An Interview with Amy Harris, Subject Specialist and Information Literacy Program Coordinator

Amy Harris is both a subject specialist and the Information Literacy Program Coordinator. Irma Minerva TV spoke with her about what the library has to offer students. She also gave advice to new students on how to be successful in researching topics at the library.



Host: Andrew Holt Williams

Time: 3:20

Music: "Morning Sunrise" by Pete Calandra and Scott Schreer (freeplaymusic.com)

Links:

• Amy Harris's Profile on the Jackson Library website

• Jackson Library's Information Literacy Game

• More Information Literacy Information from Jackson Library

UNCG's All Campus Read and interview with Scott Gibson

In this podcast, we interview Scott Gibson, coordinator for the "All Campus Read" (formerly All Freshman Read) program and the One Book, Many Voices conference at UNCG. He discusses this year's book selection Enrique's Journey and it's importance to the local community.
Author Sonia Nazario will be speaking Monday, Nov. 16, from 3-4 p.m. in Cone Ballroom, Elliott University Center and later in a lecture from 7-9 p.m. in the Sullivan Science Building Auditorium which is open to the public. Don't miss the following events:


November 13, 2009 One Book, Many Voices Conference 8am-2pm, EUC
November 16, 2009 Author Sonia Nazario speaks at two functions -- from 3-4pm in the EUC for staff, students and faculty; 7-9 p.m. in the Sullivan Science Building Auditorium free and open to the public.

Hosts: Hannah Winkler and Scott Gibson
Time: 5:55 |Size 5.41 MB | Download .mp3 |
Music/Sounds: "ants........................" by Anchor Méjans (intro)
Links:
http://uncgfol.blogspot.com/
http://library.uncg.edu/
http://library.uncg.edu/fol/register

An Interview with Mark Schumacher, Reference Librarian at the UNCG Jackson Library

Mark Schumacher has been with the UNCG Jackson Library for over 31 years as a subject specialist for the humanities and social sciences, and as a reference librarian. In this interview, he speaks from his office here at UNCG about his educational background and history, what he does as a reference librarian, and advice for students.



Host: Andrew Holt Williams

Time: 5:19

Music: "Morning Sunrise" by Pete Calandra and Scott Schreer (freeplaymusic.com)

Links:

• Mark Schumacher's Homepage
  
• UNCG Jackson Library's Reference and Instructional Services
  
• RUSA: ALA's Reference and User Services Professional Organization
  
• Mark's Photo Gallery
  

2009 Celebration of Promotion and Tenure Event

On September 29, 2009, the library hosted the fourth annual celebration of the attainment of promotion and tenure by members of the UNCG faculty. As part of this celebration each of the 33 honorees were invited to select a favorite book and share the personal meaning or reason for choosing it. In each book a commemorative bookplate honoring their achievement is placed and a display of these books can be seen on the first floor of the Jackson Library. Congratulations to the many that have achieved tenure at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro: read more about them here.


Special thanks to those who shared their thoughts on the event:

• Dr. David Perrin, Provost
• Rosann Bazirjian, Dean of the University Libraries
• Dr. Gwendolyn C. Hunnicutt, Sociology
• Dr. Tom Jackson, Dept of History
• Dr. Kristine Lundgren, Communication Science and Disorders
• Dr. Anne Marie Scott, Nutrition
• Ms. Christine Morris, Theatre
• Dr. Rebecca Adams, Past Chair of Faculty Senate and P & T Committee

Hosts: Irma Minerva and Beth Filar Williams

Time: 5:28 |Size: 4.99 MB | Download .mp3 | Transcript

Music/Sounds: "ants........................" by Anchor Méjans (intro)

Links: Promotion and Tenure Recognition

Friends of the UNCG Libraries Book Discussion Group: The Innocent Man

In this podcast, we interview UNCG Sociology Department Associate Professor Saundra Westervelt who is leading the Friends of the University Libraries book discussion of The Innocent Man by John Grisham. Dr. Westervelt has specialties in criminology, specifically the sociology of law, miscarriages of justice and family violence. In her research she is conducting interviews with individuals who have been wrongfully convicted and exonerated. One of these exonerees, Greg Wilhoit, was a major source for Grisham's book.

Join us at 7 p.m. on Monday, September 21, in the Hodges Reading Room, Jackson Library for discussion of The Innocent Man. Registration for the discussion is online at http://library.uncg.edu/fol/register/.

Hosts: Hannah Winkler and Saundra Westervelt

Time: 14:44 |Size: 13,829 MB | Download .mp3 | Transcript Coming Soon

Music/Sounds: "ants........................" by Anchor Méjans (intro)

Link: http://uncgfol.blogspot.com/

Irma Minerva TV: An Interview with Sarah Dorsey, UNCG's Music Librarian

In this debut edition of Irma Minerva TV, a new feature here in our audio magazine, IMTV spoke with Sarah Dorsey, Head Music Librarian for the UNCG School of Music. In her interview, Sarah discusses her music background, what it's like to work in a music library, and she gives some important advice to students.



Host: Andrew Holt Williams

Time: 5:12

Music: "Morning Sunrise" by Pete Calandra and Scott Schreer (freeplaymusic.com)

Links:

• The UNCG Music Library
• Sarah Dorsey's Homepage
• Ask a Music Librarian
• Indiana University's Music Library Association (MLA) Clearinghouse- a listing of sites and other resources related to music librarianship.
  

Upcoming Event: Willy Claflin, Storyteller, Author, Folk Singer

In this podcast, Barry Miller and Karen Gavigan are interviewed to discuss the upcoming collaborative free event between UNCG library, School of Education, local area schools and BOOKMARKS, staring storyteller and author Willy Claflin: September 14, 2009, 7pm at the Elliott University Center Auditorium, UNCG Campus.

Hosts: Irma Minerva, Beth Filar Williams, Barry Miller (Library' Director of Communications and External Relations), Karen Gavigan (UNCG's Teaching Resource Center librarian).

Time: 5:29 |Size: 5 MB | Download .mp3 | Transcript

Music/Sounds: "ants........................" by Anchor Méjans (intro)

Links:

• Willy Claflin event details
• UNCG Libraries
• Friends of the Library
• UNCG School of Ed
  
• BOOKMARKS Festival of Books
  

Meet Joe Williams: Head of Access Services

In this podcast I interview Joe Williams, our new Head of Access Services at UNCG Libraries, to find out a little bit more about him - where he came from, what he does outside the library, why he wanted this position, and where he thinks libraries might be headed.

Hosts: Irma Minerva, Beth Filar Williams, and Joe Williams

Time: 5:39 |Size: 5.17 MB | Download .mp3 | Transcript Coming Soon

Music/Sounds: "ants........................" by Anchor Méjans (intro)

Link: Access Services Dept

What is the Library's Desktop Document Delivery Service?

This podcast explains the library's desktop document delivery service which is available for graduate students and faculty at UNCG: non-circulating print items held in the library can be request through the ILL request forms to be scanned and delivered electronically.

Hosts: Irma Minerva, Jonathan Bethea, and Christina Mayhand

Time: 1:48 |Size: 1.64 MB | Download .mp3 | Transcript

Music/Sounds: "ants........................" by Anchor Méjans (intro) and phone ringing by morgantj from freesound.org

Links:

• ILL request forms
  
• ILL FAQs
  
  
  

Interview: Steven Bell, keynote speaker at Library Entrepreneurial Conference

In this podcast Steven Bell discusses being a library entrepreneur and what it means to the profession. Bell, Associate University Librarian for Research and Instructional Services at Temple University, was the keynote speaker at the Inspiration, Innovation, Celebration: an Entrepreneurial Conference for Librarians held June 4, 2009. This interview is based on his lecture "Librarian Entrepreneurs: Demystifying A Professional Oxymoron."

Hosts: Irma Minerva and Steven Bell and Hannah Winkler

Time: 16:03 |Size: 15.05 MB | Download .mp3 | No transcript available

Music/Sounds: "ants........................" by Anchor Méjans (intro)

Links:

• Inspiration, Innovation, Celebration: an Entrepreneurial Conference for Librarians
• Photos of the conference on Flickr
  
• The Kept-Up Librarian
  
• Steven Bell website
  
• ACRL Blog
  
• Designing Better Libraries
  
  
  

Interview: Joyce L. Ogburn, keynote speaker at Library Entrepreneurial Conference

Inspiration, Innovation, Celebration: an Entrepreneurial Conference for Librarians Risk and Entrepreneurship in a Time of Uncertainty. Joyce L. Ogburn is the University Librarian and Director of the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah..

Hosts: Irma Minerva and Joyce L. Ogburn and Hannah Winkler

Time: 7:06 |Size: 6.5 MB | Download .mp3 | no transcript available

Music/Sounds: "ants........................" by Anchor Méjans (intro)

Links:

• Inspiration, Innovation, Celebration: an Entrepreneurial Conference for Librarians
• Photos of the conference on Flickr

Mobile Information Services

In this podcast we are going mobile. Hear about ways to get answers using your mobile device.

Hosts: Irma Minerva and Beth Filar Williams

Time: 2:27 |Size: 2.25 MB | Download .mp3 | Transcript

Music/Sounds: "ants........................" by Anchor Méjans (intro), FreqMan's Canon DOS D30, and pryght's harp.wav

Links:

• PEW Internet Study
• Library's Worldcat Database
• WorldCat Mobile
• mobile.usa.gov
• m.reference.com
• mobifusion.com
• cnnmoney.mobi
• businessweek.mobi
  
  
  

Old Time Ensemble @ UNCG

In this podcast we chat with members of the Old Time Ensemble, a traditional American music group consisting of students and faculty at UNCG who will be preforming (for FREE) Saturday April 18 5:30pm at the School of Music Organ Hall and Tuesday April 21 at 5pm at Tate Street Coffee House, Greensboro.

Hosts: Irma Minerva, Beth Filar Williams, Sarah Dorsey (sarah_dorsey@uncg.edu ), & J. Revell Carr (jrcarr2@uncg.edu)

Time: 8:57 |Size: 8.2 MB | Download .mp3 | Transcript

All music by Old Time Ensemble: "Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss" - Ensemble; "Cindy" - Ensemble, with Revell Carr, vocal; " Sweet Betsy From Pike" - Sarah Dorsey, cello and lead vocal, D. Travis Clem, mandolin; Gavin Douglas, penny whistle; Nicole Peregine, viola; "Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy" - Nicole Peregine, viola and lead vocal; D. Travis Clem, mandolin; Christen Blanton, fiddle; Mark Dillon, banjo; Revell Carr, hambone; Gavin Douglas, hand claps; "Sail Away, Ladies" - Ensemble, with Travis Clem, lead vocal

Links:

• School of Music
• Music Library
  
• Music Library Streaming Music Databases

Earth Week Events @ UNCG

In this podcast Jenny Paige, Environmental and Sustainability Manager of UNCG's Office of Waste Reduction and Recycling(OWRR), discusses Earth Week Events at UNCG as well as information on other sustainable events and what exactly the OWRR does to make UNCG a "green" place to be!

Hosts: Irma Minerva, Beth Filar Williams, & Jenny Paige

Time: 7:25 | Size: 6.8 MB | Download .mp3 | Transcript

Music: "ants........................" by Anchor Méjans (intro)

Links:

• Earth Week Events
• UNCG Sustainability Committee
• UNCG Sustainability Film Series
  
• UNCG Green
• OWRR Staff
  

Shakespeare's Birthday Celebration

In this podcast, we interview Dr. Hephzibah Roskelly, professor in English and Women & Gender Studies at UNCG, who came up with the idea to work with the library to host a reading of all Shakespeare's sonnets for William Shakespeare's Birthday Celebration. Drop by the lawn in front of the University Libraries on April 24, 2009, from 2-5:30pmwith cake served at the end of the readings.

Hosts: Irma Minerva, Beth Filar Williams, & Dr Hephzibah Roskelly

Time: 5:28 |Size: 5 MB | Download .mp3 | Download .wav | Transcript

Music: "ants........................" by Anchor Méjans (intro); sonnet reading from LibriVox read by Nikolle Doolin (end)

Subject Specialists @ the library

Coming back from spring break, two students talk about the papers they have to get done -- and how to use a subject librarian to help find information.

Hosts: Irma Minerva, students Jeremy Washburn and Natalia Davis-Whitehorn

Time: 2:15 |Size: 2.05 MB | Download .mp3 | Download .wav | Transcript

Music: "ants........................" by Anchor Méjans (intro), "crowd sm conf rm jumbled conversations" by cognito perceptu at freesound.org (crowd chatter)

Human Rights: a New Model for Librarianship

As part of the lecture series hosted by the University Libraries and the department of Library and Information Science, Kathleen de la Pena McCook, presents her lecture: "Human Rights: a New Model for Librarianship." This recording was made Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009.

Hosts: Irma Minerva, Hannah Winkler, and Kathleen de la Pena McCook

Time: 47:31 | Size: 43.5 MB | Download

Music: "ants........................" by Anchor Méjans (intro)

(no transcript available)

Links: Kathleen de la Pena McCook Interview, 11:18

Blogs by McCook:

• A Librarian at the Kitchen Table
• Union Librarian
• Librarian
• Working Librarian

The NEW Interior Architecture Library

In this week's podcast, Mary Jane Conger, Head of the Cataloging Dept at UNCG, speaks at the opening of the Interior Architecture Department's new library about the year long project of cataloging and organizing the piled up books, samples and serials that comprise the collection, and some of the unique items unearthed through the process.

Hosts: Irma Minerva, Beth Filar Williams, and Mary Jane Conger

Time: 9:41 | Size: 8.8 MB | Download | Transcript

Music: "ants........................" by Anchor Méjans (intro)

Links discussed in podcast:

• Interior Architecture Dept | Dr. Anna Marshall-Baker
• Jackson Library Cataloging Staff
  
• Library Catalog (choose limit by location: Interior Architecture Library)
  
• Silver Jubilee Walkway
• Architectural preservation in Japan
• A time that will not wait : restoring the visual order, Guilford County, N.C.
• An Interim North Carolina state plan for historic preservation
• Frank Lloyd Wright SteelCase
• The complete Hafele : Furniture hardware

Dr. Carr's Lecture: Museums And Libraries And The Rescue Of American Voices

This week's podcast is a recording of the lecture by Dr. David Carr called Museums And Libraries And The Rescue Of American Voices from 2/4/09. Dr. Carr is Associate Professor, School of Information and Library Science, UNC Chapel Hill, and author of The Promise of Cultural Institutions, (2003) and A Place Not a Place: Reflection and Possibility in Museums and Libraries(2006). This lecture was co-sponsored by the UNCG Department of History, the UNCG Universities Libraries, and the Weatherspoon Art Museum.

Summary of this lecture (no transcript available) Carr says that everything we know and learn as individuals is surrounded by contexts that connect our knowledge and thinking to other people, to our communities and beyond, and to our nation as a place of progress and renewal. In a democracy, museums and libraries are the cultural instruments best able to approach the complexities, passions, empathies, curiosities, and ambiguities of experience. Cultural institutions are for our common stories, for the communication of evidence and value, for observations of public memory, and for reflection on the questions that remain with us always. Libraries and museums are essential parts of American democratic practice; they are places for public critical thinking, and for the reflection that brings people together in progressive reciprocity.

Hosts: Irma Minerva, Benjamin Filene (UNCG - Director of Public History), and Dr David Carr

Time: 38:07 | Size: 35 MB | Download

Music: "ants........................" by Anchor Méjans (intro)

Links:

• Hometown by Tracy Kidder
  
• Queen's Public Library
• National September 11 Memorial & Museum

note: the sound quality is poor and varies throughout the lecture.

Dr. Kathleen de la Pena McCook interview

In this week's podcast, Dr. Kathleen de la Pena McCook, Distinguished University Professor at the University of South Florida and prolific blogger talks about her lecture "Human Rights: A New Model for Librarianship". Recorded February 11, 2009 as part of the University Libraries/LIS Lecture Series.

Hosts: Irma Minerva, Dr. Kathleen de la Pena McCook, with interview by Hannah Winkler

Time: 11:18 | Size: 10.4 MB | Download

Music: "ants........................" by Anchor Méjans (intro)

Links:

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Blogs by McCook:

• A Librarian at the Kitchen Table
• Union Librarian
• Librarian
• Working Librarian

Game Night @ the Library

In this week's podcast, hear all about this semester's Game Night in the Library on Jan 30, 2009.



Hosts: Irma Minerva, Beth Filar Williams, and many unnamed UNCG students, who were willing and happy to be interviewed for this podcast!

Time: 2:51 | Size: 2.6MB | Download | Transcript

Links:

• Science Fiction Fantasy Federation
• Game Night at the Library
  

Economic Crisis 101 ... (for dummies)

In this week's podcast, UNCG economics professor Dr. Stuart Allen attempts to alleviate some of the ongoing confusion surrounding the state of the economy. Just what does all of this information mean? Podcast lecture "Evaluating the Current Financial and Economic Crisis" was recorded Thursday, January 15, 2009.

Hosts: Irma Minerva, Lea Leininger and Dr. Stuart Allen.

Time: 47:21

Music: "ants........................" by Anchor Méjans (intro)

Links:

• Dr. Stuart Allen's web site
  
• UNCG Department of Economics
  

Distance Education Library Services for Students

In this week's podcast, discover what UNCG Libraries offer for distance education students.

Hosts: Irma Minerva and Beth Filar Williams.

Time: 3:32

Music: "ants........................" by Anchor Méjans (intro)

Links:

• Distance Education Library Services Page
• ILL Form
• Ebook information
• Ask Us! Page
• Research Guides
• Journal Finder

transcript (PDF)