Reference will be offered during the following times:
(Note: no services will be offered on May 27 and July 4, as the university is closed in observance of Memorial Day and Independence Day.)
]]>The Baltic psaltery, a type of zither, is the national instrument of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Finland.
The Symposium met in three places in Estonia. It began at the National Museum in Tartu, where attendees were able to examine all the Baltic psalteries in their collection. Concerts and formal presentations were held at the national Folk Music Center in Viljandi. One day of the symposium was held at the Bagpipe Farm Retreat in the village of Riidaja.
Rahkonen’s presentation was on kantele player and composer Wilho Saari, who lives in Neselle, Washington, and was the 2011 Finlandia Foundation Performer of the Year. He is grateful for travel funding from the University Senate Research Committee.
]]>Good luck with finals!
]]>This year’s winners are:
Check out the winning videos, and join us in congratulating the winners!
]]>The photo depicts library faculty, staff, administration, student workers, and President Michael Driscoll wearing t-shirts with IUP Libraries’ National Library Week theme: #itsatIUPLibraries. On April 15, 2013, IUP Libraries kicked off National Library Week by wearing the t-shirts and gathering for the photo on the steps of Stapleton Library. Communications Media student and library student worker Tony Bonelli captured the excellent shot.
]]>This article details the findings of a year-long study at IUP Libraries which examined IUP faculty members’ perceptions of the value of library resources and services to both their research and teaching.
]]>The meeting will feature presentations and panels on various kinds of music from around the world. View the full program (pdf).
Please feel free to attend any of the sessions, and encourage interested students to do likewise.
In conjunction with the meeting, the College of Fine Arts has arranged a special concert: Pianolist Bob Berkman from Buffalo, N.Y., with IUP faculty member Henry Wong-Doe, on Saturday evening at 8:00 p.m. in Gorell Recital Hall. The tickets are free and are available at the HUB and at the door. More about the concert.
On behalf of IUP Libraries and the College of Fine Arts, we look forward to seeing you at our chapter meeting and the Bob Berkman concert.
]]>Lipsky and Hamer will discuss their new books that focus on strategies for academic success:
Their presentation will begin at 10:00 a.m. in room 101 of Stabley Library.
Admission is free and open to faculty, staff, and students. A continental breakfast is provided courtesy of IUP Libraries.
For more information, contact Kelly Heider, Breakfast and a Book program coordinator, at kheider@iup.edu.
]]>Here’s a list of great activities we’re offering all week to showcase how IUP Libraries support students, staff, and faculty success through a variety of essential resources, services, and programs.
Be part of the fun. Join us in celebrating your IUP Libraries!
Throughout the week leading up to and during National Library Week, IUP Libraries will give away prizes to students, staff, and faculty who send us photos on Twitter of their favorite things at the Library.
Tweet your photos to @IUPLibraries and use the hashtag #itsatIUPLibraries.
Photos can depict any of the Library’s resources, services, people, items, etc, ranging from a helpful service to a favorite study spot to a librarian! The hashtag will also be printed on signs around the Library that can be used for photos. Please remember to respect people’s right to privacy by obtaining permission from any individuals included in your photos. Photos should also adhere to the IUP Student Code of Conduct.
All week we’ll give away bags of goodies to students who bring their class assignment to the Reference Desk. The Reference Desk is staffed by highly trained librarians who can help students navigate their way through the wealth of information resources available through IUP Libraries and the Internet. This is a great opportunity for students to get research help AND free stuff!
Tuesday, April 16: 4:00–6:00 p.m.
Ground floor, Stapleton Library
Come out and learn about remix culture and the complexities of copyright questions. Watch a screening of the energetic and provocative documentary RiP!: A Remix Manifesto and join in a discussion afterward. The film examines Our panel includes music librarian and copyright expert Carl Rahkonen, Fine Arts professor Bob Sweeny, Communications Media professor Zack Stiegler, and English professor Alexis Lothian. Pizza and refreshments will be served.
Thursday, April 18: Videos on digital signage in Stapleton lobby
Friday, April 19: Announcement of winners
Earlier in the semester IUP Libraries asked students to submit videos about the Library for a chance to win gift certificates to the Co-op Store. We’ll announce the winners of the video contest on the IUP Facebook page and in the Library on Friday! All video submissions will play on the digital signage in the Stapleton lobby area on Thursday, April 18. Pull up a seat!
Thursday, April 18: 2:00–5:00 p.m.
Ground floor, Stapleton Library
English professor Mike Sell has organized an interarts symposium, with some events taking place at Stapleton Library. The symposium focuses on interaction and collaboration among networks of artists and how teamwork factors into artistic production. The Library-hosted events will be as follows:
Friday, April 19: 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Stapleton Library terrace (weather permitting)
The ECO club will hold a book sale with books donated by IUP Libraries. Come out and browse!
]]>Learn about new resources, discover upcoming events, and get helpful advice for using the library to the fullest.
]]>The hours for Spring Break will be as follows:
The Student Advisory Group is a group of students who meet periodically with representatives from IUP Libraries to provide feedback to assist us in developing and enhancing the Libraries' services, policies, resources, and physical and virtual spaces to meet user needs.
Please reply to mcdevitt@iup.edu and let us know if you can come so we can be sure to have enough food.
]]>This collection includes the complete full text—including text and images—of more than 22,000 current articles. The database includes 33 research and 12 practitioner-oriented journals with coverage dates as far back as 1995. The database is updated weekly.
You can find OVID Nursing Full Text Plus on the library's Article Databases page. For questions about access, please contact our Collection Development Librarian, Joann Janosko (janosko@iup.edu).
]]>Shiring's presentation will begin at 10:00 a.m. in room 210, Stabley Library.
Admission is free and open to all faculty, staff, and students. A continental breakfast is provided courtesy of IUP Libraries.
For more information, contact Kelly Heider, Breakfast and a Book program coordinator, at kheider@iup.edu.
]]>More and more students are finding what they need at IUP Libraries. We want you to tell us what you find here!
We’ve also created the Twitter hashtag #itsatIUPLibraries to highlight the amazing things you can find and learn at IUP Libraries. Make sure to follow it on Twitter to get the latest updates!
To enter, contestants will create a YouTube video to highlight the resources and services that students can find at our libraries and the impact these things have on student success. Winners will receive gift cards to the Co-Op Store and will be announced on the IUP Libraries website, Facebook page, and Twitter account. We look forward to your videos!
Entries must be submitted by 4:30 p.m. on April 17, 2013. See full contest details.
]]>The Chronicle of Higher Education is the premier source for weekly news, research information, forums, and career information for college and university faculty members, administrators, and students. Through our subscription, you can take advantage of the following services:
When you visit the Chronicle Online, you can use the “Search the Chronicle” box to search all of Chronicle.com, including content from print issues published from 1989 onward, online-only news updates, blogs, survey data, commentary, and recent job announcements.
You can also find links to the Chronicle Online both on the library’s Article Databases page and in our Online Catalog under Chronicle of Higher Education. For questions about access, please contact our Collection Development librarian, Joann Janosko (janosko@iup.edu).
]]>Reference will be offered during the following times:
(Note: no services will be offered on January 21, as the university is closed in observance of Martin Luther King Day.)
Visit the Winter Session Reference page for more details about the IUP Libraries’ winter reference services.
]]>The tables will be staffed by professors representing the union.
Good luck on your finals, from APSCUF!
]]>You'll find articles about our new furniture, new database content, new works of art, and new staff as well as features on Library resources and services written by undergraduate students.
Check it out today!
]]>Good luck with finals!
]]>This article serves as a comprehensive resource for early childhood educators and researchers who wish to keep up with the latest developments in early childhood education through research and professional development. Free and subscription-based databases are described, as well as print books, ebooks, and websites that cover a wide range of topics. Several resources are also provided for those early childhood teachers/scholars interested in writing for publication, such as databases of publishing opportunities, periodical directories, and step-by-step print and digital guides to academic writing and APA citation style.
]]>Formerly known as the Angel Tree Program, the Treasures for Children program provides Christmas gifts for more than 65,000 children in Western Pennsylvania. Needy families apply for gift assistance at their local Salvation Army Worship and Service Center.
If you are interested in purchasing a new book for a needy child, please contact Kelly Heider, education librarian, via e-mail at kheider@iup.edu. She will provide you with the sex and age of a local child and take care of delivering your “treasure” to the Salvation Army before Christmas.
IUP Libraries thanks you, in advance, for your support and wishes you and yours a wonderful holiday season!
]]>Almeida’s presentation will begin at 10:00 a.m. in room 210, Stabley Library.
Admission is free and open to IUP administration, faculty, staff, and students. A continental breakfast is provided courtesy of IUP Libraries.
For more information, contact Kelly Heider, Breakfast and a Book program coordinator, at kheider@iup.edu.
]]>This program precedes the group’s Lively Arts Ovations! concert being presented on November 13, 2012, at 8:00 p.m. in Fisher Auditorium.
Comprised of formerly homeless veterans who enrolled in the New Directions program in Los Angeles, the New Directions Veterans Choir is an award-winning a cappella group that sings renditions of doo-wop, soul, traditional gospel, and popular music. They have been featured on NBC Nightly News and E! Entertainment Television, reached the finals on NBC’s America’s Got Talent, and given over 100 performances, including on The Donny and Marie Show, at the Democratic National Convention, and for members of the United States Congress. However, the group’s members have never forgotten their humble roots or their message of hope and redemption.
]]>The fair will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. all three days and will feature the latest and finest titles for kids, Spanish language books, bargain books, school supplies, and even books of interest to adults. Cash, checks, and credit cards will be accepted.
Questions should be directed to the Scholastic Book Fair chairperson, Kelly Heider, at kheider@iup.edu.
See our Scholastic Book Fair website for more details.
]]>Staring in the 1920s, Samuel P. Bayard, a former professor at Penn State University, began acquiring tune books of vernacular music for the purpose of documenting the possible origins of music he collected in Western Pennsylvania. Over many years, his tune book collection grew large, but was also quite specific, concentrating on the folk music of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales and including books by many of the well-known “song hunters” of the past.
Rahkonen’s presentation examined the general characteristics of Bayard’s tune book collection, and described specific kinds of books found in the collection.
]]>All IUP students are invited and encouraged to attend. Snacks will be provided!
Please RSVP to Theresa McDevitt at mcdevitt@iup.edu.
]]>We’re looking for feedback from students, faculty, and staff about the quality of our services. If you’d like to participate, please visit the Library Service Quality Survey to answer a few brief questions about how you feel about our services.
The Quality Survey will run through the end of November 2012. After the survey period is over, we’ll choose ten participants at random to win the $50 prize. To make sure you’re entered in the drawing, don’t forget to provide your e-mail address at the end of the survey (rest assured your e-mail address will remain confidential and will not be linked to your responses).
]]>E-books provided by ebrary are available on a title-by-title basis through our online catalog, or as one of our article databases.
Sharon will provide:
Please join us in Stabley 201 at 3:00 pm on Thursday, November 1 for the webinar. Seating is limited to 50 participants.
Do you have a question about ebrary that has not been covered by the talking points above? Just e-mail Joann Janosko (janosko@iup.edu) to submit additional questions to Sharon before the session.
]]>The latest trial offers include:
This presentation focused on the role of an embedded librarian and how successful collaboration between distance education faculty and academic librarians can increase student achievement in the online classroom.
The E-Learn World Conference is an international conference organized by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education and cosponsored by the International Journal on E-Learning. This annual conference serves as a multidisciplinary forum for the exchange of information on research, development, and applications of all topics related to e-learning in the corporate, government, healthcare, and higher education sectors.
Kelly Heider can be reached via e-mail at kheider@iup.edu.
]]>IUP Libraries invite you to enter a drawing for a $50 gift certificate from The Co-Op Store in exchange for 10–15 minutes of your time.
We are looking for student input how our website should be organized, and we need 60 students to complete an online exercise designed to help us better understand how they organize information.
The input we receive will help us create a more logical and easy-to-use IUP Libraries website.
After the online exercise is done, we will choose one participant at random to win a $50 gift certificate to The Co-Op Store. To be eligible for the gift certificate, you must:
The draw will be held once 60 eligible students complete the survey. Winners will be notified soon thereafter.
Ready to go? Follow the link to start the exercise.
]]>The lecture will take place at the Indiana Free Library on Monday, October 15, 2012, from 7:30–8:45 p.m. All are welcome!
]]>Smith’s presentation will begin at 10:00 a.m. in room 210, Stabley Library.
Admission is free and open to IUP faculty, staff, and students. A continental breakfast is provided courtesy of IUP Libraries.
For more information, contact Kelly Heider, Breakfast and a Book program coordinator.
]]>Read Out celebrates the freedom to read and brings awareness to ongoing issues of literary censorship. Students, staff, and faculty are encouraged to attend, listen to passages, and/or read passages themselves. Student-selected passages will be prepared for anyone interested in reading.
]]>The topic for this session is “Comedy and Tragedy: Aristotle, Emily Dickinson, Freud.”
All are welcome!
]]>Patricia Hilliard Robertson was from Homer City, Pennsylvania. A 1985 graduate of IUP, Robertson became a physician, pilot, and a NASA astronaut.
In 2001, Robertson died after a training exercise in Texas. Several years ago, her mother, Ilse Hilliard, donated several items to the IUP Special Collections and University Archives in her daughter's memory.
This week, her mother made an additional donation to IUP Special Collections: Robertson’s NASA flight suit, photographs, a scrapbook, and an American flag from the International Space Station that were given to her by her daughter’s colleagues at NASA. This is a very special gift to the university, and many of these items are on permanent display in the IUP Special Collections and University Archives at the IUP Libraries.
]]>The topic for this session is “War, Peace and Civilization: Rabelais, Dewey, and More.”
All are welcome!
]]>The topic for this session is “Freedom of Thought and Expression: Milton, Jefferson, and More.”
All are welcome!
]]>Although the film is only 30 seconds long, how often do you see a color film of Indiana State Teachers College (ISTC) in 1936? It features the students, administration, and faculty of Indiana State Teachers College processing from John Sutton Hall. ISTC President Charles Foster and former Indiana State Normal School Prinicipal John Keith are both in the film.
IUP was known as Indiana State Teachers College from 1927 to 1959.
The film is part of Record Group 35 Commencement Activities and is housed in the Special Collections and University Archives in Stapleton Library Room 302.
The 8mm color film was restored and digitized by the New Day Group. You can access the 1936 Commencement Procession through Windows Media Player.
]]>The topic for this session is “Justice and Injustice: Plato, Swift, and More.” All are welcome!
]]>Alida Merlo, a faculty member from the Department of Criminology, will discuss her new book, The Juvenile Justice System: Delinquency, Processing, and the Law, on Monday, September 24, 2012, as part of the IUP Libraries speaker series Breakfast and a Book.
Merlo's presentation will begin at 10:00 a.m. in Room 210, Stabley Library.
Admission is free and open to IUP faculty, staff, and students. A continental breakfast is provided courtesy of IUP Libraries.
For more information, contact Kelly Heider, Breakfast and a Book program coordinator, at kheider@iup.edu.
]]>The University Museum exhibition features many artifacts, memorabilia, and publications from the Special Collections and University Archives in the IUP Libraries. Many items have been donated by alumni and the university community. We hope you will visit the University Museum in John Sutton Hall and enjoy this visual journey of IUP history.
]]>From the About GeoScienceWorld page:
“In 2002, seven leading geoscience organizations discovered a need to create one platform for geoscientists worldwide to have access to the same research materials in the rapidly-changing pace of the geosciences industry. The only nonprofit collaborative of its kind in the earth sciences, GeoScienceWorld (GSW) was created as a single electronic journal (eJournal) aggregate which is a one-stop shop and digital archive for earth science researchers. GSW has provided electronic access to the journals and archives of more than 41 top-tier digital journals from 27 pre-eminent global publishers.”
You can access the trial by visiting GeoScienceWorld. If you wish to access this resource from off-campus, please make sure to connect to the campus network using the VPN. If you have questions about GeoScienceWorld, please contact the science librarian, Chris Clouser (cclouser@iup.edu).
]]>This required upgrade will ensure better processing and will not effect the end user experience.
Questions can be directed to Michele Corcoran, borrowing supervisor, at corcoran@iup.edu.
]]>The displays are located on the first floor of Stapleton Library and will be available for viewing through August 2012.
]]>Entries were placed on a fish bowl in front of the READ poster display window on the first floor of Stapleton Library throughout the week of April 9–13. The winning entry was drawn on April 16 by Luis Gonzalez, dean of Libraries.
]]>Autographed copies of the book Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story will be available for purchase.
Also stop by and check out the surfing display window on the first floor of Stapleton Library. The display will run through the end of April.
]]>SRMO is an award-winning tool designed to help you create research projects and understand the methods behind them. SRMO’s taxonomy of over 1,400 methods terms links to authoritative content, including:
The IUP Libraries also subscribes to Sage Premier + Backfiles (journals) and Congressional Quarterly products, including CQ Researcher + Archive, CQ Weekly, and the Historical Document Series.
The focus of the session will be on our newest addition, SRMO, but may also touch on our other resources from Sage. Bring your questions!
Please contact Joann Janosko (janosko@iup.edu) with any questions.
]]>The ceremony will be held in Zink Hall, Gym A at 10:00 a.m.
Nominees for this award are identified by faculty of the PSE Department. Award recipients are decided upon by a majority vote of the PSE tenure-track faculty.
]]>The presentation will begin at 10:00 a.m. in Stabley Library, Room 210. All audience members will be treated to a continental breakfast courtesy of the IUP Libraries.
The event is open to IUP administration, faculty, staff, and students. Admission is free.
For more information, contact Kelly Heider, Breakfast-and-a-Book program coordinator, at kheider@iup.edu.
]]>During their presentation, these members of IUP Libraries’ Assessment Committee shared the findings of their research on the value of IUP Libraries’ resources and services to faculty users, as well as the step-by-step process they used to design and implement their study. Participants received advice and handouts to help plan their own user assessments.
]]>The Expo will include several of the library’s online database vendors with products including ebooks, audiofiles, citation databases, full text databases, and abstract and index databases.
The following companies will participate in the event: ProQuest, EBSCOhost, Web of Science, Films on Demand, Alexander Street Press, JSTOR, OneClick Audio, Gale, Sage, and Elsevier.
Come to the library that day to visit each vendor’s booth and talk with their representatives. Learn what new and exciting online research products and features are available through the IUP Libraries website to help you with your studies and research.
Don’t forget to sign up to prizes being given away by our vendors! Prizes include an iPad, two iPod Shuffles, a Kindle Fire, Steve Jobs’ MP3 audiobook, and several gift cards.
]]>Mark Tamsula and Richard Withers will present a concert in the Music in the Orendorff Commons series, in the Orendorff Music Library (Cogswell Hall, room 101), on Friday, March 23, 2012, at 8:00 p.m.
They specialize in the traditional dance music of Western Pennsylvania. Ellen Gozion will join them to sing some Pennsylvania ballads as well. The concert is in conjunction with the national meeting of the Appalachian Studies Association and is free and open to the community.
Mark Tamsula has been performing and teaching in the Southwestern Pennsylvania region for over 30 years. He plays and teaches fiddle, banjo, guitar, and mandolin, drawing from an ever-expanding repertoire of tunes and songs. He performs regularly with the bands Lackawanna Longnecks (old time) and Grand Bon Rien (Cajun).
Richard Withers has performed and recorded old-time music on the banjo and Irish music on the flute, whistle, and other instruments over the past three decades. He can be heard playing clawhammer banjo on recordings with the old-time string band Lackawanna Longnecks and Irish style flute with Hooley, a Pittsburgh-based traditional Irish group.
Their new CD, Up in the Batten House, features the traditional music of Western Pennsylvania as collected and transcribed by Samuel Bayard. Find out more about Up in the Batten House.
]]>The display features books about northern Appalachia and Pennsylvania coal culture taken from the library’s circulation collection, as well as rare photographs, United Mine Workers of America memorabilia, and coal mining artifacts from the Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company Records housed in Special Collections.
This is the first ASA national conference north of the Mason-Dixon Line. The theme of this year’s conference is “The Wide Reach of Appalachia.”
The display will run through the month of March.
]]>The new Sunday hours will be from 4:30 p.m. to 12:45 a.m. This change will remain in effect until the end of the Spring 2012 semester.
]]>ebrary has announced that more than 70,000 titles in all academic subject areas are available through the Academic Complete database This database is the industry’s largest and most affordable e-book subscription database with content from over 500 trusted publishers and unlimited access for IUP-affiliated users. Recently named to the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles list, e-books in Academic Complete are also now discoverable on the ProQuest platform.
Sharon Palchak, M.L.I.S., customer education and training specialist from ProQuest, will help you to learn more about ebrary and ProQuest Newsstand, two unique resources available through IUP Libraries. Participants are encouraged to ask questions and share feedback.
Training is open to all IUP faculty, students, and staff. Please pass along this invitation to anyone interested. Join us to learn how to best use this resource of over 70,000 academic e-books!
Contact Joann Janosko (janosko@iup.edu) for more information.
]]>His presentation will begin at 10:00 a.m. in Stabley Library, Room 210. All audience members will be treated to a continental breakfast courtesy of the IUP Libraries.
Admission is free and open to IUP administration, faculty, staff, and students.
For more information, contact Kelly Heider, Breakfast-and-a-Book program coordinator, at kheider@iup.edu.
]]>The peer-reviewed article will appear in the Spring 2012 issue of Academic Exchange Quarterly.
]]>SAGE Research Methods Online was created to help researchers, faculty, and students with their research projects. SRMO links over 120,000 pages of SAGE’s book, journal, and reference content in research methods with advanced search and discovery tools. Researchers can explore methods concepts to help them design research projects, understand particular methods or identify a new method, conduct their research, and write up their findings. Since SRMO focuses on methodology rather than disciplines, it can be used across the social sciences, behavioral sciences, health sciences, and more.
With SRMO, researchers can explore their chosen method across the depth and breadth of content, expanding or refining their search as needed; read online, print, or e-mail full-text content; utilize suggested related methods and links to related authors from SRMO's library and unique features; and even share their own collections of content through methods lists. SRMO contains content from 640 books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and handbooks, the entire “Little Green Book” and "Little Blue Book” series, two major works collating a selection of journal articles, and newly commissioned videos.
Please forward your questions or comments about SRMO to Joann Janosko, Collection Development/E-Resources librarian, at janosko@iup.edu.
]]>The David Livingstone Spectral Imaging Project was a collaborative international effort between scholars, scientists, and educational and archival institutions to use spectral imaging technology to provide access to original handwritten diaries and letters of Victorian explorer David Livingstone (1813–1873) written in Central Africa 140 years ago.
According to the project director, Adrian Wisnicki, the project archive contains over 60 downloadable documents. Among the items on display are first editions by Livingstone and published works of explorer Henry Morton Stanley (1841–1904), who, upon finding Livingstone in Africa, said, “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” Wisnicki is an English professor of 19th-century British literature at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Learn more about the project by visiting the David Livingstone Spectral Imaging Project.
Please join us for presentations about the David Livingstone Spectral Imaging Project on Wednesday, February 29, 2012, at 5:00 p.m. on the ground floor of Stapleton Library, and on Thursday, March 1, at 10:00 a.m. in Stabley Library, room 101.
]]>Join us for an Open House!
Monday–Friday: Technology/Production staff available 1:00–5:00 p.m.
Tuesday/Friday: Distance Education Librarian available by appointment
For further information or to schedule a consultation, contact:
His presentation will begin at 10:00 a.m. in Stabley Library, Room 210. All audience members will be treated to a continental breakfast courtesy of the IUP Libraries.
Admission is free and open to IUP administration, faculty, staff, and students.
For more information, contact Kelly Heider, Breakfast-and-a-Book program coordinator, at kheider@iup.edu.
]]>A new display featuring vintage Civil War wind instruments and artifacts will be on display in the Orendorff Music Library during the Spring 2012 semester. The instruments and artifacts are on loan courtesy of J.B. and Donna Salter of Erie, Pennsylvania.
The display includes examples of uniforms worn by Confederate and Union bandsmen, authentic Crosby battlefield fifes, a Lyon and Healy bass horn, an August Pollmann cornet, and a sword made by Roby Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, all of which were issued to enlisted musicians in the Union Army.
J.B. Salter is a professional band instrument repairman who owns Presque Isle Brass and Woodwind in Erie. His son, Jack, is a Music major at IUP.
]]>Shively notes that although college and university students do a great deal to improve conditions in society, in some ways they are insufficiently challenged to do so. He points out an easy way to involve them further, simply by connecting them with individuals who are always looking for worthy causes to support financially and who would welcome opinion and factual input by students. To make this possible would require little time on anyone’s part and no funds from the students themselves.
The article, “Putting Magic Years to Better Use,” may also be seen on the Gazette website.
]]>This year’s “Treasures for Children” Book Drive was a great success! Donors provided new books for 150 local children. The books were collected at Stapleton Library from late November through early December and delivered to the Indiana Corps of the Salvation Army on December 12, 2011.
]]>During Winter Session and the holiday break period, the library’s hours are different than during the regular academic sessions. For more information on the library’s hours and on the reference service schedule during Winter Session, please check out Winter Session Reference Services and the library’s Winter Session hours.
]]>Check out our newsletter to learn about upcoming events at the IUP Libraries, new resources to help you with your research, and new services to make your library experience even better.
]]>Visit the first floor of the Stapleton Library to see IUP yearbooks from the Special Collections and University Archives.
There were yearbooks published between 1888 and 1996. The first yearbook, published in 1888, was called the Clionian. Following that, the yearbook was called the Empanda in 1897, the Instano from 1912 to 1927, and then, from 1928 to 1996, the Oak.
If you would like to see more yearbooks, please visit the IUP Special Collections and University Archives in Stapleton Library Room 302 or visit the Special Collections website.
]]>In commemoration of the Armistice ending the First World War on November 11, 1918, there is a display on the first floor of the Stapleton Library. On exhibit are artifacts, memorabilia, photographs, posters, and publications from World War I, 1914–1918, depicting the front line and the home front.
Many of the items on display are part of the IUP Special Collections and University Archives, including the personal belongings of artist Milton Bancroft (1866–1946) and Effie Shields, who were in France during the war; a scrapbook depicting student life at Indiana Normal School from 1917–1919, including the 1918 influenza epidemic; and rare publications such as Stars and Stripes and a wartime message from President Woodrow Wilson.
Special thanks must go to Dr. Michael M. Williamson, professor of English, who has loaned many materials for this exhibit, including publications, a World War I gas mask, and a medic’s kit and helmet.
The World War I display will be available until January. To learn more about the First World War, visit the IUP Libraries.
]]>Formerly known as the Angel Tree Program, the Treasures for Children program provides Christmas gifts for more than 65,000 children in Western Pennsylvania. Needy families apply for gift assistance at their local Salvation Army Worship and Service Center.
If you are interested in purchasing a new book for a needy child, please contact Dr. Kelly Heider, education librarian, via e-mail at kheider@iup.edu. She will provide you with the sex and age of a local child and take care of delivering your “treasure” to the Salvation Army before Christmas.
IUP Libraries thanks you in advance for your support, and wishes you and yours a wonderful holiday season!
]]>The fair will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. all three days and will feature the latest and finest titles for kids, Spanish language books, bargain books, school supplies, and even books of interest to adults. Cash, checks, and credit cards will be accepted.
Questions should be directed to the Scholastic Book Fair chairperson, Dr. Kelly Heider, at kheider@iup.edu.
See our Scholastic Book Fair website for more details.
]]>His presentation will begin at 10:00 a.m. in Stabley Library, Room 210. All audience members will be treated to a continental breakfast courtesy of IUP Libraries.
Admission is free and open to IUP administration, faculty, staff, and students.
For more information, contact Dr. Kelly Heider, Breakfast-and-a-Book program coordinator, at kheider@iup.edu.
]]>Al-Idrisi was born in Sebta in northern Morocco on the Mediterranean shore. Before he was sixteen years old, he had traveled North Africa, Europe, and Asia Minor. Al-Idrisi was educated in Cordova, and he later lived in Andalusia (Spain) and Sicily. He wrote books on geography, literature, and poetry. In 1145, Al-Idrisi was invited to the court of Roger II of Sicily, where he later created this map and engraved it on a silver globe.
The German geographer Konrad Miller collected the panels of Al-Idrisi's map and translated the map text into Latin, and the map was published in 1930. In 1951, the Latin version was translated into the original Arabic by the archeologist Professor Mohammed Bahga and Dr. Ali, members of the Scientific Society of Iraq. It was edited and corrected using the original text written by Al-Idrisi.
The map on display is a facsimile of the 1951 version that was donated by Dr. Maher Y. Shawer, Professor Emeritus.
]]>IUP Family Weekend takes place October 29–30, 2011. The display will remain up through November 4, and is located on the first floor of Stapleton Library next to the Schafer Popular Reading Collection.
]]>His presentation will begin at 10:00 a.m. in Stabley Library, Room 210. All audience members will be treated to a continental breakfast courtesy of IUP Libraries.
Admission is free and open to IUP administration, faculty, staff, and students.
For more information, contact Dr. Kelly Heider, Breakfast-and-a-Book program coordinator, at kheider@iup.edu.
]]>This year’s conference was held at the Penn Stater Conference Center and Hotel in State College, Pa. The theme was “Winning Strategies for Libraries.”
Attendees of Dr. Heider’s workshop explored the history of service learning, learned about a successful service-learning program at the IUP Libraries, and worked with other session participants to develop innovative ideas for service-learning programs at their own libraries.
]]>Ms. Ivers will be hosted by Dean of Libraries Luis Gonzalez and Music Librarian Carl Rahkonen. She will perform several traditional Celtic pieces that illustrate her culture and the repertoire, while Dr. Rahkonen will share information about the music, its history, and its relationship to Irish culture.
Those attending will be invited to ask questions and meet with Ms. Ivers following this informal performance. They will also be given information about the December concert and special discount coupons for that performance.
The performance is part of the the Leonard A. and Mary Jane Schafer Foundation Lecture. Visit the Lively Arts page to learn more about Ms. Ivers and her upcoming performances.
]]>Included in the display is the football from the 1931 26-0 victory over Edinboro, the 1979 Homecoming football, photographs of floats throughout the years, trophies, and a variety of IUP memorabilia.
The Homecoming display is located on the first floor of Stapleton Library, and will be available through October 10.
]]>Her presentation will begin at 9:00 a.m. in Stabley Library, Room 210. All audience members will be treated to a continental breakfast courtesy of IUP Libraries.
Admission is free and open to IUP administration, faculty, staff, and students.
For more information, contact Dr. Kelly Heider, Breakfast-and-a-Book program coordinator, at kheider@iup.edu.
]]>Although there are photographs portraying the Twin Towers after they were hit, the window focuses on the healing process rather than the destruction with photographs and artist renditions of the Pentagon, New York City, New Jersey, and Flight 93 National memorials. There is also a selection of profiles featuring passengers and crew of Flight 93 taken from a series published in the Daily American from Somerset, Pa.
Beside the window are portraits of three IUP alumni who perished on September 11, 2001.
The September 11 memorial window will be on display through September 26, 2011.
]]>The netbooks come equipped with a 1.66 GHZ processor, a ten-inch LCD screen with integrated webcam, and wireless and Bluetooth networking capabilities. They are preloaded with Windows 7, Microsoft Office 2010, and Skype software.
The netbooks can be signed out by students, faculty, and staff for a four-day period. Borrowers will need to present a current I-Card and a second form of ID at the Media and Equipment Desk in Stapleton Library.
Be the first to try them out, and let us know what you think!
]]>One side of the window features places and events in and around Indiana, from biking on the Hoodlebug Trail to an Amish wedding dinner in Smicksburg. Included is a listing of events happening throughout the summer, local brochures, a variety of postcards, and the new book, Paintings of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, by Ron Donoughe, available for $25 through the IUP Student Co-op Store, with sales benefiting the University Museum.
Continuing with our tour of the state, the other half of the window highlights various counties throughout Pennsylvania, with phone numbers and Web addresses of their tourist bureaus, as well as some of the exciting activities you can experience there.
Also included in the window are several books from the library’s circulating collection and a number of furry creatures that you might encounter in your travels.
The display will be available throughout the summer.
]]>Find the answers to these (and many other) questions at a Summer Library and Technology Orientation specifically for graduate students on June 2, 2011, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. in 201 Stabley Library.
Attend any or all of the sessions, or just come to explore on your own.
In this session, staff members from the Information Technology Support Center will show you how to make the best use of your IUP computing accounts.
Take a librarian-guided tour of the library’s online resources, including the PILOT online catalog and a wide range of subject-specific databases. Learn techniques for finding what you really want.
Staff members from several library service points will introduce and answer questions about essential library services that will support and enhance your research and study at IUP. Topics include reference, circulation, reserve, interlibrary loan, library technology, collection development and electronic database access, special collections, and other services.
This session, a veteran Endnote user will orient you to bibliographic management software that can help as you are doing research. It lets you build your own database of citations so that you can find your research materials quickly and easily, insert references in your papers automatically, and format those citations in any style (APA, MLA, etc.) at the click of a button.
For more information, contact Theresa McDevitt at mcdevitt@iup.edu.
]]>The Special Collections and Archives area of IUP Libraries is raising awareness and funds through Unveiling Treasures for Modern Technology, a social media campaign being conducted in cooperation with IUP’s Communications Office and Annual Giving Office.
Those who wish to participate may do so by visiting the Unveiling Treasures for Modern Technology Facebook page and “liking” it. Those who choose to do so will have the opportunity to learn about the many assets of Special Collections and Archives; to pose questions to Harrison Wick, the archivist and special collections director; and to participate in various challenges that will lead to the unveiling of various pieces housed in the collection.
Not at all funded through state budget dolllars, the Special Collections and Archives area needs new equipment to assist with efforts to digitize its many pieces. Digitization helps to preserve rare and delicate items and make them accessible to more people. The campaign’s goal, in addition to raising awareness, is to raise $2,000, which will be used to purchase desktop scanners and computers. At present, Special Collections and Archives houses various university historical records, documents, and other items that pertain to U.S. history, such as the complete collection of the Civil War’s official records; numerous rare books including first editions by the likes of Charles Darwin, Mark Twain, and James Joyce; and several ancient treasures that will be revealed online as a result of the campaign.
Follow this link to make a gift to the Unveiling Treasures for Modern Technology.
Follow this link to join the Facebook page for Unveiling Treasures. Be sure to "like" what you see.
The campaign will last through June 30.
]]>The display features a collection of historical memorabilia from the library’s Special Collections and University Archives and includes mining equipment (lamps, helmets, bucket, pick, etc.), original photographs, Pennsylvania mining laws, workers’ earning vouchers, and news of the 1916 Ernest Coal Mine explosion.
For more information contact Harrison Wick, Special Collections librarian, at 724-357-3039.
]]>Once upon a Library . . .
By Jessica Moretti, Nicole Bolden, Emily Kustanbauter
Like a Good Tutor, the Library’s There!
By Brandon Oakes, Gary Beltz, Laura Sproull
iuplibraryvisit
By David Notto
IUP Library Geico Commercial
By Tiffany Fasig, Kelly Dumrauf, Chelsea Hess Moore, Aysa Alwood, Dara Fennell, Calvin Baker
IUP Stapleton Library: Where Am I?
By Naporje Washington, Tai Ly, Jenny Chen, Petina Dowell
LIBR 201 Video Contest
By Erica Kienzl, Lindsay Zock, Chris Greggi
Miles Recommends It: Checking Out a Book!
By Deborah Brenner, Emily Montanari, Miles Flournoy, Clarissa Flagg-Boatright
Hangin’ in the IUP Library
By Mike Wilson, Brian Barnes, Stephen Hall, Vaughn Johnson
The discussion will feature Dr. Allyson M. Lowe, chair of Political Science at Carlow University, and Dr. Kay Snyder, IUP Sociology Department. Drs. Lowe and Snyder will explore pay inequity and the Wage Project, which works to eliminate such inequity. For more information, contact Theresa McDevitt, mcdevitt@iup.edu, and read the news post about the event.
]]>The event is sponsored by the IUP Libraries, the College of Fine Arts, and the Center for Northern Appalachian Studies. It is the first event celebrating National Library Week.
The concert is free and open to the community.
Brent Buswell has played the accordion since 1993 and, from a young age, has been recognized as a virtuoso player. He enjoys performing a wide variety of music, including jazz, polkas, Scandinavian, novelty numbers, marches, Christian, and American standards. He especially enjoys playing the music of great accordion composers such as Pietro Frosini, Charles Magnante, and Pietro Deiro.
Brent has been a featured artist for many Scandinavian and Finnish events, including the Swedish Midsummer Festival (Cape Cod, Mass.), numerous FinnFunn Weekends, and the Scandinavian Midsummer Festival in Astoria, Oreg. in 2002 and 2005. He has been a headline performer for national FinnFests in Gorham, Maine (1998); Philadelphia, Pa. (2001); and the 2005 FinnGrandFest in Marquette, Mich. In March 2003, he had the honor of performing at the Finnish Embassy in Washington, D.C., with New York accordionist Bert Stromholm. Brent was selected as the 2008 Finlandia Foundation “Performer of the Year,” with more than fifty performances throughout the county, including a featured performance at the 2008 FinnFest in Duluth, Minn.
Brent graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in professional music. During his time at Berklee, he also studied piano, which has become his second instrument.
Crista Buswell began playing piano at the age of three. Since that time, music has been a major part of her life. She was involved in choir from the third grade through high school. She also played trumpet and baritone horn in the school band from the fifth grade through high school. She studied voice with the Civic Light Opera in Pittsburgh from 1996 to 1997 and went on to study music in college.
Crista has an associate’s degree in Liberal Arts from Penn State, where she graduated in 2001. From 2004 to 2006, she taught music at Champion Christian School working with children from grades one to twelve. Since 2001, she has performed mainly as a vocalist and pianist on numerous occasions in different venues, some of which include church concerts and services, retirement homes, senior centers, various festivals, and, notably, Oktoberfests, where she has played keyboard and trumpet.
Brent and Crista reside in Donegal, Pa., and have performed a wide variety of popular, folk, and classical pieces for accordion and piano on a number of occasions in Pennsylvania, as well as in Vermont.
You can download a poster in PDF format advertising the Brent and Crista Buswell concert (PDF).
]]>In celebration of Earth Day, Dr. McHugh examines the lessons about science, nature, and the environment we can take from the lives and writing of Beatrix Potter, author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit, and Rachel Carson, the foremother of the environmental movement.
The presentation will include a short biography of each of these accomplished women and an analysis of how gender influenced their connection to nature and to science. Like Carson’s Silent Spring, the presentation calls the audience to take action to preserve the earth and to ensure a healthy future.
This lecture is sponsored by the President’s Commission on the Status of Women, IUP Libraries, Women’s Studies, and E.C.O. student association. For more information, contact Theresa McDevitt at mcdevitt@iup.edu.
]]>Kincade will discuss her new book, Introduction to Feminist Therapy, Strategies for Social and Individual Change.
Her presentation will begin at 9:00 a.m. in Stabley Library, Room 210. All audience members will be treated to a continental breakfast courtesy of IUP Libraries and Women’s Studies.
Admission is free and open to IUP administration, students, and faculty and staff members.
For more information, contact Dr. Kelly Heider, Breakfast-and-a-Book program coordinator, at kheider@iup.edu.
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The discussion will feature Dr. Allyson M. Lowe, chair of Political Science at Carlow University, and Dr. Kay Snyder, IUP Sociology Department.
The panel discussion is free and open to the community.
This year, Equal Pay Day is Tuesday, April 12, 2011. This date symbolizes how far into 2011 women must work to earn what men earned in 2010. To recognize this day and to focus on issues relating to women and low wage employment, Drs. Lowe and Snyder will explore pay inequity and the Wage Project, which works to eliminate such inequity. For more information, contact Theresa McDevitt, mcdevitt@iup.edu.
This is the fifth year for the Common Freshman Reader program, one of several initiatives designed to promote first-year student success. The selected text is distributed free to first-year students before they arrive on campus, and they are encouraged to read the book before beginning their studies at IUP.
The book is selected by a panel of faculty and staff members. To qualify, a book must relevant to today’s students, offer interdisciplinary appeal, and provide opportunities for diverse programming.
The selection for the 2009–2010 academic year is Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America, by Barbara Ehrenreich. The author lectured on campus in October 2010.
]]>Here is what IUP Libraries have planned for April 9–15, 2011.
For more information: Dr. Carl Rahkonen (rahkonen@iup.edu)
For more information: Judy Bouton (bouton@iup.edu)
For more information: Dr. Theresa McDevitt (mcdevitt@iup.edu)
For more information: Dr. Theresa McDevitt (mcdevitt@iup.edu)
For more information: Carol Connell (cconnell@iup.edu) and Sandra Janicki (cspslj@iup.edu)
]]>The SITE conference is designed for teacher educators, computer technology coordinators, K-12 administrators, teachers, curriculum developers, principals, and anyone interested in improving education through technology.
Presentations at this conference focus on the use of information technology in teacher education and instruction about information technology in preservice, inservice, graduate teacher education, and faculty and staff development.
The conference format consists of keynote speakers, invited panels/speakers, papers, symposia, posters/demonstrations, corporate showcases/demonstrations, tutorials/workshops, and roundtables.
SITE conference submissions are peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers, and usually three reviewers, who are members of the conference’s international program committee of experts in fields specifically matching the conference topics. Papers are subject to a double-blind review.
]]>His presentation will begin at 9:00 a.m. in Stabley Library, Room 210. All audience members will be treated to a continental breakfast courtesy of IUP Libraries.
Admission is free and open to IUP administration, faculty, staff, and students.
For more information, contact Dr. Kelly Heider, Breakfast-and-a-Book program coordinator, at kheider@iup.edu.
]]>Located conveniently on the first floor of Stapleton next to the Reference Desk and Media and Equipment, the Information Commons Support Desk will serve the library community with basic technical support, software issues, and wireless configuration, as well as other services listed on their website.
Please note that this is not a replacement for the IT Support Center, but is a service in addition to it.
This technology-based forum is open to any student who has integrated technology into a class project.
Please view the following for additional details.
]]>To enter the contest, create a YouTube video about your favorite library activity, and send a link to the video to the IUP Libraries. You could win a $150 gift certificate to the Co-op Store!
The deadline for entries is April 14, 2011.
For full details on submitting a video, submission requirements, and to see how videos will be judged, visit the Where's Your Face in Our Place? contest page.
]]>On Thursday, February 24, 2011, IUP Libraries will feature Harrison Wick, Special Collections librarian and university archivist, who will speak about his new book, Luzerne County.
His presentation will begin at 9:00 a.m. in Stabley Library, Room 210. All audience members will be treated to a continental breakfast courtesy of IUP Libraries.
Admission is free and open to IUP administration, faculty, staff, and students.
For more information, contact Dr. Kelly Heider, Breakfast-and-a-Book program coordinator, at kheider@iup.edu.
]]>The library’s complete schedule is:
Wick has also published Pennsylvania’s Back Mountain and Greater Wyoming Valley Trolleys through Arcadia Publishing. His latest book, Luzerne County, will be available on January 24, 2011.
]]>This year’s “Treasures for Children” Book Drive was a huge success! Donors provided new books for more than 150 local children. The books were collected at Stapleton Library from late November through early December and delivered to the Indiana Corps of the Salvation Army on December 8, 2010.
]]>Diaz received her award on Saturday, December 18, 2010, at the AACC annual Fall Pre-Commencement Reception and Awards Program. This event is cosponsored by the IUP African American Cultural Center and the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs.
]]>This $5,894 grant will be used to hire a preservation consultant who will survey collections in the IUP Special Collections and University Archives and the University Museum.
This is a collaborative grant between the IUP Libraries and the University Museum, and it will be supervised by Project Director Harrison Wick, the Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist at the IUP Libraries, who is also a member of the board of directors for the University Museum.
]]>The Lecturer of the Year (LOY) is a national program of the Finlandia Foundation National begun in 2006. Its aim is to help U.S. audiences better understand Finland and the Finnish-American connection. The LOY presents lectures to foundation chapters and other local Finnish-American organizations around the country. Transportation costs are paid for by the foundation, and the local organizations host the LOY during his/her visit.
Rahkonen’s lecture is entitled “The Finnish-American Musical Journey: From Rune Singing to the Rockland Opera.” It explores how Finnish-American music came from the old country, was transformed in America, and still retains many connections with current Finnish music. So far, presentations have been scheduled for Detroit, Mich.; Lake Worth, Fla.; Hancock and Marquette, Miss.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Tucson, Ariz.; and San Francisco, Calif.
Finlandia Foundation National is the country’s oldest privately funded foundation administering grants and scholarships for the express purpose of celebrating, supporting, and strengthening Finnish heritage and Finnish-American culture and traditions. There are thirty-six Finlandia Foundation chapters in nineteen states and the District of Columbia.
]]>The fair will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. all three days and will feature the latest and finest titles for kids, Spanish language books, bargain books, school supplies, and even books of interest to adults. Cash, checks, and credit cards will be accepted.
Questions should be directed to the Scholastic Book Fair chairperson, Dr. Kelly Heider, at kheider@iup.edu.
See our Scholastic Book Fair website for more details.
]]>Their presentation will begin at 9:00 a.m. in Stabley Library, Room 210. All audience members will be treated to a continental breakfast courtesy of IUP Libraries. Admission is free and open to IUP administration, faculty, staff, and students.
For more information, contact Dr. Kelly Heider, Breakfast-and-a-Book program coordinator, at kheider@iup.edu.
]]>Included in the display is a selection of past IUP Magazines highlighting important people and events, postcards depicting campus buildings both past and present, and photographs of past homecomings. Also on display is a plate commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the university, an Indiana Normal School plate circa 1890, two examples of IUP’s yearbook, The Oak, and a collection of IUP-related items, including pins, mugs, and ornaments.
The display window is located on the first floor of Stapleton Library. Family Weekend is November 5–7, 2010, and the display will remain through November 8.
]]>The conference was held at the Wyndham Resort in Orlando, Fla., on October 18 through 22.
The opening keynote was given by Paul Kim, assistant dean of the School of Education at Stanford University. He spoke about “Evolution in the 21st Century Higher Education Ecosystem.”
]]>The event will include several of the library’s online database vendors.
The following companies will participate in the event: ProQuest, EBSCOhost (Academic Search Complete, Agricola, America: History and Life, etc.), Web of Science, Films on Demand, WilsonWeb, Gale, Sage, and Elsevier.
Come to the library that day to visit each vendor’s booth and talk with their reps. Learn what new and exciting online research products and features are available through the library’s website to help you with your studies and research.
Vendors will also conduct specific training sessions of their products in the library’s classrooms throughout the day.
Sign up to win any of the prizes being given away by our vendors. Prizes include an I-Pod Shuffle, a Kindle, and a $50 gift card to Amazon.com.
]]>Rattan’s presentation will begin at 9:00 a.m. in Stabley Library, Room 210. All audience members will be treated to a continental breakfast courtesy of IUP Libraries. Admission is free and open to IUP administration, faculty, staff, and students.
For more information, contact Dr. Kelly Heider, “Breakfast-and-a-Book” program coordinator, at kheider@iup.edu.
]]>See IUP Homecoming photographs, memorabilia, yearbooks, and artifacts on the first floor of Stapleton Library.
For more information about IUP history, visit the IUP Special Collections and University Archives.
]]>Dr. Rahkonen’s address focused on German-, Italian-, Polish-, and Irish-American music, particularly in Pennsylvania.
The rest of the conference featured live music performances by John Stanky and the Coalminers with Polish selections, the Joe Lastovica Combo with German and Italian selections, and the Steamtown Ramblers with Irish selections.
]]>The event will include several of the library’s online database vendors.
The following companies will participate in the event: ProQuest, EBSCOhost (Academic Search Complete, Agricola, America: History & Life, etc.), Web of Science, Films on Demand, WilsonWeb, Gale, Sage, and Elsevier.
Come to the library that day to visit each vendor’s booth and talk with their reps. Learn what new and exciting online research products and features are available through the library’s website to help you with your studies and research.
Vendors will also conduct specific training sessions of their products in the library’s classrooms throughout the day.
Sign up to win any of the prizes being given away by our vendors. Prizes include an I-Pod Shuffle, a Kindle, and a $50 gift card to Amazon.com.
]]>Her presentation provided attendees with an introduction to social networking tools and how they are being used in higher education as a teaching tool to retain and engage students through the creation of online learning communities. She discussed the current literature on the topic; provide examples of her class assignments (e.g., Facebook group discussions, Twitter information literacy, tweets, and blogging research topics) through her own experience in teaching courses that incorporate social networking tools to engage first-year students in building their information literacy skills for lifelong learning.
Diaz also provided a live demonstration, as well as webliography of resources, on how to use specific tools such as blogs, wikis, YouTube, Twitter, yfrog, Ustream, and Facebook in teaching first-year students.
Handouts of the presentation are avaliable as PowerPoint or MS Word.
Portia Diaz is ABD in Ed.D in Curriculum and Instruction, and is currently working on her dissertation, “Information Literacy in Secondary and Higher Education.” Diaz is a faculty member for the IUP Libraries, where she provides information literacy instruction to first-year students. She teaches the following credited courses: Introduction to Library Resources, Internet and Multimedia, and Information Access in the Digital Age. She has over thirteen years of experience involved with various committees engaged in the first-year experience, information literacy, distance education, Web development, and instructional technologies.
]]>The series, “Creative Discussions and Essay Writings in English,” contained multiple chapters for two class levels on subjects that ranged from Confucianism to inventions from both Korean and western culture, and to Dr. Martin Luther King, to name only a few.
Dr. Lee, a 2004 graduate of IUP, is an assistant professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Hoseo University in Asan City.
The book was published by the Education Office of Asan City and the Republic of Korea.
]]>Using photographs, books, magazines, newspaper clippings, and artist renditions, the display reflects on the destruction, local response to the tragedy, and plans for future memorials at the sites.
Also on display are portraits of the three former IUP students who perished in the Twin Towers.
“We Remember 9/11” is located on the first floor of Stapleton Library, and will remain on display through September 17, 2010.
]]>He serves on the Culture and Outreach Committee, and is involved with planning a Finnish-American folk music camp, to be held in the summer of 2011 on the Kewinaw Peninsula.
After the Finnish Council meeting this year, Rahkonen presented a paper, “Viola Turpeinen at 100,” at the Finn Grand Fest in Sault St. Marie, Ontario. The Finn Grand Fest is a large gathering of Finnish-Canadians and Americans that happens once every five years.
]]>It appears in the August edition of Public Services Quarterly (volume 6, number 2).
]]>Dr. Broad’s presentation will begin at 9:00 a.m. in room 210 of Stabley Library. All audience members will be treated to a continental breakfast courtesy of IUP Libraries. Admission is free and open to IUP administration, faculty, staff, and students.
For more information, contact Dr. Kelly Heider, "Breakfast-and-a-Book" program coordinator, at kheider@iup.edu.
]]>Did you know that in many parts of the world, ironing is a way to keep clothing safe and healthy? Did you know that wrinkle-free clothes have been a status symbol all over the world since people began to iron? Come and visit this unique and interesting display and learn more about the evolution of the iron and its role in society.
Selections from the University Museum’s Post Collection of Irons and Iron-Related Objects will be arriving soon and will fill two display cases in IUP’s Stapleton Library for the 2010 Fall semester. This extensive collection consists of over 500 irons which range from hundreds of years old to the most contemporary irons on the market today.
The collection consists of a variety of irons—flat irons, Oriental pan irons, gasoline and kerosene irons, and tie irons which range in sizes from regular to miniature. Additionally, there are hundreds of trivets from the rare to the common.
Please come and see the displays, and you may never think of an iron quite the same way again!
]]>Blaine Knupp, Reference Services coordinator, presented “The First GASP! (Graduate Academic Success Program): Developing a Library and Research Orientation Program Targeting Graduate Students,” and Dr. Kelly Heider, Education librarian, presented “Community Engagement through Collaborative Academic Library/Community Organization Programs.”
The keynote address, entitled “(R)evolutionary Academic Library Services,” was given by Danielle Theiss-White, General Reference coordinator at Hale Library, Kansas State University.
]]>Attend any or all of the sessions, or just come to explore on your own. Personnel will be available to guide you on your way to academic success!
Tours: Short tours (20–25 minutes) will commence at the library lobby every half hour from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. Your guide will show you around the library facility and point out resources and services that are essential for graduate students. Staff from the various service points will be available for in-depth discussion and answers.
]]>Founded in 1911, the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study is an association of scholars and others interested in the cultures of the Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.
]]>The conference was held from April 28 through May 1, 2010, and featured hundreds of educators from around the world sharing their work in more than two hundred workshops, research sessions, and presentations. The theme for this year’s conference was “Brighter Futures for Children: Strengthening School, Family, and Community Connections.”
]]>We are pleased to announce the following winners.
Melissa Clark
Emilee Dolan
Amanda Burgert
Darryl Draughn
Kelly Hall
Thomas Jenkins
Jamee Joppy
Darius Padgett
Nicolette Magee
Dustin Mendus
Nancy Richard
Trevin Shirey
Donte Drew
Christopher Gerlesky
Please take a moment to view the videos on YouTube:
]]>Scholastic Book Fair
When: Tuesday, April 13–Thursday, April 15 (9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.)
Where: 101 Stabley Library
For more information: Dr. Kelly Heider (kheider@iup.edu), education librarian
“Somewhat” Annual Used Book Sale
When: Tuesday, April 13, and Wednesday, April 14 (8:00 a.m.–10:00 p.m.)
Where: First floor of Stapleton Library
For more information: Judy Bouton (bouton@iup.edu), circulation manager
Breakfast and a Book
Dr. David Piper, Employment and Labor Relations faculty member, presents his new book, Pennsylvania School Business: A Guide for Educational Administrators. Continental breakfast provided courtesy of IUP Libraries.
All are welcome!
When: Wednesday, April 14 (9:00–10:00 a.m.)
Where: 210 Stabley Library
For more information: Dr. Kelly Heider (kheider@iup.edu), education librarian
National Poetry Month/Women’s Writers Read-In
In honor of National Poetry Month, an open Read-In. Read a favorite poem by a female writer or just come to listen and be inspired. Or both!
Refreshments will be provided. [Sponsored by IUP Libraries, Women’s Studies, President’s Commission on the Status of Women, New Growth Arts Review, and the English Department Undergraduate Writing Track]
When: Thursday, April 15 (4:00–5:00 p.m.)
Where: Java City Area
For more information: Dr. Chauna Craig (Chauna.Craig@iup.edu) Children's Literature Festival
A collaborative program between IUP Libraries, IndiKids Early Care and Education Center, and IUP's Early Childhood Education Program
When: Friday, April 16 (1:00–3:00 p.m.)
Where: Second floor of Stabley Library
For more information: Dr. Kelly Heider (kheider@iup.edu), education librarian
Your Face in Our Library Place Video Contest
Create a video of what you like about IUP Libraries and enter our contest.
Deadline for entries is Wednesday, April 14, 2010, at 9:00 a.m.
Full details on prizes, contest rules, and more!
Please join us for Breakfast-and-a-Book, featuring Dr. David Piper and his recent publication, Pennsylvania School Business: A Guide for Educational Administrators.
Be a part of this interesting book talk while enjoying a continental breakfast courtesy of IUP Libraries.
Admission is free and open to IUP administration, faculty, staff, and students.
]]>You’re invited to the IUP Libraries Scholastic Book Fair.
Cash, checks, and credit cards accepted.
Proceeds benefit Stapleton Library’s Children's Collection.
Visit our Scholastic Book Fair Website for more information.
]]>Finn Hall, a group specializing in Finnish and Finnish-American dance music, will present a concert in the Music in the Orendorff Commons series in the Orendorff Music Library (Cogswell Hall Room 101), on Sunday, March 21, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. This will be followed by a dance featuring tangos and a variety of Scandinavian dances. The event is sponsored by the IUP Libraries, the College of Fine Arts, and the Center for Northern Appalachian Studies.
For more than a decade, Finn Hall has been a group of musicians dedicated to preserving the feel and sounds of dances at the Finn Halls found in most Finnish-American communities from the late 1800s into the 1950s. They remain true to the original Finnish tunes, and have added dances that were just coming into vogue in the 1950s and 1960s—like the humppa and tango. They also play a wide variety of Scandinavian music, as well as other ethnic tunes and old-time dance music. Band members include (from left) Ralph Tuttila (mandolin), Cheryl Paschke (violin), Dennis Halme (accordion), and Al Reko (accordion and singing).
Finn Hall has made two tours of Finland, the latest in 2006, including performances at the prestigious Kaustinen International Folk Music Festival. They have performed at most of the national FinnFests over the past ten years and have been a featured group at many other Finnish-American, Scandinavian, and Upper Midwest folk music festivals such as the Nisswa Stamman (Nisswa, Minn.), the Finn Days at Ironworld (Chisholm, Minn.), Heikinpäivä (Hancock, Mich.), the Northeast Accordion Fest (Minneapolis), and the annual Scandinavian Ball (St. Paul). They were a featured group on the video The Old Finn Hall Variety Show (1997) and on the CD A Finnish American Christmas (1998). In 2002, they recorded their first solo CD entitled Reflections/Muistelmia and in 2009 their second CD, Tule Tansimaan/Come Dance.
They were elected the 2010 Finlandia Foundation Performers of the Year. Their performance in Indiana is part of their Eastern U.S. tour, which includes performances at the Finnish Embassy in Washington, D.C., and in Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Detroit.
]]>In honor of National Nutrition Month, the IUP Libraries will feature Dr. Nicole Clark, Food and Nutrition Department faculty member, and her recently published series of children’s books entitled Eat Smart.
Be a part of this interesting book talk while enjoying a continental breakfast courtesy of IUP Libraries.
Admission is free and open to IUP administration, faculty, staff, and students.
]]>A collection of vintage wind instruments on loan courtesy of J.B. and Donna Salter of Erie, Pennsylvania, are on display in the Orendorff Music Library during the Spring semester.
The collection includes a Wurlitzer cornet made in the late 1880s, a 1906 Conn cornet similar to the model used by Louis Armstrong, and a World War I bugle made around 1916. There is an Olds trombone made ca. 1912 owned by Erie native Oscar Nutter, trombonist with the John Philip Sousa Band in the 1920s. There are five flutes from the 1700s and 1800s, three Albert System clarinets from the 1800s, three piccolos, and two Civil War-era fifes.
J.B. Salter is a professional band instrument repairman who owns Presque Isle Brass and Woodwind in Erie. His son, Jack Salter, is a Music major at IUP.
]]>Deadline for entries is Wednesday, April 14, 2010, at 9:00 a.m.
The winning entry will be chosen by a panel of judges using a predetermined rubric (PDF). Winner will be announced on April 16, 2010.
Create a video that shows what you like best about the library. Video must be:
Entries that do not adhere to contest rules will be disqualified.
Be sure to get permission of all the people who appear in the video, and please do not disturb other library users while you are making your video.
For more information contact, Portia Diaz at 724-357-4893 (portia@iup.edu) or Theresa McDevitt at 724-357-2330 (mcdevitt@iup.edu).
]]>Please join us for “Breakfast-and-a-Book” featuring English Department faculty member Dr. Cheryl Wilson and her recent publication, Literature and Dance in 19th-century Britain: Jane Austen to the New Woman.
Be a part of this interesting book talk while enjoying a continental breakfast courtesy of IUP Libraries.
Admission is free and open to IUP administration, faculty, staff, and students.
]]>You must create a freeaccount while on campus, but then you can access NetLibrary. View and listen to both e-books and e-audiobooks from any Internet-accessible computer.
Here is a link to FAQs for users.
The current NetLibrary e-Audio collection stands at 595 titles that include fiction and nonfiction, classics, and current authors. Delivery can be through a computer, desktop or laptop, or a hand-held device. The book is downloaded for twenty-one days and can be renewed.
There is no limit on simultaneous users so many can download the same title at the same time.
NetLibrary e-Audiobooks provide for multitasking: one could listen to a book while jogging or while commuting to a conference. With the hand-held devices, now including the iPod for certain titles, listeners are freed from the computer and can listen almost anywhere. There are a limited number of listening devices that can be checked out at the Media Circulation Desk.
This new service is brought to campus through an ACPAC Technological Exploration and Innovation Grant awarded to Theresa McDevitt and Joann Janosko this past spring. Feedback on the service is appreciated.
]]>Articles include IUP Libraries Goes Digital by Harrison Wick, Clements Estate and Pennsylvania Coal Culture featuring the Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company Collection by Rhonda Yeager, the Scholastic Book Fair by Dr. Kelly Heider, and Remember Them With Books by Dr. Theresa McDevitt. Learn more about the University Museum exhibit on Pennsylvania Coal Culture co-curated by Harrison Wick and Rhonda Yeager, featuring materials from the IUP Special Collections and University Archives.
]]>You can connect to the LibQUAL+ on-line survey or use the survey link on the Library home page. The survey will take less than ten minutes.
The results of this survey will help determine the kinds of resources and services the IUP Library will offer in the future. Your input is critical to our success.
As an incentive to participation, we are offering prizes. At the end of the survey, you'll have the option to enter your IUP e-mail address to be entered into a random drawing for prizes. We have two $100 and twelve $25 gift cards for the Co-op Store to give away. Entering your e-mail address is totally voluntary. It will be stored separately from your survey responses so that your input will be completely anonymous. The drawing will be held at the end of the survey period.
The LibQUAL+ survey is now open until December 4. Please let your voice be heard, and participate in this important project.
]]>These digital collections are made possible by a cooperative project between the IUP Libraries and Lyrasis.
]]>All Treasures for Children books are due by Monday, December 14, 2009, and should be dropped off or sent to Dr. Heider at the following address:
Stabley Library, Room 205
429 S. 11th Street
Indiana, PA 15705
You’re invited to the IUP Libraries’ Scholastic Book Fair on Tuesday, November 17 through Thursday, November 19, 2009, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Room 101, Stabley Library.
You’re invited to the IUP Libraries’ Scholastic Book Fair
Tuesday, November 17 through Thursday, November 19, 2009
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Room 101, Stabley Library
Cash, checks, and credit cards accepted.
Proceeds benefit Stapleton Library’s Children’s Collection.
Visit our Scholastic Book Fair Website for more information.
]]>The Library Events Team was formed to plan social events for the purpose of creating a positive work environment. Team members include: Patti Cornman (assistant to the dean of Libraries), Sandy Janicki (reference librarian), Portia Diaz (reference and Punxsutawney branch campus librarian), Ed Zimmerman (library technology and security manager), Judy Bouton (circulation manager), Vickie Respet (library technology and security staff member), and team leader Dr. Kelly Heider (education librarian).
]]>Be a part of this interesting book talk while enjoying a continental breakfast courtesy of IUP Libraries.
(Admission is free and open to IUP administration, faculty, staff, and students.)
]]>Please go to the Trials Database Page for details and login information.
Don't forget to tell us what you think. Either use the survey links on the Trial page or e-mail Joann Janosko at janosko@iup.edu with comments.
]]>Be a part of this interesting book talk while enjoying a continental breakfast courtesy of IUP Libraries.
Admission is free and open to IUP administration, faculty, staff, and students.
]]>Films Media Group is the leading source of high-quality video and multimedia for academic, vocational, and life-skills content. Films Media Group serves the education community through its four brands: Films for the Humanities and Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
This trial offers 5,779 academic titles. It will be in effect from now until October 31, 2009. This trial database is IP-authenticated and available on campus only or by using the VPN service. The trial can also be accessed through the Trial Database Page.
]]>Through the generosity and planning of Tim Sharbaugh, Co-op Store manager; Sara Ellenberger, textbook manager; the leadership of Phil Zorich, interium dean of libraries; Judy Bouton, Circulation Services manager; and the hard work and dedication of Reserve Supervisor Joyce Kensey and her staff of student assistants, the library now has a pilot program in place. The goal is to help students handle the ever-increasing cost of books.
Faculty members were identified, and a small selection of textbooks, each costing $100 or more, were picked to start this program. From an initial count of seventeen books, with additional books added by request, there are now twenty-two textbooks on reserve for various faculty members across the curriculum. Once the books were added to the Reserve collection, the faculty members were notified so that they could inform their students of this new partnership program.
When students come to the library’s Reserve Desk, they simply look through the reserve binders for their professor’s name. Library student assistants will retrieve the book for their use. These books are loaned for one-hour, in-library use only. Students can use the public overhead scanner, opposite the Reserve Desk, to copy currently needed material. All they need is their own USB drive.
Faculty members and students can request that their books be added to the program. It is then at the discretion of the Co-op Store if they meet the criteria for the program. For more information, please contact Tim Sharbaugh at the Co-op Store or Joyce Kensey in Stapleton Library.
]]>The presentation will take place from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. on Monday, September 21, 2009, in Room 210 of Stapleton/Stabley Library. Please join us for the discussion of this very important topic. The presentation is open to the public.
]]>Attend this interesting presentation while enjoying a continental breakfast courtesy of IUP Libraries. Admission is free and open to IUP administration, faculty, staff, and students.
]]>During Fall 2009, the Orendorff Music Library will feature a display honoring Dr. Daniel DiCicco, director of Bands at IUP from 1956 until his retirement in 1989.
DiCicco, a native of Beaver Falls, Pa., graduated from IUP in 1954. He earned his master’s degree (1956) and Doctor of Musical Arts degree (1974) from the University of Michigan.
During his thirty-three years at IUP, Dr. DiCicco established himself as one of the leading music educators in the commonwealth, serving as director of high school honors band programs, guest conductor for state and regional band festivals, and a role model and mentor to hundreds of music students. He founded the IUP Wind Ensemble in 1961 and the Honors Band in 1974. In 1986 he received the IUP Distinguished Faculty Award, and in 2003 he received the Alumni Award for Service.
The Music Library display includes artifacts and photographs documenting DiCicco’s life as a student, musician, teacher, family man, and Steelers fan. He passed away at his home in Lakeland, Florida, on February 3, 2009. A special memorial concert in his honor will be presented at IUP on September 27, 2009.
The Music Department and IUP Foundation are raising funds to name the large ensemble room in Cogswell Hall the Dr. Daniel and Dorothy DiCicco Rehearsal Hall.
]]>The first, entitled “The Baltic Psalteries: Bibliographical Problems and Desiderata Revisited,” appeared in Musiikin Suunta, the Finnish Ethnomusicological Society Journal. He was also coauthor of the article “Music Librarianship,” appearing in the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, 3rd ed. (New York: Taylor & Francis).
]]>The exhibit will be open to the public from September 15 to December 5, 2009, and features mining memorabilia, mine maps, photographs, blueprints of company towns, and other historical materials. For more information, see A Walk Through Time: Pennsylvania Coal Culture at the University Museum.
]]>The article was published in the April 2009 issue of Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education Journal.
]]>The book was released in July 2009 by the Association of College and Research Libraries.
]]>First Prize
The Adventures of the Interlibrary Loan Librarian
By Emilee Dolan, Melissa Clark, and Sarah Flewelling
Second Prize
Wild About Books!
By Casey Leigh, Esther Miller, Julie Carroll
Honorable Mention
What’s Cool about the IUP Library
By Lara Himmelstein and Raina Kellerman
Honorable Mention
Why the Library is Cool
By Kevin Kramer
Honorable Mention and Java City Prize Winner
What is Cool About the Library
By Rebekah Woods, Laura Liprando, David Burkett, and Joshua Leap
Please join us for “Breakfast-and-a-Book” featuring Jason Chimonides and his recently published play, The Optimist.
Attend this entertaining presentation while enjoying a continental breakfast courtesy of IUP Libraries. Admission is free and open to IUP administration, faculty, staff, and students.
]]>This National Library Week, we want to know what you think is cool about IUP Libraries. Create a video documenting what you like about IUP Libraries and enter our “What’s Cool about the Library Video Contest.”
For more information, contact Theresa McDevitt, government documents/reference librarian, at 724-357-4892 or at mcdevitt@iup.edu.
]]>On the special occasion of Abraham Lincoln’s bicentennial birthday, the IUP Libraries is hosting the Mary Jane Schafer Distinguished Speaker Series on Monday, March 16, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. in McVitty Auditorium in Sprowls Hall. Dr. Richard Striner will present on his book Father Abraham: Lincoln’s Relentless Struggle to End Slavery. According to author James M. McPherson, “the fresh and provocative insights in this book demonstrate that despite all that has been written about Lincoln, there is still something new to learn.” Father Abraham offers a new portrait of the president, the Great Emancipator, who strived during his political career to build public consensus against slavery. According to the American Historical Review, “Striner is a master of the political, military, diplomatic, and constitutional developments of the Civil War and conveys them crisply. He knows Lincoln’s collected works and public papers extremely well.” Dr. Richard Striner is a professor of History at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland. He earned his Ph.D. in History from the University of Maryland.
The IUP Libraries and the IUP Department of Theater and Dance will host two performances of Time and Time Again: Abraham Through the Ages by Don Orwald on Monday, March 16, and Tuesday, March 17, at 6:00 p.m. in Waller Hall Studio Theater (lower level). The play celebrates two American presidents: Abraham Lincoln, the nation's sixteenth leader, and newly elected President Barack Obama. Written by playwright Don Orwald, Time and Time Again is set in April 1865 and December 2008. Originally from Butler, Pennsylvania, Don Orwald received his master’s degree in English from IUP. He is a retired faculty member from the English department at Knoch High School in Saxonburg, where he directed the high school’s plays and musicals.
The Schafer Speaker Series presentation by Dr. Richard Striner and the performances of Time and Time Again are free and open to the public. In celebration of Lincoln’s birthday, there is a special exhibit of Abraham Lincoln featuring memorabilia and artifacts collected by Dr. Earl Hunt on the first floor of the Stapleton Library during the months of February and March.
]]>Tuesday, March 24
9:00 a.m.
210 Stabley Library
Be a part of this interesting book talk while enjoying a continental breakfast courtesy of IUP Libraries.
Admission is free and open to IUP administration, faculty, staff, and students.
]]>For more information on the 2009 SITE conference, see the Society for Information technology and Teacher Education’s website.
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The Orendorff Music Library has a new display of vintage Civil War band instruments and music.
The display is compliments of Indiana’s own Wildcat Regiment Band, an ensemble that has performed authentic Civil War band music at civic and historical events around the eastern United States including Gettysburg, Antietam, Sharpsburg, and Harper’s Ferry.
The display will be in the music library for the remainder of the Spring Semester. Please visit and take a look at these historic pieces!
]]>The IUP Libraries and the IUP Department of Theater and Dance will host two performances of Time and Time Again: Abraham Through the Ages by Don Orwald on Monday, March 16, and Tuesday, March 17, at 6:00 p.m. in Waller Hall Studio Theater (lower level). The play celebrates two American presidents: Abraham Lincoln, the nation’s sixteenth leader, and newly elected President Barack Obama. Written by playwright Don Orwald, Time and Time Again is set in April 1865 and December 2008. Originally from Butler, Pennsylvania, Don Orwald received his master’s degree in English from IUP. He is a retired faculty member from the English department at Knoch High School in Saxonburg, where he directed the high school's plays and musicals.
The Schafer Speaker Series presentation by Dr. Richard Striner and the performances of Time and Time Again are free and open to the public. In celebration of Lincoln’s birthday, there is a special exhibit of Abraham Lincoln featuring memorabilia and artifacts collected by Dr. Earl Hunt on the first floor of the Stapleton Library during the months of February and March.
]]>Wednesday, February 25
9:00 a.m.
210 Stabley Library
Be a part of this interesting book talk while enjoying a continental breakfast courtesy of IUP Libraries.
Admission is free and open to IUP administration, faculty, staff, and students.
]]>IUP Libraries and The Salvation Army are working together to gather “Treasures for Children” this holiday season.
If you are interested in purchasing a new book for a disadvantaged child, please contact Dr. Kelly Heider via e-mail at kheider@iup.edu. She will give you the age and sex of a local child and take care of delivering your “treasure” to The Salvation Army.
IUP Libraries thank you, in advance, for your support and wish you and yours a wonderful holiday season!
]]>Tuesday, Nov. 18 through Thursday, Nov. 20
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Room 101, Stabley Library
Cash, check, and credit cards accepted.
Proceeds benefit Stapleton Library’s Children's Collection.
The display area also has Pennsylvania voter-registration applications and absentee ballot materials for those interested.
This is your opportunity to make make your voice count and vote!
]]>They will discuss their recent publication, Unpacking the Loaded Teacher Matrix: Negotiating Space and Time Between University and Secondary English Classrooms.
Be a part of this interesting book talk while enjoying a continental breakfast courtesy of IUP Libraries. Admission is free and open to IUP administration, faculty, staff, and students.
]]>Please join us for Breakfast-and-a-Book featuring Dr. John Benhart and his recent publication Appalachian Aspirations: The Geography of Urbanization and Development in the Upper Tennessee River Valley, 1864–1900, on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. in Stabley Library room 210.
Be a part of this interesting book talk while enjoying a continental breakfast courtesy of IUP Libraries. Admission is free and open to IUP administration, faculty, staff, and students.
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