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Library Hosts Chinese Directors

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Frank Turner Hollon Speaks at JSU

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L to R: Hanrong Wang, Aiyun Wu, Lili Li, Xiaowen Wang, John-Bauer Graham, Rebecca Turner, Franklin King, William Meehan, Joe Delap, Jodi Poe, Mary Bevis, Laurie Charnigo, and Yingqi Tang.

As part of the “Think Globally, Act Globally” U.S.–China Librarian Collaboration Project, Jacksonville State University was selected to host two library directors from China. Ms. Xiaowen Wang, Deputy Director from Liaoning Provincial Library, and

Ms. Aiyun Wu, Deputy Director from Jilin Provincial Library, visited the Library on July 16, 2009. Discussions were set up between the Chinese directors and Serials/Acquisition Librarian Ms. Mary Bevis, Head of Technical Services Ms. Jodi Poe, and Dean of Library Services Mr. John-Bauer Graham. Librarians from both China and JSU shared their opinions on library issues, including library services, workflows, budgets, library systems and more.

After a library tour and question and answer sessions with selected librar-ians, the Chinese directors attended a luncheon with JSU President Dr. Bill Meehan, Vice President for Academic & Student Affairs Dr. Rebecca Turner, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Joe Delap, Associate Vice

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Each fall the Friends of Houston Cole Library host an evening with an author – generally one who is from the South or who writes about the South. This year, the Friends were excited to host Alabama author Frank Turner Hollon on Monday, October 26, 2009. Mr. Hollon has previously spoken twice at JSU’s literary event, On the Brink, and he is a favorite of those who have heard him speak.

Mr. Hollon was born in Huntsville, Alabama and was raised in Slidell, Louisiana. He graduated from Louisiana Tech University in 1985 and Tulane Law School in 1988. He wrote his first book, The Pains Of April, in the 1980s while in law school. Not intending that the novel would be read by anyone other than himself, the manuscript stayed in a box under his bed for more than a decade before it was published in 1999.

His novel, Life Is A Strange Place, is scheduled to be released as a major motion picture titled Barry Munday. (Barry Munday is the novel’s main character.) Mr. Hollon entertained the audience as he described the process of turning a book into a film. It is planned that the release of his most recent book, Austin and Emily, will coincide with the release of Barry Munday.

Other novels by Mr. Hollon include: The God File, A Thin Difference, The Point of Fracture, Blood and Circumstance, and The Wait. Mr. Hollon wrote Glitter Girl and the Crazy Cheese, a children’s book, with his children as a way to include them in his work. In addition, he has selections in the Blue Moon Cafe series, a collection of short stories from contemporary Southern writers.

Mr. Hollon lives in Baldwin County, Alabama where he practices law. His writing style is unique and at times a bit quirky, but he has the ability to make his readers feel the emotion of his characters. He is also, as a speaker, very entertaining!

Frank Turner Hollon

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Frank Turner HollonSpeaks

Publications &presentations

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Brown Bag Lunches Page 3

Jazzman’s Cafe Opens Page 2

Librarians run 5Ks Page 2

ONE CAN food drive Page 3

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Publications and Presentations...The faculty at Houston Cole Library have been publishing and presenting. Here are their most recent accomplishments …

John-Bauer Graham. (2009). “An Uneven Balancing Act: One Library Administrator’s View on Providing Library Services for Distant Patrons.” Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning (3:2): 43-46.

John-Bauer Graham, et. al. (Spring 2009). “Creating a Culture of Mentoring @ Your Library.” Southeastern Librarian (57:1): 29-38.

Laurie Charnigo Phillips (2009). “Lights! Camera! Action! Producing Library Instruc-tion Video Tutorials Using Camtasia Studio.” Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning (3:1): 23-30.

Jodi Poe. (April-June 2009). “From the Editor.” (Column) Journal of Library & Informa-tion Services in Distance Learning (3:2): 41-42.

Jodi Poe. ( January-March 2009). “From the Editor.” (Column) Journal of Library & In-formation Services in Distance Learning (3:1): 1-2.

Jodi Poe. (April 2009). “ALLA and AMO.” ALLA.COMmunicator [Online] (11:4)Kimberly Stevens and Bethany Latham (2009). “Giving Voice to the Past: Digitizing Oral

History,” OCLC Systems & Services (25:3): 212-220.

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Jazzman’s Café Opens

Librarian Travels to China

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Library Acquires JSTORThe Library is pleased to announce that it has purchased the

JSTOR Arts & Sciences Collections I, IV, and V. JSTOR, a digital archive of humanities, social sciences, and sciences scholarship, provides University faculty, staff, and students with access to ap-proximately 350 titles in more than 20 disciplines.

JSTOR is a welcome addition to the Library’s electronic journal holdings, all of which can be accessed through the Library catalog (http://library.jsu.edu) or website (http://www.jsu.edu/library/re-sources).

For more information or assistance, please contact the Library Reference Desk at 256.782.8034 or online at http://www.jsu.edu/library/forms/ask_a_librarian.html.

Hanrong Wang, the Library’s subject specialist for Law and Technology, was selected as a presenter for the 2009 China-U.S. Library International Conference in China, which was held in November. The conference is sponsored by the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA), an ALA affiliate, and Donghua University, Shanghai, China.

The theme of this international conference is “Library Building, Com-munication, Cooperation and Development”. Four library professionals, including Ms. Roberta A. Stevens, American Library Association Presi-dent-Elect, were selected from the U. S. to give presentations at this international conference. Ms. Wang delivered a half-day lecture focused on reference services, sources, and reference librarians in academic libraries.

For more information about the conference, please visit: http://library.dhu.edu.cn/lib2009/pro.aspx.

vThe Library faculty and staff participated in the inaugural ONE CAN Program food drive in October. At the suggestion of George Cline, Professor of Biology, the Faculty Senate has implemented this campus-wide food drive to support the Jacksonville Christian Outreach Center (JCOC), a non-denominational volunteer organization. The ONE CAN Program is a volunteer program which collects food and neces-sities for the local food bank to distribute to area families in need of assistance. A collection box for donations was placed in the Library’s lobby, and on October 16th the food was taken to JCOC. According to Cline, more than 300 cans were col-lected across campus. The next ONE CAN food drive will be on January 29, 2010.

Library Faculty Hit the 5K RoutesWoodstock 5KKim Stevens represented the Library on the “JSU Wood-stock Gamecocks” team at the Woodstock 5K in Anniston, Ala. on August 1, 2009. The JSU team, headed up by Karen Gregg (College of Arts and Sciences), placed fourth out of 15 teams in the team competition, coming in only 20 sec-onds behind the third place team, “The Depot Dashers.” In first place was “Oxford Buzz,” with “Honda Fitness” finishing second.Members of the 2009 JSU Woodstock Team were Veronica Citireag, Sonny Cunningham, Carmine Di Biase, Karen Gregg, Gordon Harvey, Mary Newton, Natalie Smith, Kim Stevens, and Josphat Waweru. Stevens also represented JSU at the Woodstock event as part of JAXPAN, a steel band that provided musical entertainment at the race. JAXPAN, led by Tracy Tyler (recently retired from Music Dept.), also includes Rod Conaway, Brian DeGaetano, Jill DeGaetano, Ashley Gaither, and Kelly Gregg. This year’s Woodstock 5K was the Road Runners Club of America (RRCA) National 5K Championship. Next year’s 30th Woodstock 5K will be the RRCA Southern Regional 5K Championship.Gamecock Gallop 5KFor the eighth year in a row, the Houston Cole Library team took the President’s Cup Award in the Gamecock Gallop 5K held October 24, 2009. The President’s Cup Award is given to the department with the highest number of participants in the annual event. Members of the 2009 Library Gallop team were Paula Barnett-Ellis, John-Bauer Graham, Arland Henning, Jodi Poe, and Kim Stevens.

ONE CAN make a difference!Inaugural ONE CAN food drive a success

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Dr. Rebecca Turner, Vice-President of Academic and Student Affairs, has placed several items of interest on reserve. These items include:

Departments That Work: Building and Sustaining Cultures of Excellence in Academic Programs by Jon F. Wergin

Educating for Democracy: Preparing Undergraduates for Respon-sible Political Engagement by Anne Colby

Faculty Misconduct in Collegiate Teaching by John M. Braxton and Alan E. Bayer

These items and more can be found through the Library’s reserve system. From the Library’s home page, click on the “Course Reserves” link in the left-hand navigation and then select Dr. Turner from the drop-down list of instructors. Some of the reserve items are available electronically through the Library’s catalog. Those that are not can be accessed through the Reserves Desk located in the lobby of the Library.

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President for Distance Education Dr. Franklin King, Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences Ms. Lisa Williams and related library staff.

The Chinese directors were impressed with both the services of the Library and the genuine Southern hospitality. They ex-pressed that they would love to share their American experiences with their colleagues after they went back to China.

During their stay in the Southeast, the Chinese library directors also visited Bir-mingham Public Library and Atlanta-Fulton Public Library and its branch library, Auburn Avenue Research Library, in neighboring Georgia.

Accompanying them on their trip was Ms. Hanrong Wang, Southeast Chapter Immedi-ate Past President, and Mr. Lili Li, Southeast Chapter current President.

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Many changes were made by Sodexo, the campus dining service, over the summer to provide students with more options when us-ing their meal plans and flex dollars. One of those changes included opening a jazz café in the lobby of the Library. The east side of the lobby (closest to the parking lot), is now Jazzman’s Café. When patrons enter the Library, they are greeted by both soft jazz and the aroma of fresh coffee.

Jazzman’s offers a selection of specialty coffee and tea drinks, both hot and cold, as well as fruit smoothies and bottled beverages. Fresh garden salads, sandwiches and wraps are available daily. Most tempt-ing, however, is the array of pastries, cookies and muffins – baked fresh each morning.

For the majority of the year, the café follows the Library’s hours – opening one hour after the Library opens, and closing one hour before the Library closes. There are special hours between semesters and the café is not open when the Library is closed. Jazzman’s is open to the public, as is the Library. Stop by, have a meal, a snack or a drink then check out the rest of the Library. Certain rules apply for check out privileges, but all are welcome to come in and use library resources.

The Library’s Brown Bag Lunch series begins its second year with a name change, to the Library Lunchtime Lecture program. Begun in the fall of 2008 by librarian Charlcie Pettway Vann, the lecture series’ goals were twofold: to enhance town-gown relation-ships and to promote the Library by demonstrating that it can provide information on almost any topic and is for everyone, not just the University community.

Pettway Vann believes that the program has been a learning curve for her, from get-ting support for the program from within the Library to obtaining volunteer speakers and marketing the lectures. Coming up with a diverse palette of program topics and scheduling the lectures at appropriate intervals has also presented challenges, but so far Pettway Vann is pleased with the results. Simon Bevis’ talk on organic farming and a wellness program on creative ways to eat healthy were well-received by the public, but Pettway Vann’s personal favorite among the lectures was the talk given by Barbara Curry, the first African American student to enroll at Jacksonville State University.

The lecture series is building on its success by scheduling programs on quilting, maintaining good mental health, and music. If you are interested in presenting a library lecture, please contact Charlcie Pettway Vann at 782-8434 or cvann@jsu.edu.