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A MESSAGE FROM MICHAEL CRUMPTON, INTERIM DEAN |
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It is an exciting time to be at UNCG and to be the interim dean of University Libraries. The students are creative and engaged, and the faculty are passionate about teaching. I have been fortunate to work for some visionary leaders throughout my tenure that have coached, encouraged and challenged me to take risks, learn how to adapt, improvise and do things right. COVID-19 put these skills to the test.
If I ever had to move quickly and keep pushing forward despite very real obstacles in front of me, now would be that time. As an assistant dean for University Libraries, I have had oversight of many of our key functional areas from human resources and budget responsibilities to facilities management and renovation projects. These experiences have shaped the person I am today.
Prior to joining UNCG in 2007, I served as the director of Library Services at Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh, North Carolina from 2004 until 2007 and manager of Circulation Services at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County in Ohio from 2001 until 2003. I am the past president of the North Carolina Library Association, and I have had the opportunity to work with incredible people who believe in the power of libraries as the cornerstone of our communities. Working alongside of these talented and innovative individuals in both academic and public libraries has informed the course of my professional life.
One of my many passions includes teaching in the Department of Library and Information Studies as an affiliated faculty member. In this role, I teach management and leadership courses to graduate students, who are our future. These students are well on their way to becoming the best in their field as librarians, archivists, technologists and curators.
I wanted to also share an update on Martin Halbert, professor for University Libraries, who recently accepted an appointment with the National Science Foundation (NSF) as rotator program officer under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA). In this role, Martin will serve as a senior advisor for public access in the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure and will oversee grant awards related to big data research projects around the country. While he is still employed by his home institution of UNCG, he will also be teaching LIS 600 this fall in the Department of Library and Information Studies.
Of the many interactions I have had across campus this summer, it is those that allow me to be collaborative that I enjoy the most. Navigating the COVID-19 pandemic together with a great support system has allowed me to work closely with our campus partners to prepare our building for the return of our patrons — students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members — joining us once again. I look forward to seeing you soon.
Michael Crumpton, MLIS, SHRM-SCP
Interim Dean and Associate Professor
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IN MEMORIAM: LINDA BURR KEMPER |
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Linda Burr (left) and Irene Parsons (right) at the Women Veterans Luncheon, November 2009.
Linda Burr, a former development director, died July 4. She joined UNCG as a director of development on August 1, 2006, splitting her time between the Weatherspoon Art Gallery and the University Libraries. On August 16, 2010, she moved to the University Libraries full-time. She retired from the University Libraries on January 31, 2016. READ MORE.
Story by UNCG University Communications
Photo courtesy of the Martha Blakeney Special Collections and University Archives
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SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES PARTNERS WITH THE STATE LIBRARY OF NC |
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The Martha Blakeney Special Collections and University Archives has been approved to continue its Building Partnerships for Student Success grant into year two for the 2020-2021 academic year. The grant, awarded for $68,882.94, is a partnership with the North Carolina State Library.
North Carolina educators have a documented need for professional development resources to effectively find and evaluate primary sources and incorporate the use of these primary sources in their classrooms. The North Carolina Government and Heritage Library and University Libraries have partnered to address this need by implementing workshops designed in year one of the project. These workshops provided teachers with expert instruction on information literacy and primary sources, which were adapted to a virtual format and customized to the needs of school districts statewide. READ MORE.
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FLICK! EXPERIMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL ARTIST TALK |
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The Digital Media Commons (DMC) will present its first artist talk series on August 26, 2020, at 7 p.m., as part of its Flick! Experimental Film Festival 2020. The event will be held virtually via Zoom and feature artist Gregory Price Grieve, professor and head of the Department of Religious Studies at UNCG. Grieve's presentation, "Incomplete Transmission," will be a partial retrospective of filmworks during the age of COVID-19. For questions or more information, email padamasc@uncg.edu. Click the link below and register today!
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AADS TO HOST COMMUNITY READ OF 'SILVER SPARROW' |
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“I am pleased to work with Gerald Holmes of UNCG Libraries to organize programming in support of families in our area,” said Dr. Tara T. Green, an African American literature professor at UNCG and an organizer of the community read. “The book and activities are designed to bring people and families together.”
Named a “Most Anticipated Book for 2020” by The Guardian and other news outlets, “Silver Sparrow” is a novel told from the perspectives of two maturing daughters of a man who has two families — one public, one private. READ MORE.
Story by UNCG College of Arts & Sciences
Photo courtesy of Algonquin Books
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ARMONDO COLLINS WILL TELL HIS OWN STORY,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
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For Armondo Collins, growing up in a predominantly-black neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota meant several things. It meant that he had to pass through majority white, wealthy communities whenever he wanted candy from the corner store. And it meant that he got stopped by the police a lot.
Collins did not realize that the over-policing of Black communities was something he should be offended by until he moved to North Carolina for college. He pursued English and African American studies to learn more about the experiences of other Black people and how they differed from his childhood. He read voraciously about Black history and systems of oppression, which he now incorporates into his own classes as a professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. READ MORE.
Story by WUNC NC Public Radio The State of Things
Photo courtesy of Armondo Collins
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STUDENTS RECOMMEND THEIR FAVORITE TITLES FROM THE KIRBY-SMITH POETRY COLLECTION |
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Jenny Dale, information literacy coordinator and associate professor for University Libraries, collaborated with Dr. Carl Schlachte, an instructor in the Department of English, on a Mellon-funded Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) for his English 106: Introduction to Poetry courses during the spring 2020 semester.
Students selected books in the University Libraries' Kirby-Smith Poetry Collection with the original intention of creating an in-person exhibit featuring specific recommendations from the collection, but Dale quickly moved the exhibit online when the COVID-19 pandemic limited viewing the exhibit in-person and created a website to house the students' recommendations.
The pages on the website are organized by date, with recommendations spanning from 1930-2019. For each recommended title, students provided information about the text and its author, the poems included in their recommendations and why we should read these selections. BROWSE THROUGH THE WEBSITE to learn more about titles that English 106 students recommend from the Kirby-Smith Collection!
Photo courtesy of The University of Chicago Press
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TERRY BRANDSMA RECOGNIZED AS A TOP CONTRIBUTOR TO OCLC'S COMMUNITY CENTER |
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Terry Brandsma, information technology librarian and associate professor in the Department of Electronic Resources and Information Technologies (ERIT), has been recognized as a top contributor to OCLC's Community Center. The value expressed by these top community contributors is only possible thanks to everyone who has asked or answered a question, submitted an enhancement suggestion, or presented in a webinar. While every piece is valuable, OCLC recognizes those who have made the most frequent contributions over the past year. READ MORE.
Photo courtesy of Terry Brandsma
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NATALIE HAYES WINS OUTSTANDING
STUDENT LIBRARY WORKER AWARD
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Natalie Hayes, student desk manager in the Access Services Department, is this year's winner of the Outstanding Student Library Worker Award. When Hayes wasn't helping patrons or answering questions at the circulation desk, she could be counted on to do any job necessary and in a highly professional manner. Hayes was a hard worker with a great work ethic. "Natalie was a joy to work with," said Marilyn Hanichak, desk and employment services operations manager for University Libraries. "She is the epitome of what we look for in a student employee." READ MORE.
Photo courtesy of Natalie Hayes
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ONLINE LEARNING AND RESEARCH EVENTS FOR FALL |
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