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Highlights of 2012 1

Message from the dean 2

Acceleration campaign news 2

Upcoming events & exhibits 3

New library databases 4

Yearbook collection online 5

King bust dedicated 5

ScholarWorks snapshot 6

LEED certification awarded 7

NEH challenge grant update 7

In memory of Jack Douglas 8

Donor appreciation 8

Annual Dean’s List dinner 9

You can make a difference 10

I N T H I S I S S U E

librarynewsThe Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Library represents a unique col-laboration between San JoséState University and the City of San José. Since 2003, the library has combined academicand public services in the nation’slargest joint library. Serving asboth the university library forSan José State and the mainbranch of the San José PublicLibrary System, the King Libraryprovides resources and servicesfor a lifetime of learning.

WINTER 2013

LibraryNews is published by theSJSU King Library. For more infor-mation, visit the library website atlibrary.sjsu.edu.

Editors: Elisabeth Thomas andLaurel Eby

Contributors: Luann Budd, LindaCrotty, Sabra Diridon, RebeccaFeind, Crystal Goldman, Silke Higgins, Bridget Kowalczyk, andTung Pham

2012 brought a wide variety ofcampus and community programsto the King Library, and manymore events are planned for 2013.Here are just a few highlights ofthe past year.

Jewish StudiesCollectionIn late fall, theSJSU communitycame together to dedicate theKing Library’sJewish Studies

Collection, located on the fifth floor. Thiscollection, largely a gift from the personallibrary of Rabbi Emeritus Steven B. Kaplanof the Temple Beth Torah in Fremont, cov-ers numerous disciplines, including reli-gion, history, sociology, and Hebrew fictionand nonfiction.

At the dedication ceremony, Jewish Studieslibrarian Peggy Cabrera gave a presentationof images from the collection and RabbiKaplan led the dedication. Library DeanRuth Kifer and members of the communityshared their appreciation for this importantaddition to the Jewish Studies resourcesavailable for SJSU students, faculty, andstaff and the greater San José community.

Tibetan sand mandalaIn November, six Tibetan Buddhist monksfrom South India visited the King Library,where they created an intricate sand man-dala painting. The event’s opening and clos-ing ceremonies were especially popular,with traditional Tibetan Buddhist chantingand music.

The visit was part of the monks’ three-month west coast tour, entitled “Sacred Tibetan Art—The Sand Mandala: Creatinga Picture of Universal Compassion.” Ac-cording to Tibetan Buddhist belief, the cre-ation of a sand mandala is a profound expe-rience of compassion. The positive effectsof a sand mandala are believed to radiateover an entire region, blessing the environ-ment and those therein. The sand paintingis destroyed in the closing ceremony as alesson on the impermanence of all life.

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Highlights of 2012 @ King Library

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Happy 2013! I want to thank every-one for their commitment to theSJSU library over the past year. The library is now in the final six monthsof Acceleration: The Campaign forSan José State, which is helping30,000 students succeed in their aca-demic and future lives. Thanks to ourcontributors, the library has nowreached 73 percent of our goal!

The King Library is proud to announce reaching the silver-level Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design(LEED) certification. The certification process involves veri-fying efficiencies in six different categories: water efficiency,energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, indoor en-vironmental quality, innovation and design, and sustainablesites. Learn more on page 7.

San José State’s La Torre yearbooks going back to 1910 arenow accessible online through the King Library Digital Col-lections (digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org). Read more on page5, and learn about SJSU’s digital repository of research andscholarship from the university’s faculty and students, calledScholarWorks (scholarworks.sjsu.edu), on page 6.

Upcoming programs for the spring semester include “Clavi-chord to Fortepiano,” a mini concert featuring theBeethoven Center’s historic keyboard collection; several artexhibits; and First Wednesday events with authors FlorenePoyadue and Bob Johnson and Steinbeck fellows MarianPalaia and L. Rebecca Harris. Find out about more upcomingevents and exhibits on page 3.

The SJSU library community was saddened to hear of thedeath last April of Jack Douglas, who was past director ofthe Steinbeck Center and head of the SJSU library’s SpecialCollections & Archives from 1984 to 1996. Read more aboutJack on page 8.

As you plan your charitable giving for 2013, please considergiving to the ongoing matching grant with the NEH, estab-lishing a collection endowment, or making a contribution toan existing endowment fund, such as the Special Collectionsand Archives Endowment. Your contributions help to build acollection of digital and print resources that supports stu-dents, faculty and the San José community.

—Ruth Kifer, SJSU Library Dean408-808-2419ruth.kifer@sjsu.edu

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2012 highlightsMedia authoring workshops Also in November,Matthew Williams, educa-tional technologist forpublic broadcasting stationKQED, led two media au-thoring workshops at thelibrary. These facultyworkshops were the firstin a series offered in part-nership with the Centerfor Faculty Developmentand hosted by SJSU’s Affordable Learning Solu-

tions, an initiative that promotes low-cost, high-quality alternatives to expensive textbooks.

The first workshop explored tools and applications that allow free and easy authoring of podcasts, video presenta-tions and digital storytelling. The second workshop ex-plained how to create a digital story, describing how theprocess adds value to learning, engages students, teachestwenty-first century skills, and can be a great tool for as-sessing student mastery of content. To produce media, stu-dents need to be critical interpreters of online material—understanding both whether the content is relevant anduseful and whether the nature of its use complies withfair-use guidelines. The workshop also presented resourcesto help educators and students understand the complexi-ties of fair use and Creative Commons licensing. u

Library reaches 73% of goal in SJSU Acceleration campaignThis is a great time to invest in the King Library andits role in what promises to be a dynamic and excitingtomorrow for San José State. In addition to helping30,000 students succeed in their academic and futurelives, a gift given this spring adds a vote of confidencein SJSU because it will count toward the library's goalfor Acceleration: The Campaign for San José State.The university library is in the final six months of thecampaign, and because donors have been tremen-dously generous, we have reached 73 percent of ourgoal!

Please consider a gift today. For more information,contact Sabra Diridon at sabra.diridon@sjsu.edu or408-924-1510. u

DID YOU KNOW? In the last two years, the university library almostdoubled its ebook collection, which grew from59,951 ebooks in 2010 to 115,000 ebooks in 2012.

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For more information about these andother public events, visit the King Librarywebsite at library.sjsu.edu/events.

“Beethoven’s Vienna: Music-Making, Ma-chinery and Technology, the Imperial Capi-tal and Its Surroundings, and Everyday Life”

Now through May 25

Fifth floor exhibit area

Engravings of battle scenes and palaces, a Viennese cookbook from 1803, a zograscopeand vue d’optique prints, a lock of hair, a quillpen, music manuscripts and period instru-ments. These items all have something incommon: they allow us a peek at the Viennaof 1792 to 1827, the years Ludwig vanBeethoven lived and worked there.

“Culture, Family and Success: Photographs of East African Immigrants in the Silicon Valley”

March 3–30

Cultural Heritage Center, fifth floor

This exhibit of artifacts donated by the Sili-con Valley East African community depictsunique dimensions of the culture and folk-ways of these immigrant groups.

Florene Poyadue book talk:Just Call Me Dean

March 6, 7–8 pm

Schiro ProgramRoom, fifth floor

In this First Wednes-day event, SJSU Spe-cial Collections &Archives presents author and educatorFlorene Poyadue.Poyadue will share JustCall Me Dean, her newbook on the life of herdisabled son and her role

in building the nonprofit support agency Par-ents Helping Parents.

“Clavichord to Fortepiano”

March 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2–3 pm

Beethoven Center, room 580, fifth floor

This mini concert and presentation featuresthe Beethoven Center’s historic keyboardcollection. Docent Richard Sogg, MD, willdemonstrate the fundamental differences be-tween the modern piano and the three mostcommon keyboard instruments of theBaroque and Classical periods: the clavichord,the harpsichord and the fortepiano.

Natalie Boero booktalk: Killer Fat

March 20, noon–1 pm

Rooms 225–229, second floor

Natalie Boero, an as-sociate professor in

the SJSU Sociology Department, will talkabout her book Killer Fat: Media, Medicine,and Morals in the American “Obesity Epidemic.”The book examines how and why obesity hasemerged as a public health concern and na-tional obsession in recent years. Part of theUniversity Scholars Series.

“Frontier Village: A Fond Look Back at San José’s Homegrown Amusement Park”

April 3, 7–8:30 pm

Schiro Program Room, fifth floor

In this First Wednesday event, the CaliforniaRoom welcomes Bob Johnson, who will dis-cuss his new book Frontier Village. Johnson isan emeritus librarian of the California Roomand the author of two other books on SanJosé history.

"Stories of a Girl"

April 4–May 23

Fourth floor exhibit area

To increase awareness of human traffickingand inspire action to stop it, this 25-photoexhibit will show that the young women andgirls who are the victims of human traffick-ing are just like us—our sisters, daughtersand friends, full of potential and hope for abetter future. Presented in conjunction withNational Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

"Italian Americans in the South Bay"

April 9–May 30

DiNapoli Gallery, second floor

This photo exhibit will highlight the contri-butions of the South Bay’s historic ItalianAmerican communities.

Joel Franks talk: "Batter up! Race, coloniza-tion and baseball in the twentieth century"

April 24, noon–1 pm

Rooms 225–229, second floor

SJSU’s Joel Franks, whoteaches American andAsian American studies,will discuss his recent

work, The Barnstorming Hawaiian Travelers: AMultiethnic Baseball Team Tours the Mainland,1912–1916. The book sheds light on a little-known tale of baseball, race, and coloniza-tion, telling the story of a team of Hawaiianballplayers who toured the continentalUnited States early in the twentieth century.Part of the University Scholars Series.

Readings by 2012–2013 Steinbeck fellowsMarian Palaia and L. Rebecca Harris

May 1, 7–8 pm

Rooms 225–229, second floor

In this First Wednesday event, the SteinbeckCenter presents 2012–2013 Steinbeck fel-lows Marian Palaia and L. Rebecca Harris,who will read from their respective works-in-progress. A reception and question-and-answer session will follow.

“Draped” by artist Holly Downing

June 6–July 28

Second floor exhibit area

This exhibit will display paint-ings and related drawings ofdrapery and indigenous tex-tiles, some with politicalthemes and some related tothe tradition of painting drap-ery in Western European art.

Events and exhibits@ King Library

DID YOU KNOW? The King Library has been awarded the Muslim Journeys BookshelfGrant. As part of the grant, a series of programs in the library will help familiarize participants with the people, places, history, faith andcultures of Muslims in the United States and around the world. For acomplete list of events, go to libguides.sjsu.edu/muslim_journeys.

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Electronic databases provide access to in-formation and scholarly research in manydisciplines. The university library sub-scribes to hundreds of online databasesand continues to add new databases tosupport faculty and student research. Likeother library databases, the selected newresources below may be accessed fromboth the library’s online catalog and the library’s Articles & Databases web page atlibrary.calstate.edu/sanjose. Communityusers may access these resources when vis-iting the King Library.

Black Short Fictionand Folklore fromAfrica and the AfricanDiaspora is a compre-hensive collection ofshort stories and folk-lore from Africa andthe African Diasporaas well as selected literary magazines.Themes range from

oral traditions that date back many hun-dreds of years to contemporary tales ofmodern life.

Dictionary of Gnosis & Western Esotericismprovides critical overviews discussing thenature and historical development of impor-tant currents and manifestations such asGnosticism and Hermetism, astrology,alchemy and magic, the Hermetic traditionof the Renaissance, Rosicrucianism, Chris-tian Theosophy, Freemasonry and Illumin-ism. It also contains articles about the lifeand work of major personalities in Gnosisand Western Esotericism, including theirideas and historical influence.

Encyclopaedia of Judaismoffers an authoritative, com-prehensive, and systematicpresentation of the currentstate of scholarship on fun-damental issues of Judaism.While there is heavy empha-sis on the classical literatureof Judaism and its history,the database also includesprincipal entries on contem-porary issues. Covering a tra-

dition of nearly 4,000 years, some of themost distinguished scholars in the field de-scribe the way of life, history, art, theology,philosophy, and practices and beliefs of theJewish people.

Ethnographic VideoOnline containsmore than 800videos representingcultures from aroundthe world. It includesanimation, documen-taries, field record-

ings, interviews and performances. Thecollection can be searched by filmmaker, author, ethnographer, geographic locationor cultural group.

Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)is a resource for information about Centraland South America, Mexico, the Caribbeanbasin, the U.S.-Mexico border region andHispanics in the United States. HAPI in-dexes articles, book reviews, documents,original literary works and other materialsappearing in more than 400 key social sci-ence and humanities journals publishedthroughout the world.

Humanities International Complete pro-vides the full text of hundreds of journals,books and other published sources fromaround the world. With content pertainingto literary, scholarly and creative thought,Humanities International Complete is a valu-able resource for students, researchers andeducators interested in all aspects of the humanities.

Nursing Education inVideo covers the funda-mentals of nurse train-ing and advanced topicsin nursing. Subject areasinclude anatomy andphysiology, basic clinical

skills, cardiology, communications, gerontol-ogy, infection control, legal aspects of nurs-ing, long-term care, medication administra-tion, medication error prevention, nursingassistant skills, obstetrical nursing, pedi-atrics, surgical care and wound care.

Simmons OneViewprovides access toU.S. adult consumerdata such as productand brand usage,spending behaviorand media habits.Gathered and com-piled by the SimmonsMarket Research Bu-reau, this databaseprovides detailed in-

formation about American consumers bygender, age and household income.

U.S. Congressional Publications indexes in-formation produced by or pertaining to theUnited States Congress from 1789 to thepresent, and includes bills, laws, legislativehistories, committee prints, House and Sen-ate documents and reports, the Congres-sional Record, the Code of Federal Regulationsand the Federal Register. The collection alsoincludes some full-text titles.

Vietnam War and American Foreign Policy,1960–1975 contains governmental, militaryand other primary source material related tothe war in Southeast Asia, plus a wide spec-trum of other material dealing with Ameri-can foreign policy during this period.Included are reports from the CIA, the Na-tional Security Council, the EnvironmentalProtection Agency, the U.S. InformationAgency, the Military Assistance Com-mand—Vietnam (MAC-V), and the relatedpersonal papers of Presidents Kennedy,Johnson and Nixon.

NEH GRANT SUPPORTS HUMANITIES DATABASES

The university library’s licenses for BlackShort Fiction and Folklore from Africa andthe African Diaspora, the Dictionary ofGnosis & Western Esotericism, the Ency-clopaedia of Judaism, the Hispanic Ameri-can Periodicals Index and HumanitiesInternational Complete are supported by agrant from the National Endowment forthe Humanities (NEH). Any views, find-ings, conclusions or recommendationsexpressed in these databases do not nec-essarily represent those of the NEH.

To learn more about how you can con-tribute to the library’s NEH challengegrant, see page 7.

New databases support online research

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La Torreyearbook collection goes onlineSan José State’s La Torre yearbooksare now accessible online throughKing Library Digital Collections(digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org),making decades of campus historyavailable in a digital format. Startingin 1910, the book was simply calledSenior Year Book and was richly illus-trated with drawings. In 1916, thetitle was changed to La Torre and thebook was published continuouslyuntil 1965.

These yearbooks havepersonal and historicalvalue for SJSU. Brows-ing the collection byyear allows forserendipitous discov-ery of SJSU traditions.

Histories of clubs and other studentinterests are documented in photo-graphs and descriptions of activities.Specific years, names and events aresearchable by keyword from thesearch box.

The collection of La Torre yearbooks isthe latest in a growing number of localcollections being digitized at the KingLibrary. To view all of the library’s dig-ital collections, visit digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org. To learn more, contactDanelle Moon, director of Special Col-lections & Archives, at 408-808-2061 ordanelle.moon@sjsu.edu. u

The King Library is the newhome to a bronze bust of Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr., createdby renowned artist SaschaSchnittman.

At a dedication ceremony in thelibrary lobby on February 6,SJSU President MohammadQayoumi accepted the stunningwork, a donation from publicbroadcasting station KQED tothe university. Becca Reed, ex-ecutive director of KQED Sili-con Valley, shared thatSchnittman began working on

the piece in 1968 as an “effortof respect.” Rev. Jeff Moore,president of the San José chap-ter of the NAACP, also at-tended the event and spoke ofKing’s far-reaching influence.

The piece, three times life sizeand weighing 100 pounds, wasoriginally unveiled in 1972 byCoretta Scott King in San Fran-cisco’s Grace Cathedral. Thou-sands of library visitors can nowenjoy the sculpture and be re-minded of the legacy of the li-brary’s namesake. u

BRONZE BUST HONORS LIBRARY NAMESAKE

Library Dean Ruth Kifer, SJSU President Mohammad Qayoumi, KQED'sBecca King Reed, and Rev. Jeff Moore, president of the San José chapterof the NAACP.

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SJSU ScholarWorks creates repository of faculty and student scholarshipSince the fall of 2010, San José State has beenbuilding a digital repository of research andscholarship from SJSU faculty and studentscalled SJSU ScholarWorks (scholarworks.sjsu.edu). In the years since its inception, a signifi-cant number of electronic versions of SJSUmaster’s theses and projects has been added tothe repository, along with conference proceed-ings, peer-reviewed journals, scholarly articles,and 90 faculty author profiles.

One of the goals of ScholarWorks is to increase exposureof the SJSU campus community’s scholarly output. Withthat in mind, ScholarWorks has been registered with theRegistry of Open Access Repositories (roar.eprints.org),the Registry of Open Access Repository Material Archiv-ing Policies (roarmap.eprints.org), and the Directory ofOpen Access Repositories (opendoar.org). The content of ScholarWorks is also indexed in Google Scholar andhas been downloaded by students and scholars across the globe.

Following are some ScholarWorks usage statistics fromthe 2011–2012 academic year:• Total number of deposits: 4,718• Total number of downloads: 182,577• Total number of countries accessing ScholarWorks data: 165

In 2013, a goal for ScholarWorks is to increase the amountof material deposited by emeritus faculty. It is importantfor SJSU to preserve the legacy of excellent scholarshipconducted by all faculty, past and present. One of the easi-est ways for emeritus faculty members to get involvedwith the SJSU repository is simply to email a copy of theirCV to library-scholarworks-group@sjsu.edu. From there,an author profile will be set up for the emeritus facultymember and the repository staff will check the copyrighton publications to find out which can be deposited intoScholarWorks.

For more information, contact the librarians in charge of the repository, Crystal Goldman and Silke Higgins, atlibrary-scholarworks-group@sjsu.edu. u

DID YOU KNOW? The university library’s ScholarWorks repository includes online copies of SJSU’s student newspaper,

the Spartan Daily. View the archives atscholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily.

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The King Library is proud to announcethe building’s silver-level LEED certi-fication. LEED—Leadership in Energyand Environmental Design—is an in-ternationally recognized certification

system that verifies a building is energy effi-cient and operated in a sustainable manner.The certification process involves verifyingefficiencies with data collected over athree-month period in six different cat-egories: water, energy and atmosphere,materials and resources, indoor envi-ronmental quality, innovation and de-sign, and sustainable sites.

For the library, points were received for cir-culating books multiple times, reducing theamount of paper required to print books, andincreasing the number of electronic books inthe collection, which are sustainable practices.The library is also part of SJSU’s recycling pro-gram: 97 percent of discarded materials are being recycled, keeping them out of Bay Area landfills. Additionally, only green products are used to cleanthe building.

The King Library was designed with two separate watersupply lines, one for drinking water and sinks, and one for toilets. In 2010, when the South Bay Water Recyclingprogram became available, the King Library connected the toilet supply line, saving 5 million gallons of drinkablewater per year. All 50 types of light fixtures in the librarybuilding were analyzed and changed. To reduce theelectricity consumption of the building by over 25percent, 4,000 of the 5,000 book stacks were retro-fitted with more energy-efficient bulbs and occupancy sensors.

Cleaning the library with green products,reducing electricity consumption, preserv-ing fresh water resources, designing thelandscape around the library to reduce soilerosion and utilize drought-tolerant plants,maintaining excellent air quality, and mov-ing to electronic resources are all part of thesustainable efforts staff are making each day to

ensure that King Library is operated to take fulladvantage of its energy-efficient design.

Tours focusing on the library’s design and sustain-ability features, in addition to collections and art,are available every Thursday at 11:30 am. To learnmore about tours, call 408-808-2181.u

NEH challenge grantenters fifth yearNow in the fifth year of the National Endowmentfor the Humanities (NEH) challenge grant, theSJSU library needs your support to raise $200,000by July 31.

Since receiving the NEH grant, the library has raised morethan $600,000 through local and matching donations.Thanks to the generous contributions of our dedicateddonors, the library has significantly broadened the scopeof humanities resources, providing library users with ac-cess to eight new databases, including the Johns HopkinsGuide to Literary Theory & Criticism, the Encyclopaedia of Ju-daism Online, the Hispanic American Periodicals Index andthe Brill Dictionary of Religion. Your support for this effortis much appreciated.

The humanities are essential to increasing understandingof different cultures, expanding knowledge of the humanexperience, and sparking our creativity and vision for thefuture. As Jim Leach, the current NEH chairman, hasstated,

Another myth of our times is that the humanities are good for the soul but irrelevant to the pocket book. Actually they are central to the creation of jobs and long-term American competitiveness. To compete in a global economy it is essential that Americans understand our own values as well as those of foreign cultures. The basics—readin’, writin’, ’rithmatic—are critical but so are the disciplines that provide perspec-tive and nourish innovative thinking.

If you have not had an opportunity to contribute to thisworthy endeavor, or if you would like to make an addi-tional contribution to the NEH endowment, please con-sider doing so at this time. For more information, contactLibrary Dean Ruth Kifer at ruth.kifer@sjsu.edu or 408-808-2419, or Sabra Diridon, the library’s development director, at 408-924-1510 or sabra.diridon@sjsu.edu.u

King Library earns LEED certification

DID YOU KNOW? The university library’s ebook collection was used855,352 times in the 2011–2012 academic year.

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Thank you to all our library supportersA very special thanks to our university library donors for2012. Your support makes it possible for the library tooffer quality services and resources to our library users.

2012 Library Dean’s ListArcher Family Foundation*

Miguel Avila & Lucia Soares

Keith Ball & Diana Morabito*

Philip Chung & Heather Paulson

Carl & Sharron Cookson*

Victor & Joan Corsiglia*

J. Phillip & Jennifer DiNapoli*

Friends of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library*

Noelle “Bobbe” George*

Gene & Mary Goldberg*

Lionel & Bernadine Goularte

Steven Hallgrimson Foundation, Inc.*

Clifford Johnson*

Gerald M. Kline Family Foundation*

Thomas Layton & Mabel Miyasaki

Patricia & Frank Nichols*

Mary Nino*

Arlene Okerlund*

Olander Family Foundation*

Richard & Genevieve Rolla*

San Jose Water Company*

Gregg & Karen Saunders*

William & Virginia Schultz*

Raymond & Carol Silva

Jack & Mary Lou Taylor*

TOSA Foundation

Margaret Valentine*

Kenneth & Nancy Wiener

Members of the University Library Dean’s List contribute$1,000 or more over the course of a calendar year. To be-come a member of the Dean’s List for 2013, contact DeanRuth Kifer at 408-808-2419 or ruth.kifer@sjsu.edu.

* Contributed to the King Library’s NEH challenge grant

John (Jack) Douglas, oneof the last in his genera-tion of Santa Clara Val-ley historians, died inApril 2012. Known as anadvocate of strong li-brary collections, localhistory, and a renais-sance education, Dou-glas believed that socialand extracurricularevents were an impor-tant addition to theclassroom experience.At SJSU he started a for-eign film series, univer-

sity book talks, recreational reading areas in the library,and other outreach events.

Born in Waukegan, Illinois, in 1933, Douglas completedhis bachelor’s and master’s degrees in library science at the University of Denver, where he met his future wife,Kathryn Young. From 1969 to 1980, he was a team memberof the New College, an interdisciplinary program at SJSU,where he spent his most enriching time with the “closecommunity of students and faculty, where creativity and

innovation were part of the academic experience.” Douglas continued at SJSU as research director in theSteinbeck Center and then as head of the library’s SpecialCollections & Archives from 1984 to 1996. Douglasworked to acquire more than 8,000 photographs of theSanta Clara Valley from 1913 to the 1950s.

Outside of the library, Douglas pursued his love of historyon the San José Historic Landmarks Commission from1981 to 1990. During this time, he helped preserve JoséTheater on South Second Street (now home of the SanJosé Improv) and the Scheller House on the SJSU campus.Douglas was a member of the Santa Clara County HistoricalHeritage Commission and the Sourisseau Academy forState and Local History, and was honored for his contribu-tions to the understanding of local history by History San José in 2007. Douglas’s publications include HistoricalFootnotes of Santa Clara Valley (1993), Historic San José, Talesof Naglee Park (1998), and Historical Highlights of SantaClara Valley (2005).

A memorial service was held at the San José History Parkon May 26, 2012. Friends and colleagues will miss JackDouglas for his influence in chronicling Santa Clara Valleyhistory and expanding academics to include creativity ofmany types. Douglas is survived by his wife and two chil-dren, Sandra Douglas and Bruce Douglas.u

In memory of Jack Douglas (1933–2012)

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The annual University Library Dean’sList dinner is a time to recognize and cel-ebrate our dedicated university librarydonors for their continued support. Thefifth annual Dean’s List dinner was heldon June 22, 2012, in the King Library. The evening began with a champagne reception in theDavid & Lucile Packard Foundation Meeting Suite. Mov-ing up to the eighth floor, donors were welcomed by SJSUPresident Mohammad Qayoumi and Library Dean RuthKifer. SJSU alumna and harpist Ruthanne Adams providedelegant music as guests dined with a lovely sunset view ofdowntown San José.

The evening’s highlight was a talk by New York Timeswriter Abraham Verghese, who authored the bestsellingnovel Cutting for Stone. Verghese spoke of his work as aphysician, professor and writer, and shared thoughtsabout his life’s journey. Guests received copies of Cuttingfor Stone and My Own Country, one of Verghese’s earlierworks, both signed by the author at the close of theevening.

If you would like to become a member of the 2013 Uni-versity Library Dean’s List and attend this year’s event,please contact Dean Kifer by phone at 408-808-2419 orby email at ruth.kifer@sjsu.edu. u

Library Dean’s List dinnerAn evening with celebrated author Abraham Verghese

Top row, from left: Najia Karim Qayoumi, President MohammadQayoumi and Anne Johnson; Abraham Verghese; Allan Greenberg and Provost Ellen Junn

Middle row: Ruthanne Adams;Susan Ha, Dean Ruth Kifer andJohn Ha; Abraham Verghese andTristan Verghese

Bottom row: Bernie Day, Lauren Hidalgo and Bob Day

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Make a differenceLeave a lasting legacy with a named endowmentEndowments help fund library programs and collections that arevital to the university’s educational mission. By providing supple-mental funding for the library in perpetuity, endowments providean annual income to enhance library services and resources in waysthat go far beyond base budgets.

The Special Collections and Archives Endowment will provide support to Special Collections, one of the most beloved areas of theKing Library. Located on the fifth floor, Special Collections is therepository for materials that are unique, to be found in no other library. They include the university archives, extensive resources in the realm of California history, and the personal papers of localpolitical leaders and community changemakers.

If you would like to contribute to this endowment or establish an endowment of your own to honor a particular area of interest or special person, visit library.sjsu.edu/giving-library/library-endowment or contact Dean Ruth Kifer at 408-808-2419 orruth.kifer@sjsu.edu. Your support can help ongoing efforts to enrich the library’s collections and offer enhanced services that will foster student success for years to come. u

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ABOVE: The bookplate created for the SJSU Special Collections and Archives Endowment.

SJSU Special Collections and Archives Endowment