Archived Articles — Archive for October 2007

Julie Rudder and Roman Stansberry joined NUL’s staff on September 1, when the Visual Media Collection (VMC), formerly of the art history department, became part of the University Library.

Morris Levy recently joined the Music Library staff as Senior Music Cataloger. Morris comes to Northwestern from Harvard University's Houghton Library, where since 2001 he has been a Project Music Cataloger for the John Ward Theatre Collection. Prior to that position, Morris was Assistant Librarian at the Berklee College of Music's Stan Getz Media Center and Library from 2000-2001.

Tedd Anderson is a recent graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a BFA in Painting. In his free time, he enjoys playing guitar, drawing, painting, canoeing, attending cheese-tasting marathons, and disc golfing.

The Acquisitions and Rapid Cataloging department welcomes Betsy Allen as its new Gifts Coordinator. Before coming to NUL, Betsy worked at the Chicago Botanic Garden to preserve native plant seeds from all over the Midwest. She has a BS from the University of Wisconsin, and earned her MS in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences from the University of Nevada.

Kevin Leonard published an article in the October Midwest Archives Conference (MAC) newsletter. Entitled "Dude, Check Out My Really Awesome Podcast,” it's about Kevin's adventures in producing podcasts on NU history.

Beth Clausen, Head of Resource Sharing and Reserve Collections, and Stacey Atkins, Department Assistant, Marjorie I. Mitchell Multimedia Center, donned colorful recruitment gear to attend the University Job Fair. Rumor has it that their colorful outfits drew in more interested students looking for jobs than any other booths at the Fair!!!!

(Photos by Mary Bradley)