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May 28th, 2014
Engineering Information Specialist
Rank: Assistant or Associate Professor; tenure track.
Purdue University Libraries seeks an energetic, outgoing, and innovative individual to join a collaborative, dynamic team of information professionals who carry out a robust program of integrated information literacy, data services, scholarly communication, and collaborative research, and, as a Libraries faculty member, contribute to the research and scholarship in these areas
Duties and Responsibilities: The Engineering Information Specialist, liaison to between two to four departments in the College of Engineering, provides instruction and collaborates on scholarly communication and data services initiatives; participates in interdisciplinary, collaborative research projects, including sponsored research, within the Libraries and the College of Engineering; actively engages in information literacy instruction and collaboration; and provides leadership in the development of online learning content for the Physical Sciences, Engineering, and Technology (PSET) Division of the Purdue Libraries, with a focus on developing re-usable learning objects; designs, develops, and maintains a library of digital materials to support information literacy instruction in the online environment; develops and conducts assessments of the effectiveness of learning objects; assesses the potential of new instructional technologies for incorporation in the Libraries; makes connections between engineering and other disciplinary faculty and with units of the Libraries to enable greater research productivity, sustainable publication and dissemination of scholarship and data; participates in the development of informed learning activities in support of the University’s new core curriculum that requires both foundational and embedded information literacy outcomes for all undergraduates; and contributes to Libraries-wide initiatives and participates in faculty governance of the Libraries. As a member of the Libraries faculty a research agenda must be articulated that explores questions within their area of specialization, resulting in a scholarly publication record required for promotion and tenure at Purdue University.
Requirements: MLS from an ALA-accredited library school or a PhD in a relevant discipline; evidence of a proactive, user-centered vision for services; strong interpersonal and communication skills; demonstrated ability to work collaboratively; familiarity with current trends in instructional best practices and data curation services. Ability to adjust and accommodate changing demands within Libraries, the University and the field. Commitment to engage in research and scholarship, and ability to achieve promotion and tenure.
Desired: Experience developing and implementing active learning techniques in a curricular setting; Demonstrated knowledge of best practices in online learning pedagogies; Experience using online learning tools and content management and production systems; Awareness of intellectual property issues with respect to online learning environments; For applicants with MLS degrees, a degree in science or engineering or experience in an engineering library is desired.
Environment:
The Purdue University Libraries system (http://www.lib.purdue.edu/) includes the divisions of Archives and Special Collections (ASC); Health and Life Sciences (HLS); Humanities, Social Sciences, Education, and Business (HSSEB); and Physical Sciences, Engineering and Technology (PSET). Other areas include Collections Management, Resource Sharing, Resource Services, Instruction and Digital Program Services, the Research Division/Distributed Data Curation Center (D2C2), and Scholarly Publishing Services. The Purdue University Press and the University Copyright Office report to the dean of libraries, and the work of these units is integrated with and into the operations of the Libraries. The staff of 175 includes 70 faculty and professionals.
At Purdue, Libraries faculty are full members of the Purdue University faculty with professorial rank and tenure and therefore must achieve and meet the requirements for promotion including published scholarship. Libraries faculty support the information literacy, e-science and data, and scholarly communication initiatives of the Libraries. Libraries faculty are encouraged to engage in collaborative interdisciplinary research applying library and information science principles to sponsored research projects. Libraries has embarked upon a comprehensive information literacy program, including the creation of the first endowed chair in information literacy in the country in 2008 and the expansion of collaborative endeavors with disciplinary faculty culminating in 2012 with a core campus curriculum that includes information literacy as a required core requirement. Libraries faculty collaborate with disciplinary faculty to develop methodologies and repositories for discovering, accessing, and sharing of research publications and data. A reconceptualization of spaces is taking place throughout the Libraries. Now in the planning stages, the Active Learning Center will bring together six of the science and engineering libraries into a facility that will seamlessly integrate learning and classroom spaces in a $79M facility at the center of the campus that will be completed Summer 2017.
Purdue Libraries is an active member of state, regional, national, and international associations and consortia, including the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), SPARC, the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), the Digital Library Federation (DLF), the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), and the International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries (IATUL). Purdue Libraries is a founding member of HathiTrust, DataCite, Digital Preservation Network (DPN) and the Research Data Alliance (RDA). Collaboration and partnerships are hallmarks of Purdue Libraries both on and off campus, including partnership with ITaP (Information Technology at Purdue) and the Purdue Office of Research to provide assistance with funder data requirements.
Purdue Libraries is a leader in the area of data curation, including development of the Data Curation Profiles which provide information professionals a means of investigating, uncovering, and capturing the data needs of faculty researchers. The Purdue University Research Repository (PURR), a Libraries initiative, provides an online, collaborative working space and data-sharing platform to support the data management needs of Purdue researchers and their collaborators. Since 2005, Purdue Libraries has collaborated in interdisciplinary sponsored research on campus with over 100 faculty, as well as off campus with other libraries and institutions. Libraries is in its 10th year of a partnership with the ARL Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce to provide ARL Diversity Scholars with a behind-the-scenes look at the advanced operations of research libraries.
Purdue University (http://www.purdue.edu/), located in West Lafayette, Indiana, in the historic Wabash River valley, is one hour from Indianapolis and two hours from Chicago. Renowned for its programs in engineering, science, agriculture, and business, the University has over 39,500 students and 15,000 employees. Purdue is a member of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), the Association of American Universities (AAU), and the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC). Purdue has the second highest enrollment of international students among public U.S. universities, with over 8,000 undergraduate, professional, and graduate students in Fall, 2013, including over 20% of the first year class. The greater Lafayette area (http://www.homeofpurdue.com/) provides diverse cultural, social, and recreational activities.
Salary and benefits:
Salary commensurate with experience in the context of Purdue University’s salary structure. Faculty tenure-track position with a twelve-month appointment. Rank of assistant or associate professor depending on qualifications. Purdue provides a generous fringe benefit package that includes retirement benefits as well as health, disability and life insurance, 22 annual vacation days, and tuition support for employee, children, and spouse/same sex domestic partner.
Application process: To apply, please send a resume, cover letter, and the names and contact information of at least three references via email to Christine Abel, Libraries Human Resources Assistant, at christineabel@purdue.edu. Please place “Engineering Information Specialist” in the subject line of the email. Nominations for the position will be accepted and should be sent to the same email address. Review of applications will begin on June 13, 2014, and will continue until the position is filled. Questions may be directed to Christine Abel at 765-494-2899 or the above email address. A background check will be required for this position.
Purdue University is an EEO/AA employer fully committed to achieving a diverse workforce. All individuals, including minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans are encouraged to apply.
Filed under: faculty_staff, general, press_release
May 28th, 2014
Chemical Information Specialist
Rank: Assistant or Associate Professor; tenure track.
Purdue University Libraries seeks an energetic, outgoing, and innovative individual to join a collaborative, dynamic team of information professionals who carry out a robust program of integrated information literacy, data services, scholarly communication, and collaborative research, and, as a faculty member, contribute to the research and scholarship in these areas.
Duties and Responsibilities: The Chemical Information Specialist, liaison to the Chemistry Department as well as the Schools of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Engineering, provides instruction, collection development, and collaborates on scholarly communication and data services initiatives; participates in collaborative research projects, including sponsored research projects, within the Libraries and the Colleges of Engineering and Science; actively engages in information literacy efforts within the Chemistry Department, the Schools of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Engineering, and meets chemical information instructional needs campus-wide; contributes to Libraries-wide initiatives and participates in faculty governance of the Libraries; makes connections between disciplinary faculty and different units of the Libraries to enable greater research productivity, sustainable publication and dissemination of scholarship and data; participates in the development of informed learning activities in support of the University’s new core curriculum that requires both foundational and embedded information literacy outcomes for all undergraduates; contributes to Libraries-wide initiatives and participates in faculty governance of the libraries. As a member of the Libraries faculty must articulate a research agenda that explores questions within the area of specialization, resulting in a scholarly publication record required for promotion and tenure at Purdue University.
Requirements: MLS from an ALA-accredited library school or a PhD in a relevant discipline; evidence of a proactive, user-centered vision for services; strong interpersonal and communication skills; demonstrated ability to work collaboratively; familiarity with current trends in instructional best practices and data curation services. Commitment to engage in research and scholarship, and ability to achieve promotion and tenure.
Desired: Educational background in chemistry and/or experience providing information services for a scientific/technical audience; Understanding of the data-management needs of scientific researchers; Familiarity with a wide-variety of chemical and materials information sources; Teaching experience and enthusiasm for integrating active learning techniques into the classroom; Ability to develop and sustain productive collaborations within and across academic departments. For applicants with MLS degrees a degree in chemistry or science is also desired.
Environment:
The Purdue University Libraries system (http://www.lib.purdue.edu/) includes the divisions of Archives and Special Collections (ASC); Health and Life Sciences (HLS); Humanities, Social Sciences, Education, and Business (HSSEB); and Physical Sciences, Engineering and Technology (PSET). Other areas include Collections Management, Resource Sharing, Resource Services, Instruction and Digital Program Services, the Research Division/Distributed Data Curation Center (D2C2), and Scholarly Publishing Services. The Purdue University Press and the University Copyright Office report to the dean of libraries, and the work of these units is integrated with and into the operations of the Libraries. The staff of 175 includes 70 faculty and professionals.
At Purdue, Libraries faculty are full members of the Purdue University faculty with professorial rank and tenure and therefore must achieve and meet the requirements for promotion including published scholarship. Libraries faculty support the information literacy, e-science and data, and scholarly communication initiatives of the Libraries. Libraries faculty are encouraged to engage in collaborative interdisciplinary research applying library and information science principles to sponsored research projects. The Libraries has embarked upon a comprehensive information literacy program, including the creation of the first endowed chair in information literacy in the country in 2008 and the expansion of collaborative endeavors with disciplinary faculty culminating in 2012 with a core campus curriculum that includes information literacy as a core requirement. Libraries faculty collaborate with disciplinary faculty to develop methodologies and repositories for discovering, accessing, and sharing of research publications and data. A reconceptualization of spaces is taking place throughout the Libraries. Now in the planning stages, the Active Learning Center will bring together six of the science and engineering libraries into a facility that will seamlessly integrate learning and classroom spaces in a $79M facility at the center of the campus.
Purdue Libraries is an active member of state, regional, national, and international associations and consortia, including the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), SPARC, the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), the Digital Library Federation (DLF), the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), and the International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries (IATUL). Purdue Libraries is a founding member of both HathiTrust and DataCite. Collaboration and partnerships are hallmarks of Purdue Libraries both on and off campus, including partnership with ITaP (Information Technology at Purdue) and the Purdue Office of Research to provide assistance with funder data requirements.
Purdue Libraries is a leader in the area of data curation, including development of the Data Curation Profiles which provide information professionals a means of investigating, uncovering, and capturing the data needs of faculty researchers. The Purdue University Research Repository (PURR), a Libraries initiative, provides an online, collaborative working space and data-sharing platform to support the data management needs of Purdue researchers and their collaborators. Since 2005, Purdue Libraries has collaborated in interdisciplinary sponsored research on campus with over 100 faculty, as well as off campus with other libraries and institutions and is in its 10thyear of a partnership with the ARL Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce to provide ARL Diversity Scholars with a behind-the-scenes look at the advanced operations of research libraries. Purdue Libraries, in concert with five other academic libraries, is partnering with CLIR to offer fellowship placements in the Postdoctoral Fellowship in Academic Libraries program. http://www.clir.org/fellowships/postdoc
Purdue University (http://www.purdue.edu/), located in West Lafayette, Indiana, in the historic Wabash River valley, is one hour from Indianapolis and two hours from Chicago. Renowned for its programs in engineering, science, agriculture, and business, the University has over 39,500 students and 15,000 employees. Purdue is a member of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), the Association of American Universities (AAU), and the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC). Purdue has the second highest enrollment of international students among public U.S. universities, with over 8,000 undergraduate, professional, and graduate students in Fall 2012, including over 20% of the first year class. The greater Lafayette area (http://www.homeofpurdue.com/) provides diverse cultural, social, and recreational activities.
Salary and benefits:
Salary commensurate with experience in the context of Purdue University’s salary structure. Faculty tenure-track position with a twelve-month appointment. Rank of assistant or associate professor depending on qualifications. Purdue provides a generous fringe benefit package that includes retirement benefits as well as health, disability and life insurance, 22 annual vacation days, and tuition support for employee, children, and spouse/same sex domestic partner.
Application process: To apply, please send a resume, cover letter, and the names and contact information of at least three references via email to Christine Abel, Libraries Human Resources Assistant, at christineabel@purdue.edu. Please place “Chemistry Information Specialist ” in the subject line of the email. Nominations for the position will be accepted and should be sent to the same email address. Review of applications will begin on June 13, 2014 and will continue until the position is filled. Questions may be directed to Christine Abel at 765-494-2899 or the above email address. A background check will be required for this position.
Purdue University is an EEO/AA employer fully committed to achieving a diverse workforce. All individuals, including minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans are encouraged to apply.
Filed under: general, press_releaseMay 16th, 2014
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue University Board of Trustees on Friday (May 16) approved naming the library within the future Active Learning Center for two College of Engineering alumni brothers in recognition of gifts totaling $4 million to Purdue Libraries.
The Thomas S. and Harvey D. Wilmeth Library of Engineering and Science will be dedicated in 2017 upon completion of the $79 million classroom-library project: the Active Learning Center – ranked since July 2012 as the university’s No. 1 capital project for the biennium. When completed, the center – and the Wilmeth Library – will be a daily academic destination for 5,000 Purdue students and faculty.
The naming recognizes and honors Thomas S. Wilmeth, who earned his electrical engineering degree in 1935, and the late Harvey D. Wilmeth, who earned his chemical engineering degree in 1940. The brothers founded Scot Industries Inc. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1949. Tom ran and built the business with seed money provided by the shrewd investments of younger brother Harvey. Scot Industries is the worldwide quality and technological leader in the specialty tubing and bar business. Scot Industries continues to grow as a privately held company with 13 plants worldwide.
“It is appropriate to name the library of the future after two brothers who personify and exemplify the creative problem solving, ingenuity and entrepreneurship of Purdue engineers,” said Purdue President Mitch Daniels. “We are grateful to the Wilmeth brothers for their vision and desire to make a lasting impact on the world and in the lives of Purdue students today and tomorrow.”
Daniels hosted a private reception and dinner for centenarian Tom Wilmeth, his family members and guests Monday (May 12).
The Active Learning Center will blend and integrate centrally scheduled active learning classrooms, library/information services, formal study spaces, collaborative work areas and informal learning spaces. During the class day, 40 percent of the center will be library/study spaces that, at the end of the class day, during the evening and throughout the night, expand to nearly the entire building. This flexibility of classroom/study/learning space allows for greater building efficiency.
“The Wilmeth family has had a long-term commitment to Purdue Libraries, and their gifts affirm that commitment,” said James L. Mullins, dean of libraries and Esther Ellis Norton Professor. “They recognize the vital role of Libraries in the provision of ideal learning space for our students in the Active Learning Center. We are very grateful and appreciative of their support.”
Thomas S. Wilmeth was born Oct. 2, 1913. A lifelong entrepreneur, Wilmeth started his first business at age 10. At 16 he enrolled at Purdue. During his senior year, he was the business manager of the Purdue yearbook, Debris. While at Purdue, Wilmeth was a member of Alpha Chi Rho, Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu. He graduated magna cum laude at age 21.
Wilmeth’s long history of support for the university and Purdue Libraries began in 1991, when he made a contribution to fund Libraries’ first electronic database. In 1993 he joined the Libraries Dean’s Advisory Council and served for 10 years.
Purdue awarded Wilmeth an honorary doctorate of engineering information literacy in 2013 in recognition of his understanding and appreciation of the need to use published research outside of academe to advance industrial methods and to create new engineering processes and technological applications. In 2004 he received the President’s Council Distinguished Pinnacle Award for his philanthropy to Purdue Libraries.
“My philanthropy always has been intended to offer opportunities to others through the resources and services of the Purdue University Libraries,” Wilmeth said. “I believe the essence of education is developing the ability to train and teach oneself to learn. Thanks in large part to the training we received at Purdue, our successes have allowed my brother and me to help others achieve their own success.”
Wilmeth attributes the brothers’ success to “continual self-education, creative ideas, extraordinary determination, hard work, a little luck and the willingness to take risks.”
Though Harvey Wilmeth (1918-2007) graduated from Purdue with a degree in chemical engineering, his true passion was economics and economic theory, his older brother noted.
Harvey founded the original Center for Advanced Macroeconomic Policy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee following his retirement in 1983 as vice president and economist at the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. He served as an adjunct professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and was awarded an honorary doctorate of economics from UWM in 2006. While at Purdue, Harvey was a member of the Purdue Student Union Board.
The Active Learning Center will be located at the center of the West Lafayette campus just east of the Purdue Bell Tower and southeast of Hovde Hall, the Purdue administration building.
The center will anchor the east end of the Third Street Student Success Corridor on the site of the long-abandoned North Power Plant and the Engineering Administration Building.
Demolition is to begin on those two buildings in June 2014 and will be completed in May 2015. Construction on the Active Learning Center is scheduled to begin in summer of 2015 with completion during the summer of 2017 and occupancy in August 2017.
BSA Life Structures has been retained as the architects for the Active Learning Center. Design work is progressing at this time with schematic design and layouts anticipated by early June.
Writer: Grant Flora, 765-494-7566, gflora@purdue.edu
Source: James L. Mullins, 765-494-2900, jmullins@purdue.edu
Filed under: general, press_releaseMay 9th, 2014
Welcome to Database of the Week. This feature from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics is intended to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know, with only basic information to get you started. Hopefully, you will be tempted to explore this or other databases.
This Week’s Featured Database: Mergent Online, from Mergent.
Find it: www.lib.purdue.edu/parrish, under the column headed Collections, click on List of Business Databases.
Description/focus: Mergent Online provides company information.
Start with this hint: Enter the ticker symbol or name of the company of interest and Mergent Online will give you a list of guesses. When you select the company from the list, the resulting page has tabs for more information. Use the tabs ranging from Executives to Competitors or use the Report Builder for a specialized report. Also try the links below the tabs. For example, Highlights includes a balance sheet, management effectiveness, and liquidity indicators.
Click here to see the basics of searching Mergent Online or try our new tool Guide on the Side with this link.
Why you should know this database: Mergent Online includes inactive companies.
How this will help students: Mergent Online can be a one-stop database for students looking for company information. There are also country reports providing economic, industry, and trade information, as well as basic history, geography, demographic, government, communication media information.
Cost: For information contact mdugan@purdue.edu.
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Database of the Week comes to you from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact parrlib@purdue.edu. Database of the Week is archived at https://blogs.lib.purdue.edu/news/category/MGMT/. For more Purdue Libraries news, follow us on Twitter (@ParrishLib).
Feedback is always welcome. If you would like us to promote your favorite database, send an email to mdugan@purdue.edu.
Filed under: database, general, MGMTMay 2nd, 2014
Welcome to Database of the Week. This feature from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics is intended to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know, with only basic information to get you started. Hopefully, you will be tempted to explore this or other databases.
This Week’s Featured Database: Associations Unlimited, from Gale Cengage.
Find it: www.lib.purdue.edu/parrish, under the column headed Collections, click on List of Business Databases.
Description/focus:Associations Unlimited is a source of information about associations, professional societies, and organizations.
Start with this hint: Associations Unlimited begins at the main menu, where you select a search form based on what you know about the subject. If you know the name or acronym of an organization, choose that option. Try NRA, for example, and you’ll find there are 9 organizations with that acronym. To see a sample of the entries provided by Associations Unlimited, click on the National Restaurant Association. You’ll find contact information, including email and URL, a description of the organization’s purpose, awards, publications, and meetings, the SIC code of the industry, and promotional material from the association. Return to the main menu and try the options for Location, Custom, or Subject/Any Word to find organizations committed to almost any subject or issue from economics to politics, charitable organizations to fan clubs. Categories include educational, trade, and social welfare groups, and coverage can be limited to national, international, or regional.
Click here to see the basics of searching Associations Unlimited or try our new tool Guide on the Side with this link.
Why you should know this database: Associations Unlimited is not a mere directory of organization names and addresses. It provides details on over 150,000 associations, and includes IRS information on over 300,000 nonprofit organizations.
How this will help students: Students should become familiar with the professional societies that support the interests of their chosen careers. Many of these societies offer student memberships. In addition, many research projects can benefit from information offered by special interest organizations.
Cost: Paid by the Libraries annually.
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Database of the Week comes to you from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact parrlib@purdue.edu. Database of the Week is archived at https://blogs.lib.purdue.edu/news/category/MGMT/. For more Purdue Libraries news, follow us on Twitter (@ParrishLib).
Feedback is always welcome. If you would like us to promote your favorite database, send an email to mdugan@purdue.edu.
Filed under: database, general, MGMTApril 30th, 2014
Purdue’s first annual Day of Giving is TODAY! This 24-hour, online event invites anyone who loves Purdue to join together and grant opportunities for Purdue students.
Your gift to Purdue Libraries will help us earn extra funds that will directly support world-class research, scholarship and information literacy that is transforming education at Purdue University. And, you will be joining together with alumni, friends and fans of Purdue across the globe to make a significant philanthropic impact.
Ways to donate:
– Save a step: Purdue Libraries is automatically selected here or visit purduedayofgiving.com and click “Donate Now.”
– Text “PurdueALC” to 41444 and follow the prompts
– Call +1 (800) 319-2199 to give over the phone
Already given? Here are some other ways to help:
– Send this message to a friend
– Like our Facebook page and share messages
– Follow our Twitter account and retweet!
Learn more about the Active Learning Center:
– Support the Active Learning Center through Purdue’s Day of Giving here
Filed under: events, generalApril 29th, 2014
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Hicks Undergraduate Library will hold several “study break” activities in conjunction with prep/finals week:
Therapy Dogs, International will be bringing several dog teams to the main common area in Hicks. Students will be allowed to visit with the dogs to help lower their stress levels.
Location: Hicks Main Common Area
Julia Lopez – Kaley, MT-BC will provide customized activities with goals of decreasing stress and identifying ways to recognize and manage symptoms in a musical context.
Location: Hicks G980D
Hicks Undergraduate Library will offer a variety of classic board and card games to allow students to de-stress and have fun.
Location: Hicks G980D
Instructors from the Purdue Recreation center will provide instruction on various stress reduction techniques including meditation, progressive muscle relaxation and guided imagery.
Location: Hicks G980D
Source: Shannon Walker, Purdue University Libraries – walker81@purdue.edu; (765)496-9610
Related web site: www.lib.purdue.edu
Filed under: events, facilities, general, press_release, UGRL
April 28th, 2014
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University Libraries will extend hours and offer special services at four facilities to help students prepare for final exams, which run from May 5-10.
Starting at 11 a.m. Sunday (April 27), the Siegesmund Engineering Library will remain open 24 hours a day through 5 p.m. May 10. The John W. Hicks Undergraduate Library, which is open to Purdue students 24 hours a day when classes are in session, will stay open from 1 p.m. April 27 through 5 p.m. May 10. Please see the Purdue Libraries website for details on special programming to take place in Hicks.
The Humanities, Social Science and Education Library will be open 1 p.m. to midnight on April 27; 7 a.m. to midnight April 28 through May 1; 11 a.m. to midnight May 3; 1 p.m. to 2 a.m. May 4; 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. May 9; and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 10. The Roland G. Parrish Library of Management and Economics also will offer extended hours and services.
During extended hours, Libraries staff will be on site to assist students, and refreshments will be provided.
All other libraries will maintain regular hours.
Writer: Jim Bush, 765-494-2077, jsbush@purdue.edu
Source: Beth McNeil, 765-496-2261, memcneil@purdue.edu
Filed under: events, facilities, generalApril 15th, 2014
If you haven’t had the opportunity to check out the display created by international students on the history of international students at Purdue, you are in for a treat! The display is currently up in the Hicks Undergraduate Library. The students who created it volunteered all of their own time, coming to the archives over many months to research student life and experiences of international students at Purdue from the first international student enrolled here. The exhibit charts the first international student organizations as well as ways the university responded to increased numbers of international students.
Congratulations to the Hicks Undergraduate Library staff for partnering with the students who are leaders of the VOICE (Chinese students at Purdue) magazine in making this a reality. You will be impressed by the efforts these students made to educate others about our history, and to help make international students at Purdue feel connected to our past. Neal Harmeyer, Archives and Special Collections Digital Archivist, also went above and beyond in assisting the students with their many digitization requests for use in the display.
The exhibit will be at the Hicks Library until April 17 and later be on display at the Dauch Alumni Center and Purdue residence halls.
Filed under: events, general, HSSE, UGRL, UncategorizedApril 14th, 2014
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Eugene Cernan, the most recent person to walk on the moon, was recognized Thursday evening (April 10) during an invitation-only reception at Purdue’s Mackey Arena for donating an Apollo 17 Lunar Roving Vehicle mapbook to the university.
The event was part of a reunion of some of Purdue’s 23 astronaut alumni that will culminate Saturday (April 12) with a free, public forum.
Cernan, a 1956 Purdue graduate, donated his personal papers to the Barron Hilton Flight and Space Exploration Archives in January 2009. He followed up with the donation of the Apollo 17 mapbook this past December, and Thursday’s event will serve as the public announcement.
The maps are mounted in a custom-made book and are accompanied by several contextual documents and photographs. The maps provided the crew with bearings and ranges to each investigation site on the lunar surface during more than 22 hours of exploration.
The Barron Hilton Flight and Space Exploration Archives was established with gifts from Barron Hilton and the Conrad Hilton Foundation. It is part of the Purdue Libraries’ Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center. In addition to being home to the largest collection of Amelia Earhart papers in the world, the archives include the papers of engineers, aviators, aviation professionals, scholars and alumni astronauts including Neil A. Armstrong and Cernan – the first and last persons to walk on the moon – Jerry Ross, the late Janice Voss and Roy Bridges Jr.
The public forum, titled “A Conversation with Our Astronauts,” featuring seven returning astronauts, will be at 7 p.m. Saturday in Elliott Hall of Music. While free and open to the public, attendees must have tickets, which are available at the box offices in Elliott Hall of Music and Stewart Center or by calling 765-494-3933. Those expected to attend include astronauts Cernan, Mark Brown, Andrew Feustel, Gary Payton, Loren Shriver, Scott Tingle and Charles Walker.
Writer: Jim Bush, 765-494-2077, jsbush@purdue.edu
Source: Tracy Grimm, Barron Hilton Flight and Space Exploration archivist, 765-496-2941, grimm3@purdue.edu
http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2014/Q2/alumni-astronaut-cernan-donates-mapbook-from-apollo-17-lunar-mission.html
Filed under: collections, events, general, press_release, RSRCH, SPEC