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Free Books! Temple University Libraries and Tyler School of Art’s Foundation Program
Celebrate Tyler’s 75th Anniversary with a Gift to the Temple Community

The Foundation Department at Tyler School of Art celebrates the arrival of Tyler’s BFA programs on Main Campus by giving away 75 free copies of Chip Kidd’s bestselling novel, The Cheese Monkeys: A novel in two semesters. Each book comes with a bookmark designed by Foundation Freshman and can be picked up at the circulation desk of the Paley Library from March 17 to March 24. Books will be made available to all interested members of the Temple community—just show your ID at the desk.

Chip Kidd, author and award-winning Graphic Designer will be the Foundation Lecture Spring Speaker in a lecture at Walk Auditorium on Tuesday, March 24 at 7pm. Kidd’s designs have re-defined book packaging, and his design work includes Watching the Watchmen: The definitive Companion to the Ultimate Graphic Novel and Bat Manga! The Secret History of Batman in Japan. As an author, Kidd earned accolades for his first novel, the Cheese Monkeys, a tale of a freshman graphic designer’s education in art and life.

Tyler Foundation Students Hannah Greenhalgh and Mindy Karper designed bookmarks promoting the lecture and book give-away. The winning designs were printed by Foundation Instructor Katie Murken in Tyler’s new Printmaking facilities. Twenty-five freshman Tyler students submitted designs, which are on display in the Foundation area of the Tyler building, Suite 230.

Temple University Libraries are thrilled to partner with Tyler to celebrate its anniversary and move to Main Campus. The Libraries serve the Temple community on Main, Health Sciences, Center City, Harrisburg and Ambler Campuses with rich resources and leading-edge information services. Collections include more than 3 million volumes; 10 million images; more than 50,000 print and online subscriptions; 35,000 linear feet of manuscripts; and a rich collection of sound and video recordings, along with growing media holdings. Rare and special collections focus on specific research interests within the University community and support Temple’s commitment and responsibilities as an urban educational institution.

The Foundation Department provides first year students in Tyler’s BFA programs with a highly structured curriculum, preparing them for majors in Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Glass, Sculpture, Metals, Photography, and Graphic Design.

Temple University Libraries Announce Spring Season of Events and Programs

Temple University Libraries Spring 2009 programs and events will begin on January 29 with the Temple Book Club’s annual discussion of the One Book, One Philadelphia selection; this year’s is The Soloist by Steve Lopez. Author and journalist Lopez will also be making a stop at the Libraries later this spring. Don’t miss this acclaimed Los Angeles Times writer, formerly of The Philadelphia Inquirer, on March 19 as he discusses his best-selling book: a story of second chances, human connections and the power of art and music.

The season continues on February 5 with the spring’s first installment of Chat in the Stacks. This ongoing series highlighting and promoting excellence in faculty research, creativity and scholarship will highlight Race in the Stage with a performance from The Seven, based on Aeschylus’ Seven Against Thebes. Director Lee Richardson, along with English professor Roland Williams and Theater professor Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon, will complete the panel.

On February 18 we welcome local scholar David Eng. A multi-disciplinary scholar, Eng is a professor in the University of Pennsylvania’s English Department, but his specialties lie within and beyond the written word. Eng is a cutting-edge scholar exploring the inter-connectedness of literature, cinema, ethnic studies, sexuality and theory. He will present his new research on “Queer Space in China” through a discussion of the film Lan Yu. Please join us in welcoming one of our city’s most engaging academics. This event is co-sponsored by Center for the Humanities at Temple.

Other season highlights include:

A visit by local popular author Leslie Banks on March 4.

The Blockson Collection’s second annual celebration of Women’s History Month on March 5.

A Conversation with Dom Nozzi, a city planner and sustainability expert on March 31.

Secret Cinema, featuring unearthed films from the Urban Archives April 16.

The 5th Annual Library Prize for Undergraduate Research awards April 30.

Check out all our events and programs, and we hope to see you at the Libraries soon.

-Nicole Restaino
Library Communications Manager

November 13, Paley Library Lecture Hall-Temple University Libraries celebrated 3 million volumes, a testament to the rich and growing collections available to Temple scholars, students and researchers.

At the ceremony on Thursday, the 13th, the Libraries' Board of Visitors Chair Estelle Alexander, Dean of University Libraries Larry P. Alford, Provost Lisa Staiano-Coico, and Special Collections Department head Tom Whitehead unveiled the ceremonial book to a crowd of over nearly 200 at the celebration in Paley Library. Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Teresa Scott Soufas; Dean of the School of Communications and Theater, Concetta M. Stewart; and the head of the Theater Department, Roberta Sloan, also participated in the day's activities.

The acquisition, Shakespeare’s The Tragedie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke, is “a stunning example of 20th century fine printing,” according to Alford. The book was issued by the Cranach Press in 1930, edited by J. Dover Wilson, contains illustrations by Edward Gordon Craig and was printed by Count Harry Kessler. Whitehead worked with a number of departments across Temple to acquire this fine edition, which supports so many disciplines across campus.

Festivities also featured the opening of a new exhibit on the history of fine printing curated by Whitehead. For the occasion Whitehead and Brian D. Stilwell wrote the Libraries' first large scholarly exhibition catalog: Fine Printing and Typography of Five and One-Half Centuries.

Actors Ross Beschler, as Hamlet, and Whitney Nielson, as Ophelia, performed the famed Hamlet scene, "To Be or Not To Be," to the delight of the crowd. The Libraries had consulted with the Theater Department on the selection of the book, which further demonstrates Temple's strong commitment to the arts. The text of Hamlet is not just a singularly great work of theater, but the commentary and illustrations in our 3- millionth edition serve as a primary source for theater history and design.

After the ceremony, a keynote lecture was given by Harvard University’s Marjorie Garber, one of the nation’s foremost and versatile scholars. Garber's talk A Tale of Three Hamlets focused specifically on the book of the day, the "Cranach Hamlet." Dr. Garber's lecture was co-sponsored by the Center for the Humanities at Temple.

In addition to the 3 million volumes, the Libraries hold 10 million images; more than 50,000 print and online subscriptions; 35,000 linear feet of manuscripts; and a rich collection of sound and video recordings, along with growing media holdings. Thanks to all involved in making the Libraries' 3 Millionth Volume Celebration so special.

On Friday, August 29, from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm, Paley Library's first floor was transformed into ceLIBration headquaters. ceLIBration is the Libraries' annual Welcome Week extravaganza, and it welcomes new students to the Temple University Libraries. ceLIBration offers a fun opportunity to learn about the Library and meet the people who work there. With plenty of food and music, as pictured below, there is plenty of activity for the new students.

This year the turnout was great, and hundreds of students visited Paley Library to participate in the festivities. In addition to video games and quizzo, the Library offered Secret Cinema, a well regarded classic film event that is popular in Philadelphia. Many prizes and gifts were given away during several raffles. The Library once again held a Guitar Hero III contest, and several students turned out to try their hand at becoming our new Guitar Hero champion. This year Derek Burton, a freshman, emerged victorious with the highest score in two rounds of competition. Derek is pictured below showing his Guitar Hero skills.

Distinguished professor of women's studies, Janet Jakobsen of Barnard College, lectured at Paley on April 7.

Dr. Jakobsen is the Director of the Center for Research on Women at Barnard. Her research interests include: feminist and queer ethics; religion, gender, and sexuality in American public life; social movements and feminist alliance politics; and global issues of economics.

Jakobsen's research truly crosses disciplinary boundaries, and her engagement with a number of issues crosses the traditional lines established between the academy and activism.

This lecture was part of a series presented by the Libraries and the General Education Program, which aims to bring interdisciplinary scholars in a variety of fields to Temple. The departments of Religion and Jewish Studies also played a significant role in sponsoring Dr. Jakobsen's visit.

Dr. Jakobsen's lecture at Paley Library can be downloaded from iTunes U.
When you see the Temple University page, click Paley Library at the bottom, then Janet Jakobsen, then click "Get" and wait for the download to complete.

After the lecture, Dr. Jakobsen was interviewed by Professor of History, David Watt, and Professor of Religion, Women's Studies, and Jewish Studies, Laura Levitt.

Temple University Libraries have announced the winners of the fourth annual Library Prize for Undergraduate Research.

As this prestigious award entered its fourth year, 63 outstanding applications were received. Applications represented disciplines, schools and colleges across Temple’s campus.

Congratulations to our winners:

Peter Leibensperger - Musical Ambiguity as Poetic Reflection: Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder, No. 1, “Nunn will die Sonn’ so hell aufgeh’n!” - (Music Studies 4782) Faculty Sponsors: Dr. Edward Latham, Dr. Cynthia Folio

Natalia Smirnov - Before and After Photography: The Makeover Method of Discipline and Punish - (Film and Media Arts 4671) Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Paul Swann

Maureen Whitsett - Fenianism In Irish Catholic Philadelphia: The American Catholic Church’s Battle for Acceptance - (History 4997) Faculty Sponsors: Dr. Petra Goedde, Dr. Elizabeth Varon

And our honorable mentions:

Robyn Baylor - “We the Kinda Cats Like to Turn Hegel Upside Down Just to See the Pennies Fall Out”: Yugen, The Floating Bear, and the Avant-Garde Poetry Community of the Lower East Side, 1958-1963 - (American Studies 4097) Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Lisa Rhodes

Brian Chambers - Consolidating Dictatorship: The Pinochet Regime in Retrospect - (History H4997) Faculty Sponsors: Dr. Petra Goedde, Dr. Elizabeth Varon, Dr. Art Schmidt

Cynthia Gingrich - The Schola Cantorum and Le Chat Noir Juxtaposed in Paris, 1880-1914 - (Music Studies 4782) Faculty Sponsor: Dr. David Cannata

Sarah Van Anden - The Collection of Charles I: A Symbol of Royal Power from Formation to Rejection - (History 4997) Faculty Sponsors: Dr. Petra Goedde, Dr. Travis Glasson

For interviews with the 2008 Library Prize for Undergraduate Research winners, and full text of their papers please visit the Library Prize site.

Winner Peter Leibensperger at the podium

Back, left to right: Professor Edward Latham, 2008 Winner Peter Leibensperger, Professor Travis Glasson, Professor Elizabeth Varon, Professor Petra Goedde, Professor Art Schmidt, 2008 Honorable Mention recipient Brian Chambers, 2008 Honorable Mention recipient Cynthia Gingrich

Front, left to right: Library Prize sponsor and SBM ‘49 alumnus Jack Livingstone, Professor Lisa Rhodes, Honorable Mention recipient Robyn Baylor, 2008 Winner Natalia Smirnov, Professor Paul Swann, 2008 Honorable Mention recipient Sarah Van Anden, 2008 Winner Maureen Whitsett, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Affairs Peter Jones, Dean of University Libraries Larry P. Alford, and Professor David Cannata

Deputy Provost and Dean of University College Richard M. Englert, Professor Elizabeth Varon, Professor Petra Goedde, 2008 Library Prize winner Maureen Whitsett, and Dean of University Libraries Larry P. Alford

The Science, Engineering and Architecture Library (SEAL) is hosting an eResources Fair to familiarize students and faculty in these disciplines with the wide range of library resources available for research.

A range of vendors will demonstrate helpful research tools; details below:

Come to the Science, Engineering and Architecture Library for--
SEAL eResources Fair

Wednesday, March 19, 11am-3pm

March Library Madness!
Come meet the eExperts!

Win Prizes--$100 Best Buy gift card, $25 iTunes gift cards (2), 1GB flash drive (2), 4-Port USB Hub (2), iPod Shuffle, $25 Circuit City gift card!!

Find out about library resources that will help you keep up with the latest research.

Representatives from the following companies will be here:
Elsevier - ScienceDirect, Compendex, INSPEC
EbscoHost - Academic Search Premier, GeoREF
CSA Proquest -
Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management,
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Safari Tech Books Online
IEEE - IEEE Xplore
Thomson -Web of Science, JCR and Biological Abstracts.

A library table will feature Multisearch, RefWorks, TULink,
Subject Guides, Blackboard course packages.

The sciences, engineering, and architecture are emphasized, but all are welcome.

Free food and drink, goodies and a raffle too, so stop by the
SEAL eResources Fair.