NEWS ARCHIVE
Web of
Science Celebration September 18, 2008
Check out
our April Event Schedule!
Libraries to Host 2008 Wheatshocker Library Professional
Development Seminar
Lewis and Clark Exhibit Comes to the Library
Libraries To
Celebrate Constitution Day September 17,2007
Forever Free Exhibit Arrives May 5, 2007.
Spring Break Means Game
Night At the Libraries
WSU Libraries
Celebrates Jazz
Celebrate Kansas Day
Moore Returns to Ablah
Library
LibQUAL Survey Completed
Analysis Underway
New collections available at University Libraries,
Department of Special Collections
General
News About the Collections (Get the latest on new databases
here)
Kansas Gas Service Networked Seminar Complex Dedicated
You’ve got email—from the Libraries!
Libraries Celebrate
Constitution Day
Libraries to Celebrate 400th Anniversary of Don Quixote
Info Connect - Spring 2004
Shocker
Scholarship Festival Bibliography
Downing
Collection of Asmat Art Web Site
NEWS
from WSU Libraries
Web of Science Celebration
at University Libraries
You are invited to attend a reception celebrating the rollout of a
new library resource, Web of Science. The celebration will include
a special recognition of Dr. James Rhatigan whose efforts made this
acquisition possible. Come and enjoy a demonstration of the Web of
Science, see displays featuring Wichita State’s research, and enter
a drawing for a Wichita State themed prize. The celebration is
Thursday, September 18, from 2PM – 3PM in the lower level of Ablah
Library. Remarks begin at 2:15PM and refreshments will be served.
For more information, call 978-3586.
Libraries To
Celebrate Constitution Day
Wichita State
University Libraries is honoring Constitution Day 2007 with a two
week celebration. In support of the celebration, a Constitution Day
exhibit will be in the display case on the main floor of Ablah
Library beginning September 5. The exhibit will highlight some of
the information resources available in the University Libraries that
provide a better understanding of the origins and structure of the
U.S. constitution.
To test your
knowledge of the Constitution, the University Libraries has compiled
a short quiz. The quiz is available in paper format at University
Libraries circulation desks and on the Web at
www.library.wichita.edu/quiz. Individuals who correctly answer
all of the questions will be entered into a drawing for a flash
drive and other WSU prizes. The drawing will be held at 1:15 p.m.
by the Circulation Desk of Ablah Library on Constitution Day,
Monday, September 17.
Preceding the
drawing, a short broadcast will feature General Colin Powell leading
a nationwide recitation of the Preamble to the Constitution. The
recitation, which is dedicated to our military all around the world,
will be broadcast simultaneously in schools and military bases
across the United States. All are invited to join in the
recitation.
Forever Free Arrives May 5th
Wichita
State University Libraries has been selected as one of 63 sites for
the national traveling exhibition titled: “Forever Free: Abraham
Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.” This national tour kicks
off in September 2006 and runs through May 2010. Wichita State
University Libraries is the only academic library in Kansas selected
to host this exhibit! Exhibit dates are May 5 to June 15th.
Forever
Free is a traveling panel exhibit that reexamines President
Lincoln’s efforts toward the abolition of slavery during the Civil
War. Organized by The Huntington’s John Rhodehamel, Norris
Foundation Curator of American Historical Manuscripts, the exhibit
consists of reproductions of rare historical documents from The
Huntington’s collections and those of the Gilder LEHRMAN Institute,
and draws on the latest scholarship in the field.
The
exhibit consists of six section of panels running 75 feet in
length. Each panel contains reproductions of rare historical
documents, period photographs, and illustrative materials, such as
engravings, lithographs, cartoons, and political ephemera. The
sections of the exhibition focus on young Lincoln’s America, the
House dividing, war for the Union, the Emancipation Proclamation,
the role of black soldiers in the Civil War, and the final months of
the Civil War and Lincoln’s life.
Sponsors
for this exhibit: National Endowment for the Humanities, The
Huntington Library, The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American
History, American Library Association, and the Abraham Lincoln
Bicentennial 2009 Commission.
Several
associated events have been planned to celebrate the exhibit. For
more information about events go to:
http://library.wichita.edu/foreverfree/
This exhibition and all associated events are free
and open to the general public.
Join Us for Game Night – Bring
Your Friends!
Students, faculty, and staff are invited to Ablah Library Game Night
from 5-9 p.m. Friday, March 23 during Spring Break. Snacks and
beverages will be served and board games, cards, and Internet gaming
will be featured. The grand door prize for some lucky winner is a
model red convertible automobile, which is conveniently sized for
parking in a dorm room bookshelf. Guests are requested to bring
Shocker ID cards for admission.
Game available
include:
Video Games:
Dance Dance Revolution
Various console games (Playstation, Nintendo, XBox)
Board Games:
Trivial Pursuit - Totally '80s!,Trivial Pursuit - 20th Anniversary
Edition, Monopoly, Battleships
Dominos, cards, Milles Borne, Boggle, Scrabble, Chess, Jenga, Yahtzi...and
more!
WSU Libraries
Celebrates Jazz
Wichita State University Libraries is proud to present
Looking At Jazz: America’s Art Form . This is a six part series
that will include lectures, documentary film screenings, music
performances, readings of works by scholars and discussions on the
history of jazz. The first program, focusing on New Orleans: the
Birthplace of Jazz, will be held on Monday, April 2, 2007 at 7:00
p.m. Additional sessions will be held each evening at 7:00 p.m.,
April 3-7, in Ablah Library on the main campus of Wichita State
University. For a complete schedule and more information about
the series check out the Looking at Jazz website at:
http://www.nvr.org/lookingatjazz/?institution_id=89
Celebrate Kansas Day At the Library
On January 29th Kansas will be celebrating its
146th birthday. On January 29, 1861, Kansas became the 34th
state in the Union. To celebrate this day, the Libraries has
prepared a bibliography of recently received items that document
of Kansas. the full bibiliography is available at:
http://library.wichita.edu/kansasday.htm
Moore Returns to Ablah
Library
On October 25, 2006, the Library joined in the
University's celebration of the return of the Henry Moore sculpture,
Reclining Figure (Hand), which graces the front of the library.
The sculpture had been removed for approximately seven months for
refurbishing and general repairs. A rededication ceremony lead
by Ted Ayres, Vice President and General Council, was held in the
Library's foyer. The repairs and restoration were funded by
the WSU Student Government Association.
LibQUAL Survey
Coming To WSU Libraries
In May 2006, the WSU Libraries completed a
three week survey of library user satisfaction using the Association
for Research Libraries LibQUAL+(TM) survey. This web-based
survey has been rigorously tested and used for over 6 years by
400 plus libraries world-wide. The results of the survey are
being analyzed and will
allow the WSU Libraries to better understand user perceptions
of library service quality and to plan for the future.
Early results show that 881 members of the University community
completed the survey and 319 additional comments were made.
Overall the Libraries received a satisfaction rating of 7.13 on a
nine point scale.
New collections available at University Libraries,
Department of Special Collections
Several local and regional administrative and historical collections
of interest to historians, urban planning, public policy making, and
criminal justice have been acquired recently by the Wichita State
University Libraries’ Department of Special Collections. Papers of
Federal Judge, Patrick F. Kelly; former Sedgwick County Sheriff,
Michael D. Hill; former U.S. Marshall, Bert Cantwell; former city
manager, Chris Churches; and the Wichita-Sedgwick County Metropolitan
Area Planning Department have been or will soon be made available to
students, faculty and staff, researchers and community users. Finding
aids or guides to the manuscript collections held by Special
Collections are online at
http://specialcollections.wichita.edu/. Contact Mary Nelson for
more information (mary.nelson@wichita.edu,
316-978-3590). Details of the new collection follow:
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The collection of
Federal Judge and WSU alumnus Patrick F. Kelly includes case files,
informational files, correspondence, opinions and other manuscript
materials all documenting his career as an attorney and U.S. District
Court Judge based in Wichita. The finding aid to the collection is
available at http://specialcollections.wichita.edu/collections/ms/2004-01/2004-1-a.html.
•
Former Sedgwick County
Sheriff Michael D. Hill donated his papers consisting of
correspondence, subject files, budget materials, annual reports and
other documents. The materials date between 1984 and 1999. Of note
are the materials about the expansion of the Sedgwick County Jail.
The finding aid to the collection is available at
http://specialcollections.wichita.edu/collections/ms/2004-03/2004-3-a.html.
•
Former U.S. Marshal for
Kansas Bert Cantwell, a WSU alumnus, amassed a sizeable collection
documenting the history of the Marshal Service in Kansas. His
personal rise in Kansas’ law enforcement ranks – from Wyandotte County
sheriff to Kansas Highway Patrol Superintendent to U.S. Marshal – also
is chronicled by his papers.
•
The papers of former
Wichita city manager Chris Cherches have been received and are slated
for processing. Special Collections also holds a collection of one of
Cherches' predecessors, Wichita city manager Russell McClure.
•
Over 60 linear feet of
planning materials related to Wichita, Sedgwick County, South Central
Kansas and the state of Kansas comprise the Wichita-Sedgwick County
Metropolitan Area Planning Department collection. This multifaceted
collection contains publications, reports and other materials that
document many aspects of planning including transportation, housing,
historic preservation and the environment.
The Department of
Special Collections is a department of Wichita State University
Libraries that acquires, preserves, arranges, and makes available
collections of rare books, manuscripts, University Archives, Kansas
maps and atlases, and photographs. Its purpose is to enhance the
Wichita State University Libraries' general collection, to support the
research and teaching
Kansas Gas Service Networked Seminar Complex Dedicated
The dedication
of the Libraries’ new Kansas Gas Service Networked Seminar Complex
in 224 and 225 of Ablah Library was celebrated on November 8th.
Dean Rao welcomed everyone to the event and gave the history of the
rooms' development. He then turned the podium over to
Donald Beggs, WSU president; Bradley Dixon, president of Kansas Gas
Service; Elizabeth King, vice president of WSU Advancement; and
Michael Schlotterbeck, president of the Student Government
Association, for remarks. After the dedication plaque was
unveiled, Beggs, Dixon, and Schlotterbeck joined John
Hutchinson, WSU vice president for Academic Affairs, for the ribbon
cutting.
The KGS Networked Seminar Complex
is the result of a $100,000 gift received from Kansas Gas Service, a
division of ONEOK. The purpose of the gift was to create a
technologically enhanced learning environment for the students and
faculty using Ablah Library. The result has been the total remodeling
of two group study rooms designed to meet the digital needs of both
students and faculty. These high-tech rooms are available to faculty
and student groups to develop presentations, telecommunication
conferences, and other group activities that require information
technology. The equipment includes tablet notebook computers with
Smartboard software, a wireless projector, receiver, DVD player, and
teleconferencing equipment. A scheduling calendar for the rooms can be
viewed at
http://libdb.wichita.edu/sch/index.php and reservation requests
may be submitted on a form found at
http://library.wichita.edu/circulation/res_form.htm. To be able
to reserve the equipment, individuals must be certified for competency
by the Libraries’ Systems Department. Training is provided at 9 a.m.
every Monday morning and upon special request as the need arises
NEWS! You’ve got email—from the
Libraries!
Overdue notices, item
available notices, and recall notices will be sent to students,
faculty and staff by email beginning October 17, 2005. The notices
will be sent to University email accounts. To receive your notices, it
is important for your email account to be in working order. You can
test it by going to Shocker One Stop (http://secure.wichita.edu/wu/index.asp)
and clicking on “Test Your Email Account.” You may also choose to
forward your University email to another account. This option is
explained on Shocker One Stop.
Questions about your
University email account may be directed to University Computing at
978-4357 (WSU-HELP.) Questions about any notices you receive or any
questions about your library account may be answered by calling the
University Libraries Circulation Desk at 978-3582, and asking for a
staff person.
Libraries Celebrate
Constitution Day
University Libraries celebrated Constitution Day on September 16, 2005, with a
short celebration in front of the Circulation Desk. Faculty, staff and
students gathered to recite the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution
simultaneously with other organizations across the nation while watching a
short broadcast that featured Gen. Tommy Franks leading the recitation.
An introduction to the program was provided by Jane Hodge.
A drawing
was held after the recitation for the winners of the "Do You Know Your
Constitution" contest. Only those who had answered all of the
constitution quiz questions were eligible for the drawing. The grand
prize was a Shocker duffle bag filled with goodies.
A
lobby display also was prepared by
Nan Myers,
Government Documents Librarian, and Jo Gregg, Library Assistant in
Government Documents, that featured information resources for all
ages.
Click
here for pictures
Libraries to Celebrate 400th Anniversary of Don Quixote
On Sunday, Oct. 16, John J. Allen and Patricia
S. Finch, internationally known Cervantes scholars, will commemorate
the 400th anniversary of Don Quixote by presenting the program "Don
Quixote in Western Art and Thought." Sponsored by the Wichita State
University Library Associates, the talk will be held at 1:30 p.m. in
the lower level of Ablah Library. Call (316) 978-3590 for more
information.
Combining images and quotes about Don Quixote
from around the world, Allen and Finch have crafted a multimedia
tribute to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the book's publication.
They have presented at Hofstra University, the University of Kentucky,
Ohio State University, Middlebury College and the University of
Indiana during the past year.
Allen, a native of Wichita, is professor
emeritus of Spanish at the University of Kentucky and author of "Don
Quixote: Hero or Fool?" and "The Reconstruction of a Spanish Golden
Age Playhouse." He was the first editor of the Bulletin of the
Cervantes Society and is a past president of the society.
Finch, professor of Spanish at Centre College in
Kentucky, published an edition of "La Celestina" in 2003, and has
written several articles on Cervantes and on "La Celestina." She is
currently working on an English translation of "La Celestina," a
classic 15th century work.
Pal Rao selected as Dean
of WSU Libraries
Vice President of
Academic Affairs Robert Kindrick has appointed Pal Rao Dean of
University Libraries at WSU effective September 1, 2003. Dean Rao has
been the Dean of Library Services at Central Missouri State since
1988. He holds a Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University in
Educational Media, a Master of Science in Library Science from the
University of Illinois, a Master of Science in Educational Media from
Southern Illinois University, a Diploma in Library Science from
Osmania University, and a B.A. in English Literature from Andhra
University. He has a Certificate in Data Processing from the Institute
for Certification of Computer Professionals and a Certificate from the
Harvard University Leadership Institute. Before becoming Dean of
Library Services at Central Missouri State, he developed and headed
the Information Systems and Media Services Department at Eastern
Illinois University.
Dean Rao is dedicated to
promoting collegiality and developing harmonious working relationships
among divergent professionals. He received the Ronald Bohley Award
from the Missouri Library Association in 1998 for his contributions to
the development of a statewide consortium for sharing information
resources. At Central Missouri State he served on the Academic
Planning Committee, the Information Technology Policy Council, and the
Council of Deans, where he was chair of the academic deans group. His
record of leadership there includes mobilizing academic community
support for a new building program that resulted in the construction
of a new $26 million library building, which was dedicated in 1999. He
also collaborated with the University Development Office to raise
additional funds from private donors to furnish the new building.
Asmat
Art Added to Ablah Library
Three works of Asmat art
are currently on display in the first floor reference area of Ablah
Library. These woodcarvings are on loan from the Lowell D.
Holmes Museum of Anthropology. For more information about this
art and the people who created it
click here.
Summer
Aloha Cookout
University Libraries
faculty, staff, and student workers enjoyed the annual summer cookout
July 25. Social Committee members Chuck Davidson, Jessica Gagnon, Ted
Gemberling, Marisa Lewis, and Jack Robertson, assisted by Doug Weber
manning the grill, organized the event, which had a tropical theme.
Hamburgers and hotdogs were supplemented by a variety of delicious
side dishes and desserts that were contributed by the guests. Our
thanks to these merchants and organizations for adding to the
festivities by donating the following prizes for a drawing:
The Spice Merchant--four
mugs with gourmet coffee packs
Wichita Wranglers--two
gift certificates, each for four free tickets
Sedgwick County Zoo--two
individual passes
Botanica, the Wichita
Garden--two individual passes
Exploration Place--two
individual passes
Book-a-holic--a $25 gift
certificate
Heart's Desire--a
finished cross stitch piece
Northeast Maple
Products--maple syrup
Kansas Humane
Society--T-shirt and calendar
To view photos
click here:
