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Reminder: Nominations for National Library Workers’ Day *AWARDS* Now Open: Chair of the Libraries’ Awards Committee, Micah Hampton from Interlibrary Loan, reports there is only ONE WEEK LEFT to nominate co-workers for the National Library Workers’ Day Awards!  You can find criteria for awards and the nomination form on StaffWeb.  Nominations will be accepted ONLY through March 15, so get on it!

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Awards include: Rookie of the Year Award, Extra Mile Award, Keystone Award, Outstanding Support Service Award, and Team Project Award. If you have questions, talk to any of the members of the awards committee: Micah Hampton, Vera Ekechukwu, Bridget Penrose, Jozef Laincz, and Tim Zou. Thank you, Micah!

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Special Collections Receives its Largest Grant to Date
Angela Fritz, Interim Head of Special Collections, reports that Special Collections has been awarded a $73,989 grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to process the James D. Bales papers. Bales taught at Harding College in Searcy from 1944-1981 and became nationally known for his conservative political activism and his anticommunist stance. Bales’s papers span 435 linear feet and document the development of the modern conservative movement. This is the largest grant Special Collections has received and the second largest National Historical Publications and Records Commission grant to be awarded to the state of Arkansas.  Find more information on 365 McIlroy. Congrats, Angela!

We’re On the Leading Edge: UARK Concert Recordings Now Online
Tim Zou, Head of Performing Arts and Media, reports that the Libraries now have 170 in house concert recordings available online – listeners can hear them anywhere, anytime – putting the Libraries on the list of just a few academic libraries in the country to stream institutional concert recordings. Concerts were previously archived in Performing Arts and Media on CDs. Since 2013, all concert recordings with a copyright consent form signed by performers and the Music Department are also digitally archived. Rachel Paul, Supervisor of Performing Arts and Media, is instrumental in cataloging and processing the files. The U of A concert streaming project is a collaboration of the Music Department and the University Libraries and you can use this quick search form to search and listen. Great job, Tim and Rachel!

Celebrate International Women’s Day by Touring Women’s Studies Offerings Online
Beth Juhl, Web Services Librarian, posted “Discovering Women’s Studies” on Database News today. The post introduces readers to a wealth of online academic journal articles, statistical compendiums, government documents, and primary sources to support research. Some of the topics and subject areas Juhl touches on include: Psychology and Communication, Anthropology and Sociology, Literature and the Arts, History and Political Science, and more. One fascinating angle, Mintel provides reports on how consumer goods are marketed to women. Juhl’s post links readers to over a dozen resources. Thank you, Beth!

And Just a Bit More Women’s History from the LOC!
Judy Ganson, Director for Collection Management Services and Systems, shares a resource from the Library of Congress: Experiencing War, Women at War: Stories from the Veterans History Project.  From the site: “Chosen from among the thousands of collections of women’s experiences in the Veterans History Project, this modest selection spans four wars. While many of the collections are nurses’ tales, there is also the story of a code breaker, a welder, and a flight surgeon, plus two women who rose through the ranks to secure places in the military history books.” Thank you, Judy!

Building the Museum – Edward Durell Stone’s Museo de Arte de Ponce
Catherine Wallack, Architectural Records Archivist, reports that the Museo de Arte de Ponce will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary inside a Durell Stone design with an exhibition that shows his design process. The Museo de Arte de Ponce is located on Las Americas Avenue in Ponce, Puerto Rico and houses a collection of European art, as well as work by Puerto Rican artists. The exhibit, a selection of architectural drawings that have never before been seen together, including many facsimiles from the Edward Durell Stone Papers in the Arkansas Architectural Archives, opens to the public on March 13. Awesome news, Cat!

Last Month’s Keywords, Some Surprising, on the Popular Catalog Searches List
Did you know that Sierra provides a rolling 30 day log of patron searches?  These popular searches can provide real insights into the kinds of information students are seeking.  Click thgrough to the blog for a list of the top 100 keyword searches from the last 30 days. Is the number one keyword a surprise to anyone? (Thanks, Beth!)

Reminders and Such:

• ONE WEEK LEFT: Nominate Co-Workers for National Library Workers’ Day AWARDS: Don’t miss out on this opportunity to show your recognition! Nominations will not be accepted after March 15^th.  Find criteria for awards and the nomination form on StaffWeb.
• We have campus-wide access to NBC Learn Higher Ed, a collection of more than 12,000 video segments from NBC News division that is updated daily, provided by Global Campus.
• Registration Now Available for 2016 ALPS Conference: Lynaire Hartsell reports that registration is now open for the 2016 Arkansas Library Paraprofessionals Spring Conference, to be held May 18-20 in Hot Springs. The registration deadline is April 30.
• Geology Rocks: Access to High-Quality Rocks and Minerals at Mullins Library: Jozef Laincz and Rachel Linck report the launch of the Libraries’ rock and mineral collection, four sets each of rocks and minerals (refresher: a mineral is the pure stuff with a definite chemical formula; a rock is an aggregate of minerals), that can be checked from Course Reserves.
• Please remember to COPY the person or people who are serving as your back-ups in your out-of-office emails to me. It serves as not only an excellent last minute confirmation for you, but also a handy way for me to procure the contact info that I add to each entry. Thank you!

Out of Office Notices

Calendar of Libraries’ Events – Mark Your Personal Calendars!

Webinar Schedule

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