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New Library Staff
Veronica Good Narinder Mitter Michael Stickrod Kiyori Iida Fei Huang PromotionsJulia Muravnik Christine Connolly Transferring StaffChristopher Kaminski Departing StaffRaman Prasad Holly Grossetta Nardini Staff In FocusYale Center for British Art Welcomes New Head Librarian
In addition to his work at the Center, he is a practicing printmaker who works primarily with etchings and woodcuts. Binkowski also enjoys painting, drawing, and studying military history and fine arts. Binkowski’s own research focuses on printing techniques of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries applied to the book and magazine trades. He has lectured and curated library exhibitions on these topics, wrote “A Small Circle of Friends: The Beginning of the Delaware Art Museum” for The Delaware Art Museum: Selected Treasures (Scala Publications, 2004), and is contributing two essays to the forthcoming publication A Handbook of Art Museum Librarianship (edited by Joan M. Benedetti). As the Center’s Head Librarian, Binkowski will work to increase access to the collections for students, scholars and visitors.
Library In FocusArts of the Book Summer Exhibits A Flourish of Form: New and Traditional Structures in Artists’
Books Traditional book binding techniques form the basis of most artists’ books, and while these historic methods and styles, including tape and cord bindings, adhesive bindings, accordion fold books, and stab and post bindings, have often been used to great effect, artists have not necessarily limited themselves. In recent decades book artists have expanded their search for novel forms, too, creating new sequential book structures and reviving older forms or novelty styles. This exhibit, drawn from examples in the Arts of the Book Collection (Arts Library, Yale University Library), demonstrates interesting structural forms in artists' books and focuses on several types. Some artists make use of forms most commonly associated with children’s books or novelty toys; others use forms like dos à dos or French door books that are more directly associated with the standard codex. Still other artists have adapted forms with no practical antecedent in the book arts but that are also closely related to other binding techniques. The books on display highlight a continuing impulse to expand the boundaries of book arts beyond the historical limitations of traditional book forms. Older forms are being reexamined for their possibilities and new forms are being devised, tested and turned into successful works of art. By doing so, artists juxtapose distinct texts, complicate the narrative sequence, and enlarge the possibilities of reading, while demonstrating the unlimited potential of book arts.
The final project of the Art of the Printed Word college seminar is on display in the vertical cases in the Arts of the Book Collection. The portfolio consists of a series of 26 broadsides, each depicting a letter of the alphabet as found carved on the Yale campus. Students wrote commentary about each letter including information on its location, relationship to Yale tradition and history, and typographic importance. Letterpress is alive and well at Yale! Programs in International Educational Resources (PIER) link up with Yale University Library The first six fellows in the new Community Faculty Fellowships Program met up with Librarians and PIER staff at Luce Hall in April. In December 2003, Programs in International Educational Resources (PIER), the outreach arm of the Yale Center for International and Area Studies (YCIAS), in collaboration with the Yale University Library, launched this internationally focused initiative. The fellowships aim to provide guided access to Yale’s international education resources for a competitively selected group of faculty from Connecticut’s community colleges. With the goal of enabling them to conduct research and create new courses or add international content to courses currently taught, six fellowship recipients were officially appointed in January. Twelve subsequent fellowships will be offered on an annual basis, at the start of each calendar year. Among the many benefits, successful candidates will receive Library privileges, an individually tailored program of lectures and activities and have the opportunity to participate in the PIER Summer Institutes and Overseas Field Study Programs. For further information about the PIER Community Faculty Fellowships, please contact Janet Headley, PIER Director, at: janet.headley@yale.edu or at 203 432 3429.
The Lost Papers of Louise Bryant The personal papers of the pioneering foreign correspondent Louise Bryant have arrived unexpectedly at the Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University. Thought to be lost, the papers contain such treasures as Bryant’s notes on what she witnessed in Russia during the communist revolution of 1917 and several poems written by the young playwright Eugene O’Neill, apparently never before published.
The arrival of these papers, which provide a unique perspective on Bryant’s life, took the archivists at Yale by surprise. The Bryant papers came to Sterling Memorial Library along with the papers of William C. Bullitt as part of a deposit by Anne Moen Bullitt, the daughter of Bryant and Bullitt. Biographers of Bryant believed her personal papers to be lost, but when the boxes arrived from Ireland, the archivists were astonished by the quantity and quality of the materials relating to Louise Bryant. Besides her notes on the Russian Revolution and the O’Neill poems, the papers include an extensive collection of letters to Bryant, photographs, journalism notes, and many of Bryant’s unpublished poems, plays, and short stories. The Louise Bryant collection is now open to researchers in the Manuscripts and Archives collection, housed in Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University. For further information, please contact William Massa at: william.massa@yale.edu or (203) 432-1735. A guide to the Louise Bryant papers may also be found at: http://mssa.library.yale.edu/findaids/stream.php?xmlfile=mssa.ms.1840.xml
Event HighlightsA Morning with New Haven Public Schools and Yale University Librarians Views from a collaborative with the Yale University Library and New Haven Public School administrators and media specialists. Held on Friday, June 3 from 10-12 noon.
Perparations Open House On Wednesday, June 2, 2005, the Preparations Team sponsored an Open House called "From Processing To Shelf". There were demonstrations by staff members responsible for different tasks and ample time was given for questions and answers. J Noyes, our representative from Bridgeport Bindery was also in attendance. This was a great opportunity for other staff within the Library community to observe the complex nature of the work. The turnout was excellent and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.
New Staff Reception The Ceremony and reception was sponsored by LAS and LiSA to honor the new employees that have joined the library this year. The event was held at the Sheffield- Sterling- Strathcona Hall. Each AUL provided a brief description about the new employees who joined their groups. New Staff Recognized:
Service Awards Ceremony In celebration of years of service to the Library and the University, May 17, 2005.
Serving International Customers Service providers in universities today are typically serving faculty and students from all over the world. The challenges of communicating across cultures affect service delivery. This seminar was for front-line service providers who wish to enhance their skills in building trust across cultures, communicating respect and managing expectations of customers whose first language is not English. We explored the kinds of frequently encountered challenges that occur when cultures collide, specific strategies for slowing down transactions when culture clash is occurring, and strategies for preventing misunderstandings based on cultural differences. A model for dealing with culture clash was be presented, and participants will have the chance to apply the model in a cross cultural simulation. This seminar was coordinated by the Social Sciences Libraries through the pooling of their Learning Plan funds.
Did you Know?Digital Libraries: Here, Now, Happening Always abreast of the long term trends in librarianship, the School of Information
Studies at Syracuse University has developed an 18-credit Certificate of Advanced
Studies (CAS) in Digital Libraries. The CAS, as are all our master's degrees,
is available via online and campus formats. This certificate can be tailored to meet the needs of those who want to work with organizing and managing collections of digital information, either within or outside of established libraries. Development of digital libraries, while moving rapidly, can still be considered
to be in its infancy. Challenges exist that will make the arena of digital libraries
a fertile environment for innovation and creative implementation for many decades.
These challenges include technical and information architecture, metadata, optimal
retrieval engines, user-friendly design and display of information, data warehousing,
archiving and preservation, and machine and human mediated services for using
the collections. The CAS in Digital Libraries is an ideal program for practicing information professionals, librarians, and students in IT management, law, the entertainment and digital imaging industries, and any other information-intensive fields that need to store, organize, and retrieve large numbers of digital files efficiently. Librarians who already possess a master's in library science can acquire, update, or intensify skills in the digital libraries arena through this certificate. As well, the CAS in Digital Libraries provides a foundation for students who wish to pursue a master's of Library and Information Science. The curriculum is comprised of three core courses: The remainder of the 18 credits required for the certificate may be selected from a wide variety of courses ranging from Information Architecture for Internet Services to Digital Retrieval Services. For more information on the Certificate of Advanced Studies at the School of Information Studies, visit our web site: www.ist.syr.edu. Or, contact our program director, Jian Qin: Jian Qin
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Learning Plan HighlightsIf you have a Learning Plan success that you would like to share, contact Shaundolyn Slaughter at 432-1810. For more information on the Learning Plan go to: http://www.library.yale.edu/training/stod/learningplan.html HR UpdatesNew Student Rates for 2005-2006 Academic Year The following rates will be effective August 30, 2005.
New responsibilities for Library exhibits and events As part of an effort to enhance the publicity given to Library exhibits and events, a new web site has been created to publicize exhibits in the Sterling Memorial Library. Please visit the site at http://resources.library.yale.edu/online/news.asp. And please be sure to visit in person the great exhibits in the Library, which draw on collections from all parts of the Library system. Current exhibits include: "From Intent to Serendipity: Origins of Special Collections at Yale"; "Nathan Hale: Early American Idol"; " Muslims' Contributions to Medieval Medicine and Pharmacology"; Treasures of the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library"; and an exhibit of works by Yale alumni of the Class of '55. Starting two weeks ago, the Office of Development and Communications has assumed responsibility for scheduling the exhibit cases in Sterling Memorial Library (Nave, Corridor and Elevator Cases). They will also work very closely with the Manuscripts and Archives Department and the Music Library staff to promote exhibits throughout the entire building. Many thanks to Danuta Nitecki and Maryetta Russell who have put in place and managed a system that has produced excellent results over the past several years. Diana Timlin and Amanda Patrick look forward to working with library staff in this important public relations initiative for the Sterling Memorial Library. Yale University Standards of Business Conduct The following is an important new statement that I hope you will take the time to review and consider carefully: the Yale University Standards of Business Conduct. As you will see, the Standards of Business Conduct articulate the ethical and legal principles that have long governed business dealings by Yale faculty and staff, both among themselves and with the outside world. They reflect the values to which this University subscribes, and identify the many documents that set forth the University policies that address these matters. The new statement, which has been reviewed and strongly endorsed by the Yale Corporation, now appears here on the Provost's website and will soon appear elsewhere in University publications. I hope that its publication will lead to discussion of the underlying principles and policies. Any comments you may have on it are welcomed. Questions about the applicability of the Standards or the referenced policies in particular circumstances may be addressed to Yale Assistant Vice President and Controller Cary Scapillato, at (203) 432-5524, or to Deputy General Counsel Susan Carney, at (203) 432-4949. http://www.yale.edu/provost/html/standards.html -- President Richard C. Levin
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Yale
Center for British Art The Yale Center for British Art is pleased to announce
the appointment of Kraig Binkowski as Head Librarian of the Reference Library
and Photograph Archive. Binkowski comes to the Center from the Delaware Art
Museum, where he improved access to the library holdings by automating the catalogue
and by providing access to the manuscript collections on the museum’s
Web site. He began his career as a librarian at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Binkowski has a Master of Library and Information Science degree from Wayne
State University, as well as a Master of Fine Arts degree from Ohio State University.
Louise Bryant
lived a remarkable life. Born in 1885, she was one of the earliest women to
become a star foreign correspondent. Her reporting on the Russian Revolution
appeared in hundreds of American newspapers and, for a brief period, she was
one of the leading authorities in the United States on the new Soviet government,
publishing two books on the subject. She knew personally and interviewed many
of the leading figures of revolutionary Russia including Vladimir Lenin, Leon
Trotsky, and Alexandr Kerensky. Bryant filled her personal life with similarly
noteworthy individuals. Her second husband was the radical journalist John Reed;
her third husband was William C. Bullitt, the first American ambassador to the
Soviet Union and later ambassador to France; and she had a short but intense
affair with Eugene O’Neill.
HR
in Focus