January 2008 / Issue 18 |
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FACING THE CANDIDATES ON YOUTUBETM
By Cathy Rowe, Reference and Instructional Services Coordinator
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SISTER EUGENA POULIN HONORED
By Joan Bartram, Collection Development Coordinator
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UPCOMING LIBRARY PROGRAMS
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 French Film Festival
Sponsored by the Tournées Festival March 30-April 10 Opening night at the Jane Pickens Theater; all other films in Bazarsky Hall.
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PHOTOGRAPHS OF CAMPUS BUILDINGS NOW ACCESSIBLE
Photos of campus buildings and landscapes in the University Archives are now accessible and much easier for students and researchers to use. Previously the photos were stored in old folders and non-archival sleeves and there were no written descriptions of the contents of the collection. As a result of a four-month, grant funded project, these photos are now housed in new sleeves and boxes and are arranged alphabetically by building. In order to give researchers some contextual information, Jodi Goodman, an archives intern, wrote a traditional archival finding aid to describe each photo, including details about the types of images available for each building and the dates they cover.
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NEW ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
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NEW BOOKS
The front lobby display cases at McKillop Library currently feature some randomly selected book covers from new library materials acquired over winter break. If any cover catches your eye, stop by the circulation desk to see the list of titles with their call numbers. While the dust jackets are in the display cases, the books are on the shelves and are available to be checked out. View all our new arrivals online from the McKillop Library home page.
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LIBRARY STAFF UPDATE
Kristen (Kiki) Butler is the newest staff member in McKillop Library. As Learning Common Specialist, she will assist library users with their technology needs and supervise the Circulation Desk on the weekends. Kiki holds a B.A. in English from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond and is currently working towards a Master's in Library Science from URI. Dawn Emsellem has returned for spring semester as evening supervisor and will continue to be the primary contact for Electronic Reserves. For questions or assistance, contact Dawn at ext. 2336 or dawn.emsellem@salve.edu. LIBRARY STAFF ACTIVITIES
Annual HELIN Conference The majority of the staff at McKillop Library attended the annual conference of the HELIN library consortium on January 8th at Bryant University. Three well-known leaders in the field of libraries and information technology were keynote speakers. John Lewis, Electronic Resources Librarian, and Dr. Arlene Nicholas of the Business Studies Department gave a presentation in October at the Fifth International Conference on the Book at the Spanish National Research Council in Madrid, Spain. Their topic was Millennial Attitudes toward Books and E-Books. Lewis and Nicholas will be presenting their research in McKillop Library's Special Collections on January 30th, at 4:00 pm. Kathy Boyd, Library Director, attended the annual mid-winter meeting of the American Library Association in Philadelphia and the New England Academic Library Directors forum in Boston. Joan Bartram, Collection Development Coordinator, attended the conference "From Books to Blogs and Back" at Mount Holyoke College. The conference explored issues relating to the shift from print to electronic publication, and how that shift affects production, distribution, and access to information. Maria Bernier, University Archivist, became a grant reviewer for the Teaching American History Program from the U.S. Department of Education. She also started coursework in the Masters of Business Administration program at Salve Regina University in the fall. Ingrid Levin, Reference and Instruction Librarian, is a regular reviewer for Library Journal. This fall she took an online class on Medical Information on the Internet. A selection from numerous reputable, scholarly websites useful for researchers studying topics such as nursing or social work are now available through the Library's Internet Links for Nursing webpage. Cathy Rowe, Reference and Instruction Coordinator, is teaching a New Student Seminar class. Julie Swierczek, Technical Services Specialist, attended a two-day workshop on subject cataloging using the Library of Congress Subject Headings. The workshop was offered by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services and the Program for Cooperative Cataloging. Lisa Underhill, Technical Services Specialist, attended a NELINET conference on "De-mystifying Cataloging." Olga Verbeek, Information Systems and Technical Services Coordinator, is teaching the course "Information Architecture" in the U.R.I. Graduate School of Library and Information Studies and a New Student Seminar class at Salve where she is participating in piloting Salve's new online learning system. |
Send comments or questions to John Lewis, Electronic Resources Librarian, x2687 or lewisj@salve.edu
The Salve Regina University community and Alliance Française gathered in December for a reception in Ochre Court to honor Sister Eugena Poulin and Claire Quintal on the occasion of the publication of their book 
Sister Eugena Poulin, RSM, Ph.D., taught French at Salve Regina University for more than 20 years. Her work in French Canadian genealogy merited her induction into the Franco-American Hall of Fame by the American French Genealogical Society. She collaborated on the book with Claire Quintal, Docteur de l'Université de Paris, and Professor emerita of French and Francophone Culture at Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts.
