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Information Commoner September 2009 Volume 4, Issue 3 Keeping Library Staff on Common Ground In This Issue At Your Service 2 Announcements 3 Department News 3 Ask the Tech Guy 6 Employee Spotlight 9 Mike’s Message Do you remember when the Library... 1. Had 33,000 square feet? 2. Had 66,000 volumes (currently 232,000)? 3. Had a corridor directly through it? 4. Had LC 413 for a BI room? 5. Had dot-matrix printers? 6. Had 100 popular magazines through Academic Abstracts? 7. Had no archives? 8. Had no loading dock? 9. Had no space in Technical Services? 10.Had no group study rooms? 11.Had only 36 computers? 12.Had no café? 13.Had no faculty lounge? 14.Had no Writing Center? 15.Had no Visual Arts Lab? 16.Had no Deaf Studies Lab? 17.Had no Honors classroom? 18.Had no Mac Lab? 19.Had no TETC center? 20.Had no seminar rooms? 21.Had no Media viewing rooms? 22.Had no auditorium? Utah Trade and Technical Institute Library, 1966 UVSC Library, 2002 2 INFORMATION COMMONER Announcements: October Events What’s Our Policy By Cole Smithey During our last year in the old building, nobody in Circulation recalls catching anyone attempting to steal items from the Library. This past year in the new building, J. has caught four people trying to walk through the gates with materials in which identifying marks, such as call numbers and barcodes, were removed. This, coupled with the 14% increase in enrollment suggests that we need to be more vigilant when it comes to the protection of our collections. To help with this, a review of what steps to take when the gate alarm sounds is in order. The gates at the Circulation desks go off all of the time. When the alarm does sound, here is what should be done. First, kindly ask the patron to step back through the gate. Ask them if they have any items that commonly set off the gate alarm such as Interlibrary Loans, movies from Hollywood or Blockbuster, reserve textbooks that don’t leave the library, or textbooks bought from Amazon or similar websites. Most of the time it will be one of these items, or a random item such as a laptop, cell phone, or even static build up on their shoes. Second, ask to see the item and have them walk through the gate again. If the alarm does not sound, hand them the item and they are free to go. Third, if it is not any of the items described above, ask them for their UVID and have them empty out the contents of their bag on to the Circulation desk. Ask them take small piles of the items through the gate. If the pile does not set off the alarm, set it aside and move on. If it does, separate that pile out until you find the item. Fourth, if the item is defaced or mutilated in any way, we call campus police. If the item is concealed, but not defaced or mutilated, we consider this an “honest mistake,” but we make a note of the incident on Symphony. A few reminders: Always remember to get their UVID. Always have them walk back through the gate with their bag while you examine the video, textbook, etc. Crime in the Library does not always happen at the gate. There have been several occasions in which people have been caught cutting up magazines inside the Library at one of the study tables. Also, keep an eye out for any suspicious behavior and report it. By following these simple steps we can keep our collections, staff, and patrons safe. Halloween Costume Contest On October 30, the Events Committee will be sponsoring a costume contest. Entrants will have their picture taken with the Joker (also known as Josh Rowley) and have a chance to win movie passes. Students will be able to vote for their favorite costumes on our Facebook page. Fall Break Fall Break will be October 15-17. Our hours will be 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. At Your Service News from Systems INFORMATION COMMONER 3 News from Technical Services By Lesli Baker Although we often talk about how to best serve our students, we also need to focus on how to best serve our faculty. In addition to our Library services, we have centralized many campus services in our building that are of interest to faculty or that will support their work. Now we need to get the word out! Each time we work with faculty, look for ways to promote services such as: • Electronic Reserve • Faculty Delivery Service • Faculty Lounge • Technology Training • Media Equipment Checkout • Librarian Liaisons • Library Newsletter • Extended Checkout Periods • Archives • Technology Enhanced Teaching Center • Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence • Media Services • Library Instruction By Mark Stevens Symphony 3.3 Upgrade Now that the Symphony 3.3 upgrade is complete, we will be addressing unfinished areas on our issues list. Thank you for your patience as we continue to work through remaining bugs or inefficiencies. Please attend all desired recorded SirsiDynix classes by September 29th, and register for all desired Webex classes by September 29th. After that date, the classes will not be free. By Keith Rowley Maybe we can blame it on Symphony, but some of the Tech Services staff have decided that this is a good time to go on vacation. Janet is visiting family in Colorado, Illinois and Canada and will be back October 7. Shuyi will be gone October 12 through November 3. She is going to China to visit her mother. Keith will be in Delaware October 14 through October 21. Symphony really put a crimp in Technical Services activities, but cataloging is almost up to speed and acquisition processes are slowly picking up. Maybe in a couple more months things will be nearly back to normal. ED I TO R I A L IN FORMA T I ON The Information Commoner is an internal communication tool published once a month by and for the Utah Valley University Library staff. Input from all library staff is encouraged. The deadline for information submittal is the third Friday of each month. Send information to Lesli via email. 4 INFORMATION COMMONER By Judy Robertson Access Services seems in better shape than ever. Our newest staff are catching on and managing Symphony very well. They are a good bunch and are intent to serve patrons and do their other tasks. Please visit the picture page (on the S Drive), see who they are and take the opportunity to get to know them. I have noticed that many of our returning aides are doing a super job mentoring. Just this week, Supervisors mentioned Kuki and Andrea as being really proactive. Debra has taken on many special projects that have made some projects easier for the rest of us. Mariah color-coded the staplers and the staples that go with them. I think that will lower the frustration of playing the match game every time we need to fill a stapler. The fun interaction of the LAs competing against time to get the pile of Patron Registrations finished is one example of the spirit and work ethic of this crew. I am looking forward to working with our staff this year and excited about learning of your talents through your work experience. Melissa is planning a Halloween outing for the staff so look for details about the party. Volunteers By Holly Larson We are pleased to welcome to our staff four volunteers who have come to us from Alpine Transition and Employment Center, otherwise known as ATEK. With the help of Tim Rowley and Kristie Ruesch, we are starting a second program here on the UVU Campus. They first started over in Dinning services, where six volunteers are currently working. With the help of Nate, their working coach, we have these students from 11:30 – 1:30 every day. David is 17 years old and one of the hardest workers. He is very dependable and is here working every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. He has yet to miss a day. Sean is 19 years old and loves football. He is very excited about this weekend’s BYU game. Stephen is 19 years old and really loves his video games. Nate has already shown him the information he can find here on computer graphics and he looks forward to utilizing this facility. Brigham is also 19 years old and loves to attend the Institute here on campus. He never misses a class. All four wish to accomplish whatever we need of them. Just ask and they will make sure it gets done. Currently they have been working hard in maintaining the Children’s Literature by shelf reading everyday and dusting not only that collection, but Reference and Browsing as well. They are also keeping an eye on our Family Study Room and making sure it is in top shape. We have already received several compliments on the difference in that room. We, in Circulation, really appreciate all their hard work! News from Access Services INFORMATION COMMONER 5 News from Reference/ Instruction News from Serials By Wendy Wise Horizon to Symphony As a result of the conversion from Horizon to Symphony there is still a bit of work left for Serials to complete before we are ready to completely transition from Horizon. Part of the transition process includes cleaning up records up in Symphony. A number of the periodical item records in eLibrary display old staff notes that must be deleted. We are working on the large project of getting those old notes removed. Reminder If a patron cannot locate a periodical issue it may be they need taught about the hinged display shelving that we have on the third floor. Only the most recently received issue is displayed. All older current issues are housed behind it. The Great Reference Collection Weed of 2009 By Trevor Young The information upheaval we are currently experiencing makes building and keeping a vital Reference Collection an interesting experience. Some researchers are adept at discovering facts and figures the old fashioned way through print, while others demand the convenience of electronic. Who’s correct? No one quite knows, so we strive to meet both patrons’ needs. Space needs add further pressure to transform the collection, but also gives us a wonderful opportunity to assess the appropriateness of our current holdings. Both Mike and I have taken a close look at some of the larger runs as well as many standing order titles and have been able to make some decisions: • All but the current volume of World Almanac have been moved to the Regular Collection. • All but the current volume of Statistical Abstracts have been moved to the Regular Collection. • Doing Business In… series has been moved to the Regular Collection. • The back run of Europa Yearbook has been moved to the Regular Collection; further, the content of the publication was assessed and found to be an unnecessary annual publication. Therefore, we shall collect new volumes approximately every five years. The online version is nearly three times as expensive. • The following titles have been removed from the collection entirely: Continued on next page. The Doing Business in… series and many other reference titles have been moved to the Regular Collection Continued from previous page • Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism • Twentieth Century Literary Criticism • Contemporary Literary Criticism • Editorial Research Reports Also, here are some titles which may or may not work better in a different location. Please give them some thought and we will discuss them in Librarian’s meeting. • Book Review Index • Book Review Digest • Readers Guide to Periodical Literature We’re considering moving these into the empty range of shelves directly outside of the Family Study Room. • Masterplots Should we discard them altogether? Are they ever used? Have they really been replaced by Wikipedia? • County and City Data Book • County and City Extra Can these be moved to a different location? Thank you for keeping an eye on your subject area in the Reference Collection. Any weeding you do will help our cause greatly. ASK THE TE CH GU Y Q: How do you burn a CD/DVD on the InfoCommons Computers? A: All the computers in the Information Commons are able to burn CDs via the NERO Essentials software. Most of the time all you need to do is to burn something onto a disk. This is how you do it: 1. You can find Nero as a desktop icon, called Nero StartSmart Essentials, or in the Programs menu under the name Nero 7 Essentials. 2. Once you open Nero you are presented with a window displaying a few options illustrated as icons. 3. Mouse over the star icon. 4. Choose Make Data CD from the choices that appear. 5. In the window that comes up, Disc Content, click on the +Add button to locate files to be burnt to the disc. (You can also drag files into the Disc Content window.) 6. Once the file(s) you want to burn are in the Disc Content window, click Next. 7. From the Final Burn Settings window, click Burn to begin the burning process. (Leave all the other settings as they are.) 8. Once it has finished, close the application down. 9. Test the disc by ejecting it, then putting it back in and browse the CD and make sure the file(s) can be opened. 6 INFORMATION COMMONER News from Media By Christy Donaldson Heather and I will be out of the office at Media Market Monday, October 5th through Friday, October 9th. If you need assistance please either email us (we will be checking email periodically) or talk to our Library aides Sam or Mary Beth. We have lots of new films in our collection. Here's an in-depth look at one of our recent gems entitled Hear and Now: The Cochlear Implant in Later Years. This moving documentary is about the choice of two people who, after 65 years of being deaf, decide to take the plunge into the world of sound and get cochlear implants. The film follows the stories of Paul and Sally Taylor, both whom were born deaf in the 1940s and met when they were young adults, got married and raised three hearing children. We follow them through their life stories and through the process of getting the cochlear implants and learning to hear for the first time. It is also a story of what those who are hearing in their lives go through as a result of their decision to have the cochlear implants. Paul and Sally met as young children when they attended the Central Institute for the Deaf, a private school that taught deaf students the “Oral Method” of learning which teaches them how to make sounds, speak English, and read lips. After 10 years at the Institute, they both went back to their families and attended regular public high school. Years later they reconnected while both living in St. Louis. Paul went to college for engineering and later became a professor. Paul was always tinkering with things and after being inspired by the picture phone at the 1964 World’s Fair, Paul invented the telephone typewriter or TTY. He invented the TTY so that he could communicate with other deaf people via telephone lines. Raising three hearing children also had its challenges for two deaf parents. Paul created all sorts of devices so that they could tell when a child was crying in another room or someone was at the door or the phone was ringing. When the decided to get the cochlear implants, the decision impacted their family as well. Their children and their own parents dealt with the possibility of Paul and Sally changing and how it would affect them. The film follows Paul and Sally through their operations and the aftermath of entering the world of sound. At times very emotional and overwhelming, we see them come to grips with their new reality and what it means to them and those they care about. It is an insightful look at how the cochlear implant effects older deaf people and their families. Highly recommended especially for those with deaf studies programs. Hear and Now won Best Documentary Feature at the 2007 Heartland Film Festival and the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival. It was also nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. INFORMATION COMMONER 7 8 INFORMATION COMMONER News from the George Sutherland Archive By Catherine McIntyre I am please to announce that we have hired a new Archives and Digitization Assistant. His name is Brent Seavers, and he is a student in the Digital Media department. He will be working full-time, but around his class schedule for this semester, so his hours might be a little unusual to start with. Brent worked on the historical photo digitization project with Provo City Library, and has a lot of experience with digitization technologies. He will be a great asset to the Archives and to the Library in general. We have received the cradle scanner that was funded through an IMLS mini-grant. We will get that set up in the next week or so and then we can start scanning fragile items. We have some historic framed photographs on display along the wall between the Archives and Debbie’s office. These images are a gift from the office of Dr. Mark Bezzant, who recently retired. They are enlarged images of students, classes, and campus shots from the old days of UVU, mostly from the 1960s when the school was still Utah Trade and Technical Institute (UTTI) and Utah Technical College at Provo. September and October are busy months for meetings and conferences. September 17 and 18, I attended the Utah State History Conference in Salt Lake City. The first day I attended the oral history workshop given by Mr. Powell, with the addition of a panel of presenters in the afternoon who talked about oral history projects they had worked on. Kathy French was there to discuss the Oral History of Peace Activists that she and I have been working on together. Steve Koga of the Topaz Museum discussed an oral history project interviewing surviving Topaz Camp internees, Randy Williams from Utah State University talked about their “Latino/a Voices” oral history program, and Dottie Grimes from Emery County Archives discussed her oral history interviews with Montell Seely, a well-known Emery County rancher. September 22, the Library will help sponsor a presentation by Dale Minami, the lead lawyer on the Fred Korematsu civil rights case. We collaborated with Jane Beckwith and the Topaz Museum to bring Mr. Minami here to speak about his experiences handling this important case. September 23, I will be involved in the UALC Digitization Committee meeting held in Cedar City at SUU. I won’t be able to actually attend, but I will be participating remotely through Wimba. September 30 is both the Fall Caucus of the Conference of Intermountain Archivists (CIMA) at Continued on next page. What the new scanner will look like when set up INFORMATION COMMONER 9 Continued from previous page. the U of U, which, as an elected officer of some sort I should go to—but I had already committed to going to the National Institutional Repository Conference being held in Logan at USU on the same day. Where is an evil twin when you need one? October 13-17, I will be attending the Oral History Association annual meeting in Louisville Kentucky. Kathy French asked me to co-present with her on the Peace Activists Oral History project we’ve been building for several years now. So that will be exciting and hopefully fun. October is also Utah Archives Month, and so we will be putting up a special display in the Archives to commemorate that. As part of it, we will be hosting an Oral History Workshop on Thursday, October 29, from 9 am to 1 pm. The workshop is sponsored by the Utah State Archives, and will be presented by Kent Powell, eminent oral historian and author from the Utah State Archives. The workshop is open to all library staff and student aides who wish to attend. Background information I was born and raised on the near-west side of Columbus, Ohio and am the oldest of eight children. I moved to Orem/Provo in 2000 and have loved the West ever since. I have a plant (which I miraculously remember to water) and have been in a committed relationship with my beard for about four years. When did you start working at UVU? What changes have you seen? I have been working at UVU for about five years. The biggest change I have seen has been in the types of students who come here. We have become a lot of our students’ first choice school. I think that’s pretty exciting. Favorite things about job/UVU My favorite part of working here has definitely been my relationships with my co-workers and the interaction I get to have with students. I also love the creative side of my job. The podcast team has definitely been a highlight. Job duties I am a Circulation Supervisor, the Library Aide Training Coordinator, and I share responsibilities for Stacks Maintenance with Holley. I am also on the LibCast Team and contribute to Activities Committee projects. If you have suggestions for Library Aide Training, I would love to hear them. Continued on next page. Employee Spotlight: J O’Day 10 INFORMATION COMMONER Continued from previous page. Education/where did you go to school? I LOVE SCHOOL! I am a student here at UVU. I have been an English Major, a History Major, and recently flirted heavily with the Integrated Studies Department. Lately I have been taking a lot of art classes and loving them. I have no idea what I want to be when I grow up. Maybe I’ll join a professional croquet league? Professional hammock-bum? Favorite things to do in your spare time or hobbies I rock-climb (but I’m not too serious about it), I read (two newspapers a day and I’m currently working on Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy and Waiting for the Barbarians by J. M. Coetzee), I watch movies (just saw Downfall--a German film about the last 12 days of Hitler’s Life, Amazing!) and I like to make stuff and read about making stuff. I have a blog where I post cool stuff I find on the web and occasionally post my own stuff: http://jmichaeloday.blogspot.com . I’m obsessed with indie music. I play guitar badly. And I love to read and write poetry. J O’Day
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Full Text | Information Commoner September 2009 Volume 4, Issue 3 Keeping Library Staff on Common Ground In This Issue At Your Service 2 Announcements 3 Department News 3 Ask the Tech Guy 6 Employee Spotlight 9 Mike’s Message Do you remember when the Library... 1. Had 33,000 square feet? 2. Had 66,000 volumes (currently 232,000)? 3. Had a corridor directly through it? 4. Had LC 413 for a BI room? 5. Had dot-matrix printers? 6. Had 100 popular magazines through Academic Abstracts? 7. Had no archives? 8. Had no loading dock? 9. Had no space in Technical Services? 10.Had no group study rooms? 11.Had only 36 computers? 12.Had no café? 13.Had no faculty lounge? 14.Had no Writing Center? 15.Had no Visual Arts Lab? 16.Had no Deaf Studies Lab? 17.Had no Honors classroom? 18.Had no Mac Lab? 19.Had no TETC center? 20.Had no seminar rooms? 21.Had no Media viewing rooms? 22.Had no auditorium? Utah Trade and Technical Institute Library, 1966 UVSC Library, 2002 2 INFORMATION COMMONER Announcements: October Events What’s Our Policy By Cole Smithey During our last year in the old building, nobody in Circulation recalls catching anyone attempting to steal items from the Library. This past year in the new building, J. has caught four people trying to walk through the gates with materials in which identifying marks, such as call numbers and barcodes, were removed. This, coupled with the 14% increase in enrollment suggests that we need to be more vigilant when it comes to the protection of our collections. To help with this, a review of what steps to take when the gate alarm sounds is in order. The gates at the Circulation desks go off all of the time. When the alarm does sound, here is what should be done. First, kindly ask the patron to step back through the gate. Ask them if they have any items that commonly set off the gate alarm such as Interlibrary Loans, movies from Hollywood or Blockbuster, reserve textbooks that don’t leave the library, or textbooks bought from Amazon or similar websites. Most of the time it will be one of these items, or a random item such as a laptop, cell phone, or even static build up on their shoes. Second, ask to see the item and have them walk through the gate again. If the alarm does not sound, hand them the item and they are free to go. Third, if it is not any of the items described above, ask them for their UVID and have them empty out the contents of their bag on to the Circulation desk. Ask them take small piles of the items through the gate. If the pile does not set off the alarm, set it aside and move on. If it does, separate that pile out until you find the item. Fourth, if the item is defaced or mutilated in any way, we call campus police. If the item is concealed, but not defaced or mutilated, we consider this an “honest mistake,” but we make a note of the incident on Symphony. A few reminders: Always remember to get their UVID. Always have them walk back through the gate with their bag while you examine the video, textbook, etc. Crime in the Library does not always happen at the gate. There have been several occasions in which people have been caught cutting up magazines inside the Library at one of the study tables. Also, keep an eye out for any suspicious behavior and report it. By following these simple steps we can keep our collections, staff, and patrons safe. Halloween Costume Contest On October 30, the Events Committee will be sponsoring a costume contest. Entrants will have their picture taken with the Joker (also known as Josh Rowley) and have a chance to win movie passes. Students will be able to vote for their favorite costumes on our Facebook page. Fall Break Fall Break will be October 15-17. Our hours will be 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. At Your Service News from Systems INFORMATION COMMONER 3 News from Technical Services By Lesli Baker Although we often talk about how to best serve our students, we also need to focus on how to best serve our faculty. In addition to our Library services, we have centralized many campus services in our building that are of interest to faculty or that will support their work. Now we need to get the word out! Each time we work with faculty, look for ways to promote services such as: • Electronic Reserve • Faculty Delivery Service • Faculty Lounge • Technology Training • Media Equipment Checkout • Librarian Liaisons • Library Newsletter • Extended Checkout Periods • Archives • Technology Enhanced Teaching Center • Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence • Media Services • Library Instruction By Mark Stevens Symphony 3.3 Upgrade Now that the Symphony 3.3 upgrade is complete, we will be addressing unfinished areas on our issues list. Thank you for your patience as we continue to work through remaining bugs or inefficiencies. Please attend all desired recorded SirsiDynix classes by September 29th, and register for all desired Webex classes by September 29th. After that date, the classes will not be free. By Keith Rowley Maybe we can blame it on Symphony, but some of the Tech Services staff have decided that this is a good time to go on vacation. Janet is visiting family in Colorado, Illinois and Canada and will be back October 7. Shuyi will be gone October 12 through November 3. She is going to China to visit her mother. Keith will be in Delaware October 14 through October 21. Symphony really put a crimp in Technical Services activities, but cataloging is almost up to speed and acquisition processes are slowly picking up. Maybe in a couple more months things will be nearly back to normal. ED I TO R I A L IN FORMA T I ON The Information Commoner is an internal communication tool published once a month by and for the Utah Valley University Library staff. Input from all library staff is encouraged. The deadline for information submittal is the third Friday of each month. Send information to Lesli via email. 4 INFORMATION COMMONER By Judy Robertson Access Services seems in better shape than ever. Our newest staff are catching on and managing Symphony very well. They are a good bunch and are intent to serve patrons and do their other tasks. Please visit the picture page (on the S Drive), see who they are and take the opportunity to get to know them. I have noticed that many of our returning aides are doing a super job mentoring. Just this week, Supervisors mentioned Kuki and Andrea as being really proactive. Debra has taken on many special projects that have made some projects easier for the rest of us. Mariah color-coded the staplers and the staples that go with them. I think that will lower the frustration of playing the match game every time we need to fill a stapler. The fun interaction of the LAs competing against time to get the pile of Patron Registrations finished is one example of the spirit and work ethic of this crew. I am looking forward to working with our staff this year and excited about learning of your talents through your work experience. Melissa is planning a Halloween outing for the staff so look for details about the party. Volunteers By Holly Larson We are pleased to welcome to our staff four volunteers who have come to us from Alpine Transition and Employment Center, otherwise known as ATEK. With the help of Tim Rowley and Kristie Ruesch, we are starting a second program here on the UVU Campus. They first started over in Dinning services, where six volunteers are currently working. With the help of Nate, their working coach, we have these students from 11:30 – 1:30 every day. David is 17 years old and one of the hardest workers. He is very dependable and is here working every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. He has yet to miss a day. Sean is 19 years old and loves football. He is very excited about this weekend’s BYU game. Stephen is 19 years old and really loves his video games. Nate has already shown him the information he can find here on computer graphics and he looks forward to utilizing this facility. Brigham is also 19 years old and loves to attend the Institute here on campus. He never misses a class. All four wish to accomplish whatever we need of them. Just ask and they will make sure it gets done. Currently they have been working hard in maintaining the Children’s Literature by shelf reading everyday and dusting not only that collection, but Reference and Browsing as well. They are also keeping an eye on our Family Study Room and making sure it is in top shape. We have already received several compliments on the difference in that room. We, in Circulation, really appreciate all their hard work! News from Access Services INFORMATION COMMONER 5 News from Reference/ Instruction News from Serials By Wendy Wise Horizon to Symphony As a result of the conversion from Horizon to Symphony there is still a bit of work left for Serials to complete before we are ready to completely transition from Horizon. Part of the transition process includes cleaning up records up in Symphony. A number of the periodical item records in eLibrary display old staff notes that must be deleted. We are working on the large project of getting those old notes removed. Reminder If a patron cannot locate a periodical issue it may be they need taught about the hinged display shelving that we have on the third floor. Only the most recently received issue is displayed. All older current issues are housed behind it. The Great Reference Collection Weed of 2009 By Trevor Young The information upheaval we are currently experiencing makes building and keeping a vital Reference Collection an interesting experience. Some researchers are adept at discovering facts and figures the old fashioned way through print, while others demand the convenience of electronic. Who’s correct? No one quite knows, so we strive to meet both patrons’ needs. Space needs add further pressure to transform the collection, but also gives us a wonderful opportunity to assess the appropriateness of our current holdings. Both Mike and I have taken a close look at some of the larger runs as well as many standing order titles and have been able to make some decisions: • All but the current volume of World Almanac have been moved to the Regular Collection. • All but the current volume of Statistical Abstracts have been moved to the Regular Collection. • Doing Business In… series has been moved to the Regular Collection. • The back run of Europa Yearbook has been moved to the Regular Collection; further, the content of the publication was assessed and found to be an unnecessary annual publication. Therefore, we shall collect new volumes approximately every five years. The online version is nearly three times as expensive. • The following titles have been removed from the collection entirely: Continued on next page. The Doing Business in… series and many other reference titles have been moved to the Regular Collection Continued from previous page • Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism • Twentieth Century Literary Criticism • Contemporary Literary Criticism • Editorial Research Reports Also, here are some titles which may or may not work better in a different location. Please give them some thought and we will discuss them in Librarian’s meeting. • Book Review Index • Book Review Digest • Readers Guide to Periodical Literature We’re considering moving these into the empty range of shelves directly outside of the Family Study Room. • Masterplots Should we discard them altogether? Are they ever used? Have they really been replaced by Wikipedia? • County and City Data Book • County and City Extra Can these be moved to a different location? Thank you for keeping an eye on your subject area in the Reference Collection. Any weeding you do will help our cause greatly. ASK THE TE CH GU Y Q: How do you burn a CD/DVD on the InfoCommons Computers? A: All the computers in the Information Commons are able to burn CDs via the NERO Essentials software. Most of the time all you need to do is to burn something onto a disk. This is how you do it: 1. You can find Nero as a desktop icon, called Nero StartSmart Essentials, or in the Programs menu under the name Nero 7 Essentials. 2. Once you open Nero you are presented with a window displaying a few options illustrated as icons. 3. Mouse over the star icon. 4. Choose Make Data CD from the choices that appear. 5. In the window that comes up, Disc Content, click on the +Add button to locate files to be burnt to the disc. (You can also drag files into the Disc Content window.) 6. Once the file(s) you want to burn are in the Disc Content window, click Next. 7. From the Final Burn Settings window, click Burn to begin the burning process. (Leave all the other settings as they are.) 8. Once it has finished, close the application down. 9. Test the disc by ejecting it, then putting it back in and browse the CD and make sure the file(s) can be opened. 6 INFORMATION COMMONER News from Media By Christy Donaldson Heather and I will be out of the office at Media Market Monday, October 5th through Friday, October 9th. If you need assistance please either email us (we will be checking email periodically) or talk to our Library aides Sam or Mary Beth. We have lots of new films in our collection. Here's an in-depth look at one of our recent gems entitled Hear and Now: The Cochlear Implant in Later Years. This moving documentary is about the choice of two people who, after 65 years of being deaf, decide to take the plunge into the world of sound and get cochlear implants. The film follows the stories of Paul and Sally Taylor, both whom were born deaf in the 1940s and met when they were young adults, got married and raised three hearing children. We follow them through their life stories and through the process of getting the cochlear implants and learning to hear for the first time. It is also a story of what those who are hearing in their lives go through as a result of their decision to have the cochlear implants. Paul and Sally met as young children when they attended the Central Institute for the Deaf, a private school that taught deaf students the “Oral Method” of learning which teaches them how to make sounds, speak English, and read lips. After 10 years at the Institute, they both went back to their families and attended regular public high school. Years later they reconnected while both living in St. Louis. Paul went to college for engineering and later became a professor. Paul was always tinkering with things and after being inspired by the picture phone at the 1964 World’s Fair, Paul invented the telephone typewriter or TTY. He invented the TTY so that he could communicate with other deaf people via telephone lines. Raising three hearing children also had its challenges for two deaf parents. Paul created all sorts of devices so that they could tell when a child was crying in another room or someone was at the door or the phone was ringing. When the decided to get the cochlear implants, the decision impacted their family as well. Their children and their own parents dealt with the possibility of Paul and Sally changing and how it would affect them. The film follows Paul and Sally through their operations and the aftermath of entering the world of sound. At times very emotional and overwhelming, we see them come to grips with their new reality and what it means to them and those they care about. It is an insightful look at how the cochlear implant effects older deaf people and their families. Highly recommended especially for those with deaf studies programs. Hear and Now won Best Documentary Feature at the 2007 Heartland Film Festival and the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival. It was also nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. INFORMATION COMMONER 7 8 INFORMATION COMMONER News from the George Sutherland Archive By Catherine McIntyre I am please to announce that we have hired a new Archives and Digitization Assistant. His name is Brent Seavers, and he is a student in the Digital Media department. He will be working full-time, but around his class schedule for this semester, so his hours might be a little unusual to start with. Brent worked on the historical photo digitization project with Provo City Library, and has a lot of experience with digitization technologies. He will be a great asset to the Archives and to the Library in general. We have received the cradle scanner that was funded through an IMLS mini-grant. We will get that set up in the next week or so and then we can start scanning fragile items. We have some historic framed photographs on display along the wall between the Archives and Debbie’s office. These images are a gift from the office of Dr. Mark Bezzant, who recently retired. They are enlarged images of students, classes, and campus shots from the old days of UVU, mostly from the 1960s when the school was still Utah Trade and Technical Institute (UTTI) and Utah Technical College at Provo. September and October are busy months for meetings and conferences. September 17 and 18, I attended the Utah State History Conference in Salt Lake City. The first day I attended the oral history workshop given by Mr. Powell, with the addition of a panel of presenters in the afternoon who talked about oral history projects they had worked on. Kathy French was there to discuss the Oral History of Peace Activists that she and I have been working on together. Steve Koga of the Topaz Museum discussed an oral history project interviewing surviving Topaz Camp internees, Randy Williams from Utah State University talked about their “Latino/a Voices” oral history program, and Dottie Grimes from Emery County Archives discussed her oral history interviews with Montell Seely, a well-known Emery County rancher. September 22, the Library will help sponsor a presentation by Dale Minami, the lead lawyer on the Fred Korematsu civil rights case. We collaborated with Jane Beckwith and the Topaz Museum to bring Mr. Minami here to speak about his experiences handling this important case. September 23, I will be involved in the UALC Digitization Committee meeting held in Cedar City at SUU. I won’t be able to actually attend, but I will be participating remotely through Wimba. September 30 is both the Fall Caucus of the Conference of Intermountain Archivists (CIMA) at Continued on next page. What the new scanner will look like when set up INFORMATION COMMONER 9 Continued from previous page. the U of U, which, as an elected officer of some sort I should go to—but I had already committed to going to the National Institutional Repository Conference being held in Logan at USU on the same day. Where is an evil twin when you need one? October 13-17, I will be attending the Oral History Association annual meeting in Louisville Kentucky. Kathy French asked me to co-present with her on the Peace Activists Oral History project we’ve been building for several years now. So that will be exciting and hopefully fun. October is also Utah Archives Month, and so we will be putting up a special display in the Archives to commemorate that. As part of it, we will be hosting an Oral History Workshop on Thursday, October 29, from 9 am to 1 pm. The workshop is sponsored by the Utah State Archives, and will be presented by Kent Powell, eminent oral historian and author from the Utah State Archives. The workshop is open to all library staff and student aides who wish to attend. Background information I was born and raised on the near-west side of Columbus, Ohio and am the oldest of eight children. I moved to Orem/Provo in 2000 and have loved the West ever since. I have a plant (which I miraculously remember to water) and have been in a committed relationship with my beard for about four years. When did you start working at UVU? What changes have you seen? I have been working at UVU for about five years. The biggest change I have seen has been in the types of students who come here. We have become a lot of our students’ first choice school. I think that’s pretty exciting. Favorite things about job/UVU My favorite part of working here has definitely been my relationships with my co-workers and the interaction I get to have with students. I also love the creative side of my job. The podcast team has definitely been a highlight. Job duties I am a Circulation Supervisor, the Library Aide Training Coordinator, and I share responsibilities for Stacks Maintenance with Holley. I am also on the LibCast Team and contribute to Activities Committee projects. If you have suggestions for Library Aide Training, I would love to hear them. Continued on next page. Employee Spotlight: J O’Day 10 INFORMATION COMMONER Continued from previous page. Education/where did you go to school? I LOVE SCHOOL! I am a student here at UVU. I have been an English Major, a History Major, and recently flirted heavily with the Integrated Studies Department. Lately I have been taking a lot of art classes and loving them. I have no idea what I want to be when I grow up. Maybe I’ll join a professional croquet league? Professional hammock-bum? Favorite things to do in your spare time or hobbies I rock-climb (but I’m not too serious about it), I read (two newspapers a day and I’m currently working on Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy and Waiting for the Barbarians by J. M. Coetzee), I watch movies (just saw Downfall--a German film about the last 12 days of Hitler’s Life, Amazing!) and I like to make stuff and read about making stuff. I have a blog where I post cool stuff I find on the web and occasionally post my own stuff: http://jmichaeloday.blogspot.com . I’m obsessed with indie music. I play guitar badly. And I love to read and write poetry. J O’Day |
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