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Applause!
A Newsletter Applauding Recent LSU Libraries Faculty Accomplishments
Issue no. 4.
January, 2003
Angela Akinniyi
Presentations:
- “Building Digital Landscapes: Virtual Exhibits from LSU Libraries Special
Collections. Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial: A Heritage Explored,” Louisiana
Association of Museums Annual Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, April 27, 2001.
- "Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial: A Heritage Explored. Partnering with K-12 to
use Primary Sources,” American Library Association annual conference,
Atlanta, GA. June 16, 2002.
John Anderson
Research:
- Invited Presentation: "Animating and Spatially Analyzing the New Orleans Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878" presented
with Andrew Curtis at the American Studies Association Annual Meeting in Houston, TX, November 16, 2002.
(With thanks to the LSU Libraries' Special Collections for their assistance.)
Presentation:
- "Maps and Geographic Information Systems" presented at Walker High School for World GIS Day, November 20, 2002.
William Armstrong
Accepted:
- A proposal written and submitted as chair of Physics, Astronomy,
Mathematics (PAM) Professional Development Committee,
for Continuing Education course to be given at Special Libraries
Association (SLA) Annual Meeting in New York in June 2003.
- Armstrong, William. "The Creation of a German Language Children's Literature
Collection." Collection Building. Forthcoming.
Elections and Appointments:
- Vice-Pres./Pres.-Elect of Louisiana/Southern Mississippi Chapter of SLA.
- Nominated to run for Vice-Pres./Pres.-Elect of New Members Round Table (NMRT) of
the American Library Association (ALA).
Moderated:
- Moderated the Physics Roundtable for the PAM
Division of SLA, in Los Angeles at the annual SLA meeting.
Kelly Blessinger
Publications:
- Blessinger, Kelly. "Problem Patrons: All Shapes and Sizes."
The Reference Librarian 75/76 (2002): 3-10.
Accepted for publication:
- Blessinger, Kelly and Maureen Olle. "Three Primary Aggregator Databases."
The Serials Librarian. Forthcoming.
Elections and Appointments:
- Chair, GIS Awareness Grant, SLA
- Secretary, SLA Louisiana/Southern Mississippi Chapter
- Chair, LSU Faculty Senate Committee on Committees
Marilyn Christianson
Elections and Appointments:
- Publicity Chair, Association of College and Research Libraries,
Louisiana chapter (ACRL-LA), 2002-2003.
Aimee Fifarek
Presentations:
- "iLink Customization" with Marcy Stevens at the South Central Unicorn Users
Group (SCUUG) Conference, October 18, 2002, Texas Wesleyan University, Ft.
Worth, TX and at the LOUIS Users Conference (LUC), October 28 and 29, 2002
in Natchitoches, LA.
Elections and Appointments:
- Library Information and Technology Association (LITA) Technology and
Access Committee Member, selected as the Liaison to the
LITA Legislation and Regulation Committee.
Publications:
- Fifarek, Aimee. "Technology and Privacy in the Academic Library."
Online Information Review: The International Journal for Digital
Information Research and Use. 26-6 (December 2002)
- _____. "Celebrating History and Innovation: the Louisiana Purchase Digital
Library Project at Louisiana State University" OCLC Systems and Services.
18-4 (November 2002): 186-194.
- _____. "Preserving Access to Digital Collections: Annotated Glossary," distributed
at the Technical Issues in Digital Data Interest Group program Sunday, June
16, 2002, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA, American Library
Association Annual Conference.
Paul Kelsey
Presentations:
- "Beyond the Desk: Outreach Services at the LSU Libraries" at the ACRL/LA 2002 Conference with
Tom Diamond, Dawn Lowe-Wincentsen, and Linda Smith-Griffin.
Nominations:
- Nominated to run as a candidate for the United States Agricultural
Information Network (USAIN)
office of Director for the 2003-2005 term.
Sigrid Kelsey
Appointments:
- Louisiana Library Association (LLA) Academic section awards committee.
Publications:
- Robins, David, and Sigrid Kelsey. "Analysis of Web-based Information Architecture in a University Library:
Navigating for Known Items." Information Technology and Libraries. 21, 4 (December 2002) : 158.
Other
- Asked to speak on a panel at the upcoming LLA conference about getting published.
Tara Zachary Laver
Accepted for publication:
- Laver, Tara Zachary. “`How Infinite in Faculty!': Faculty Papers at Research
University Archives and Manuscript Repositories.” American Archivist. Forthcoming.
Elections and Appointments:
- Vice President/President Elect of the Louisiana Archives and Manuscript
Association.
Maureen Olle
Accepted for publication:
- Blessinger, Kelly and Maureen Olle. "Three Primary Aggregator Databases."
The Serials Librarian. Forthcoming.
Lamara Williams-Hackett
Publication:
- Williams-Hackett, Lamara. "'Off-Campus Library Services,' ed. Anne Marie Casey :
a book review." portal: Libraries and the Academy 2, 4 (Oct. 2002): 682-683.
Elections and Appointments:
- Subject Advisor for The Best Books for Academic Libraries v.3 :
"Language and Literature." Forthcoming.
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