Speaking Volumes - Spring 2006

SPEAKING
VOLUMES
Volume II
THE NEWSLETTER FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF THE TEMPLE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
Spring 2006
LIBRARIANS AND STUDENTS CONNECTING
BY JENIFER BALDWIN, HEAD, REFERENCE AND INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES
In Person
Thanks to wireless technology,
Temple’s reference librarians are
free to get out from behind the
reference desk to help students
and faculty in the many places
where they gather. Librarian
Susan Golding can be found
with her laptop in the Honors
Program Lounge, where honors
students gather to eat, relax, and
do their work. Several other
librarians, David Murray being
meet students for in-depth
research consultations. Working
with a librarian gives students a
competitive edge in identifying
and accessing the rich information resources of the University
collections, local community,
and the Web. In the maze of
red tape, challenging classes,
and tight schedules that college
students navigate, the librarian
is a reassuring support, offering
valuable individual attention.
Librarian Susan Golding with students
one of the first in line, have ventured forth into the academic
departments to offer assistance
in the hallways where students
and faculty pass between meetings and classes. Students who
get to know the librarians on a
face-to-face basis form relationships that will benefit the student throughout their years at
Temple. Temple librarians also
Instant Messaging (IM)
A 2004 Pew study found that 53
million adults used instant messaging (or IM) to communicate
on a regular basis. Of adult IM
users, nearly half of those in the
17-24 age range reported using
IM more frequently than email
to communicate with friends,
family, and colleagues. Library
services have traditionally been
focused on interactions at the
reference desk or via telephone
and email, but for most students
sending an IM is more natural
than making a phone call.
Temple Libraries Reference
and Instructional Services
Department has been providing some form of virtual reference for more than five years but
just started an IM reference
service in summer of 2005. This
service provides the most immediate and convenient
response to research
needs using the communication tool most
favored by students.
Students add the
library’s “buddy name”
Ask TULibrary to
their “buddy list.”
They know whenever
a Temple librarian is
online to help them.
Many of the students
are repeat users of the
IM service, catching
the librarian for a
quick question whenever they are online. Questions
range from simple requests for
books or articles on a topic to
in-depth consultations on specialized topics. Students who use
the IM reference service may be
home for the holidays, on a
study abroad trip, or sometimes
sitting right there in the library.
This is an ideal form of service
for students with busy lives.
WE WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS : 215-204-3762
IN THIS
ISSUE:
/ Librarians and Students
Connecting
/ A Message from the
Vice Provost for Libraries
/ Harvard Scholar Speaks
at Event Celebrating Black
History Month
/ A Tribute to Frank C.P.
McGlinn
/ Maxwell Whiteman
Honored in New Publication
/ Leisure Reading Collection
/ Honor Roll of Donors
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Brooke Walker, Director of
Development, 215-204-3762
[email protected]
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SPEAKING
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A MESSAGE FROM THE
VICE PROVOST FOR LIBRARIES AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN
As I begin my second year as Vice Provost for Libraries, I’m delighted
to have the opportunity to lead a wonderful staff of dedicated, knowledgeable, and service-oriented people. With their help, commitment
from a growing group of alumni and friends, and strong budget support from the University administration and the Board of Trustees,
many exciting changes are happening in Temple’s libraries.
Perhaps the most obvious is in our collections, which are growing at
an unprecedented pace. We will buy more than 40,000 new books
by the close of the fiscal year, a 40-percent increase over last year’s
acquisitions. In addition, we will invest three quarters of a million
dollars to subscribe to additional scholarly resources.
We’ve already completed the licensing for more than 50 new research databases, bringing the
total number to more than 350. Moreover, we are spending an additional half million dollars,
made available through a presidential initiative, for materials to support the research interests
of professors who have joined the faculty over the past few years and to purchase retrospectively
to strengthen our collections in many disciplines.
Our goal is to build rich collections that spark curiosity, deepen understanding, and open the
record of research and the world of knowledge and discovery to the University’s student and
faculty scholars. By increasing the breadth and depth of our library collections and resources,
we enhance the potential that each student and researcher has for discovering something new
or understanding something in a new way.
We want to provide books for pleasure, as well. Therefore, this spring we are introducing a
2,000-volume Leisure Reading Collection to provide easy access to current best sellers, popular
non-fiction, biographies, mysteries, and all the latest titles.
Much of our success and future plans depends on the financial support necessary to fulfill our
mission. I take this opportunity to thank our contributors, be you an alum, a friend, faculty, staff,
student, or a foundation. Your support is making possible a renewal of Temple’s great libraries.
In this issue of Speaking Volumes are articles about people who have invested in the future of
Temple Libraries and our community of students and scholars. Whether you are an annual
contributor or make special gifts, the librarians and the Temple community thank you for your
generous support, which makes a difference today and for generations to come.
I hope you’ll have an opportunity to visit Temple’s libraries. I’d be happy to show you some of the
changes and introduce you to the staff here who are working hard to make it all happen.
I also welcome your ideas about what we can do to enrich students’ learning experiences and
empower them to become lifelong learners. Thank you, again, for your contribution; it is so critical to the transformation of Temple’s libraries.
Best regards,
Together
for
Temple
T
emple has received record
support from its faculty
and staff as part of its
Together for Temple campaign.
As of January 2006, more than
1,000 employees have contributed
$6.5 million to the campaign.
Response from University
Libraries’ staff has been particularly impressive. Explains Larry
Alford, vice provost for libraries
and university librarian: “Thanks
to the faculty, staff and campaign
co-chairs Justin Hill, interlibrary
loan supervisor, and David Murray,
reference librarian—they’ve
done an outstanding job of
explaining the importance of the
Together for Temple program to
our library colleagues.”
He continues, “I believe our colleagues understand that their
support helps leverage gifts and
grants from external sources, and
they’ve responded magnificently.”
“We are thrilled with this
response,” says Stuart Sullivan,
vice president for development
and alumni affairs. “This is a
tremendous start for the faculty
and staff campaign.”
Larry P. Alford
“On behalf of everyone we serve
at libraries,” says Alford, “I’d like
to thank both the faculty and staff
for supporting our libraries and
making a direct impact in research
and education.”
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HARVARD SCHOLAR TALKS EQUALITY AT PALEY LIBRARY
BY SHANE EWING ’07
“Excellence cannot exist without equity!”
Gripping photographs depicting
the tragedy and triumphs of civil
rights lined the walls of the Paley
Library lecture hall as Dr. Charles
V. Willie answered the timeless
question: “To Whom Does the
Mainstream Belong: Minorities or
the Majority? Men or Women?”
Dr. Willie, the 2005 recipient
of the American Sociological
Association’s Distinguished
Career of Scholarship Award,
discussed some ideologies that
were prevalent during the founding of the United States and the
drafting of our Constitution.
Dr. Willie proposes that some
The Harvard scholar and author
of 25 books and hundreds of arti- of the Founding Fathers and
cles covering race relations, educa- Constitution delegates overlooked the wisdom of diverse
tion, and urban communities
groups while building a demospoke at Paley Library on
February 16 as a part of Temple’s cratic nation-state.
celebration of Black History and
In exposing the fundamental
Women’s History months.
inequalities that still affect
Dr. Willie masterfully articulated
America today, Dr. Willie asserted
to a capacity crowd of Temple and that, “Excellence cannot exist
Dr. Charles V. Willie addresses a capacity crowd at Paley Library as part of
community scholars the stringent without equity!”
Black History and Women’s History months celebrations.
evolution of the civil rights move- He used an interesting metaphor
ment towards achieving actual
to support his theory, that diverse out tributaries,” he stated. “The
of Temple University Libraries
freedom and equality for women groups of people represent tribu- mainstream belongs to all and
and all who helped make this
and minorities.
taries that join together to comdepends on all.”
event a dynamic exchange of
“There is still much work to be
prise the mainstream.
Temple extends cordial thanks to ideas for Temple’s community
done,” he reminded the audience. “A mainstream cannot exist with- Dr. Charles V. Willie, the Friends of scholars and students.
Temple University Libraries
is proud to announce
its second annual Library
Prize for Undergraduate Research. In 2005, 58 students from 10
schools and colleges, covering three Temple campuses, competed
for the first-ever Library Prize for Undergraduate Research. Last year,
three $1,000 awards were given to the winners, and there were also
honorable mentions. Mena Hanna, a student who received honorable
mention last year, has since been awarded a prestigious Marshall
Scholarship to study composition for two years at Oxford University.
Winners for the 2006 Library Prize for Undergraduate Research will be
announced at the awards reception in Paley Library Lecture Hall on April 28
at 4:30 p.m. Should you wish to meet our student researchers, please join us!
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FRANK C.P. MCGLINN: A TRIBUTE
Frank C.P. McGlinn
The four daughters of the late Frank
C.P. McGlinn donated his historical
collection of 100,000 18th-century
through 20th-century playbills, rare
books, scholarly out-of-print books,
manuscripts and photographs, along
with a magical assortment of other theatrical treasures to Temple University
Libraries. A former member of the
Temple University Board of Trustees,
Frank McGlinn enjoyed an illustrious
career as a naval officer and attorney.
This collection represents Mr. McGlinn’s lifelong passion for the theater and the performing arts and enhances Temple University Libraries’ already stellar collection of
rarities. In addition, McGlinn’s daughters, Ann Stillwell, Alice Fetter, Louise Preston,
and Marion Lockwood joined with the Haverford Trust Company, to
contribute a $25,000 endowment, The Frank C. P. McGlinn Performing
Arts Materials Collection Fund, in Mr. McGlinn’s memory to catalog
and preserve the Collection.
Mr. McGlinn was actively involved with and dedicated to various
theatrical groups in the Philadelphia metropolitan area, including the
Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia, which honored him with their
Barrymore Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998.
Temple University Libraries is proud to serve as the home of the
McGlinn Collection. It is an irreplaceable learning resource and an historical treasure trove for scholars, researchers, and theater enthusiasts.
Top: The New Theater, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, 1822-1856, and bottom:
The Walnut Street Theater, Philadelphia, 1831. Both extra-illustrated prints are
from The Dramatic Authors of America by James Rees (1845).
T
emple University Libraries thank Ms. Stella J. Scheckter for establishing
an endowment to fund acquisitions that enhance the humanities and
theater collections. Ms. Scheckter is a 1948 graduate of the Temple
University College of Liberal Arts and a daughter of the late I. Jerome Scheckter,
Esquire, a 1932 graduate of the Temple University Beasley School of Law.
Ms. Scheckter also funded a scholarship in the Beasley School of Law for a student with a serious physical disability and demonstrated financial need, in mem-
ory of her late friend, Robert T. Schumack, Esq., ’53. Mr. Schumack lost his sight
during World War II in the Battle for Iwo Jima while fighting with the U.S. Marines.
As an undergraduate student Ms. Scheckter was a member of the Templayers.
She resides in Concord, New Hampshire.
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MAXWELL WHITEMAN: HONORED IN NEW PUBLICATION
BY SHANE EWING ’07
Philadelphia archivist, bibliophile, and historian Maxwell
Whiteman is celebrated in a
new publication arriving 10
years after his death.
The book is entitled Maxwell
Whiteman: A Biographical
Interview and Bibliography.
Mr. Whiteman was interviewed
by James Sanford concerning
his life history. “It is that interview which we are issuing this
spring,” says Thomas Whitehead,
Paley Library’s head of special
collections.
Whitehead assisted Whiteman’s
son-in-law, retired Temple professor Frederick Trautmann, in
compiling a bibliography of
Maxwell Whiteman’s compositions, also being published.
Maxwell Whiteman’s work
specialized in black and
Jewish history. His treasurefinding flair as an archivist
led him to uncover a handwritten
testimony of Abraham Lincoln’s
assassination, which he later
had published.
Mr. Whiteman had a reputation
for being a down-to-earth
scholar who enjoyed sharing
his discoveries with others and
helping people inform themselves on topics he was passionate about. “He was always
educating people,” remembers
his wife, Elizabeth Whiteman,
“and educating me.”
David McKay, in 1889.
Mr. Whiteman’s collection
was valued at approximately
$200,000. The gift will enable
future generations to enjoy
and share Mr. Whiteman’s
passion for books and history.
As a continuation of Maxwell
Whiteman’s life-long love of
education, scholarship, and
sharing, Mrs. Whiteman
donated her husband’s rare
book collection to Temple,
including a copy of Walt
Whitman’s Leaves of Grass.
The book was a special
edition of 300, signed by
Whitman to the publisher,
Maxwell Whiteman
PALEY’S NEW
Leisure Reading Collection
Are you a mystery buff or a sci-fi
aficionado? Do you like to keep up
with the latest bestsellers, both nonfiction and fiction? Do you love biographies? How about romances,
self-help, and how-to books? Or,
are you simply looking for a good
book to read . . . to get away from
it all? Paley Library’s new Leisure
Reading Collection has it all!
During National Library Week, April 3-9, Paley Library introduced its newest collection on the main floor of the library.
The collection will offer approximately 2,000 titles, from
New York Times bestsellers to Harry Potter. About 100
newly-published titles will be added each month.
“This is something that students, faculty, and staff have
been asking about for many years,” says Larry Alford,
vice provost for libraries, “and
I am delighted that we are now
able to do it.” He adds, “We
want to provide books for
pleasure as well as for scholarship, and to be the Temple community’s home library in every
sense of the word.”
Alford himself intends to browse
the collection. “For myself,” he
says, “I’m looking forward to keeping up with the latest mysteries.”
Keeping up will be easy. The collection is easy to locate on
Paley’s main floor. The books have simple call numbers and
are loosely grouped in fiction, non-fiction, and biography categories. They are also fully searchable in the online catalog.
The Leisure Reading books may be checked out for four
weeks, with one renewal of four weeks.
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HONOR
ROLL OF
DONORS
2005-2006
FOUNDER’S CLUB
$50,000 TO $99,000
John Hurst Livingstone
We gratefully acknowledge those whose gifts greatly benefit Temple University Libraries and Temple
students. The alumni, faculty, staff, friends, parents, students, corporations, and organizations listed here
exhibit great leadership and play an important role in the University’s future. Donors listed below are
honored for gifts made from July 1, 2005 – February 28, 2006.
Stanley E. Mainzer
Louise Preston
Ann M. Stillwell
Laurel N. Tanner
FELLOWS
$10,000 TO $24,999
Haverford Trust
Company
Paul and Harriette Hirsch
Christine Washington
BENEFACTORS
$5,000 TO $9,999
Tranda S. Fischelis
Stella J. Scheckter
Elizabeth D. Whiteman
FRIENDS
$2,500 TO $4,999
Estate of Sara Kenny
Marvin A. Sackner
William J. Zimmer Jr.
MEMBERS
$1,000 TO $2,499
Stephen and Evelyn
Abrahamson
Larry P. Alford
Patricia Cole
Anthony J. D’Orazio
Alice M. Fetter
Marvin R. Fritz
Betty A. Gottlieb
Christine E. Gough
Carol J. Lang
Daniel T. Lee
Patrick F. Luddy
Morris I. Rossman
Gregg C. Simons
LAURA H. CARNELL
ASSOCIATES
$500 TO $999
Ivy Bayard
Ira F. Lobis
Marion M. Lockwood
DIAMOND ASSOCIATES
$250 TO $499
William J. Avery
Polly Beckham
Loretta C. Duckworth
Edith Evans Fruman
Marie F. Harper
Arnold I. Kalman
Elizabeth Moran
Raymond C. Poshkus
Francis X. Sutton
Brooke H. Walker
Brad R. Zerler
SECOND CENTURY
ASSOCIATES
$100 TO $249
Riffat Ara Aslam
George O. Baldwin
Joseph A. Boisse
Louise B. Beardwood
R. Sanborn Brown
Samuel S. Brylawski
Rosalyn Campbell
Jeffrey Carver
John Chaney
Cateoina Chiaravalloti
Janet Cirillo Clinton
Mary Conran
G’ayon Daniel
Richard N. Deglin
Joseph P. Dejohn
Pamela P. Dembe
Deborah E. Dennis
Richard Donovan
Murray Dubin
Charles Everett Dutton
Joseph P. Fazio Sr.
Jack E. Feinberg
Genevieve P. Flanagan
Colleen Marie Flannery
Kate S. Galer
Genevieve Kissick Gavin
Duke P Gibbon
Patricia M. Hein
Frederick Jaecklein
Josephina Kannadan
Jacob Kanofsky
Ann L. Kauffman
Jong-Ik Kim
Deen Kogan
Brian and Nicole Kraft
Laris A. Kreslins
Peter J. Krill
Michael Krippendorf
Saul W. La Kier
Michael and Sandra F.
Lombardo
Carol Lyons
Bernadette Ann
McLaughlin
William D. and Dianne
Mensch Jr.
Shirley A. Page
Linda E. Pardoe
Charles A. Phillips
Daleep Rathore
Sarah Stiner Rivoir
Gwendolyn Robbins
Michael A. Robin
Thomas M. Roller
Mary Elizabeth Ryan
Ronnie May Scotkin
Albert Seidman
Katharine B. Singer
Meri Helaine Thomason
Lorraine Brady Topolin
Arthur N. Tracht
Mary Anne Ulrich
Timothy and Margaret D.
Walsh
Heidi Lamont Wells
William W. Weston Jr.
Stephen W. Workman
Neldra Major Zeigler
CONTRIBUTORS
$1 TO $99
David Adamany
David William Allen
Sarah Mitchell Archer
April Tin Tin Aye
Tin Tin Aye
Rosemary A. K. Babyak
Elaine W. Baer
Joan H. Ballots
M. Robert Baren
David Barsky
Brian Bateman
Mary C. Bazakas
Avissa Beek
Marna H. Bennett
Clara M. Benson
Robert T. Berger
Vivian Betteridge
Allan Bevevino
Alberto Blasi
Leonard U. Blumberg
Nana E. Bogis
Denice Bohl
Renee Bonczewski
James D. Boyd
Bernice A. Boyle
J. George Breitling
Joan A. Bretschneider
Ruth Brooke-Casey
Patricia Kane Brown
Rosly Burgess
Carol W. Butcher
Fran and Michelle
Carfagno
David P. Carroll
Colleen Church
Ezra and Geri Clark
Robert J. Coyle
Robert and Susan Coyle
Jean D. Crescenzi
Patrice Cruz
Penelope C. Cutler
William A. Davis
Francine Dennis
Elfreda Dixon
John Doan
Joan Donatelli
Michael Dundas
Wesley C. Dunlap
Zephirin Ebonzo
William W. Edelman
Calvin C. Edmonds Sr.
Denise Eichelberger
Hildegard V. Ely
William Escobar
Hugh and Karen Emory
Harry M. Esling
Eileen Everitt
Juan Xu Farley
Kathleen Farrell
Philip A. Feinberg
Vickie Feinstein
Aicha Fofana
Alma K. Forman
Nancy B. Freiheit
Janet D. French
Susan P. Furtney
Elizabeth Gallagher
Giusepe and Devora
Gallelli
Kenneth W. Garson
Diane Gibson
John Ginda
Marie Goko
William Goldberg
Sarah Goldstein
Peggy Grady
Marcia A. Guerra
Elizabeth Lee Gutman
Alexander J. Harkins
Carolyn Harrelson
Marcia L. Hatchett
Doris E. Heise
Eugene M. Hoenig
Eleanor M. Imperato
Rashidah Inge
Guillermo D. Jalil
Gladys M. Johnson
Amy E. Jordan
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David L. Kacala
Heather Karlheim
Jodi Katz
Barbara E. Kay
Cornelia S. King
Curtis S. King
H. Lewis Klein
Francine G. Koplin
Kathleen Kowalyshyn
Linda M. Kozloff
Marita J. Krivda
John E. Lacy
Jermaine Laguardia
Edna Lamb
Laura A. Lane
Kathy L. Lehman
Barry Charles Leiber
Judith Leifer
Mark R. Lesher
Robin T. Lipik
Howard M. and
Sharon S. Listwa
Jim Lyons
Donna Major
Carole Maley
Willis C. Manges Jr
Noel F. Marks
Jayson E. Massey
Sandra J. McDade
Kevin McGurk
Joan McIlvaine
David and Suzanne
Meskers
Megan L. Meyer
Edward Logan Moody
John J. McTague
Phyllis Miller
Karyn I. Motika
John B. Moullette
John M. Moyer IV
David C. Murray
George H. Myer
Penelope Myers
Sophia Nekoranik
Jeff and Karen Neville
Robert F. Nichols
John T. Nosek
Jamie O’Brien
Karen O’Brien
Linda Lopresti O’Connell
Gean O’Neal
Francis X. Otter
Ginta Palubinskas
Barbara S. Pearce
Vivian-Sue Penn
Daniel J. Powers
Lisa Rafferty
Regina A. Reagan
Diana Redgil
Lois B. Reich
Run-chang Ren
Robert Rickes
Marcella V. Ridenour
Mary Bortnyk Rigsby
Angel Luis RiveraGonzalez
Anthony J. Robb
H. Earl Roberts Jr.
David V. Rose
Dustin M. Salierno
Yvonne P. Sampsel
Francis J. Schick Sr.
Thomas R. Schiff
J. Brian Schoolar
Jeanne Schory
Susan Schu
Cynthia L. Scurry
Dennis A. Silage
Lindsey L. Shimp
Scott M. Sieburth
Gerald D. Silk
Carlo J. Silvesti
Veronica Sims
Marilyn Solomon
Frank J. Spahits
Karen F. SpeightsNorwood
Helen M. Stailey
Joseph Gordon Stapleton
Ronald C. Steorts
Hester Stinnett
John and Evleyn
Strickland
William J. Sullivan Sr.
Angele Surault
Sloan Svadeba
George Swamiak
Raza Tahir-Kheli
Carol P. Talaga
Ronald J. Tallarida
June M. Temple
Terry Ruth Toll
Robert W. and
Cornelia A. Tucker
Irving H. and
Mary C. Tyler
Imelda L. Vital
Justin Vitiello
Mary Weir
Aimee Levita Weis
Patrice Willmunder
Elisabeth A. Winter
Harry E. and Eleanore
Woods
Charles E. Woolson Jr.
Wyeth
Jennifer Yen
Barry J. Zalben
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