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Notes & Quotes

    Staff Notes…

    by Mary Lou Neighbour, AV Librarian

    In December, Max Shenk, Periodicals Assistant, received his Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Goddard College. He has one completed manuscript and has two other “almost finished” manuscripts which he is looking to publish. Max also has four or five other books plotted out with characters he has created. Thus, he is looking for a multi-book deal if possible. He also imagines that teaching is in his future. He paraphrases Thoreau by saying that he’s “built my castles in the air” and is now putting foundations under them. Congratulations, Max, on your Masters, and good luck with your future plans!

    Lawrence Greene, Archives and Special Collections Librarian, will be moderating a panel discussion at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference in Scranton this April. The panel is titled “Preservation Assessments and Application in Smaller Archives: How-tos and Hints.”

    PT AV Cataloger, Kate Pourshariati, has arranged for the College to host a workshop of the Society of American Archivists called “Becoming a Film Friendly Archivist,” which will take place here on March 9th. Archivists from all over the country will attend. As many readers know, the AV Library is very fortunate to own a collection of 16mm films (and videotape copies of films) by the pioneering early 20th century studio owner and producer, Siegmund Lubin. Our collection of films is largely thanks to donations by Professor Joseph Eckhardt, of the history department, who has written a book on this émigré producer. We are now planning a full archival description of the collection and cataloging, using the combined skills of Kate, Lawrence Greene, and Mary Lou Neighbour. While all three have some experience of and knowledge about film archives, Kate, Lawrence, and Mary Lou will attend the workshop in order to become more fully informed. The instructors of this workshop have impressive credentials: Snowden Becker has been a film archivist and the Public Access Coordinator for the Academy Film Archive in Los Angeles (home of the Academy Awards) and Katie Trainor is the Film Preservationist for the Jerome Hill collection at the Museum of Modern Art’s Film Preservation center.

    Reference Librarian, Jim Frutchey, has learned that by passing E-Learning 101, he is officially certified to teach online courses at the College. The course was arrange Teaching Online: A Practical Guided by Dick Greenwood, Susan Hauck, and Fran Lukacik. It was a Blackboard course that consisted of reading a book called and a series of postings; completing related exercises (interviewing others with experience teaching online, determining how online vs. face-to-face classes would differ, etc.); posting and discussing findings; taking six quizzes; and submitting a lesson in a practice course on Blackboard that included a Dreamweaver page. In addition to his B.A. in American Studies and M.S.L.S. in Science and Library Science, Jim has an M.A. in History and an M.A. in Student Affairs in Higher Education. Thus, he is interested in teaching a course in U.S. history in the future and, perhaps, eventually, developing a course that ties in with popular culture. Congratulations, Jim!