Nancy Poole Wins RBS Scholarship
Last week, Nancy Poole, a second year MLIS student, was named as one of the recipients for a scholarship to the Rare Book School (RBS) at the University of Virginia.
Nancy discovered Medieval illuminated Haggadot, orders of service for the Pesach (Passover) holiday, in her LIS History of the Book (HOB) course, taken in Spring 2008. “One of my first classes here,” she said. Nancy had been learning to read Hebrew, so she opted do a comparison of two Haggadot originating from different geographical areas in the 14th century, as a project for HOB. That led to a practicum at Duke University’s Perkins Library over the summer where Nancy collected metadata on Medieval Latin and Hebrew manuscripts, as well as 17th century English court documents. “ It was helpful to have had four years of Latin and I loved the work,” she laughed, “but I’m afraid I became obsessed with illuminated manuscripts. As a result, Professors Joe Rosenblum and Bill Finley suggested that I look into RBS.” There, world-renowned scholars teach courses in codicology, Latin paleography, illumination, bookmaking and binding methods, and many other areas. There are a limited number of scholarships available annually: each is good for one course offered in either of the next two years following the award.
Nancy hopes to study either codiology or Latin paleography.
LIS Career Night – Thursday, October 15th
This semester’s Career Night will be Thursday 10/15 in Stone 186 (Greensboro) and in Fretwell 126 (Charlotte). It will be moderated by Dr. Richard Monitz and there will be an introduction by Dr. Chu.
Schedule:
5-5:30 Reception at both locations
5:30-6:30 Panel Discussion
6:30-7:00 Networking at each location.
Panelists:
- Fredericka Bryant, of Wachovia
- David Bryden, Director of Library Services at High Point University
- Cathy DuPre, School Library Media Specialist
- Jennifer Evans, of ITT Tech and Metrolina Library Association
- Martin House, of The Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County
- Lynda Kellam, Data Services & Government Information Librarian at Jackson Library
- Pete Turner, School Library Media
Questions to be Covered:
- What do you currently do in your position?
- What has been your career path since leaving library school?
- Advice for emerging librarian and information professionals, especially in terms of skills they should be learning in library school.
- Predictions about the future developments in the library field
- What do you do to stay current in the field?
- What kinds of networking do you do as a professional?
- What kinds of things could I do that I might not be thinking about as I finish my degree (e.g. write a paper for publication, volunteer at a library to get experience, etc.)?
There will be time for your own personal questions and networking. Look forward to seeing you there!
If you have any questions please contact Dr. Barbara Feldman at bffeld@comporium.net, Dr. Anthony Chow at ASCHOW@uncg.edu, or Margaret Smith at masmi34@uncg.edu.
iDEAL Summit Coming November 9th
On November 9, 2009, the Department of Library and Information Studies (LIS) is holding a town hall meeting, the Information, Diversity, Engagement, Access and Libraries Summit (iDEALS), to bring together LIS students, faculty, staff and alumni, the regional professional community and other stakeholders to discuss and work on how we address information, diversity, engagement, access and libraries (iDEAL) in our education, research, practice and community.
School Library Media Advising Scheduled
Drop-in sessions for group advising of the School Library Media Program candidates will be held in both Greensboro and Charlotte. Dr. Sandra Andrews, Linda Gann and Billie Durham will be available for advising on each campus at the times and places listed below.
UNC-Greensboro: Tuesday, November 10 / LIS Lab / 4:00 – 6:00 PM
UNC-Charlotte: Monday, November 2 / 207 Macy / 4:00 – 6:00 PM
Welcome, 2009 ACE Scholars
UNCG is proud to welcome the first cohort of ACE Scholars within the Department of Library and Information Studies. With the goal of increasing the number of culturally diverse librarians in adademic libraries, UNCG instituted the Academic and Cultural Enrichment (ACE) Scholars Program in 2009. Using a generous grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program, we have recruited twelve students from under represented communities into a two-year MLIS degree program.
