Library Gazette

Today’s Emerging Tech Talk was on the Google Books Settlement with a brief introduction to the Life Magazine Photo Archive that is now available through Google.

I gave an image heavy presentation, so here is the bit about the Life (with extra notes slides):

If you’re interested in searching for images, you can go to the LIFE photo archive or include “source:life” in a regular Google Search.

And here is the bit about the Google Books Settlement (with extra notes slides):

If this is exciting to you, here are places to go for more information:

• Google Settlement Page
• Association of American Publishers
• Author’s Guild
• ARL Paper (PDF)
• My Delicious Links on the topic

It’s arts and crafts time!! Following the boisterous and jolly Holiday Luncheon at Graylyn, staff members gathered in Wilson 476 to make holiday wreaths using book jackets collected throughout the year. Following in true “Kindergarten arts and crafts style” we had pre-cut leaves, bows, ribbons, and holly berries. If feeling particularly gifted, we also supplied templates and fresh jackets for staff to cut out there own unique pieces.

The Staff Development Committee would like to extend a huge Thank You to Charles Bombeld for saving book jackets this past year and all those who attended! If you’d like to see photos of this event, check out the Flickr photo set.

Happy Holidays!

Heather

Setting up those Christmas/Holiday decorations

Singing those Christmas/Holiday songs

Buying all those special gifts

Re-gifting those fruit cakes

And best of all, just like Santa comes to all the malls, Wake the Library comes to ZSR.

Every year around this time, ZSR staff pulls together in efforts to help the students through their final week of exams. We may not be able to take an exam or write a paper for them, but we do our best to make studying and research as pleasurable as possible. We provide around-the-clock coffee and serve snacks at midnight every night (or is it morning?).This year, Wake the Library Committee members worked with Aramark to supply Subway sandwiches, Chick-fil-A, and Pizza over the six nights. Coffee moved slower this year due to the new Starbucks in the library. However, Starbucks adjusted their hours staying open longer for the students.

The Graffiti Board is back in full force–with paint, not markers this year. We also provided a few dozen of the “Oversize Collection” wooden dummy blocks to use as portable graffiti boards.

First rule of serving food at the Late Night Breakfast? Don’t leave your tongs under the heat lamp! (They get really hot!) On Monday, December 8th, I joined a group of Wake Forest staff and faculty as we served an all-you-can-eat breakfast in “The Pit” from 9 - 11:30 p.m. Entertainment was provided by various campus groups, and there were some great door prizes! I served up an egg and gravy pizza as well as “dessert pizza” which consisted of pizza dough with an apple topping.

This tradition was brough to Wake Forest many moons ago by Chuck Longino of the Gerontology Program and it is managed by Peggy Beckman. The surprise visitor this year was the Pillsbury dough boy!

This month’s emerging technologies talk was requested from several people: a discussion of some of the similarities and differences between popular photosharing sites. We were working with a limited time span, so we covered the three top contenders: Flickr, Picasa, and Facebook.

If you’re interested in more information about current photosharing site, ReadWriteWeb has a great writeup.

Join us on December 18th at 11:00 for a talk on the current state of the Google Books settlement and new resources from Google such as the collection of Life Photos.

On Monday, November 17th I attended the Writing Symposium panel discussion in Benson along with what appeared to be 75-100 faculty, staff, and students. The symposium was sponsored by the Department of English, the Teaching and Learning Center, and the Offices of the Dean and Provost. Tom McGohey of the English department gave a background on how this symposium came to be, referring to the results of the 2008 Wake Forest Faculty Writing Survey that expressed a need to make writing more visible across the University. He also introduced the members of the panel, Nancy Sommers, Joseph Harris, David Smit and Elizabeth Wardle.

The message of panel was that a focus on writing should be curriculum-wide, not just in the English department. A message that came across clearly in the writing survey results. The importance of both content and method was discussed as well, citing the importance of different academic disciplines conveying the various writing methods of their discipline to their students in the major.

Elizabeth Wardle was a very colorful speaker on the panel, describing the challenges of managing a writing programs for 50,000 students at the University of Central Florida with 77 writing instructors and 33 adjuncts who are paid only $1800 per course. The writing class at the University of Central Florida has students writing about writing rather than writing about some other topic or issue that is covered in the course.

After the 45 minute panel discussion each panel member met with faculty and staff in breakout groups in Tribble Hall. I was not able to attend the breakout groups but Sharon Snow and i enjoyed the panel discussion before heading back to ZSR. (Sharon may also have taken better notes than me on the panel discussion!) It was a very worthwhile event and interesting to hear some of the feedback from the faculty in the audience. While most were very in favor of more writing in the major, one faculty member in particular was concerned about the idea of focusing students on discipline specific writing at the undergraduate level, saying that perhaps getting into the methods of writing in a specific discipline should not necessarily be applied to undergraduates, but only to those at the graduate and PhD levels. All in all it was a living, engaging discussion on writing across the University curriculum.

Person Recognized

Peter Romanov

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Carol Cramer

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Thanks to Peter to calmly coming to my assistance when I was “in distress.”

Person Recognized

Ellen Makaravage

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Patty Strickland

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Ellen really helped me get a hold of some harder to find articles. It was greatly appreciated.

Person Recognized

Giz Womack

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Patty Strickland

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Giz, has really helped me with technology questions both for here and for school. He always does it with a smile no matter how much he has going on. Thank you.

Person Recognized

Ellen Daugman

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Elise Anderson

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Ellen has provided me with many excellent suggestions for materials to support the Environmental Studies collection. Her efforts help me cast a wider net to collect the necessary materials for this collection.

Person Recognized

Collen Lerner

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Mary Reeves

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Thank you for retrieving the book, Lolita Effect, for a patron after it disappeared from the display table. The patron was so pleased.

Person Recognized

Craig Fansler

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Mary Reeves

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Thank you for coming to our rescue at Circulation with the installing of a very awkward light bulb.

Person Recognized

Doris Jones Dedicated Deacon Winner

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Patty Strickland

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Doris has really helped me figure out some issues that have come up and she helped me understand more of the way voyager works.

Person Recognized

Craig Fansler

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Vicki Johnson

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Craig helped us with a rush job of framing several posters to hang in the Archives Reading Room. His artistic eye and attention to detail made them all look wonderful, and we are proud to have them on the walls now! Many thanks to him.

Person Recognized

Bobbie Collins

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Roz Tedford

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Bobbie took over a library instruction class for me on short notice when I lost my voice completely! Thanks a million!!

Person Recognized

Kevin Gilbertson

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Cristina

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ILL has too many reasons to list. But one thing for sure - ILL will not be able to function as smoothly as it is now without Kevin’s help. He is always helpful and prompt.

On behalf of the Staff Association Committee, THANK YOU LIBRARY STAFF for your generous donations to this year’s Turkeypalooza, hosted by Campus Kitchen. Campus Kitchen provides meals to local food shelters and community centers in Winston-Salem and hosts Turkeypalooza each November, which prepares roughly 15,000 Thanksgiving meals. This year, the ZSR Library provided 5 gallons of orange juice and over $30 in cash donations. In case you were wondering, the orange juice is used to prepare the Sweet Potato Casseroles.

Thank you again for your generous donations during this Holiday Season. If you would like more information, please visit the Campus Kitchen website.

Person Recognized

Charles Bombeld

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Doris ,renate

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thank-you charles for finding the browsing cover hot,flat, and crowded by thomas l. friedman you are the best renate,doris

Person Recognized

Erik Mitchell

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Roz Tedford

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Thanks for getting such a quick resolution on the problem with the CDApps link problem on Thursday, October 9th!

Person Recognized

Kevin Gilbertson

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Roz Tedford

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Thanks for getting such a quick resolution on the problem with the CDApps link problem on Thursday, October 9th!

Person Recognized

Charles Bombeld

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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Charles came out to WTL5K and took event photographs. The pictures are great and we apppreciate his willingess to donate his Saturday morning to help the library.

Person Recognized

Renate Evans

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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Thanks to Renate for going above and beyond for the WTL5K event. She loaned us a pool to hold drinks, solicited registrations, and was the co-director of the cross-country trail portion of the race.

Person Recognized

Mary Lib Slate

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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Thanks to Mary Lib for going above and beyond for the WTL5K event. She l was the co-director of the cross-country trail portion of the race.

Person Recognized

Doris Jones

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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Doris managed the water station on the WTL5K course. Everything was perfect and we appreciate Doris' usual efficiency that helped make the race a success.

Person Recognized

Kaeley Mcmahan

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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Thanks to Kaeley for all her help on the WTL5K. She worked on the Fun Run course and helped with finish line timing.

Person Recognized

Heather Gillette

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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for helping with onsite registration at the library's wTL5K.

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Prentice Armstrong

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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for handling onsite new registrations at the WTL5K and then helping out as needed the rest of the morning.

Person Recognized

Wanda Brown

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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for helping with registration on race day morning.

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Patty Strickland

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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for all the setup work, manning registration and helping with finish line duties. AND for bringing Mark along to help, he was great too!

Person Recognized

Christian Burris

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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Thanks, Chris, for helping out at registration, finish line and doing whatever needed to be done at the WTL5K.

Person Recognized

Tim Mitchell

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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For managing the sound system at the WTL5K, working the finish line, helping out all over, and with clean up!

Person Recognized

Giz Womack

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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for assisting on a variety of pre-race preparations.

Person Recognized

Sarah Jeong

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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Thanks for helping with post-race cleanup and for volunteering your husband too! We appreciate both of your help.

Person Recognized

Bobbie Collins

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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for helping to stuff the race day bags with flyers. Thanks!

Person Recognized

Judy Simmons

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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Thanks for your help in preparing race day bags!

Person Recognized

Kevin Gilbertson

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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Kevin was the creative talent behind the WTL5K website and promotional signs, banners and t-shirts. They made all the difference in our marketing efforts.

Person Recognized

Mary Scanlon

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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Thanks to Mary for managing the food tent and making sure that all the food was ready and available for the racers.

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Craig Fansler

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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Craig assisted with posters and the main WTL5K banner. Thanks!

Person Recognized

Carolyn Mccallum

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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Thanks to Carolyn for her willingness to work however we needed in the days leading up to the WTL5K.

Person Recognized

Carol Cramer

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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Thanks to Carol for posting all the pictures taken at the WTL5K on the library Flickr account.

Person Recognized

Kristen Morgan

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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for cheerfully handling all the extra work handling registration payments for the WTL5K event.

Person Recognized

Giz Womack

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Sarah Jeong

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Giz helped fix my problem with accessing Outlook. Thanks so much!

Person Recognized

Mary Reeves

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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Thanks to Mary for helping to stuff race goodie bags for the WTL5K.

Person Recognized

Chris Burris

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Craig Fansler

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Chris cheerfully helped me pick up two heavy presses and move onto a table in Preservation. Thanks Chris!

Person Recognized

Charles Bombeld

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Craig Fansler

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Charles helped me take some photographs for a special project. Thanks Charles!

Person Recognized

Peter Romanov

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Kristen Morgan

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Peter called to check on me when an unruly Library patron came in to the building and was yelling in the elevator. I was all by myself on the 8th floor. Thanks Peter for your heroic actions!

Person Recognized

Renate Evans

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Kaeley Mcmahan

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A big thanks for all of Renate's help with the set-up for the New Faculty Reception and for providing the centerpiece flowers! They looked great!

Person Recognized

Tim Mitchell Dedicated Deacon Winner

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Kaeley Mcmahan

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Thanks to Tim, who volunteered to help with organization and set up for the New Faculty Reception.

Person Recognized

Ellen Daugman

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Kaeley Mcmahan

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Ellen helped with the set up and clean up for the New Faculty Reception. We really appreciated her help!

Person Recognized

Mary Scanlon

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Kaeley Mcmahan

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Thanks to Mary for her help with the New Faculty Reception!

Person Recognized

Sharon Snow

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Kaeley Mcmahan

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Sharon helped with the clean up of the New Faculty Reception. We really appreciated it!

Person Recognized

Susan Smith

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Kaeley Mcmahan

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Thanks to Susan for all she did planning the New Faculty Reception, especially purchasing the food and drinks!

Person Recognized

Erik Mitchell

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Kaeley Mcmahan

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Thanks to Erik for helping with clean up after the New Faculty Reception!

Person Recognized

Patty Strickland

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Heather Gillette

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Patty helped me with an errand at UNCG for school stuff.