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

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

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)

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.

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
  

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)

How do I ... find study space in the library?

In this week's podcast, learn about the various study and work spaces available to you in the library.

Hosts: Irma Minerva and Beth Filar Williams.

Time: 3:21

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

Links:

• 24/5 Space
• Group computer spaces
• Information Commons
• Collaboratories
• Group Study Areas
• Quiet Study Areas
• Carrels & Lockers
• Reserve a Group Room

transcript (PDF)

How do I... get book our library doesn't own?

In this week's podcast, you will discover ways to get a book UNCG's library does not own.

Hosts: Irma Minerva, Beth Filar Williams, and Hannah Winkler

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

Time: 3:17

Links:

• UNCG Library Catalog
• Ask Us! (ways to get help from reference librarians)
  
• WorldCat Database
  
• UNCG Borrowing Privileges with other libraries
• ILL Request Form

transcript (PDF)

All About the Music Library

In this week's podcast, the Music Library is highlighted. Listen to the staff and students discuss what the Music Library can do for you and why you should stop by for a visit.

Hosts: Irma Minerva, Sarah Dorsey, MK Amos, Gavin Brown, Ted Hunter, and Hansi Hoskins.

Music: (all music from UNCG Music Library collection)

• Borodin. String Quartet No. 2 in D Third Movement, Notturno (Andante). Musical Heritage Society, 1996.
• Mengelberg Concertgebouw Orchestra. Beethoven. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67. Hamburg, Germany : Teldec, [1999], 1937.
• Davis, Miles. Freddie Freeloader. Kind of Blue. New York, NY: Columbia, [1987?].
• Fiddle Fever. Ashokan Farewell. Roots Music: An American Journey. Cambridge, Mass.: Rounder, 2001.

Time: 8:04

Links: Music Library Homepage

transcript (PDF)

How do I..... get help from the library?

In this week's podcast, you will learn the various ways to get help from the library.

Hosts: Irma Minerva and student intern Peggy Wynn

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

Time: 2:18

Links:

• Library Homepage
  
• Ask Us! Library Help page
• Virtual Reference Shelf
• Subject Guides and links to subject specialists

transcript (PDF)

Women's Veterans Historical Collection Podcast

In this week's library podcast Beth Ann Koelsh,Women Veterans Historical Project Curator for UNCG's University Libraries, tells us about some of the things you can find in the Women Veterans collection and about the upcoming 10th anniversary luncheon.

Hosts: Irma Minerva and Beth Ann Koelsh (bakoelsc@uncg.edu)

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

Time: 2:40

Visit the Web sites:

• Women Veterans Historical Collection website

transcript (PDF)

Library's Digital Projects

In this week's library podcast Cat McDowell, Digital Projects Coordinator for UNCG's University Libraries, shares an overview of the unit, their projects, and services.

Hosts: Irma Minerva and Cat McDowell
(csmcdowe@uncg.edu or 336.256.2606)

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

Time: 4:41

Visit the Web sites:

• Digital Projects Web Site
  
• Women Veterans Historical Collection
• Greensboro VOICES
• Digital Library on American Slavery
• Journal of Backcountry Studies

transcript (PDF)

Halloween Podcast of the Week

In this week's library podcast Hermann Trojanowski, Assistant University Archivist Librarian for UNCG's University Libraries, tells us a little about the history of UNCG's haunted past.

Hosts: Irma Minerva and Hermann Trojanowski

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

Time: 7:54

Visit the Web site: University Archives and Manuscripts

transcript (PDF)

Election and Voting Information

In this week's library podcast Lynda Kellam, Data Services and Government Information Librarian for UNCG's University Libraries, offers general information and an overview of the helpful Election and Voting Information Web site she created.

Hosts: Irma Minerva and Lynda Kellam

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

Time: 3:46

Visit the Web site: Election and Voting Information Web site by UNCG Library

Direct access to Web sites discussed in this podcast:

• NC Board of Elections
• Guilford County Board of Elections
• Open Secrets
• PolitiFact.com
• League of Woman Voters
• U of Michigan's Election 2008
• Voting America
  

Did you know ...

Listen to this week's library podcast as one of our library student workers, Ben, discusses services offered by Jackson Library such as 24/5, collaboratories, laptop checkout, and more.

Hosts: Irma Minerva and Ben

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

Time: 1:19

Links:

• 24/5 space
• Collaboratories
• Group Computer Spaces
• Wireless Access
• Laptop Checkout
• Other Library Services

2008 Celebration of Promotion and Tenure Event

On September 30, 2008, the library hosted the third annual celebration of the attainment of promotion and tenure by members of the UNCG faculty. As part of this celebration each honoree was 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. Special thanks to those who shared their thoughts on the event:

• Chancellor - Dr. Linda Brady
• Dr. Elizabeth Chriseri-Strater - Dept. of English
• Dr. Greg Grieve - Dept. of Religious Studies
• Dr. Chuck Bolton - Head of the History Dept .
  
• Ms. Rachel Briley - Theater Dept.

Hosts: Irma Minerva and Beth Filar Williams (Distance Education Librarian)

Music: "ants........................" by Anchor Méjans (intro) and background music by students of UNCG's School of Music

Time: 5:53

Links: Promotion and Tenure Recognition Celebration

Meet Jason Alston: Diversity Resident Librarian

In this week's podcast, Jason Alston, the first diversity resident librarian at UNCG Libraries, discusses this unique position, why he thinks it's an important role, his reflections on being a librarian and a little bit about himself.

Hosts: Irma Minerva and Hannah Winkler (Digital Designer for Jackson Libraries)

Music: "ants........................" by Anchor Méjans

Time: 6:02

Links: Multicultural Resources Center Library