October 2007

• OCLC Members Council Executive Committee has appointed Anne Prestamo, Associate Dean of Collection and Technology Services, to serve as Chair of the Members Council’s WorldCat/Public Service Group for 2007-08.
• The Oklahoma Library Association issued its 100 Library Legends in celebration of the state’s centennial. Among the honored were nine with ties to OSU, including current librarians John B. Phillips, head of government documents, and Vicki Phillips, head of science and engineering division.
• Bonnie Ann Cain, Coordinator of Communications and Publications, successfully completed the Accreditation in Public Relations (APR). The APR is internationally recognized and is currently the only professional certification for PR professionals.
• If you read the Daily O’Collegian, you may notice ads for the OSU Libraries. These ads are part of a new campaign designed to inform students about library services and resources. Each month, the library will feature a different service, and the ads are just the beginning. Promotions include ads, web features, Facebook flyers, banners, signs at bus stops, slide shows in the library’s café and more.
• Barbara Miller, documents librarian, was elected to the American Library Association’s Council. She ran as a Councilor-at-Large and was one of 33 members elected to serve the 2007-2010 term. Each year one-third of the ALA Councilors-at-Large are elected. Ninety-five individuals ran for these positions during the 2007 election.

February 2007

• Anne Prestamo, Associate Dean of Collection and Technology Services, was elected 2006-07 Chair of the Amigos Delegation to the OCLC Members Council. The Amigos Delegation represents more than 765 member libraries from a 14-state service area. A not-for-profit organization, Amigos is one of the nation’s largest library resource-sharing networks and a leader in providing information technology to libraries.
• Anne also will be representing the Amigos region on the OCLC Members Council Nominating Committee.
• Tori Gregory’s forthcoming article "Stacking Up: A How-To Guide to Condition Surveys" will be published in Collection Management.
• Karen Neurohr, Assessment Librarian, along with Stillwater Public Library secured a $17,000 grant from NEA to bring "The Big Read" to Stillwater. "The Big Read" is an initiative of NEA in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest. It is designed to unite communities through great literature.
• Bonnie Ann Cain, Coordinator of Communications and Publications recently presented "Propaganda Analysis: A Case Study of the Department of Education’s Campaign to Promote NCLB" at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications 2006 convention.
• Heather K. Moberly, Veterinary Medicine Librarian, has accepted an appointment to the "USAIN Task Force for the Assessment of a National Agricultural Information Infrastructure."

September 2006

• A recent L.A. Times article cited research by Tanya Finchum, Associate Professor and Documents Librarian. Her research deals with proximity in relationships and sustaining friendships over long distances.
• Cokie Anderson, Assistant Professor, recently worked with the National Indian Law Library and the University of Tulsa law library to post all 43 volumes of the Indian claims Commission Decisions online. The decisions are available online at: http://digital.library.okstate.edu/icc/index.html. Anderson’s second book, Ethical Decision Making for Digital Libraries, was published by Chandos Publishing Ltd. in May.
• In July, Dr. Anne Prestamo, Associate Dean for Collection and Technology Services, began a three-year term as an elected member of the American Library Association Council. The Council is the governing body of the American Library Association, which serves public, state, school, academic and special libraries.
• Sarah Holstedt, a Library Student Assistant and December 2005 graduate of the OSU School of Architecture, received the Dean’s Award for the Outstanding Graduate from the School of Architecture and the American Institute of Architects School Medal for 2005. She now works for Callison Architecture in Seattle, WA.
• Michele Seikel, Cataloger and Assistant Professor of Bibliography, will serve as chair of the Oklahoma Library Association’s Technical Services Round Table for 2006-2007. She is also moderator of the Mountain Plains Library Association’s Hot Topics electronic community.
• Architecture Library Student Assistant, Singeh Saliki recently received an honorable mention in the Acme Brick Prize competition at the April 6th awards ceremony for the OSU school of Architecture. She is also this year’s recipient of the Nancy Randolph Davis Scholarship and a Society of Black Engineers, Technologists, and Architects (SBETA) Peer Award.

May 2006

• Congratulations to Heather K. Moberly, OSU Veterinary Medicine Librarian! Heather was awarded the Distinguished Member Award by the Food Agriculture and Nutrition Division of the Special Libraries Association. This national award is the organization’s highest honor; it recognizes a current or former member who has contributed significantly to the division over the years.
• Staff at the William E. Brock Memorial Library at the OSU Center for Veterinary Health Sciences created a freely available index to the publications from the Oklahoma Veterinary Medical Association. The index includes an index to OVMA publications Oklahoma Veterinarian (1954-1990), The Journal (1991-1992), and OVMA Communique (1987-2002). It is searchable by title keyword or author last name and can be found at: www.library.okstate.edu/vetmed/ovma/search.cfm.
• Dr. Anne Prestamo, Associate Dean of Technology and Collection Services, was elected to a three year term on the OCLC Members Council. She is one of five delegates from the Amigos region (AZ, AR, CA, KS, LA, NM, OK, TX).
• Beth Reiten, OSU Librarian, was named Web Chair for the MERLOT LIS Community Advisory Board.
• After serving as President-elect of USAIN (United States Agricultural Information Network), Heather K. Moberly, OSU Veterinary Medicine Librarian, begins her term as president this summer. Heather is also a Board Member of the Advisory Council to CABI, and coordinator of papers, presentations, and poster sessions at the bi-annual meeting of USAIN.
• Karen Neurohr accepted the new position of Assessment Librarian.
  Karen has served as Library Director, Carl Albert State College, since 1998. She graduated from the University of North Texas with an MLS in 1995.
• Dr. David Oberhelman, OSU Librarian, was appointed as OLA’s representative to the 12-state Mountain Plains Library Association. He is also contributing 11 entries to the J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment. David is continuing as the North American editor of Reference Reviews, a library review journal with readership in the UK, Canada and US.
• Suzanne Holcombe, Documents Librarian, was invited to be the Reviews Editor for Government Information Quarterly, as well as the interim treasurer for the Patent and Trademark Depository Library Association.
• Kiem Dung Ta, OSU Librarian, is serving as the Treasurer of the Chemistry Division of Special Libraries Association and is a participant in OLA’s Library Gold Project.
• Susan Bobo, Architecture Librarian, is concluding her term as the Chair for the Art Libraries of North America—Central Plains Chapter (ARLIS-CP).
• OSU Librarian, Kevin Drees, is the 2005/06 Chair of the Accreditation and Standards Committee for the American Society for Engineering Education.
• Vicki Phillips, Head of Science and Engineering Division, is serving as Chair of the Nominating Committee of the Government Documents Roundtable (GODORT) of ALA and a member of the Steering Committee of GODORT.

October 2005

• Michele Seikel, Cataloging Librarian, was elected chair-elect of the Mountain Plains Library Association's New Members Round Table for 2005/2006.
• Jennifer Paustenbaugh, Associate Dean for Planning, was reappointed to the Okla. Commission on the Status of Women by Governor Brad Henry for a five-year term. Paustenbaugh also presented on "Preservation Education for Special Collections Librarians" at the Association of College & Research Libraries Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Preconference "Bridging the Gap: Education and Special Collections." She was also reappointed chair of ALA's Association of Library Collections and Technical Services Fundraising Committee for 2005-2006.
• Michael Kim, Cataloging Librarian, began a two and a half year term as Secretary of Information Technology Division of the Special Libraries Association. Kim was also elected as one of the directors of the SLA Oklahoma Chapter.
• Beginning in October, Kim will serve as Chair of Technical Services Section of Mountain Plains Library Association and will continue to serve as Chair of the OLA Constitution & Bylaw Committee for second year.
• Tori Gregory, OSU Librarian, was appointed Co-Chair of the 2005/2006 OLA Membership Committee.

April 2005

• This year, Cataloging Librarian, Michele Seikel is serving as Chair of the OLA Technical Services Round Table and secretary of the Universities and Colleges Division.
• Along with Janet Ahrberg, also a Cataloging Librarian, Seikel recently completed an article to be published in the Spring 2005 Library Resources and Technical Services entitled: “Why Are You Still Using Dewey?: Academic Libraries That Continue with the Dewey Decimal Classification.” The paper was presented with research partner, Jay Shorten, at the MPLA Professional Research Forum and won the $300.00 prize for best paper.
• The Friends of the OSU Library hosted two events featuring Friends this spring. John Mowen presented a slide show and lecture on his newest book Beyond Leadership: The beacon and the GREAT ROCK. Carol Headrick returned with her first person monologue book review. This year she performed as Fannie Hurst from Anatomy of Me.
• Cokie Anderson, Electronic Publishing Librarian, has been appointed to the editorial board of The Electronic Library.
• Once again the OSU Library is the Can OU winner for the non-academic departments. This year the Library also won the University-wide competition collecting over 940 items for the food drive.
• Congratulations to Marian Chitwood on being a Distinguished Service Award Finalist for Classified/Clerical staff. The award is presented annually by the Oklahoma State University Staff Advisory Council in recognition of extraordinary service to OSU. Chitwood has worked for the OSU Library for 20 years.
• Cataloging Librarians, Michael Kim, Linda Taylor and Co-Ming Chan made a presentation on “Cutting Edge Labeling for Books” at the 7th annual conference of the South Central Voyager Users Group in Nacogdoches, TX.
• Chan also presented a session on “Evaluating, Modifying, & Integrating Files from Multiple Vendors,” at a workshop on “E-lectrify Your E-Resources: Integrating Electronic Resources Into Your Catalog,” sponsored by the Oklahoma Library Association’s Technical Services & Technology & Electronic Resources Roundtables in Stillwater.
• Sheila Grant Johnson, Dean of Libraries, was invited to speak at the fall membership meeting of the Greater Western Library Alliance, at the University of Arkansas, last October. She participated in a program on library marketing and public relations and spoke about the OSU Library’s two successful campaigns that won John Cotton Dana awards for best library public relations programs.