Presentations, Publications, Awards, Accomplishments

Below is a list of Purdue Libraries faculty and staff publications, presentations, honors, awards, and field or industry recognition in August and September 2018.

Director of Purdue Libraries Facilities Nanette Andersson was interviewed for the article, “Purdue University Combines Classroom and Library Space to Promote Active Learning,” in Tradeline Inc. (published August 8, 2018).


Building Purdue - President Thank You - Purdue University

Purdue University President congratulates Neal Harmeyer, a digital archivist in Purdue University Archives and Special Collections. Harmeyer curated the current exhibit, “Building Purdue: 150 Years of the West Lafayette Campus.”

Professor Bert Chapman conducted the webinar, “Enhancing Your Intelligence Agency Information Resources IQ: Part 3 Defense Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency” for the U.S. Government Publishing Office’s FDLP Academy (September 18, 2018).

Neal Harmeyer recently received a congratulatory letter from Purdue University President Mitch Daniels for his work on the “Building Purdue” exhibit. The press release about the exhibit was picked up by local media outlets and garnered their coverage of the exhibit. In addition, the Associated Press picked up the story, and the information ran in many media outlets throughout the U.S.


Professor Jean-Pierre Hérubel published the following articles:

  • Hérubel, Jean-Pierre V. M., Edward A. Geodeken, “Two Sides of the Same Coin? Trade and University Press Publishing of Revised Dissertations, 2007–2016: Some Observations.” Publishing Research Quarterly 34 (2018): 170-206.
  • Hérubel, Jean-Pierre V.M. “Recent Articles on French History.” French Historical Studies 41 (Winter 2018): 158-178.
  • Hérubel, Jean-Pierre V.M. “Recent Articles on French History.” French Historical Studies 41 (Summer 2018): 556-575.

He also delivered the following presentation:

Hérubel, Jean-Pierre V.M. Clio’s Interpretative Framework for a Larger Landscape of History of Education: Disciplinary Journals, Introspective and Exploratory Forays” SWG Mapping the Discipline History of Education ISCHE Berlin August 29 to 1 September 2018, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.


Professor Michael Fosmire and Assistant Professor Margaret Phillips were highlighted by IEEE Standards University in “Practical Ideas from Professors: Introducing Engineering Technology Students to Technical Standards” (September 19, 2018).


University Archivist and Professor Sammie Morris and Assistant Professor Nastasha Johnson are part of a Purdue University interdisciplinary team that received a grant from the National Historical Records and Publications Commission (NHPRC) “to provide training for archivists across the country by developing and facilitating the Archives Leadership Institute (ALI) for the next generation of archivist leaders.”

Learn more at http://blogs.lib.purdue.edu/news/2018/09/28/nhprc-ppi-grant18/.

(Editor’s Note: The award was initially announced August 22, 2018.)


On September 24, the Purdue University Teaching Academy inducted Purdue University Libraries Associate Professor Ilana Stonebraker as a new Teaching Academy Fellow. Last spring, the Purdue University Teaching Academy selected and announced 12 inductees for 2018.