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Reaching Out
Issue 3, Summer 2006
the magazine of the universit y of m i n n e s ota l i b r a r i e s inside: Six Degrees, No Separation Libraries as Free Spaces Going Far by Going Local REACHING OUT issue summer 2006 3 continuum University Librarian Mcknight Presidential Professor summer 2006 volume 1, number 3 Short Stacks News from the University of Minnesota Libraries 4 Wendy Pradt Lougee Editor Christopher James Designer Six Degrees, No Separation The MINITEX "experiment" linking Minnesota's libraries has proven successful 6 Mark Fox Photographer Jayme Halbritter Contributing Writers Campus Perspectives Libraries as free spaces 9 Harry C. Boyte, Erin George, Christopher James, Brendan Loughrey, Wendy Pradt Lougee, Mary McDiarmid, Jessica Nordell, Lucy Vilankulu continuum is the magazine of the university of minnesota libraries, published three times each year. it is mailed to a broad readership that includes audiences both on and off campus. continuum supports the mission of the university libraries and our community of students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends by providing information that: > highlights news, events, developments, and trends within the libraries > examines issues facing libraries globally > provides a forum for dialogue > connects the many constituencies of the libraries continuum is available in alternative formats upon request. Contact: (612) 625-9148 or firstname.lastname@example.com send correspondence to: continuum editor University of Minnesota Libraries 499 O. Meredith Wilson Librar y 309 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, mn 55455 firstname.lastname@example.com Going Far by Going Local The Health Sciences Libraries launch a crusade for statewide health information 10 Friends of the Libraries Staying Engaged Alumna Maxine Wallin has enjoyed a lifelong relationship with her alma mater 12 13 Bright Stars The Institute for Early Career Librarians changes the face of librarianship 14 Natural Resource The Andersen Horticultural Library brings botany to new audiences 16 for more information about the university of minnesota libraries visit www.lib.umn.edu Printed on recycled paper containing 10% post-consumer waste the university of minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer � 2006 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota on the map for unprecedented access to information. Thanks to MINITEX and its resource-sharing services that draw on the photo: Nancy G. Johnson University Libraries, the University of Minnesota has consistently ranked first among North American research libraries in the volume of loans made external to the campus community. Each year well over 200,000 books, journal articles, microfilms, and other resources get shared around the globe, and the vast majority The University Libraries are privileged to have two fine libraries named after former Minnesota governor Elmer L. Andersen: our Andersen Horticultural Library at the Landscape Arboretum and the Andersen Library for Archives and Special Collections on the Minneapolis campus. Governor Andersen was a tireless friend and advocate for "his" university's libraries, but also a lifelong public servant and voice for important issues. A published compilation of Andersen speeches and reflections, I Trust to be Believed, includes a wonderful short speech made on the occasion of a public library dedication. Entitled "What is a Library?," the remarks describe a threefold purpose of libraries: to support a love of learning, lifetime learning, and freedom of expression. He further comments on today's libraries blending local collections and a network of information accessible through the Internet. As always, he was insightful about both important social values and the changing landscape of contemporary times. Our University Libraries reflect that threefold mission Governor Andersen described so well. We serve and support the learning of our students, faculty, and staff. We make our resources available to local, state, and global audiences. And we have an unwavering commitment to freedom of inquiry, bringing our collections and expertise to bear in helping individuals identify information they need for research or personal study. This issue of continuum focuses on our Libraries' expanded role--a role that, as Professor Harry Boyte suggests, weaves the Libraries' resources as part of the "fabric of the community." We're not just about building collections, but also building democracy in the broadest sense � that is, a community that is knowledgeable and engaged. Perhaps the most visible sharing of our Libraries' resources comes about every day as visitors walk through our doors and make use of books, journals, and electronic content. An engineer may need patents or standards information, a high school student may be working on a History Day project, or a class from a local college may be exploring unique and rare resources in the Givens Collection of African American Literature. Each day, hundreds of requests (and sometimes well over a thousand!) also come to the MINITEX service, our state-funded enterprise to share library materials and enable statewide access to information. With 35 years of service to the state, MINITEX has created an extraordinary suite of services that are unique and put Minnesota of these resources benefit Minnesota. As one recent user put it, the service is quite simply "a lifesaver." You'll read here about an exciting new "lifesaver" for all of us, an important service developed by our Health Sciences Libraries. My Health Minnesota -- Go Local will bring together health > resources from around the state, helping individuals navigate the complex arena of health information. Described as akin to "having a librarian at your side, every step of the way," the goal is to ensure an informed community when it comes to health decisions. A recent study asked individuals worldwide to free associate and describe their perception of libraries. It is probably no big surprise that the majority of those contacted responded with the word "book." Libraries are, after all, known for their collections. Increasingly, however, libraries play a role in stimulating ideas, promoting community education, and stirring the pot for creative thinking. The University Libraries and our Friends organizations, for example, hosted more than 50 public events this year. Our programs include everything from our First Fridays series on engaging intellectual topics (for example, the Cold War, political propaganda in Asia, and the history of cartoons) to engaging speakers (Lynne Rosetto Kasper, authors Arthur and Michael Phillips, and Ismael Serageldin, president of Biblioteca Alexandrina in Egypt). We're also involved in nurturing and empowering future library professionals. The work of our Early Career Institute is recognized nationally as a phenomenal program for librarians from underrepresented groups. Every other summer, we bring some 20 of the best and brightest young librarians from around the country to our weeklong institute. Libraries have an important role in the various communities we touch. Whether it is in providing critical scientific literature for the undergraduate in biology or helping a citizen navigate the labyrinth of federal legislation, the University Libraries meet the challenge. We take seriously our responsibility to inform, to educate, to delight, to inspire, to enable. Governor Andersen's remarks captured these engaging roles of the library when he noted, "a library is more an attitude of mind, a set of values that can be reflected in many ways." As always, he was spot-on. The Engaged Library university librarian and mcknight presidential professor Wendy Pradt Lougee R T the university S H O of minnesota news from Going Where No Note Card Has Gone Before "If I had to go back to writing papers without it, I don't know what I would do," Karen Koch (right), University Libraries' 10,000th RefWorks account holder, says. RefWorks is a web-based citation management tool provided by the University Libraries where students, faculty, and staff can create their own database of references and generate bibliographies in different formats. It is available free of charge to University students, faculty, and staff and can be accessed from any Internet-accessible location. Comparable software can cost $100 or more for a single copy to use on a single computer. RefWorks gives users the flexibility to sort, search, organize, and reorganize their references to their heart's content, something that note cards are hard pressed to offer. The Libraries were the first RefWorks customer to hit 10,000 accounts, and the milestone was celebrated in March at informal receptions around the Libraries. Koch, a class Z S T A libr aries C K S by Erin George of 2007 Ecology, Evolution, and Animal Behavior major, explains, "I now use (RefWorks) with all my papers and research...It is hands down the best tool I have found to help write my papers." Making History While Preserving It May 18 through 21 were history-making and histor y-preserving days at the University of Minnesota: the 2006 GLBT ALMS (Archives, Libraries, Museums, and Special Collections) Conference. Presented by the University Libraries, the Libraries' Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies, and Quatrefoil Librar y, this first-of-its-kind formal world conference for professionals and volunteers working with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender materials drew over 125 attendees. Founded in 1968 and located in St. Paul, Quatrefoil Library collects, preserves, and shares materials and information relevant to the GLBT community. This historic international event was led by experts exploring a range of timely subjects, such as censorship and sexually-explicit material, preservation issues, and working with the media. Activist Barbara Gittings, a pioneer of the American gay rights movement, opened the conference as a keynote speaker. More information at http://www.lib.umn.edu/events/glbtalms/. Rah-Rah-Rah for... Business Source Alumni Edition Last fall, the Libraries started connecting with University alumni around the world in a brand new way through a website making it easier for alumni to find and use the Libraries' rich resources and collections (http://www.lib.umn.edu/site/alumni.phtml). The site brings together selected authoritative web resources like PubMed and ERIC (education journals and reports) and answers basic questions about using the Libraries like how to borrow a book or get a copy of a journal article. For members of the Alumni Association (UMAA), the site also serves as a gateway to a new benefit: access to Academic Search Alumni Edition and Business Source Alumni Edition, two databases that contain full-text magazines, business and academic journals, and trade publications. University Libraries partnered with UMAA to provide these resources for members, which complement the site's resources available for all alumni. Traffic has been brisk with over 4,000 hits since the site launched. Interested in UMAA membership? More information at http://alumni.umn.edu/. 4 summer 2006 . issue 3 A Manuscript is its Own Laboratory A recently-acquired 15th centur y legal manuscript provides a unique glimpse of medieval Jewish life in what is now the Czech Republic. University faculty and students will use this resource as a portal into Jewish life and civic rituals. The University has few manuscripts like this, so the joint purchase with the Newberry Library of Chicago makes available study and research that had been limited on campus. The purchase combined the resources of the University Libraries; Center for Medieval Studies; the Center for Jewish Studies; Department of German, Scandinavian and Dutch; and Center for Early Modern History with those of the Newberr y, an independent research librar y and educational institution concentrating in the humanities. Since the 1990s, the Newberr y has been making joint acquisitions with academic libraries around the countr y, helping build their own collection and those of other institutions while pooling resources for distinctive acquisitions. The volume will divide its time between the Newberr y and University Libraries' Special Collections and Rare Books unit. Why Yes, I Do Know Much About History They come in groups led by teachers and alone in singular pursuit. They are the many, the curious, the History Day participants. National Histor y Day in Minnesota is a co-curricular program that encourages students in grades 6 through 12 to explore histor y and its context, with their research centered around an annual theme, which for the 2005-2006 school year is Taking a Stand in History: People, Ideas, Events. The Minnesota Historical Society and the University's Department of History sponsor History Day in Minnesota, and the University Libraries have been a long-time partner in the event, providing expert research guidance for participants and teachers. Over 25,000 students throughout Minnesota participate in Histor y Day, with several hundred of them coming to the University Libraries on the Twin Cities campus to do their research. The students showcase their History Day papers, media presentations, performances, and exhibits at regional events around Minnesota, with top award winners coming to the University's Twin Cities campus in late spring for the state event. For those capturing top state honors, it's on to Washington, DC for the national competition in June. Articles Delivered to Your Door? Is this heaven? No, it's Libraries to U A faculty member finds a book in the University Libraries' online catalog that looks promising for her research. When the faculty member is on one campus, say St. Paul, and the book is on another, say Minneapolis East Bank in Walter Librar y, Libraries to U is the answer. Since the late 1980s, Libraries to U has provided free Twin Cities on-campus deliver y of books from the collection to faculty, staff, and students with disabilities. Formerly called Lumina to U (in reference to the online catalog's former name), Libraries to U also provides photocopying and mailing or scanning and electronic delivery for print journal articles and non-circulating materials, like those in the Andersen Horticulture Librar y at the Arboretum. If that same faculty member is doing research in Bozeman or Berlin or Brooklyn Park, Libraries to U will send the book to her for the cost of shipping. Approximately 15,000 requests are received each year, and faculty, staff, and students can access the online request form at http://www.lib.umn.edu/site/l2u.phtml. www.lib.umn.edu 5 Six Degrees, No Separation after 36 years, the minitex "experiment" linking minnesota's libraries has proven successful THERE IS A THEORY, KNOWN AS "SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION," WHICH POSITS THAT EvERYONE IS CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER THROUGH NO MORE THAN SIX PERSONAL REL ATIONSHIPS. COULD THE SAME BE TRUE OF LIBRARY MATERIAL S? When you see books about plywood boats and Islam stacked one atop the other, followed by a movie starring one of the Beatles, you'd be hard-pressed to find a connection, no matter how many "degrees." So what is the connection? Users of the MINITEX Librar y Information Network requested all three on a single day in March 2006. Seeing Instant Boats, Quran Liberation & Pluralism, and Caveman: The Movie (starring Ringo Starr) all in one loca- by Brendan Loughrey tion may seem odd, but it's business as usual at what has become the Upper Midwest's one-stop librar y resource � the MINITEX shipping room. In its 36 years, the "Minnesota Interlibrar y Teletype Experiment" has shortened its name while growing into an Internet-based lending hub allowing patrons from a collaborative of nearly 300 libraries in Minnesota and North and South Dakota to choose from over 33 million titles in the region's libraries, to be delivered to their neighborhood or school librar y in an average of 48 to 72 hours. The service is funded by the state of Minnesota and hosted by the University of Minnesota. North and South Dakota pay for access to the database. This cost sharing covers what would be an unimaginable financial burden if it were left up to individual libraries. Above: MINITEX Director William De John 6 summer 2006 . issue 3 The selections that come and go through MINITEX are varied, sometimes unusual and not necessarily scholarly. While the overwhelming majority of the shared materials are academic, Director William DeJohn gives this assessment: "Our number one job is to make sure we get the requested materials delivered as soon as possible." And, while there are limits on what items can be requested, this "can-do" attitude helped move over a quarter-million books, photocopied magazine articles compact discs, movies, maps, and other materials through the three-state MINITEX region last year alone. Fully one-third of the materials came directly from the University of Minnesota Libraries' collections, and more than 70 percent of the requests are from students, faculty, and staff of colleges and universities in Minnesota. MINITEX staffer Cecelia Boone was quick to share the credit with librar y staff network-wide, commenting, "Without the libraries' willingness to share their resources and valuable staff time, there would be no MINITEX." These days, thanks to that sharing and staff time, patrons can search online catalogs for the exact titles they want and have them delivered to their librar y of choice. Cataloged information is brought together through MnLINK (Minnesota Librar y Information Network), the state's virtual librar y catalog, and through the licensed periodicals, newspapers, encyclopedias and other electronic resources found in ELM (Electronic Library for Minnesota), so users can, theoretically, only visit the librar y when they actually pick up the titles they requested online. But with the wealth of resources available in each individual librar y in the MINITEX region, users would miss much by not using their local libraries as well. "These user-initiated, unmediated requests really began via MnLINK last year," DeJohn says. "That's totally new." But with no librarian involved in the search, DeJohn cautions that "you see all types of books," as he holds up The Charmer, a paperback on its way from the Rum River Library in Anoka to a fan somewhere in southern Minnesota. Beneath it lays a book on substance abuse recover y from a public library in Mankato and another on Teutonic religions from Bethel Seminar y. When you consider the nearly nine million periodical and journal searches initiated through ELM, in addition to the 250,000 requests made through MINITEX and MnLINK, the system is feeding a constant hunger for knowledge. Yet, for many, the library has been usurped. According to Cathy De Rosa, vice President for Marketing and Library Services at the non-profit Online Computer Librar y Center (OCLC), nearly all internet-enabled information seekers believe that commercial search engines trump libraries for ease of use. In what may be the first of its kind, the OCLC report "Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources" conducted an online survey of over 3,000 information users in six English-speaking countries and found that their library searches, 84 percent of the time, began with Internet search engines. Only one percent of respondents said they start with continued on page 8 library users in minnesota, north dakota or south dakota have access to tremendous electronic information sites. minnesota library users can access mnlinK and elm with a valid library card from a minnesota public library. library users in the dakotas have similar sites ready and waiting for them. MnLink www.mnlink.org ELM www.elm4you.org FACTS & FIGURES last year, minitex received and delivered: 276,000 unique materials requests 49,000 electronic journal article reprints Through minitex, library patrons have access to: Over 13,000 periodicals Over 14,000 electronic books Over 300 daily newspapers from around the world A worldwide catalog of more than 60 million records A Spanish-language database for native speakers and educational use MINITEX www.minitex.umn.edu www.lib.umn.edu 7 "librar y websites," placing the answer dead last. One unidentified undergraduate sums it up this way: "Books are all old information. The Internet brings you the latest. It's the most up-to-date." It is true that, for many time-starved information seekers, search engines have become the new reference librarian. Unfortunately, many people start and end their information searches with such engines, which may not be the best source of authoritative answers. Search engines like Google and Yahoo are designed to return the widest array of sites that contain the search term or terms. However, since much of the material on the World Wide Web comes from informal, non-"peer-reviewed" sources, not all web information can be trusted for accuracy. Many requests that MINITEX receives are for educational use, but large numbers of novels, movies, and other popular materials are requested too. With the option of using the expansive OCLC WorldCat or "worldwide catalog" system, a single keyword search could filter through as many as 60 million titles worldwide. Still, those titles are coming from respected libraries --not faceless blogs or message boards. And Minnesotans have an additional "authoritative" web resource in ELM. The majority of information available on ELM is from reputable and respected sources, and users can even click on "peer reviewed" during a search, to better ensure they find authoritative and accurate sources. Since 1969, the program, now known as "MINITEX Librar y Information Network," has shared the vast assets of what are now hundreds of far-flung libraries. Because MINITEX's engine processes the University Libraries' lending, the Libraries rank first out of 123 major academic libraries in North America for the volume of lending outside their primar y user community, according the Association of Research Libraries. In fact, very few programs even approach MINITEX in scope or size, in this country or abroad. However, because it is taxpayer-funded, MINITEX reaches out to students and non-students equally. In fact, as Eric Davis, attendant at the Brooklyn Park branch of the Hennepin County Librar y says, "All you need is a library card," and this world of books is your oyster. And it's not simply a world of books, but an underworld as well. Deep below the colorful entr yway of the University's Elmer L. Andersen Librar y (82 feet below, to be precise) is ML AC, or Minnesota Librar y Access Center. At 600 feet long and 18 feet high, this humidity- and temperature-controlled cavern holds nearly 900,000 important but lower use materials from libraries throughout the region. A second identical cavern holds archives and special collections materials of the University of Minnesota Libraries. The location, security and sheer size of ML AC brings to mind visions of James Bond villains and secret lairs, yet for the enormous wealth of printed words, ML AC is designed for efficient storage, not as a collection where visitors browse. Quite simply, ML AC is a repositor y where valuable but seldom-used books are safely stored for possible future use. All Minnesota libraries have the option of depositing their lower use books in ML AC�freeing up their shelf space for more actively used material but keeping the deposited materials available as well. However, should you someday find yourself in need of a photocopied article from Munsey's Magazine circa 1897, the 1948 Far Eastern Journal or Soviet Studies from 1964, someone could quickly retrieve your selection, thanks to ML AC's unique tracking system. The books in ML AC are, surprisingly, shelved according to height. "We can hold 40 percent more materials if we store them according to size, rather than alphabetically or by subject." says DeJohn. Once a title is brought in, it's measured, bar coded, and stored in one of the thousands of identical 18-inch deep bins. Items are tracked by a barcode--on each bin--the book's original call number is not used to find it. "I can't tell you exactly where any single book is in ML AC, but I can get you within 18 inches of it," DeJohn explains with a laugh. With more than 1,700 K-12 libraries in its territor y, MINITEX connects over 2,200 individual libraries. "It's funded by all of our tax dollars, so it's a benefit that is to be shared by all of us," DeJohn says. So just how does the system work? Let's follow a request from the first click of the mouse to when the title arrived at my local librar y. continued on page 19 8 summer 2006 . issue 3 campus PERSPECTIVES Libraries as free spaces by Harry C. Boyte Senior Fellow, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs What is to be the fate of libraries as spaces rooted in local communities, in a future of Google, ipods, and Blackberries, washed over by a tsunami of commercial culture? New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, in his recent best-seller The World Is Flat, envisions a future of consumers shopping at Wal-Mart and getting their information from cyberspace. In his scenario, libraries are like the do-do bird � or independent book stores and mom-and-pop corner groceries�soon to be extinct. Soon after the trauma of 9/11, Nancy Kranich, the former president of the American Library Association, sketched an alternative. Noting that in the days following the attack, "Libraries in New York and around the country provided comfort, fellowship, news, and resources," Kranich argues that "instead of seeing their efforts as `library building,' our traditional approach, librarians are beginning to refocus their vision to the perspective that we are creating `social capital.'" Kranich's focus on social capital, the norms and networks that facilitate social cooperation, was a call for an alternative future in which we recover a strong sense of place, the cultures of place, and the values and practices of civic life. She is pointing toward libraries as democracy-building free spaces, grounded in the life of communities and helping in the revival of civic life. We have seen such possibilities in our own work at the Center for Democracy and Citizenship in the Riverview Librar y on the West Side of St. Paul, a lowincome immigrant community. The link between education and the civic life of places was a great tradition in the upper midwest, not only in cities but also in smaller communities. The late vice President Hubert H. Humphrey traced his famous political career to his father's drug store in the little town of Doland, South Dakota. The drug store functioned as a space for deliberation, argument, and action. "In his store there was eager talk about politics, town affairs, and religion," Humphrey writes. "I've listened to some of the great parliamentar y debates of our time, but have seldom heard better discussions of basic issues than I did as a boy standing on a wooden platform behind the soda fountain." Activities in the drug store enriched the civic life of Doland in multiple ways. The store functioned as local lending librar y and cultural center � music came from the window of the second floor, from his father's rickety phonograph. It catalyzed action. The drug store was sustained as a free, public-creating space because his father did public work as a citizen businessman. Community-rooted centers of learning and public work have weakened not only from the forces of globalization but because of the training of professionals in recent decades, in which higher education has played a role. As the intellectual historian Thomas Bender describes in Intellect and Public Life, "In [the] largely successful quest for order, purity and authority, intellectuals severed intellectual life from place." But against the tidal wave of globalization and its discontents, it is more vital than ever to create cultures of learning grounded in the civic life of places. On the West Side, we have seen possibilities for libraries to take leadership. Riverside Librar y is a partner in the Neighborhood Learning Community (NLC), a neighborhood-wide collaboration which is about the reintegration of children's education into the life of a place and its relationships. It seeks to involve the whole community in creating a "culture of learning." For more than a centur y, the West Side has been a first port of entr y for low-income immigrants. Founded in 1917, Riverview Branch Librar y in the late 1980s under the leadership of Mar y Margaret Sullivan revived older practices of engaging new immigrants, in this case immigrants from continued on page 18 www.lib.umn.edu 9 Going Far by Going Local the health sciences libraries launch a crusade for statewide health information SPEND FIvE MINUTES IN FRONT OF A COMPUTER WITH LINDA WATSON AND YOU'LL WISH YOU HAD A LIBRARIAN AT YOUR SIDE EvERY TIME YOU LOGGED ON. In a bright office at the top of Diehl Hall on a recent Monday morning, Watson, Director of Health Sciences Libraries at the University of Minnesota, demonstrates how to use a health website. Her eyes sparkle behind delicate wire-rim glasses as she zips between pages. "Here's where you find all the latest press releases--here's where you can find a tutorial on knee surgery. Oh, and here are some pretty graphic surger y videos," she says. Watson navigates to a page featuring toxic chemicals found on farms, and she becomes positively animated while scrolling between information on chromium and asbestos. As Watson steers nimbly through pages chock full of information, it becomes clear that the skills librarians offer by Jessica Nordell are exactly what the Internet needs: the ability to manage, vet, and organize massive amounts of information. In the area of health information, this need is especially crucial--the wrong information can have dire consequences. And it just so happens that Watson is on a mission to bring flawless health information to ever y person in the state of Minnesota. Watson's initiative, a project called My Health Minnesota -- Go Local, is a website that will transform the > way Minnesotans manage their health. The project's parent site is MedlinePlus, a health information website operated by the National Librar y of Medicine and host to ever ything from a medical dictionar y to health check tools. It's widely used by patients, their families, and health care providers; in the first quarter of 2006, nearly 22 million unique visitors used the site. Here, one can find tutorials on problems from back pain to sleep disorders, videos of Above:: Health Sciences Libraries Director Linda Watson (left) and reference librarian Vicki Glassgow. 10 summer 2006 . issue 3 people often use the site to find nursing homes for elderly parents: in addition to basic information, the Indiana Go Local lists each home's evaluation from the State Board of Health. Richwine was recently contacted by the Indianapolis Children's Hospital as well; the hospital plans to refer physicians throughout the state to the site so they can in turn refer parents to local resources for parenting and child abuse prevention. Jean Blackwell of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Libraries helped a father use North Carolina's Go Local a living donor kidney transplant (not for the faint of heart), a step-by-step guide to having a CT scan, drug and herbal supplement information, and the latest news in health and medicine. Susan Mayer, a librar y science student at the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, used MedlinePlus during an internship at the Brain Injury Association. When case managers needed information about the long-term effects of a concussion, Mayer was able to immediately link to abstracts of case studies and journal articles from the site. Sarah Garbis, a former medical librarian at Hennepin County Medical Center and current librarian for the Hennepin County Libraries, has been using the site since its launch in 1999 to help librar y patrons, her family, her friends--and herself. "Just yesterday I looked up information on ankle pain," she says. "You can educate yourself before you see your doctor, and come up with questions to ask, or know what questions they might ask." Until recently, however, a patient was on his or her own in finding that doctor. MedlinePlus Go Local, a series of statespecific companion sites that catalog all the health resources in each state, aims to change that by directing users to health resources in their geographic region. With Go Local, a patient may navigate directly from a health topic--knee surger y, kidney transplant, or CT scan, for example--to local clinics, screening centers, and support groups. Among the 13 states that have Go Local sites, these resources have proved tremendously useful. According to Peggy Richwine, project manager for Indiana Go Local, Above: http://medlineplus.gov/ www.lib.umn.edu site to find resources for his schizophrenic adult daughter. Blackwell referred him to articles on MedlinePlus and then to specific clinics and specialists in the area. "He sent us a letter saying, `I finally feel some hope for finding help for my daughter,'" says Blackwell. "He was extremely grateful." In other states, MedlinePlus has helped people facing access barriers to health care. Barb Jones of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine recalls hearing a Spanish-speaking construction worker in Columbia, Missouri, talk about how he used the Missouri site's Spanish language option to find information about his diabetes in his native language and then locate the resources he needed in what was essentially a foreign countr y. And Eduardo Crespi, director of Columbia non-profit Centro Latino de Salud, Educacion y Cultura (a center serving the working class Latino population) believes Go Local is especially helpful for low income or working class people; they might not have Internet access at home, but through librar y computers, they are able to access the information they need. Watson wants Minnesota to be the next state with a Go Local site of its own, to be called My Health Minnesota -- Go Local. Her goal--to demonstrate Go Local at the > Minnesota State Fair this fall and launch the full site next Januar y--is ambitious. The project is essentially a cataloging of all the health resources in the state; it requires an array of partners and volunteers who will help build and maintain the site, including University of Minnesota librarians, Mayo Clinic Libraries staff, librar y students, and rural librarians. Minnesota's State Librar y Office is providing financial support through a recently awarded grant. Watson's crack team continued on page 18 11 Dear Friends, As this issue of continuum so vividly demonstrates, the University of Minnesota Libraries are not insular and restricted entities, to be used exclusively by University students and faculty. While serving our University faculty and students is our primary focus, the Libraries, part of this great land grant University, are intended to serve researchers and scholars from all of Minnesota, from across the U. S., and from all parts of this increasingly interconnected world. The Libraries welcome members of the general public to use our resources. In fact, even borrowing privileges are available to certain categories of the Friends of the Libraries members. The Friends of the Libraries play a unique and important role in library outreach--especially in the Twin Cities, where we showcase new acquisitions and present stimulating lectures, performances, and other events that show off the collections and Libraries' programs. Friends events provide opportunities to meet and hear from scholars, authors, and subject experts. For example, this spring we heard from acclaimed poet and University professor Michael Dennis Browne, whose personal manuscripts and teaching papers are now part of our Manuscripts Collection in Elmer L. Andersen Library. Browne read from his work and shared highlights of his career at a public event on March 23. The Friends also partner with local organizations such as the Minnesota Orchestra, whose archives have been an important part of the Performing Arts Archives since 1975. To celebrate our ongoing collaboration with the Orchestra, the Friends invited Orchestra President Tony Woodcock as the featured speaker at the Friends' Annual Meeting on May 4. Tony led us through a fascinating exploration of what goes into putting a world-class symphony performance on stage and shared his own love of music and belief in its transformational power. Wendy Pradt Lougee, Universty Librarian, Tony Woodcock, President of the Minnesota Orchestra, and Mary McDiarmid, President of the Friends of the Libraries, celeberate the Friends Annual Meeting on the Minnesota Centential Showboat. The Friends value learning, intellectual curiosity, and a love of literature, and we want to share the riches of the University Libraries with our community as much as we can. Information on our fall programs will be sent to you soon. For those continuum readers who are not already members of the Friends, I invite you to join so that you will enjoy: f Access to the Libraries' resources and the ability to borrow materials f Opportunities to meet exciting and fascinating people who share common interests f Invitations to lectures, author readings, and other dynamic events Your participation will help us spread the word about the Libraries' exciting collections and resources. It will enrich your world and ours. president, friends of the libraries Mary McDiarmid 12 summer 2006 . issue 3 Staying Engaged Maxine Wallin is the very picture of a happy alumna. A Dultuh native, the 1948 magna cum laude graduate of the College of Liberal Arts so enjoyed her time at the University that she's never really left and has never ceased to learn, grow, and care about others. She has also retained a lively interest in the University Libraries. Wallin's memories of her undergraduate years are vivid. She recalls the time she spent as a member of Kappa Delta sorority on campus: "We had busboys in white coats, candlelit dinners, and a grand piano in the living room with fresh flowers on top. What a great way to live!" It was during this time that Wallin's interest in philanthropy developed. She and her sorority sisters raised funds for University activities and scholarship funds. But since then, Wallin's philanthropic interests have grown. She and her husband, Win, have generously supported many philanthropic causes, including establishing the Wallin Scholarship Program, which makes it possible for academically talented students with financial need to attend college. Since 1991, the Wallin Foundation has awarded more than 1,500 scholarships to college-bound students from the Minneapolis Public Schools. "I had scholarships myself," Wallin says, "so I know how important they are." After she graduated from the University, Wallin was hired to work at a large mortgage loan company in Minneapolis. The work paid the bills, but she realized she was "talking about books to my colleagues, and yet I was filling out housing cards all day long." Wallin yearned to return to the world of books and academe. She secured a job at Walter Library as a circulation clerk. Later, she worked in the reserves area. The job stimulated her senses as well as her mind. "I used to go into the stacks just to smell the books," she remembers. In fact, Wallin's work environment inspired her to earn a second bachelor's degree in library science, which she com- by Christopher James alumna maxine wallin has enjoyed a lifelong relationship with her alma mater pleted in 1950. She was promoted to the position of cataloger and began processing the University's collection of some 90 Stuart tracts, rare volumes that chronicle the histor y of 17th and 18th centur y England. "The project took a year to complete," Wallin explains. "Some [of the tracts] were by famous people like Daniel Dafoe and Jonathan Swift. These were people who fought for freedom of religion, education, and political view." Because she spoke five languages--Spanish, French, Latin, German, and Russian--Wallin also catalogued foreign titles and materials related to world travel, notably many of the maps and documents that now comprise the James Ford Bell Librar y's collection. "You would read the stuff as you worked--just for fun," she says. "It was so interesting, particularly Mr. Bell's collection." But even though Wallin retired from the University Libraries in 1955 when her husband took a job in Utah, she's maintained an active presence at the University. She served for three years on the board of the Friends of the Libraries--a post that inspired her to support the Libraries' annual Student Book Collection Contest. Launched in 2000, the contest recognizes University undergraduate and graduate students who have developed unique or unusual collections of books. Winners receive a cash award, and their collections are exhibited in Wilson Librar y. Recent winners entered collections of books about Polar literature, the histor y of engineering, and Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe. These collections cover "such a variety of subjects," Wallin says. "Ever y year it strikes me that so many students are taken with the idea of collecting." continued on page 19 www.lib.umn.edu 13 Bright Stars by Lucy Vilankulu the institute for early Career librarians changes the face of librarianship LINDA DEBEAU-MELTING AND PEGGY JOHNSON ARE LOOKING AT PHOTOS OF PAST PARTICIPANTS IN THE MINNESOTA INSTITUTE FOR EARLY CAREER LIBRARIANS FROM TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS. THEY'RE CAUGHT UP IN MEMORIES. "Remember Paulita?" Johnson exclaims. "She's just so cool. Remember Rina? Oh--she was just amazing! Remember?" Their voices are warm with pride, almost parentally fond. But DeBeau-Melting and Johnson are decidedly not den mothers. Senior administrators at the University of Minnesota Libraries, they are also the founders of the biennial Institute, which provides a weeklong intensive developmental experience for minority librarians in the first three years of their professional careers, focusing on leadership, grantwriting, program assessment and evaluation, and creating a peer network. The Institute draws librarians from across the countr y. "It's tough being a new librarian with all these older, experienced people," Johnson remarks. But what the Institute offers goes beyond warmth--it's a crash course in leadership and practical skills, designed for academic librarians from groups traditionally underrepresented in the profession. DeBeau-Melting and Johnson started the Institute in 1998, fueled by their experience mentoring and working with librar y residents who were minorities. They observed that minority residents seemed isolated, both by youth in a field dominated by older librarians, and by being people of color in the predominantly white field of academic libraries. Only 12 percent of academic librarians are people of color, which doesn't reflect the national demographic or even the demographics of the academy. arship and mentoring programs for minority students that take them through the graduate degree, and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) offers leadership programs targeted to minority librarians. But there is nothing else like the Institute. The focus on academic librarians is purposeful. In the first year the group was made up of academic and public librarians, and they were found to have divergent needs. Also, as DeBeau-Melting points out, public libraries do not seem to share the academic world's struggles with hiring and retaining of minority librarians. One goal, Johnson points out, is retention: "We want to make sure that we are able to keep minority librarians in the profession. We tr y to create a psycho-social environment that is supportive. And it has also been a great opportunity for our own recruitment, introducing us to talented librarians." OUT OF THE WAITING LINE "These people are so good; you would want most of them to join your staff immediately," DeBeau-Melting says. "I mean, they are stars. We tell the participants, `You know you're good. You can do this! Get out there and apply for those jobs, get those grants. Break the mold--get out of the waiting line.'" Past participants demonstrate the program's success through their own achievements. Paulita Aguilar, who attended in 2004 and is now curator of the Indigenous Nations Librar y Program at the University of Mexico, says that her experience at the Institute was invaluable in her search for a better and more permanent position. "When I attended the Institute I was at a crossroads. I knew I needed to move from point A to B, but did not have the skills to do that," Aguilar says. "I applied Institute teachings to my search for a job. I developed a four-year plan, goals, and objectives. A national search for a new position opened UNIqUE AND PURPOSEFUL The Institute is unique in this country. There are residencies elsewhere, the American Library Association (AL A) has schol- 14 summer 2006 . issue 3 at my institution, and I was among the chosen candidates. I was offered the position in October 2005." The participants, though, aren't the only stars. "The trainers are the heartbeat of the program," DeBeau-Melting says reverently--and indeed, the lineup is most impressive. This summer, the leadership and interpersonal skills sessions will be taught by two national leaders in the profession, Kathr yn Deiss and DeEtta Jones, both former ARL staffers. Professional skills training will be facilitated by fundraising and planning specialist Barbara Davis, of St. Mar y's University and the University of St. Thomas. The University of Minnesota's own Dr. Richard Krueger, an expert on focus group interviewing, will also teach a session. COMMUNIT Y CONNECTIONS Another goal is the creation and sustenance of peer networks among early career librarians. As Johnson points out, "Our experience with minority residents is that they feel isolated. And not being part of the majority culture adds to the sense of isolation." As soon as participants are accepted to the Institute they are added to a listserv used to share information and answer questions. ver y soon the listserv users start to introduce themselves. "They start to get to know each other before they come here," Johnson says. "By the time they've been here four days they have developed such intense friendships. They've been through this self-examination together, and it's ver y intimate. By the time we have the farewell dinner on their last day, they cr y, we cr y--they've found soul mates." The listserv is kept separate for two years until the next group is accepted, and then it is integrated with the larger group. "They tell each other about job openings, they plan get-togethers at conferences, they publish together, they present at conferences together," Johnson says. 2004 participant Kawanna Bright, who will be returning to the 2006 program as an alumna, confirms that "the friends you make at the Institute will be friends for life. You get a new support network to talk to, bounce ideas off of, share opportunities with, and lean on when you need them. You don't always continued on page 17 www.lib.umn.edu 15 Natural Resource THINK OF THE UNIvERSITY OF MINNESOTA LIBRARIES. WHAT COMES TO MIND? EXTENSIvE COLLECTIONS? TIMELY ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC MATERIALS? EXPERT LIBRARIANS? How about flowering begonias and Japanese shrubs? Botanical beauty may not be everyone's first association with the Libraries, but at the Andersen Horticultural Librar y--located at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska--plants are par for the course. The library was the brainchild of former Minnesota Governor Elmer L. Andersen, a tireless advocate for the by Christopher James the andersen horticultural library brings botany to new audiences lection because we have ver y good bibliographic control-- we know what we have and we can tell people about what they're looking for." The librar y serves a wide range of users, including Arboretum visitors, University faculty, and researchers from across the countr y who hail from institutions like the University of Notre Dame and the University of Kentucky. "Some people come to see some beautiful flowers, colors, or a serene place just to unwind," Isaacson says. "Likewise they come into the librar y to look at the furnishings and atmosphere. But some come in for another purpose--to choose a tree for their yard, or to find out about perennials. "Researchers like to use our collection because we have very good bibliographic control--we know what we have and we can tell people about what they're looking for." University whose other namesake library on the Twin Cities campus houses archives and special collections. Andersen helped design the library's space and specified its distinctive furnishings, all designed by acclaimed furniture artist George Nakashima. Nestled inside the Arboretum's Snyder Education Building, the Andersen Horticultural Library opened in 1973 with nearly 3,000 volumes and the beginnings of a serial collection. Now, the library boasts some 15,000 monographs and several major research collections. One of these is a collection of seed catalogues--more than 45,000 catalogues, to be exact, from over 5,000 firms and from as far back as the mid-18th century. "It's one of the largest such collections in North America," explains head librarian Richard Isaacson, who has worked at the librar y since 1985. "Researchers like to use our colThen there are researchers who use the librar y for a really serious purpose--academic researchers that want in-depth information about some aspect of plants." And sometimes, users in far-flung locations access the Andersen Horticultural Librar y's collections without visiting in person. For example, Isaacson says, "Librarians and researchers at the Bibliotheque Nationale in France use our collections online because they're relying on our published source lists--the largest listing of North American plant varieties in the world." In a way, then, the Andersen Horticultural Librar y is a true "outreach librar y," extending its tendrils past the University to the citizens of Minnesota and the world. Even so, continued outreach is a key priority. "We need to keep getting the word out about the librar y," Isaacson said. 16 summer 2006 . issue 3 wall flowers This image is from Pierre Joseph Redout�'s Les Liliac�es, produced in Paris from 1802 to 1816 using Redout�'s unique stipple engraving process. 486 plates of 476 different plants were included, and the plants were found in the gardens of Empress Jos�phine Bonaparte. A new limited edition framed print of this image is now available for purchase. Wilfrid Blunt, in his The Art of Botanical Illustration (1950), states that Redout� was "the most celebrated flower painter of his day--the most popular, indeed, in the whole histor y of botanical art." Jos�phine's extravagant tastes included the hiring of thousands of gardeners for Malmaison, her garden outside Paris, and the commissioning of these botanical art masterpieces to document her plant collections. Andersen Horticultural Librar y is fortunate to have Redout�'s works in its collection, gifts of Governor & Mrs. Elmer L. Andersen. The objective in originating this print was to celebrate the work of Redout� Iris germanica Redout�, Pierre Joseph (1759-1840) Les Liliac�es Paris: Didot the younger, 1812 vol 6 Plate 309 Collection of Andersen Horticultural Library with a museum-quality reproduction of his Iris germanica. Dr. Joseph A Messicci, master printmaker of Studio Editions Ltd., Minneapolis, was selected to create the edition of 125 prints. These museum quality prints are produced with water-based vegetable dyes and have been professionally framed behind glass. The University of Minnesota Libraries are proud to offer this unique work of art to the public in this limited edition for $150 each. To inquire about purchasing a framed print of Iris germanica, contact the continuum editor: email@example.com. briGHt StArS from page 15 get that from your place of work, and even if you do, how often do you get that with 24 other people?" Ed Rock, who attended the 2000 session and is now in reference services at Tulane University, adds, "I would definitely recommend the investment of time and money to any early career librarian. Getting to know colleagues from other backgrounds, librar y programs, and work settings is perhaps the most valuable thing about the Institute--in other words, the networking." points out that the "American Librar y Association's Black Caucus members have always been the most helpful group in getting the word out on the Institute, but now other groups, representing other ethnicities, are helping out." More Latino and Asian-American participants have been attending the Institute, and last year, several Native American librarians attended. Aguilar confesses to having had little exposure to other minorities before the Institute: "I'm American Indian from Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico. At the Institute I was surrounded by black sisters and brothers from all over the U.S. and discovered they were a lot like me. The entire Institute was rich, and I'm still tr ying to digest aspects of it, but it's an experience I'll never forget and will continue to draw on." continued on page 18 THE INS TITUTE'S CHANGING FACE DeBeau-Melting and Johnson are sensitive to the importance of keeping the group diverse. Earlier Institutes were largely made up of African-American librarians. DeBeau-Melting www.lib.umn.edu 17 briGHt StArS from page 17 (http://westsidelearning.org). It became active in the Youth Apprenticeship Program, in which teenagers are placed as apprentices in local institutions. It has created new reading programs for children as part of All Around the Neighborhood, a collaboration of community groups, parents, teachers, and young people which aims to fuse learning into ever yday life (http://publicwork.org). Historically, the genius of Minnesota's educational tradition was linkages between learning and civic life, with libraries often leaders. The West Side NLC--and Riverview--suggests There's also a rich diversity of viewpoints, as discussions on the listserv frequently prove. There was a lot of vigorous discussion recently when an African American librarian sued her employer, charging racial and gender discrimination. The listserv discussion was hardly of a single position on the well publicized case. Future attendees eagerly anticipate this m�lange of experiences, as 2006 participant Stephanie Joseph attests: "I want to be part of an environment that welcomes different perspectives, including those of Native Americans." As they approach the start of the fifth Institute for Early Career Librarians from Traditionally Underrepresented Groups, DeBeau-Melting and Johnson reiterate their dedication to the goals of the program. "We have a personal commitment to do what we can in our little sphere," DeBeauMelting says. "We're really fortunate." Their sense of enthusiasm is infectious. "By the time participants have been through the program," Johnson concludes, "they're saying `I know what I'm doing. I may be young, but hey--I'm good!" multiple new possibilities for this linkage in the 21st centur y. And libraries at the University of Minnesota are called to multiple roles in a new movement to renew civic life. For instance, as integral parts of a world class research university, our University of Minnesota Libraries have a responsibility to claim their intellectual power and leadership on such issues through lectures, discussions, fora, featured debates and discussions in publications like continuum , and other means. Close to home, the University Libraries can strengthen their role as living spaces for meetings, face-to-face dialogue, repositor y and display of information about neighboring communities and the state. LibrAriES AS FrEE SPACES from page 9 As libraries become grounded free spaces for the information age, they will move from "librar y building" to "democracy building." South East Asia, Central and Latin America, and Africa. The librar y went into the community instead of waiting for immigrants to come to the library. It built sustained relationships with community groups. And it positioned itself as a vital information commons. "All of the traditional models of librar y services don't work anymore when you're working with communities new to the American public library system," said Andrea Moerer, who headed the community engagement effort. "Just sending out flyers and having newspaper articles in English doesn't work." Sullivan argues that as a GOiNG FAr bY GOiNG LOCAL from page 11 will begin with health information currently available through Minnesota 211, the United Way's database of Minnesota information ranging from Alcoholics Anonymous meetings to snake control specialists. The team will then index and catalog the health information so that it functions within the existing MedlinePlus database. Librarians in rural Minnesota will be responsible for identifying additional resources and helping maintain the site, ensuring that information about specific clinics and doctors remains accurate. And Watson's team will visit the state's librar y systems to ensure librarians across Minnesota know what the site is and how best to use it. Watson came to the University of Minnesota last August from the University of virginia (UvA) where, as Director of the result, "We had become a part of the fabric of the community. And that was the goal." Riverview Branch Library was thus prepared to be a leader in the NLC, a program that began in 2001. Riverview housed an effort called the Community Information Corps, in which teenagers, coached by adults, surveyed hidden learning resources of the community and created a web site for them 18 summer 2006 . issue 3 Health Sciences Library, her passion for outreach was born. Looking for a way to connect rural populations with UvA's medical librar y resources, she installed an outreach librarian six hours away from campus in the Appalachia region of the state. This librarian served as a liaison between UvA students in the rural rotations of their medical training and the rural clinics and pharmacies they served. She helped connect students, patients, and health care providers to the resources of UvA's Health Sciences Library, and she also helped the librar y understand how it could better serve these rural populations and clinics. Through this outreach librarian, Watson effectively extended the university's resources to a region not typically served by a major research university. Watson has been at the University of Minnesota for little over six months, and she began fueling the Health Sciences Libraries' own outreach efforts to greater Minnesota soon after she arrived. To start, she installed an outreach medical librarian in Duluth in order to help connect northeast Minnesota populations with the Health Sciences Libraries' resources. This librarian will assess the information needs of Minnesota's rural health practitioners by speaking directly with clinicians at community clinics and pharmacies throughout the state. She'll also teach rural librarians how to find and use quality health information resources and will be available to help University of Minnesota-Duluth medical students with library in their rural rotations. With Go Local, Watson and her array of partners will extend librarian-tested health resources to the entire state. While some might be daunted by the sheer managerial skill needed to run the project, Watson is excited: she believes that involving people throughout the state in the creation of this site will spread the sense of ownership over it as well, and that will help ensure its success. Everyone, she believes, should be able to make informed decisions about health and find the care and support they need; the more information people have, the better they'll be able to be make those decisions. Fortunately, Watson is in a position to ensure that the information itself is well organized, well managed and correct. Navigating the terrain of health information may be complex, but with My Health Minnesota -- Go Local, it'll > be like having a librarian at your side, every step of the way. Six DEGrEES from page 8 First, I needed to search for something of interest. I chose instant boats, a topic which, until recently, was totally unknown to me. A quick check on MnLINK, the gateway to online catalogs of Minnesota libraries, revealed Instant Boats as well as several other works by author Harold "Dynamite" Payson. Seeing that he has published new work since that seminal book, I chose his book Build the New Instant Boats. Two clicks later, and the request was complete. Since the book was on the shelves at the Detroit Lakes public librar y, the request was forwarded there. A courier then collected the book and drove it to the MINITEX office. My book soon reached the MINITEX loading dock deep beneath Andersen Librar y. From there, it made its way up a 250-foot conveyor belt to the Shipping Room. It was coded, boxed, secured and sent to my local librar y branch. Nearly ever y title is located, shipped to the Twin Cities and shipped to its intended user within days. The process is repeated roughly 1,000 times each day. In my case, the librar y emailed to inform me that Build the New Instant Boats was ready for pickup five days after I ordered it. When I stopped in to pick up my book (and I swear on the good boat-building book in my hand), who should be working at the counter but my son's godmother's younger brother--only three degrees of separation. Apparently there's something to the theor y. StAYiNG ENGANGED from page 13 An avid reader herself, Wallin particularly enjoys works of nonfiction, especially biography and memoir. She also pursues a host of other interests, including tennis, ice skating, and tap and ballroom dancing. She has also served on many community boards, including those of the Minnesota Orchestra, and the Hennepin County Librar y Foundation. But words are her deepest love. Wallin says she's never forgotten the alma mater that so stimulated her interest in words and ideas. "I did love school," she says. "The whole atmosphere at the University is so inspiring." As is Maxine Wallin. www.lib.umn.edu 19 POOLiNG rESOUrCES The University Libraries have a long history of outreach and cooperative resource sharing. In this image, taken in 1952, University Libraries staffers pack books for the Midwest Inter-Library Center. The Center was a cooperative venture of 20 major midwestern libraries designed to pool lesser-used research materials held by member institutions in a central storage space and to cooperatively acquire scholarly material that no single librar y could purchase. The Center was founded in 1949 with money from the Carnegie Corporation and the Rockefeller Foundation and was located at the University of Chicago. It continues today as the Center for Research Libraries. Image provided by University Archives. 499 Wilson Libr ary 309 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, mn 55455 Nonprofit Org. U.S. Pos tage PAID Mpls., mn Permit No. 155


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In taking Tasveer to Paris Photo 2013, its founder, Bangalore-based Abhishek Poddar, does India proud, finds NIRMALA GOVINDARAJAN
The moment is ripe to say kudos to Abhishek Poddar for giving Indian photography its most important platform till date. As the world witnessed India through Tasveer in Paris Photo 2013, between November 14 and 17, Abhishek returns artistically nourished from the experience of having participated in the world's most important stage for photography. Before he left, his mind was racing at getting his act to match up to the international stage for serious photography. "Being the first South Asian gallery to get in there, initially, we were apprehensive about setting up our booth well," says Abhishek, adding, "Once there, we were amidst more than 150 booths, with some amazing works on display."
The portfolio of 17th edition of Paris Photo 2013 read: The world's top photography fair gathering 136 galleries and 28 publishers under the glass roof of the Grand Palais. Abhishek had a busy start, with not a moment to relax. "With good sales and enormous interest in what we showed, it was very encouraging to see the interest in Indian photography,"
Abhishek concedes that he doesn't really know what it took to be featured in this photo show extraordinaire. "It's not on the strength of what you are showing alone, but on what you've done in the past," he says. Having attempted to feature in Paris Photo last year, Abhishek contends that he didn't do anything different to get selected this year. "We simply continued to strive to do what we do, ranging from selection of images to quality of shows and our publications. When we applied for Paris Photo last year, we were intimated that they were considering us, but we didn't make the final cut. Fortunately, we got through during our second try this year. If I had made three more attempts, and yet had no call, I'd have probably given up," he smiles.
Abhishek goes with what his heart tells him. Hands in various professions –between his family business, a stint with a bank and a law firm, his heart has constantly been in the world of Indian art. So, starting 2006, when Abhishek established Tasveer, he went on to curate hundreds of exhibitions. "It's not been easy," says Abhishek, adding, "In India, before the meltdown, the art market was booming and there was money sloshing around. Now, with few serious collectors, selling pictures is tough. As a result, we're looking at Tasveer as an educational space and trying to make the medium easily accessible."
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With initiatives such as the Tasveer Journal—an online magazine on photography and Toto Funds the Arts (TFA) awards for which, the photography section in sponsored by Tasveer, Abhishek has been instrumental in giving wing to several emerging fine art photographers in India. "We want people to look at photography as a serious art form by creating a market for it and building a trade around it."
In luring fine photographic talent from across the world, and big Indian names to exhibit at Tasveer, there's much that goes into its framework. "We are looking at photographers who have unique, distinctive ways of telling stories, not big names alone. Towards this, we want to keep pushing the envelope, keep surprising ourselves and in the process the rest of the community."
Tasveer, functions as a vestibule between the photographer and connoisseur. "With that, photography is here to rule, conquer and dominate. I am not the reason, just a catalyst in this movement," says Abhishek, for whom Tasveer continues to be a balancing factor between his other businesses. Abhishek is elated at having taken essences of India through the works of Raghu Rai, Derry Moore, Jyoti Bhatt, Vivek Vilasisni, Anna Fox, Karren Knorr and Maimouna Guerresi to the Grand Palais. "I look forward to making it an annual affair," he beams.
Keywords: Indian photography, Paris Photo 2013, Tasveer gallery Bangalore, Abhishek Poddar, Karren Knorr, Maimouna Guerresi

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WorldWide Telescope Kiosk
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A new interactive touchscreen kiosk is being installed in the Harvard Science Center lobby. The kiosk is set up to run WorldWide Telescope Tours that highlight content relevant to research and teaching at Harvard University. Our goal is to increase Harvard students' awareness of both: 1) Astronomy's contribution to science and humanity's understanding of the Universe overall and 2) course content and student research offerings relevant to Astronomy, Earth & Planetary Science, and History of Science at Harvard. Here is the web version (not interactive) of the kiosk. Visit the kiosk in Science Center Lobby, right opposite the Cafe, to explore the interactive tours.
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International Security Events
Canada-U.S. Military Cooperation: A Look at Asymmetric Bargaining Strategies
July 15, 2010 // 3:30pm — 5:00pm
Canada Institute
Quebec summer scholar at the Canada Institute Stefanie von Hlatky presented her research on Canada-U.S. military cooperation. She contended that allies can and do use asymmetric bargaining strategies to achieve foreign policy objectives, despite power differentials.
From Lisbon to Lisbon: Afghanistan and Russia as Test Cases for the new EU Foreign Policy
June 24, 2010 // 3:30pm — 4:30pm
Global Europe Program
Two new positions introduced by the Lisbon Treaty will significantly affect EU's ability to conduct foreign policy: the permanent Presidency of the European Union and the appointment of a High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Anne-Marie Le Gloannec argued that the EU's ability to formulate and execute a common foreign policy foreign remains questionable because the Lisbon Treaty "does not simplify representation; does not conjure up coherence; and does not muster will." Given these problems, she argued that Europeans should continue to develop institutions and cooperative representation outside the scope of EU institutions.
Beyond Cairo: Visions of a New Decade in European Islamic Relations
June 23, 2010 // 9:00am — 3:00pm
Global Europe Program
Tufyal Choudhury, Durham University Law School; H.A. Hellyer, University of Warwick; Luc Véron, Delegation of the European Union (Washington, DC); Rebeya Müller, Institute for Interfaith Education and Teaching (Germany); Daut Dauti, Center for Islamic Pluralism (UK); Bassam Tibi, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Germany); Jocelyn Cesari, Harvard University; Rahsaan Maxwell, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Senem Aydin Duzgit, Center for European Policy Studies (Brussels) and Istanbul Bilgi University (Turkey)
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Twenty years after the end of the Cold War, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has grown in size, but in many other ways has not fully adapted to the post-Cold War world. The 2010 Strategic Concept attempts to address the increasingly complex threats facing the allies, including nuclear terrorism, cyber crime, and global climate change, as well as the institutional changes necessary to maintain NATO's relevance in the 21st Century. This conference explored this new security environment. Participants offered assessments of the new Strategic Concept, which was released on May 17, 2010.
Russian Policy in the Greater Middle East: Trying to Keep out of Trouble
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Kennan Institute
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Climate Change and Energy in Defense Doctrine: The QDR and UK Defence Green Paper
March 11, 2010 // 2:00pm — 4:00pm
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Europe and Iran's Nuclear Ambitions: Challenges and Prospects
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Klaus Scharioth, Ambassador, Federal Republic of Germany, Shahram Chubin, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center, Bernard Hourcade, Senior Research Fellow, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris
The Middle East Conflict and Challenges to European Security
March 09, 2010 // 9:00am — 10:30am
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His Excellency Martti Ahtisaari, Former President of Finland and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Foreign Policy Challenges in 2010: The Islamic Crescent
January 29, 2010 // 9:00am — 10:30am
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Experts on U.S. policy in Iran, Pakistan, the Arab-Israeli conflict and U.S. national security discuss current and future U.S. policy in the region.
Resolving Natural Resource Conflicts:A Path to Development and Peace
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Experts discuss how a focus on natural resources, especially water, can bring broader peace to areas of conflict in the panel co-hosted by the Wilson Center on the Hill, ECSP, and the Fetzer Institute.


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Apparently chanting "hail Satan," "f*ck the church," "bro-choice" and holding signs that say "hoes before embryos" just wasn't enough for pro-abortion protestors in Texas. According to reports on the ground, police have confiscated bricks, tampons, pads and condoms protestors planned to throw at pro-life lawmakers Friday before a final vote on legislation banning abortions past five months. Protestors continue to be loud inside the Capitol, but the Gallery where debate takes place is silent and under strict rules.
Another classy sign from the pro-choicers #hb2#stand4life#TXLege#Stand4LifeTXpic.twitter.com/TFBNEyzp8o— Aaron Gibson (@PresACG) July 12, 2013
DPS officials has been searching bags before letting people into the gallery, requiring them to throw away paper goods such as magazines, receipts, feminine pads and tampons. One DPS officer said authorities had been instructed by the Senate's sergeant at arms to confiscate anything that could be thrown from the gallery at senators on the floor. She said they had already found objects such as bricks, paint and glitter in bags.UPDATE II: Police have also confiscated jars of urine and feces.
During these inspections, DPS officers have thus far discovered one jar suspected to contain urine, 18 jars suspected to contain feces, and three bottles suspected to contain paint. All of these items – as well as significant quantities of feminine hygiene products, glitter and confetti possessed by individuals – were required to be discarded; otherwise those individuals were denied entry into the gallery.
DPS is no longer confiscating unopened tampons or other the like. Say the issue was earlier some were trying to bring USED ones in. #txlege— Josh Rubin (@CNNExpress) July 12, 2013
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Evaluation of AMCase and CHIT-1 expression in monocyte macrophages lineage
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Acidic mammalian chitinase (AMCase) and chitotriosidase (CHIT-1) are two active chitinases expressed in humans. The chitinase activity of AMCase was found to be causative in allergic inflammation and its expression was found to be induced by interleukin-13. CHIT1-1 is expressed by phagocytic cells and extremely high levels are seen in lysosomal storage diseases. Despite that AMCase expression in the inflammation is under investigation, little is known regarding its regulation during macrophages' full maturation and polarization. In this study, we compared AMCase and CHIT-1 modulation during monocyte to macrophage transition and polarization. Gene expression analysis was investigated by real-time PCR from mRNA of human monocytes obtained from buffy coat of healthy volunteers, from mRNA of polarized to classically activated macrophages (or M1), obtained by interferon (IFN)-γ and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) treatment, and from mRNA of alternatively activated macrophages (or M2) obtained by interleukin (IL)-4 exposure. Our results showed that the expression of AMCase and CHIT-1 were differently modulated in HMMs at different stage of maturation. The behavior of these two active chitinase suggests that in the immune response their role is complementary.
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- Title
- Evaluation of AMCase and CHIT-1 expression in monocyte macrophages lineage
- Journal
Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Volume 374, Issue 1-2 , pp 73-80
- Cover Date
- 2013-02-01
- 10.1007/s11010-012-1506-5
- Print ISSN
- 0300-8177
- Online ISSN
- 1573-4919
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Additional Links
- Topics
- Keywords
- Acidic mammalian chitinase
- Chitotriosidase
- Human monocyte/macrophages
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Michelino Di Rosa (1)
- Corinne De Gregorio (1)
- Giulia Malaguarnera (1)
- Michele Tuttobene (2)
- Filomena Biazzo (2)
- Lucia Malaguarnera (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Bio-medical Sciences, University of Catania, Via Androne, 83, 95124, Catania, Italy
- 2. S. Immuno-Haemathology and Transfusional Medicine, Transfusional Centre "Garibaldi" Hospital, Catania, Italy


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Everybody was born with their own destiny for this world.
We all have a power to make this world a better place, beautiful place and Peaceful place! The destinies are all different for each person. Each person has a different power to make this world much brighter!
When each person starts to using the power, and the all the people unite for this world with their own destiny, we can make decent world which we all and all the creature live happily and…
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On 27th of August I came to Turkey! Why I came to Turkey? It is because for celebrating International day of Peace in Turkey. After walking arrived in London, actually I would have like to celebrate the Peace day in London after the Olympic, but when I thought the situation of the world, and when after I knew the…Continue
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On 16th of July I walked arrived in port city called Dieppe which was the last point in France and on 17th July I across the La Manche (English Channel) and entered into Newhaven England. After arriving in Newhaven I walked Lewes, Wivelsfield, crawley, Red Hills, Croydon, and finally 27th of July I walked arrived in London Olympic stadium.
From France because of hard walking and hardness happened in several months, my body and my heart lost most of the power,…Continue
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They will be widespread and unpredictable.
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From 27th of May to 16th of July I walked through France about 670km using just 1month and 20days, walking passed Besançon, Dole, Dijion, Braisy Bas, Montbard, Tonnerre, Joigny, Sens, Montereau, Melun, Paris, Gisors, Neufchâtel, Dieppe.
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On 21st of May after I entered into Switzerland, already 40days passed. And finally I could start walking again toward London.
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Today is the day "The Day" name of "PEACE"
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Many people think Today is the day of London Olympic Opening Ceremony!
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The impact of global warming on agriculture is going to be worse.
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"Full of feeling SORRY for everybody"
Today I walked to Olympic committee office to ask for cooperation to do some action for spreading Peace. I couldn't meet anybody. Nobody look directly at my eyes…..
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