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LIBRARY STAFF

Monika RhueDirector of Library Services

Barbara Allen Administrative Assistant

Barbara CarrCataloger

Geneen ClinkscalesEducational Technology Librarian

Andrea HyltonSystems Librarian

Brandon LunsfordArchival Systems Librarian/ILL

Marcella McGowanSerials and Electronic Resources Librarian

Rosalind MooreEvening Library Supervisor

Michelle OrrCollection Development and Digitization Librarian

Ruth Faye RichardsDigitization and Serials Control Library Assistant

Marissa ShermanPublic and Reference Services Librarian

Jennifer StithEvening Library Assistant

Michelle TavssPhotographic Processing Archivist, Peeler Collection

Tiffany Williams Public Services Coordinator

TABLE OF CONTENTS

4 From the Director’s Desk 6 PeelerCollection 8 Gullah Geechee Exhibit

9 KnowYourPlateProject

10 RecruitingTomorrow’sLeaders

12 JCSUInformationLiteracyandLearning

13 EyesofUgandaExhibit

14 StaffUpdates

16 MeettheStaff

17 LibraryHours EditorialStaff

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Democracy:James B. Duke Memorial Library

Meeting the Needs of Its Users

With the upcoming election this November, one cannot help but think about democracy. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, democracy is defined as “vaguely denoting a social state in which all have equal rights, without hereditary or arbitrary differences of rank or privilege.” With the uncertainty of the economy, the bickering among political parties, and the social issues in America, the one place that people still have unequivocally equal rights is the library. Whether you are poor or rich, black or white, no matter your nationality or creed, the library is the place where you can

come and learn. The library is the place in which every subject can be researched; the library is the place where you can travel around the world for free. The library is the place where you can learn how to use a computer, have access to the internet, and be a part of the growing social network. Democracy should be about meeting the needs of the people. Libraries have always written their missions, goals, and objectives to center around meeting the needs of the community they serve. Those of us in charge of ensuring free access to our resources still manage to uphold the integrity

of what it means to live in a democratic society despite the recent budget cuts. This publication is to salute the library staff for all the services we provide to ensure that all have equal rights to library resources. The James B. Duke Memorial Library Road to Democracy is all about sharing and empowering users to take advantage of what we have to offer and allowing us to meet the needs of our users. In this publication you will read about the library’s participation in the Know Your Plate project, which is dedicated to bringing awareness to the obesity problem in America. Through this project, the library partnered

From the Director’s Desk

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with a community college, a public library, a health food store, and a cultural center to share the importance of eating right. For the first time in the history of Johnson C. Smith University, the library sponsored a vegetarian taster for the community. Community outreach is a part of Dr. Carter’s vision, and the library staff is proud of their part in bringing that vision to fruition. This year the library partnered with the Political Science program to display the Eyes of Uganda Exhibit, and with Professor Cynthia Coles, Director of the Crutchfield Gallery, to display the Etched In the Eyes: the Spirit of a People called Gullah Geechee exhibit. The library has extended it services beyond

the academic walls through our programming, but we have not lost sight of our academic mission. This year the librarians have been working hard in developing an information literacy course as part of the new Liberal Studies Program at JCSU. We partnered with the Information Technology department to renovate a space in the library for a faculty sandbox equipped with the latest hardware and software to help faculty explore, learn, and create projects using technology and social media in the classroom.

Democracy is about people having the opportunity to free themselves. The library is the place where you can start by

reading a book, a journal or a newspaper, peruse our databases for articles, search the internet, and participate in workshops and programs. Democracy starts with everyone asking what kind of citizen they want to be, what kind of world they will help to create, and what kind of legacy they will leave for the future. In the James B. Duke Memorial Library, the Road to Democracy we are creating is one of empowerment, created by teaching our users how to use library resources so they can be citizens that make properly informed decisions.

To the future,

Monika Rhue,MLIS

Cobb, Charles E. On The Road To Freedom: A Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2008, pg. 133.

Photograph of North Carolina radio legend “Chatty” Hattie Leeper taken by local photographer James G. Peeler in the mid-1900s. “Chatty Hattie” owned a record label, produced bands, and was a regular voice on Charlotte’s WGIV radio in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1989 she was inducted into the Black Radio Hall of Fame.

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of the New South. During the early years of his career, Mr. Peeler traveled across North Carolina taking pictures of segregated schools. He captured the lives of many black Charlotteans by taking photographs at proms, weddings, family reunions, graduations, and funerals as well as important political, social, and religious events. His work also includes several street scenes of downtown Charlotte, as well as some of the only images of the city’s African American neighborhoods, homes, businesses, and churches that were eradicated by urban renewal policies in the 1960’s and 1970’s.

Among other things, he photographed the inspiring and

In October 2011, Johnson C. Smith University was selected for participation in the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-funded HBCU Photographic Preservation Project by the LYRASIS library organization. The James B. Duke Library will receive $50,000 to help process and preserve the James G. Peeler Collection, an invaluable set of over 100,000 photographs and negatives donated to the archives by Latrelle McAllister, Director of Human Resources, and Mr. Peeler’s daughter. Mr. Peeler’s work as a photographer in Charlotte spanned almost half a century, from 1959-2003, and his work has been exhibited in the Mecklenburg County Public Library and Charlotte’s Museum

the ugly moments of the civil rights movement in Charlotte during the 1960’s. He covered the protests and sit-ins in Charlotte and Rock Hill, SC, and he also played a profound role in Charlotte’s civil rights movement himself; some of his subjects included Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, politician Shirley Chisholm, and local civil rights leader Kelly Alexander. There is a large demand, especially in the local African American community, to see these photographs, and Johnson C. Smith University is honored to add this important collection to its holdings.

TO PROCESS PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION$50,000 GRANT

JAMES B. DUKE MEMORIAL LIBRARY RECEIVES

JCSU students Alexandria Brown and Nia Davis gained hands-on experience in photographic pre-sentation at the University of Delaware.

Photograph conservator, Rachel Wetzel lead two workshops on photography preservation at JCSU as a part of the HBCU Photographic Preservation Project

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As part of the grant agreement, two JCSU students were chosen as paid interns for the Summer of 2012 to help process the collection and learn photographic preservation techniques. The students, Alexandria Brown and Nia Davis, attended an intensive six-day photograph preservation institute in June 2012 at the University of Delaware, with other students from participating HBCUs. The institute provided guidance and instruction on the value and preservation of photographic materials, with an emphasis on the implementation

As part of our grant agreement with Lyrasis, Photograph Conservator Rachel Wetzel from the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts in Philadelphia, PA, visited Johnson C Smith University to conduct a site visit of the archives on November 30 – December 1, 2011. During the first day of the site visit, a workshop was conducted and was attended by Monika Rhue, Director of Library Services, and Brandon Lunsford, Archival Services Librarian, as well as JCSU students, ACE Scholars from UNCG, local historians, and photographers. Ms. Wetzel shared photograph preservation procedures, the history of photography, and environmental concerns that can affect the condition of photographs and negatives. On the second day of her visit she conducted a needs assessment of the James Peeler Collection and the entire photograph collection of the archives, and made recommendations to the archival staff on how to allocate LYRASIS grant funds.

of practical preservation strategies for photographic print and negative collections. Alexandria and Nia will travel to New Orleans on October 21, 2012 for the HBCU Library Alliance Annual Membership Meeting. The HBCU Photographic Preservation Project is presenting the Preconference meeting on Oct. 21, where they will present their experiences during a session titled “Engaging Students as Ambassadors for Collections Care.”

The Inez Moore Parker Archives is proud to be a part of this important initiative to stimulate interest in archives and preservation among HBCU students, and honored to be able to present this invaluable set of photographs documenting African American life in Charlotte. Any students interested in the internships or professors who would like to recommend students, please forward an email to the Archival Services Librarian at bdlunsford@jcsu.edu

David Herman Jr. opens the Crutchfield Exhibit

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Gullah Geechee

For the first time in history people are publicly recognizing and preserving the Gullah-Geechee culture. The Gullah-Geechee culture was once looked down upon because of the dialect and the people were perceived as “backward” and “uneducated”. But through an act of congress in 2006, the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Act was passed. The Act provides $1 million to set-up the Gullah-Geechee Heritage Corridor over ten years to help preserve and encourage heritage tourism. Designated by Congress in 2006, the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor “extends from Wilmington, N.C. in the north to Jacksonville, FL in the south. It is home to one of America’s most unique cultures, a tradition first shaped by captive Africans brought to the southern United States from West Africa and continued in later generations by their descendents.”

The JCSU community had the opportunity to view photographs from Etched In The Eyes: The Spirit of a People called Gullah Geechee traveling exhibit. This exhibit documents the low country and Sea Islands along the eastern coastline of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. The photographs and narratives were done by photographer and visual sociologist David Herman, Jr.

For Mrs. Rhue the exhibit brought her back home. Mrs. Rhue was raised in Georgetown, South Carolina. Mrs. Rhue recalled being embarrassed of being labeled Geechee because the words from her lips did not flow or articulate properly like her peers in college.

However, she has grown to love and appreciate her roots. The Gullah-Geeche culture is now being acknowledged and appreciated due in part to fact that First Lady Michelle Obama has ancestors from Georgetown, SC where her great-great grandparents and grandparents lived and retired. For her husband’s election, it was said, that First Lady Michelle Obama, stumped the floors of Bethel AME Church in downtown Georgetown where her grandparents were members and spent summer days there with her grandparents.

For Professor Cole the exhibit also touches a part of life that is important. Her grandfather was born in the swampy backwaters around Wilmington, NC and even though his skin was light and his hair was wavy he still spoke “geechee” and lived with ancestors who practiced herbalism and natural healing.

Both Mrs. Rhue and Professor Cole partnered together to have the traveling exhibit housed on the campus of JCSU, Crutchfield Gallery from April 2012-August 2012.

Know Your Plate Winners at the Beatties Ford Regional Library

March 2012 Health Fair at JCSU Victor plays KYP Games

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to bring arts and technology together to raise awareness of the critical link between health disparities and access to authoritative health information. In addition we have three (3) JCSU students who have lent their talents to create an interactive computer game, a skit and promotional materials to be

population. Through a collaborative partnership with Beatties Ford Regional Library which is a part of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library; Central Piedmont Community College; Harvey B. Gantt for African-American Arts+Culture; Kamit Natural Foods; and the LatibahCollard Green Museum. The goal is

Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) has been awarded a grant from the United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation and the National Library of Medicine. The funds will be used to promote the use of the National Library of Medicine online health information for eliminating disparities in health status within the minority

Know Your PlateThe Library is implementing “Know Your Plate” an eHealth HBCU Access project.

Spelman College, Bennett College, and Dillard University.

Six JCSU students were chosen for this phase’s inaugural run: Alexandria Brown, Amber Booker, Jamie Hendricks, Jotoria Mason, Randale Watson, and Michael Webb. They have participated in multi-institutional video conferences and face-to-

In 2011-2012, the James B. Duke Memorial Library was once again asked to participate in the Recruiting Tomorrow’s Library Leaders program. This program is a collaborative endeavor designed to increase the number of HBCU students entering graduate library and information science programs. The two year project has been generously funded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation and participating institutions include Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College,

Recruiting Tomorrow’s Library Leaders“In March, the group

took a field trip to Duke University”

face sessions which promote library and archival enterprises as visible and viable career options.

Their main projects in the library have been focused on marketing the library’s JILL program, collection development analysis, and creating a digital exhibit featuring archival photographs of buildings on campus.

Jamie Hendricks, Alexandria Brown, and w/ James B. Duke Memorial Librarians Brandon Lunsford and Michelle Orr at Duke University Libraries

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Recruiting Tomorrow’s Library LeadersThis program will continue into the Spring semester of 2013 and will allow the library to reach out to at least 15 students who are interested in learning more about the exciting and intriguing world of librarianship. Recruitment for the Fall semester begins April 25th and lasts until June 15th.

digitization of a 15th century manuscript.

Two students from the program have been chosen for a summer field internship of their choice. Alex Brown has been accepted to work at the archives of UCLA where she will be helping to process items from the Collecting Los Angeles archival project. Randale Watson will be working at George Blood Audio and learning how to digitize audio from a variety of formats.

In March, the group took a field trip to Duke University to learn more about the variety of libraries that are in an academic setting. They toured the Special Collections, the digitization and preservation labs, Perkins, Bostock, and Lily libraries. They also toured the Medical Center library and Link, the university’s teaching and learning center. Highlights of the trip included observing the rehousing and reorganization of a collection of Greek texts on papyri and the

Jamie Hendricks, Alexandria Brown, and w/ James B. Duke Memorial Librarians Brandon Lunsford and Michelle Orr at Duke University Libraries

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JILL: JCSU Information Literacy and Learning Program

alog, and our databases. Students will learn how to locate reference materi-als, books, scholarly jour-nal articles, and accept-able websites to research. They will also learn to cite sources appropriately in MLA, APA, or Chicago/Turabian style. Ultimately, we want our students to be able to evaluate in-formation to determine how appropriate it is for research and whether it is credible, scholarly infor-mation. After completing the course, students will be able to:• Findandaccessneeded information effec-tivelyandefficiently.• Criticallyevaluatein-formation and its sources.• Incorporateselectedinformation into one’s knowledge base.• Useinformationef-fectively to accomplish a specificpurpose.Currently, we hope to implement the one-credit information literacy class in Fall 2013 through the emerging Liberal Studies program.

The American Library Association states that: “Information literacy is a set of abilities requiring individ-uals to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information. Information literacy forms the basis for lifelong learning. It is common to all disciplines, to all learning environments, and to all levels of education. It enables learners to master content and extend their investigations, become more self-directed, and assume greater control over their own learning.”

Currently, the James B. Duke Memorial Library offers one-shot library instruction sessions, which professors normally schedule to coincide with an assignment that familiarizes students with information available to them through the library. One-shot instruction classes are 50 minute sessions that give students basic knowledge on library research, including searching the catalog, online databases and scholarly sources, Boolean terms, plagia-rism, and citations.

JILL- JCSU’s Information Literacy and Learning Program – has been in place since 2003. Since then our informa-tion literacy needs have grown, and the library is at the forefront of shaping new courses to meet those needs. We are working to expand our information literacy pro-gram, and we are currently working on a proposal to offer a one-credit information literacy course designed to teach the nature of information and the role of the library in the research process. Classwork will empha-sizecriticalthinking,findingandevaluatinginformation,hands-on exploration of databases, and internet resourc-es.

Our goal for the one-credit information literacy course would be to give students a more in-depth knowledge of the James B. Duke Memorial Library’s resources, our cat-

Photograph from Eyes of Uganda Exhibit

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people. The exhibit opened with a lecture by Mr. Clark and ended with tea and coffee in the library. Students in the Political Science program organized the event, which was a collaborative partnership by the Office of the President, Political Science Department, the Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences, and the James B. Duke Memorial Library.

A Sociological Perspective, created by photographer Terrell Clark. JCSU professor Dr. Terza Aliva Lima-Neves wrote the introduction and captions for the book of photographs, which provide an intimate glimpse into the ordinary lives of the Ugandan

UGANDAEYES EXHIBITOFThe Eyes of Uganda art exhibit was housed in the James B. Duke Memorial Library from February 6-29, 2012. The collection of twenty photographs was truly captivating, and anyone who saw the exhibit received a visual journey into the land and people of Uganda. The photographs are a part of a 120 page hardcover coffee table art book, Eyes of Uganda:

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STAFF WORKSHOPS AND CONTINUING EDUCATION

Serials and Electronic Databases Librarian, has been selected to the American Library Association Emerging Leaders program. The Emerging Leaders is a leadership development program which enables newer library workers from across the country to participate in problem-solving work groups, network with peers, gain an inside look into ALA structure, and have an opportunity to serve the profession in a leadership capacity. It puts participants on the fast track to ALA committee volunteerism as well as other professional library-related organizations.

Marcella is partnered with Tahira Akbar-Wiliams (Johns Hopkins University), Brook Minner (Northeast Harbor Library), Heidi Steiner (Norwich University) , and Gretta Wood (Mississippi State University) the group is responsible for creating three videos to support new conference attendees for the ACRL Membership Committee. The 2012 class of Emerging Leaders had seventy-seven participants and will be working on several projects which will result in a poster session to be showcased at the Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA. Congratulations Marcella!

Marcella McGowan

Systems Librarian, earned an Education Specialist Degree (Ed.S. – Master’s +30) in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis on Instructional Technology from Virginia Tech in December 2011. Congratulations Andrea!

Evening Library Supervisor, is currently a Graduate student in the Library Science program at UNC-Greensboro and was recently selected to the Academic and Cultural Enrichment (ACE) Scholars Program in order to increase the number of culturally diverse librarians in academic libraries. Rosalind is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay with a Bachelor of Science in Public Administration with emphasis in Public and Non-Profit Management. Her position as Evening Library Supervisor and her involvement in the ACE Scholars program has engendered a great appreciation for the library field, and her passion and interest for serving others will definitely makes her an asset to the JCSU student population. Rosalind was also selected to present a poster session at the national American Library Association conference in Anaheim, CA and will participate in the 2012 Diversity & Outreach Fair, where she will showcase recent research and proposed diversity initiates for the James B. Duke Memorial Library. Rosalind’s poster session is called “Retention: What’s Diversity Got to Do With It?” and will display specifically how the JCSU library plans to outreach to diverse populations on campus by forming a Library Diversity Advisory Board made up of students. Congratulations Rosalind!

Update: The Library Diversity Advisory Board had their first meeting in October 2012, and the leadership has been selected. The Board is coming up with great ideas for student activities in the library, including the library’s first Game Night during midterms. More details on this board and their activities will be included in the library’s Spring newsletter. In the meantime students, contract Rosalind Moore if you would like to join and have your suggestions for the library heard!

Andrea L. Hylton

Rosalind Moore

Librarians Michelle Orr and Marcella McGowan with the other participants of the HBCU Library Alliance

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STAFF WORKSHOPS AND CONTINUING EDUCATION

Were among twenty librarians representing thirteen HBCU institutions who were hand -elected to par-ticipate in the HBCU Library Alliance Leadership Institution led by Dr. Flavia Eldemire, President of Eldemire and Associates on February 2012 in Atlanta, GA. The leadership program began in 2005 and is now in its fourth phase of successful leadership development programs to help create dynamic and effective library leaders within the HBCU Library Alliance. Generous funding provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation enables the Alliance to provide practical instruction and useful resources to encourage the development of leadership skills.

Michelle Orr and Marcella McGowan

The nine-month curriculum includes such dynamic topics as components of successful leadership, relationship management, measuring the effectiveness and impact of library services, and aligning per-formance with strategy. Monthly web-based classes will be taught by experts from the HBCU Library Alliance community. A coaching component will provide effective mentorship during the Leadership Institute and strengthen mentoring on individual campuses as well as leadership throughout the HBCU Library community. Michelle and Marcella are very excited to have as their mentor Heather Rodri-guez-James, Archivist/Associate Professor, Eva B. Dykes Library, Oakwood University.

The participating institutions are Alabama State University, Bennett College (NC), Claflin University (SC), Coahoma Community College (MS), Delaware State University, Johnson C. Smith University (NC), Lincoln University (MO), Mississippi Valley State University, Saint Augustine’s College (NC), Savannah State University (GA), University of the Virgin Islands, West Virginia State University and Winston-Salem State University (NC).

The culmination for this nine-month workshop will be in November. Michelle and Marcella will do a presentation, entitled “Survey Implications for Marketing and Outreach to Adult Learners and Faculty of the Metropolitan College at Johnson C. Smith University” at the Atlanta University Center Woodruff Library.

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Barbara Allen Administrative Assistantballen@jcsu.edu704-371-6740

Marissa ShermanPublic and Reference Services Librarianmsherman@jcsu.edu704-371-6733

Barbara CarrCatalogerbcarr@jcsu.edu704-371-6739

Geneen ClinkscalesEducational Technology Librariangclinkscales@jcsu.edu704-371-6734

Andrea Hylton Systems Librarianahylton@jcsu.edu704-371-6747

Meet the Staff

Ruth Faye RichardsDigitization Assistant rrichards@jcsu.edu704-371-1113

Michelle OrrCollection Development and Digitization Librarianmorr@jcsu.edu704-378-1033

Marcella McGowan Serials and Electronic Resources Librarian mmcgowan@jcsu.edu 704-378-1115

Rosalind Moore Evening Library Supervisor ramoore@jcsu.edu 704 371-6745

Michell TavssPhotographic Processing Archivistmtavss@jcsu.edu704-371-6741

Tiffany Williams Public Servies Coordinatortdwilliams@jcsu.edu704-371-6745

Jennifer StithEvening Library Assistantjstith@jcsu.edu704-371-6737

Brandon LunsfordArchival Services Librarian and Interlibrary Loanbdlunsford@jcsu.edu704-371-6741

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SummerMonday-Thursday 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.Friday 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.Saturday - Sunday Closed

Semester BreaksMonday-Thursday 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.Friday 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.Saturday - Sunday Closed

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Monika RhueBrandon LunsfordCharles Hauser Jr.

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