Archived Articles — Archive for June 2007

Rwandan Ambassador to the United States James Kimonyo (second from left) visited the Herskovits Library on Thursday, May 24, accompanied by Professor Stephen Kinzer (third from left) of the Political Science Department (pictured here flanked by Africana Librarian Patricia Ogedengbe, far left, and Herskovits Library Curator David Easterbrook, far right).

Stella Ress, the Information Commons Evening Supervisor, recently had an article on Child Labor published in the Encyclopedia of American Urban History. Stella, who considers herself a scholar (albeit new one) on the history of children, childhood, and youth, wrote the 1500-word article over two years ago when she was finishing her MA degree from Loyola University.

Chieko Maene started May 14 as the Maps and State Documents Librarian in the Government and Geographic Information and Data Services Department. She found her way to Northwestern after nearly two years as the Map Librarian at the University of Illinois-Chicago. Before that, she served as interim Geographic Information Systems (GIS) librarian at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where she earned her MLS and MS degree in Urban Studies.

At the Annual Staff Service Recognition Awards ceremony on June 5, University Librarian Sarah Pritchard and Personnel Librarian Peter Devlin formally thanked and honored staffers who have reached five-year milestone anniversaries at the Library.