Archived Articles — Archive for April 2007

Late one morning last month, two patrons approached the reference desk and asked for the law section. Kathleen Bethel and I asked them what types of materials they were looking for so that we could direct them better, but they said they just wanted to browse the law books. We gave them the call number and they went off to explore. A little while later they returned to the desk, grinning ear-to-ear. The female half of the patron duo held out her left hand and told us that her companion had just proposed. “I wanted to make it legal,” he said, which is why he needed the law books. “She loves libraries and I thought this would be a great place to propose,” he added before they left.

Qiana Johnson
Reference and Instruction Librarian
Schaffner Library

In celebration of National Poetry Month, Senior Acquisitions Assistant and Bibliographic Editor Raul Nino read from his newly released chapbook, A Book of Mornings. Held in the Forum Room, the April 25 event was well attended—but in the event you had to miss it, another reading is scheduled for Wednesday, June 20 at 8:30 p.m. at the California Clipper, 1002 N. California Avenue, in Chicago.

(Photo by Mary Bradley)

Megan Zellner is new to the Library, but not a stranger to libraries; before coming to the Main Library's Resource Sharing (Interlibrary Loan) Department she worked at the Pritzker Legal Research Center on the Chicago campus and the Evanston Public Library, and did an internship with the ILL and Circulation departments of the Willamette University Library as an undergraduate. Her library experience is certain to serve her well as she pursues her MLS through the University of Illinois's Library Education Experimental Program (LEEP), which she will begin this summer.

"Abolition of the British Slave Trade, 1807," a mini-exhibit now in the small exhibit cases near the Lantern entrance, showcases rare materials commemorating the bicentennial of the end of England's trade of slaves from Africa.

J. Alex Hernandez-Herrera, the Library’s new Director of Development, brings 13 years of management experience in corporate, foundation, and individual giving programs in the cultural and academic arenas. His professional background includes service at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and La Plaza de Cultura y Arte Foundation in Los Angeles, among other institutions.

I am pleased to announce the appointment of Catherine Grove to the position of Head, Monographic Acquisitions and Rapid Cataloging Department. She succeeds Rebecca Routh, who left us last spring for the green pastures of U.Iowa.

Caitlin Savage is the new Assistant Head of Circulation Services. Most recently, Caitlin was the Supervisor of the Library Privileges Office and prior to that she worked at the Main Library exit desk.

Natalie Pelster and Geoffrey Morse, Reference Department, at their poster session,"Teaching Google Scholar: Lessons Learned at Northwestern University Library," at the recent national conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries, in Baltimore, Maryland, March 29 - April 1, 2007.

Photo by Kathleen Bethel