Archived Articles — Archive for February 2008
February 25, 2008
This year, NULSA has decided to re-tool its historic annual Potluck Event into an extremely glamorous and fabulous International Wine-and-Staff Pairing Event, to be held Wednesday, March 26 in Ver Steeg from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
The Library will be launching a new NUL Staff Podcast on March 3, presenting bi-weekly audio and video programming delivered right to your desktop.
Lucy Lyons has been selected for the ALCTS (Associations for Library Collections & Technical Services) Blackwell’s Scholarship Award. The award honors the author of the year’s outstanding monograph or article in the field of acquisitions, collection development, and related areas of resources development.
A new book co-edited by Harriet Lightman and John Blosser, Perspectives on Serials in the Hybrid Environment, was published last June by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services/American Library Association. The book includes essays on serials-collecting in the sciences, reference departments, and specialized law and health sciences libraries, as well as articles on archiving and storage, and on the administration and management of serials departments in the new library environment.
Since 2004, Charlotte Cubbage has been a major contributor to the Modern Humanities Research Association's Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL) as an indexer for the fields of English literature, theater, and film. ABELL, which has been available for over 75 years, is a vital resource for students in humanities disciplines. The 2006 volume of this work has now appeared, and the Northwestern community is encouraged to consult ABELL for information on key disciplines. ABELL is available via a CD-ROM (inquire in the Reference Department), or contact Charlotte directly at x1-2919 or c-cubbage@northwestern.edu to consult the latest print volume.
Harriet Lightman
Head, Academic Liaison Services
In mid-January, Heidi Nickisch Duggan became the Galter Library’s new Associate Director. Heidi comes to Northwestern from the University of South Dakota (USD) where she was assistant professor and Head of Access Services and Systems at the Lommen Health Sciences Library, Sanford School of Medicine. She held various other positions at USD since 1994. Previous library positions include serving as a reference/bibliographic instruction librarian and circulation/reference librarian at Missouri Valley College in Marshall, MO as well as holding an instructor of English position at the same school.
Michael Bulfin has joined the staff of the Herskovits Library as Department Assistant. Mike brings to Africana a good deal of African experience. He is a 2003 graduate of NU who did study abroad in Kenya and majored in African history. After returning from his study abroad experience, Mike advised NU undergraduates heading to Africa for study abroad under the auspices of the Program of African Studies.
The Circulation Department is thrilled to welcome Greta Zimmer as our new Evening/Saturday Supervisor! Greta comes to us with more than nine years of library circulation (and other) experience. She has spent the past few years working in the service industry as a server, trainer, and an ad-hoc shift supervisor in several restaurants in Chicago.
