Archived Articles — Archive for September 2004

The class of 2008 was welcomed in style this year at the Library orientation tours, with over 270 freshmen in attendance. This year's tour groups were especially interested and involved in their orientations, and we hope to see many of them in the Library over the next 4 years!

Two exhibitions are on display in the 2East Gallery in the Main Library. One is from the Government Publications collection of digital facsimiles of World War II posters. The other is a selection of images from the newly translated electronic edition of Andreas Vesalius’s De humani corporis fabrica [On the Fabric of the Human Body].

I am delighted to announce the addition of Alice Blegen to the Library development staff as department assistant. She replaces Anthony Gaudio who left in August to pursue graduate studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

I am pleased to announce that Heather Jones has accepted the position of electronic resources assistant in the Serials Department.

Leslie Bjorncrantz, bibliographer for education, linguistics, management and psychology, has been invited to join the American Psychology Association's Library Advisory Council. Members of the council provide advice on database content, access, licensing, archiving, technology issues, business models, and emerging trends in information access.

Stacey Atkins is the new department assistant in the Mitchell Multimedia Center.

Please welcome Richard Shartzer to the Library.

Rossitza Guenkova is the new evening supervisor in the Stacks Management Unit of the Circulation Services Department.