Archived Articles — Archive for September 2008

The Library Art Committee is beginning to install digital reproductions from Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian in the administrative hallway. The originals are photogravure prints that were published between 1907 – 1930 in text volumes and portfolios, containing 2,226 images of Native American life. Fewer than 300 sets were published. A complete original set is housed in the Northwestern University Library's McCormick Library of Special Collections.

Charles Deering McCormick University Librarian Sarah Pritchard is profiled in the August 2008 issue of The Caxtonian, the journal of Chicago's book-collecting society, the Caxton Club (see page 11).

Following her late July/early August visit to Evanston, new Qatar Library Director Gillian Westera headed off to her new assignment. She sends this update from the desert:

Greg MacAyeal recently joined the Music Library as Assistant Head. Greg comes to Northwestern from Roosevelt University, where he has been Director of the Performing Arts Library since 2002. Prior to his work at Roosevelt, Greg was Fine Arts Librarian and Library Events Coordinator at Augustana College from 1998 to 2002. As Assistant Head of Northwestern's Music Library, Greg will have a wide array of responsibilities, including managing all public-services operations, serving as the primary music librarian for reference and instruction, and participating in collection development.

Tomoko Shibuya joined the Music Library as Music Cataloger in early August. Since 2003, Tomoko has worked at the New York Public Library, first in the Wilson Processing Unit (2003-2004) and then in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (2004-2008). In the Music Library, she will be responsible for cataloging scores, sound recordings, and other materials.

Laura Fu recently joined the ARC department as a Library Assistant. She has a TV background, having received her BA in Video Production and German from Hofstra University in 2002. Her resume includes work at "The O'Reilly Factor" and on Batman: The Dark Knight. She worked as a director and producer with Sinclair Broadcast Group before becoming their sole news tape archivist. Originally from Holland, Michigan, she moved to Chicago two years ago.