 Library
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Library Participates in Back to School Activities
Late September brought the return of UCSB's students and the Libraries
took part in several back to school and welcoming activities. The
Campus Services Faire was held in front of the University Center complex
and consisted (in addition to the Library table) of nearly thirty presentations
of information about everything from Counseling & Career Services
to Arts & Lectures to AS Recycling.
New students were officially welcomed to UCSB during New Student Convocation
activities on the Monday afternoon of Discovery Days Week. A formal induction
ceremony took place on the Faculty Club Lawn for all new undergraduate
students (both freshmen and transfer students). Our University Librarian,
Sarah
Pritchard, was among those campus administrators and faculty who processed
in full regalia.
The Sciences-Engineering Library held an InfoFair outside the Davidson's
East entrance three weeks later.
info 2 u was designed for Sciences-Engineering faculty
and grad students. The InfoFair was presented by our Sci/Eng collection
specialists who introduced or reviewed specialized science databases, electronic
resources and journals, and advanced search techniques. MORE
PHOTOS
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Friends of the UCSB Library Annual Luncheon
The annual meeting of the Friends of the Library was held in October at
the Citronelle restaurant. A wonderful lunch was served and attendees
were welcomed by Co-Chairs, Christine Saunders and Toni Schultheis,
who honored Past President Olga Ignon. University Librarian,
Sarah
Pritchard, reported on library highlights during the past year, and
after a humorous introduction by Richard Barre, the group was treated
to a lively talk by noted Santa Barbara mystery writers, Gail and Dennis
Lynds. MORE
PHOTOS
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Corle Lecture Features Michael Chabon
 On
Sunday, November 24, over 500 people filled Campbell Hall in order to hear
the 39th Annual Corle Lecture given by Michael Chabon. The
2001 Pulitzer Prize winner is the author of bestsellers such as The
Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay and Wonder Boys.
Chabon compared his childhood memories and adventures to the opportunities
to imagine and explore which today's children have. He linked
his talk to his recently released, Summerland, his first children's
book of imaginative stories. Chabon took the audience back to their
own childhood memories as he talked of his freedom to turn his childhood
backyard into an inspiring forest with his imagination. He worries that
childhood adventure could now be lost to parent's fears, that today's culture
does not allow a child to use their imagination. "Children's lives are
mapped and planned by adults with no blank spots. If children are
not permitted, not taught to be adventurers or explorers as children, what
will become of adventures, of the world of stories, of literature itself?"
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Our next Corle lecture will be given in Campbell Hall on April 23rd
by Peter Matthiessen, whose latest book is The Birds of Heaven: Travel
with Cranes.
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CEMA Reaches Out to Elementary School
 Sal
Güereña and Alex Hauschild made an outreach visit
to Mountain View Elementary School's Fifth graders. You can read
about their visit and see some photos by going to the CEMA site:
http://cemaweb.library.ucsb.edu/k12.html
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Library Employees Celebrate the Holidays
 When
finals are over and most of the students have gone away for the winter
holidays, the pace of the library slows down and we library folk get a
chance to celebrate the season, our relationships, and our accomplishments.
The Library Cultural Diversity Committee got the ball rolling by
organizing the annual library-wide holiday
party. This year, the meal was catered by a local Chinese restaurant
so that no one had to cook. The now traditional White Elephant exchange
added to the fun as Emcee Patrick Dawson and his assistants, Sherri
Barnes and Carol Gibbens, distributed those things that only
the right person would love. The Cataloging
and Acquisitions Department held a bittersweet celebration as they
included in their schedule a remembrance of Peter
Shapiro, their colleague who left us all so suddenly.
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Building Consultants Help Define Our Visions
 Philip
and Joan Leighton, our library building consultants, were introduced
at the library-wide general meeting on November 20. During their
initial 3-day visit, they took several tours and met with a number of groups
and departments. They continued to help the process of building and envisioning
a new library unfold as they met with more groups and departments on the
second visit. MORE
PHOTOS
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Western Books Exhibition Returns
The Department of Special Collections
is currently displaying the 2001 Western Books Exhibition, the 60th
Annual travelling exhibit which is sponsored by the Rounce & Coffin
Club of Los Angeles. This exhibit will be on display through January 20,
2003.
The exhibit showcases selected examples of book
designs and specialized printing produced by publishers throughout the
western United States. It includes books from a variety of publishers such
as Bancroft Library Press; The Book Club of Texas; Wittliff Gallery of
Southwestern & Mexican Photography; J. Paul Getty Trust; The Greenwood
Press; Hayday Books; Knight Library Press; Solo Press; Texas A&M University
Press; Bruce Whiteman; Victoria Daily; Mar Michel Press; Now It's Up To
You Publications; B.K. Skaggs and Scripps College Press. MORE
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In-House Open House Series Begins
 On
December 17th, a Library Open House series for everyone in the library
was kicked-off with tours of the Government Information Center, the Map
and Imagery Lab/Alexandria Digital Library, and the Curriculum Lab.
Over the next few months, other parts of the
library will be hosting Information Open Houses which will give an overview
of the operations and objectives of each of the departments and sections.
Slated for future sessions are:
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Special Collections (including CEMA and the Performing
Arts Archive)
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Arts Library (Art and Music)
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Sciences and Engineering Library
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Instructional Services
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Information Services (Reference Desk and EGSL)
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Tibetan Room
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Area Studies
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Cataloging/Acquisitions
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Serials
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Circulation Desk
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Reserves
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Information Desk
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New Arrivals
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Safety
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Interlibrary Loan
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Stack Services
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Serials Desk
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Systems
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LAN
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Library Administration
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Annex (possible tour of new facility)
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 Professional
& Outside Activities |
 IAMSLIC
2002 Convenes in Mazatlan
Jim Markham attended the 28th
Annual International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries
and Information Centers (IAMSLIC) Conference in Mazatlan, Mexico, in October.
Jim was part of a group of more than 90 attendees from 18 countries,
among them attendees from 7 Mexican States, 14 U.S. States, and 1 Canadian
Province. To learn more about the conference, click on the group photo.
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Black American Feminism Site Debuts
Humanities Collection Coordinator and Women's
Studies subject specialist, Sherri Barnes, has launched a multidisciplinary
bibliographic Web site which covers extensively the Black American Woman.
A project that was conceived during her graduate school days at the City
University of New York, it was made reality with a grant from the Librarians
Association of the University of California (LAUC). The site can
be found at: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subjects/blackfeminism/.
There is also a link from Sherri's Women's Studies research guide <http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subjects/women/wome.html>.
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AIDS Walk 2002
Several people from the UCSB Libraries joined the AIDS Walk again this
year. Under the recruitment and sponsorship of Renee Trenholm
and her PET SITTERS of SANTA BARBARA, these individuals as a group have
raised thousands of dollars for the Central Coast AIDS Project. According
to the Project's
newsletter, this group raised $3,549 in pledges. Well done!
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Kinetic
Sculpture Race in Ventura
 After
watching her husband "pilot" their kinetic sculpture, the Land Shark, for
four years, Renata Hundley decided to volunteer for the task when
a co-pilot couldn't be found to drive in the Fifth Annual Southern
California Kinetic Sculpture Race in Ventura. The annual fundraiser
for the Turning
Point Foundation, a non-profit organization which serves the mentally
ill, especially homeless, population in Ventura, is a fun
challenge of endurance, frivolity, creativity and engineering. With
a team of pit crew and pilots, the object of the race is to manuever through
a day-long race over asphalt, sand, mud and water. For more photos
of the race, click on the Land Shark, the official entry of the Turning
Point Foundation. For information about the original Humboldt race and
links to races in other locations, go to http://www.humguide.com/kinetic/about.shtml.
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CLA
2002 Convenes in Sacramento
Sal Güereña, Renata Hundley and Sally Weimer
traveled to Sacramento in November for the Annual Conference of the California
Library Association. Sal represented the Society of California Archivists
in the Exhibit Hall while Sally and Renata followed the Technology program
tracks. They learned about other libraries' experiences with wireless
systems, heard network security people and an FBI special agent talk about
cybercrime, and learned more about metadata. They networked with people and enjoyed seeing old friends
and colleagues. For more photos, click on the Welcome banner!
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News
From Other Organizations
Welcome!
A
rare plant, which only blooms two or three times during its 40-year lifespan,
attracted many visitors when it bloomed in the UCSB Greenhouse in mid-August.
Such an event should be visited more than once, so we join some of our
fellow library folks for another look . . .
