The R.B. House Undergraduate Library has partnered with UNC Academic Advising and Campus Health Initiatives for Students’ Emerging Lifestyles (CHISEL) to create the “Week of Balance.” Other campus libraries will also offer special exam-time diversions.

Below is the full schedule for Fall 2012. Campus libraries will offer extended hours for reading and exam days.

Good luck with exams, everyone!

Thursday, Dec. 6

• Therapy dogs for students: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. (212 Undergraduate Library)* and 12:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. (268 Carroll Hall)
• Take a Break; Make a Book!: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. (Davis Library 1st floor)
• Winter Stories for children of all ages: 5 p.m. (Wilson Library)
• Free coffee: 6 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. (Music Libary)
• Meditation led by Linda C. Chupkowski: 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. (205 Undergraduate Library)*
• Coffee and snack break: 10 p.m. – Midnight (205 Undergraduate Library)*

Friday, Dec. 7

• Crafting: Learn to Knit: 1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. (Sloane Art Library)
• Learn to Make a Small Book: 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. (Sloane Art Library)
• Free coffee: 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. (Music Library)

Saturday, Dec. 8

• Free tea: Noon – 6 p.m. (Sloane Art Library)

Sunday, Dec. 9

• Free tea: 2 p.m. – 10 p.m. (Sloane Art Library)
• Crafting: Holiday Cards: 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. (205 Undergraduate library)*

Monday, Dec. 10

• Crafting: Gingerbread Houses: 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. (205 Undergraduate Library)*

Tuesday, Dec. 11

• Project Sunshine: Card making for children with medical challenges: 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. (205 Undergraduate Library)*

Wednesday, Dec. 12

• Therapy dogs for students: Noon – 4 p.m. (268 Carroll Hall)

* Denotes an official “Week of Balance” event, sponsored by Campus Health Initiatives for Students’ Emerging Lifestyles (CHISEL), UNC Academic Advising, and the R.B. House Undergraduate Library.

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Update: This year’s total: 2,650 2,870 books. Thank you, everyone!

For the fourth consecutive year, UNC’s libraries are partnering with campus departments to collect children’s books for the Book Fairy, an organization that donates books to the Pediatric Oncology Clinic at UNC Hospitals.

The drive will run Nov. 2 through Dec. 6, 2012. All new or gently-used books for ages one through mid-teen are welcome. The need is especially great for English and Spanish-language board books, the sturdy picture books made for young children. Also needed are books featuring children and families of many cultures.

Friends of the Library will wrap up the drive by accepting donated books at the annual Winter Stories program on Thursday, Dec. 6, at 5 p.m., in the lobby of Wilson Library.

The Bull’s Head Bookshop will offer a 25 percent discount on children’s books purchased for donation to the book drive. At the time of purchase simply mention the phrase “Book Fairy” to the staff.

Campus drop-off locations

• Davis Library lobby
• Undergraduate Library lobby
• Wilson Library lobby
• Health Sciences Library, 1^st floor lobby
• Law Library
• School of Information and Library Science, Manning Hall lobby
• School of Education, Peabody Hall, Student Affairs Office lobby, 1st floor
• School of Social Work, Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building lobby
• FedEx Global Education Center, Peacock Atrium
• N.C. Memorial Hospital, Cashier, ground floor

The book drive is sponsored by the University Libraries Diversity Committee, the Health Sciences Library, the Law Library, the School of Information and Library Science, the School of Education, the School of Social Work, the FedEx Global Education Center, and the UNC Hospitals.

For information about the drive, contact Shauna Collier at (919) 843-5808 or Eileen Heeran Dewitya at (919) 962-6901.

Related Links

• The Book Fairy website
• List of suggested titles
• Library Launches Third Book Drive for Pediatric Cancer Patients

Ellie Coen Boote is Research Services Librarian, a temporary appointment that began Sept. 1.

Boote will collaborate in supervision of the R.B. House Undergraduate Library Reference Desk and Design Lab, and will participate in outreach, promotion, and tailored instruction activities.

Prior to this appointment, Boote served as Temporary Program Coordinator and Assistant to the Director of Administration at the Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory (HASTAC) at Duke University in Durham, N.C.; as a contract writer at NoveList/EBSCO Publishing in Durham; and as a library assistant at the Orange County Public Libraries in Carrboro, N.C.

She holds a B.A. in French, International Studies, and Religion from Hope College in Holland, Mich., and an M.S.L.S. from the School of Information and Library Science at UNC.

Contact Boote at (919) 962-1355 or boote@live.unc.edu.

Doug Diesenhaus is Administrative Projects Librarian, a one-year temporary appointment that began Sept. 1.

Diesenhaus will work with the Library Personnel Office to develop new staff training programs and with the Library Communications office to develop communications and promotional plans for library collections, events, exhibits, and staff. He will also compile annual library statistics and provide general reference and course-specific instruction services.

Diesenhaus holds a B.A. in English and Creative Writing from Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio; an M.F.A. in Nonfiction Writing from the University of North Carolina Wilmington; and an M.S.L.S. from the School of Information and Library Science at UNC.

Contact Diesenhaus at (919) 962-8027 or ddiesenh@email.unc.edu.

Barbara Ilie became Newspaper Digitization Project Librarian Oct. 1.

Ilie will coordinate activities for North Carolina Historic Newspapers, a multi-year collaborative grant project with the North Carolina State Archives.  The project will digitize approximately 150 reels of microfilmed North Carolina newspapers for the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America website.

Prior to this appointment, Ilie worked as a Research and Reference Services Associate at UNC’s Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library. She also worked as the Project Information Scientist on the Historic Hillsborough Commission’s Institute of Museum and Library Services grant-funded Burwell School Digital Archive and Research Project.

Contact Ilie at (919) 962-1172 or ilie@unc.edu.

Brenda Linares was appointed Librarian and Institute on Aging Liaison in the UNC Health Sciences Library Sept. 17.

Linares will help to identify information needs of library users affiliated with the Institute on Aging; to articulate, implement, maintain, and evaluate services; and to build the Institute’s library collection.

Prior to this appointment, Linares served at the Louis Calder Memorial Library at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine as head of Library Outreach and Community Engagement, and as Administrative Librarian. She was also an Associate Fellow at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Md.

Linares holds a B.S. in finance from California State University, Northridge, and an M.L.I.S. from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Contact Linares at (919) 962-0801 or blinares@unc.edu.

Library instructors will teach the ins and outs of these two powerful tools for document design and photo editing. No prior knowledge is needed for the 90-minute workshops, which will each take place in room 124 of the Undergraduate Library. Advance registration is required.

Introduction to the Adobe InDesign Document Creation Program
Monday, Nov. 5
2-3:30 p.m.
Register

Introduction to Adobe Photoshop
Wednesday, Nov. 14
10:30 – noon
Register

For information about the workshops, contact Emily King, Coordinator of E-Learning Services: emking@unc.edu, (919) 962-1355.

Download a list of tours (pdf)

Hit the library before you need to hit the books! Free library tours during the week of Aug. 20 will help you get started with research and assignments.

Tours meet in the main lobby of each library.

Undergraduate Library

• Monday, Aug. 20: 10 a.m., 11 a.m., noon, and 3 p.m.
• Tuesday, Aug. 21: 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.
• Wednesday, Aug. 22: 10 a.m.
• Thursday, Aug. 23: 3 p.m.
• Friday, Aug. 24: 11 a.m.

Davis Library

• Monday, Aug. 20: 10 a.m.
• Tuesday, Aug. 21: 10 a.m.
• Wednesday, Aug. 22: 3 p.m.
• Thursday, Aug. 23: 2 p.m.
• Friday, Aug. 24: noon

Wilson Library

• Monday, Aug. 20: 9 a.m.
• Tuesday, Aug. 21: 11 a.m.
• Wednesday, Aug. 22: noon
• Thursday, Aug. 23: 10 a.m.
• Friday, Aug. 24: 1 p.m.

Can’t make it to a tour? Be sure to check out the Library’s online tutorials to learn more about starting research, evaluating information, and avoiding plagiarism.

Have a great year, everyone!

Anne Gilliland is Scholarly Communications Officer, effective June 1.

Gilliland will sustain and develop the Library’s leadership role in scholarly communications. She will create scholarly communications and copyright resources, and will provide guidance regarding copyright, fair use, open access, author’s rights, and related legal and policy issues. Gilliland will also help the Library and University advocate for new forms and practices of scholarly communications and information dissemination.

Gilliland previously served at the Ohio State University as Head of the Copyright Management Office in the Prior Health Sciences Library and as Adjunct Assistant Professor of biomedical informatics. She was previously Assistant Director for Library Systems – Database Management at the Ohio Library and Information Network (OhioLINK).

Gilliland holds a B.A. in studio art from Maryville College in Maryville, Tenn.; an M.S.L.S. from the University of Tennessee; and a Juris Doctor from Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio.

Contact Gilliland at (919) 843-3256 and agilliland@unc.edu.

Rachel Lerner began May 1 as TraCS Institute Knowledge Management Librarian in the Health Sciences Library.

In this one-year position, Lerner will assist Translational and Clinical Sciences (TraCS) Institute team members by identifying large, interdisciplinary team grants, and providing grant-seeking and -matching services to the TraCS community. She will also assist with data collection and analysis for the TraCS evaluation team, and work with the REACH NC database for the Health Affairs faculty.

Lerner has held prior positions with the Health Sciences Library, and has also served as Library and Archives Manager at the Olin Studio in Philadelphia. She holds a B.A. in English and music from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., and an M.S.L.S. from the School of Information and Library Science at UNC.

Contact Lerner at (919) 843-3102 and rclerner@email.unc.edu.

Philip McDaniel is Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Librarian, effective June 1.

McDaniel will assist users with GIS and web mapping projects, facilitate access to spatial and numeric data sources, and provide consultation and referrals to researchers with data management needs. He will also serve as subject librarian primarily for the Department of City and Regional Planning.

Prior to this appointment, McDaniel was a Research Associate at the Carolina Population Center at UNC. He holds a B.A. in geography from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va., and an M.A. in geography with concentrations in GIS, population-environment interactions, and quantitative methods from UNC.

Contact McDaniel at (919) 962-1151 and philip_mcdaniel@unc.edu.

Jonathan McMichael began as Undergraduate Experience Librarian in the R.B. House Undergraduate Library on June 1.

McMichael will explore and pilot new ways of engaging with undergraduate students. He will lead relevant assessment projects, deliver instruction, and provide reference and Design Lab assistance. He will also contribute to the development of the Library’s web presence, with an emphasis on undergraduate-centered services and resources.

Prior to this appointment, McMichael served as Instruction & Reference Librarian at the University of Mississippi in Oxford. He holds a B.A. in secondary education from the University of Kentucky and a M.S.L.I.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Contact McMichael at (919) 962-1355 and jmcm@email.unc.edu.

Suchi Mohanty became Head of the R.B. House Undergraduate Library June 4.

Mohanty will provide vision and leadership for services that support information, learning, and teaching. She will direct development of the Undergraduate Library’s collections and will oversee provision of services. She will also manage the overall administration of the library, including planning, assessment, program development, facilities, and budget.

Mohanty has served as Interim Head of the Undergraduate Library since January, and was previously the Undergraduate Collections and Research Services Librarian. She holds a B.A. in English from Mary Washington College (University of Mary Washington) in Fredericksburg, Va., and an M.S.L.S. from the School of Information and Library Science at UNC.

Contact Mohanty at (919) 962-1355 and smohanty@email.unc.edu.

Access to the upper floor of the R.B. House Undergraduate Library will be limited this summer due to the installation of new carpeting.

The work will begin Thursday, May 17, and should last approximately three weeks.

One half of the upper floor will be blocked from public access at a time, while the other side will stay open for use. Library staff will page materials from closed areas upon request. All other areas of the Undergraduate Library will remain open. Other UNC libraries also remain open on a summer schedule.

Please contact Suchi Mohanty in the Undergraduate Library for additional information.

Campus libraries will remain open during the president’s visit. However, the UNC Department of Public Safety warns of road closures, limited parking, and transit delays. Please plan accordingly.

The libraries expect to show streaming of the president’s policy speech at the following locations:

• Wilson Library – Pleasants Family Assembly Room (main floor)
• Undergraduate Library – Room 205
• Davis Library – Periodicals Reading Room (main floor)

Related Links

• President Obama at Carolina April 24
• Parking and Transportation for the April 24 Presidential Visit to UNC

The lunchtime .eDU (for “.engage! Digital University”) workshops will take place every other Wednesday from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. Librarians will introduce some of the latest electronic tools that you can use in class, at a job, or for fun.

.eDU topics are as follows:

• Feb. 1: Prezi (presentation software)
• Feb. 15: UNC WordPress (blogging)
• Feb. 29: Photoshop
• Mar. 14: Dropbox (file storage and sharing)
• Mar. 28: Google search secrets
• Apr. 11: Google Sites (website creation)

No registration is required for the classes, and you may attend only those sessions that interest you. General computer skills are required, but you do not need specialized prior knowledge.

For more information about .eDU classes, contact Kim Vassiliadis, Instructional Design and Technology Librarian, (919) 843-2310.

Related Links

• .eDU information

The Information Technology Services (ITS) lab now features:

• Ten new 27” Macintosh computers with design and media software;
• Viewing stations with laptop hookup for enlarged display;
• Comfortable new furniture;
• Collaborative study and work space.

Please tell us what you think of the lab changes. The Undergraduate Library has created a comments and suggestions page. Responses will be shared with ITS.

Related Links

• Tell us what you think! (Comments and suggestions page)
• Undergraduate Library Computing Lab To Be Upgraded During Fall Break
• UNC Undergraduate Library Receives Renovations (Daily Tar Heel, Oct. 24, 2011)