Meet our friend Jim

Today I present to you the first part of an interview with library and information studies professor Jim Carmichael. Jim works in the school of education as a faculty member in the Masters library and information studies program. Thanks for sharing with us Jim! 

Look for the second part coming soon!

xoxo

Irma

Get to know your Reference Librarian: Mark Schumacher [Part 5 of 5]

These podcast focus on letting you get to know your Reference Librarian a little better. In part five, Reference Librarian Mark Schumacher and MLS student Daniel Windham further discuss other aspects of his work, and how his mother positively influenced his decisions to become a librarian.


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Host: Daniel Windham, MLS Student
Time: 2:12

Get to know you reference librarian: Mark Schumacher [part 4 of 5]

These podcasts focus on letting you get to know you Reference Librarian a little better. In part four Reference Librarian Mark Schumacher and MLS student Daniel Windham discuss Mark's activities as an anti-war activist during the Vietnam War, participating in a fast. We also discussed his current feelings towards veterans of the Vietnam war, and his thoughts on current military operations in Afghanistan




Host: Daniel Windham, MLS student
Time: 6:30

Links:

Vietnam: A television history-Roots of a War.

Vietnam: a television history-Home Front USA

National Geographic presents: Restrepo

Institute for International Studies: Conversations With History- Thomas E Ricks
[Author of Fiasco and The Gable]

Get to know your reference librarian: Mark Schumacher [part 3 of 5]

These podcasts focus on letting you get to know your Reference Librarian a little better. In part three, Reference Librarian Mark Schumacher and MLS student Daniel Windham discuss Mark's interest in art, his like of Frisbee, and the importance of being physically fit.







Host: Daniel Windham, MLS Graduate Student.


Time: 6:00

Links:
Wassily Kandinsky
Pablo Picasso's official website
Jackson Pollock House and Study Center
Frisbee Fun

Get to know your reference librarian: Mark Schumacher [Part 2 of 5]

These podcasts focus on letting you get to know your Reference Librarian a little better. In part two, Reference Librarian Mark Schumacher and MLS Student Daniel Windham discuss rare books, Marks time growing up in France, and famous French authors.





Host: Daniel Windham, MLS Graduate Student.
Time: 5:42

Links:

Marks Library Page:
Interview with Jules Roy [In French]
Albert Camus Nobel Prize Biography

Get to know your reference librarian: Mark Schumacher

These podcasts focus on letting you get to know your Reference Librarian a little better. In part one, Reference Librarian Mark Schumacher and MLS student Daniel Windham discuss why Mark choose library science as a career, the work he does with rare books, how technology has changed his job, and what he likes best about his work.

Host: Daniel Windham, UNCG, MLS Graduate Student.

Time: 6:00 min

Trascript: pdf coming soon

Links:

• Mark Scumacher's Library Page
  
• The Amy Sacker Site

Get to know your reference librarian: Jenny Raabe

These podcasts focus on letting you get to know your Reference Librarian a little better. In this video Reference Librarian Jenny Raabe gives you information about her previous educational career, her life and Germany, and why she loves working at Walter Jackson Library.



Host: Daniel Windham, UNCG, MLS Graduate Student.
Time: 5:29
Transcript (pdf)

Links:

• Jenny Rabbe Library Page
• More about Willy Brandt
• Photos of the Berlin Wall
  

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.