Langsdale Link - Fall 2012

LangsdaleLinkUNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE LANGSDALE LIBRARYVol. 10 No. 2 FALL 2012

One Maryland One BookEDITORIAL STAFF

NATALIE BURCLAFF

ADELE MARLEY

DELORES REDMAN

ADAM SHUTZ

EDITOR; LAYOUT AND

DESIGN

THOMAS HOLLOWAK

LIBRARY DIRECTOR

LUCY HOLMAN

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Imagine the conversations we could have if everyone on campus—and everyone in Maryland—were reading the same book. This fall the University of Baltimore is

participating in the Maryland Humanities Council’s One Maryland One Book project, a statewide initiative to draw attention to a particular book of merit and foster literary discussions and reading groups focusing on that book. The novel chosen this year is The Cellist of Sarajevo.

The library is hosting a series of programs around the novel, including a panel discussion on Tuesday, Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. The evening will start with cellist Dorotea Racz, playing both Albinoni’s Adagio in G Minor (the piece featured in the novel) and David Wilde’s The Cellist of Sarajevo, inspired by the true story of cellist Vedran Smailovic. A panel of faculty and guest speakers will follow the cello performance and address dif-

ferent themes in the novel, including: writing �� This will be a great opportunity for students to see a multidisciplinary approach to the same text.

Additional One Maryland One Book programs taking place at UB:

�� to redesign the book cover of The Cellist of Sarajevo. Student submissions are due Thursday, Sept. 25. A $50 Barnes and Noble �� materials related to the novel and display them in Langsdale’s lobby.

Lucy Holman, Library Director

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Welcome back to campus and to this latest issue of the Langsdale Link. I know I seem to say ��!��"��#��

piloted several ongoing projects that will have major impacts on services and resources for users this fall.

As you’ll read here, we are very excited about our mobile interface, book locator and mobile printing apps as well as our new iPad kiosks for fast and easy book lookups. We hope that these services will bring the library closer to those of you on the go, and will make accessing materials faster and more convenient. We are also looking forward to our new streaming media platform (which is in a pilot stage now—we will have more on this in the spring) and the implementation of our new discovery tool, which will allow users to search across the University System of Maryland catalog and all Langsdale’s databases with one Google-like search box.

%��%��with the Maryland Humanities Council’s One Maryland One Book program will explore The Cellist of Sarajevo. Also, on Saturday, Oct. 20 we are cosponsoring the Baltimore location of a national ��&��'��*��+��back cupcake social and annual October book sale. While we try to provide everything at users’ ��Langsdale in person!

As you’ll read, we have two new wonderful staff members: Betty Landesman, head of technical services and content management; and Adam Shutz, administrative assistant, who will take over as editor of the Link in the spring. Both have already contributed a great deal to Langsdale, and I hope you will meet them soon!

6��9��Link informative; I thank the editorial staff who are dedicated to providing up-to-date information to our community. As always, I would love to hear from you about what you think. Contact me any time at [email protected] or 410.837.4333.

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Technological Renaissance

“LANGSDALE ON THE GO!” AND IPAD KIOSKS

We have some big changes coming down the pike as well as recently instituted at Langsdale. One of the most exciting projects that librarian Bill Helman has been working on with IDIA graduate students Juan Francisco Reyes and Margo Kabel is a multifaceted program to allow

patrons easy search access no matter where they are located.

Let’s illustrate this program, and all it can do, by example: Say you’re between classes, playing Angry Birds, when suddenly you remember the title of that book that you have for so long been trying to recall and ��the research paper languishing on your desktop. You can just click over to our new “Langsdale on the Go!” app (http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/m/) and search our entire collection from where you ��Q��game, you make your way over to Langsdale only to realize you’ve

misplaced your phone (this is only a hypothetical, I wish no one a lost phone). You can ��9��X��9��9��9�� Q��X��9�� 9��

CHANGES TO THE COLLECTION

As if that wasn’t enough change for one semester, there is much more in the planning stages. One additional move toward digitization deals with our periodical collection. We are currently in the process of moving a portion of our periodical collection online, leaving more room for group study space. And though the changes to our general collections (books) will not be as dramatic, we are taking strides toward bolstering our eBook collection, and researching the possibility of adding a Patron Driven Acquisition system (which, in layman’s terms is something like “books on-demand”) to our list of services. The PDA would allow students the ability to check out an eBook from an additional catalogue of about 200,000 titles!


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Betty Landsman

Birthdate: June 9 – and that’s as much as I’m willing to shareHometown: New YorkFirst job:�'��^��French, Northeastern University, BostonHobbies: Playing the recorderFavorite movies: Some Like It Hot, Tootsie, Lawrence of Arabia, the Toy Story series, The ArtistFavorite music: Composed before 1800Favorite foods: Anything prepared by someone elseWhat I like best about Baltimore: I don’t know yet – I commute from DC; you’ll all have to tell me what I should check outWhat I like best about UB: At the moment (I haven’t had time to really get to know the place yet), I like the fact that it’s two blocks from the train station!One guilty pleasure: Watching America’s Got Talent�� Possibly Elizabeth, so I wouldn’t have to keep explaining that Betty really is my given name�� Peanut butter and chocolateIf I didn’t work in a library, I’d probably... join the Peace CorpsOne interesting fact about you that no one would know if they didn’t know you well: There is a recording of Handel’s Messiah by the Handel & Haydn Society with my name listed as a participant (no, I don’t sing any longer, haven’t for many years, but that was a pretty exciting time!)

Annual Book SaleWednesday, Oct. 31, 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. and

Thursday, Nov. 1, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.Langsdale Library Auditorium

Adam Shutz


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Birthdate: Sept. 20 Hometown: BaltimoreFirst job: Answering phones for Pizza Hut (which lasted about a week)Hobbies: I’d say reading and writing, but they’re both a little more than hobbiesFavorite movies: The Seventh Seal, Rashomon, and Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesFavorite music: Lately it’s been old stuff: blues, bluegrass, jazz and classical Favorite foods: anything Italian, or spicy… better yet, spicy ItalianWhat I like best about Baltimore: Defending it from criticismWhat I like best about UB: The close-knit community. Everyone

seems to know everyone; it’s great.One guilty pleasure: sleeping�� Pepe�� That’s a tough question. Q�� `��9��{�� {��|�}��~��9��6��probably dress up like one and be the other.If I didn’t work in a library, I’d probably... not have 30 books checked out. One interesting fact about you that no one would really know if they didn’t know you well: In my early 20s I was a dance club DJ

Welcome Week: Library Cupcake Party, Thursday, Aug. 30, 3 to 4 p.m.

Start your fall 2012 semester on a sweet note! Langsdale Library is hosting a Cupcake Party to welcome new and returning students during UB’s Welcome Week. Stop by the second ��9��Q��Aug. 30, from 3-4 p.m. We’ll have a variety of gourmet cupcakes to choose from, made by Iced Gems food truck.

New Library Search


Researching just got easier. This fall Langsdale will release a new library search tool on the library homepage and Sakai tab. Developed using EBSCOhost Discovery Service, it will ��[��9��*\*��articles effortlessly.

The results list will have full text scholarly and magazine articles available, and multiple ��6��+�9��guides will be integrated into the results page. The library search tool also has a mobile version, which will be released later in the semester. Happy searching!


UB/MICA Collaborative

Since January, the library’s staff has been working on its new strategic plan. On Tuesday, July 10, the library held a staff retreat which dealt with the plan and the staff spent the morning touring one of its neighbors, the Maryland Institute College of Art’s Decker Library. After the tour, MICA’s staff then headed to Langsdale for a library tour. Afterwards, the two staffs broke into groups where informal information sessions were held with their department counterparts.

This collaborative effort is being undertaken since one of the library’s strategic goals is to “promote broader community building efforts, and facilitate effective dialog about its initiatives and challenges across the university and in the Greater Baltimore area.” Early ��positive step toward this goal would be to network with MICA staff to increase the possibility of future collaborations.

As a result of the staff retreat, Langsdale staff members Erin Toepfner and Adam Shutz used MICA’s facilities to teach two summer workshops on Photoshop and InDesign, respectively. Also, reference librarian Mike Kiel observed MICA staff member Chris Drolsum’s art education class.

Langsdale’s Director, Lucy Holman, hopes that networking with MICA can motivate plans for the two libraries to work together on more projects in the future.

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In an effort to give patrons an enhanced mobile experience at the library, we have installed a new mobile printer, which allows students the opportunity to print directly from their smart phone (both iPhones and Androids are compatible). So far, we are �� capability, but, if successful, the pilot may be implemented campus-wide. Come try it out.

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