Applause!

Bill Armstrong

Armstrong, William W. “Communication in the Sciences as Seen through Physics and Chemistry: A Look at the Complex Relationship between Author, Publisher, and Distributor as they Relate to the Reader.” College and Research Libraries 66, no.2 (March 2005): 98-114.
Ferris, Anna M. and William W. Armstrong. “The Evolution of a Documents Digitization Project within the American Library Association's New Members Round Table,” LIBRES 15, no.1 (March 2005) http://libres.curtin.edu.au/

Blessinger, Kelly

Blessinger, Kelly. "Human Resource Management in Today's Academic Library: Meeting Challenges and Creating Opportunities," (book review), Library Quarterly 75, no. 2 (April 2005): Forthcoming.

Peggy Chalaron

Chalaron, Peggy, contributor. Bowker's Best Reference Books. New Providence, N.J. Best Books, 2005.

"Evaluating Information on the Internet." Presented at the East Ascension Staff Development Day, Spring 2005.

"Banned Books Week." Education Resources, LSU Libraries. September-October 2005. Included related activities.
"Giverny Award: Best Children's Science Picture Books." Education Resources, LSU Libraries, May-June 2005.

"The Giverny Award: Three Perspectives." Coordinator. Hill Memorial Library, LSU Libraries, June 2005.

Nancy Colyar

LALINC Research & Development Committee
- Reappointment, 2004-2006
- Appointed Chair
ALA Literacy Assembly (Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) representative) for 2004-2005.
LITA Publications Committee for 2004-2006, Chair, 2005-2006.

Thomas Diamond

Elected to a two-year term as Member-at-Large of the ALA/Public Relations and Marketing Section.

Diamond, Thomas. Library User Surveys, June 2004 (Spec Kit 280). Washington, D.C.: Association of Research Libraries, Office of Leadership and Management Services, 2004.

Linda Smith Griffin

Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS). Education Committee, 2006-2008 .
Council of Regional Groups (CRG) Continuing Education Committee, Intern, 2005-2006.
LSU Faculty Senate, Admissions, Standards, and Honors (ASH) Committee, 2005-2008.

Paul Hrycaj

Hrycaj, Paul. "Elements of active learning in the online tutorials of ARL members." Reference Services Review 33:2 (2005):210-218.

Speaker (with Sigrid Kelsey and Becky Hebert), "Job Hunting and Resume Workshop," a workshop sponsored by the Graduate Library & Information Science Student Association (GLISSA), to the School of Library and Information Science students. Baton Rouge, LA, 11/04/04.

Paul Kelsey

Kelsey, Paul and Mohan Ramaswamy. “Designing a Successful Library School Field Experience.” Library Management 26 no.3 (2005). Forthcoming.

Sigrid Kelsey

Interim Chair and member of the newly formed LSU Faculty Senate Information Technology and Services Committee.
Appointed to the LALINC Electronic Resource Committee, 2005-2007.
Elected chair of LSU Library Faculty Policy Committee, 2005-2006.

Speaker (with Paul Hrycaj and Becky Hebert), "Job Hunting and Resume Workshop," a workshop sponsored by the Graduate Library & Information Science Student Association (GLISSA), to the School of Library and Information Science students. Baton Rouge, LA, 11/04/04.
Presenter, with Ted Chaffin, "Flash -- Targeting Undergraduates with Interesting, Interactive, Innovative and Explosive Twists on Everyday Online Tutorials," at the LOUIS Users Annual Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, 10/19/04.

Kelsey, Sigrid. "Edgar Lee Masters" and "Lyric Poetry." The Facts on File Companion to Twentieth-Century American Poetry, Ed. Burt Kimmelman. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 2005.

Tara Laver

Elected to Society of Southwest Archivists Board of Directors, 2005-2007.
Appointed District Representative for Society of American Archivists Membership Committee.

Awarded 30-month, $196,140 grant from National Historical Publications and Records Commission to fund microfilming and creating an improved finding aid for the Historical Records Survey transcriptions of parish police jury minutes. The grant began January 1, 2005.

Mark Martin

Elected as Treasurer for the Louisiana Archives and Manuscripts Association (LAMA).

Curated exhibition, "Portraits of a River City: Natchez and Her People, 1851 - 1951," in Hill Memorial Library, January 24 - April 09 2005.

Maureen Olle

Natalie Palermo

"9XX and EDI," presented at the annual LOUIS Users Conference, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, October 19, 2004.
"Cataloged-Based Reports," presented with Marsha Aucoin at the annual LOUIS Users Conference, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, October 19, 2004.
"WorkFlows 2004: How to Train and Prepare Staff," presented twice at the Sirsi SuperConference, Nashville, Tennessee, February 27, 2004 and March 2, 2004.

Jessica Patterson

Presented a Patent & Trademark Workshop at the East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library, Dec. 5. An article about the workshop with a photoappeared in The Advocate on December 6. Presentation repeated on Jan. 29 at the East Baton Rouge Parish Baker Library.

Melanie Sims

Appointed Chair of RUSA-RSS (Reference and User Services Assn.-Reference Service Section) Cooperative Reference Services Committee for 2005-2006.

Dennison, Karen, Mark M. Sanders, Melanie E. Sims. "M3- Marketing, Manpower and Measurement: Virtual Reference Service at LSU Libraries." Louisiana Libraries 67, no. 4 (Spring 2005): 23- 27.