Presentations and Lectures

Jean Ann Croft
Preservation Librarian

• Practical Realities of Digital Library Projects. Pennsylvania Library Association - 10/2/99

• Preservation of Books and Documents- A Pittsburgh Version. Pittsburgh Bibliophiles - March 18,1999

• Sally Buchanan's Preservation Course - December 6, 1999

Elizabeth Evans
Instruction Librarian

Large-scale Library Instruction in 50 Minutes or Less. Poster session presented with Marian Hampton at the Library Orientation Exchange (LOEX) Annual Conference, Ypsilanti, MI, May 19-20, 2000.

Abstract: The main campus of the University of Pittsburgh, an urban research university situated in Western Pennsylvania, serves over 22,000 graduate and undergraduate students and 3,400 research faculty. For the last seven years, the University Library System has worked with the College of Arts and Sciences to provide course-integrated library instruction to over 1700 CAS freshmen each scholastic year through the Freshman Studies Program. This poster session presents the planning and logistics involved in a large-scale instruction effort, the Freshman Studies hands-on library instruction session presenting PITTCat (the University Library System's online catalog) and selected online indexes, the use of a Web-based Freshman Studies Quiz, and a final student evaluation of the library instruction session.

Michael Ford
Reference Librarian

• Lecture on "Psychology Resources" presented to Elizabeth Mahoney's LS2500 Reference Resources and Services class, Fall Term 1999 (00-1).

• Lecture on "Teaching Issues and Interactivity" presented to Tom Wall's INFSCI1032 Online Retrieval Systems class, Summer Term 2000 (00-3).

William Gentz
Personnel Librarian

• Job hunting/resume sessions with SIS interns and the Minority Concerns Council

Marian Hampton
Instruction Librarian

Large-scale Library Instruction in 50 Minutes or Less. Poster session presented with Marian Hampton at the Library Orientation Exchange (LOEX) Annual Conference, Ypsilanti, MI, May 19-20, 2000.

Abstract: The main campus of the University of Pittsburgh, an urban research university situated in Western Pennsylvania, serves over 22,000 graduate and undergraduate students and 3,400 research faculty. For the last seven years, the University Library System has worked with the College of Arts and Sciences to provide course-integrated library instruction to over 1700 CAS freshmen each scholastic year through the Freshman Studies Program. This poster session presents the planning and logistics involved in a large-scale instruction effort, the Freshman Studies hands-on library instruction session presenting PITTCat (the University Library System's online catalog) and selected online indexes, the use of a Web-based Freshman Studies Quiz, and a final student evaluation of the library instruction session.

Ray Anne Lockard
Head, Frick Fine Arts Library

• Chaired the following three sessions at the ARLIS/NA Pittsburgh conference:
  1) Opening Plenary Session: "Pittsburgh Art and Architecture" that featured two Pittsburgh speakers: Mr. Michael Eversmeyer, Pittsburgh architect (AIA) on "Pittsburgh Architecture" and Dr. Barbara L. Jones, Director of the Westmoreland Museum of American Art on "A Valley of Work: Scenes of Industry" to a standing room only audience;
  2) Panel Session 1 - "Fashioning a New World: the Kaufmann - Wright Collaboration in Pittsburgh" with three outside speakers: Dr. Richard Cleary (Professor, University of Texas and author of _Merchant Prince and Master Builder: Edgar J. Kaufmann and Frank Lloyd Wright (1999), Dr. Norman R. Weiss (Professor, Columbia University) and Mr. Stephen E. Gottlieb (Columbia University). The latter two speakers gave a joint paper entitled "Waterproofing Fallingwater: Preservation Challenges for the New Century." They are both on the preservation team at Fallingwater.
  3) Session 10 - "Wrought of Steel and Philanthropy: The Forging of Andrew Carnegie's Cultural Legacy" with Robert Gangewere (editor of _Carnegie Magazine_), Dr. Abigail Van Slyck (Connecticut College and author of _Free to All: Carnegie Libraries and American Culture (1995), and Dr. Kenneth Neal (Pittsburgh art historian and author of A Wise Extravagance: A History of the Carnegie International Exhibitions, 1896-1901 (1996).

• Co-Chaired the Gay and Lesbian Caucus, an Affiliated Society of the College Art Association, New York, 1999-2000.

Sachie Noguchi
Japanese Bibliographer and Coordinator of the Japan Information Center

• Chair of the ASS/CEAL Committee on Japanese Materials. Planned, organized and conducted the Committee meeting and mini-seminar on image/graphic databases. The International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken) in Kyoto and the National Diet Library gave presentations. The Committee session report was submitted to the Journal of East Asian Libraries (JEAL) for publication, and is available on the Committee Web page at http://www.pitt.edu/~snoguchi/cjmw/home.htm.

• Electronic Resources for Japanese Literature. A paper presented at the annual conference of the European Association for Japanese Resource Specialists. Krakow, Poland, September 22-25, 1999.

Karen Rondesvedt
Slavic Bibliographer

• Leader of group discussion on book and serial exchanges at Slavic Librarians' Workshop, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, IL, Summer 1999.

• ULS presentation on changes in Slavic collection development as part of panel on collection development, February 2000.

David L. Rosenberg
Archivist, UE Archives and Labor Collections

The Bayer Company and the Holocaust, in a panel on the Legacy of I.G. Farben, Memorial and Remembrance Hall, Duesseldorf, Germany, May 1, 1999.

Pittsburgh in Revolt: Sources and Artifacts of the Struggle Against Deindustrialization, a presentation as part of SAA session "Documenting and Depicting Industrial/Post-industrial Society", SAA Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, August 26, 1999.

Saving Your Jewish History, a presentation to the Conference of Jewish Women's Groups, Tree of Life Congregation, Pittsburgh, PA, March 13, 1999.

Some Issues in Documenting Local History, a presentation as part of MARAC panel, State College, PA, May 8, 1999.

Dennis Smith
Reference Librarian

• "Business Research Assistance via the Web", part of the session "Discipline Specific Library Web Pages: Academic Case Studies". Computers in Libraries, Washington, DC, March 8-10, 1999 www.pitt.edu/~drs/cil/

Agnes Wen
East Asian Public Services Librarian

• User's Analysis of the Global Document Delivery Service. A presentation for the CEAL Public Service Committee, at the Association for Asian Studies/ Council on East Asian Libraries, Boston, MA, March 11-14, 1999.

  Abstract: This presentation described the search procedures and the user's statistics of the Global Document Delivery Service provided by the East Asian Library of the University of Pittsburgh Library System, the first three months. Problems and Solutions.

• Presented a talk on "Feng Shui" to the Pitt's Woman Alumna Organization in April 1999.

Elaine L. Westbrooks
Digital Research Librarian and Cataloger

• Participant in Diversity Fair at the ALA Summer Conference, New Orleans, LA, July 8, 1999

• Poster Session, "Virginia Mae Lacy Jones: Library Educator and Trailblazer" presented at the ALA Summer Conference, New Orleans, LA, July 8, 1999

  Abstract: Virginia Mae Lacy Jones (1912-1984), whose name is synonymous with African American librarianship throughout the world, was an extraordinary library educator and leader in the profession. This poster session displays the characteristics, attributes, and accomplishments of an exceptional leader who overcame adversity to become the second African American to receive a doctoral degree in Library Science in 1945. Her leadership skills are demonstrated via her many honors and professional position throughout her career. The impact of many African Americans has not been properly documented in the history of librarianship. This historical display of her life is a testament to her enduring legacy.

Peter Zhou
Head, East Asian Collection

• Chinese Libraries in the Electronic Age, presented at Conference on Chinese Libraries in the 21st Century, Guest Speakers, Hong Kong, November 1999.

• Global Information Services and Resource Sharing: A Shared Vision for the 21st Century, presented at Conference on New Information Technology, Conference Presenter, Taipei, Taiwan, August 1999.

• CEAL Pinyin Liaison Group's Report, presented at Council on East Asian Libraries, San Diego, March 2000.

• Issues of Pinyin Conversion, presented at RLG Forum on Pinyin Conversion, ALA Annual Conference, New Orleans, July 1999.

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