Fall 2012 - University Libraries

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The Un i ver s i ty Lib ra r i e s
P u b l i c a t i o n
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In April of 2013 University
Libraries will hold a
celebration to acknowledge
reaching the impressive
milestone of three million
volumes in our collections.
The official three millionth
volume is the generous
donation of the William A.
Keleher family, long-time
UNM and library supporters.
The Authentic Life of Billy the
Kid, written by Pat Garrett
and published in Santa Fe in
1882 (10 years before UNM
was founded) is extremely
rare and made even more
valuable since it is a copy
signed by the author. The
volume adds significantly
to the prestige of the
already highly-respected
collections documenting
the history of New Mexico
and the Southwest in the
University Libraries Center
for Southwest Research and
Special Collections.
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The oldest printed book in the
collection is Juan de Torquemada.
Expositio Psalterii. Mainz: Petrus
Schoeffer, 1476. (Petrus or Peter
Schoeffer was the apprentice of
Johannes Gutenberg.)
University Libraries has over 600,000
ebooks in its collection.
There are 14,569 feet of manuscripts
and archives in our special
collections. That’s almost 3 miles!
elibrary.unm.edu
The oldest book printed in New
Mexico is Antonio J. Martínez.
Cuaderno De Ortografia: Dedicado
a Los Niños De Los Señores
Martinez De Taos. Santa Fé:
Imprenta de Ramon Abreu á cargo
de Jesus Maria Baca, 1834.
Message from the Dean
This is an exciting time for
University Libraries and
there’s so much to tell you!
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Three Million!
A major development for
Centennial Library is in the
works. Construction of a
new Math Learning Lab
(MaLL) will begin soon
and be completed by Spring
2013. This joint initiative
is a result of cross-campus
creativity and cooperation
between President Frank, the
College of Arts and Sciences,
and University Libraries
The MaLL is expected to
boost the success rate of
undergraduates in core math
classes.
The Parish Library first floor was remodeled during the summer. A
beautiful new service desk was installed and new carpet and furniture
have really spruced up the library.
In response to student needs, the West Wing of the Zimmerman
Library is open 24 hours from Sunday through Thursday. We’ve also
relocated the accessibility services room in Zimmerman Library to a
new space on the first floor for even greater ease of access for students
with disabilities. All our remodel plans now take into account the
principles of universal design. According to wikipedia “Universal
design refers to broad-spectrum ideas meant to produce buildings,
products and environments that are inherently accessible to both
people without disabilities and people with disabilities.”
University Libraries continues to improve our accessibility via
technology. Our web pages are undergoing a major facelift. You can
expect to see an improved and easier to navigate site later this fall.
As you will read about in this newsletter we are about to celebrate
two major milestones in the history of the library – reaching the three
million volume mark in our collections and the 75th anniversary of
the completion of Zimmerman Library. Celebrations for both these
events are being planned. You will hear more about them soon.
The first UNM library consisted of one room of the Main Building
(now called Hodgin Hall) established at the founding of the
University in 1892. The first librarian, Mathias Custers, was hired as
the grounds keeper and custodian, but he turned out to have many
other skills and ended up teaching surveying and trigonometry, as
well as, filling the role of librarian for the first 10 years of UNM.
After three years, the one-room library had just over 500 volumes in
its collection.
Since then, library collections have grown steadily. There are now
over three million volumes in the collection, spread across 4 library
facilities and an extensive set of web pages that provide access to
digital collections. A library of that scale requires a different kind
of custodianship altogether. Instead of one librarian, there are now
more than 44 professional librarians, 75 support staff, and 40 student
workers tending those 3 million volumes. That’s about 18,000
volumes per staff member!
To mark the occasion a commemorative book is in the works and
a celebration is planned for April 1, 2013. The commemorative
publication will include essays by new UNM President Robert Frank
and Dean of University Libraries Martha Bedard and collections
librarian, Steven Harris. Authors Rudolfo Anaya (also a contributor
to our one-million volume publication), Judith van Gieson and
Luci Tapahanso will contribute pieces. Durwood Ball, editor of the
New Mexico Historical Review, will contribute an essay about the
interesting history of Billy the Kid and the book Pat Garrett wrote
about him. This limited edition publication will be illustrated with
images of rare and interesting materials from the library collections.
Details about The Three Million Volume Celebration will be shared
soon. If you would like to help support the publication of the
official Three Million Volume please contact Development Director
Niña Johnson at [email protected] or (505) 277-5632.
Donations received before December 1, 2012 will be recognized in
the official commemorative publication.
It has been my pleasure this summer and fall to spend time in various
parts of the country meeting with my colleagues at other academic
libraries learning about their successes and challenges as we continue
our strategic planning for UNM and University Libraries. I have also
taken every opportunity to meet with our donors and supporters
across the country. It has been rewarding and fun!
I hope to see you at our celebrations next year!
An illustration of Pat Garrett confronting Billy the Kid from the biography.
Dean of University Libraries
Zimmerman Library anniversary!
We hope you will join us in 2013 as we celebrate
Zimmerman Library’s 75th anniversary!
The entire UNM campus and the greater New Mexico community will be invited to
celebrate during homecoming week Fall 2013. Events will include: the premiere of an
original new documentary about Zimmerman Library, special lectures, behind-thescenes tours, historical exhibits and, of course, a party!
Completed in 1938, Zimmerman Library is a masterpiece of Spanish Pueblo
Revival style architecture. Noted architect John Gaw Meem designed the building,
including its interior and furnishings, and built it with Public Works Administration
funding during the Great Depression. Since it opened Zimmerman Library has been
considered the heart of the campus, providing students and faculty the collections and
services they need to succeed as well as a simply beautiful place to study, contemplate
or create.
Planning for events is still underway, so please look for more information about
activities in our spring newsletter. For more information and to contribute to the
endowment to preserve this iconic building, please contact Niña Johnson at
[email protected] or (505) 277-5632.
The Official
Three
Millionth Volume
donated by the
William A. Keleher Family
The Dust Bowl
The University Libraries provided film footage for Ken Burns’ latest documentary,
The Dust Bowl. The film traces the cause and effect of the “worst man-made
ecological disaster in American history,” as narrator Peter Coyote describes it.
One of the historic film clips used by Burns came from the Herztein and Lord
Family Films Collection found in the Center for Southwest Research and Special
Collections. The home movie used by Burns shows a dust storm as it engulfs
Clayton, New Mexico and Dalhart, Texas in 1935. Other movies in the CSWR
collection document community activities, rodeos, and Simon Herzstein’s dry
goods store, one of the first in the Clayton, NM area to carry “ready to wear
clothing.” The four-hour documentary premieres on PBS Nov. 18 and 19.
Image: Captured from a home movie in the Herzstein and Lord Family Films
Collection this still image shows a dust storm engulfing Clayton, NM.
The Authentic Life
of
Billy, the Kid,
The noted desperado of the
Southwest, whose Deeds of
Daring and Blood Made his
name a Terror in New Mexico,
Arizona and Northern
Mexico
By Pat F. Garrett
Sheriff of Lincoln Co., N.M.,
by Whom he was finally
hunted down and captured
by killing him.
A faithful and interesting
narrative.
Santa fe, New Mexico
New mexican Printing and
Publishing co.
1882
From Ashgabat to Albuquerque
University Libraries recently hosted two librarians from the
National Library of Turkmenistan, located in Ashgabat,
Turkmenistan, for a three day visit. Tazegul Hannyeva, Head
of the Book Department and Bagdagul Samedova, Head
of the Information Desk Department visited New Mexico
as part of a trip sponsored by the Albuquerque Sister Cities
Foundation, Inc.
While at UNM, the visitors wanted to learn about our
customer service, reference, online book and archive access,
digitization of rare materials and e-books. The Turkmenistan
National Library is interested in internet access for their
collections to help improve the education and lives of their
people.
Left to right: Ann Massman, Tazegul Hannyeva, Jennifer
During their visit, the Turkmen librarians worked at the
Stubbs, Bagdagul Samedova, Artem Artyushkov
reference desks, tested the scanners, and searched the library
catalog. They also learned about the Center for Southwest
Research and Special Collection’s online resources: the Rocky Mountain Online Archive, New Mexico
Digital Collections and the New Mexico Statehood site. In addition, they learned about the National Digital
Newspapers project and two other resources in development – the Searchable Ornithological Research Archive
and the Open Access Journals Portal. More exchanges between the two cities are planned.
Digital Newspaper Project Expanded
For the last two years University Libraries has, with the support of a National
Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant, been digitizing historic New Mexico
newspapers. Now this work can continue with receipt of a supplemental award
of $309,000 from the NEH to continue participation in the National Digital
Newspaper Program.
The focus for this round will be on Spanish language and bilingual newspapers.
So far over 100,000 pages of newspapers from 18 communities around the state
have been digitized. Among them are the Deming Headlight, Carlsbad Current,
The Albuquerque Daily Citizen and more. They are available for anyone to read at
Chronicling America (chroniclingamerica.loc.gov), along with newspapers from
25 other states.
The newspapers are fully searchable, providing direct access to specific names
and subjects. Ranging in date from the 1880s to the 1920s, the New Mexico
newspapers cover local news such as mining operations, irrigation projects and
county fairs. Territorial and state politics and gubernatorial elections are covered
at the state level, while topics as varied as arguments for and against prohibition
and income tax are presented in editorials.
The Columbus [NM] Weekly Courier. Vol. XI. No. 46. November 26, 1920 (cost 10 cents).
In this issue New Mexico Governor Larrazolo is lambasted for pardoning 16 “bandits under
the command of Francisco Villa” participating in a 1916 raid on Columbus.
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Extra! Extra! Read All About It!
The official UNM student newspaper, currently named the New
Mexico Daily Lobo, is being preserved for the future of all UNM
students. Digitized back issues of the Daily Lobo from 1899 - 1985
are available in the university’s online repository, LoboVault. In all,
6,437 issues of the Daily Lobo are online and available to researchers.
First published by UNM students in 1898 as The Mirage, the
newspaper has undergone multiple name changes over the years
but has endured by publishing articles on campus politics, events,
lectures sports, construction and personalities. Stories on state,
national and international happenings have also been included in its
pages throughout its history. Researchers can use the archive to trace
social, political and local history of the campus through its pages.
Throughout its history the newspaper has been entirely written, edited
and published by students from all parts of campus and that holds
true today.
The Daily Lobo remains an important part of campus life reflecting
the social and political life of the campus. To view the back issues visit
repository.unm.edu and search for The Daily Lobo.
Daily Lobo staff at work in the 1960s.
Published twice a year by the University Libraries. Contributors and Advisers: Martha Bedard, Patricia Campbell, Mike Kelly, Steven Harris, Niña Johnson,
Terry Gugliotta, Kathlene Ferris.
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