James B. Duke Memorial LibraryJohnson C. Smith University

From the Director’s Desk

Quick Tips

Innovative Transformations

Explore the Digital Mural

Digital Smith

Information Commons

A Treasure from the Past

The Future of Libraries

JILL

Library Programs

The History of the Biddle University Quintet

Seeds, Roots and Wings

Meet the Staff

Professional Activities

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Table of Contents

Monika Rhue, Director of Library ServicesBrenda Almeyda, Information Literacy and Reference LibrarianGeneen Clinkscales, Educational Technology LibrarianAndrea Hylton, Systems LibrarianBrandon Lunsford, Archival Services Librarian/ILLBeth Martin, Instructional Technology LibrarianMarcella McGowan, Serials and Electronic Resources LibrarianMichelle Orr, Collection Development and Digitization LibrarianBarbara Allen, Administrative AssistantBarbara Carr, CatalogerWilson Goodson, Circulation and Media Support TechnicianRuth Faye Richards, Digitization and Serials Control TechnicianRosalind Moore, Circulation and Public Services CoordinatorGloria Russell, Acquisitions Assistant

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From the Director’s Desk

This year has been an exciting one for everyone at the James B. Duke Memorial Library (JBDML). The library is presenting more programs and services to sup-port the academic disciplines at Johnson C. Smith University, and we continue to upgrade our book collection and electronic resources. I invite you to come learn what the JBDML has to offer you and to take advantage of the array of library resources we feature in this publication. Visit our Information Commons, where you can create attractive audiovisual presentations for your class or for fun while getting your “game on” at the same time. The library has 58 electronic resources to help you locate scholarly articles for your research, and if you still cannot fi nd what you need, ask a librarian about our Interlibrary Loan services. Visit the newly designed and easy-to-navigate Web site at library.jcsu.edu for online tutorials on plagiarism, using Web 2.0, Boolean logic, evaluating Web sites, using Moodle and locating library books. You can now also access library resources from your cell phone with JCSU Mobile Library services. Each year we continue to explore the use of technology to better deliver library resources, and this year we launched Digital Smith, allowing you to browse this database at library.jcsu.edu/digitalsmith.html to learn about the history of your future alma mater. Digital Smith is also loaded with photographs and primary sources.

In 2008, the library implemented three community outreach programs to support President Ronald L. Carter’s Community Engagement initiative. Each year, the library staff invites the JCSU and Charlotte communities to our fall open house, and we also celebrate Black History Month and National Library Week. Just recently, I shared highlights of my trip to South Africa for National Library Week. Excerpts of that program and other programs are included in this publication, and you can view past programs on YouTube at www.youtube.com/user/JohnsonCSmithU. We have a great staff that is ready and willing to help you learn about the library’s services and resources. The library was built with students, faculty and staff in mind; we have 430 seats, 322 data ports, 12 study rooms (eight individual rooms and four group study rooms), two conference rooms and one multimedia classroom. Connected to the library is JCSU’s fi rst coffeehouse, KoKomo’s, and there are also future plans for a smart classroom in the library. The library will continue to create an environment that supports higher education. We have a mission to incorporate technology into our services, and our goal is to provide you with 24/7 access to library resources. The library prides itself on being at the center of success. We have something for everyone, and it is up to you to come and explore. Let us be a part of your academic experi-ence!

Best regards, Monika Rhue Director of Library Services James B. Duke Memorial Library 2

Quick Tips

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It is always wise to double-check your account to be sure you have turned in your books before you leave campus for the semester.

Borrowing PrivilegesStudents, faculty and staff may borrow materials from the James B. Duke Memorial Library. A valid JCSU ID and a library barcode are required to check out library materials. Library barcodes are issued at the circulation desk.

Loan PeriodsStudents—Maximum of 30 items with a standard loan period of four weeksFaculty and Staff—Maximum of 30 items with a loan period of one semesterFaculty and Staff—Media materials have a one-week loan periodStudents can request books through the Interlibrary Loan System—Maximum loan period of six weeksAll library fi nes must be paid before you can request an Interlibrary Loan.Faculty and staff can request books through Interlibrary Loan—Maximum loan period of 10 weeks

RenewalsOne additional renewal period may be granted if no hold has been placed on the materials. Renewals must be made in person.

Returning MaterialsAll patrons are responsible for returning library materials by the due date. Please return materials in the book return area at the circulation desk. When the library is closed, please use the book return located to the left of the main entrance of the library.

FinesOverdue Fines—25 cents per item, per day, up to a maximum of $7.50 per item Reserve items are charged $1.00 per hour, per itemLost Charges—The cost of the book, plus $25 processing fee, plus $1.00 billing feePatrons will be blocked from checking out any other materials until fi nes and fees are paid.Fines are reported to the Business Offi ce and are to be paid before registration.

Noncirculating ItemsReference items, reserved materials, archival materials, bound journals, microfi che, microfi lm and periodicals are available for in-library use only.

Study RoomsStudents may request a study room at the circulation desk. A valid photo ID is required and is kept while the room is in use. Library staff will unlock rooms, and all library rules are applicable in the study room.

With the appointment of a systems librarian, the JBDML has experienced renewed interest in bring-ing our online public access catalog (OPAC) and circulation system to their full potential. First, the OPAC’s URL was changed to libcat.jcsu.edu, which paved the way for our new Web address (library.jcsu.edu). Next, a new server was installed to provide much needed multiple updates to the latest version of the Millennium software, a Web and Java library system. A representative from Innova-tive Interfaces, Inc. of Emeryville, Calif. traveled to the library and spent four days meeting with library staff and performing a full system consultation to assess where and how the training could most successfully be used. The fi rst three days were spent analyzing issues and problems, and the last day was spent beginning some of the necessary database cleanup.

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The staff also participated in training for all modules, including acquisitions and Interli-brary Loan, which had not been utilized in the past. Partnering with the Information Technol-ogy Department resulted in the installation of three walk-up OPAC terminals throughout the library. The JBDML also completed its second automated inventory. Special thanks go to the Public Services staff at the UNC-Pembroke library for sharing their experiences and providing assistance with this effort. Our next step was to work on a Web refresh, which brought the OPAC up to current standards and made it more attractive and functional. We were commended by the vendor on our drive to create the best possible library automation system, and the new and improved face on the JBDML arrived in August 2009. Finally, more than 25,000 electronic books and videos, available through the NCLive databases, were added to the library’s collection via the OPAC.

Explore the Digital Mural

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Take a stroll down memory lane as you view the wall-sized digital mural in the James B. Duke Me-morial Library. Commissioned in 1966 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Johnson C. Smith University, Paul S. Keene Jr. took elements from JCSU’s history and emblazoned them on this 8.5x 20-foot mural.

Now you can explore the mural from our Web site. As you move over the mural, information appears on your screen. The information boxes describe the image you are reviewing and is a great way to learn about the history of JCSU.

Digital Smith:Observing JCSU’s History Online

Have you ever wondered what JCSU’s fi rst baseball team looked like? Or how the campus looked in the 1960s? If you ever wondered about the rich history of your school, you don’t have to look any further than Digital Smith, a new feature on the Web site at library.jcsu.edu/digitalsmith.html.

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In 2006, the Inez Moore Parker Archives was awarded a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to digi-tize specifi c collections, which began with the process-ing of more than 3,000 images from the Photograph Collection.

In addition to equipment and software, the grant afforded the library the opportunity to hire a digitization librarian and a digitization assistant and also allowed for the effi cient creation of digital objects.

In the winter of 2009, the archives began to digitize the audio fi les of the library’s instantaneous disc collection. Funded by North Carolina’s Exploring Cultural History Online (NC ECHO), the unique digi-tization project culminated in “Saving the Music: the History of the Biddleville Quintet.” The digitization staff received audio digitization training from experts at Safe Sound Archive and were able to capture 39 events, totaling 652 fi les containing audio from the Biddleville Quintet, Founders’ Day events, commencements, Open-ing Day ceremonies and other major happenings on campus during the 1940s.

YMCA cabinet on the campus of Biddle University, 1936

Biddle University baseball team, 1917

President H. L. McCrorey: The McCrorey Collection contains correspondence, photographs, personal notes and other ephemera surrounding the life and family of Dr. McCrorey. Highlights include speeches and prayers made by Dr. McCrorey, personal letters from his daughters Novella McCrorey Flannagan and Muriel McCrorey, dedications of the McCrorey Theological Seminary and McCrorey YMCA in Charlotte, N.C.

A.O. and Dorothy Steele Collection: A.O. Steele was a professor of divinity at Johnson C. Smith Universi-ty who also served as the head of the Religious Department and other administrative roles until his untimely death in 1966. He was married to Dorothy Fletcher Steele, a school teacher who served as one of the fi rst African-Americans on the North Carolina Textbook Commission. Their collection is replete with photo-graphs, correspondence, monographs, personal notes and other ephemera illustrating the lives of middle- class African-Americans in the Fletcher and Steele families from the late 1800s until the mid-1990s.

Audio Collection: This collection is comprised of digitized recordings of events that occurred on the cam-pus of Johnson C. Smith University during the late 1930s and into the mid-1940s. Highlights include record-ings by the campus’s musical group, the Biddleville Quintet, President H. L. McCrorey’s appearance on the radio program “Wings Over Jordan,” the funeral service of his wife and an interview with football players before a game against Virginia Tech University in 1940. This project was enabled by a digitization grant from NC ECHO. The Board of Trustees Collection currently is comprised of information regarding board member James Egert Allen. Highlights include his work with the YMCA, letters regarding alumni events at the University and his memoir that recounts his time spent at Johnson C. Smith University.

History of Johnson C. Smith University: This collection holds original letters, speeches, pamphlets, news articles, books and other documents related to the founding of Johnson C. Smith University. It includes information on the founders of the university and historic properties on and around campus.

JCSU Publications: This collection spans the early 1900s to the mid-1980s and totals more than 350 items. Campus publications include the “Argus,” “Biddle Outlook,” the Johnson C. Smith University “Bulletin,” the University “Student News” and the “JCSU Newsletter.”

Photograph Collection: This collection currently consists of more than 1,700 photographs portraying life at JCSU from its early days as Biddle University through the 1990s. Highlights include athletics, campus buildings, student activities and former school presidents.

Presbyterian Collection: This collection provides information regarding the connection between John-son C. Smith University and regional Presbyterian churches. It includes church bulletins, correspondence, church histories and information regarding the Synod of Catawba.

Theological Seminary: This collection contains JCSU theological seminary newsletters, annual reports and administrative correspondence from the early 1900s to the seminary’s move to Atlanta in 1969.

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President H.L. McCrorey

Information Commons

Information Commons was developed to provide a location where students and faculty could receive face-to-face instruction on the use of media communication to enhance their pre-sentation skills. Information Commons has 10 individual computer stations and three group stations.

The resources in Information Commons are available for use by students, faculty and staff for media production activities. It gives our students creative learning opportunities by integrat-ing technology into their assignments. Students and faculty have the opportunity to learn and use advanced software applications and equipment to create, design and produce multimedia presentations.

Available Software

• Microsoft Offi ce Suite 2007• Adobe Authorware - a tool for creating rich-media, e-learning

applications• Easy Media Creator - allows editing, backups, burning and copying

of video, photos and music• Snag-It - create and share high-quality screen captures for your

presentations• Avid Express - video editing software• Sound Forge - analyze, record and edit audio• Adobe Web Premium - Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Photoshop,

Captivate and Acrobat

Information Commons Hours

Monday-Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Saturday Closed Sunday Closed

For more information, please call: Geneen Clinkscales at 704-371-6734 or e-mail gclinkscales@jcsu.edu

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Antique Market Discovery

The Inez Moore Parker Archives was fortunate to receive a valuable piece of Johnson C. Smith University’s past in a most unexpected way. While walking through the Metrolina Tradeshow Expo antiques market with his parents, UNC-Charlotte history professor Dr. David Wells stumbled upon a dealer with a very old book that had been tucked away in an attic for years. After inspecting it, Dr. Wells realized that it was a book of minutes for JCSU’s board of trustees that dated back to 1887, when the college was only 20 years old and still known as Biddle University. Dr. Wells purchased the book of minutes for $50 and was kind enough to donate it to the JCSU ar-chives. The book of minutes was fi lled with various loose letters from the 1800s. The earliest board minutes in the archives before this fi nd dated back to 1932, so this volume is a treasure trove of information and provides a unique insight into the earliest history of the University. The large volume includes the rotating list of the board members, a complete list of University academic departments and faculty and an incredibly detailed log of decisions made by the board as they attempted to improve the education and welfare of the students over the years.

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The last entry in the book is dated May 31, 1921, which is around the time the school began receiv-ing endowments from Jane Berry Smith to improve the campus. The campus was renamed Johnson C. Smith University in 1923 in honor of Smith’s late husband. The recently discovered minutes provide a very important chronological link to the school’s his-tory as Biddle University. The volume is available for research purposes at the Inez Moore Parker Archives, where students, faculty, staff, alumni and the commu-nity are welcome to visit and view it, as well as other valuable pieces of JCSU’s past.

The Future of Libraries: Web 2.0, Mobile Access and YouTube

The James B. Duke Memorial Library is display-ing information in new ways. Our students can see archive photos in context with the University, thanks to a Google and Flickr mashup. Mashups allow you to use Web 2.0 social media tools to bring together information. Our JCSU historical tour allows students to examine the JCSU campus and see student life over time. When you click on a map pinpoint, you may see one of our homecoming queen photos or a variety of other images.

We have also implemented the social bookmarking service Delicious. Librarians evaluate Web sites and include them in Delicious so you can access them anywhere. The bookmarks are tagged, which means they are categorized based on their content. You can sort the bookmarks by category, such as science, biotech-nology, literature, etc.

In addition, the library is placing research guides on wiki sites, which means librarians can quickly update research information as changes are discovered. Students and faculty can count on having the most up-to-date information as they perform their research.

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Now you can access the James B. Duke Memorial Library from your phone. Our mobile library gives you access to our catalog, databases, contact informa-tion and operating hours. This was an exciting project for the library and our students–now they can access information without booting up their laptops.

Faculty can also fi nd the answers they need no matter where they are just by looking at their smartphones. Our mobile library has been tested on iPhone , Black-berry and DROID devices. As new technologies be-come available, we will make sure our services make the transition.

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YouTube has arrived at Johnson C. Smith University. JCSU students are writing, acting, directing and fi lming a series of videos about library etiquette and rules, which will be available for everyone to view online. The students are using the opportunity to learn about library resources, as well as new ways to provide information. The site also offers our students a great forum to display their work to the world.

We are also placing videos of library events on the site – be sure to visit often and see what is going on at JBDML. Currently, you can relive Chattie Hattie’s experiences as she talks about Biddleville and payola (bribing DJs to promote records) during her days as the fi rst African-American female DJ in Charlotte. You can view our videos online at www.youtube.com/user/JohnsonCSmithU.

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JILL JCSU INFORMATION LITERACY

Orientation had a new information literacy component in the fall of 2009, thanks to a collaboration between faculty and the library. JILL – Johnson C. Smith University Information Literacy and Learning program – has been in place since 2003. Since then, information literacy needs have grown, and the library is at the forefront of shaping new courses to meet these needs.

The American Library Association states that “information literacy encom-passes more than good information-seeking behavior. It incorporates the abilities to recognize when information is needed and then to phrase ques-tions designed to gather the needed information. It includes evaluating and then using information appropriately and ethically once it is retrieved from any media, including electronic, human or print sources.”

In order to meet the above objectives, the information literacy team evaluated our assessment strategies and various course requirements. Orientation included online modules that provide research information to students at their point of need – information literacy on demand. Moodle, the JCSU learning management system, facilitated orientation and the library embedded the online tools in each class. In addition, each student was asked to complete an information literacy pretest and posttest which shaped the way JILL will look in the future.

JCSU librarians are accustomed to answering questions through a variety of media – instant messaging, e-mail, face to face and classroom instruction; however, we are now able to “embed” ourselves in various classes. Our Moodle learning-management system allows us to add customized windows so students can instantly ask a librarian research questions. Librarians are assigned to classes in their specialty areas and can customize various searches to meet the needs of the professors.

In addition, our students and faculty can visit the main page of Moodle to gain access to the catalog and various databases. These information ac-cess points let librarians provide services on demand and give the campus greater access to information.

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Library Programs: “Too Black, Too Fast,” “Black Inventors” and“the White Golden Bull”

In 2009, the James B. Duke Memorial Library was priviledged to host an exhibit, as well as two guest speakers who discussed their new books with students, faculty and the JCSU community.

From February 23 to April 21, the library hosted the “Too Black, Too Fast” exhibit, a rich collection of paintings and sculptures depicting African-American jockeys racing and training, as well as individual portraits. The exhibit featured the breathtaking paintings of renowned visual artist and Ten-nessee State professor Michael McBride, as well as sculptures of Atlanta-based, former-NFL-player-turned-sculptor George Nock.

Grimsley spoke to a group of JCSU students, faculty, staff and community members about how he overcame racial pressure from both African-Americans and Caucasians. He shared his real-life experiences of how faith in God, respect and teamwork can overcome all obstacles. He also told stories that were at times unbelievable, terrifying, amazing and funny.

JCSU alumnus Chet Grimsley spoke about his book, “The White Golden Bull,” which takes the reader through the journey of his experiences as the only Caucasian football player on JCSU’s football team in 1974. After facing some early struggles that came along with being the only “different” player on the team, Grimsley soon became an accepted and well-loved member of the Golden Bulls and went on to receive the coveted Mr. Football and All CIAA award that year. Grimsley also became the fi rst Caucasian student at JCSU to pledge the Groove Phi Groove Social Fellowship, Inc. fraternity.

Holmes explained that from 1900 to 1999, black inventors patented more than 6,000 inventions (at least 400 of them by black wom-en), and from 2000 to 2007, blacks patented more than 5,000 inventions. A signifi cant num-ber of black inventors live in Europe where they have patented thousands of inventions.

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On February 18, 2009, the library hosted Keith Holmes, author of “Black Inventors: Crafting Over 200 Years of Success.” Holmes spoke about the creations of black inventors, both past and present, that have been developed and patented on a global scale. Holmes has spent more than 20 years re-searching inventions by people from several countries, including Barbados, Canada, France, Germany, Ghana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa.

His book documents a large number of patents, inventions and labor-saving devices conceived by black inventors. Before the era of their enslavement, Africans developed agricultural tools, building materials, medicinal herbs, clothes and weapons, among many other inventions. Though many Africans were brought to the United States, Caribbean, Central and South America as slaves, it is not widely known that thousands of them created time-saving devices and inventions that spawned companies and generated money and jobs worldwide.

Keith Holmes, author of “Black Inventors: Crafting Over 200 Years of Success”

The History of the Biddle University Quintet

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The fi ve young men of the Biddle University Quintet loved Biddle University, and they showed their appreciation by using their voices to help raise money for the school. In the process, their work became an inspiring example of early fundraising activities initiated by students across historically black colleges and universities.

JCSU is fortunate to have many of their instantaneous discs (record albums) that have survived from the 1940s in our ar-chives. Thanks to generous fi nancial support from the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) NC ECHO Digitization Grant Program, we are able to share this piece of JCSU’s history with the community. The recordings were reviewed by a media preservationist in 2004, and he recommended that the collection be transferred into another medium for access.

In 2008, JCSU received the LSTA NC ECHO Digitization Grant to transfer more than 500 instantaneous discs into digital audio and to create a Web site with photographs and memorabilia of the Biddle University Quintet, as well as the University Glee Club. JCSU is pleased to share “Saving the Music: The History of the Biddle University Quintet” with the Charlotte community.Biddle University Quintet, 1914

In 1908, Dr. Thomas Alexander Long, director of music and a professor at JCSU, organized the Biddle University Quintet. The quintet fi rst appeared at the General As-sembly of the Presbyterian Church in 1909, and after a successful performance, they were invited to sing before the supreme judicatory body of the Presbyterian Church for 30 consecutive years. The popular Biddle University Quintet traveled extensively throughout the Carolinas and made many records that were distributed throughout the United States. The Quintet had a long and successful musical career until the popular-ity of ensemble singing declined in 1926.

In addition to the well-known Biddle University Quintet, the Biddleville Quintette became another popular singing group within the Charlotte community. The Bid-dleville Quintette, led by Biddleville resident Adam Brown, had several recordings with Paramount Recording Studio and Pathe Records in the late 1920s. The Biddleville Quintette was the fi rst singing group from Charlotte to make national records, and Document Records Limited has reproduced many of their recordings. To hear some selections by this group, as well as the Biddle University Quintet, please visit our site at library.jcsu.edu/biddlequintet/.

African-Americans have used spirituals throughout history to express hope, faith and love in a world that once held them in bondage. Spirituals were spontaneous and fi lled with religious fervor and interpretation of Christianity, and a wide range of arrangements were composed to perform slave hymns and ballads.

Dr. Thomas Alexander Long

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Seeds, Roots and Wings:My Journey Through South Africa

In October 2009, I became the fi rst librarian from Johnson C. Smith University to travel with the People to People Citizen Ambassador Library Sciences Delegation program to South Africa. I was fortunate enough to travel with 22 other library science delegates to interact professionally with our counterparts in the library fi eld in South Africa. My mission was to share Johnson C. Smith University’s Information Literacy program, establish lifelong relationships and seek ways in which our library can have an active role in supporting library services in South Africa. Our challenge with libraries in America is keeping our doors open. However, in Africa, their fi rst challenge is simply establishing more library facilities for their citizens. It was my mission while there to share my knowledge and expertise in library science and archival preservation and do my part to make sure information is accessible to all and that the rich culture there is preserved.

The People to People Citizen Ambassador Program was started by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956, and its mission is to foster one-on-one dialogue and professional diplomacy with counterparts overseas. On October 20, 2009, I landed at Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa; my itinerary encom-passed a wide range of visits to South Africa’s libraries in Johannesburg and Cape Town, and at every visit I carried books donated by Charlotte-based Kamit Natural Foods, more than 2,000 pencils donated by Imagine Us and Johnson C. Smith University memorabilia.

One of my fi rst stops was in the town of Soweto, where Nelson Mandela marched for the liberation of South Africans from apartheid. There, the Rosa Parks Library was established by the United States Embassy in 1976 and was the only library that South African leaders could visit and read information on the Civil Rights Move-ment in the United States. The Rosa Parks Library is the property of the U.S. Embassy, and the South African government did not have the authority to stop its citizens from visiting the library or censor its holdings. While there, we were greeted by library director Joshua Kaunda, who informed us that the library struggles for funds to purchase books and provide services to the people in the townships. Approximately 90 percent of the books in the library are not of South African origin, mostly representing the views of Western culture and history.

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We also visited one of the six campuses of the University of Pretoria. With a student population of 57,409, it is the leading research university in South Africa and one of the largest in the country. We were introduced to the library director and the e-learning and digitization librarians who were very eager to share how they are using the latest Web 2.0 technology to promote library services. After two hours of meeting and greeting the University of Pretoria li-brary staff, we journeyed to the University of South Africa to visit the Unisa Library, the largest academic library in South Africa.

- By Monika Rhue, Director of the Library Services

Delegates visit Unisa Library at the University of South Africa, October 2009.

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Dr. Mbambo-Thata, executive director of the Unisa Library, shared the library’s strategic plan. One of the chal-lenges the library is experiencing is how to market their services to a country where there are 11 languages. How do they provide services beyond the walls of the University of South Africa to people in the townships? Dr. Mbambo-Thata was very passionate about exploring solutions to this problem, and said she sees the library as a “social man-date for providing education to the poorer communities.”

We also visited the Mae Jemison U.S. Science Reading Room at the heart of the Mamelodi community to interact with the children that crowded the room while using computers or playing with science models and educational toys. The children’s eagerness to share and learn more about America was pure and innocent. Here, with our fi n-est library facilities and services, we still have to convince our community to come through our doors and use the services and resources that we provide. Yet these children were crowded at the computers and educational stations, laughing and learning. I wondered, if they had an abundance of libraries and resources, would they still appreciate what they have? In America, we have far beyond the basics they have in South Africa, but I question if we truly understand and appreciate all we have at our disposal.

Despite some impressive exceptions, nothing could have prepared me for what I witnessed within some townships during my journey. You often see poverty on television, but it was nothing like seeing poverty up close. In many places, families were huddled into crowded three-room shanties with no electricity. My trip to South Africa inspired me to play my part in not only improving the libraries of this great country, but also the lives of the people. Today we may be able to provide them with pencils and books for their libraries; tomorrow, hopefully, it may be funds to help build better housing for families in need.

The University of South Africa was established in 1873, and in 1946, the library was established as a means to offer distance education to its citizens. The library has more than 1.5 million books, 4,000 current periodical titles, a growing collection of electronic journals and e-books and university students and staff have access to the library 24/7. I was impressed; the library was amazing! Although the trip to South Africa was to exchange ideas, the academic libraries we visited were advanced. As we toured the library, we could tell they invested a lot of time and money in making sure students had the best resources to be successful. Rhue holds a little boy while visiting a township in Soweto, an urban area in Johannesburg.

Aerial view of a township in Soweto.

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Barbara Allen Administrative Assistantballen@jcsu.edu704-371-6740

Brenda AlmeydaInformation Literacy and Reference Librarianbalmeyda@jcsu.edu704-371-6733

Barbara CarrCatalogerbcarr@jcsu.edu704-371-6739

Geneen ClinkscalesEducational Technology Librariangclinkscales@jcsu.edu704-371-6734

Wilson GoodsonCirculation and Media Support Technicianwgoodson@jcsu.edu704-371-6743

Andrea Hylton Systems Librarianahylton@jcsu.edu704-371-6747

Ruth Faye RichardsDigitization and Serials Control Technician frichards@jcsu.edu704-371-1115

Michelle OrrCollection Development and Digitization Librarianmorr@jcsu.edu704-378-1033

Marcella McGowanSerials and Electronic Resources Librarianmmcgowan@jcsu.edu704-378-1115

Rosalind MooreCirculation and Public Services Coordinatorramoore@jcsu.edu (704) 371-6745

Gloria Russell Acquisitions Assistant grussell@jcsu.edu704-371-6737

Beth MartinInstructional Technology Librarianbmartin@jcsu.edu704-371-6738

Monika RhueDirector of Library Servicesmrhue@jcsu.edu704-371-6740

Meet the Staff

Brandon LunsfordArchival Services Librarian and Interlibrary Loanbdlundsford@jcsu.edu

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Professional Activities

Conference Attendance:

American Library Association Annual ConferenceEncoded Archival Description ConferenceEDUCAUSE Annual ConferenceMetrolina Library Association Annual Information Literacy ConferenceNorth Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Library Directors MeetingSociety for Information Technology & Teacher Education ConferenceSoutheastern CONTENTdm Annual Meeting

Publications and Presentations:

Hylton, A.; B. Martin; and M. Rhue. “JILL: Johnson C. Smith University Information Literacy and Learn-ing Program” Presentation at the Georgia Conference on Information Literacy as part of the panel “Cross Institutional Collaboration: HBCUs Join Together to Further their Institutional Goals,” September 25-26, 2009.

Lunsford, B. (2009). “Charlotte Then and Now.” San Diego, California: Thunder Bay Press.

Meloncon Posner, L.; and Martin, B. (2009). “Dancing with the iPod: Exploring the Mobile Landscape of Composition Studies.” In A.C. Kimme Hea (Ed.), “Going Wireless: A Critical Exploration of Wireless and Mobile Technologies for Composition Teachers and Researchers” (pp. 289-307). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, Inc.

Orr, M.; M. Rhue; and R. Richards. “Saving the Music: The History of the Biddle University Quintet.” Presentation at the Society of North Carolina Archivists Annual Conference, March 5, 2010.

Programs:

William Goodson, Library Support Staff Certifi cation through the American Library Association

Marcella McGowan, Association of Southeastern Research Libraries and the HBCU Library Alliance 2010 Librarian Exchange

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