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ADDED entries
Wishing well our retirees
At the end of this semester we,
unfortunately, must say goodbye to
two wonderful people in our
department. Dr. Eloise Long and our
secretary, Mona Turner, will be
retiring in a few short weeks.
Although we will miss the both of
them greatly, we wish them well, and
will never forget the great services
they have done for the program and
our students. Dr. Long does plan to
teach two last courses this summer on
Genealogy and Technologies in
Libraries, so sign up while you can!
when the new library was built. I was
very lucky to have had Mrs. Mack and
Miss Mann for professors.
I never dreamed that 30-some years
later I’d be back as a library science
professor. I truly enjoyed working
with student teachers so when the
opportunity came to join the faculty in
the library science department, I took
it. I have met some incredible people
during the last 12 years – fellow
librarians, faculty members and staff,
famous authors, and, my favorite, the
students, our future librarians.
We have planned a retirement party
for Ellie and Mona on Monday, May
5th, from 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at
the Kutztown Tavern. If you can, we
would love to have you join us in
celebrating this momentous occasion.
Dr. Eloise Long, Professor
of Library Science
It was very bittersweet to write my
retirement letter. I look forward to
spending time with my family,
working on my local history interests,
and traveling (to someplace warm);
but, I will miss our students, the
library, and KU campus life.
------In June 1968, I came to Kutztown
State College to learn how to be a
librarian. I was very lucky to have had
my first class in the original library
that was billed as an architectural
“masterpiece.” I was very lucky to
participate in the infamous book walk
Thank you to everyone who has helped
to make my KU exper ience
wonderful. Keep reading and don’t
give up on libraries – they are here to
stay!
Mona Turner, Secretary
- Dr. Eloise Long
Fall 2013
Volume 35, Issue 1
In this issue:
Special points of interest:
Chair Speaks
2
Your Added Entries
6
Apha Beta Alpha
7
Save the Date
8
* Retirees
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* Summer Courses
Page 2
* Children’s Lit Conference
Page 4
* Spotlight Students
Page 5
* Spring Book Review
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Kutztown university department of library science &
instructional technology
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The chair speaks
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Dr. Andrea Harmer
elcome to the Spring
edition of Added
Entries! What another busy semester
it has been this Spring, the time has
just flown by, despite all the
interruptions from the snow. We
recently hosted the Annual Spring
Book Review and enjoyed everyone
joining us for a wonderful evening
of book sharing and reviewing. Dr.
Long tried to arrange the event
well past the time when we
suspected snow would fall, but we
were outsmarted by the weather
once again, and the snow did
fall! Despite that, we still had a
great time, and a fairly good
turnout. We are thinking of
combining the Fall and Spring Book
Reviews next year, to one event
being held sometime in November.
Please let us know what you think.
We have five outstanding
undergraduates graduating this Spring
and many of them already have
positions secured. There seems to be
an abundance of openings for
librarians lately, which is a great sign!
The positions vary from Library
Director to para-professional to
summer help. A current listing for all
positions in both Library Science &
Instructional Technology can be
found on our website
at
www2.kutzotwn.edu/libraryscience
on the navigation menu under
“Employment Opportunities and
Internships in Library Science and
Instructional Technology.”
Long, past Chair, and Mona Turner,
our office coordinator, are both
retiring at the same time. The rest of
us don’t know what we are going to
do without them. We are planning a
retirement get together on Monday,
May 5th at the Kutztown Tavern
from 2:30 until 5PM and would love
to have you join us. Please come and
say goodbye to Ellie and Mona. We
will miss them both so much here in
the department, as they are vital to
our daily operation, but we wish
them all the best in their retirement
years ahead. Here’s wishing all of you
a happy and healthy summer too.
Hope to see you in Fall ’15, if not
before.
The last, but certainly not least, big
news item is that after many years of
wonderful service to Kutztown’s
Department of Library Science &
Instructional Technology, Dr. Eloise
-AJHarmer
Genealogy Summer Course
Genealogists? Are they visiting your library looking for information about their ancestors? Do you have the materials to
serve them? Do you know what materials are available? To ensure that our librarians are able to serve the needs of patrons
interested in genealogy research, we developed a new course that prepares students to assist patrons as they perform
research, define family history writing objectives, and produce genealogy results for professional or personal needs. The
course is designed for librarians and other researchers interested in family histories. LIB 405: Genealogical Research is an
online course and is available for 3 credits at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Current students as well as those
wishing to take a stand-alone course are invited to register now for Summer I – May 28- June 26.
Summer 2014 Registration Form for NON-KU Undergraduate Students: https://form.app.kutztown.edu/summer/
Graduate Level: The Professional Credit option gives students the opportunity to take courses in non-degree status.
Contact the Graduate Admissions office for the procedure: Telephone: (610) 683-4201; E-mail: graduate@kutztown.edu
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Children’s Literature conference
On Saturday, April 12, 2014, Kutztown University hosted its 16th Children’s Literature Conference.
We had three exciting authors join us this year!
David Wiesner is one of the most
highly-acclaimed picture book creators
in the world. His books have been
translated in to over a dozen languages
and have earned him many awards,
including the Caldecott Medal for:
Tuesday, The Three Pigs, and Flotsam.
Mr. Wiesner has also earned three
Caldecott Honors for Free Fall, Sector
7, and Mr. Wuffles!, his most recent
book. Check out his website
www.hmhbooks.com/wiesner/
biography.html for more information
Mr. Serafini earned a Master’s degree
in Elementary Education and his Ph.D
in Reading Education at Arizona State
University. His research focus is on
reading instruction and the role
of children’s literature in elementary
schools, and he conducts many staff
development workshops. More
information, including his books, can
be found on his website at:
www.frankserafini.com/about-frankserafini/.
Jim Murphy is best known for his
well-researched and engaging
nonfiction titles for young readers.
His awards include two Newbery
Honors, a Sibert Honor, and the
Sibert Award in addition to three
NCTE Orbis Pictus Awards and
three Jefferson Cup Awards. Check
out his website for more information:
www.jimmurphybooks.com.
Ku attends ALA mid-winter conference
Roseanne Perkins
On a frosty January morning a group of
current and former students packed
themselves into a minivan to make the
journey to the American Library
Association’s Midwinter Meeting and
Exhibits. This year we were fortunate
that Philadelphia was selected to host
the annual conference that attracted
more than 12,000 people from all over
the nation. Midwinter is famous for
being the location from which the
prestigious Newbery and Caldecott
awards are announced every year in
addition to being an important
“working” meeting for many of ALA’s
committees and roundtables. Library
vendors, publishers and luminaries in
the library profession were all in
attendance, making it a great
opportunity to network with other
professionals and explore career
opportunities in the library field. Our
Kutztown University students listened
to a talk given by Matthew Quick,
author of The Silver Linings Playbook,
in which he described the odd sensation
of rubbing shoulders with celebrities
while waiting for his car after attending
the Oscars.
We spent time in the exhibit halls
drinking smoothies at the Mango
Languages booth, watching demos of
the latest in Integrated Library System
Software and picking furniture for our
dream libraries. The publisher booths
were the runaway hit of the day,
however, as our students poured
through new and upcoming releases
from major publishing houses such as
Random House, Harcourt and
Scholastic as well as smaller presses
like Candlewick and Peachtree. Many
authors and illustrators were on hand
to sign their books, pose for pictures
and chat with future book-buyers!
The students returned to Kutztown
hauling armloads of books, buttons,
posters and other swag. They spent
the car ride home planning their trip
to Las Vegas to attend ALA’s Annual
Summer Conference in June.
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PSLA Conference
K u G at h e r i n g
School Libraries: Common Core of Learning
May 1-3, 2014
Hershey Lodge and Conference Center
(Hershey, PA)
Keynote Speaker:
Author Presentation:
Marc Aronson
Eliot Schrefer
Coming to PSLA? Make sure you stop by to meet and greet other KU alums. It’s all happening after
the keynote speaker, 9 p.m., Thursday, May 1, in the Wild Rose room. “College Gatherings” has been
added to the agenda by PSLA, and they are providing the room and cash bar. See you there!
New Addition to Department Website
A new addition has been made to the department’s website. It is a page devoted entirely to employment opportunities
and internships in the field of library science and instructional technology. The page is updated frequently and includes
job postings and internships locally, in Pennsylvania and abroad. It is a great resource for both students and alumni!
Here is how to find it:

Go to the department website www2.kutztown.edu/libraryscience
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On the left hand side of the page you will find a navigation menu, click on “Employment Opportunities and Internships in Library Science and Instructional Technology”
If you know of any job openings or opportunities, please forward the information to libsci@kutztown.edu and we will
add it to the website.
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Spotlight on Current students
Leslie
Gaines
I started volunteering at the Henry Janssen
Library located on the Berks History Center
campus in November 2013. I decided to spend
time here following a field trip with Roseanne
Perkins and my fellow LIB480 (Intro to
Preservation and Digitization of Archives and
Special Collections) classmates. This was one of
a few special libraries we visited during the
semester. After the tour and seeing the
collections and materials housed in the library,
I was immediately hooked. About a week later
I sent an email to the library's director, Kim
Brown, and the following week I was ready to
get my hands dirty digging through and
processing many different aspects of Berks
County history.
My first couple of visits included searching
through newspaper articles on microfilm and
old maps, assisting in acquiring information for
members looking to dive into their families'
pasts and how they may have come to own
land, get married and start families in different
parts of Berks County. After this, my task was
to digitize and file away photograph collections
that were donated to the History Center and
Library. From old landscapes and structures to
families and organizations, some dated as far
back as the 1800s while other we as recent as
the 1960s. After scanning the photographs and
saving them to a flash drive, my next task was
to upload them in to PastPerfect, the library's
collection management software, then describe
them and lastly assign a location for the
photographs for easy retrieval by future
researchers.
While volunteering here at the library, I was
also assisting Dr. Long in the research for the
next edition of the booklet series depicting the
villages of Longswamp Township. My focus
was on the Shamrock Hotel. I used the Berks
County Recorder of Deeds site to find past
owners and when the hotel/post office/general
store might have started. Also, through the
reading of many obituaries and searches on
FindaGrave.com, I was able to come up with
more information and details regarding the
hotel and its history. It was hard work and time
consuming but it was so much fun. The actual
research is the best part and the reward of
seeing the finished product was just priceless.
- Leslie Gaines
(Photo Below) Cover of
the
publication worked on by Leslie and
Dr. Long. Picture provided by Leslie
Gaines.
Your added entries
Melinda
Bender
Lydia
Smith
Colleen
Buck
Ann
schmidt
Amber
ziemba
Sams
Melinda Bender was recently named the grand prize winner for a customized webinar with
Mike Eisenberg author of the Big6. She and the elementary librarians in the Reading School
District will be attending this webinar in May and are looking forward to this event.
Lydia Smith ‘12 is working part time at the Media-Upper Providence Free Library and the
Drexel University Law Library.
Colleen is a 2008 graduate of the Kutztown Library Science Program. For the past four years
she has been working as a Library Media Specialist in the Souderton School District. Colleen
wishes the best of luck to all our KU grads!
Ann Schmidt was recently selected as one of the 21 participants in the first-ever Emerging
Leaders Academy (ELA) for PA School Librarians to take place from May 2014 - May 2015.
Through grouping participants with two librarian mentors, the goal of the ELA is to assure
“that Pennsylvania students will have effective school library programs developed by librarians
who are leaders in their schools, districts, and professional associations at the regional and
state levels in the coming decades”. The pairing of selected participants and their mentors will
take place at the PSLA conference this May.
The past year has been a big one for Amber- she was
married in June to Scott Sams, moved into a new house in
July, and this past September brought a new addition to
her family. Drake Ziemba Sams was born at 1:27 AM on
September 24th, weighed 6lbs, 15oz, and was 20.75
inches long.
condolences
Kathleen S. (Kachel) Schlegel
Kathleen S. (Kachel) Schlegel, 78, of Wyomissing, PA, passed away January 12, 2014. Kathi
received her Bachelor’s degree in Education at Kutztown State Teacher’s College in 1957 and
continued her education to earn her Master’s degree in Library Science.
Kathi worked in the Boyertown School District where she spent 32 years as the Librarian.
Additionally Kathi volunteered as the Librarian for The Highlands and was an active member of
the Historical Society of Berks County and the Reading Museum, serving as a Docent and Board
member.
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Banquet
Stacey Aldrich, Deputy Secretary of
Education and Commissioner for
Libraries, visited with Kutztown
University Alpha Beta Alpha members,
Library Science students, faculty, friends,
family on April 6th for the annual ABA
spring banquet.
Stacey has spent time across the country
serving as the State Librarian in California,
before returning to act as the Pennsylvania
State Librarian.
Stacey had a lot of exciting information to
share about the ways in which libraries
help their communities and the patrons
and how those services are changing with
the incredible advances being made in
technology.
ABA President Brittany Lee says, “Stacey
was very informative on the history of the
state library. She also talked about the
places that libraries will be going in the
future. Stacy seemed to be very
knowledgeable in the area of the future of
libraries and stressed the importance that
libraries hold.”
At the Banquet, graduating seniors were
also recognized and given gifts to
congratulate them on their great
accomplishment.
To end the evening, ABA put together a
slide show, commemorating Dr. Long who
is retiring this semester.
“Books, Service,
People, Life”
2014-2015
ABA Officers
Crystal Hunsicker- President
Rachel Smith- Vice President
Anne Bonnefoi- Secretary
Stacey Aldrich speaks with a
student about working in
State Libraries.
Rebecca Rosato- Treasurer
Gwen Barrows- Historian
Stacey Aldrich giving her
presentation at the ABA
Banquet
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Spring book review
On Tuesday, March 25th, the Library Science program
held its biannual Book Review Session. An intimate group
of Kutztown professors, students, alumni, and librarians in
the field gathered to share favorite books reviewed for the
Spring publication of the book review. Participants then
chose from an array of books from the Pre-K to High
School level to read and review for the Fall publication.
Exemplary reviews are submitted to the Children’s
Literature Comprehensive Database.
SAVE THE DATE
Teen Library Day
Fall Semester TBA
Fall Book Review
Fall Semester TBA
PSLA Conference
5/1/14 - 5/3/14
KU Gathering at
PSLA Conference
5/1/14 at 9:00 P.M.
For more information
about these events,
please email
libsci@kutztown.edu
Questions about the Book Review may be addressed to Lindsay Bowman at libsci@kutztown.edu
Dr. Long with the Library
Science Seniors
Kutztown university
department of
library science &
instructional
technology
P. O. Box 730
Kutztown, PA 19530-0730
Phone: 610-683-4300
Fax: 610-683-1326
www.kutztown.edu/libraryscience
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