City College Library of The City University of New York

no.73 (n.s.) Fall 2006

Dominican Carnival features a radi-ant display of traditional masks and costumes typically used

during carnival in different provinces of the Dominican Republic but created for Dominican carnival in the United States. Children and young adults who live in Washington Heights designed the mate-rials, in vibrant tropical colors, under the supervision of a crew of dedicated individuals from the Juan Pablo Duarte Foundation who are committed to shar-ing Dominican culture and its customs with the community.

The opening reception of the multi-media exhibit, The Artistry of Dominican Carnival, took place in the City College Archives Gallery, Cohen Library, 5th Floor, on September 14 at 6:30 pm. The exhibit is organized by the Juan Pablo Duarte Foundation, the CUNY

Dominican Studies Institute Library, the City College Library, and the Presidential Council for Dominicans Abroad.

The recep-tion featured a carnival dance with the masked devils (Diablos cojuelos – Lechones). The exhibit will be on view in the Archives Gallery from September 11

through November 10, Monday-Friday, 9:30am to 5:30 pm. Admission is free to the public.

For more information on the exhibit, please call the CUNY-Dominican Studies Institute at (212) 650-7170 or the Juan Pablo Duarte Foundation at (212) 740-6806. Sarah Aponte

aponte@ccny.cuny.edu

(Please see p. 5 for reception photos.)

The Artistry of Dominican Carnival: A Multimedia Exhibition

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From The Desk Of The Chief Librarian

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Summer’s over already? We’ve been so busy working on improvements in the libraries that summer seemed but

a fleeting moment. We have completely occupied our new “Reference Annex” space, mov-ing thousands of volumes of lesser-used materials into 1,600 square feet of closed stack space. From this point on, materi-als housed there will be paged for your use from the Reference Desk. If you come across this location in CUNY+ – City College Cohen �nd Floor Reference Annex – please be aware of the note on the record that also says: “These print volumes are available 9:00 am-5:00 pm, Monday-Friday, or by prior arrangement ... See Librarian at Cohen Reference Desk.” Make sure you note these service hours. And, with the space ‘liberated’ by the move of these volumes, we have made more changes beyond the moving of the books in the Library of Congress classifica-tion letters E & F up to the 5th floor, as I reported to you in the Spring issue.

We have placed the reference book collection on the second floor adjacent to the atrium to increase its visibility for both users and the librarians who staff the Reference Desk. The Library of Congress classification letters J & K for Political Science and Law are now on the �nd floor behind the main computer area. We have brought our large U.S. Serials Set collection of government publications up to the second floor so that it is nearer to the Government Documents room and now, hopefully, less confusing for users to find. But perhaps the greatest change of all is that we have merged all our bound periodicals together in one alphabetical sequence running the full length of the first floor. Whether you need that history/art/sociology/other journal from 1934, one from 1974, or one from �004, they all may be found on one floor. We have also revised all our library signs to reflect the collection rearrangements. Be sure to ask a librarian at the Reference

Desk if you can’t find what you are look-ing for, whether we moved it or not.

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But books and bound journals aren’t the only things moving around recently. The Dominican Studies Institute Library is now located in the former Hungry Mind Café space. A major renovation to begin in �007 will allow that space to accommodate the Dominican Studies Institute Archives too.

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Comments, suggestions and feedback regarding the library’s services are always welcome and should be addressed to me by calling x7�71, sending email to prgcc@sci.ccny.cuny.edu, or by drop-ping by NAC 5/333 (Cohen Library).

William Matthews Memorial Reading

In �007, the William Matthews Memorial Reading series resumes to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Bill Matthews’ untimely passing. The reading, tentatively scheduled the week of April 16-�0 during National Library Week, returns under the sponsorship of The Friends of the City College Library.

Mark your calendars now and hold the date! Additional details will be forthcoming in the near future.

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Professor Julio Rosario-Andujar died at his home in New York in early July. He had served as

a reference librarian in the Cohen Library since 1990. He earned his PhD in Spanish lit-erature from New York University in 1983. While working on his degree, he served as an adjunct professor of romance languages at Hunter College. After obtaining his MSLS from Columbia University in 1984, Professor Rosario served as a reference librar-ian at the New York Public Library for two years, then at the Dobbs Ferry campus of Mercy College for four years prior to coming to City College. Professor Rosario was responsible for collecting materials in several subject areas. He was particularly dedicated to collecting materials in support of the college’s Spanish lan-guage programs, frequently traveling abroad to research and purchase Spanish language materials. Professor Rosario was also involved in the library’s exhibit program, often select-

ing and researching topics, and organizing and setting up the exhibits. Among the most notable of these exhibits were William Faulkner: A Vision of the South (1997) and Hispaniola: One Island, Two Cultures (1999). He also regularly taught the Introduction to Methods of Research course in the Foreign Languages Department. Professor Rosario published a scholarly book in 1999 on the philosophical and liter-ary thought of Felisberto Hernandez, a Uruguayan literary figure. Over the past sev-eral years, he had been work-ing on another book on Mempo Giardinelli, an Argentine literary fig-ure and educator. Professor Rosario was a member of the American Library Association and was active in REFORMA, a library organiza-tion focusing on the needs of the Spanish-speaking community. He regularly attended the interna-

Julio Rosario-Andujar

Professor Herman Cline died at Beth Israel Hospital September 6, �006, from complications after

heart surgery. He was 65 years old. Professor Cline came to the City College Library as a cataloger in 1966, after earning his BA and MLS degrees from the University of Washington in Seattle. He moved to the Reference Division in 1971 and obtained an MA in Romance Languages from NYU in 1973. As a reference librarian, he was an enthusiastic organizer of library

orientations for new students, and often gave entertaining tours of the library, enlivened by his particular brand of humor. He was, for a time, selector in Spanish lan-guage materials and he had an early interest in Latin American bib-liography and in the acquisitions of Latin American library materi-als. To this end, he attended the annual Guadalajara Book Fair for a few years and in 1999 received an American Library Association award to attend the fair. He also pursued an interest in bilin-gual education, studying Teaching English as a Second Language at Hunter College. In 1989 he pub-lished an Educational Resources Information Center Document, “The English Only Movement and Its Hidden Agenda.” Professor Cline was active in campus affairs, recently serving as a member of the Faculty Senate Committee on College-Wide Resources. Earlier he served on

the Senate’s Academic Freedom & Faculty Interests Committee, as well as on its Committee on Personnel Matters. He was an alternate rep-resentative from the library to the Professional Staff Congress. Professor Cline was a long-time member of the American Library Association and he was also an active member of the Library Association of the City University of New York. He promoted and partici-pated in many of the LACUNY annual Institutes, programs organized around various topics in education and librar-ianship. An inveterate global traveler, Professor Cline delighted in visit-ing South America, Cuba, Thailand, South Africa, and Turkey, among other places, for both pleasure and occasionally in a professional capac-ity. He attended several conferences of the International Federation of Library Associations at some of these venues.

Herman Cline

tional book fair in Guadalajara, Mexico, using it as an opportunity to view and select Spanish language materials. Professor Rosario also served as a member of the Faculty Senate College-Wide Resources Committee. Off campus, Professor Rosario maintained an active interest in for-eign cinema and possessed an out-standing collection of poster art.

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Cohen Library’s newest refer-ence librarian, Daisy comes to CCNY from the Lehman

College Library. Prior to Lehman she worked at New York University’s Bobst Library. Daisy also interned there with the Latin American Studies bibliogra-pher. She has a summa cum laude BA in Latin American Studies from NYU and her MLS from Long Island University’s Palmer School. Daisy’s education and fluency in Spanish (as well as basic reading-level knowledge of other Romance languages) allow her to assume selector and departmental liai-son duties for Spanish and for the Latin American and Latino Studies Program from the late Professor Julio Rosario, a long-time member of the library faculty (see his obituary in this issue). Equipped with strong computer, software, and language skills, Daisy has already reached out to faculty and looks forward to teaching stu-dents in the library’s bibliographic instruction program.

Ellen Yurkovska has assumed the responsibilities of Access Services Librarian for the City College

Libraries. You’ll find Ellen at the Cohen Library Circulation Desk where she’s busy supervising Access Services which include circulation, inter-library loan, and electronic reserves. Having earned her BA from an honors program at Canada’s York University and her MLS from the University of Toronto, Ellen recently arrived in the US and joined our library faculty in late August. She is multi-lingual, fluent in Russian and Ukrainian, and has a reading knowl-edge of French. Previously, Ellen worked at UToronto’s Law Library, its Munk Centre for International Studies, and at York’s Byers Library providing refer-ence services and working with infor-mation systems. She is acquainting herself with the circulation and inter-library loan staff while also learning the intricacies of her new position.

Welcome to New Faculty...

Acting Head/Access ServicesNew Reference Librarian

Ellen Yurkovska

The Library Scene

Daisy Dominguez

What’s New... in the Divisional Libraries?

Architecture (Shepard 408)

The library staff is delighted with the installation in August of an easy-to-operate wheelchair lift that will finally make the Architecture Library accessible to all. Trained staff will as-sist all users. Additionally, since the lift is also self-operated, those wishing to carry a key may request one from the Office of Student Disability Ser-vices in the North Academic Center (NAC 1/�18).

Music (Shepard 160)

Digital Audio Reserves

The Music Library began a pilot project this fall to digitize audio reserves, now the most common form of digital audio technology in music libraries. It offers students the advantage of listening to reserve assignments at their convenience �4/7, off campus and without regard to library hours. Reserve CDs continue to be available in the Music Library for students who prefer to listen onsite. Early feedback from students so far has been enthusias-tic. The project, which began with the reserve assignments for one class and has now been expanded to a second, is expected to include all music classes by the beginning of the spring term. Access, through the library’s E-Reserve page, is restricted to students enrolled in a course, for no longer than the dura-tion of the course, and is password protected (as are digitized print materials). Only works being taught in the course are included. It is lim-ited to CDs owned by the library or the instructor, and no anthologies (which the students are expected to purchase) are included.

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The Library Scene Fall 2006

Chief Librarian Pamela Gillespie and Columbia University Professor Eric Foner at the March �3rd reception during the Forever Free exhibit in the Cohen Library.

Professor Foner lectured on “Lincoln & Emancipation”

Professor William Gibbons, at the Dominican Carnival re-ception in September -- with a crowd favorite!

l to r: Sara Aponte, Dominican Institute Librarian, and two

school teachers, Silvia Torres, and Lourdes Cardriche at the

Dominican reception.

l to r: Jorge De La Cruz, Laura Acosta, Executive Director of the Juan Pablo Duarte Foundation, and Carlos Daniel Vinals, the art-ist who painted many of the exhibit masks

Jorge shows off his creation.

Carnival !!

Forever Free!

Library Exhibits/Events 2006-2007

is published by The City College Library, The City College of New York/CUNY138th Street and Convent Avenue NY, NY 10031Editor: Professor Judy Connorton jconnorton@ccny.cuny.eduPublication Committee: Professors Ching-Jung Chen, Claudia Lascar, & William GibbonsProduction: Nilda Sanchez & Rodolfo LeytonISSN 0069-4215

Library Contact Information650-7�71650-7609650-7155650-7611-1�650-8768650-7174650-8�46650-8754650-7175

Chief Librarian Archives CirculationReference Architecture Music Science/EngineeringSlide Library/ArchitectureSlide Library/Art

Morris Raphael Cohen: The Golden Age

of Philosophy at CCNY, 1906-1938August �� - November ��, �006

Cohen Library Atrium

“Morris R. Cohen:His Philosophy and Role at

City College”A lecture by

Professor David WeissmanReception to Follow

Monday, October �3, 6 p.m.Cohen Library Atrium

The Artistry of Dominican CarnivalA Multimedia Exhibition

September 11 - November 10. �006Cohen Library Archives Gallery

Changing the Face of Medicine:Celebrating America’s

Women PhysiciansA National Library of Medicine/ALA

ExhibitionOctober 10 - November 30, �007

Cohen Library Atrium

CCNY in Lincoln BrigadeOngoing

Cohen Library Rear Atrium

We are sincerely grateful to all those who have generously supported the City College

Library this year. Private gifts play a crucial role, enabling the library col-lections to continue to grow. We wish to offer our donors special recognition for all they have done.

The gifts listed below represent the vital commitment of individuals to the Library. Donors of both monetary gifts and collections are listed according to the total amount of their library donations.

$1,000+ (FOUNDER) Bernard Bernbaum ’34

Madith BurnettLeonard Cohan ’51 Estate of Sidney I. Lipsyte ’�7 Herbert Robinson ’37SAUDLA

$500-$999 (PATRON) Christo and Jeanne-Claude Richard & Dorene Cohen Morton Denn Norbert Oppenheim Harold Shames ’44 Edward Silverman Bernard Sohmer

$�50-$499 (FRIEND) Florence Rich The Rifkind Center for the Humanities and the Arts Marion Rothenberg ’48 Ruth Strzeszewski Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Waingrow in honor of Stanley Wolpert ’53

$150-$�49 (SESQUICENTENNIAL SUPPORTER) Robert Laurich

Walter Struv Weiner Nusim Foundation, Inc. Herbert Weinstein ’55

$100-$149 (REGULAR MEMBER) Zeev Dagan Charles Stewart Roberta Sue Turner David Unger Betty Ann & Ralph Zuzulo

$1-$99 (ASSOCIATE MEMBER) Harriet Alonso

Steven Bunin William Crain Daniel Fimiarz Christine Quinn Jane Rosen

Permanent Representative of the Republic of Cyprus to the United Nations

Harry SoodakJim Strickland

Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund Michele Winter in memory of Charles P. Machleid ’34 Robert Wolfe WSUI/KSUI Public Radio

Yale University PressYip Harburg FoundationDouglas H. Young

This Donor Honor Roll lists gifts received by the library between July 1, �005 and June 30, �006. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy. Please notify Library Development at (�1�) 650-7�71 of any errors or omissions.

The Friends of the City College Library