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Annual Report 2000-2001

Significant Accomplishments of the Library in General

• The Music Library, a department and first branch library of the Simon Schwob Memorial Library, opened its doors to the public on January 8, 2001 in the RiverCenter for the Performing Arts
  
  
• The Library began allowing beverages in the building, June 2001
  
  
• Library Faculty held an all-day retreat at Gary Pound's Studio in the Columbus Historic District, August 2000
  
  
• Library Faculty and Staff participated in "Library Staff Development Day," an all-day event held at the Estate; an afternoon presentation by a consultant on customer service was featured, March 2001
  
  
• The Library sponsored 4 Brown Bag Booktalks in the Fall of 2000, which featured talks by 7 CSU faculty authors; these were well-attended by faculty
  
  
• The Library sponsored a GALILEO Birthday Celebration in September of 2000; guest speaker was Merryll Penson; in attendance was local legislator Tom Buck
  
  
• The Library's Archivist, Dr. Craig Lloyd, retired, having served in that position for 16 years. The new fulltime Archivist, Reagan Grimsley, will begin on July 5, 2001
  
  
• A number of interesting collections were added to the Archives in FY01, including:
  1. ISAC Book Collection
  2. Blanche Hobbs Scrapbook Collection
  3. T. Hiram Stanley Collection
  4. Magnolia Garden Club Collection
  
  
• The Library held its annual Student Assistant of the Year Recognition Luncheon at the Lindsay Mock Pavilion, May 2001

Significant Accomplishments/Activities of Library Faculty

Callie McGinnis

• Attended the Annual Conference of the American Library Association , July 2000, Chicago
• Elected member of statewide GIL Steering Committee
• Elected member of statewide GALILEO Steering Committee
• Elected Secretary of the Regent's Committee on Libraries (March 2001)

Erma Banks

• Member of the Library Committee for the St. James CME Church
• Elected President of CALA (Columbus Area Library Association), Spring 2001
• Assisting former CSU faculty member Keith Byerman with his book, Reflections in a Critical Eye: New Essays on Carson McCullers

Roberta Chodacki Ford

• Attended the Music Library Association Annual Meeting, February 2001, New York, NY
• Recognized for service as outgoing secretary of the Music Library Association (national organization)

John Hoft

• Co-authored, with Dr. William Hamilton, "Issues Concerning the Use of Statistical Tools as Evidence and Statisticians as Expert Witnesses in Discrimination Cases" in Proceedings of the Southeast Decision Sciences Institute (Charlotte, NC, 2001)
• Admitted to the State Bar of Georgia, November 2000

Sandra Stratford

• Attended the AECT (Association for Educational Communications & Technology) Annual Conference, October 2000, Denver, CO
• Elected President-Elect of the AECT Management Division

Terri Townsend

• Attended the REFORMA (Spanish Language reference, collections & instruction section of the American Library Association), August 2000, Tucson, AZ
• Attended the British Libraries and Librarianship Seminar, sponsored by the Bodleian Library and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, May 2001, Oxford, England
• Elected Chair of the New Members Round Table of the Georgia Library Association
• Chaired the CSU Status of Women Committee; coordinated its 3rd Annual Women of Achievement Awards, featuring Dr. Virginia Carr as guest speaker

Collaborative or Resource-Sharing Arrangements

• Three librarians (Banks, McGinnis and Yuill) made presentations at the Georgia Independent Schools Association held at Brookstone in November 2000
  
  
• In the area of Distance Learning, the Library maintained its library web page for distance learners and provided library support for DL students in MCG programs
  
  
• On the local level, the Library director attended reception interviews for all candidates for public library directorship
  
  
• Also locally, librarians continued to participate in CALA (Columbus Area Library Association)
  
  
• The Head of Information Services met with high school media specialists from Muscogee County once a quarter. The Library offered withdrawn reference books to local high schools
  
  
• Library Director has been an active member of The Columbus Archives and History Center, Inc., which is working toward the establishment of The Columbus Archives and History Center as a CSU affiliate
  
  
• Muscogiana: the Journal of the Muscogee Genealogical Society, edited by former CSU History Department Chair Dr. Hugh Rodgers and printed under the sponsorship of the Schwob Library's Archives, won second place in the Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library (Moultrie, GA) and "The Family Tree" newsletter and journal contest in the category of "Genealogical Society Magazine over 75 pages." First place went to The Alabama Genealogical Society, Inc. Magazine.

Enhancements for Better Access to Library Services

• Detailed holdings information for all periodicals was entered into GIL, the Library's online catalog
  
  
• The Schwob Library and the Music Library purchased ADA hardware and software for visually-impaired patrons: ClearView Reader, Jaws and Zoomtext
  
  
• Librarians Erma Banks and Pamela Yuill attended a SOLINET Workshop on Virtual Reference Service, February 2001, Atlanta; the Library offers email reference via the Web and Pegasus
  
  
• The Library completely revised and expanded its web site. The site now includes online ILL, BI, and book order forms. A Music Library section was also created
  
  
• The Library installed a proxy server which will facilitate access to electronic resources for DL students and other remote users
  
  
• The Schwob Library was one of five University System libraries to participate in a GIL Universal Borrowing test. Other libraries were University of Georgia, Medical College, Bainbridge College and Coastal Community College

Accomplishments of Instructional Technology Services

• ITS faculty/staff provided individual and group training in scanning, digital cameras, and other technologies. WebCT experts were hired to provide twelve work-shops which were attended primarily by 25 College of Education grant recipients. Consultation sessions were arranged for four CSU faculty WebCT users.
  
  
• Across campus, classroom computers received memory upgrades to enable them to handle Office 2000 where feasible. Digital cameras and camcorders were purchased at the end of last fiscal year to meet faculty development requests.
  
  
• Through special initiative funding, the following equipment was purchased/secured:
  1. One circulating PC unit
  2. New laptops, digital cameras, and data projection equipment used for faculty development and presentation
  3. New screens, audio equipment, digital cameras, and data
  4. Four monitors for Stanley 106 GSAMS room
  5. USG provided a replacement CODEC and cameras, upgrading the Stanley 106 GSAMS facility significantly.
  
  
• Installation ITS projects included:
  1. Howard 210 will be completed as a multi-media classroom after the renovation in Howard is finished this summer
  2. Three other Howard classrooms will receive installed monitors
  3. Stanley 203 and 205 became multimedia classrooms with Instructor's PC, VCR, document camera, and data projector. The sound systems were restored.
  4. Stanley 203 also received music playback equipment.
  5. 2 rooms received blinds and electrical outlets were added in others to provide a more hospitable technology environment.
  6. Through partnership with the COE and Educational Technology Center, data projectors, PCs and VCRs were installed in Jordan 211 and Lumpkin 110 and 114

Library Plans for FY2002

• The concept of a new $24 million multi-purpose building containing 45 classrooms, two lecture halls and other facilities, including a Library Information Commons, Multimedia Commons and the Library's Instruction Technology Services Department, was approved by the Board of Regents in June 2001 and added to its major construction list.
  
  
• The Library obtained funding (via the Student Technology Fee Committee) for JSTOR, an online collection of back files for 146 academic journals; purchase of this excellent scholarly resource will take place fall semester
  
  
• In an attempt to promote an interest in scholarship to alert faculty about the problems of scholarly journal publishing (i.e., spiraling costs, etc.), the Library plans to host a faculty research forum that will highlight research activities across disciplines
  
  
• The Library will develop plans for a first-floor Information Commons; we hope to establish this area within the year. This project will also involve planning for a major reconfiguration of services on the first floor of the Library.
  
  
• Universal Borrowing, a form of unmediated interlibrary loan service, will be implemented in January 2002 and will allow all faculty staff and students at schools within University System of Georgia to have easy access to all print resources held by those schools