Library News
Announcements
- Friends of Steely Library Present an Afternoon with Wendell Berry, September 21
- The Friends of Steely Library will present a reading by the celebrated Kentucky author Wendell Berry, followed by a signing, on Sunday, September 21 at 2 p.m. in Greaves Concert Hall, on the Highland Heights campus. Admission is free. Doors open at 1:45 p.m. and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. A variety of titles will be available for purchase, with a portion of the proceeds benefitting the Friends. Person requiring additional information should contact: Sandi Webster at 859.572.5636 or websr@nku.edu.
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- Steely Library Receives LSTA (Library Services and Technology Grant) Library Automation Grant
- Steely Library Receives Grant from the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives for the expansion of Steely’s eContent Production Area. Robert Zai III, Project Director, was awarded a matching grant of $23,165 from KDLA towards a $46,330 center (near the Library’s Information Desk), and collaborative workstations (scattered throughout the 3rd floor and Loggia), where students, faculty and staff can create basic to intermediate, academic, multimedia content to enrich presentations or alternative assignments (web pages, brochures, posters, audio or video recordings). The grant will provide 12 new computers, a rich array of electronic media authoring and editing tools, printers, scanners, and workstations.
- Steely Library Receives Grant from Cincinnati Bar Foundation
- Steely Library receives Cincinnati Bar Foundation grant to provide educational Copyright awareness film and website for regional schools. Extended Collection Services Librarian John Schlipp has been awarded $9,000 to produce Creative Thinking: Intellectual Property for Teens and Young Adults. An NKU summer film class is creating an original film, while a project committee of NKU, U of L, and other regional community partners such as CET and the Campbell County Public Library will coordinate the final film/website presentation.
Library Events
- Faculty Lunch Seminar on Wednesday, September 10, 2008
- "Sabbatical Brew: Planes, Balloons, Penguins, and Cosmic Rays," by Scott Nutter, Physics & Geology. Wednesday, September 10, 2008; noon-12:50, Steely Library 300. Brown bag; dessert and refreshment provided. RSVP to Allen Ellis, x5527 or ellisa@nku.edu.
Publications and Presentations
- Lois Schultz published in African American National Biography
- Lois Schultz wrote the entry on Jane Roberta Summers in the African American National Biography published by Oxford University Press in 2008. (Vol. 7 p. 455-456)
- Lois Schultz Presents at OVGTSL
- "Soaring High Two Years Past the Crossroads" was presented at the 2008 Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians Conference in Dayton, Ohio on May 16, 2008.
- Philip Yannarella will attend in the Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing International Association (EMDRIA) Annual conference
- Philip Yannarella will attend in the EMDRIA Annual conference in Phoenix on September 11-14. He will represent Steely Library which is in partnership with EMDRIA on a special project.
- Perry Bratcher Published in Thinking Outside the Book
- "Publishing an Article in a Scholarly Journal" was published in the book Thinking Outside the Book: Essays for Innovative Librarians edited by Carol Smallwood.
- Rob Zai and Michael Providenti Present at Educause
- "Measuring Southeastern Academic Library Website Accessibility," was presented at the 2008 EDUCAUSE Southeast Regional Conference in Jacksonville, Florida on June 3, 2008.
- Rob Zai and Michael Providenti Present at Tech Connection 2008
- "The Accessibility of Ohio Public and Academic Library Web Sites, Past and Present" was presented at Tech Connections 2008 in Columbus, Ohio on April 28, 2008.
- Allen Ellis speaks at the Northern Kentucky Civil War Roundtable
- Allen Ellis spoke on "Captain Daniel Ellis, the Old Red Fox of East Tennessee" for the Northern Kentucky Civil War Roundtable, August 26.
- Leslie Hammann Presents at Educause
- "Can we raise the bar? Collaboration with others using instructional technology" was presented at the 2008 EDUCAUSE Southeast Regional Conference in Jacksonville, Florida on June 3, 2008.
- Mary Chesnut, Leslie Hammann, and Stephanie Henderson present at CPE Conference 2008
- "Raise the Bar through Collaboration: Prepare Students for Academic Research" was presented at the 2008 Kentucky Conference on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Lexington, KY on May 21, 2008.
Other
- Gift cards
- Send your student back to school with gift cards and certificates from Steely Library. They make a great alternative to cash. Visit the scrip order form for more information.