shortly before the book’s publication. Watch the interview at http://bit.ly/vast-wonders-interview and learn more about the author at www.melinamangal.com.
IN DEEPEST SYMPATHY SILS extends condolences to the family and friends of alumni who passed away during the previous year. The following were drawn from obituaries published from November 1, 2018. to November 1, 2019. Joyce L. Croom – November 4, 2018 Kenneth C. Elmore – December 3, 2018 Abigail Lippincott – December 7, 2018 Joe A. Hewitt – December 19, 2018 Erik D. France – December 28, 2018 Carolyn L. Shelhorse – December 28, 2018 Patricia J. Powell – January 14, 2019
Emily M. Gerstbacher – March 1, 2019 Martha S. Evatt – March 31, 2019 Peggie C. Byars – April 23, 2019 T. J. Dickerson – April 25, 2019 Ann S. Smith – May 6, 2019 Margaret S. Atkins – May 16, 2019 Delia S. Stark – July 20, 2019
Gene D. Lanier – August 14, 2019 Mary A. Brown – August 21, 2019 Isaac I. Chao – August 27, 2019 Shirley M. Tarlton – September 9, 2019 Robert C. Russell – October 8, 2019 Jean L. Humber – October 20, 2019 The iSchool @Carolina
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