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The College of Information, Library Science, and TechnologiesDepartment of Library and Information Sciences

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CONTENTS

FEATURES PAGEDean’s letter .........................1-2 Provost....................................2Up to a College.......................3Texas Almanac ........................3Away to Discovery Park ..........4Editorial – Nichols..................5Facts about Park......................5Move.......................................6Learning Technologies .........7-8Interim Chairs ........................9Guest Editorial........................9

THE DEPARTMENTAdvisory Board Features .......10Cohorts & Programs .......10-11Katherine Cveljo...................12Hazel Harvey Peace...............1270th Anniversary...................12

FACULTYAna Cleveland.......................13 TxCDK Grant ......................13Guillermo Oyarce .................13Bits and Bytes .......................14IASL Conference ..................14Philip Turner ........................14

STAFFJosephine Reyna....................15Theresa Jackson ....................15Students Abroad ...................15Beta Phi Mu Award ..............16Hurricane Ike........................16

STUDENTSMasters .................................16Doctoral................................16ARL Scholarships..................17

ALUMNISponsored Tour.....................17Melody Kelly ........................18TLA Leaders .........................18Maurine Gray .......................18 Glen Pourciau .......................19Sandra Nelson.......................19ESC Region 20 .....................19Board Members ....................20LIS Quiz...............................20Nevada Conference...............21 Alumni Update................21-23Alumni Search ......................24Donations........................26-27

SIDEBARSFaculty & Staff ....................3-4 Beta Phi Mu Inductees..........16Commencement ...................17In Memoriam .......................19Alumni Society Board...........20Squirrel Calendar ..................20Recruiters at TLA .................21

Up, Up and Away!The theme of this

issue of Call Number exemplifies the elation we feel onachieving two historical milestones—moving up froma school to a college and moving away from the maincampus to Discovery Park. In this column, I explainwhy and how the momentous transformation fromschool to college came about. More importantly, Iexplain what exactly did and did not change for ourbeloved School of Library and Information Sciences(SLIS).

The new College consolidates two existingacademic units: SLIS and the Department ofLearning Technologies. The interest in consolidationwas prompted in 2007 by the upcoming move ofboth units to Discovery Park (formerly ResearchPark), UNT's high-technology research facility, inAugust 2008 (See “Away to Discovery Park” on p.4). The topic of consolidation was first broachedabout 30 years ago when several Computer ScienceDepartment faculty members asked to form a newdepartment within SLIS. The request was denied.The former Computer Science faculty was thenestablished as the Department of Technology andCognition in the College of Education. In early 2007,that department was split to create the Departments ofEducational Psychology and Learning Technologies(LT), and in late fall 2007, LT asked to join SLIS.

These and other recent developments at UNTsuggested that this was an opportune time to revisitthe issue. Ad hoc faculty/staff committees in SLIS andLT were formed to conduct a feasibility study thatcarefully considered matters of administration andfinance, students and curricula, research funding andinterests, and facilities and technology. In spring 2008,both the SLIS and LT faculties voted unanimously infavor of the consolidation. I presented the results ofthe feasibility study to Dr. Wendy Wilkins, UNTProvost and Vice President for Academic Affairs (see p.2). She strongly supported the consolidation and, atthe same time, cautioned me against announcing thechange until it was official. It became official with theapprovals of the UNT System Board of Regents onAugust 21, 2008 and the Texas Higher EducationCoordinating Board on October 23, 2008.

Here is the basic picture of what has changed:• SLIS has become a part of a college with two

departments: Library and Information Sciences(LIS) and Learning Technologies (LT). Our newname is the College of Information, Library Science, and Technologies (CILST). Provost Wilkinshas designated this name as a “placeholder,” pendinginput by our Board of Advisors, alumni, students,faculty, and staff (see “Editorial, One Person’sOpinion, p. 5, and “What's in a Name?” p. 3).

• I now serve as College Dean, relinquishing dailyacademic administrative duties of LIS to a new LISDepartment Chair. Historically, the SLIS Deanserved as both dean and chair of a unidepartmentalSchool. My new position allows me to assume thefull range of chief academic officer dutiesappropriately assigned to a college dean.

• I have appointed Dr. Maurice Wheeler, AssociateProfessor, as Interim Chair of the LIS Department(see p. 9). I will appoint a permanent chair uponrecommendations by the LIS faculty after we establish a new college charter. LIS facultymembers and academic support staff report to theLIS Department Chair. My current administrativestaff members now support the College. Reportingto me are the Associate Dean, Special Assistant tothe Dean (administrative), LIS Chair, LT Chair, Director of Research and Director of TxCDK,Computer Systems Manager, College DevelopmentOfficer, External Affairs and Alumni Officer, College Budget Officer, and Special Assistant tothe Dean for Distributed Learning (see“Department of Learning Technologies,” p. 7-8,and “Philip Turner, Special Assistant to the Deanfor Distributed Learning,” p. 14).

• The School was the smallest of UNT's nineacademic units in terms of total number of studentmajors. Based on spring 2008 data, the new Collegeis seventh in total number of majors (1,838) andsecond in number of graduate majors (1,599). The

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College is more than double the size of theformer School, with a total of 31 tenured ortenure-track faculty members, 32 full-timestaff members, and about 3,500 enrollmentsin all courses each semester.

• Because of LT's bachelor's degree program,the College has a solid base in undergraduateeducation, which the School had lacked, anda particular emphasis on graduate education,which the units had shared. The Collegeoffers two bachelor’s degrees, three master’sdegrees, and three doctoral degrees, alongwith eight categories of Texas State BoardEducator Certification and several non-degree programs.

Here is what has not changed in Library andInformation Sciences: • The College retains the identity and internal

structure of each unit. The LIS Departmenthas the same highly knowledgeable andcompetent faculty and staff, including ourfaculty program directors and academicadvisors.

• Our BS, MS, and PhD degree programs andour School Library Certification andGraduate Academic Certificate programsremain the same. We continue the strongemphasis on library education that hasresulted in 79% of our master's graduatesentering professional librarianship. Theconsolidation in no way affects the ALAaccreditation status of our master's program.

• We continue to deliver our highly successfulmaster's and certification online programs,while retaining the added value of face-to-

face interactions in blended and onsitecourses. Like LIS, LT is a national leader indistributed learning. The College is ashowcase for distributed learning, with 65%of course enrollments in online formats,18% in blended formats, and 17% face toface.

• Our Interdisciplinary Information SciencePhD Program, which is the only trulyinterdisciplinary program of its kind atUNT and in the U.S., continues to includeLT faculty members, and our PhD studentscontinue to take LT courses. We expectinvolvement of LT faculty to grow andstrengthen with the consolidation.

• LIS and LT faculty researchers continue tointeract through the interdisciplinary TexasCenter for Digital Knowledge (TxCDK),doctoral committees, and other contexts.They share research interests related toinformation, use of technology, andeducation. Faculty members from the twounits have secured a notable amount ofexternal funding and all are striving toincrease external funding as part of thecampus-wide initiative to raise UNT's statusas a research institution. I hope you are as excited about this

administrative transformation as we are, and asconfident that Library and Information Scienceswill retain its unique identity and exceptionalprograms. Both LIS and LT will gain significantstrategic benefits. The two units were alreadyadministratively, financially, and academicallyhealthy and stable, but the larger size and identityas a college will help increase their visibility on

campus and provide them with a strongerpolitical and financial future. The academicfoundations of students and curricula of the twounits are remarkably compatible, with promisingareas for development in multimediatechnologies, school librarianship, youth services,and health sciences. The innovative approachesto distributed learning and to user-centeredresearch in information and computertechnologies of both units bode well forcontinued creative development and adoption ofnew technologies, while integration of theirtechnology infrastructure and support staffspromises greater efficiency of operation. Facultyresearchers can collaborate to obtain externalfunding on a greater number of topics from awider range of sources. As our research fundinggrows, so will opportunities for involving andsupporting student researchers.

In short, we have created a diverse but unitedcommunity with greater power to competeeffectively with exemplary colleges ofinformation and technology in universities allover the world. The most significant message forCall Number readers, however, is that we havemanaged to create this community withoutchanging the mission, goals, and core values ofLibrary and Information Sciences.

—Herman L. Totten

Dean Totten can be reached at 940-565-2731 orHerman.Totten@unt.edu

The Departments of Library andInformation Sciences and LearningTechnologies are extremely grateful toDr. Wendy K. Wilkins, Provost andVice President for Academic Affairs,along with President Gretchen Bataille,for their strong support in theestablishment of the College ofInformation, Library Science, and

Technologies. The new college is the first major academic organizationalchange to take place since Dr. Wilkins became UNT provost in 2007. Dr. Wilkins came to UNT from Michigan State University where

she had served as dean of the College of Arts and Letters from 1998 to2004. Previously, she served as chair of the English Department and

later Associate Dean for Academic Personnel, College of Liberal Artsand Sciences at Arizona State University. Her research interests includeevolutionary neurobiology of language; cognitive science; languageacquisition, especially the learning of the lexicon; cross linguisticcognition; and comparative linguistic and musical cognition. She isfluent in Spanish and has a working knowledge of a number of otherlanguages. Her latest publication, currently in press, is a chapter titled“Mosaic Neurobiology and Anatomical Plausibility” in The Prehistory ofLanguage (Oxford University Press). She recently published articles inThe Linguistic Review and presented papers at the 2008 LinguisticSociety of America annual meeting. Dr. Wilkins received her doctorate, master’s, and bachelor’s degrees

in linguistic from the University of California, Los Angeles.

PROVOST WENDY K. WILKINS

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ADMINISRATION

Herman L. TottenProfessor and DeanHerman.Totten@unt.edu

Linda SchamberAssociate Professor Associate DeanAssociate Director Ph.D. ProgramLinda.Schamber@unt.edu

LIS FACULTY

Yvonne ChandlerAssociate ProfessorDirector Georgia and Nevada CohortsYvonne.Chandler@unt.edu

Jiangping ChenAssistant ProfessorJiangping.Chen@unt.edu

Ana D. ClevelandRegent Professor Director Houston ProgramAna.Cleveland@unt.edu

Donald ClevelandProfessor EmeritusDonald.Cleveland@unt.edu

John CorbinProfessor Emeritus

Yunfei DuAssistant ProfessorYunfei.Du@unt.edu

Larry EnochLecturerLawrence.Enoch@unt.edu

Elizabeth FigaAssociate ProfessorElizabeth.Figa@unt.edu

Shawne MiksaAssistant ProfessorShawne.Miksa@unt.edu

William MoenAssociate ProfessorDirector of Research for LISDirector, Texas Center for Digital KnowledgeWilliam.Moen@unt.edu

Margaret Irby NicholsProfessor EmeritusNichols2514@charter.net

Brian O’ConnorProfessorBrian.O’Connor@unt.edu

Guillermo OyarceAssociate ProfessorGuillermo.Oyarce@unt.edu

Miguel RuizAssociate ProfessorMiguel.Ruiz@unt.edu

Barbara Schultz-JonesAssistant ProfessorBarbara.Schultz-Jones@unt.edu

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UP TO A COLLEGE—WHAT'S IN A NAME?

In the Dean's Column (p. 1-2), Dr. HermanTotten announces that the School of Library andInformation Sciences (SLIS) is now the Department ofLibrary and Information Sciences (LIS) within theCollege of Information, Library Science, andTechnologies (CILST). He also notes that Dr. WendyWilkins, UNT Provost and Vice President forAcademic Affairs, called the college name a"placeholder." As reported in the Denton Record-Chronicle on the day following the August 21, 2008UNT System Board of Regents decision to approve thenew college, Provost Wilkins spoke of a “workingtitle”: “‘This will change over time,’ she said inresponse to regent questions about the title. Theuniversity is trying to be sensitive to alumni of theprograms. ‘We don’t want to alienate our graduates,’she said.” The Provost had requested a shorter name,but the Dean insisted on the longer name for exactlythat reason: the great value that SLIS has always placedin the opinions of you, our constituents: our alumni,students, faculty, staff, and, of course, alumni andothers on our Board of Advisors.

We are seeking your input on this criticaldecision. We'll start by answering some questions youmay have.

What does it mean to become a college?

If you have been confused by academicterminology, you are not alone. Although one may say“I went to school at UNT” or “I went to college atUNT” in casual conversation, academia has morespecific meanings for these terms. Within universities,administrative units called colleges traditionally focuson general education, whereas schools focus onprofessional education. As the professions havebroadened their scope and size, however, we are seeinga shift. Today many university colleges offer a varietyof professional specializations in multiple departmentsand programs; provide relevant courses forundergraduate general education across the university;engage in theory-based scholarly research by facultymembers and doctoral students; and obtain externalfunding for both scholarly and professional researchprojects that benefit all students and programs.

By becoming a college, we are placing ourselves atthe forefront of this movement. We are in excellentcompany with other UNT professional colleges, suchas our new neighbor in Discovery Park, the College ofEngineering.

What does this mean for Library and Information Sciences?

In the Editorial (p. 5), Margaret Nichols providesan illuminating view of trends in the organization andnames of academic units of library and informationstudies across the country, along with a brief history ofour School at UNT. Consolidation of academic unitsis the norm, but we are unusual in taking the lead on(and thus control of ) our own consolidation at UNT.By incorporating the Department of Library andInformation Sciences in the College, LIS becomes nota smaller presence, but a larger and more visible andpowerful presence in the profession and in theuniversity, part of a greater whole. Our name remainsthe same except for the change from “school” to“department” and—best of all—our master's programremains the ALA-accredited professional LIS degree inthe College.

Thus we have managed change without change.In the LIS world, change is a given and change isgood!

How can you be involved in naming the college?

Should the name remain the College ofInformation, Library Science, and Technologies(CILST)? Should it be different? Should it be shorter?

Please email your response with the subject line“College name” by January 31, 2009 to Jurhee Curtisat Jurhee.Curtis@unt.edu or mail it with “ATTN:College name” to Jurhee Curtis, UNT/CILST, 1155Union Circle #311068, Denton, TX 76203 5017.Include in the message your name and yourrelationship to UNT LIS (e.g., alum, student).

The LIS Board of Advisors will discuss yourresponses at its February 2009 meeting and make arecommendation to the LIS Department Chair andthe College Dean. The Dean will also ask the LTDepartment to poll its constituents and faculty forsuggestions and recommendations. The final choice ofcollege name will be determined by the College facultyat its March 2009 meeting. If the name is to bechanged, then the new name must be approved byProvost Wilkins by April 2009, the UNT SystemBoard of Regents at its May 2009 meeting, and theTexas Higher Education Coordinating Board at its July2009 meeting.

This is an exciting time for all of us. Stay tunedfor the results!

TEXAS ALMANAC MOVES TO UNTReference and information specialists in particular will be interested in the fact that as of May 5, 2008

the Texas Almanac became the property of the Texas State Historical Association, now housed on the UNTcampus (see Call Number, spring 2008, p.6). For 150 years, the biennial was published by A.H. Belo-relatedentities, in recent years by the Dallas Morning News. Well established as a basic reference tool in Texaslibraries, the almanac provides detailed coverage of Texas government, economic and social statistics, and historical information.

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Carol SimpsonAssociate Professor (modified service)Carol.Simpson@unt.edu

Barbara Stein MartinHazel Harvey Peace Professorshipof Children’s ServicesBarbara.Martin@unt.edu

Dale ThompsonAssistant ProfessorDale.Thompson@unt.edu

Philip TurnerProfessorSpecial Assistant to the Dean for Distributed Learning and LISLearning Enhancement Specialist, Center for Learning Enhancement,Assessment, and RedesignPhilip.Turner@unt.edu

Maurice WheelerAssociate ProfessorLIS Interim ChairMaurice.Wheeler@unt.edu

STAFF

LeAnne CoffeyAssistant to LIS Chair

Jurhee CurtisExternal Affairs CILST

Toby FaberAcademic Counselor CILST

Diane GreenAssistant to the CILST AssociateDean and PhD Program

Theresa JacksonAssistant to CILST AcademicBudget Officer

Josephine ReynaAssistant General Access ComputerLab Manager

Paula KingSpecial Assistant to the CILSTDean

Alan LivingstonGraduate General AccessLab ManagerWeb Manager

Gary MathewsComputer Systems ManagerCILST

Myrna Medina-OrbockAssistant to the Academic Counselor CILST

John PipesAdmissions and Faculty AssistantCILST

Tisha PipesAcademic Budget Officer CILST

Charlotte ThomasLIS Web Institute Coordinator

The Library and Information Sciences (LIS)faculty and staff have experienced two exciting changesin fall 2008, both landmark events. The first changewas the move to Discovery Park, a new and ambitiousUNT research facility. The second, precipitated by theLIS move, was to join forces with the Department ofLearning Technologies, also moving to Discovery Park,to become the College of Information, LibraryScience, and Technologies.

LIS was flattered to be asked and delighted tobecome a part of the new UNT research facility. Theprimary missions of the research park are to promoteinteractive and multidisciplinary research, educationand training that benefits students, faculty andcommunity, and to expand economic developmentthrough education and technologies. Harold Strong, anationally recognized leader in research parkdevelopment and formerly director of the researchpark at Texas A&M University, has been namedDiscovery Park Director. He has a strong record ofdeveloping partnerships between universities andindustries.

When it was learned that the Department ofLearning Technologies, formerly in the College ofEducation, was also moving to Discovery Park,discussion of common interests emerged. After carefulstudy and steps described in the dean’s Column (p.1-2), the College of Information, Library Science, andTechnologies was established.

The New Location

The move to Discovery Park, which took placeAugust 18th, was a monumental undertaking. LIS hasbeen located in the same building, the former UNTmain library, throughout its 70 year history, except fora two-year period in the mid-1970s when the buildingwas being renovated. As the student enrollment andfaculty size increased and technology facilities wereadded, the space became more and more crowded.The new and generous accommodations located in anattractive setting were welcomed by both faculty andstudents.

The facility, located four miles north of the maincampus, was formerly a Texas Instrumentsmanufacturing plant. It was renovated as UNTResearch Park in 2002 and renamed Discovery Park in2008. In addition to our new College, it also housesthe College of Engineering, and the Computing andInformation Technology Center. The 34,000 square-foot facility on a 290 acre site has been renovated at acost of some $2.9 million to accommodate its newresidents.

The LIS new home, located at 3940 NorthElm Street, is easily accessed from I35, a short distanceaway, or from downtown Denton via North ElmStreet, a main thoroughfare. Shuttle busses runfrequently for those arriving from the main campus.Parking is available in several lots either by permit orparking meter, with guest and handicapped parkingalso available. The LIS offices and research facilities,all constructed new this summer, are on the secondfloor. Classrooms and a spacious library that includesthe entire Z collection (bibliography, library science,and information resources) are on the first floor.

AWAY TO DISCOVERY PARK

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As one who has been associated with LISeither as a student or faculty member for over60 years, I would like to express my views onthe current changes announced in this issue ofCall Number. I must admit that at first, just aswe all tend to feel when faced with change, Iwas apprehensive. After considerable thoughtand investigation, however, I have come torecognize this as a positive move and one thatwe should support wholeheartedly. Library schools that stand alone are usually

the smallest schools in the university structureand vulnerable to cost-cutting measures. Overthe last number of years, we have seen many ofthe academic units with ALA-accreditedmaster's programs combined with otheruniversity units, some with which they havelittle in common, and/or with units thatinclude much larger departments that tend toovershadow them. One accredited program is ina college of social and behavioral sciences(Arizona) and another is in a college of naturalsciences (Hawaii). Several of the otheraccredited programs are under the domain ofcolleges of arts and sciences (Wisconsin-Madison, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, SaintJohn’s, South Florida) or of masscommunication (Alabama, Kentucky, Rutgers,South Carolina, Southern Connecticut,Tennessee). A number are in colleges ofeducation (Buffalo, Clarion, Denver, SouthernMississippi, Missouri, North Carolina-Greensboro, San José, Texas Woman’s, UCLA).In none of these instances is the dean of thecollege from library and information studies(the generic term used by ALA). Sucharrangements as these could have been ourdestiny, but we have merged with a unit ofcomparable size with which we have a great dealin common. It is worth mentioning thatcurrently only 18 of the 55 ALA-accreditedmaster's programs are in units that stand alonewithin their universities. (See http://www.ala.org/ala/accreditation/accreditation.cfm/.)

It is interesting to note that as theseacademic units incorporate a greater range ofsubjects and degrees beyond library science,their names are also being transformed. Anumber of units have dropped the word“library” from their titles and are termedinformation schools (Florida State, Long Island,Maryland, Michigan, New York-Albany,Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Texas, Valdosta,Washington, Wisconsin-Milwaukee). Further, ofthe 19 top U.S. institutions that belong to theiSchools Caucus (http://www.ischools.org/), fiveof the units are titled “college” and do notcontain the word “library” (Drexel, Florida State,Georgia Institute of Technology, Maryland,

Pennsylvania State) and only four other units'titles contain the word “library.” (See “Up to aCollege—What's in a Name?” p. 3.) Our library and information studies

program started in 1939 as a very smalldepartment within the College of Arts andSciences offering the AB or BS degree with amajor in library service and a fifth-year post-baccalaureate program leading to the BS in LSdegree. The MLS degree was instituted in 1963.Five years later, in 1968, both the post-mastersCertificate of Advanced Study and the PhDwere added and the unit became the School ofLibrary and Information Sciences with its owndean. Since that time we grew in size to 19faculty members and around 1,000 students,but we remained the smallest school or collegewithin the UNT structure. Even though we arereturning to departmental status within acollege, we are not stepping backward; we aremaking a positive move and one of our ownchoice. It also is important to observe that ouridentifying name is stated in the title, Collegeof Information, Library Science, andTechnologies. I find it reassuring that in our case each of

the original units, SLIS and LearningTechnologies, formed groups of faculty and staffto make a careful feasibility study of a possiblemerger and that each unit reported a positiverecommendation. When the plan was presentedto the two faculties concerned, the proposalpassed by unanimous vote. It also is reassuringthat the plan was initiated by our dean inwhom I have the utmost confidence. It appearsthat all of those concerned are enthusiasticabout joining forces to create a strong college inthe University’s system, a college that ranksseventh in total number of majors, rather thanthe last among nine, and second in number ofgraduate majors. We have come a long way in 70 years, an

anniversary we will be celebrating in 2009. Notonly are we highly regarded on campus, but alsowithin the state and nation. Our master'sprogram is strong on campus and in Houstonand in our cohorts in Las Vegas, San Antonio,and El Paso, with new cohorts beginning inGeorgia, Virginia, and California. Our doctoralprogram is also strong, drawing students fromaround the world. It appears to me thatbecoming part of a college is a positive step thatwill make us even stronger.

Margaret Irby NicholsLIS Emeritus ProfessorEditor, Call Numbernichols2514@charter.net

EDITORIALOne Person’s Opinion

FACTS ABOUT DISCOVERY PARK

• Street address – 3940 North Elm Street• Located on a 290-acre site about 4 milesnorth of main campus

• Easily accessed from I35 via State Highway377/N. Elm Street

• Officially opened as Research Park with aribbon-cutting ceremony on August 14, 2002

• President Gretchen Bataille announced namechange to Discovery Park in December 2007

• First resident was College of Engineering,founded in 2003

• Property formerly a Texas Instrumentsmanufacturing plant

• UNT purchased in 2001 for $8.9 million• Renovated at a cost of $2.9 million• Consists of four interconnected two storybuildings with a gross area of 550,000 squarefeet.

• LIS administrative and faculty offices on 2ndfloor

• Classrooms and library on 1st floor• On site library contains 10,000 volumes ofLIS journals, more than 19,000 items in theZ book collection, provides 24 subscriptiondatabase and journal packages, and 37individual electronic journals for LIS, alongwith online subject guide to LIS resources

• Generous parking in four lots• Cafeteria• Bookstore to be added• Discovery Park mission: promote interactiveand multidisciplinary research, education,and training; expand economic developmentthrough education and technology; developindustry partnerships; support teaching andresearch of STEM (science-tech-eng-math)disciplines.

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Summer found the LIS faculty and staffsurrounded by large trash containers, boxes, andyellow moving crates in preparation for the move toDiscovery Park. Tons of paper, books, and othermaterials had to be packed, sent to storage, ordiscarded. All of those concerned had to be ready formoving day, August 18.

The move was beautifully orchestrated byJosephine Reyna (PhD ’05), LIS move coordinatorand assistant computer lab manager. Without theefforts of Josi and those of staff members AlanLivingston (PhD ’05), lab manager and webmanager, and Gary Mathews, computer systemsmanager, the moving process would have been muchmore difficult. Josi’s organizational skills came to thefore as she kept all informed about the process, whilemeeting the needs of the University, currentoccupants of Discovery Park, construction workers,

the moving company, and (her biggest headache) theLIS faculty and staff.

To make matters even more complicated, themove took place during fall class registration. Due toJosi’s timeline and well executed plan, however,computers and telephone services to assist studentregistration during this two week “black out” periodwent uninterrupted and the LIS staff was able tofunction normally.

While trying to maintain usual work days, Garyand Alan dealt with the many faculty and staffquestions and wrong wiring in the new facility aswell as the set up of new equipment/computers, faxmachines, and printers. Josi kept everyone on track.These three are to be commended for their planning,long rigorous hours of work, and effort to make themove go smoothly.

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Above: The HardhatBrigade!

Left: Dr. Du

Maurice Leatherbury with Gary Mathewsand Dr. Moen

Dr. Miksa

Diane Green

Dr. Schamber

Adam Poncy

Alan Livingston, Josephine Reyna and Gary Mathews

Assistant Professor Greg Jones formerly worked forCompaq, Dallas Engineering as an advanced com-munications technology planner. His research focuses onthe areas of emerging technologies for learning, whichinclude visualization systems for education, virtualcommunities, telementoring, and 3D online learningenvironments (virtual environments). He holds a FCCadvanced radio license.

Before coming to academia, Assistant ProfessorJessica Li held various senior and executive managementpositions with Motorola University of Motorola, Inc.,Nokia Learning Center of Nokia Co., and ReytheonLearning Institutes of Raytheon Co. She assists organ-izations to establish corporate universities, transition to alearning organization, develop management developmentstrategy and programs, and create succession managementstrategy and programs.

Assistant Professor Lin Lin is research director of aUniversity of North Texas BEGIN project that is sup-ported by a $3 million grant from the Department ofEducation. She is intrigued by the benefits offeredthrough asynchronous written text to the extent that itcan create a true dialogue or discourse.

Assistant Professor Kim Nimon is a corporateveteran of the high-tech industry. Kim is committed toteaching and applying methods that bridge the gapbetween research and practice. Her research agenda focuseson improving human performance through the practice ofworkplace spirituality, the measurement & evaluation ofemployee attitudes, and the development of quantitativestatistical methodologies to assess human performancetechnology interventions.

Assistant Professor Scott Warren designs andconducts research on digital experiences ranging fromalternate reality games to ethical and moral concernsrelated to the use of games and simulations for educationalpurposes. He designed and developed the 3-D worldcalled Anytown within Quest Atlantis to support literacy,which worked in conjunction with his fictional book titledArchfall.

Professor Jerry Wircenski was named a RegentsProfessor in 2003-04. His research interests arecourseware design, career and technical education, andlearners with special needs. His published works includeInfo-line: Effective Classroom Training Techniques, VocationalEducation Programs for the Disadvantaged, and Workbook:Winning Strategies for Effective Public Speaking.

Professor Michelle Wircenski has been at UNT fortwenty years. She advises the students seeking master’s degrees in the program of Applied Technology and

Performance Improvement and works closely with the first year Career andTechnical Education teacher interns. Her research areas include specialpopulations, learning styles, curriculum accommodations teachingstrategies and authentic assessment.

Additional information about LT faculty members is available on theUNT website, http://lt.unt.edu/faculty.html.

Enrollment

LT is a growing department. During the time that it was a part of theCollege of Education, its growth rate exceeded all other departments withinthe College with an average annual increase of 7.9%.

LIS and LT are comparable in size but with variation in the numberof majors and number of students enrolled at different levels. LT has a fargreater number of undergraduate majors than LIS, 196 as compared to 43.LIS, however, far exceeds LT in graduate level majors with 1,326 Master’sand 100 PhDs as compared to LT’s 84 master’s and 72 PhDs. LT,therefore, enrolls more undergraduates while LIS enrolls more graduatestudents. In spring 2008, LT enrolled 1,156 students in undergraduate levelcourses and 331 in graduate level courses, while LIS enrolled 91 at theundergraduate level and 1,989 at the graduate level.

Faculty

Both LT and LIS have highly competent faculties ofcomparable size with LIS larger by five. Four of the LTfaculty members are Regents Professors*: Drs. CathleenNorris, James Poirot, Gerald Knezek, and Jerry Wircenski.Two LIS professors have been awarded the honor, Dr. AnaCleveland (see p.13) and Dean Herman L. Totten. SinceDr. Totten is now an administrator, making him ineligiblefor the title, his regents professorship is being held insuspension.

LT faculty members have interesting backgroundsand are involved in worthwhile current pursuits bothprofessionally and personally as the sampling that followswill indicate:

Professor Cathleen Norris, who was named aRegents Professor in 2006-07, is the recipient of the E.Bruce Street Scholars Award and has served as MatthewsChair for Research in Education. She has received severalother honors, including the Impact 30 Award fromeSchool News, the Learning and Leading with TechnologyAward from the International Society for Technology inEducation, and the National Education ComputerConference Leader Award and the Outstanding ServiceAward from the National Education ComputerConference. Her research interests include computer-basededucation, human factors, and teacher productivity.

Assistant Professor Judith Enriquez’s research interestsare in the social dimensions of communication technologyand of the design and development of varioustechnologies. With this research interest, she has venturedinto other intellectual traditions outside the ‘comfort zone’of computing or information technology, drawing fromscience, technology studies (STS), organization and mediascience, cultural psychology, sociology and linguistics.

Associate Professor Demetria Ennis-Cole worked in industry andacademia as a programmer and a computer analyst before coming to UNT.She has been published in a number of journals including Journal of Researchon Computing in Education, Educational Gerontology, Journal of Computing inChildhood Education, and Journal of Vocational and Special Needs.

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Learning technologies are changing the face of education and training throughout the world. The field includes theuse of a broad range of communication, information, and related technologies to support learning and teaching. The UNTDepartment of Learning Technologies (LT), now a part of the College of Information, Library Science, and Technologies,offers programs that are internationally known for preparing future educators and technology professionals to advance knowledgeof technology tools and their applications. Students, enrolled at the bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD levels, are preparing themselvesfor positions in a wide variety of educational and business settings such as school principals, technology coordinators, web designersand developers, technical consultants, higher education faculty, instructional designers, and researchers.

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DEPARTMENT OF LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES

Norris

Wircenski

Enriquez

Ennis-Cole

Jones

Lin Lin

Nimon

Warren

Wircenski

Li

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Research

Important components of the missions of both LIS and LT are toadvance and contribute to leading-edge research and scholarship. Theyeach rely heavily on grants in carrying out these important functions. LTexceeds LIS in grant awards, receiving $7,566,724 research awardscompared to LIS $3,371,466 between 2003 and 2007. During thedepartment’s tenure in the College of Education, LT generated more than50% of the grants received by the College over a five year period.

While LIS sponsors one research center, Texas Center for DigitalKnowledge (TxCDK), LT sponsors two, Texas Center for EducationalTechnology (TCET) and Institute for the Integration of Technology intoTeaching and Learning (IITTL). TxCDK directed by Dr. William Moen,is an interdisciplinary center that brings together faculty members fromacross campus with research interest in the digital knowledge area. Itsmission is to stimulate and support interdisciplinary research encompassingtheoretical frameworks and practical applications that can enhance thecreation, storage, organization, retrieval, use and evaluation of informationin a wide variety of digital formats.

TCET, with Dr. James Poirot serving as executivedirector, facilitates and conducts research; develops andevaluates collaborations between industry, education, andeducational communities; and serves as a focal pointwithin the state of Texas and beyond in order to createand adapt instructional technology for integration into theeducation programs of our state and nation.

IITTL, directed by Dr. Gerald Knezek, promotes theinfusion of information technologies into daily teaching/learning practices.IITTL compliments TCET by working at the classroom technology

integration level. The center has generated numerousnational and international papers and has been highlysuccessful in obtaining grants.

Research interests of the two faculties show manysimilarities. LT faculty interests include such areas asartificial intelligence, computer assisted instruction,computer based education, new media and technology,telecommunication and informatics, telementoring,

virtual communities, use of technologies such as digital learningenvironments, and emerging technologies for learning. These areascomplement the research interests of LIS faculty members such as digitalimaging, distributed learning and technologies, human informationbehavior, information retrieval, information seeking behavior of onlinestudents, learning communities and learning behavior, medical informatics,and online course design.

Prospects

The two units are entering this new venture with a spirit ofcooperation that should benefit all concerned. Both have recently movedto Discovery Park where they are able to share classrooms and otherfacilities. The future looks promising for the new College of Information,Library Science, and Technologies.

*Regents professorships are awarded in recognition of individualscurrently at the rank of professor who have distinguished records of teaching,research, or both and give evidence of the potential for continuation ofdistinguished service.

Knezek

Poirot

Provost and Vice President of Academic

Affairs

Dean, College of Information, Library Science, and Technologies (CILST)

Special Assistant to the Dean

(admin. affairs)Associate Dean

Assistant to Associate Dean

Chair of Learning

Technologies

Chair of Library and Information

Sciences

Director of Research and

TxCDK

Computer Systems Manager

College Development

Officer

External Affairs and Alumni

Academic Budget Officer

Assistant to Chair

Assistant to Chair

LT Faculty

TCET

IITTL

Program Directors & Program Heads

LIS Faculty

LIS Web Institute Coordinator

Asst. Director TxCDK

GACL Lab & Web Manager

Departmental Tech. Support

Academic Budget Office Assistant

College of Information, Library Science, and Technologies (CILST)

Special Assistant to the Dean for

Distributed Learning

Program Directors & Program Heads

Admissions & Faculty Assistant

Academic Counselor

Assistant to Academic Counselor

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It was a pleasure to read Professor Nichols’s editorial (p.5) prior towriting my first editorial for Call Number; however, it left me with adaunting number of questions to answer. First, how do I introduceLearning Technologies to a new audience? How do I explain our history,our present, and hopes for the future? How do I define LearningTechnologies? How do I explain the “connections” that led to aconsolidation? How do I…? These simple words left me with endlesspossibilities on the way to the store to buy more coffee beans for mygrinder. After fresh bean juice, I decided to write this commentary as anopening conversation without a need to “wrap-up.”

The Department of Learning Technologies utilizes theories, systems,processes, and tools that advance society by improving skill sets,promoting global and local connectivity, and increasing the productivityand knowledge of a society. Tom Peters wrote a book in 1987 titledThriving on Chaos in which he states “excellent firms don’t believe inexcellence – only in constant improvement and constant change.” TheDepartment of Learning Technologies has been a part of the University ofNorth Texas since 1909 when it began offering manual training courses toNorth Texas students. The department currently offers an onlinebachelor’s degree, two master’s degrees and three doctoral degrees in theareas of computing, learning and performance.

Throughout the interdisciplinary history of the Department ofLearning Technologies, it has adapted to the changing needs of learnersand anticipating the future needs of society. Over the last 100 years, theUnited States had changed significantly from a localized agrarian society

into a global information society. With this societal change, the courses,programs, departments, divisions, schools and colleges at the University ofNorth Texas have also changed to better facilitate learning and thetransition to the workforce.

Change is seldom comfortable. However, innovation cannot happenwithout pioneers willing to risk change for benefit of advancement. Ournew college will be an incubator for such innovation. Student-centeredresearch colleges and universities that survive into the future must bewilling to invest in ground-breaking, collaborative partnerships that worktoward solutions for a global information society.

The new College of Information, Library Science, and Technologiesis deeply rooted in the fabric of a university. It has been created with afaculty, staff, and students that respect the past, while studying in thepresent towards the goal of shaping the future.

As we come together as one college, old friendships will be renewedand opportunities for vibrant collaborations will be discovered. Ipersonally look forward to the next year as the college embarks on ajourney in a direction that could not have been imagined by JoshuaChilton when he founded the North Texas State Normal College in 1890.

Jeff M. AllenInterim Department ChairDepartment of Learning TechnologiesJeff.Allen@unt.edu

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GUEST EDITORIALThriving on Change

Dr. Jeff Allen, LT Interim Chair, hasbeen a UNT faculty member since 1994.He is a distinguished teacher and scholar inthe field of performance improvement whoconsults and teaches in that area as well as incareer and technical education, learningtechnologies, and research methods. Heprovides leadership in numerousprofessional organizations and has served asa reviewer for numerous national andinternational publications. His publishedworks includes Leadership in Career andTechnical Education: Beginning the 21st Century (University Council forWorkforce and Human Resource Development, 2005), and over 30publications in journals such as Community College Journal of Research andPractice, Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, Workforce Education Forum,Performance Improvement Quarterly, International Journal of AppliedManagement & Technology, and Journal of Instructional Psychology. He maderecent presentations during conferences at the Academy of HumanResource Development International Research Conference, Panama City,FL, in 2008, and 6th International Conference of the Academy of HRDAsian Conference, Beijing, China, in 2007.

Dr. Allen holds the PhD degree from Penn State University and theMS and BAAS degrees from UNT. He holds a black belt in several areas ofthe martial arts, such as an eighth degree level in Archipelago Combatives.

Dr. Maurice Wheeler, LIS InterimChair, who joined the LIS faculty in 2002,came to UNT from the Detroit Public Librarywhere he had served as director since 1996.His research areas include public libraries,leadership and administration of libraries,cultural diversity as organizationaldevelopment, and African American musicarchives and special collections. Hispublications include: Unfinished Business: Race,Equity, and Diversity in Library andInformation Science Education (Scarecrow,

2004); a chapter in the Whole Library Handbook, 4th ed (ALA, 2004); andrefereed articles in Libres; International Journal of Diversity in Organisations,and Communities and Nations; and International Journal of the Humanities.He has made numerous conference presentations including “InformationRetrieval, Archives and Social Commentary: Researching the Dynamics ofRace at the Metropolitan Opera” at a conference held at CambridgeUniversity, Cambridge, England, in June 2005.

An active member of TLA and ALA, he has chaired and served onnumerous committees and assumed other leadership roles in theorganizations. His degrees include the PhD in Library Science from theUniversity of Pittsburgh, the M.I.L.S. from the University of Michigan;Master of Music, Voice Performance, University of Michigan; and Bachelorof Music, Shorter College.

LT AND LIS INTERIM CHAIRS

Dr. Jeff Allen and Dr. Maurice Wheeler

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CaliforniaGreater Los Angeles Regional Cohort

Working in close collaboration, UNT LISand California State University, Northridge(CSUN) are creating a special greater LosAngeles regional cohort for the MS degree inlibrary and information sciences. Beginning infall 2009, the cohort, limited to 40 students,will begin courses online from UNT andon-site on the CSUN campus, taught bya team of UNT faculty, CSUN faculty,and distinguished senior libraryprofessionals. A strong emphasis will beplaced on the challenges andopportunities that are distinctive to themanagement of libraries, librarycollections, and services in a diverseurban context.

Georgia Cohort

In fall 2008, LIS began the Georgia cohortwith a two-day institute held at the EmoryUniversity Robert W. Woodruff Library, withthe remainder of the instruction deliveredonline. The cohort includes 60 students, 35 ofwhom are funded with a $700,000 grant fromthe Laura Bush 21st Century Library Program.The grant was received in partnership with the

State Library of Georgia, Emory University, andAtlanta University Center. The latter is thelargest consortium supporting African-American higher education in the nation,comprised of five historically black colleges insouthwest Atlanta: Spelman College, ClarkAtlanta University, the InterdenominationalCenter, Morehouse College, and the MorehouseSchool of Medicine. The grant is designed toincrease the number and diversity of students

enrolled in ALAaccredited libraryprograms in upperGeorgia and to preparethese students for anarray of 21st Centurylibrary careers with anemphasis on digitalknowledge management.

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Dr. Tyrone H. Cannon, now serving hissecond year on the LIS Advisory Board, isdean of university libraries at the Universityof San Francisco, where he also is chair ofthe University Leadership Team, serves onthe Provost Council, and co-chairs the JointUniversity Advisory Committee and theJoint University Curriculum Committee.The University of San Francisco librarieshold over one million volumes in 21facilities with an annual budget of $5.5million. Prior to his coming to his current

position in 1995, Dr. Cannon served assenior associate university librarian at Boston College. He also has heldpositions at Oklahoma State University, Columbia University, and theUniversity of Texas at Arlington. In 2003-04, Dr. Cannon served as president of the American College and

Research Libraries, the largest division of the American Library Association.He is a frequent conference speaker and has made recent presentations atannual conferences of the Missouri Library Association, CaliforniaAssociation of Academic and Research Libraries, American Association ofHigher Education, California Library Association, and WisconsinAssociation of Academic Libraries. He is featured in African AmericanLibrarians in the Far West Pioneers and Trail Blazers (Scarecrow, 2006).Dr. Cannon received the B.S. and Master’s of Social Work degrees at the

University of Connecticut, the professional master’s degree at the University

of Pittsburg, and the doctorate at theUniversity of San Francisco. Rhonda Keaton, also serving her

second year on the LIS Advisory Board, isa 1994 LIS graduate. As the LexisNexislibrarian relations consultant based inDallas, she serves librarians in law firmsand in academic, state, county and courtgovernments settings in Arkansas,Louisiana, Mississippi, and Oklahoma.Prior to coming to LexisNexis, the leadingglobal provider of business informationsolutions, she was the executive director ofLegacy, an upscale gift store in Fort Worth.She also served a stint as public services

librarian at Texas Wesleyan University School of Law. Rhonda is active in a number of professional organizations such as the

American Association of Law Librarians, the Special Libraries Association,and several local and regional law libraries associations. In addition to theMS from LIS, she received a BA in English from Texas A&M Universityand the JD from Texas Wesleyan University.Rhonda says that she “has always liked to travel as a hobby but to be

able to do it as part of my work has been a real bonus.” She also confidesthat if she were not a librarian she would be an art historian working as acurator in a museum.

FEATURED ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS

Dr. Tyrone H. Cannon Rhonda Keaton

Dr. Tyrone H. CannonRhonda Keaton

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At the Web Institute, students received basicinstruction in two courses, taught by DeanHerman L. Totten and Dr. Yvonne Chandler,director of the cohort, as well as networked andbonded during activities that included a pre-institute dinner, a pizza party, games onSaturday night, and a “Make Your OwnSundae” party on Sunday evening. There wasadditional excitement when a fire alarmsounded during class on Sunday, sending theentire cohort outside the building because of aleaking sprinkler in one of the rare booksrooms. The respite allowed the group to gatherfor the group photograph shown here. Thecohort will attend a second institute in January.

Nevada CohortAugust 16 was celebration day for members

of Nevada Cohort III, the day the class of 2008received their degrees. The impressive programtook place at Paseo Verde Library of theHenderson District Public Libraries. Earliergraduates, Michael Frazier (MS ’04) andPatrick Griffis (MS ’06) served as marshals.Corinne Dickman (MS ’07) and Joseph Gree(MS ’08) were speakers, along with the guestspeaker, Verlia Davis Hoggard, of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District Board of Trustees.Dean Herman L. Totten recognized thecandidates, Dr. Yvonne Chandler performed thehooding ceremony, and Daphne DeLeon, divisionadministrator of the Nevada State Library andArchives, welcomed the graduates to theprofession. Nevada Cohort IV is now into its second year

of study. All members of the program attendedthe Nevada Library Association Conference,August 14-16, 2008, as part of their scholarshipaward. On the 17th, they attended a workshopon diversity and libraries where Dean HermanL. Totten delivered the opening address. The 86students in the cohort hale from Nevada, Utah,California, New Mexico, Oregon, Colorado, andMinnesota. Dr. Yvonne Chandler serves asdirector of the cohort.

Virginia CohortThe Virginia Cohort began in fall 2008

with a four-day institute held at the JamesMadison University Carrier Library with the

remainder of the instruction delivered online.The program, that includes 40 students fromVirginia and surrounding states, got underwaywith a pre-institute dinner at which thestudents were joined by the academic team,Program Director Dr. Philip Turner alongwith his wife Lis, Dr. Yunfei Du, and theprogram teaching assistants. Those attendingthe dinner joined with the Turners incelebrating their 39th wedding anniversary. The opening day began with LIS 5000

instruction, a tour of the newly opened sciencelibrary, and a welcome by Cynthia Church onbehalf of the Virginia State Librarian. At theevening reception, they were greeted by RalphAlberico, dean of James Madison Universitylibraries. The following days were devoted tobeginning LIS 5600 and socialization in theevenings, a hallmark of the LIS Web Institutes,with an ice cream social, a pizza party, and asing along. The group will meet again inJanuary at the James Madison Universitylibrary.Dr. Turner would like to give thanks to

those who made the Virginia Program possible:Dean Ralph Alberico, who provided the spaceand computer hookups for the class; RitaMcCandless, cohort student and JamesMadison library staff member who served aslocal arrangement coordinator; and EllenDeFriece, whose father taught at UNT, helpedmake the reception happen. He also thanksCynthia Church, LIS staff member JurheeCutis, and several alumni who helped inrecruiting the cohort. He gives special thanks toToby Faber, who went well beyond the call ofduty in helping to register the cohort so thatthey could begin classes before the official startof the fall semester, along with Dean HermanTotten and LIS whose support made thisopportunity available to students from theVirginias.

San Antonio ProgramStudents, alumni, families, and friends

gathered at the Redland Heights clubhouse inSan Antonio for a poolside picnic event hostedby the San Antonio LISSA officers, PresidentMarisa Sparks, Vice-President Chuck Tucker,and Kelli Wilder (MS ’07), former president.The guests enjoyed a wonderful, decorative buffet of summer picnic staples, including awatermelon carved with the UNT logo.

Dr. Ana Cleveland and Jodi Philbrickwelcomed the group on behalf of Dean Tottenand gave an update on UNT-LIS. On October 4, 2008, LISSA sponsored an

All School Day. On a program title“Community Outreach in Today’s Libraries,”students, alumni, librarians, and prospectivestudents in the San Antonio area heard speechespresented by Jennifer Valesquez, coordinator ofteen services, San Antonio Public Library, andJulie Gaines, community & technology liaisonlibrarian, UT Health Science Center. Followinglunch students and others were able to meet foradvising with Dr. Ana Cleveland and JodiPhilbrick.

Houston ProgramA “Back to

School Bash” tocelebrate the newacademic yearwith students,alumni, faculty,families, andfriends inattendance, washeld at theUniversity ofHouston Hilton Hotel on August 30, 2008.Magnifying glasses of all shapes and sizes weredistributed on the tables to promote the themeof “healthy eyes.” Dr. Ana Cleveland, directorof the Houston Program, welcomed the group.Jodi Philbrick and Cheryl Rowan, assistantdirector and student coordinator of theHouston Program respectively, along with theHouston LISSA officers, handed out an array ofexciting door prizes. Dr. Larry Enoch tooktime off from the Web Institute that was inprogress to enjoy the bash, along with Houstonadjunct faculty members Pat Bozeman andMon Yin Lung. Dana Rooks, dean of theUniversity of Houston Libraries and LISAdvisory Board member, was acknowledged forher many contributions to the HoustonProgram.

DentonDenton LISSA officers are planning an All

School Day to take place November 15, 2008.The selected theme is Beyond the Diploma:Preparing for Real-World Employment.

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Virginia Cohort

Dr. Larry Enoch

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A quote from Shamsha Karim, a student in theGeorgia cohort:

“The program is exceeding my expectations in everyway. I am especially grateful for the Web Instituteportion of the otherwise online program because itallows us to meet face to face with our instructorand classmates. This went a long way towardfostering a sense of community and support. Becauseof the program, I have renewed energy and feel Inow have a vested interest in the proliferation andbetterment of libraries.” Georgia Public LibraryService News, October 2008.

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KATHERINE CVELJO1921-2008

Emeritus Professor Katherine Cveljo, member of thefaculty from 1977 until her retirement in 1988, died inKenin, Croatia on June 21, 2008. During her tenure atUNT, she taught courses in the areas of informationresources and services, including the humanities, social

sciences, and sciences; business, medical, and special librarianship; library networksand cooperative systems; and international and comparative librarianship. She alsoconducted research and published extensively in these areas.

Dr. Cveljo received her undergraduate education at the University of Zagreband her graduate studies at Case Western Reserve University where she earned herprofessional master’s and doctor’s degrees and also a second master’s degree in Slaviclanguages and literature. Active in state, national, and international library affairs,she maintained memberships in a number of professional associations. She wasfluent in Serbian, Croatian, Russian, German, Italian, and French and traveledextensively worldwide in pursuing her interest in research and professionallibrarianship. During retirement years, she served as visiting professor at theUniversity of Missouri, was a Fulbright Scholar in Slovenia, and received IREXgrants in Slovenia and Croatia for three consecutive years.

After retiring from LIS, Dr. Cveljo moved to Cleveland, Ohio to be nearmembers of her family. In 2003, she moved to Croatia where she grew up and hadother relatives. She was interned June 23, 2008, in the family crypt in theDalmatian city of Knin. A memorial service will be held at St. Paul CroatianChurch in Cleveland on January 2, 2009. Dr. Cveljo is remembered at UNT as anexcellent teacher who took a deep personal interest in her students and their careersfollowing graduation.

HAZEL HARVEY PEACE1907-2008

Hazel Harvey Peace, for whom a LIS professorship isnamed, died on June 8, 2008 just short of her 101 birthday.At a luncheon on campus in August 2007 celebrating Mrs.Peace’s 100th birthday, attended by some 100 guests, faculty,staff, and university officials, Dr. Barbara Stein Martin wasannounced as the first Hazel Harvey Peace Professor ofChildren’s Library Services. The $350,000 for the endowed professorship, the first ina state supported Texas university named for an African American woman, was raisedthrough donations made by the honoree’s former students, friends, and manyadmirers.

Mrs. Peace was the consummate educator who never stopped teaching and onewho gave of herself to the community. For 46 years she served as teacher, counselor,debate coach, dean and vice principal at the historic I.M. Terrell High School, formany years the only black high school in Fort Worth. After retiring, she spentanother decade as director of student affairs and coordinator of financial aid at BishopCollege in Dallas. Through the years and long after retirement, she served on variousboards, commissions, church councils, and community organizations. Even in fairlyrecent times, she was often seen reading to children at the Fort Worth Public Libraryyouth center, named in her honor.

As stated in a June 10 Fort Worth Star Telegram article, “Even if you didn’t knowHazel Harvey Peace personally, you have been touched by her influence….” FortWorth Mayor Mike Moncrief said of her, “She was, without a doubt, one of the mostinfluential women in our city’s history.” One of her former students termed her, “ourSojourner Truth, our matriarch, our mentor, and our inspiration.”

Mrs. Peace, who graduated from Fort Worth Colored High School (later namedI.M. Terrell High School) at age 13, earned a bachelor’s degree from HowardUniversity in Washington, D.C. before returning to teach at her alma mater at age 16.She later earned a master’s degree from Columbia University and did postgraduatestudy at the University of Wisconsin, Vassar College, and Hampton University.

Hundreds of Mrs. Peace’s former students, friends, and Fort Worth dignitariesattended various services held following her death, including Dean Herman L.Totten and a delegation from UNT who attended the funeral on June 13. Fort WorthSchools Superintendent Melody Johnson announced that she will recommend thatthe next new school in Fort Worth be named in honor of Mrs. Peace.

LIS is celebrating its 70 year anniversary with specialprograms and festive occasions to take place throughout theyear. Education for librarianship actually began at theUniversity of North Texas in 1925 when Pearl McCracken,the library director, offered three courses that focused on thepractical use of books and libraries and on libraryorganization, methods, and administration. Theses courseswere among the first library science classes offered by anyTexas college. The true beginning of LIS, however, datesfrom 1939 when the Department of Library Service wasestablished in the College of Arts and Sciences and degreeprograms at the undergraduate and post-baccalaureate levelswere first offered.

TLA Dinner

In celebration, there will be symposia and otheractivities throughout the year, but one will be special, theAlumni Society dinner held during the Texas LibraryAssociation annual conference. The UNT-TLA dinners areknown far and wide for being fun filled affairs unlike anyother library school gatherings. Since this is a special year,elaborate plans are being made to mark this special occasionthat will take place in Houston in April 2009. There will besome serious moments, but most of the evening’s events willbe raucous entertainment. YOU WILL NOT WANT TOMISS IT. A 70th Anniversary Committee has been meetingsince July 2008 to plan the program and other activities.Even the committee meetings are fun gatherings, which maybe an indication of what the finished product will be like.

Platinum and Rising Stars Awards

In addition to planning fun activities, the 70thAnniversary Committee will recognize state and nationalleaders in seven categories in the library and informationprofessions who are graduates of the UNT/LIS program.These awards will pay tribute to outstanding members of thealumni body for exemplary accomplishments in theirprofessional lives, service to the community, state or nation,and loyalty and commitment to LIS. Alumni have been sentnomination forms with additional information about theawards. http://unt.edu/slisalumni/index.htm/

REMINDER: The deadline is December 10 andnominations should be sent to UNT LIS, Attn: JurheeCurtis, External Affairs, 1155 Union Circle 311068, DentonTX 76203-5017. Should you need information, pleasecontact Jurhee at Jurhee.Curtis@unt.edu or by phone at940-565-3565.

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The 70th Anniversary Celebration CommitteeLeft to right: Cindy Batman, Kathy Huber, Clarice Luce, Yvonne

Chandler, Debby Jennings, Dean Herman Totten, Melody Kelly, JurheeCurtis, Ana Cleveland, Jodi Philbrick, and Paula King, Margaret Nichols,

center, serving as chair.

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Dr. Ana Cleveland was notified in May that she hasbeen named a UNT Regents Professor. The title isawarded to full professors who have performedoutstanding teaching, research, or both. Dr. Clevelandwas especially recognized for her commitment toteaching and mentoring students and for her contributionsto curriculum development, particularly in the area of health informatics that has brought LISto a level of national and international prominence.*

This is an historic occasion in two respects. It is only the second Regents ProfessorshipAward to a faculty member in the history of LIS. The first was awarded to Dean Herman L.Totten in 1991-92. Two thousand and eight also marks Dr. Cleveland’s twentieth year as amember of the LIS faculty.

*The U.S. News and World Report, in its annual guide to the best graduate schools, rankedthe LIS master of science in library and information science degree program in health librarianshipthird in the nation and first in Texas.

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Dr. Guillermo Oyarcereceived the good news inMay that he had beengranted tenure andpromoted to the rank ofassociate professor. His areasof research interest includeinformation retrieval andvisualization, cognitiveissues in user interactionwith technology, and knowledge management. Hiscourse inventory includes information retrieval design,Web content development and maintenance, Webadministration for information professionals,microcomputer applications for informationmanagement, and evaluation and experimentation ininformation systems and processes.

Dr. Oyarce has recently published peer-reviewedarticles in the Journal of the American Society forInformation Science and Technology, Documentationand Information Center[of the] Chinese Academy of Science, and Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of theAmerican Society for Information Science; a bookchapter in Creating Collaborative Advantage ThroughKnowledge & Innovation (World Scientific Publishing,2006); and a Technical Report, Organization for theSecurity and Cooperation in Europe Police-RelatedActivities, POLIS, Vienna, Austria, 2005. He maderefereed presentations at the International Conferenceof Knowledge Management, Vienna, Austria in 2007;Knowledge Management Symposium, Tulsa, OK in2007; Third International Conference on KnowledgeManagement, University of Greenwich, London, in2006; and at the American Society for InformationScience in 2004.

Dr. Oyarce holds three degrees from UNT, theBS in Physics, the MS from the Department ofTechnology and Cognition, and the InterdisciplinaryPhD. He held teaching positions at the University ofWisconsin at Milwaukee and the University ofOklahoma before returning to UNT as a member ofthe LIS faculty in 2002.

Having spent many years in several parts of theglobe, Dr. Oyarce says he and his family have“globalism” in their blood. His wife, a kindergartenteacher, grew up in South America and later served inthe Peace Corps. After traveling a bit after they weremarried, they returned to Peru, his native country,where their two children were born. A trip to Texas tovisit his wife’s family resulted in their remaining inFort Worth. His daughter, a trilingual doctoral studentwho has just received the MS from LIS, is currentlyliving in Germany. His son, a senior majoring ineconomics, is a bike racer, a guitar player, and acomputer whiz.

DR. ANA CLEVELANDNAMED REGENTSPROFESSOR

Dr. Ana Cleveland

Dr. Guillermo Oyarce

DR. GUILLERMOOYARCE RECEIVESTENURE

TXCDK AND BRIT RECEIVE GRANT

Dr. William Moen, director of TexasCenter for Digital Knowledge (TxCDK)and LIS director of research, has announcedthat the Botanical Research Institute ofTexas (BRIT)* and TxCDK received a$738,075 grant, with $181,240 in matchingfunds from the Institute of Museum andLibrary Services. TxCDK and BRIT willconduct fundamental research with the goalof identifying how human intelligence canbe combined with machine processes foreffective and efficient transformation oftextual museum specimen label information

into high-quality machine-processible parsed data. The two-year project will advanceunderstanding of the workflow and processes best able to increase access to and use ofdigitized biological collection metadata within the stakeholder communities comprised ofbiologists, natural history museum collections managers, biodiversity standards groups, andthe library and information science community. A key challenge faced by all natural historycollections is determining a transformation process that yields high-quality results in a cost-and time-efficient manner. The results of this research will yield a new workflow model foreffective and efficient label data transformation, correction, and enhancement that can bereplicated, adapted, and transferred to herbaria and other natural history collections. Thisproject matches one of the UNT president’s new initiatives to support and improveenvironmental sustainability.

Dr. Moen is also a part of an interdisciplinary team of UNT researchers who havereceived a $393,688 grant from the National Science Foundation to examine how federalscience agencies try to make their research relevant to society. The team will study ways thefive science agencies use the process of peer review to ensure that the research they fund issocially relevant. The researchers are calling their project Comparative Assessment Review, orCAPR, pronounced “caper.”

*BRIT, located in Fort Worth, is a global institute for the conservation and preservation ofbotanical heritage through education, research, scientific publications, and collections.

Dr. William Moen

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Dr. Ana Cleveland attended the annual meeting of the MedicalLibrary Association (MLA) in Chicago, May 16-21, where she began herduties as the chair-elect of the Medical Library Education Section. She isgearing up for the MLA annual meeting in Honolulu in 2009. OnSeptember 18-21, Dr. Cleveland, along with eight Rio Grande Phase IIfellows and two Houston Public Library Fountain of Youth IMLS fellows,attended the REFORMA 3rd National Conference held in El Paso. Shealso met with LIS students in the El Paso area and previous Rio GrandePhase I IMLS fellows. A group of students had dinner with El Paso arealibrarians and went to a breakfast for future leaders in the profession,hosted by REFORMA President Luis Chaparro. During the conference,Dr. Cleveland served on a “How I Learned English” panel and gave apresentation titled “Reaching Out to the Rio Grande Valley: RecruitingLibrarians for Tomorrow.” She is currently serving on several committeesfor the University, including the Graduate Education Internal ReviewCommittee, the Toulouse School of Graduate Studies Dean SearchCommittee, and the IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access team).She and Dr. Don Cleveland are continuing their work on the bookHealth Informatics for Medical Librarians.

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FACULTYBITS & BYTES

IASL CONFERENCE

Several faculty members, doctoral students, and alumni attended theInternational Association of School Librarians (IASL) annual conference inBerkeley, California. The LIS booth, which offered a gathering place forUNT attendees, was managed by Drs. Barbara Martin (PhD ’07) andBarbara Schultz-Jones. Dr. Yunfei Du (PhD ’03) and several LIS studentswere on hand to make presentations, attend sessions, and network withinternational attendees. Others in attendance included: Brian Kenny, PhDstudent and editor-in-chief of School Library Journal, Katy Manck (MS’05), and PhD students Linda Swarlis and Doug Achterman, as well aMargaret Lincoln (PhD ’06).

Dr. Ana Clevenland and attendees of the REFORMA 3rd National Conference.

IASL attendees: Brian Kenny, Dr. Stein Martin, Katy Manck, Dr. Schultz-Jones, Linda Swarlis, and Margaret Lincoln.

Dr. Philip Turner, former SLIS dean and more recentlyVice Provost for Learning Enhancement, has returned toa faculty role in LIS and as Special Assistant to the Deanfor Distributed Learning. He will remain involved withthe former Center for Distributed Learning, now theCenter for Teaching, Learning and Assessment (CTLA),with UNT’s Quality Enhancement Plan and NextGeneration Course Redesign. The news releaseconcerning the change stated that “the University is

grateful for his 12 years of visionary leadership. Due in large part to Dr.Turner’s focused attention to learning enhancement, UNT has gained aposition at the forefront of distance learning and course redesign.” Duringthe time that Dr. Turner served as SLIS dean, he was concurrently anAssociate Vice President for Distance Education. One of Dr. Turner’s firstresponsibilities on returning to LIS was planning and recruiting studentsfor the Virginia Cohort for which he serves as program director. The cohortbegan in fall 2008 at a Web Institute held at James Madison University (seearticle p.11)

Dr. Philip Turner

Two members of the faculty have received Research Infrastructure Support funds from the University to improve the conditions ofresearch equipment and facilities. Dr. William Moen received $17,733to purchase 12 workstations for graduate research assistants working onfunded projects, one server for research, data analysis, and development,and one server with high capacity (Le. terabyte) storage. Dr. BrianO’Connor received $23,288 to purchase ultra-high resolution imagingsystem equipment to support exciting new research by Dr. O’Connorand others.

Dr. William Moen presented a one-day workshop, “The Future ofMARC, Cataloging, and The Catalog,” at the Montana Library Associationconference in April. He presented at two conferences on a project fundedby the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to develop a learningobject repository for the Texas Course Redesign Initiative: “ReusingLearning Objects: The Texas Learning Object Repository” at the TexasDistance Learning Association conference in Galveston in March, and“Reusing & Repurposing Learning Objects: Issues of Granularity in theTexas Course Redesign Repository” in August. The funded project staffincluded PhD students Svetlana Barnes, Fei Li, Serhiy Polyakov, andHong Xu. These students are also authors of a paper and poster sessionthat has been accepted for presentation at the fall meeting of the AmericanSociety for Information Science and Technology. Stephanie Horne (MS’07), a student in the Certificate of Advanced Studies program, is serving asproject coordinator. Information about the project that continues throughAugust 2009, is available at http://thecblor.unt.edu. An article titled “TheMetadata Education and Research Information Commons (MERIC): ACollaborative Teaching and Research Initiative” by Dr. Moen and othersappeared in the December 2007 issue of Education for Information.

Dr. Carol Simpson, who received the JD degree from SouthernMethodist University in May, served as keynote speaker at the GeorgiaConference on Information Literary in Savannah, October 1-4, 2008.Her latest book, Copyright for Administrators (Linworth), was publishedthis summer.

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Theresa Jackson, assistant to theAcademic Budget Officer, has been chosenas the 2008 UNT Staff ContributionAward recipient, one of the highest honorsa staff member can receive. She was givenboth a crystal and a monetary award onOctober 27 at the staff appreciation weekkick-off party. The Award was developed torecognize UNT staff members foroutstanding contributions in the areas ofproductivity, customer service, perform-ance, or other initiatives that havesignificantly contributed to the mission or

reputation of the University. Theresa also has been recognized as one ofthe outstanding travel preparers by the Travel Section of the UNTPurchasing and Payment Services.

An invitation by the Tirana InternationalSchool in Tirana, capital city of Albania,provided an opportunity for 10 Mastersstudents (Ryan Bell, Katy Dziminski, ZebEvelhoch, Laura Gutierrez-Ross, MariMartinez, Connie Mitchell, Liz RoweRawlinson, Meredith Tabor, OliviaVanderburg, and Beth Wallace), two PhDstudents (Arta Kabashi [MS ‘08] and JanReed), and two LIS representatives (Dr.Barbara Schultz-Jones (PhD ’07) and TobyFaber (MS ’04) to complete a system migrationfrom Follett’s Athena library automationsoftware to Follett’s newer automation softwareproduct, Destiny.

The project, accomplished between June 6and 19, 2008, involved organizing the schoollibrary, completing the migration of allbibliographic records and patron information,adding new resources to the Destiny onlinecatalog, organizing and cataloging the textbooks,and providing training to the school librarian.The students assessed and reassigned the fictionand nonfiction collections in terms of call

number assignment and physical location withinthe library, reviewed circulation parameters, andswitched over patron records and the barcodesystem. They edited bibliographic catalogrecords to match each book in the collection,reviewing the existing record in Destiny againstthe actual book for a total of 8,466 itemshandled. Complete bibliographic catalog recordswere added for books missing from Destiny andbooks received as donations (440 titles). Specialteams barcoded, cataloged and classified allprofessional resources, 379 audio-visuals, andbarcoded and classified 427 textbook titles,adding 650 copies of these items.Finally, they created a policies andprocedures manual withrecommended policies anddocumentation of decisions maderegarding circulating and barcodeschemes.

The student’s time in Albaniaincluded two wonderful weekends oftravel throughout the country and aweekend in Rome.

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Josephine Reyna (PhD ’05), assistantgraduate general access computer labmanager, who so successfully coordinatedthe LIS move to Discovery Park, came toUNT with a number of years ofmanagement experience. During more than16 years with AT&T, she held a number ofresponsible positions in such areas as salessupport management and regional operationsmanagement. During the time she has beenassociated with UNT, she has held variouslab management positions and served as anadjunct faculty member. In 2005, Josi

received the UNT Interdisciplinary PhD in Information Science, with aconcentration in technology and user behavior. She also holds two degreesfrom the University of Texas at Austin, the M.Ed. in early childhooddevelopment and bilingual education and the B.A. in psychology. She also iscertified in several professional areas such as mediation, dispute resolution,alternate dispute resolution, and family mediation. She has been a volunteermediator in Dallas and Tarrant Counties for several years (see also p. 6).

JOSEPHINE REYNAFeatured Staff Member

THERESA JACKSONAward Winner

LIS STUDENTS STUDY ABROAD Student comments:“I never believed I could learn so much and

not be in a classroom! Going through the Dewey’son the books and working with books in theirMARC records really opened my eyes to thecataloging world,”

“I know that I can speak for us all when I saythat we learned so much more about libraryautomation systems and conversions that wemight not have been fully gotten the grasp of hadwe only read about it in a text book or sat in onlectures. I definitely feel more prepared to upgrademy own library’s automation system out of thedark ages.”

Dr. Barbara Schultz-Jones and Toby Faber will be offering two courses and a trip to Kyiv, Ukraine insummer 2009. Ten students will have the experience of migrating a library automation system in theKyiv International School. Dr. Schultz-Jones states that “this is a wonderful opportunity for LISstudents to experience planning, managing, implementing, and assessing the effectiveness of asustainable automation system in a fully contained setting.”

LIS STUDY ABROADIN SUMMER 2009

Thanks to the StaffThe dean and faculty are extremely grateful to the oustanding CILSTstaff who manage to keep college affairs running smoothly. A list ofnames and positions is on page 4.

DOCTORAL

The California School LibraryAssociation has presented thePresident’s Award to DougAchterman, Library MediaTeacher at San Benito HighSchool, Hallister, CA. Theaward is given each year to anoutstanding school librarian.

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The UNT LIS Beta LambdaChapter of Beta Phi Mu, theinternational library andinformation studies honor society,extended invitations to 29 studentsin summer 2008. Selection formembership is made by facultyinvitation and is based onacademic performance andprofessional promise. Only 25% ofthe graduating class who meet thecriteria for selection can beconsidered. Students selected forsummer 2007 represent a crosssection of the LIS population:distant and in-residence students,students representing a variety ofprograms of study, and inter-national students.

The summer 2008 inducteesinclude:

Doctoral studentsKuka KoremuraMary Jo Venetis

Master’s studentsCrystal AcostaMisty AllenRachel BhattacharyyaRhonda BrownSharon CardwellChristina CooperDeanne CromerJason FrancisNe’Leigh HamiltonMiranda JohnsonTanya JohnsonJuanita KamalipourStephanie Sanford KinsellaAllison LeeperNancy LoezaMonica MerrittJennifer MunozSara OyarceJennifer Sessions PeacockLeslie RobertsFaith SelfValerie ShelleyJennifer SimmonsJodi VasquezTaciana WilliamsJoy WorlandKayebeth Zuloaga

HURRICANE IKEMany LIS students in the south Texas area were affected by Hurricane Ike,

some displaced, others with property damage, and most with temporary orextended periods of power failure. Where necessity dictated, students enrolledin courses online were permitted to delay beginning their coursework withadded time periods for completion at the end. Faculty member whose studentswere affected are being allowed to set an appropriate calendar. We sendheartfelt concerns to all involved in this devastating tragedy.

The Beta Lambda Chapter at UNT and TexasWoman’s University received the 2008 Mary Jo LynchDistinguished Lecture grant. The $2,000 cash awardis co-sponsored by the Florida State University

Information Use Management and Policy Instituteand Beta Phi Mu. Dr. Danny P. Wallace, Professor ofLibrary and Information Studies at the University ofOklahoma and nationally recognized leader in the

profession, delivered the grant sponsoredlecture at the Beta Phi Mu breakfastheld April 18, 2008, during the TLAconference. His lecture was titled “UsingTechnology to Effectively Serve OlderAdults and Baby Boomers in Your LocalLibrary.”

STUDENT NEWSMASTER’S

Renee Vevea, who will graduate in December 2008,has obtained a position as eCommerce ProjectManager at InSite Software Solutions, Inc,Bloomington, MN. She reports that her employerswere impressed with the coursework she has taken inLIS, such as data modeling, electronic databases, andinternet applications.

BETA PHI MU CHAPTER RECEIVES AWARD

LISSA (student organization)officers for 2008-09

Michelle Morris, presidentVeronica Ewing, vice-pres.Anna Perkins, secret aryMarian Silva, treasurer

Paul Andersen and MatthewPierce, parliamentarians

“a bench by the road”

It was a memorable experience fordoctoral student Lynne Simpson when theToni Morrison Society asked her to assistwith a reception following the placing of “abench by the road” on Sullivan Island nearCharleston, SC at the society’s conferencein July 2008. The island is considered to bethe entry point of roughly 40% of theAfricans brought to these shores for thepurpose of enslavement. The term “benchby the road” came from an article in whichToni Morrison is referring to her novel

Beloved, noting “there is nosuitable memorial or plaqueor wreath or wall or park ofskyscraper lobby where I cansit or you can sit inCharleston or Savannah or

New York or Providence or, better still, on the banksof the Mississippi” to think about those who madethat journey. During the occasion, Toni Morrisonread from her new novel, A Mercy. Lynne, who is astaff member at the Oklahoma State Universitylibrary, was also asked to prepare a bibliography of journal articles, book chapters, books, anddissertations by and about Morrison published since 2006.

Lynne Simpson

Doug Achterman

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INDUCTEES

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Two LIS students, Sheneka Morris and Ling Uong, have received the Associationof Research Libraries (ARL) prestigious Initiative to Recruit a Diverse WorkforceScholarships for 2008-09. They will each receive a $10,000 over a two year period to assistthem in completing their master’s degrees in library and information science. They alsowill attend a leadership training institute and be paired with a professional mentor.Additionally, they must commit to working two years after graduation at a research librarydesignated an ARL Signature Institute. These libraries actively recruit librarians from racialand ethnic minority groups.

Sheneka received her BA in psychology from UNT in 2001. As an undergraduate shewas in the UNT Honors College and the Ronald E. McNair Post-BaccalaureateAchievement Program, which encourages low-income undergraduates and those who arethe first in their families to attend college to enter doctoral degree programs. As a master’sdegree student, Sheneka will conduct research on how professors teach, and how studentsuse, graphic novels and comics in the classroom, particularly in the library science field.She is conducting research under the guidance of Dr. Elizabeth Figa, who wrote letters ofrecommendation for her.

Ling, a student in the Georgia Cohort, is currently a stay at home mother who wasformerly employed at the University of Georgia libraries in the Cataloging Department,Database Maintenance and Acquired Cataloging Section serving as a Bibliographic Centercoordinator. She also has worked at the Hall County (GA) Library System, Haines City(GA) Public Library, and the Chelonian Research Institute.

Michael Porter (MS ’05) was selected as an ARL Diversity Scholar for the 2004-06award year.

SUMMERCOMMENCEMENT

BachelorJohn Kody Willis, Ashley Camille Mackifield

MastersCrystal Acosta, Mohammad Alajmi,Rosalind Alexander, Shannon Alexander,Misty Allen, Adam Amland, AlanAnderson (4.0), Joni Atha, TimothyBaldwin (4.0), Stephanie Bassinger,Cynthia Belden (4.0), RachelBhattacharyya, Wendy Binder, MeganBlackwell, Stacy Bosquez, Leslie Bradley,Joseph Bree, Rhonda Brown, KatieBuehner, Susan Byrne (4.0), LilianaCano, Sharon Cardwell, Toby Casey,Karen Cecil, Laura Chapa, ChristineClaiborne, Leah Cole, Daniel Compton(4.0), Christina Cooper, Sharon Cooper,Deanne Cromer (4.0), Jill Crossley,Garett Dacay, Diane Davis, GerryDavis, Patricia De Winne, Lee Detzel,June Engel, Jason Francis, Lee Fulton(4.0), Mari Ann Gadra, Anna Garcia,Judith Gayle, Deidra Golden, RobertHaack, Ne’Leigh Hamilton, ElizabethHanisian, Lisa Heggeness, MargaretHonaker, Morgan Honeycutt (4.0),Stephan Horsthemke, John Hummel(4.0), Janie Irlbeck (4.0), CarolynJohnson, Cloteel Johnson (4.0),Miranda Johnson (4.0), Tanya Johnson,Julie Jones, Jami Judge, JuanitaKamalipour, Staci Kimball Perkins, JohnLamberth, Chastity Lawson, MeganLederer, David Lee, Allison Leeper,Sarah Lerud, Fei Li (4.0), Nancy Loeza,Laura Luvera, Elizabeth Marek (4.0),Laci Martinez, Theresa Mbaku, LindsayMcCrary, Rita McLaughlin, AnnMedaille, Barbara Merrell, MonicaMerritt (4.0), Richard Miles, RebeccaMorse, Shari Moya (4.0), JenniferMunoz, Patricia Nesom, MadelineNoetzel (4.0), Jeanie Noggler, SheilaOrtega, Sara Oyarce, Colby PenningtonCharlotte Pevoto, Renee Phillips (4.0),Heather Pilcher, Guadalupe Ponce,Angel Pritchett, Christine Ramsey (4.0),Tammy Rands, Michael Reagor (4.0),Francis Reyes, Yvonne Reyes, LeslieRoberts, Virginia Rodriguez (4.0),Stephanie Rose, Becky Rynas (4.0),Melissa Salnave, Stephanie SanfordKinsella, Nancy Sears, Faith Self,Josephine Sena Gutierrez, JenniferSessions Peacock, Valerie Shelley,Jennifer Simmons, Mariah Smith, YinkaSole, Chrystal Spybuck, RoxannStevenson, Vanessa Swenson, Susan Tan(4.0), Hannah Tarver, Vera LynneTellman, Shawn Thompson (4.0), JodiVasquez (4.0), Rebekah Vickers, AkikoWada, Brian Wages, Nora WaymanBaggaley, Andrea Wilder, ChristineWillard, Elizabeth Williams, TacianaWilliams, Adam Winger, Joy Worland(4.0), Anna Wright, Jessica Zaker,Deborah Zieman, Kaybeth Zuloaga.

PhDYuka KoremuraMary Jo Venetis

Shaneka Morris

Ling Uong

STUDENTS RECEIVE PRESTIGIOUS ARLSCHOLARSHIPS

In August 2008, Dean Herman L. Totten andLIS staff member Jurhee Curtis hosted a four-dayeducation tour to New York City for eleven LISalumni, spouses, and friends. Highlights included anextensive tour of the New York Public Library at atime when it was closed to patrons. The group wasguided through the board room, the grand hallwhere the Gutenberg Bible and the original animalsA.A. Milne gave to his son were displayed, and tothe beautiful periodical room with its historic WPApaintings of New York City. “Each area was morebeautiful than the last—rather like visiting an Englishpalace,” reported Ann Bracey (MLS ’72), one of thetour attendees. A special treat was librarian AnneGarner’s narrated tour of the rare manuscript and realiacollection where the group saw many items notnormally seen on library tours: a Shakespeare folio, theoriginal manuscript of Clements’ A Connecticut Yankeein King Arthur’s Court (hand-written sheets at least 6inches thick), a letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browningto Edgar Allen Poe regarding the publication of “TheRaven” in England, Dickens’ letter opener with Bob’spaw as the handle, and much more.

At the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s WatsonLibrary, the group was shown a wide variety of resourcesto indicate how the library supports the museum’scollection and research, followed by a wine reception intheir honor. LIS alumna Jo Glenny (MS ’01), who isresponsible for the major communication pieces,invitations, huge posters, and other items for theMuseum’s public functions, was the group’s tour guideat the Metropolitan Museum of Art. After escortingthem to the rooftop garden to see the Koons “balloon”

sculptures and the backdrop of the New York Cityskyline over Central Park, they were shown the SuperHeroes exhibit of life size characters such as Spiderman,Batman, Spider Woman, and others resplendent in theirdesigner apparel. Jo then took the group to her officewhere they saw a variety of communications pieces thatshe and her staff produce. After a brief orientationconcerning the various galleries, members were off ontheir own to browse the vast art collections.

Among the other events the members enjoyed werehaving meals at famous restaurants such as Tavern onthe Green and attending a Broadway production of theirchoosing such as Jersey Boys, Little Mermaid, or In theHeights. In addition to Ann Bracey, other alumniattending the tour were Beverly Tierce (BA ’73) and herhusband Kenneth, Judy Yarborough (MLS ’73),Wendy Robinson (BA ’00), Barbara Moulds (MS ’97),and Rebecca Russell (MS ’96).

A LIS sponsored tour to Washington, D.C. isplanned for summer 2009.

LIS SPONSORED EDUCATIONAL TOURFOR LIBRARIANS

Pictured: Ann Bracey, Beverly and Randy Tierce, Judy Yarborough,Wendy Robinson, Barbara Moulds, Sheri Fenton, Becky Russell,Herman Totten, Dewey Christian and Jurhee Curtis

ALUMNI NEWS

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ALUMNI NEWS

Melody Kelly (MLS ‘73) became presidentof TLA in April 2008, at the end of the annualconference. As the association’s president, Melodyis the chief elected officer for the nation’s largeststate library organization and chairs theassociation’s executive board and its governingbody, the TLA Council. Through the Associationshe will work to support library fundingthroughout the state for school, public, special,and academic libraries, an important task duringthe upcoming legislative session.

Another important function during Melody’s

presidential year is to encourage the identificationand the development of implementationstrategies that will carry forward the TLA’s visionfor transforming Texas libraries. In her President’sPerspective column in the summer 2008 TexasLibrary Journal, Melody states, “Transforming isan exciting word to use—by transforming webecome something we are not now; and throughthe transformation process we may evolve intosomething we can not even envision today.” Shefurther states that “true transformation willrequire: the shared recognition that there is aneed for libraries to transform, the creation of ashared transformation vision, and a commitmentto coalition building beyond our community oflibraries.”

An important function of the TLA presidentis to conduct the association’s Annual Assembly, thework session of the organization that took placethis year in July, and plan the annual conferenceheld each spring. Melody’s conference will be heldin Houston, March 31 – April 3, 2009.

Melody has been associate dean of UNTlibraries since 2001, following her tenure as the

library’s head of government documents from1984 to 2001 and other staff positions beginningin 1974. Her honors include the SLIS Distinguished Service Award in 2005, theBernardine Abbott Hoduski Founders Awardfrom the American Library Association in 2004,and the Knowledge is Power Award from theTexas Library Association and Marcive, Inc. in 2000. At the fall 2008 UNT Staff AppreciationAwards Ceremony, Melody was recognized for her35 years of service to the University.

Other LIS faculty members who have servedTLA as president include Emeritus ProfessorMargaret Irby Nichols in 1984-1985 and DeanHerman L. Totten in 2001-2002. Dr. YvonneChandler recently completed a three-year term asa representative at large member on theAssociation’s executive board. LIS alumni whohave served as TLA presidents include MaurineGray (MLS ’69) in 1974-75, Mary Lankford(BA ’52) in 1975-76, Charles Harrell (PhD ’88)in 1990-91, Linda Allmand (BA ’61) in 1986-87, and Gretchen Hoffmann (MS ’91) in2005-06.

In addition to Melody Kelly serving as president of the nation’s largest state libraryassociation, a number of other alumni andfaculty members are serving leadership rolesduring the 2008-09 conference year. Membersof the Executive Board include JoyceBaumbach (MS ’93), Sue Compton (BA ’82),and Maribel Garza-Castro (MS ’03). Othersinclude association committee chairs: JeannePyle (MS ’85), Awards; Leatrice (Lea) Bailey(MS ’76), Bylaws and Resolutions; DreannaBelden (MS ’03) and Corinne Hill (MS ’95),Conference Program co-chairs; Janis Test (MS’79), Library Partnerships; Victoria Kemp (MS’99), Membership; Elizabeth Philippi (MS’03), Nominating; Maurice Fortin (MLS ’82),Professional Rights and Responsibilities;Cynthia Batman (MS ’03), Publications;JoTisa Klemm (MS ’90), Texas Book Festival;Miriam Rodriguez (MS ’97), Texas-MexicoRelations. Vice-chairs include: Steve Seale (MS’99), Continuing Education and Development;Melinda Townsel, (MS ’85), CulturalDiversity, Elizabeth Figa (LIS faculty), DisasterRelief; Jessica Wilcox (MS ’98), LibraryPartnerships; Yunfei Du (LIS faculty),Professional Recruitment and Retention;Carolyn Davidson (MS ’96), Professional

Rights and Responsibilities; Cherry Fuller(MLS ’85), Public Relations; MollyDahlstrom (MS ’06), Scholarship andResearch; Elizabeth Philippi (MS ’03), TexasMedia Awards; Loretta Bruns (MS ’82), WollMemorial Grant. Other officers include: JoyceBaumbach (MS ’93), chair, Strategic PlanningTask Force; Margaret Carroll (PhD student),chair-elect, Special Libraries Division; WillieBraudaway (MS ’03), chair-elect Archives andLocal History Round Table; Shelly Lane (MS’04), chair, Children’s Round Table; MelissaJohnson (MS ’00), chair-elect, ElectronicResources and Serials Management RoundTable; Pamela Johnston (MS ’96), chair,Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing RoundTable; Carmen Grant (MS ’03) LibraryServices to the Spanish Speaking Round Table;Kay Bray (MS ’94, PhD ’03), chair, Mediaand Related Technologies Round Table; KarenNichols (MS ’88), chair-elect, ReferenceRound Table; D.L. Grant, Jr., (MS ’05),chair-elect, District 10.*

*If names with positions have been left off, pleasenotify the editor: Margaret Irby Nichols atnichols2514@charter.net

MELODY KELLYPresident of the Texas Library Association

TLA LEADERS, 2008-09MAURINE GRAY

1943-2008

Maurine Gray,who received theMLS from LIS in1969, died June 21,2008, fromcomplicationsfollowing a stroke.She served as directorof the BeaumontPublic Library for 40

years, retiring in 2006. At various times, shealso served as the city’s Director ofCommunity Services. During her tenure aslibrary director, her efforts led to a new mainlibrary, establishment of four branches, andrestoration of the Tyrrell Historical Library,Beaumont’s original library building. She alsooversaw the library’s recovery from thedevastation resulting from Hurricane Rita in2005. Maurine was president of the TexasLibrary Association in 1974-75, the youngestperson ever to be elected to the position. Shereceived the LIS Outstanding Alumni Awardin 1980.

Melody Kelly with her mother at Staff AppreciationDay ceremony

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Sandra Nelson(MLS ’72) hasreceived the prestigious 2008Melvil Dewey Medal,the American LibraryAssociation awardgiven in recognition of distinguished serviceto librarianship. TheAmerican Librariesarticle announcing

her as the latest medal recipient notes that “her effortsembody creative leadership of the highest order.” Sandra, an advocate for strong public libraries, is a

nationally recognized consultant, speaker, trainer, andwriter specializing in public library planning andmanagement issues. She is a leader in the developmentof planning and management tools for publiclibrarians and is the senior editor of the Public LibraryAssociation Results Series, an integrated library ofplanning and resource allocation manuals. She isauthor of four books in the series, including StrategicPlanning for Results, the foundation of the series.

Sandra’s first position after completing the LISdegree was as administrator of the Olney (TX) Project, one of the first successful mergers of a schooland public library which continues to serve as a modelfor other such projects. She also has held positions intwo state libraries, Arizona and Tennessee where shewas assistant state librarian, and in the Phoenix PublicLibrary. She became a part-time consultant in 1980before establishing the Sandra Nelson Consulting firmin 1998.

Her other honors include the LIS OutstandingAlumna Award in 1999, the Association ofSpecialized and Cooperative Library AgenciesProfessional Achievement Award in 1996, ArizonaState Library Association Librarian of the Year in1987, and the Arizona State Library AssociationPresident’s Award in 1985. Sandra’s husband Charles Nelson (MLS ’72) is

manager of Legislation History and Microfilm sections of the Tennessee State Library and Archives.He also is an artist whose works are shown frequentlyin local galleries and art shows. Dean Herman L. Totten received the Melvil

Dewey Medal in 2001.

ANNUAL EDUCATIONSERVICES CENTER REGION 20 FALLROUNDUP

Dr. Barbara Martin made a presentation titled“Mentoring the Next Generation of Librarians theUNT Way” at the Library Resource Fall Roundup ofSchool Librarians in San Antonio, an annual eventplanned by LIS alumni Martha Rossi (MS ’04).Among those who spoke at the Roundup were PhDstudent Richard Hasenyager, director of library services at North East ISD; alumni Mary Milligan(BA ’75), librarian, St. Luke’s Episcopal School; Faye Hagerty (MS ’03), library specialist, NorthsideISD; Kimberly Picozzi (MS ’02), library consultant,Education Service Center Region 2; Lucia Podmore(MS ’05), librarian, Jefferson Middle School, Northside ISD; and LIS Advisory Board member,Jana Knezek, director of library and textbook services, Northside ISD. Dr. Martin reported thatthere were many of our students and alumni in thegroup who made interesting remarks concerning theLIS school library program. A number commentedon how difficult the courses were but how much theylearned. There also were remarks from many potentialstudents saying they knew that the UNT program isthe best in the state and definitely recommended over others.

IN MEMORIAM

Ted Drake, director of libraryservices, South Campus,Tarrant County CollegeCollege District, diedSeptember 12, 2008.

Eunice Garverick (BA ’52), aresident of Las Cruces, NM,died August 16, 2008. Hercareer included positions ashigh school librarian inMcCamey and Cisco, TX,librarian at Altus Air ForceBase, Altus, OK, technicallibrarian at White SandsMissile Range, NM, andmedical librarian at theBrooks School of AerospaceMedicine in San Antonio,TX.

Paula King’s father, PaulCarter, died September 30,2008. Her mother-in-law.Paul King’s mother, died inOregon less than three weekslater.

Dr. Shawne Miksa’s 97 yearold grandmother, SherifeSkutt, died September 30,2008.

Linda Valdez (MS ’98), agraduate of the HoustonProgram, died August 31,2008.

We have also learned of thedeaths of:

Dorothy Brewton (BA ’43),Lake Kiowa, TX, June 24,2008.

Bonnye Conroe (BA ’49),Conroe, TX, April 22, 2008.

Zelma Hulse (BA ’50),August 17, 2007.

Carol Roberts (MS ’90), astudent in the first LISextension class in Lubbock,May 25, 2008.

Katrina Savage (MLS ’65),Lubbock, TX, April 7, 2008.

SANDRA NELSON RECEIVESMELVIL DEWEY MEDAL

GLEN POURCIAURECEIVESIOWASHORTSTORYAWARD

Glen Pourciau (MS ’92) is recipient of the2008 Iowa Short Story Award for his collectiontitled Invite (University of Iowa Press, 2008)and is receiving high praise from critics andfellow writers such as Clay Reynolds. He also isrecipient of the Carter V. Cooper Prize for ShortFiction and the Brazos Bookstore Award forBest Short Story from the Texas Institute ofLetters, was cited in Best Short Stories, and hasbeen nominated for Pushcart Prizes. He haspublished short stories in such magazines as theNew England Review, Ontario Review, MississippiReview, New Orleans Review, Cimarron Review,and Quarterly West. Glen and his wife Linda,also a LIS graduate (BA ’72), live in Plano, TX,where he is manager of the Schimelpfenig(Public) Library. Even though his work keepshim very busy, he writes for a number of hourson weekends and often in the evenings.

Photo credit: Sam Gummelt

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Susan Elliott (MS ’90) has been technical services director at Odessa (TX) CollegeLearning Resources Center since 2000, where she earlier served as director ofpublic services and as a paraprofessional. She is an active member of the TexasCommunity College Teachers Association and TLA; in 2004-05, she wasTLA District 9 co-chair. Her BA degree is from Kansas Wesleyan University.

Corinne Hill (MS ’95), associate director fortechnical services of the Dallas Public Library,regularly presents programs on library services,collection development, and new technologies.

She was formerly Technical Services Manager atDenton Public Library. In 2004, she was named a

Mover and Shaker by Library Journal, and in 2005, was a delegate leader forTexas librarians participating in the People-to-People Ambassador Program toRussia. As an active member of TLA, she has served twice as Conference ProgramCommittee co-chair as well as in other responsible positions. She is the past-chair ofthe ALA Reference and User Services Association, Collection Development and

Evaluation Section and recently served as a member of anExternal Review Panel for the Committee on Accreditation.

Connie Moss (MS ’92) is coordinator of the North East Texas Library System(NETLS), headquartered at the Nicholson Memorial Library System inGarland, where she oversees training, consulting, and technology services tolibraries in a 33 county area. Before coming to NETLS in May 2008, she wasassistant director of the William T. Cozby Public Library in Coppell, TX. Shealso has served in the Carrollton (TX) Public Library and the Dallas PublicLibrary. Connie was born and reared in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Sheand her husband were able to enjoy travel in Europe during his Air Force career.

Her hobbies are travel, reading, and visiting with friends and family.

Martha Rossi (MS ’04), is educational specialist for library services at EducationService Center, Region 20, where she supports the development and delivery oftraining and cooperative purchasing programs for librarians and schools. TheCenter, located in San Antonio, serves 51 school districts and ca. 300,000students in 15 counties. She also consults and collaborates on theimplementation of the Texas initiative to provide and integrate state-fundedonline resources to K-12 schools in partnership with the Texas State Library andArchives Commission and the Texas Education Agency. Martha reports that sheis energized by working with technology applications and system design. She saysthat following her parents around while growing up in Mexico and Brazil andjoining Drs. Carol Simpson and Barbara Schultz-Jones in Thailand have kept hermindful of the needs for sensitivity and broad thinking.

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Featured Members

UNT LIS ALUMNISOCIETY BOARD2008-2010

Kathy Huber (MS ’91), Tulsa(OK) City County Library,president; Carolyn Bogardus (MS’07), PortIsabel (TX) Public Library;Terry Clower (PhD ’97),Assoc. Dir., UNT CtrEconomic Development;Susan Elliott (MS ’90),Odessa (TX) College Library;Corinne Hill (MS ’95),Dallas (TX) Public Library,UNT Exes representative; Sidney Lowe (MS ’04),Research & Information head,university libraries, Las Vegas,NV; Leslyn McNabb (MS’02), Center for DiseaseControl, Atlanta, GA; ConnieMoss (MS ’92), NETLS;Martha Rossi (MS ’04),Education Service Center,Region 20, San Antonio;Mariann Sears (MS ’97)Thompson & Knight LLP;Margaret Irby Nichols,retired SLIS faculty/CallNumber editor, ex-offico;Jurhee Curtis, UNT SLISExternal Affairs, ex-officio.

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How many of these questions concerning LIS can you answer? Look up the answers and learn some of our 70 year history.

1. When were courses in library science first offered at UNT?2. When was the Department of Library Service established?3. When did the Department of Library Service become the School of Library

and information Sciences?4. When was Call Number started?5. Which of the LIS 12 deans and interim deans served the longest period of time?6. When was LIS first accredited by the American Library Association?7. When was the LIS extension program at Texas Tech offered?8. When did the Houston Program begin?

Answers on page 21

1970sScott Downing (MLS ’72) retiredin August 2008 from the TexasA&M University-CommerceLibrary where he worked for 36years. He and his wife DianeDowning, who also retired from theTAMU-Commerce Library, willcontinue to live in Commerce.

Bobby Long(MLS ’74),director of theCentral ParkCampus, ofCollin CollegeMcKinney,TX, has beenappointed toserve on the

Regional Advisory Committee tothe South Central Region of theNational Network of Libraries ofMedicine. She is the onlycommunity college representativeon the committee that will includeprimarily librarians and librarydirectors from schools of medicineand associated universities.

Marilyn Gell Mason (BA ‘68)retired as executive director ofWebJunction on September 1,2008. WebJunction, established byMarilyn in 2002 with a grant fromthe Bill and the Melinda GatesFoundation, is an online portal thatprovides training and technicalsupport to library staff. She was thefirst recipient of the LISOutstanding Alumna award in1979. At that time, she wasexecutive director of the first WhiteHouse Conference on Libraries andInformation Science. She alsoserved as director of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library and theCleveland Public Library and as anadvisor to the president of OCLC.

She is a member of the LISAdvisory Board.

RobertMartin (MLS’79) retiredfrom TexasWoman’sUniversitySchool ofLibrary andInformationScience

Studies in August 2008 and willreside in Dallas. He has agreed toserve on the UNT Alumni AwardsSelection Committee.

1980sSusan Allison (MS ‘86) has beenpromoted to assistant director ofthe Richardson Public Library.

We recently learned that KayLincycomb (BA ’80), children’slibrarian at Rowlett Public Library,published Storytimes…Plus! (Neal

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Bobby Long

Robert Martin

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The LIS booth at the Nevada LibraryAssociation Conference held August 14-16 was agathering place for LIS graduates where they werewarmly greeted by Dr. Yvonne Chandler andCharlotte Thomas (MS ’06). LIS graduates who arehold leadership roles in the organization are: JeanetteHammonds (MS ’06), director, Elko County Library,association president; and Nikki Winslow (MS ’05),Las Vegas Community College Libraries, conference

chair. Others active in the association include: PatrickGriffis (MS ’06), Tanya Brown (MS ’06), SidneyLowe (MS ’04), and Debbie Jacobs (currentstudent). All members of the 2007 Mining the 21stCentury Librarian – IMLS scholars program attendedthe conference as part of their scholarship award. OnAugust 17, the IMLS scholars attended a workshopon diversity and libraries where Dean Herman L.Totten delivered the opening presentation.

RECRUITERS ATTLA DISTRICTMEETINGS

Alumni, students, faculty,and staff are participating inrecruiting future students forthe LIS program at the TLA falldistrict meetings held aroundthe State.

District 1 San Angelo – Melody Kelly (MS ’73)

District 2 Amarillo – Sharon Cooper (MS ’08)

District 3 Round Rock – Sylvia Owens (MS ’05)

District 4 Port Aransas – Carolyn Bogardus (MS ’07)

District 5 Dallas – Yvonne Chandler (faculty)

District 6 El Paso – Lisa and Sol Maria Lopez(current students)

District 7 Colleyville – Myrna Medina-Orbock(staff )

District 8 Houston – Jodi Philbrick (MS ’01)and Ana Cleveland (faculty)

District 9 Lubbock – Susan Elliott (MS ’90)

District 10 New Braunfels – D.L. Grant (MS 05)

NEVADA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE

left to right: student Debra McCracken, student Joanne Taylor, student Laurel Curtis, Susan Gregg MS'06

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Answers (LIS Quiz, p 20)

1. In 1925 three courseswere offered by thelibrarian.

2. 19393. 19674. 1939 and has been

published continuallysince that time exceptfor a two year hiatus in1988 and 1989.

5. Dewey E. Carroll whoserved from 1973 to1987

6. 1965-66 and reaccreditedin 1976, 1984, 1991, 1998,and 2006.

7. 1988-19908. 1991 and continues as

an important LIS asset

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Schuman,2006), thatcontains 35themedprograms forthree to six yearolds for use inschools, libraries,and homes.

David Marsh (MS ’87) hasreceived the PhD degree in highereducation administration fromthe University of South Carolina.He is currently library director forCharleston Southern University inCharleston, SC. In January 2009,he will move to Lander Universityin Greenwood, SC to serve as deanof library services. David publishedan article titled “The Way I See It,Reflections ofa FormerCIO:LeadershipLessonsLearned” inthe October2007 issue ofACRL News.

1990sMonikaAntonelli(MS ‘92),referencelibrarian,MinnesotaStateUniversity,Mankato, has

been elected to serve a three-yearterm on the ALA Council, theAssociation’s governing body.

Gayla Byerly (MS ‘98), alongwith UNT libraries colleaguesAnnie Downey and Lilly Ramin,published an article titled “SimpleWays to Add Active Learning toYour Library Instruction” in thesummer 2008issue of TexasLibrary Journal.

AbbyGoodrum(PhD ’97) holdsthe VelmaRogers Graham

Research Chair – News, Media andTechnology, School of Journalism,Ryerson University, Toronto,Ontario, Canada.

Andrea Green(MS ’91) islibrarian forRemingtonCollegeHoustonSoutheastCampus inWebster, TX.

She formerly worked as a publiclibrarian in children/young adultservices for the Memphis PublicLibrary and later as a schoollibrarian in Arlington (TX) ISD.“This is my first experience with acareer/technical library,” she says.“It has been exciting being thelibrarian here and opening a newlibrary.”

The National Endowment for theHumanities has chosen the UNTPortal to Texas History as one ofthe best online resources foreducation in the humanities. Theonline resource, which providesdigital access to thousands of statehistorical documents and photos,is managed by the UNT Libraries’Digital Projects Unit. CathyHartman (MS ’91), assistant deanfor digital and informationtechnologies, is founder of theproject; Dreanna Belden (MS’03) serves as project coordinatorfor grants and development.

Corinne Hill (MS ’95), formerlytechnical services manager atDenton (TX) Public Library, isnow associate director for technicalservices at Dallas (TX) PublicLibrary.

Etta Jones (MS ’99) has accepteda position as the code complianceofficer with The Man in theMirror organization.

Janet Key (CAS), who retiredfrom Tarrant County CommunityCollege System on May 2, 2008,completed a three-year term asTLA treasurer in April 2008.

Constance Moss (MS ‘92),formerly with the Coppell Public

Library, is the new Coordinator atNortheast Texas Library System.

Tony New (MS ’96), formerlytechnical services/systems librarianat Rowlett (TX) Public Library, iscurrently managing collectiondevelopment and reference servicesat the Bedford (TX) PublicLibrary. Earlier this year he wonhis third world championship titleat the 2008 World Championshipsof Country Western DanceContest, taking first place with hispartner in the NewcomerDiamond Couples division. Lastyear he took first place in theNewcomer Diamond Male LineDance and Newcomer Open MaleLine Dance divisions.

HilaryNewman(MS ’94),who has beenwith theservice for 14years, hasbeenpromoted to

Vice President of ImplementationServices at Innovative Interfaces.She has served in a broad range ofpositions—trainer, help deskmanager, product manager,manager of the productdevelopment circulation team and,most recently, director ofimplementation services.Innovative describes itself asdedicating “its energies to meetingthe needs of libraries and thechallenges of library automation.”They further state that they have“fulfilled this mission with first-rate services and products such asthe Millennium integrated libraryplatform, INN-Reach resourcesharing, Electronic ResourceManagement, and the Encore

discovery services platform,”serving libraries of all types in over40 countries. Innovative is locatedin Emeryville, CA.

ChristopherShaffer (MS’94) becameOregonHealth &ScienceUniversity(OHSU)librarian onAugust 1, 2008. He was formerlyassistant director for technologyand outreach at the Hardin Libraryfor the Health Sciences, Universityof Iowa. The OHSU, Oregon’sonly health and research universityand the State’s only academic healthcenter, is the repository of over90,000 volumes, with over 20,000books and journals available inelectronic format. The University’sannouncement of Chris’sappointment stated: “Havingserved for 15 years in libraryservices for academic and healthcare institutions, Chris brings toOHSU a wealth of experience andinnovative ideas for serving theinformation needs of OHSUfaculty, researchers and students.”

Stephen Smith (MS ’96), who hasbeen serving as a records managerfor the past 12 years, has beenwith QVC in Westchester, PAsince 2005. Stephen is a CertifiedRecords Manager and a CertifiedDocuments Imaging Architect.

Anna Teller (MS ’95) is directorof the Texas Wesleyan UniversitySchool of Law Library.

JeffreyTimbs (MS’96) joinedthe Allen(TX) PublicLibrary as itsnew directoron May 1,2008. He was

formerly library manager andassistant director of library servicesat Rowlett (TX) Public Library, aswell as the library’s staff liaison forthe Library Advisory Board.

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David Marsh

Tony New and dance partner

Monika Antonelli

Andrea Green

Abby Goodrum

Storytimes....Plus!

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Hilary Newman

Christopher Shaffer

Jeffrey Timbs

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Ben Toon (MS ’94), librarymanager at Fujitsu Corporation inDallas, was a member of a programpanel at the Special LibraryAssociation Texas Chapter annualmeeting, held at SMU October 24,2008. He discussed how he hasimplemented Web 2.0 capabilitieswithin his own library structure andreviewed some up coming tech-nology and how that may changethe way we use social networks andWeb 2.0.

DeAnza Williams (MS ’99) hasbeen appointed as area branchmanager of the Madison branchlibrary cluster of the Nashville (TN)Public Library. She has been amember of the Nashville Publicstaff since 2000 where she was ayoung adult librarian for five yearsand a branch manager for the lastthree years.

Adam Wright (MS ’95) and otherspublished “State Library Study onStatewide Interlibrary Loan” in thesummer 2008 issue of Texas LibraryJournal. Adam is executive directorof the North Texas Regional LibrarySystem.

2000-2004MaribelGarza-Castro(MS ’03) wasone of the 14Texas libraryadvocates whoparticipated inthe ALANational

Library Legislative Day. The teamvisited all 34 Washington offices ofTexas congressmen and senators tomake the case for increasing federallibrary funding support of certifiedschool librarians and libraryprograms, maintaining networkneutrality, and continuing the E-rate program. Earlier this year,Maribel was elected to a three-yearterm on the TLA Executive Board.

Valli Hoski (MS ’01) has joinedthe Ex Libris Group(www.exlibrisgroup.com) as animplementation librarianresponsible for training and librarysupport in SFX and other e-collection management products.She says she is “a proud LIS

graduate.” She occasionally teacheswith Dr. Larry Enoch’s dynamicLIS 5200.

MicheleLucero (MS’04), librarianrelationsmanager, West,a ThomsonReutersCompany, LosAngeles,

received her MBA in strategicmanagement from UNT in spring2008. She began her Doctor ofEducation in organizationalleadership with PepperdineUniversity in fall 2008.

Jennifer Smith (MS ’02) is the2007-09 chair of the TLA TexasLone Star Reading List Committeeand a member of the TLA YouthAdult Round Table ExecutiveBoard. She also has assumed theposition of library liaison for theEast Central Independent SchoolDistrict, San Antonio.

David Zopfi-Jordan (MS ‘01),librarian at the University ofMinnesota Law Library, has beenelected vice-president/president-elect of the Minnesota Associationof Law Librarians, a chapter of theAmerican Association of LawLibrarians. He also reports that hisson William has turned doubledigits this year; he is now 10. Davidreceived an Outstanding StudentAward from (LIS) Faculty in 2002.

2005 to dateMargaretCincotta(AdvancedCertificate inManagement’06) has beenappointeddirector of theGarden City(NY) Public

Library. She previously heldpositions in the East Meadow (NY)Public Library and was assistantlibrary director for the Levittown(NY) Public Library.

Sherry Lamb (MS ’08) is currentlyserving as an officer in the HoustonArea Catholic School LibrarianAssociation and is scheduled, along

with current student JanelleDrymalla, to manage a LISrecruiting booth at the organiza-tion’s upcoming conference inFebruary 2009.

Sheryl Stoeck (MS ’07), librarian atSandra Day O’Connor School,Northside ISD (San Antonio, TX)has been selected by the KosciuszkoFoundation to teach English at aUNESCO summer program inPoland.

Eric Terry (MS ’05), youth serviceslibrarian, East Arlington (TX)Branch Library, states in aninterview that appeared in star-telegram.com/arlington July 23,2008, about being a librarian,“Every day I get to learn somethingnew and every day is different.” Thearticle concerned his library’sinvolvement in the Texas SummerReading Club that creates anincentive for people to read. Terry,formerly with the Wichita Falls(TX) Public Library, recentlymoved to Arlington with his wifeAllison, daughter Madison and son Donovan, ages 12 and 8.

Mary Jo Venetis (PhD ’08) reportsthat in May 2008 Beta Phi Muselected her to receive a EugeneGarfield Doctoral DissertationFellowship amounting to $3,000,which helped to defray some of herdissertation survey and statisticalservices costs. She defended herdissertation in May and received thePhD at August 2008 graduation.Mary Jo is serving on the TLA TaskForce on Transforming Librariesand also has been selected to serveon the ALA Association for LibraryCollections & Technical ServicesOutstanding Collaboration CitationJury. She was a presenter at the2008 TLA conference for the TALLTexans program titled “GoingBeyond to Become a StrongLeader.”

Other new positions:Mary McCoy (MS ’06), director atLamar State College-Orange library;Tessa Li Powell (MS ’07), librarydirector at Wade College, Dallas, TX;Robert Bartlett (MS ‘06), medicalinformation specialist, MethodistHospital San Jacinto (Baytown, TX),The Family Practice Center. ReneeVevea, who is graduating inDecember 2008, has accepted aposition as eCommerce Project

Manager in Minneapolis, MN.

New positions for summer 2008 MSgraduates: Chrystal Acosta, librarian, BurlesonElementary, El Paso (TX) ISD;Tomothy Baldwin,librarian, Mountain View College,Irving TX; Joseph Bree, ILLsupervisor, Weber State University,Ogden, UT; Rhonda Brown,librarian, Shorehaven Elementary,Garland (TX) ISD; Karen Cecil,library assistant, Harrington LibraryConsortium, Amarillo, TX; SharonLee Cooper, Tradewind Elementary,Amarillo (TX) ISD; Peggy (Margaret) Honaker, (MS’03) librarian, Fisher Elementary,Frisco (TX) ISD; Tanya Johnson,librarian, Williams ElementarySchool, Houston (TX) ISD; AllisonLeeper, librarian, Gunstream

Elementary,Frisco (TX)ISD; SaraLerud, Englishteacher ValleyCity HighSchool, ValleyCity, ND;Lindsay

McCray, librarian, Coppell (TX)ISD; Luci Martinez, stacks manager,UNT Health Science Center Library,Fort Worth; Ann Medaille, referencelibrarian, University of Nevada Reno;Monica Merritt, Branch Elementary,Bryan (TX) ISD; Colby Pennington,records analyst, Travis County ClerkRecords Management, Cedar Park,TX; Lief Pierson, librarian, NorthCentral Texas College, Corinth;Virginia Rodriguez, librarian, RobertB. SewellElementary,Sachse (TX)ISD; Faith Self,district librarian,Childress (TX)ISD; Jennifer StiebSimmons,library technicalservices, Anderson County (SC)Library; Shawn Thompson, libraryaide, Gruver (TX) ISD; Deborah

Zieman,teacher,Stratford (TX)ISD; KayebethZuloaga,DowellElementarySchool, El Paso,ISD.

Maribel Garza-Castro

Michele Lucero

Margaret Cincotta

Kayebeth Zuloaga

Sara Lerud

Jennifer Simmonswith Dr. Figa

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1901 Austin, Joyce M (BA) 1941 Kirtley, Gladys (BA)

Smith, D. Palmer (BA)1943 Doll, M. Frances (BA)1944 Russo, Ferrell E (BA)1945 Clayton, Jane (BA)

Grizzard, Mary (BA)1946 Randal, Agnes A (BA)

Yoas, Billie Jean (BA)1947 Grubb,Elizabeth (BA)

Linn,Dorotha (BA)1948 Bolling, Ruth Shelton (BA)

Mitchell, Aubrey (BA)1949 Blummer, Doris Christine (BA)

Garrison,M Bassett (BA)Gregoire,Parker (BA)Ray, Helen (BA) Williams, Mary Jo (BA)

1950 Harris, Janice Pickle (BA)Liddell, Maude Voncil (BA)Mc Cool, Estelle (BA)Wall,Mildred (BA)

1951 Baker, Annie Belle (BA)Cloud, Jean (BA)Johson, Elizabeth (BA)Korioth, Margaret A B (BA)

1952 Bond, Mary Yvonne (BA)King, Lynn (BA)

1953 Coale, Marcia (BA)Gentle,Velma Maxine (BA)Ralston, Louise (BA)

1954 Chancellor, Josephine (BA)George, Mary Jo (BA)Mc Kinney, Shirley H (BA)

1954 Myers, Alma S (BA)Wahl, Ruby (BA)

1955 Fambrough, Evelyn W (BA)1956 Stone, Nancy Pat (BA)

Tebbetts, Letha (BA)1958 Hodges, Martha Francis (BA)1959 Clark, Jimmie Ed (BA)

Jackson, Harold K (BA)1962 Arden, William P Pool (BA)1962 Couch, Scott (BA)1963 Blazi, L L Belz (BA)

Lestrel,Dagmar C (BA)1964 Anderson, Stella Ruth (BA)

Bolton, Jerilynn (BA)Brown, Janette (BA)Smith, Wayne T (BA)

1965 Cockrell, Mary Barbara (BA),Johnson, Janet Pamela (BA),Rhew, David (BA)

1966 Copeland, Vivian (BA)Cowart, Judith A (BA)Wilson, May Pearl (BA)

1967 Denney, Alma J (BA)Elliott, Charlynne C (BA)Lane, Walker Scott (BA)

1968 Bird,William Andrew (MS)Brunner, Michael S (MS)Ghate, Asha P (BA)Heineke,Charles David (BA)Hughes,Mary Jane (BA)

Landtroop, Linda G (BA)Materka, Doris H (BA)Sharp, Omer Jaye (BA)

1969 Sanders,Jane A L (BA)1969 Wilcox, Kathryn (BA)1970 Gorman, Kenneth G (BA)

Haley, Bobbie L (BA)Rasor, John H (MS)Starkes, Betty Jo Tanzy (BA)

1971 Farni, Janet Ruth (BA)Kastritsis, Patricia (BA)Tcheng, Lien-Lin (BA)Wilson, Lois Marie (BA)

1972 Allen, Joan Wardner (MS)Fritsche, Glenn Carleton (MS)Pool, Barbara S. Y. (BA)Shipman, Eleanor D. R. (BA)Smith, Mary Louise (BA)

1973 Gengnagel, Ronald M (BA)Ricketson, Emory Lee (BA)Wilborn, Gwendolyn B (BA)

1974 Ajala, Mabel Olu (MLS)Dansby, Laura Bernice (MS)Heigh, Timothy (BA)Khorramzadeh, Heshmat (MLS)Kromi, Edythe D (MLS)Paul, Toni Rae (BA)

1975 Chani-Mui, Ng Rebecca (MLS)Taylor, Karen L (BA)Woodard, Charles B (BA)

1976 Blucker, Daniel M (MLS)Pelley, Ruby Lee (BA)

1977 Donaldson, John A (BA)Huang, Li-Tyze Katie (MS)Stephenson, Mary Sue (PHD)

1978 Lolley, John Louis (BA)Stump, Jeanne Marie (BA)

1979 Figg, Candace G B (MLS)1980 Bohlen, James Allen (MLS)

Chung, O Jeeru (BA)Loesch, Marie Teresa (BA) Newberry, Teresa Jane (MS)

1981 Davis, Marsha Ann T (BA)Matthews, Betty (MS)Speer, Nancy Jean (MS)

1982 Ahmadi, Gila (BA)Bullock, Emmy Ruth (MS)Huang, Jui-Chung (BA)Jun, Herbert (BA)

1983 Deken, Debra Lynn (BA)Hammon, Louise Lydia (MS)Kurmei, Philip Kipkoech (BA)Lyons, Melinda Louise (MS)Pinkston, John Lynn (MS)

1984 Bishop, Betty Jean (MS)Chacon De PerezGladys Amanda (MS)Chuang, Chien-Kuo (MLS)Dykstra, Christiann (MLS)Hoover, Kathryn Jane (MS)Jordan, Kathryn H (MS)Kendrick, Alana E (MLS)Neeley, Patricia Ann (MLS)Wilkinson, Gayle Thomas (MLS)

Yang, Kae-Jia (MS)1985 Chiu, Kwok-Ying Ida (MS)

Duncan, Kathryn (MS)Golden, Diana Lynn (MS)Jamison, Laura Lee (MLS)Jordan, Joan Anita (MLS)Kirwan, Michael D (MS),Larremore, Robert John (MLS)Toth, Sally K Bohon (MS)Williams, Carole Elaine (MS)

1986 Anthony, Leland DeWitt (MS)Geddert, Jacob E (MS)Han, Yun-Ting (MS)Lee, Ming-Ying Sarah (MS)Saridi, Jaiton Z (MS)

1987 Brown, Linda Sue (MS)Jungkuntz, Andrea Ruth (MS)Nicholson, Vicki Lynn (MS)Padgett, Donna Virginia (MS)Stein, Heidi Gale (MS)

1988 Ellis, Hazel Zulita (MS)Haji Pg Abdul RazakDg Salwah Ul Razak (BS)Koo, Suk-Fong (MS)Olaniyi-Oke, Thomasina (MS)Shirazi, Mary Cecelia (MS)

1989 Bullock, Jerry Lynn (MS)Coompanthu, Sininthorn (MS)Pegueno, Edith S. (MS)Roberts, Roxcine Lois (MS)Thienhom, Vimolsuda (MS)

1990 Ali, Mahdi Ahmad (MS)Anderson, Meredith Lou (MS)Cole, Teresa Lynn (MS)Hayden, Myra Jean H (MS)Park, Hyun-Joo (MS)Phillips, Casey Robert (MS)Pitt, Janine E (MS)Simpson, Jodi Kathleen (MS)

1991 Bao, Erin Roberson (MS)Bartoletti, Robin W (MS)Cox, Laura Jean (MS)Fesler, Dorothy Susan (MS)He, Peter Wei (MS)Ku, Hug-Teh (MS)Le Tain, Anne Marie (MS)Lowery, Merry Elizabeth (MS)Paschall, Freedonia (MS)Tameem, Jamal Abbas (PHD)

1992 Banks, Ronnie Wayne (MS)Cary, Sharon K (BS)Davis, Dorothy F (PHD)Dettmer, Genevieve A (MS)Ghassemi, Ali (MS)Marshall, Eunice Anne (MS)Moazzami, Michelle (MS)Wang, Der-Yeu (MS)

1993 Alcala, Rosella R (MS)Brannigan, Gypsy Michele (MS)Choi, Jae Hwang (MS)Chung, Yun-Miao (MS)Doss, Nancy Ann (MS)Emberlin, Anita Fern (MS)Ewing, Keta Lavoyce (MS)

Miller, Bobbie Joan (MS)Ragan, Debra Ruth (MS)Raychavdhuri, Pradipta B (MS)Rutter, Julie Anne (MS)

1994 Eagan, Cynthia Louise (MS)Garza, Ellen Hudson (MS)Hackett, Sabrina Dionne (MS)Hansen, Lucia Landt (MS)Keys, Patricia Lynn (MS)Lee, Patricia Ann (MS)Rudder, Mary Margo (MS)Snyder, Janet Lynn (MS)

1995 Acker, Jennifer L (MS)Comerford, Kevin James (MS)Davis, Stacey Ann (MS)De Los Santos, Lynda Diane (MS)Gierson, Barton (MS)Gotcher, Nancy C (MS)Horter, Janica Marie (MS)Keenan, Martha Runner (MS)Kenyon, Jon Michael (MS)Kim, Young (MS)Long, Pamela Adoree (MS)Moody, Dorothy Anne (MS)Perry, Sharon Kay (MS)

1996 Frazier, Ramona C (MS)Liang, Ji H (MS)Mapel, Amy Denise (MS)Smith, William Loyd (MS)Yi, Myongho (MS)

1997 Bogert, Michele Irene (MS)Graves, Yasma Yvette (MS)Lemon, Chanda (MS)Peters, Rachel Rebecca (MS)Stokes, Charity Kay (MS)Tweesubchai, Phandao (MS)Wilhite, Sheryl W (MS)Win, Yuau-Zon (MS)

1998 Chiu, Lai-Wan (MS)Drago, Margaret Lee (MS)Fundis, Margaret Ruth (MS)Gay, Suzanne Sandlin (MS)Longbrake, Julia (MS)Miller, Katherine Ann (MS)

1999 Coleman, Margaret Rose (MS)Goodvin, Renee (MS)Hiller, Heinz Robert (MS)Lopatovska, Irene V (MS)Marcee, Alice Kay (MS)Neal, Karen Marie (MS)

2000 Ludington, Alicia Bea (MS)Sartorius, Ellen Jeanne (MS)Shearer, Denine Aurora (MS)Stone, Amie Victoria (MS)Veronin, Michael Andrew (PHD)

2001 Ambrosino, Maureen Rene (MS)Hipp, Amanda Leigh (MS)Shamo, Esmaeel Ebraheem (PHD)St Claire, Kathryn Louise (MS)Waletzki, Sarah Louise (MS)Warren, Pamela Jean (MS)

List will continue in the spring issue ofCall Number.

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ALUMNI WE WOULD LIKE TO FINDOver the years, we lose touch with some of our alumni. If you know the whereabouts of any of the following persons, please send information to

Jurhee Curtis at Jurhee.curtis@unt.edu. This is a partial list, to be continued in an upcoming spring issue of the Call Number.

Call NumberFall 2008

LIS DONATIONSThe list that follows includes graduates and others who have pledged or donated to LIS from September 2007 through August 2008.

1940’sColleen Hager, BA ’48Martha McCulloch, BA ’47Carmen McKinney, BA ’43Imarie Parsons, BA ’42Margaret Nichols, BA ’45Mary, BA ’40 and Erle PowellJesse Reinburg, BS ’41Rosalyn Faw Robertson, BA ’47Jean Stephens, BS ’43

11995500’’ssMary Bender, BA ’59Sharon Brown, BA ’59Shirley Burns, BA ’58Gail Harper, BA ’59Shirley Semler, BA ’59Alice Taylor, BA ’56Travis Tyer, BS ’59Flora Wilhite, BA ’53Oleta Wittenmyer, BA ’54

11996600’’ssLinda Allmand, BA ‘61Margaret Cox, BA ’61Linda Dugger, BA ’67Kathryn Edwards, MS ’63David Engelhardt, BA ’67Sondra and Ken, BM ’63 Ferstl Enid Gray, BA ’69Noe Guerra, BA ’68Jo Kimbro, BA ’68Janet, BA ’69 and John KirbyEllen Massengill, MS ’69Karen McDonald, BA ’69Hilda McLaughlin, BA ’62Clarissa Metzger, BA ’61Frances Perry, BA ’68Margaret Perry, BA ’68Elizabeth, BA ’61 and Jack PolkElaine Reeves, BA ’69Merwin Taylor, MLS ’65

11997700’’ssCarole Almquist, BA ’71Deborah Baker BS ’76Robert Bertrand, MS ’72Bernard Bennett, MS ’75Sherilyn Bird, MS ’70Carmella Blackmon, BA ’78Vester Box Jr., MS ’78 Ann Bracey, MS ’72

Ruth Brock, MS ’75June Browne, MS ’78Mollie Bynum, MS ’73Shirley Campbell, BA ’70Scherel Carver, BA ’75Bonnie Case, MLS ’79Annette Corman, MS ’75James Craig, BA ’71Karen Curtis, BA ’77Donna Darden, BA ’77Jane Dickson, BA ’77Karen Alice Dillon, BA ’71Ira Downing, BA ’72Laurie Evans, MLS’73Verna Evans, MLS ’70Helen Fall, BA ’70J’Nevelyn Faubion, BA ’76Fonda Fox, MS ’78Alta Lee Futch, BA ’73Ruth Gibson, MLS ’74Gloria, MS ’74 and Philip Gray Mary Ann Grundborg, BA ’77Marsha Harper, BA ’71Rodney Henshaw, MLS ’75Hazel Keeney, BA ’72Melody Kelly, BA ’70Leora Kemp, MS ’78Lynn Kirchenbauer, BA ’78Kay Knezek, BA ’73Lee Kobayashi, MLS ’72Arlene Kyle, BA ’72Jacquelyn Kyle, BA ’79Carole Lawrence, BA ’79Marla Layman, MS ‘77Barbara Leamer, MLS ’78Carol Lee, BA ’75Bobbie, BA ’74 and Dormand, BBA ‘69Long Ann Lynn, BA ’79Carol Maksian, MLS ’79Kathryn Manck, MLS ’79Robin Martin, BA ’75Vernon McCart, BA ’72William McIntyre, ME ’75Barbara, BA ’78 and Thomas Miller Marion Mitchell, BA ’73Benay and Patrick, BA ’78 Muckleroy Egbert Musser, Jr., MLS ’70Marilee Neale, MLS ’71Gwendolyn Oliver, BA ’73Paul Oswalt, BA ’76Joan Phillips, BA ’70

Betty Pope, BA ’70Fayrene Powers, BA ’72Barbara Rhodes, MLS ’72Judy Richardson, BA ’71Elmer Sackman Jr, MS ’75Evlyn, MS ’75 and John Schmidt Katherine Smith, BA ’77Martha Tarlton, MLS ’79Peggy Tooker, MLS ’76Linda Vaughn, MS ’73Mary Voegtle, BA ’73Diane Wahl, MLS ’75Janet Whitehouse, BA ’78Amanda Williams, MLS ’78Janice Wisner, MS ’77Juana Young, MS ’72

11998800’’ssJudith Avery, BA ’80Jane Bickford, MS ’84Allison Breen, MS ’82Barbara and Paul, MS ’87 BuchananDenise Chochrek, MS ’88Susan Compton, BA ’82Patricia Connelly, MS ’86Ruth De Namur, MS ’89Leslie Dworkin, MS ’83Peggy Evans, MS ’83Wendy Farley, MS ’86Robert Finch, MS ’87Maurice Fortin, MLS ’82Rita Foudray, PhD ’89Maria Garcia, MS ’85Gregg Geary, MS ’88Betsy Grant, MLS ’84Joan Gremont, MS ’84Kay Halstead, MS ’88Louise Hammon, MS ’83Virginia Harris, BA ’80Melba Harvill, PhD ’84Gary Hipps, Sr., MLS ’80Tad Howington, MS ’87Sherry Johnson, MLS ’84Betsy Kraus, MS ’84Martha, BA ’82 and James LathamLinda Long, BA ’81Joy Lowe, PhD ’84Barbara, PhD ’82 and Bob, MLS ’79 MartinFrances May, MS ’84Carol McClendon, MS ’89Sally McCoy, MS ’86Frances Mitchell, MS ’89

Kay Dee Mortimer, BA ’81Mattie Mosley, PhD ’86Connie, MLS ’80 and Mac NeumannBarbara Norton, MS ’89Helen Oelkrug, MS ’85Barbara Paulick, MS’84Patricia Peters, MA ’86Jeanne Pyle, MS ’85Mary Reiter, MS ’87Mary Roden, BA ’82Katherine Schacht, MS ’88Helen Seaman, MS ’86Sally Sorensen, MS ’88Laurie Stelljes, MS ’84Tana Stoker, MS ’85Deborah Stovall, MS ’83Lois Upham, PhD ’85Audrey Vanderhoof, BA ’80Diane VanNaerssen, MS ’89Wallace Waits, Jr., MS ’87David Walle, MS ’87Aletta Waterhouse, BA ’80Cecil White, PhD ’84Paula Williams, MS ’82

11999900’’ssJo Anne, MS ’99 and L. Duane AlcornNanette Alderman, MS ‘95Pamela Allen, MS ’92Vanessa Anderson, MS ’90Evelyn Barker, MS ’94Nancy Barton, MS ’91Carisse Berryhill, MS ’90David Bigwood, MS ’93Cathy Bolin, MS ’92Kristin Boyett, MS ’99Rebecca Bradley, MS ’97Dorothy Branton, MS ’90Orella Brazile, PhD ’91Susan Bristow, MS ’94Andrea Brooks, MS ’90Susan Browning, MS ’93Joy Bucy, MS ’91Pamela Cooper, MS ’98Rita Curtis, MS ’90Lynn Day, MS ’93Carol Dengle, MS ’92Jenifer Dignam, MS ’97Judith Douglas, MS ’90Linda, MS ’90 and Edward DriesseKathy, MS ’90 and Richard, MED ’07Edwards

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American scholar William Arthur Ward once said that “feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” I neverwant to be guilty of withholding my sincerest gratitude from you, LIS’s esteemed donors. I am a firm believer in expressing what is in my heart, and Inever want to be negligent in expressing what I sincerely feel. Those of you who know me best know that I am seldom at a loss for words. However,there are two words that I feel I must never forget to include when I speak to you. The two words are ”Thank you!” Your generosity allows LIS tofulfill its dreams, meet its goals, and kindle its hopes for a future as illustrious as its past. With all my heart, thank you for your unfailing generosity.May you feel the warmth of my words as I wrap them in gratitude and give them to you now.

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22000000’’ssHeather Adair, MS ’08Winfred and Donald, MS ’06 AdairArne Almquist, PhD ’06Linda, MS ’00 and William AndersonShimelis Assefa, PhD ’07Shelley Barba, MS ’08R.J. Bartlett, MS ’06Danielle Batson, MS ’07Karen Baen MS ‘02Karen Bellemare, MS ’03Cynthia Belmar, MS ’00Rebecca Bendel, MS ’07Susan Bloomfield, MS ’05Laura Boston, MS ’03Carolyn Bogardus, MS ’07Deborah Bogue, MS ’07Willie Braudaway, MS ’03Jennifer Britton, BS ’07Sandra Brock, MS ’05Rhonda Brown, MS ’08Sandra Butcher, MS ’03Hope Cain, MS ’07Jerri Calcote, MS ’02Rebecca, MS ’02 and Brian CaldowDeborah Callaway, MS ’07Maria Canavan, MS’08Andrea Cardon, MS ’06Nidia Casillas, MS ’05Vivian, MS ’04 and David CisnerosSusan Chandler, MS ’04Alma Chavarria, MS ’07Chad Clark, MS ’08Luther Cobbey, MS ’07Darrell Cook, MS ’06Cynthia Cooper, MS ’04Sharon Cooper, MS ’08Rhonda Crow, MS ’06Joellen Cullison, MS ’01Donna Daniel, MS ’03Judy Daniluk, MS ’05Inga Davis, MS ’03Bradley Debrick, MS ’05Jennifer Demas, MS ’07Nicole Dettmar, MS ’07Corinne Dickman, MS ’07Cynthia Dolezal, MS ’08Sarah Donahue, MS ’05Abby Dover, MS ’06Letatia Ducksworth, PhD ’01Monica Duke, MS ’06Sara Dunn, MS ’06Julie Dykes, MS ’03Elise, MS ’07 and Brent EckhoutKari Eickhoff, MS ’08Cynthia Elizondo, MS ’03Edward Feldman, Jr., MS ’04Diana Frazier, MS ’06Beth Folsom, MS ’05Mary, MS ’05 and Mark FreybergMonica Garza, MS ’07Christine Gaspard, MS ’07Francis Goettlick, MS ’04Laura Gonzalez, MS ’07Nancy Goralski, MS ’07Elizabeth Grama, MS ’07Carmen, MS ’01 and Michael GrantD.L. Grant, MS ’05Cynthia Gray, MS ’00Sheila Green, MS ’07Elizabeth Haluska-Rausch, MS ’05Kay Harold, MS ’06Euearee, MS ’03 and Nat, MS ’03HavanandaEllen Heavner, MS ’07Kristyn Helge, MS ’08Janet Henderson, MS ’06June Henson, MS ’08Jennifer Hepp, MS ’07Carol Herrington, MS ’05Kimberly Herrington, MS ’08Sally Hilliard, MS ’00Jan Hodge, MS ’02

Theresa Holden, MS ’06Margaret Honaker, MS ’03Juan Horn, MS ’05Deborah Igoe, MS ’05Diane Janda, MS ’07Carolyn Jenkins, PhD ’00Devery Johnson, MS ’06Kathryn Jones, MS ’06Kevine Jones, MS ’06Patricia Jones, MS ’03Susan Jones, MS ’07Amanda Jurkis, MS ’08Artemida Kabashi, MS ’08Terri Karlseng, MS ’01Adam Kiskinis, MS ’05Tracey Knouse, MS ’07Janet Kravig, MS ’06Jennifer Kuca, MS ’07Michele Lacina, MS ’03Holly Lakatos, MS ’00Mary and Adam, MS ’07 LamprechtJanice Langdale, MS ’02Sharlene Lien, MS ’03Margaret Lincoln, MS ’06Christina Lister, MS ’08Lisa Loranc, MS ’01Michele Lucero, MS ’04Laci Martinez, MS ’08Crystal Matovich, MS ’07Cynthia McClain, MS ’05Mary McCoy, MS ’06Linda McMillan, MS ’05Ann Medaille, MS ’08Mariann Medina, MS ’07Pamela Meissner, MS’05Monica Merritt, MS ’08Margaret Metcalf, MS ’00Lyle Metzler, MS ’04Susan Michael, MS ’06Christine Mitchamore, MS ’02Katherine Moloney, MS ’03Natalie Morgan, MS ’07Jean Mutschler, MS ’07Charity Munoz, MS ’06Julie Nichols, MS ’02Marjorie Nissen, MS ’07Adam Northam, MS ’07Elizabeth Nyhan, MS ’07Faith Oguz, PhD ’07Cindy Oser, MS ’07Julie Overpeck, MS ’06Sylvia Owens, MS ’05Guillermo Oyarce, PhD ’00Amanda Pape, MS ’06Nicholas Paulus, Jr., BS ’06Martha Peet, PhD ’03Janet Peri, MS ’06Rhiannon Perry, MS ’07Jean Pfluger, MS ’03Tisha, MS ’04 and John PipesLawrence Phillips, MS ’07Tanya Pomeroy, MS ’05Barbara Powell, MS ’02Donna Prince, MS ’06Christa Pryor, MS ’07Joan Quasnitschka, MS ’01Herldine Radley, MS ’07Stephanie Randall, MS ’07Julie Ratliff, MS ’06Glenna Reisner, MS ’02Sarah Rhodes, MS ’06Julie Richards, MS ’06J.P. Rogers, MS ’03Martha Rossi, MS ’04Rebecca Ruhland, MS ’02Sam Salas, MS ’07Hollie Scargall, MS ’02Rachel Schlutz, MS ’06Barbara Schultz- Jones, PhD ’07Faith Self, MS ’08Suzanne Severns, MS ’08Julia Sibaja, MS ’06Melanie Sibley, MS ’06

Jennifer, Simmons, MS ’08Anne Simpson, MS ’06Debora and Dale, PhD ’02 SimsJennifer Snoek-Brown, MS ’03Karen Sowers, MS ’03James Spence, MS ’07Linda, MS ’05 and Robert SpiroVicki Standing, MS ’06Timothy Stettheimer, PhD ’00Katherine Stewart, MS ’08Erica Stone, MS ’06Christopher Strauss, PhD ’06Sharon Swain, MS ’04Shawn Thompson, MS ’08Matthew Tidwell, MS ’02Charles Tucker, MS ’08Mary Venetis, PhD ’08Colleen Watson, MS ’07Carol Wayne, MS ’06Cari Weems, MS ’07Alice White. MS ’06Kathleen Whitsitt, MS ’00Lucinda Wiley, MS ’06Teresa Wilson, MS ’04Kathryn Wright, MS ’07Xinyu Yu, PhD ’07Peter, MS ’01 and Yao, MS ’06 Zhang Deborah Zieman, MS ’08Jacqueline Zimmerman, MS ’01John Zimmerman, MS ’79

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