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The LibraryThe Heart of the University
Spring 2009 Number 44
Celebrating the Past, Forging the Future:
How Philanthropy Helps Students
I n T H I S I S S u e :
Celebrating the Past, Forging the Future
4 Learning Labs Forge the Future
7 Copyright Challenges in a Digital Environment
10 Preparing for the Future—How Endowments Support Collection Development
Library News11 Lynd Ward Illustrations in Special
Collections Library
12 150th Anniversary Donor Thanks
14 Digital La Vie
Greetings:
This year as we celebrate the Libraries’ 150 years of service to Penn
State, I have pride in our past and high expectations for our future.
So many of our accomplishments have been made possible through
the generosity of private philanthropy. More than 100 years ago in
1902, we received our very first endowment—to purchase books on
agricultural subjects for the Agricultural Library—and to this
day, the endowment is purchasing books. I thank each of you who
continue to support the Libraries with endowments and other gifts.
New technologies have changed the ways our collections and services are accessed and used, as well as how resources are shared across institutions and geographic boundaries. An exciting new project is our participation in the Google Book Project, where Penn State is joining with the twelve universities of the CIC (Committee on Institutional Cooperation) in a massive digitization effort that will yield upwards of 10 million volumes searchable and viewable online. Similarly, we now license most journals in electronic format. Unfortunately many of these electronic resources come with a hefty price tag—as much as $50,000 or more for a subscription to a single online database. And costs of books and journals, regardless of format, continue to escalate. Collection endowments are enormously important in helping us provide these resources to our students and faculty.
Today’s students have different needs and expectations. Resources and facilities, such as those proposed in the Knowledge Commons in Pattee Library, will integrate new information technologies with traditional resources. It will bring together library and information technology services and expertise, offer collaborative workspaces and group study areas, and provide flexibility to adapt to new technologies. This is just one way in which the Libraries continue to adjust to new modes of information delivery and service.
I invite you to join us as we forge the future of the Libraries and prepare the next generation to deal with opportunities in the global arena.
Best wishes,
Nancy L. Eaton Dean of University Libraries and Scholarly Communications
Cover:Detail of a rendering by Hayes Large Architects, showing possible configurations of the coming Knowledge Commons in Pattee Library. Story on page 4.
This page:Celebrating the past: the card catalog room in Pattee Library, circa 1940. More photos on pages 12-14.
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Message from the Dean
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Leadership News
Offering leadership for the futureWhen Sue Paterno sits down to read, she turns off the television and music
and likes solace. For nearly forty-seven years while conducting tutoring
sessions for the football players and other students, she has shared this
formula for concentration and success. But for the past several years,
Sue has discovered that today’s students study and work better in groups,
often using the Internet or music as sources for their content.
Sue said, “I was amazed that today’s student actually learns more and works better with groups. And it makes sense, since the modern workforce wants team players, who think out-of-the-box and are ever ready for change. “ She adds, “I got pretty excited a year and a half ago when Dean Eaton and her staff began to discuss changes to create a knowledge commons in our Libraries. I immediately could see what they meant.”
If we already had a facility in place, it would be so easy to demonstrate the useful-ness of these resources. Imagine a team of bright students combining the floor plans and architectural renderings with video and audio recordings and adding students in a dynamic show of creative work in an exciting space. A scenario that places, you, the viewer, in the center of a virtual tour of the Libraries’ Knowledge Commons—real enough to hear your footsteps and to almost feel the current of the air as you move in space.
The Knowledge Commons in Pattee Library as being planned will give students the technology and the assistance needed to do multimedia projects with virtual tours, video, audio, and more.
Sue said, “Even non-technological Joe embraces the knowledge commons and wants the Libraries to keep abreast of what students need. His retirement ‘wish list’ includes learning how to use a computer and to cook.”
Among the many children they encounter as they volunteer in the community, the Paternos see first hand that education tools continually change. The Webkinz, equipped with a special Internet code to allow kids to interact in an online virtual world, replace the Lincoln Logs of yesteryear. Text message, iPod, cell phone, data-base, e-reader, GPS—words that didn’t exist a generation ago are affecting learning.
Sue wants Penn State’s Libraries to be ready to serve the educational needs of the children just entering primary school. She adds, “That’s why Joe and I have support-ed the Libraries in the past; and why we have made our recent gift to support the creation of the Knowledge Commons in Pattee Library for Penn State’s Libraries.”
“I got pretty excited
a year and a half ago
when Dean Eaton and
her staff began to
discuss changes to create
a knowledge commons
in our Libraries.
I immediately could see
what they meant.”
When Carol and Bob Klaus were asked why they took on the challenge of co-chairing the Libraries Development Board, Carol simply stated, “Nancy Eaton asked us and we thought we could be positive contributors, so we said yes.” She continued, “Bob and I understand the importance of the library: it affords everyone the opportunity to expand their experience and knowledge, and it puts the world into the palm of their hands. Regardless of the field of study, Penn State’s Libraries impact every student for a lifetime. And it’s free of charge.
“But Bob and I know too that it takes money to fund traditional and electronic collections and to provide top-notch services and equipment. In heading the development board, we hope to communicate our message and to inspire others to be as committed as we are to the mission of Penn State’s Libraries. The future is in our hands; we can help to positively shape it by supporting the Libraries.”
—Sue Paterno
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Data alone will not answer questions
Learning Labs Forge the FutureResearch libraries all around the country are creating new learning spaces for their
students—technology-rich, student-centered hubs called knowledge commons.
These new spaces are designed to meet the needs of today’s students, who are often
called on to create work in digital and multimedia formats. Knowledge commons are not
computer labs, nor are they study halls—they offer
far more value to students.
Architect’s sketch of the Paterno Library Curtin Road entrance, featuring a redesigned roofline to enclose the new Foster Auditorium (inset, opposite).
Drawings courtesy Hayes Large Architects
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Ellen and Larry Foster
As one-stop centers for technical support, academic help, and research consultation, and offering close proximity to a rich array of resources, the knowledge commons model is changing the way libraries are used and viewed. Assistant Head of Library Learning Services Ellysa Cahoy describes them as “learning labs,” with space for active learning, content creation, quiet reflection, and, most importantly, collaborative work.
“If you walk into a knowledge commons, you might see students working together in groups, working with faculty, and with librarians. I see this as the future of libraries—we really are at the center of the learning process, and I think the knowledge commons personifies that. I see it as an inspiring and energetic place, where we can assist students in creating whatever they want and find the information they need. You can’t get that from a computer lab,” says Cahoy.
Foster Auditorium relocation
This fall at Penn State, the Libraries will move forward with plans to create a Knowledge Commons in Pattee Library and embark on a multiphase project. Thanks to a generous gift from Larry and Ellen Foster, construction of a new Foster Auditorium in Paterno Library will begin in September. Associate Dean for University Park Libraries Sally Kalin is excited about the project on many levels. It will give an easily accessible and prominent location to the already popular auditorium, while retaining all of the current amenities of the room. It also will mark another milestone in the development of the Libraries’ future Knowledge Commons.
The Fosters are quite pleased with the original Foster Auditorium and continue to be pleasantly surprised each time friends and acquaintances stop them to share thoughts on the facility. Larry said, “Various people have commented to us that they have enjoyed attending programs in the auditorium. They say the audio/visual capabilities are among the best on campus, and for those without wireless cards, they like using the computer connection afforded by each seat.”
In operation since 2000, the auditorium has hosted more than a thousand programs, ranging from the annual Public Poetry Project poetry readings, the premiere showing of Fred Waring’s 1920s movie Syncopation, a reunion of former Nittany Lion mascots, and graphic novelists Harvey Pekar and Phoebe Gloeckner discussing their art, among a variety of others.
In a recent phone conversation, Larry said, “We hope to bring the same qualities to the new auditorium. If an auditorium is comfortable and attractive and has the best technology, then the programs held there are off to a good start.”
The Libraries intend to convert the space presently occupied by Foster Auditorium into a reading room, through which students will be able to make their way to the Knowledge Commons from the main entrance of Pattee Library. Associate Dean Kalin envisages a
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model. From these fact-finding missions, the Libraries have been able to draw up an optimal plan for the space, focusing on three core needs:
• Integrationoflibraryandinformationtechnologyresources and expertise
• Availabilityofcollaborativeworkspacesandgroupstudy areas
• Flexibilitytoadapttotechnologicalchange
Crucial to the Libraries’ success as the plan moves forward is a strong partnership with the University’s Information Technology Services (ITS). The two units now conduct joint strategic planning as part of this collaboration. Says Mairéad Martin, director of Digital Library Technologies, a division of ITS, “We’re always looking for ways to merge our services and exploring ways we can bring technical expertise to traditional library services.” As the plans for the Knowledge Commons move forward, she adds, the major focus of the partnership will be to seamlessly coordinate cost efficient delivery of expert IT support, reference services, academic consultation, and access to hardware and software. This partnership has been further strengthened with the recent opening of Digital Commons Pattee, adjacent to the Music and Media Center.
Digital Commons—a test bed
Digital commons have now been set up on each campus and at University Park, offering multimedia workstations, podcasting bundles, video editing facilities, and a studio set up (including green and blue screens, lighting, camera and tripod, and more). Says Cahoy, the digital commons in the Libraries will serve as a test bed for the services the Libraries plan to offer in the knowledge commons. “We’re going to be looking at digital literacy and how information literacy has changed, and how the librarian’s role in the process has changed, with the new assignments students are getting—creating media, creating blogs, videos, and podcasts.
“We want to look at how we can help students learn how to effectively and ethically use information, because right now, students create things but they might be violating
calm, contemplative area, with comfy seating and spaces for group work (above). “This room will house the leisure reading collection. It will be a beautiful open space with artwork, and windows looking out all the way down the mall,” says Kalin. The space will be similar to the Paterno Family Reading Room on the second floor of Pattee Library, and is expected to be as popular.
Following the completion of this phase of the project, work will begin on relocating some key staff areas, including the lending services desk.
Laying the groundwork for the Knowledge Commons
Since 2006, the Libraries have tracked developments and benchmarked with other universities, including the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Virginia, and many others with knowledge commons or similarly configured spaces. We have also been able to draw on the experiences of some of our campus libraries that have established smaller versions of the
Under construction: Preliminary work on the Knowledge Commons includes moving the newly named Donald W. Hamer Maps Library into central Pattee Library this summer. Renovators have now cleared a space in Pattee’s ground floor roughly the size of the Paterno Family Reading Room. Once the new library is completed, a move of staff offices into the former Maps area in Paterno will free the space for the new Foster Auditorium.
Trace Brown of Information Technology Services demonstrates equipment in the new Digital Commons Pattee.
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Copyright challenges in a digital environment
Can video and music clips be used freely by students in their multimedia projects? Is it considered fair use if a student creates a video for an assignment using copyrighted music, and then posts that video on YouTube? As more and more digital projects are created by students in the Libraries, our faculty must be able to acquaint them with complex copyright issues and help them understand how fair use is applied in an educational context. The go-to person in the Libraries on copyright issues is Electronic Resources and Copyright Librarian Rebecca Albitz.
Albitz acknowledges the complexity of determining fair use. “Every case is different. Each one has to be analyzed using the four factors, and a personal determination made about the legality of the use,” she says. The four factors are: the purpose and character of use (of the copyrighted work), the nature of the work (fiction or non-fiction), the amount of the portion taken, and the effect of the use upon the potential market. “You weigh these factors against how you plan to use the work…The factor most often considered in court cases tends to be the fourth,” she adds.
Albitz is also in charge of vetting the contracts for all new electronic resources and library licenses for almost all locations (except for Dickinson Law Library and Hershey, although she does some review with Hershey to ensure consistency.) With 536 online databases and other e-resources, 45,906 online full-text journals, and 100,000 e-books, this is a major undertaking—electronic journals have their own licensing requirements that need to be addressed. “If the license does not conform to our needs as well as state requirements, and the provider will not negotiate, then we cannot allow an order to be placed. We do this to protect Penn State and the Libraries from liability,” notes Albitz.
copyright or they may not be using the full realm of sources that they could be. As librarians we have to think about how this changes information literacy and the kinds of skills that our students need to evaluate information,” says Cahoy.
Convergence of services and support
The architect’s rendering of the Knowledge Commons in Pattee Library (below) illustrates how the area will house collaborative and individual workstations, group and individual workspaces, a digital media center, and dedicated rooms for group study and presentation practice. From the help desk, which occupies a prominent spot in the room, students will be able to access research assistance from librarians and expert technical support from ITS staff. The state-of-the-art layout will optimize usage of Libraries’ resources and encourage students to find and organize information, and create and share material in new and exciting ways.
“The focus will be on pedagogy, and how to develop the digital literacy skills that students need,” says Cahoy, noting that the space will provide greater opportunity for Libraries’ faculty to partner with their academic counterparts. Tutoring services and technology workshops are some of the added services that the Knowledge Commons will offer.
The Knowledge Commons will allow the Libraries to provide the best possible service to students, as the concept brings together key services and resources that form the core of our University. By designing a flexible space that can evolve as technology advances, we can serve not only today’s students, but tomorrow’s as well. Explains Cahoy: “The library of the past was resource-centered—students would borrow the books and videos they needed, and go away and work on their projects. With the Knowledge Commons, that creation process will take place within the library. Students will create their work here, using our facilities and services. And we’ll be with them every step of the way in the teaching and learning process. So it really makes the library even more vital in the student experience.”
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Preparing for the Future—How Endowments Support Collection DevelopmentThe Libraries’ mission is closely aligned with Penn State’s strategic plan for college and
program growth. As the University pursues strategies for internationalization through
incorporating global perspectives into the curricula, boosting language studies, and
increased research collaboration with global partners, the Libraries must ensure that
our collections grow in tandem. External support is vital to meet these needs.
The Libraries work closely with Penn State faculty from a wide range of disciplines to identify research and program needs, relying on the subject expertise of collection selectors—librarians who specialize in a particular field of study.
Partnership produces incredible ally
Asked about the partnerships that evolve between a librarian and professor, Charlotte Eubanks, associate professor of Japanese and East Asian studies describes her relationship to her selector. She says, “Jade Atwill (Asian studies librarian) has been an incredibly able ally in working to build up the Libraries’ collections in pre-modern Japanese materials. One of the largest recent acquisitions has been the Shin Nihon Bungaku Taikei, a multi-volume work of critical editions of the Japanese literary canon, with works stretching from the beginnings of Japanese literature in the 700s to novelists, poets, and essayists of the 1900s. The series is particularly useful in that it provides a lot of scholarly apparatus: critical commentaries, notes on unusual or archaic phrases, and a running modern-Japanese translation along the bottom of classical texts. I am constantly directing my graduate students to this series and am hoping to be able to add the complete Nihon Shiso Taikei soon—another multi-volume series that covers
the fields of ‘thought and philosophy.’”
In addition, the two have been collaborating on laying the foundations of a strong research library in Buddhist studies, for which Atwill has acquired a number of Buddhist dictionaries and multi-volume sets.
“A third area I’ve been working on with Jade has been that of Japanese visual culture. One of the largest purchases here has been volumes in the Nihon Emakimono Zenshu, editions of which cover Japanese textual and artistic traditions from the pre-modern era. I often have my students consult these volumes as part of their research on (and presentations of) classical, medieval and early modern Japanese culture.”
Bilingual or multi lingual pursuits ensure jobs
Penn State grads Linda Anderson and her husband Charles created the Quinn-Anderson Libraries Collection Endowment in 1998, which has been supporting contemporary Japanese literature works with an emphasis on Japanese film studies. Linda believes, “It is imperative that we rid ourselves of our current monolingual society.” She said her mother Margaret Pitner Quinn believed it as well, probably influencing Linda’s path to becoming a teacher of French and Spanish. Linda, now partially retired, added, “I always told my students to major in any field of interest but to become at least bilingual. Then you can write your own job ticket anywhere in the world.” The Andersons’ son and daughter (Kristen Anderson, Penn State ’89) took Mom’s advice—both are engineers, speak multiple
from the Barbara S. Klein Libraries Collection Endowment in Art History and Asian Studies
Books from the Quinn-Anderson Endowment
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languages, and live abroad—one in China and the other in Japan. Linda is currently working on her Japanese and will be visiting her bilingual granddaughter in Tokyo this spring.
Donor’s experience guides creation of endowment
A new endowment this year that addresses Penn State’s increased focus on internationalization is the Scott Steinhauer Libraries Collection Endowment for International Studies. Scott wants the funding to support current trends in international studies, with a special emphasis on a wide variety of books and electronic resources. Scott, a Penn State grad, knows the importance of international studies as the director of global commerce initiatives for Johnson and Johnson.
Libraries endowments, essential to support collection development, are varied—some, like the Steinhauer Endowment, have very defined purchase requirements; others give the selectors great latitude.
In 1902, the first library endowment of any kind at Penn State—and the first endowment to purchase books on agricultural subjects for the Agricultural Library—was established by George Blight, a member of the Penn State Board of Trustees from 1867–1869. For over 100 years, the George Blight Agricultural Library Fund has supported the acquisition of valuable additions to the University Libraries’ agricultural collection and continues to be used to purchase books in this subject area.
Classics department ranks among the top in the nation
According to Daniel C. Mack, head of the Arts and Humanities and Architecture Library, “Penn State’s Department of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies now ranks among the top programs in the nation.” Thanks to philanthropy of individuals such as Ann and Peter Tombros, the Libraries have been able to offer collection support. The Tombros Libraries Endowment in Classics, established in 1996, and the George P. Tombros Ancient Greek
Collection Fund in the University Libraries, established in memory of Peter’s father in 2005, offer resources to familiarize students with the great fields of poetry, history, and philosophy with the potential to transform their thought.
Index remediates gaps in popular media collection
Henry Pisciotta, assistant head of the Arts and Architecture Library and selector, says, “For many scholars in the arts and humanities, the library is their lab. They sift through large quantities of publications and occasionally strike gold. An ample stock of good possibilities is often critical
to the advancement in the arts and humanities.” To support students in the arts and humanities, the Libraries would like to acquire The Readers’ Guide Full Text, Mega Edition (online version). Though expensive at a price tag beyond $50,000 to serve our multi-campus institution, the product would fill real gaps, since we have very few online resources that cover popular media between 1923 and the mid-1980s when services like LexisNexis and Proquest began. The guide would really help students looking at the Civil Rights Era, World War II, Watergate, and other topics.
Aerospace research begins with online journals
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is the world’s premier professional society in aerospace, aeronautical, and propulsion engineering, and
In 1993 Charley Mann was named the Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair, the Libraries’ first endowed chair—a type of endowment giving the chair holder discretionary funds.
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Thomas Conkling, head of the Engineering Library, would like to add the AIAA Meeting Papers ($120,000) and AIAA Journals ($65,000) to the Engineering Library’s online collections. “A significant part of the important research that has been done in the aerospace sciences over the years is contained in these archives. The starting point for almost any research topic that my students are exploring or undertaking, their addition to Penn State’s collection would be invaluable,” says Mark D. Maughmer, Penn State professor of aerospace engineering.
Penn State focuses on the life sciences
As the University continues to focus priorities on the life sciences, the demands on the collections in this area increase exponentially. In particular, the University Health Sciences Council identified the Penn State Institute of Neurosciences and the Penn State Institute of Infectious Disease Dynamics as expanding areas for the future. In addition, the Huck Institutes for the Life Sciences support a variety of interdisciplinary programs. Emerging areas of research include chemical ecology, neuroscience, genomics/proteomics, and bioinformatics. These disciplines will require higher levels of support from the Life Sciences Library.
Journals remain the primary source of scholarly commu-nication in the life sciences and biomedicine. Recent results from a quality survey indicate that faculty and graduate students at Penn State need greater access to additional elec-tronic resources, including journals, to adequately support their research agendas and keep pace with their peers at other institutions. In addition, the price of scientific books, confer-ence proceedings and journals continues to escalate. Gifts and donations made to the Life Sciences Library would allow us to better serve our patrons.
Rick Gover, (shown here with Sue Kellerman in
a file photo from the 1999 sneak preview of
Paterno Library), created the Rick Gover Libraries
Endowment in Sports Archives in 1998.
Funds convert earliest Penn State football films to DVD
On the Libraries Development Advisory Board at the time of the photo, Rick is a longtime Libraries supporter. As early as the 1980s, he realized he wanted to give back to Penn State and he said, “The Libraries were a natural for me since they serve everyone. Shirley Davis, knowing I was a sports fan, suggested I support the Sports Archive.” The Gover Endowment has permitted Sports Archives to convert older A-V formats such as film and video to DVDs— ongoing—since the average viewing life of most A-V formats is 10 years. It has converted the earliest Penn State football film in the archives from the 1920s, from film to video and now onto DVD.
Pattee Gallery Exhibit Showcases “A Few Good Women” Collection
The Libraries recently hosted “A Few Good Women,” including an exhibit, highlighting the
oral history project, which can be viewed at www.afgw.libraries.psu.edu, and a
presentation, “A Few Good Women...: a Watershed for Women’s History,” by the
Honorable Barbara H. Franklin (left), Penn State ’62 and Distinguished Alumna. In 1971
Franklin was named staff assistant to President Nixon to recruit women for high-
level positions in the federal government. Among other positions, she served as the
29th United States Secretary of Commerce.
Library News
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Major Gift of Lynd Ward Illustrations Comes
to the Special Collections Library
The Special Collections Library has received an important gift of original works
of art by Lynd Ward (1905–1985), who was among the foremost graphic book artists
of 20th-century America. Ward’s books, prints, and artwork are held by major
museums and libraries worldwide. His “stories without words,” such as Song
Without Words: A Book of Engravings on Wood (1930), are precursors to the modern
graphic novel and are acknowledged masterpieces of that genre. This recent gift
to Rare Books and Manuscripts is from Robin Ward Savage, daughter of the late
Lynd Ward; her sister, Nanda Ward; and other members of the Ward family.
It is said that Lynd Ward decided that he would become an artist when, in the first grade, he realized that the word draw was “Ward” spelled backwards. He studied at Teachers College, Columbia University, and later at the Leipzig Academy for Graphic Arts, where he was taught the art of wood engraving by Hans Alexander Mueller. While browsing in a bookstore in Leipzig, Ward came upon a book by the Belgian engraver Franz Masereel, which told a story in woodcuts. Ward was inspired to create Gods’ Man, A Novel in Woodcuts (1929), his first graphic novel and the first novel-length story told in wood engravings to be published in the United States. The artist published six woodcut novels in all. Two of them (Gods’ Man and Mad Man’s Drum) have recently been reissued by Dover Publications, reflecting the current popularity of graphic novels with the American public and the growing interest in the pioneering work of artists like Lynd Ward.While Ward’s most extensive and well-known achievements were in the printmaking technique of wood engraving, his unique talents as an illustrator also extended into the realm of children’s books, including The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge (1942), The Biggest Bear (1952), which received the Caldecott Medal, and The Silver Pony, (1973), which won a Caldecott Honor. Over the course of his career, Ward illustrated over a hundred children’s books, several of which were collaborations with his wife, May McNeer.
The 2008 gift from the Ward family is the latest in a multi-year donation that began in 2005. Their previous gifts include original illustrations for both The Silver Pony and The Biggest Bear, as well as the original woodblocks for
Ward’s 1934 illustrations for Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, which was reproduced in 2006 in a deluxe, limited edition by Centipede Press.
Another unique item in the 2008 gift is Lynd Ward’s presentation portfolio, which he either sent or personally presented to potential clients. It is a complete package in a self-created binding of cloth over batik covers, containing 22 original prints (etchings, lithographs, woodcuts, and wood engravings) that are very early as well as scarce. This visually powerful portfolio provides a rare opportunity for scholarly insight into the artist’s work.
The 2008 gift also includes three small lithographs (example above left) for the 1942 Limited Editions Club edition of Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls, as well as the majority of the original illustrations (in watercolor and gouache) for Charles Reade’s The Cloister and the Hearth, published in 1921, also by the Limited Editions Club.
The Ward family has pledged to continue their annual donations of Lynd Ward’s illustrations, which will make Penn State one of the most important centers for the study of his art. This body of work will also enhance our already strong holdings in fine printing, printmaking techniques, children’s books, graphic novels, and original art work for illustrated books. Significant gifts-in-kind like these create research opportunities for scholars and students interested in learning more about the creative process, illustration, and the book arts. —Sandra Stelts, curator, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Of particular importance in the 2008 gift is the orig-inal maquette or “dummy” of 117 wood engravings on proof tissue for Ward’s most influential book, Mad Man’s Drum, A Novel in Woodcuts (New York: J. Cape, 1930). Such dummies are very rare and don’t usually survive the process of book publishing.
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Thank youYour gifts in celebration of the Libraries’ 150th anniversary will help us plan for the future to support
students and to preserve the rich history of Penn State. If you haven’t yet made a gift, please consider sending
one in the attached envelope. An additional list of supporters will be included in the fall newsletter.
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1894: Fred Lewis Pattee (standing, center) in Penn State’s first library, in Old Main.
Catherine and Martin Hanhauser
Richard R. and Cindy Lorah Harro
Robert J. Hartman
Richard C. and Rae Anne Hayden
Lydia Barraclough Hayes
Neil P. and Carole Mandelblatt Hecht
Carl B. and Carol Heintz
Louis J. Helfrich, Jr.
Charlotte Davis Herman
David M. Herr
Charles W. High
William J. Hijek
Robert J. Himler
Deborah Hobbie
Robert G. and Kathleen L. Hoff
Steven M. and Ann E. Holzman
Paul J. and Judith W. Homsher, Jr.
Gregory T. Horstman
John S. and Barbara Bright Hubbard
Thomas G. Hughes
Susan K. Hunt
Marsha R. Hurda
Mary Beth S. Hyder
Kerwin E. and Irene K. Hyland, Jr.
Alexander F.J. and Laureen Z. Ivanchishin
Cheryl Baum Jerome
Mary Meyer Johns
William E. Johnson
Marvin H. Johnson, Jr.
Margaret M. Johnstone
Teola T. Jones
Stuart L. and Jane J. Jones
Harry F. Jones
Marilyn R. Jorgensen
Gerald A. and Margaret J. Jung
Ronald T. and Jodi Benus Kahane
Joel D. and Elizabeth A. Kamp
Saul M. Kane
James F. Kasper
Helen R. Kearney
James M. Kefford
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Library News
Glenn M. Keller
Bridget E. Kelly
Charlotte L. Kennedy
Cynthia and Jeffery King
Michael and Patty Kirschner
Kerry and Janice Kissinger
Robert and Carol Klaus
Robert and Judith Auritt Klein
Walter H. and Isobel Logan Knoepfli
David B. Knoll
Stanley A. Kochanek
Marlin E. Kohler
Robert M. Kok
Nancy H. Kostenbauder
Thomas L. and Sharon K. Kowalchick
Edward G. Kuenzig
Arthur F. Kunst
James D. and Bonnie Kustanbauter
Stanford R. and Edna Lamb
James E. Lease
Lori A. Leatherman
Lynn John Lemmermann
Margaret Slater Lerch
Dawn M. Lerew
Mark R. Lesher
Larry H. Levin
Mark A. and Linda S. Levine
William E. Lindenmuth
William E. and Jeanne O. Lindquist
Dennis P. and Barbara J. Livrone
Pamela M. Lloyd
Francis J. Loevi
Randolph H. and Ellen Neyer Lytton
F. Norman MacCord, III
Edward G. and Pamela Pavlock Madzy
John J. Marcello
Harold J. and Inge Marcus
Erin Di Salvo Martin
Jeannette Garofano Martino
Francis Mastoloni
Randall L. Maud
Douglas C. and Cheryl S. McBrearty
Lucinda Brewer Mc Holme
William J. McHale and Barbara Raffel Price
John P. and Mary C. McLaughlin
Philip J. and Lorri E. McMann
Joseph P. McManus
Timothy C. and Beth McMullen
Jeanette and Jack McWhirter
George P. and A. Lucille Grimes Meissner
Eugene R. and Jacqueline J. Melander
Mark A. Melnick
Kathleen Mersman
Warren L. and Sandra Baker Metzger
Rebecca H. Meyer
George Middlemas and Sherry Petska
Craig M. Miller
Kenneth W. Miller
Wallace B. and Bette Jo Headings Miller
Herbert R. and Donna I. Nurick
Bruce A. Nylander
Clyde G. Oakley
Mary A. O’Hara
Catherine A. O’Keefe
Thomas D. Oliver
William L. Oliver
John H. and Carol A. Osman, Jr.
Sanford I. Padwe
Joseph and Suzanne Paterno
Joseph Paternost
Phyllis A. Patrick
Harold E. and Rita Cota Paulus
Michael T. Payne
Robert Petrilla
Robert E. Pickel, Jr.
J. Pido
Donald A. and Marcia Herr Pizer
Lisa Busocker Pomraning
Richard D. Popowicz
Patricia J. and Dennis M. Powers
Thomas Daniel Quinn
John W. Ralyea III
Kenneth H. Rasmussen
David W. Raub
Richard J. and Sharon L. Reeder
Catherine Shultz Rein
Danielle M. Reinhardt
Ann Dobson Reitz
David A. Reitz
1940s: a patron receives assistance in the Pattee Library card catalog room
Norman L. and June Lee Heckman Reninger
Deborah J. Renton
Barbara Rentschler
Frank E. and L. Jane Resides
Fred A. Richenderfer, Jr.
Joyce Sponsler Rigby
John N. Rippey
Christine Robinson
Aida I. Rodriguez-Roig
Ann Lutz Romano
Sarah Horrocks Romero
Catherine Q. Ropel
Gary S. Ross
Carl E. and M. Cynthia Brown Rothenberger, Jr.
Robert B. Rowan, Jr.
Deborah S. Rowe
Frank K. and Julie L. Russ
Patricia M. Ryan
Daniel G. Sachse
Florence A. Salinger
Chester H. and Linda Klixbull Sanderson
Jay and Patricia Horaz Sarajian
Gerald P. and Carol Soloweigh Scanlan
Brian L. Schell
Kimberly S. Schenck
Mahlon I. and Lois Blake Schlegel
Aaron Schlosberg
Jason J. Schorr
1950s: studying in the reading room, Pattee Library.
Philip P. Mitchell
Maxine Mizenko
Ronald P. and Diane S. Moehler
Thomas J. Moore
Gary J. and Melanie P. Moore
Myron J. Mordecai
Katherine Bassett Morris
Daniel J. and Colleen M. Mouer
Jeffrey S. Moyer
John J. and Anne Mozeliak
Marilyn R. Mumford
Larry S. Myers
Lynette L. Neilson
John R. and Carolyn S. Nesselroade
Diana L. Nevins
Kathleen Bradley Newell
Fielder N. and Marjorie Cherry Newton
Richard S. Norton
Charles E. Notar
Robert H. Lane
Benjamin A. and Carolyn A. Lane
Elaine Lavanant
Carolyn J. Layzer
Jeffrey L. Leap
Drew R. Maerz
William R. and Phyllis Dale Magill
Christina Taraba Mahoney
Janet A. Malacane
Susan T. Manning
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Library News
Nicola C. Schussler
Daniel A. F. and Paula Wiggins Schwenk
Tod D. Serfass
Frank R. Serfecz
Elizabeth R. Shelley
James F. Shigley
John and Rae N. Henry Showers
Danielle T. Sieckhaus
Harry A. and Nell D. Siefen
Philip H. and Judith O’Donnell Sieg
Thomas V. and Heidi Lugosch Sikina
Thomas A. and Barbara P. Slowey
Edwin W. Smith
Jan G. and Cathe Czeck Snedeker
George and Catharine M. Somich, Jr.
Stanley W. Sporkin
Michael E. Starsinic
Ronald P. Stauffer
Bernard P. Stecik
John R. and M. Lynne Server Steer
Spiro E. Stefanou
Scott Steinhauer
Sharon E. Stevenson
Herbert Stewart
Andrew M. and Kathleen Wardoclip Stofan
Joseph Strazza
Patrick J. and Kathlyn Wescott Sullivan
Kelly J. Suman
James G. Sumner and Etha E. McDowell
Nathan S. Sutton
Benson L. Swift
Donald J. and Janet Mason Swires
Robert A. and Mary Radovic Szeyller
Dorothy Park Szymanski
Geoffrey E. Thomas
Gunter F. Thomas
Robert Q. Thompson
Raymond and Pattie Tiley
Leroy W. Toddes, Jr.
Ann and Peter Tombros
Marlene E. Trainer
Sarah Jane Trolier
Patrick F. and Maryann Smith Truitt
Robert B. Tucker
Cheryl A. Viglione
Charles R. and Charleen L. Watkins II
Daniel G. and Busch Way
James C. Weimer
Horst and Joan L. Wels
Allen and Judi Weltmann
Rachel E. Wert
Daniel T. Whetstone
Barbara Cotter Willar
John R. Wilson
Albert W. Wilson III
Carl H. and Lois M. Wolgemuth
John A. Worhach
Carolyn A. Yasechko
1960s: in the stacks.
1980s: trying out the newfangled LIAS terminals.
Janet L. Yates
Joan K. York
Craig and Diane Zabel
Ian S. and Eileen Zagon
Eugene C. and Anita R. Zamboni
Hans-Otto Zbinden
Harry A. and Anita Siefen Zebrovious
Douglas K. and Joanne C. Zecher
Wilbur Zelinsky
Jane W. Zimmerman
Michael J. Zinnikas
Maria C. Ziolkowski
Amos B. Zook
Richard J. Zovack
Charles H. and Sondra M. Turer
Michele Valence
James S. and Geraldine Guzik Valone
Michael B. Van Dyke
Richard M. and Joan Estelle Van Scoy
Joseph J. Victoria
Digital La Vie Exhibit and Demonstration“The Penn State Life: 100+ Years of La Vie Online,” an exhibit, is on display in the Main exhibit hall, Pattee Library, April 23 through August 14.
Plus public demonstrations, with hands on assistance, of the new La Vie online, Friday, April 24, 3–6 p.m., and Saturday, April 25, 9 a.m.–noon, in the Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library. Digital docents will be available to assist the exploration of this exciting online resource.
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Copyright ©2009 The Pennsylvania State University. All rights reserved. Direct questions and comments to Catherine Grigor, editor and manager of Public Relations and Marketing. Phone: 814-863-4240; e-mail: [email protected]
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University Libraries StaffQuestions or comments: 814-865-2258
Catherine J. Hanhauser ’73, director of developmentRuth M. Donahue, associate director of developmentTina Muracco, esq. ’00, assistant director of developmentShirley Davis, assistant to the dean for external relationsKaren Struble McCulley, development assistantBrenda White, administrative assistant
Libraries Development Board
Honorary Chairs Joseph V. Paterno Suzanne P. Paterno Michael S. Kirschner Stephen Falke
Co-chairs Carol Klaus Robert C. Klaus
G. Ray BarberRonald L. FilippelliEric V. GearhartDorothy Foehr HuckCynthia M. KingKerry W. Kissinger
Douglas C. McBreartyJeanette D. McWhirterGeorge M. MiddlemasG. Scott PaternoSandra W. SpanierScott H. SteinhauerJoseph H. Strazza
Raymond A. TileyAnn C. TombrosAllen J. Weltmann
Nancy L. Eaton, ex officioCatherine J. Hanhauser,
ex officio
❧ Exhibits and Presentations more details at: www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/news.html
Diversity Studies Room, 109 Pattee Library
“Scattered among Nations: Jewish Communities of India, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Peru and Uzbekistan,” a photographic exhibition (right), through August 14.
Plus “Jews and Judaism: Global Identities and Variations,” a lecture by Professor Erwin H. Epstein, Tuesday, April 28, 7 p.m., in Foster Auditorium, 101 Pattee Library.
Main exhibit hall, Pattee Library
“The Penn State Life: 100+ Years of La Vie Online,” April 23 through August 14.
Plus public demonstrations, with hands on assistance, of the new La Vie online, Friday, April 24, 3–6 p.m., and Saturday, April 25, 9 a.m.–noon, in the Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library. See article on facing page.
❧ Hot Off the PressIce Cream U—The Story of the Nation’s Most Successful Collegiate Creamery, by Lee Stout, has just arrived, and is available for purchase at the Creamery on campus and through the University Press
at www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-615-24780-9.html. The book was made possible through the generosity of the late Ronald W. Smith, Penn State ’58, and Eleanor Judy Smith, Penn State ’59. Mrs. Smith is the granddaughter of Creamery Superintendent Frank Knoll, who played a significant role in the development of the Creamery from 1904–1944.
The right way to mark your placeKaren Dabney, conservator
Using the wrong bookmark can be very damaging to books. Some commonly used bookmarks can also be harmful.
Thick bookmarks and other objects, such as pencils and rulers, can strain bindings and cause the books to gape open at those pages.
Paperclips, slide-on bookmarks, and clip-on bookmarks can cause permanent distortions to the pages.
Metal bookmarks and paperclips corrode, leaving rust or green stains in the paper. Severely corroded paperclips will adhere to the page and become difficult to remove.
Bookmarks made of leather, silk, wool, vinyl, or acidic papers such as newspaper clippings react chemically with the paper and result in stained pages and weakened paper.
Valuable books should never be used to press flowers or leaves because this will stain and damage the pages.
Post-it™ notes should not be used on valuable books. They leave adhesive residue on the pages and if placed over text, they can lift off some of the ink when they are removed.
Folding or dog-earing page corners results in disfiguring creases that can become weak and tear if repeatedly folded and unfolded.
Marking one’s place by leaving the book open, face up or face down, places strain on the book’s binding, which can damage the spine and weaken the spine adhesive. This is a major cause of detached pages in paperback books.
The best way to protect your books from these types of damage is to use bookmarks made from cotton bond paper or archival paper.
The fall newsletter will feature Dabney in the Libraries’ new preservation lab and show some of the equipment she uses to repair materials in the collection. An item she would love to include in her lab is useful in the repair of books damaged by inappropriate bookmarks. A gift of $3,000 will purchase the MSC Book Suction Machine— a unique device that allows a conservator to remove stains, adhesives and tapes from book pages without needing to disassemble the book. If you are interested in helping, contact the Libraries Development Office at 814-865-2258.
Karen Dabney is the conservator for Penn State University Libraries. Her primary focus is the preservation and repair of special collections materials. She also works with rare collections in the subject libraries.
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