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A Day in the Life of Libraries
Issue 5, Winter 2007
ThE magazINE of ThE uNIvERsIT y of m I N N E s oTa l I b R a R I E s inside: An hourly window into the University of Minnesota Libraries A DAY IN THE LI F E OF THE L IB RAR I E S issue WINTER 2007 5 continuum University Librarian McKnight Presidential Professor Wendy Pradt Lougee Editor Christopher James Designer Mark Fox Photographers Mark Fox, Jayme Halbritter Editorial Assistant Timothy Cronin Contributing Writers Timothy Cronin, Erin George, Christopher James, Wendy Pradt Lougee, Brendan Loughrey, Mary McDiarmid, Amy Myrbo, 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 email@example.com send correspondence to: continuum editor university of minnesota libraries 499 o. meredith wilson librar y 309 19 th avenue south minneapolis, mn 55455 firstname.lastname@example.com winter 2007, volume 2, number 2 Time and Again A Day in the Life of the Libraries Friends of the Libraries 3 4 19 above & cover: a sunrise over the architecture and landscape architecture library in Rapson hall on the East bank campus, minneapolis. 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 � 2007 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota Saving Time photo: Nancy G. Johnson Time and Again This issue of continuum explores the impact of our Libraries through a round-the-clock look at library experiences. We've structured these stories by time, an hourly window into the life of the University of Minnesota Libraries. The concept of time permeates libraries. Following the example of this issue's short vignettes, let me offer a few elaborations on the theme. Timeless Collections Many of our scholars and researchers can recount the details of laborious methods for finding and documenting information. Typed bibliographies, 3"�5" cards, and piles of journal photocopies are the stuff of 20th century scholarship, and faculty offices across campus hold the output from decades of research. The Libraries have been at the forefront of implementing technologies that save time and enable new forms of scholarship. Nearly 15,000 individuals on campus use RefWorks, our personal citation management software. Starting this month, graduate students will be able to view a discipline-specific presentation of library resources and services via the University online portal. With advances in technology, we're now a major player in helping people use, store, manipulate, and share information more effectively. Passing Time Our collection resources capture the cultural and scholarly record for today's and tomorrow's users. In fact, we selected continuum as the title of this magazine since it captures the enduring role our library organization plays, providing continuity of knowledge resources over time. Timely Access While the University Libraries play a fundamental role in supporting research and learning, they also are important places and sources for more leisurely pursuits. Our Walter Library coffee shop, the Wise Owl Caf�, provides a relaxing place for conversation and collaboration, and Wilson Library users will soon have a place of their own for rendezvous and refreshment. The coffee venues also provide a context for leisure reading collections. A notable recent gift will allow acquisition of timely and topical reading within the Wilson Library cafe. The Ravages of Time Libraries also play a vital role in connecting an individual with an information need to useful knowledge resources. Card catalogs have given way to electronic systems and, of course, the likes of Google, Amazon, and other online services. But the role of the library in facilitating access has never been stronger. The library has become the go-to place for access to reliable, authoritative, scholarly resources--everything from a librarian's expertise in ferreting out a hidden fact to digital publications that enable a search of every word on every page. The Times, Time... One of our greatest challenges lies in preserving materials over time. If you have ever opened a book and watched the brittle pages crumble apart, you know firsthand the impact of time on the high-acid paper that was commonly used between the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries. Some estimates suggest over two million print volumes in our collections are in jeopardy of deterioration to the point of being unusable, a ticking time-bomb we must address. The Times They Are A-Changin' Of course, these news sources are in our collections, as are hundreds of other newspapers from the Washington Post to Pravda to El Eco de Madrid. A growing number of news media are also available online, allowing real-time access to news from cities around the U.S. and around the globe. The Libraries also created and now manage the University's blog service, UThink, thus far enabling over 8,000 authors to post commentary of their own. Working Against Time Libraries staff can recognize that look of panic in the eyes of a student or faculty member with a tight deadline. And a significant number of the thousands of reference questions that come to our online reference services include a pressing request for help. Need a statistic, a citation for a grant, or just the right documentation for a compelling argument? Our expert staff know how to navigate the labyrinth of print and digital resources to find the answer. We often hear expressions of appreciation from our users for assistance provided in the nick of time. Minnesota native Bob Dylan's classic rallied his generation at a time of significant upheaval. There are times, too, when the Libraries play a role in rallying our community around issues, most recently issues related to publishing and copyright. There's no question that technology has fueled significant change in policy and practice related to information access, and libraries have often been at the forefront of the dialogue. The Libraries' program of copyright education has grown in response to the complexities of the digital age, helping students and faculty make informed choices about the use of copyrighted works in a class, on a website, or in future publications. This issue of continuum invites you to experience the Libraries' full range of resources, services, and identities. Have a wonderful time. university librarian and mcknight presidential professor Wendy Pradt Lougee A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE LIBRARIES An architecture professor in Jerusalem. A geologist with a caffeine habit. A Minneapolis bartender, exhausted at the end of her latenight shift. A young, uniformed security guard with aspirations to become an engineer. An avocational embroiderer. What do these seemingly disparate characters have in common? On a typical day, they all interact and engage with the University Libraries. Libraries play many roles and fulfill diverse needs within a day. Long esteemed as a place of intellectual stimulation and scholarly study on campus, the academic library is also a meeting place, an online resource, a starting place for answers to questions ranging from the mundane to the extraordinary, a storehouse of rare and unique material, and a repository for the output of the institution's own faculty. In this issue, continuum chronicles a typical day in the life of the Libraries. At each hour of the day, the Libraries fulfill real needs for real people. In the pages that follow, you'll meet those people-- and see how the Libraries play multifaceted, often surprising, and to Robbie Soccer Stadium N. Cleveland A ve. decidedly central roles for users on campus and across the globe. 16 Heating Plant ll e Ha Patte Child ment lop Deve Shevlin Hall Norris Hall th Av e Burton Hall Edd yH Bi ke Jones Hall all Will iam son H Folw ell H all th Av e Hall Peik .S . University Ave. S.E. Kla Coueber rt men (un s Hocke der y A con ren stru a/T ctio enn n) is Bel Nat l Muse ura um l Hi of stor y .S .E. wa Mar iucc i Ho c Lot 36 Folwell Ave y S. Av e . 35 W 1 9th In ter st nt St Coo ke H all Un Rec iversit reat y ion Cen ter Wulling Hall Church St. Garage (underground) . S.E. Plea sa Architecture/ Rapson Hall Shepherd Labs Civ Eng il . Ave . S.E. Johnston Hall Morrill Hall (no through traffic) Akerman Hall Fraser Hall Tate Lab Walter Library of Physics Mechanical Eng. sity Av e . Ra mp U Aqu nivers atic ity Cen Hendon Ave. McNam ter Alumni Uni v er l b an Hal nsen La Stakm Christe Hal l Hayes Agronomy Classroom (under construction) Dudley Ave. Field Rd. N. 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Seed Barn House Buford Place Poultry Teaching & Research Facilit Da Te R Bldg. A Bldg. B Bldg. C Swine Research & Teaching S I P P I S S I S M I 2nd St. S. Lot C-86 Washington Ave. Parking Ramp Transportation & Safety Bldg. Weaver Densford Hall Municipal Parking Ramp Dining Center Bailey Hall St. Paul Student Ctr. Buford Ave. McNeal Hall Biological Sciences Beef Cattle Barn Feeding Sheds Kolthoff Hall Ford Hall Amundson Hall Washington Ave. S.E. Lot S -102 Buford Ave. Magrath Library Harvard St. S.E. Walter F. Mondale Hall Willey Hall Blegen Hall W. Bank Skyway Elmer L. Andersen Library Basic Sciences & Biomedical Eng. ge . Brid n Av e ingto W a sh Jackson Hall Weisman Art Museum (One Way) N. Cleveland Ave. Wa sh e. S n Av ingto . Comstock Hall Delaware St. S.E. (One Way) Humphrey Ctr. Ceda r Av e. S. 3rd St. S. Heller Hall Anderson Hall Social Sciences Ferguson Hall Riverbend Commons (under construction) East River Parkway Boynton Health Service Phillips Wangensteen Bldg. Delawar e VFW Cancer Res. Ctr. Masonic Memorial Hospital Mayo Memorial Bldg. Diehl Hall Centennial Hall Territoria Biosystems Engineering Ag. & Fisheries Eng. Lab Animal Sci./ Vet. Medicine Veterinary Anatomy Gabbert Raptor Center Ra nd Ave all A Coffman Memorial Union Molecular and Cellular Biology (construction site) Mayo Memorial Auditorium Gortner Avenue Ramp ve Moos Tower Coffey Hall Hospital Parking Doswell Ave. Ramp E Vocational & Technical Ed. Classroom Office Bldg. Earle Brown Continuing Education Center Peters Hall Lot S -104 . Eckles Ave. 19th Ave. Ramp O. Meredith Wilson Library Carlson School of Management 19th Ave. (One Way) Rarig Center Ted Mann Concert Hall Pioneer Hall Frontier River Flats Lot S -101 Andrew Boss Lab/ Meat Science Food Science and Nutrition Gortner Ave. E R R I V st We ark er P Riv y wa MMCT Lot S -108 Children's Rehab. Varie ty Clu b Res . Ctr. Dwan Fairview-University Cardiovascular Medical Center, Res. Ctr. University Campus and Masonic Cancer Res. Bldg. Carter Ave. Haecker Hall Lewis Hospital for Companion Animals Veterinary Teaching Hospitals Large Animal Teaching Large Animal Holding Vet. Animal Facilities STATE FAIRGROUNDS Animal Arena Vet. Diagnostic Lab Isolation Bldgs. 4th St. S. 20th Ave. S Riv e rsi de 4 .S . 21st Ave. Av e Peoples Center Barker Center for Dance rP ar kw a d a y I N T h E l I f E oWest Bank h E l I b R a R I E s f T Housing � 2002 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota 0 Parking Ramp Fairview-University Medical Center, Riverside Campus winter 2007 � issue 5 ) Lot 94 21st Ave. Ramp Regis Center Middlebrook Hall Commonwealth Ave. Ea st Riv e Veterinary Science 6 am Kautz Family YMCA Archives, Andersen Library in-depth study. Her research has been so well received that she has spoken at several conferences in the United States, Europe and her home countr y of Israel. Designed by architect Arthur Loomis Harmon, the Jerusalem Y is as famous in Jerusalem as is his better-known Empire State Building in New York. Interestingly enough, both buildings were designed and built during the same timeframe --the early 1930s. --B.L. Outside the window of the Kautz Family ymca Archives, the landscape is dark, cold, and eerily silent. One researcher, however, has been hard at work for hours combing through the thousands of historical documents in the collection. Inbal Ben Asher Gitler doesn't mind the hours or the temperature in Minneapolis, since it's warm, sunny, and mid-afternoon where she works in her office in downtown Jerusalem. When she was a student of architecture, Gitler focused her studies on the Jerusalem ymca, due to its bold and highly symbolic design. The building is unique in that it was built to serve Christianity, Judaism and Islam, the three monotheistic religions of Jerusalem. "It was through my interest in that building that my Internet searches brought me to the U of M's website," she says. The Kautz Family ymca archives (part of the University of Minnesota Libraries) collect and hold the historical records of the ymca of the usa, the Minneapolis and Greater New York ymcas, and Y's Men International. Traveling 6,000 miles to do research is impossible for most students, yet after working with the archive online, Gitler, who is now a professor at Sapir College in Israel, decided to make the trip to the University last year for more Wise Owl Caf�, Walter Library It's a dark and stormy morning, and the sleepy souls who enter the brightly lit Wise Owl Caf� in the basement of Walter Librar y are rain-soaked and squeaky-shoed. But the terrible weather seems to have kept no one away. Says Kim, the petite blond barista who opens the caf� each morning at 7 (and whose wire-rimmed glasses lend her a look appropriate to the caf�'s name), there's often a patron waiting at the door when she arrives to open shop. By 7:05, she's got customers. "Good morning, how can I help you?" she greets one of them. The customer's face is partially obscured by the hood of his maroon sweatshirt, and the espresso machine's whir drowns out his response, but Kim's a pro. "Whipped cream with that?" she asks. Moments later, he's slurping a caramel apple latte. By 9 a.m., patrons are spilling out of the caf�, beyond the caf�'s welcome sign (featuring a ver y alert-looking into the owl), and librar y circula- 7 am tion desk area nearby. The caf�'s wooden tables are crowded with people in headscarves, tweed jackets, sweatpants, and hornrimmed glasses. At 9:30, people start ordering turkey sandwiches. The Wise Owl Caf� opened in the basement of Walter Librar y in 2005, and the response has been left: The Jerusalem ymca. Image courtesy of the Kautz Family ymca archives, University of Minnesota Libraries WWW.lIb.umN.Edu 5 enthusiastic. Caffeine is, of course, an academy-sanctioned habit, and for many students and faculty on the East Bank, the caf� is the nearest place on campus to indulge it--or, for that matter, to grab a sesame bagel. The Wise Owl is a respite, a hideout, a meeting place, and a quick fix. And all day, ever y day, a steady stream of students trickles from the caf�, like the rich stream from a well-tuned espresso machine, to parts all over campus. --J.N. am 8 Digital Collections Unit, Andersen Library The yawn, the stretch, the sideways glance at the wall clock � all sure signs of the need for a coffee break. Yet dark roasts, iced frappacinos, and vending machine decafs are noticeably absent from the office of Jason Roy, head of the Digital Collections Unit in Elmer L. Andersen Library. Surrounded by hundreds of dangerously delicate illustrations, tattered tabloids, and maps of bygone eras, Roy is shepherding a diverse group of preservation projects that range in content from the common- right: A 1904 cover of Collier's magazine. Image courtesy of the Sherlock Holmes Collection, Univeristy of Minnesota LIbraries place to the sublime. "Take this artwork by Frederic Dorr Steele," explains Roy, pointing toward his high-tech scanner and indicating a 100-year-old illustration of Sherlock Holmes. "This might not be the most scholarly of works, but it has amazing appeal throughout the world." The University Libraries hold the world's largest collection of Sherlock Holmes memorabilia, but only a small portion of the collection has been digitized. Indeed, the legacy of the literary detective in the deerstalker hat may owe as much to Steele's drawings as it does to the famous writings of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. "Meanwhile," Roy continues, "we're working on scanning 20 years' worth of mimeographed U of M Board of Regents minutes. They may not have the same cache as the drawings, but the historical importance to the school is extremely high." Roy went on to say that other works being digitized include some items never before available to the public, including large-scale maps of Minnesota from the 1800s, rare World War I photos, and newspapers produced inside a Japanese internment camp during World War II. "By digitizing and sharing these works online," he says, "we not only are preserving them for future generations, but what was available to perhaps a dozen researchers will soon be available to ever yone on Earth. That's pretty amazing." --B.L. 6 a day I N T h E l I f E o f T h E l I b R a R I E s winter 2007 � issue 5 9 am Pillsbury Hall By 9 a.m., geology and geophysics assistant now. By reading broadly, you will find unexpected connections tween parts beof professor David Fox is well into a morning routine that centers around three cups of coffee from a Zippy the Pinhead mug he's used since his first week of grad school. He sits at his computer scanning the new issues of some of the journals he pays most attention to, a variety of biologyand chemistry-oriented geoscience publications (and of course, Science and Nature) whose contents are delivered to his inbox. He figures he clicks on only a couple articles per issue to save full text versions, but he reads all of the titles and many of the abstracts. It's an armchair way of staying current in his own field and those of his colleagues, and he encourages his graduate and undergraduate advisees to follow his example. "In grad school, I used to go look through the recent issues stacks for science journals ever y couple months, but you can do that online so easily the discipline and see what is bubbling up in different areas." Fox still visits Walter, Wilson, and other libraries to pick up books and some older papers, but he credits the Libraries' continuing acquisition of online back issues of scholarly journals with making it "even easier to stay out of the librar y." And as he polishes off cup number two, he jumps, remembering that he needs to use another one of the Libraries' online services: Web-based renewal of a bunch of books that are due today. --A.M. Veterinary Medical Library By student standards, it could still be con- am 10 log. Today's session will be on indexes and peer-reviewed journals. As Nault cautions, "Not all journals are created equal," and if you want to know if Brad and Angelina are still together, use Google. But if you need to research feline leukemia, PubMed, a federal government health literature index with over 14 million citations, is what you need. And so the lesson begins. --E.G. sidered early. The students, all in their first year at the College of Veterinary Medicine (Vet Med), are finishing their morning routines � drinking coffee, perusing The Minnesota Daily, pondering Sudoku puzzles, and confirming the day's course schedule. Then Andre Nault, head of the Veterinar y Medical Librar y, takes the floor. This is the last of three class sessions he'll have with the Year One students. Nault explains that the strong honor code in Vet Med and the expectations of attending classes and other sessions such as his promise a full house. Outside these sessions, he knows he won't see them much if at all this first year, but he is not discouraged. As their studies continue, particularly when they get to their clinics in Year Four, they will become intimately familiar with his library and its rich resources. Nault believes the foundation for scholarly research--one that will ultimately take hold--will be an indispensable tool as these Year One students become tomorrow's animal health professionals. As The Dailys and course schedules are put away, he opens by reminding the students of their earlier sessions on searching the University Libraries' cata- WWW.lIb.umN.Edu 7 12 noon Elmer L. Andersen Library A little before noon the audience begins to arrive at Elmer L. Andersen Librar y for First Fridays, a series of presentations of materials from the University Libraries' special collections and archives. The topic for this week is The Art of Design, and the people assembled for this week's presentation are oddly assorted--there are some snazzy looking folks from the newly formed College of Design, graduate students (who reveal themselves by their wan countenances and bulging book bags), and a large num- am 11 ber of retirees. One couple reviews Entomology, Fisheries and Wildlife Library The Entomology, Fisheries, and the place. But beneath this friendly exterior lies a serious research librar y with an exceptional rare books collection, with some volumes dating to the early 17 th centur y. A steady stream of late-morning users keeps undergraduate employee Jenna Maland hopping. Between helping patrons look up publications ("this one is in the state documents section, that one in reference books, these other three over at Magrath Librar y") and troubleshooting photocopy cards gone bad, she strides around the sunny room re-shelving books and periodicals. A woman who's made a quick foray into the stacks steps up to the circulation desk and laughs, "I've had this book out so much I don't even need to look it up in the catalog." This collection fills a niche between pure and applied science, along the human interface with the environment. It houses books and journals on pollution, conservation, and the use of land and animals, as well as research on ecosystems for their own sakes. --A.M. the brochure of upcoming presentations, enthusiastically anticipating next month's topic: Animals in the Archives. Today, however, The Art of Design turns out to refer to fashion in the archives. Several men slump in their chairs as the director of the Goldstein Museum of Design describes the revolution in post-wwii American fashions, accompanied by PowerPoint images of 40s, 50s and 60s fashions. One taste-conscious gentleman leans forward and murmurs, "I like that one" at the sight of a sari-inspired Bill Blass number appropriate for hosting a 1970s fondue party. The second presenter shows slides of exquisitely illustrated, almost illuminated fashion plates and magazines from the 18 th , Wildlife Librar y on the St. Paul campus feels like a cozy neighborhood branch of the public library. New books beckon from display stands, armchairs and coffee tables take the place of some carrels, and color posters of snakes and bugs brighten up above: A plate from Karl Jablonsky's Natursystem aller bekannten, 1783. left: A plate from Alexander Scott's Australian Lepidoptera and their transformations, 1864. Both volumes are part of the collection of the Entomology, Fisheries, and Wildlife Library. 8 a day I N T h E l I f E o f T h E l I b R a R I E s winter 2007 � issue 5 19 th and early 20 th century. In those days, she remarks, fashion illustrators had a distorted, idealized notion of female bodies and beauty. The more things change, the more they stay the same. As the lights go up and the audience starts stirring, the woman turns to her disenchanted companion and says, "We'll definitely come for the animal one." --L.V. to it. "This is important because it puts librar y materials of all formats in order, and it facilitates patrons' access to and use of librar y collections," he explains, reflecting on the need for accuracy in selecting lc headings. All that's left now is to assign a call number. While this endeavor may not require Fang's more specialized sleuthing skills, such as using online translation materials to decode the synopses of books in a variety of languages, acquisitions of more mysterious provenance often find their way to his desk. Within the hour, Adaptive Cruise Control is in the system, and this new addition the librar y's collection is well on its way to the shelf. --T.C. 1 pm Technical Services offices, Wilson Library Tony Fang likes to think of himself as a detective. He's a resident librarian on a post-graduate school appointment at the University of Minnesota, and he's currently working in the offices of Wilson Library. And his inspiration for investigation? That's a result of Fang's present appointment as cataloger of new acquisitions to the library. This afternoon, Fang approaches a large, hardcover monograph (that's "book" in cataloging community parlance) entitled Adaptive Cruise Control. The investigation begins with the Librar y of Congress (lc) database, and when Fang discovers that there is no existing record of this book, it's up to him to create one. Here's where Fang's work gets creative. He holds the heavy volume, opens to the title page. He determines the physical dimensions of the book after noting the party responsible for the intellectual work: in this case, the editor. Now it's time for subject analysis, which requires a bit more detective work. Fang returns to the lc database and, drawing on his reconnaissance of the new book, determines the appropriate lc headings to ascribe WWW.lIb.umN.Edu 9 2 pm Architecture and Landscape Architecture Library, Rapson Hall A Zen-like serenity pervades the Architecture and Landscape Architecture Librar y at mid-afternoon. Dried grasses sit languidly in tall vases; irregular pieces of grey slate on the floor soften the room's harsh corners; sea-green sunlight filters through the tinted channel-glass windows. Built as an addition to the decades-old Rapson Hall, home to the university's College of Design, the librar y--completed in 2002--features 24-foot ceilings and polished concrete floors that softly reflect the diffuse light coming from the towering windows. Three students are engaged in scholarly pursuits--reading, contemplating, taking notes. That's not unusual for a librar y, but these three seem to have internalized the tranquility of this decidedly unusual space. They sit in round, modern, stainless steel chairs designed by noted furniture artist Harr y Bertoia. The chairs are part of a collection (including pieces by designers Charles Eames, Frank Gehr y, and Mies Van Der Rohe) scattered throughout the librar y. "Architecture students need to experience sitting in architect-designed chairs," explains head librarian Joon Mornes, standing near a wall decorated with abstract contemporar y art. "Most often people are ignorant about what is designed by architects. By placing the chairs as an example, and highlighting them, the students can experience and examine how it feels and learn the connection between the architect and the user." One of the students rises and walks slowly toward a nearby shelf for a book. Her body's impression remains imprinted in the chair's upholstered cushion. When she returns and sits, flipping through the book's pages, it's difficult to tell where the chair ends and she begins, as if in this quiet space, collection, environment, and user are one. --C.J. 10 a day I N T h E l I f E o f T h E l I b R a R I E s winter 2007 � issue 5 Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine, Diehl Hall A dissected arm from the 19th centur y gestures away from the medical artifacts in the lobby area and toward the librar y's reading room and stacks, which house a collection of 60,000 rare journals, manuscripts, and materials from 4 pm Administrative Offices, Wilson Library pm 3 the 1400s to 1920. Among the velvet book cradles and wooden tables, Ph.D. candidate Jessica Jones is poring over yellowing sheets of close-written French script. Jones has come back to Wangensteen by way of London, where she went to trace the economic relationships between apothecaries and distillers. Only when she got to London did she find the subject thoroughly picked over and heavily researched by English scholars. Defeated, Jones returned to Minnesota and asked the director of the Wangensteen collection if there was anything around the place that needed doing. Was there ever. In the 1980s, the librar y acquired a sizable collection of papers from France. Naturally it was all in French, but there was no one to translate it until Jones came along. Jones found herself translating the records, illustrations, case studies, and theoretical musings of seven generations of the Pamard family, French ophthalmologists, starting from the late 1700s. The Pamards specialized in ophthalmology, but they were public health officials, town surgeons, civic leaders, public scholars, and correspondents to the Paris Academy of Medicine. "It's a goldmine," Jones confesses. The collected papers form an intellectual histor y, a social histor y (shifts in the hierarchy of physician versus surgeon as a result of Enlightenment thinking), and a glimpse into the dayto-day realities of community care (modern-sounding issues like tumor surger y and vaccination debates) over the course of nearly 100 years. --L.V. below: Handwritten ophthalmological notes from the Pamard Collection (ca. 1773). Image courtesy of Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine Robert McCollister, a retired associate dean of the University of Minnesota medical school, surprised Kathy McGill several months ago with a phone call. McCollister explained that he had a lifelong interest in reading outside of medicine and viewed Wilson Library as a treasure, having enjoyed many opportunities to use its collection of contemporar y fiction and nonfiction. In return, he continued, he and his wife would like to make a donation to the librar y. McGill, the development director for the University Libraries, is the point person for library donors, and this afternoon, McCollister and McGill sit down to discuss potential forms his contribution might take. They carefully weigh a few possibilities, from creating a fund to replace books that are in disrepair to setting up an endowment to support the acquisition of contemporar y literature--for example, books included on the New York Times' 100 Notable Books of the Year. McCollister is particularly interested in this latter opportunity: endowing a collection of popular, literary books supports the University as a learning community and encourages reading for pleasure, the activity he so enjoyed as a library patron. Furthermore, it ensures that books of this genre will be added to the collection regardless of fluctuations in the Libraries' budget. As much of the Libraries' acquisition budget is spent on volumes that fall within the academic disciplines (and donors often earmark money for specific fields--archaeology, for example, or fine art), a fund dedicated to books of general interest is a unique contribution. And it comes at a particularly fitting time: a coffee shop will open in Wilson this year, and central to the space will be a large bookcase filled with contemporary fiction and non-fiction. When students, mid-sip, pull a volume from the shelf, they'll be sampling directly from the Robert and Virginia McCollister Contemporary Reading Collection. --J.N. WWW.lIb.umN.Edu 11 pm 5 SMART Commons, Magrath Library Like the evening in winter, the second and third floors of Magrath Library are mostly dark by this hour, though the stacks glow warmly around those still searching the shelves this late in the afternoon. On the ground floor, however, there is no want of light and intellectual activity, as the familiar clicking of keyboards emanates from the public workstations, reference librarians direct researchers in hushed tones, and students study comfortably in the newly renovated smart learning commons, located just outside the entrance to the library. The Commons, which are also housed in Klaeber Court on the East Bank and in Wilson Librar y on the West Bank, offer individual and group support from peer learning consultants who cover academic areas from mathematics to writing, from languages to librar y research skills. The Commons in Magrath Librar y also provides an extended study area with comfy chairs, sofas, and group study rooms. Shortly after 5:30 p.m., Gulseren Isik is snugly ensconced in a warmly lit corner of the Commons, behind a small sliding table upon which sit her laptop and a thick stack of paper. She gives the impression of a seasoned library user, her belongings spread out deliberately around her. Gulseren is a pre-doctoral sociology student, and although the collection for her discipline is kept on the West Bank cam- pus, she lives in student housing near Magrath Librar y. So she has eagerly welcomed the new smart learning commons, which provides a supportive setting in which to write her predoctoral thesis. But Gulseren praises the new space for another reason in particular. She remembers sharing the Commons one late evening with a fellow graduate student whose small child was sleeping soundly across her lap. Reflecting on the young parent and child situated so peacefully in this welcoming environment, she says, "It would have made a great picture." As a mother and student herself, Gulseren considers fondly the opportunities the new Commons has provided her, and she quietly settles back into her work. --T.C. 6 pm East Asian Library, Wilson Library Two scholars are bent over a stack of pages covered with drawings and Chinese characters. They're whispering in Chinese and English, arguing about the meaning of a character until, laughing, one rises to fetch a Chinese dictionar y. The scholars are Qin Fang, a University of Minnesota Ph.D. student in histor y who studies the way 18 th centur y Chinese women's poetr y has been interpreted, and Barbara Davis, an alumna of the East Asian Studies department who is writing a book about Cheng Man-ch'ing, a poet and also the man responsible for popularizing Tai Chi in the U.S in the 20 th centur y. Fang and Davis 12 a day I N T h E l I f E o f T h E l I b R a R I E s winter 2007 � issue 5 point out that humanities scholars typically work alone, camped out in study carrels with a laptop and a stack of books. But these two have dispatched with scholarly solitude: though they're working on different projects, they meet regularly to discuss their work and assist each other. Their research centers on different eras and different people, but they have also found that it overlaps in surprising ways--Davis's subject, for example, includes Man-chi'ing's published poetr y, and understanding his work helps Fang understand the poetry of earlier eras. Working together, each enlarges her understanding of her own project. Today, they're collaborating on a paper for the 2007 sharp conference on the history of books. Together, Fang and Davis are examining an "album" of poems and paintings that Cheng Man-ch'ing created at age 23. The scholars hope to explore the layers of meaning embedded in the album. They're especially interested in the importance of context in Chinese poetr y; Man-ch'ing, like many Chinese poets, presents other poets' endorsements of his work within the album itself. This network of friends and colleagues helps Fang and Davis understand how Chinese poets situate themselves in the larger Chinese society. --J.N. Music Library, Ferguson Hall Not surprisingly, a gentle quiet surrounds graduate student JoLynn Holcomb as she focuses on her computer monitor in the Music Librar y. Flute music seeps in from a distant practice room, and winter boots squeak under the added weight of a black-bagged cello being carried out the door. Right now, Holcomb is weighing the pros and cons of printing out an article she needs for her musicology degree. "It's 87 pages, and it's 10 cents a page to print," Holcomb explains. "I just moved here and, if I had a laptop, I could just access this from the Internet. I suppose I'll have to print it out eventually. I'm just a poor college student, after all," she smiles and quickly covers the emotion with a shy hand. Holcomb is in the librar y researching experimental performance artist and avant-garde musician Laurie Anderson. "I didn't really know who she was," recalls the selfdescribed small-town girl, "but once I heard some of her works, I was just wowed." Using the University's access to jstor, an online scholarly journal archive, Holcomb is quickly able to find a nearly 13-year-old article about the artist. "Coming from a much smaller undergraduate program in Michigan, I really had no idea how many tools would be available to me here." Of those tools, the Music Librar y's online classical audio streaming services allow student access to literally thousands of full recordings of music by famous, and not so famous, composers throughout histor y. "5,200 tracks for J.S. Bach," Holcomb notices as she clicks through the program with dizzying speed. "And just one track of `Three Blind Mice.' I guess they don't have ever ything." --B.L. 7 pm WWW.lIb.umN.Edu 13 pm 8 Willey Hall Auditorium I don't mind your saying I will die soon. The audience is rapt. At the lectern, dressed in his trademark cravat and brocade vest, is legendary poet Robert Bly. For many of the more than 600 fans assembled tonight, it's a chance to be in the presence of an idol. Bly is the author of more than 30 books of poetry and several of prose--one of which, his novellength essay Iron John, sparked the "expressive men's movement" of the 1990s. He is undeniably one of the world's greatest living writers, and he has come to the University to read from his work. Even in the sound of the word soon, I hear The word you which begins every sentence of joy. The reading tonight, sponsored by the Friends of the Libraries, is part of a celebration. The University Libraries recently acquired Bly's personal archive of original manuscripts, diaries, notebooks, letters, and audio-visual material to the University Libraries. This inestimable collection will be housed in Elmer L. Andersen Library and available for research and study by the campus community and the general public. Bly's legacy will be preserved and cared for in his home state. A reverent hush envelops the room as Bly finishes his final poem of the night. "You're a thief!" the judge said. "Let's see Your hands!" I showed my callused hands in court. My sentence was a thousand years of joy. pm 9 --C.J. the clerk nor the policeman is of any another skit for Beginning German has been immortalized. By this hour, most of Wilson Librar y is wrapped in Ach du lieber! Unlucky German travelers Felix, Helmut, and Alfred have been robbed blind on the sunny beaches of Barcelona. While they relax on the golden sands with a bottle of red wine purchased from a nearby shop, a Gypsy approaches them with a peddler pack of junky wares. While the Teutonic tourists gape at the goods, the zigeunerzicklein, or Gypsy kid, deftly relieves them of their wallets. It's the old, old story. After realizing the extent of their misfortune, they return to the shop to summon a policeman. But neither the helpless tourists outraged at the apathy of these unworthy representatives of the fair city of Barcelona. The players lapse into English, and a tense hush broken only by low-voiced greetings, the susurration of turning pages, and puter but group in the tapkeys, the study ping of com- Wilson Library group study rooms help; indeed, they blame the victims as easy marks. The scene ends with rooms, dramas like the one above are played out as students hold discussions, work on projects, and compose language class skits. Wilson desig- 14 a day I N T h E l I f E o f T h E l I b R a R I E s winter 2007 � issue 5 nates several areas of the library for absolutely silent study, but the group study rooms are lively. In one corner, students discuss a presentation for a history class while others quiz each other for upcoming final exams. Gamely, the small group of Beginning German students again rehearses the misadventures of Felix, Helmut and Alfred, once again playing out their cautionary tale of innocence lost. --L.V. buildings, act as observers to gather accurate information after security incidents, and provide escorts for people walking on campus. In the Libraries, monitors help enforce policies on food and beverages, disruptive behavior, and appropriate use of computers. Benham, a senior double major in linguistics and Asian Languages and Literatures, talks about her responsibility as a field supervisor in maintaining standards for monitors' job duties and being a connection between the monitors around campus and the program staff. She also laughs at the surprising response people get when they ask her for directions on campus. "On this job you get to know campus well," she says, "so I can give them the building address, cross streets, nearest parking, and transportation options to pretty much anywhere." --E.G. Walter Library circulation The circulation and reserve desk in Walter Librar y basement is fairly quiet in the hour before midnight, and the Wise Owl Caf� is long closed. Even the custodians are done for the day. Working this late in the evening has made ever yone still in the librar y a little frazzled, or punchy, or both. Two undergraduates working together on a chemistr y problem cycle between giggles and serious discussion of whether it's okay to assume that the specific gravity of water is 1. In the last 15 minutes of the librar y's day, a steady stream of patrons emerges from the stacks carr ying this evening's selections. Books won't be due for a few months, but those periodicals have to be back by this time tomorrow. One man comes through the main entrance to stand wordlessly before the circulation desk. The student behind the counter smiles and says, "More stuff, huh?" as he pulls off the shelf several books recently transferred from other libraries: a regular. The student's friend shows up at a few minutes to midnight to chat, and the two crack up over the colorful blurbs on the dust jacket of a book from the Popular Reading Collection shelf across the way at the Wise Owl. Not a bad idea to get some variety into the scientists' and engineers' diets, though this collection of bestsellers may be a little Ann Coulter-heavy (one book) for some tastes. Finally, at 12:00 on the dot, the lights snap off. --A.M. 11 pm Throughout Wilson Library The walk through Wilson Library is purposeful pm 10 with a couple stops to remind students with some cookies and an apple that no food is allowed in the library. Guleed Farah is on duty as a security monitor, and he knows the building well, an advantage for a first-year student planning to be an electrical engineering major. He admits it is an unusual student job, being the eyes and ears for the University of Minnesota Police Department. Farah and the night's field supervisor Stefanie Benham, who has stopped by on her shift visits with West Bank monitors, speak in the same low-key way about their responsibilities: they help keep the campus safe. They're not police officers but welltrained student employees who enforce policy in campus WWW.lIb.umN.Edu 15 night Mid Swati Agiwal's apartment Swati Agiwal has an office on the St. Paul campus that she shares with two other Ph.D. students in applied economics, but it's a bit of a sterile space. Most of the real action, it seems, occurs at home. Agiwal is a self-described night owl, and she often burns the midnight oil in her sublet apartment. Among other tools, she makes use of RefWorks, an online bibliography application available to all University students, faculty, and staff. Like other bibliography applications, RefWorks allows the user to create and build databases of citations by importing references from the librar y catalog and other databases, saving a great deal of time otherwise spent with one hand on the keyboard and the other holding a book open. RefWorks can also arrange references in the approved style of the user's particular discipline. Unlike some other software applications, RefWorks is web-based, so users are not chained to a particular computer or even a particular building or room--hence its usefulness to users who are mobile or just like or need to work at odd hours. "Once I forgot my password to my RefWorks account and it was about 10:00 p.m," Agiwal says. "I wrote the account manager an email but wasn't expecting a reply `til next morning. I really thought I was going to waste my most productive time. And then I got a reply at about 10:30 with my account info! I was overjoyed. I mean, I totally didn't expect that anyone would be available to help me at that hour." --L.V. 1 am Kim Belk's kitchen It's the end of the witch- on out-of-school programs. Wanting to show that they are more than just a nice idea, Belk did research on the development of the adolescent brain to demonstrate the essential nature of positive influences. Drawing from electronic journals, Academic Search Premier, pais international and other databases available around the clock through the Libraries, Belk gets the information she needs to pursue research interests that range from blockby-block public policy analysis on the North side of Minneapolis, to economic development in Latin America. "I've always been a night person and I've always worked late," Belk says. "So it doesn't really faze me. I'm awake when I get home from work. I can either sit and watch T V or I can get some work done." --L.V. ing hour, and Kim Belk has just gotten home from work. A master of public affairs student at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute with a minor in international economic community development, Belk is also a bartender at three different restaurants, so latenight research is a given. Her home office is the kitchen, decorated in cozy reds and yellows that somehow manage to convey warmth rather than McDonald's, and her desk is a 50s relic from a dinette set. A row of fair y lights over the window illuminates Belk's labors as she pores over journal articles from the University Libraries' indexes and databases. Her recent capstone project focused 2 am A living room in Uptown Minneapolis It's Saturday night. Freshman Tim Cronin is sitting in a friend's living room, and the subject turns to embroider y. Cronin has been fascinated with the art of embroider y ever since seeing a friend's hand-embroidered hood- 16 a day I N T h E l I f E o f T h E l I b R a R I E s winter 2007 � issue 5 ed sweatshirt; the garment was covered with loop stitches in the shape of a giant bird, and Cronin was dazzled by its intricacy. He began to wonder if he might be able to attempt something of the sort himself. Tonight, as the friends chat about Cronin's nascent interest, one suggests he make use of the University Libraries to get started--any University student, faculty, or staff member may use the "Ask a Librarian" online reference service of the University Libraries. Cronin fires off an email asking for good resources on learning to embroider, and the next day, he receives a detailed response, including a complete list of books and magazines that will help him learn not only the craft, but Wilson Library, Facilities Management offices It's quiet. Human activity is minimal. As University custodial staff clean and straighten Wilson Librar y from the day's scholarly work, systems throughout Wilson and all the Libraries' buildings help ensure other types of maintenance will not be needed. Sensors and systems are monitoring heat, internal and external temperatures, humidity, and other elements to safeguard the Libraries' over 6.5 million volumes. Curt Stone, facilities management shift supervisor for the West Bank (which includes both Elmer L. Andersen and Wilson Libraries) knows these systems well--from the ventilation system that keeps users and books comfortable in Wilson to the intricate sensors working around the clock in the Andersen caverns. This week in November has been unusual � temperatures from 30 to 50 degrees and dewpoints all over the map. But Stone checks the monitoring system records for the caverns, called the Minnesota Librar y Access Center, and it's a steady 55 degrees with about 50 percent humidity. Comfortable for human beings and nearly perfect conditions for the caverns' contents--books, manuscripts, artifacts, documents--from the University's archives and special collections and from libraries around Minnesota who send infrequently-used collections for efficient and safe storage. High humidity or other moisture can promote mold, and large temperature swings could easily damage fragile paper and other materials. Stone looks intently at the monitoring system reports and says, "Water is the arch-enemy of books." --E.G. 3 am also the histor y of embroidery and trends in contemporar y textile design. This was three years ago. Today, Cronin receives embroider y commissions. He began developing his embroider y skills by creating monograms on shirts and then moved on to simple drawings, beginning with a series of animal outlines with the animal's name inside the outline in French (Cronin is a French major). He recently embroidered a friend's shirt with a complex design inspired by the imager y on Bjork's album Vespertine. Now, as Cronin finishes his senior thesis on French writer Jean Genet, he still makes use of the University's reference librarians. Recently, he contacted a librarian at Magrath Library to help him research the biology of flowers so he could better understand Genet's use of floral imagery. When he arrived at Magrath, the librarian was waiting for him with a full MINITEX loading dock An ungodly metallic groan pierces the silence as a 13-foot -high mouth opens in the side of the sandstone Mississippi River bluff. A white commercial courier van passes through the bluff's massive entrance into the loading dock for Elmer L. Andersen Librar y (and the minitex Librar y Information Network), which sits inside and beneath the rocky riverbank on the University's West Bank campus. The van backs through a set of double doors onto the loading dock. It's the 4 a.m. courier, here to pick up her shipment--books, cds, dvds, and other materials bound for libraries in the 4 am WWW.lIb.umN.Edu 17 road. This kind of regional materialssharing happens at other institutions throughout the U.S. (and the world), but ver y few programs in this countr y approach minitex's scope and volume. This morning's courier exits her van, yawns, snaps on the fluorescent lights in the 60-foot-by-60-foot loading dock, and walks across the room to one of several pre-staged pallets sitting on the sealed concrete floor. The pallet is loaded with blue plastic bins, full of librar y materials, each bin marked with the appropriate destination address. Soon, the van re-emerges, fully loaded, into the pitch-black night. --C.J. cal maintenance from home or other off-campus locations. While the system may be quiet, it is not sleeping. Overnight, ever y night, the catalog and its complementar y systems produce courtesy notices about book due dates, update the status for new students as they register for classes and need Libraries access, add records for new materials to the collection, and run programs to locate books requested through interlibrar y loan. Biever and Hendrick smile about the difficulty of explaining what they and their colleagues do�managing information technology systems�and the ease with which the catalog is used when their work is done well. Biever says, "If we're doing our job right, it Twin Cities. Because of minitex, dozens of commercial shipping vans like this one, which carry items needed to fill interlibrar y loan requests, traverse the interstates and back roads of the region (not just the Twin Cities, but all of Minnesota, North and South Dakota, and parts of Wisconsin) at all hours five days a week. With a staff of 78 regular employees and well over 100 part-time student employees, minitex is a hub--a system for sharing materials between libraries of all types: academic, public, state government, research, and school. Each year, minitex fulfills more than a quartermillion requests for materials from librar y users throughout the region and transports over 800,000 items. The program serves more than 2,200 individual libraries, so a patron in, say, Rochester could easily receive a cookbook or a videocassette from the collection of the public library in War- 5 am Connie Hendrick's living room looks like we're not doing anything." --E.G. In a quest to be transparent as well as responsive to online catalog users' needs, Connie Hendrick readies her tools: laptop, catalog system documentation, slippers, and recliner. It's 5 a.m. on a crisp fall Sunday as Hendrick prepares to take down the entire Libraries catalog from the comfort of her living room. Hendrick is installing a monthly Service Pack issued by the catalog's vendor to fix identified problems and provide enhancements for catalog users. Why Sunday morning? Hendrick and her collegaue Erik Biever explain later, at a much more civilized hour, that at any given time someone is using the Libraries online catalog, so early Sunday morning is a good window when activity is at its lowest. Through secure and reliable wireless networks, Biever, Hendrick, and their colleagues can do this criti- 18 a day I N T h E l I f E o f T h E l I b R a R I E s winter 2007 � issue 5 F R I E N D S O F T H E L I B R A R I E S Dear Friends, This issue of continuum lets you know what goes on during a typical day at the University Libraries. Now it might be interesting to take a look at what Friends' activities make up my day as board president of the Friends of the Libraries. (This "day" is actually a composite of several days over the past months.) each year). Several committee members express how honored they feel to participate in the awards process, affirming the importance of the competent and dedicated people employed by the University Libraries. 3:00 p.m. Event committee co-chairs Ann Phillips and Marguerite Ragnow meet with the committee to brainstorm future events for fall 2007 and 2008. 4:00 p.m. Rich Cornell and Gayle Graham Yates, co-chairs of the membership committee, meet to plan their board presentation about ways to encourage and increase membership in the Friends. They design an entertaining and engaging brainstorming exercise for the board, which they hope will yield creative ways to build our membership. 7:00 a.m. Breakfast meeting at local coffee shop with Friends coordinator Lanaya Stangret and development director Kathy McGill to prepare the agenda for an upcoming board meeting and to confirm details and arrangements for an upcoming event. Arrangements are solidified for expected attendance, publicity, speakers, and introductions at the event. The potential speaker is not feeling well but thinks he can still deliver the presentation--but even so, back up plans are discussed. Who could we call at the last minute to do an informal talk on the fly? Lanaya offers to contact the backup speakers. 6:00 p.m. Lanaya Stangret is busy making sure the room for the evening's event is set up properly, promotional materials are available, refreshments have arrived and the speaker is confirmed and healthy enough to speak. 7:00 p.m. The evening's speaker begins and the audience is engaged for the next hour in an enlightening presentation. An important critical thread among all these events, programs and meetings--one we could not possibly survive without--is the excellent work done by our coordinator, Lanaya Stangret, who does a masterful job making sure events go off without a hitch, coordinating meetings, and communicating regularly with the board president, committee members, and other library staff and university departments. She is an invaluable resource whom we are so fortunate to have as a member of our team, and she makes great events--like the one above--happen without a hitch. As a member of the Friends, you can experience these great events and help support a great cause in the process. So please, join us as a Friend if you haven't already, learn firsthand about our activities, and help us promote, advocate and support our University of Minnesota Libraries. 8:00 a.m. Business development committee chair John Mauriel solicits ideas from committee members about how to promote and share Libraries services with the local business community. 12:00 noon The nominating committee meets over lunch. Several board members will complete their terms soon. Chairperson Kent Bales facilitates a discussion with committee members about key skills and competencies that would complement the existing board membership and contribute needed expertise to the board. Committee members propose potential candidates and a lively discussion ensues. At the end of the lunch, the chair has a list of candidates to propose at the board meeting. 2:00 p.m. Awards committee chair Stephanie Van D'Elden begins an engaging discussion about who should receive the Friends' annual staff development grants (two $750 grants are awarded each year) and outstanding student employee scholarships (two $250 awards are made president, friends of the libraries Mary McDiarmid BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL A round-the-clock schedule is nothing new for the University Libraries. In this image, taken in 1934, two students take a nighttime study break amid dramatic shadows in Walter Librar y. Lighting was a topic of much discussion in 1934, after two University engineering students conducted an illumination study of the libraries. A string of dust storms that year led to an extraordinar y buildup of dust on light fixtures, affecting illumination in the librar y. The students' report concludes by saying that "conditions could be remedied by a strict maintenance program that includes re-lamping with proper sized bulbs, cleaning reflectors and walls. However, it appears that the maintenance program for this building is good. We may never again experience weather conditions such as existed this spring, when it was practically impossible to keep the reflectors from becoming dusty." In 1937, Dr. William Holman, superintendent of buildings and grounds and consulting engineer, announced the award of a contract to install lumaline bulbs in Walter instead of the old incandescent lights that were installed when the librar y building was first occupied in 1924. Images and historical research were provided courtesy of University Archives. Sources include F. Walter's unpublished history of the library, Ninety Years of the University of Minnesota Library 1851-1941, historic files from the library, University of Minnesota Library. 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South Africa's macroeconomic framework has served the economy well, but should be strengthened to make the economy more resilient to external shocks.
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The world is rapidly transforming and a number of dynamic emerging economies,including South Africa, have become major players and trading partners with the members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD). In this context, the OECD Members have recognised the need for theOrganisation to become more open and relevant in order to realise its strategicgoal of becoming an important hub for dialogue on globally
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At the opening of the Fourth Meeting of the OECD Forum on Tax Admininstration, Mr. Pier Carlo Padoan introduces the three areas that the meeting in Cape Town focuses on and emphasises how tax administrations have a key role to play in helping governments meet these challenges.


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$605—$820 1—3 bed 649 Parkwild Rd, Council Bluffs IA, 51503
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649 Parkwild Rd, Council Bluffs, 51503
Commute to Downtown Council Bluffs
The rent at The Heights Apartments ranges from $605 for a one bedroom to a $820 three bedroom. Apartments in this building are about 4% less expensive than the Council Bluffs average.
This apartment is in Council Bluffs. Nearby parks include Sternhill Park, Prospect Park and Kinsman Monument.
The Heights Apartments has a Walk Score of 6 out of 100. This location is a Car-Dependent neighborhood so almost all errands require a car.
The Heights located in Council Bluffs, Iowa offers one, two, and three bedroom apartment homes for rent. These spacious apartments offer washer/dryer hook ups, large closets, and beautiful views all located in a quiet residential neighborhood which is a great place to walk your furry friends because we are a pet friendly apartment community. br br Professionally Managed by Seldin Company you will not be disappointed with their 24 hour emergency maintenance service or professional leasing staff.
Elizabeth Ridgway
Jul 04, 2014
Loved living here when I did. Excellent management and matienence. Would highly recommend
Kristen Papp
Jan 10, 2013
I love living here. My apartment was very well kept care of, any time I have an issue maintenance is there in a short amount of time. I love that they allow pets. You can hear your neighbors slightly but of course it is an apartment complex and this is expected. Overall the noise has never really been a problem. Snow removal has been great this winter; they were out before 4am one morning plowing the parking lots!
A Google User
Aug 24, 2011
I really miss lisa. She was really awsome at her job and very nice. Love Gale too!!!
A Google User
Jun 09, 2011
We have called this place home for 9 years I love it here wouldn't wanna live anywhere else.. Lisa is great and gale is the best always here for us...love u guys
Council Bluffs, Iowa, 51503
Almost all errands require a car.
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The Heights Apartments is in the city of Council Bluffs, IA. Council Bluffs has an average Walk Score of 32 and has 62,230 residents.Learn More About Council Bluffs


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Shad Thames
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Monday – Saturday, 11.30am – 11pm
Sunday, 12pm – 10.30pm
Inspired by Shad Thames' cobblestone streets, the Design Museum and the historic dockyards on the Thames...
Less than 5 minutes from the south side of Tower Bridge, our restaurant is situated right in the middle of Shad Thames; a road flanked by historic warehouse buildings. Designed by the winners of our Fresh Talent competition the restaurant pulls inspiration from the streets surrounding the restaurant that sparked Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist and the historic dockyards on the River Thames, just a stone's throw away. It's a popular choice with the local community and ideal for business lunches - especially as we have space to accomodate a party of up to 35 people!
And tweet what you eat with WiFi available here (if you're in to that).


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- Envelope: Light blue patterned with no liner
PAPYRUS believes that life is a celebration.
Our fabulous selection of greeting cards, custom invitations, stationery, gift wrap & more are perfect for any occasion.


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A solar-energy group is offering a plan to resolve a trade dispute between the U.S. and China, saying import duties currently in place are crippling the industry in both nations.
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SEIA is the solar energy industry's go-to source for the latest coverage on solar power, including U.S. and international policy, research and polls, business and financing trends, and more. Our staff strives to support the media covering solar energy issues and guide our members on effective media outreach with clear statements, background materials, news and multimedia resources.
SEIA is committed to informing policymakers, the media, and the American public about the benefits of solar energy for today's communities, our economy, and our country.
Learn more from our statements and industry news below.
SEIA Offers Industry Proposal to End U.S-China Solar Dispute
With no end in sight to the ongoing solar trade dispute between the United States and China, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is offering an industry compromise between the U.S. and Chinese solar industries, which could serve as the centerpiece for a fair, negotiated settlement of outstanding issues, benefit end users, and encourage the proliferation of solar energy in the United States and globally.
Six Myths About Renewable Energy
Old ideas die hard. The country has been debating renewable energy for decades—how much we should support it, what place it should have in our energy policy, how big an impact it actually has.
Designing Bright Ideas: Solar Decathlon 2013
If you ask Solar Decathlon director Richard King why the average person might want to swing by the U.S. Department of Energy's biennial competition when it opens in 12 days, he answers with a question of his own:
"Where else can you see 20 houses so inspiring, side by side?"
SEIA Welcomes American Honda Motor Company as New Member
Another iconic, blue-chip automaker has joined the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). American Honda Motor Co., Inc. is a strong advocate of renewable energy – both here in the U.S. and around the world – and is working with SEIA and others to further the deployment of solar energy in America.
US: Georgia Power's solar initiative approved
The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved Georgia Power's Advanced Solar Initiative (GPASI). Overall, the utility aims to acquire 210 MW of solar power over the next two years.
Solar Companies Seek Ways to Build an Oasis of Electricity
When Hurricane Sandy wiped out the power in areas like coastal Long Island and the Jersey Shore, what should have been beacons of hope — hundreds of solar panels glinting from residential rooftops — became symbols of frustration.
Veterans find jobs, and new mission, in cleantech
When military veterans search for jobs, they often want more than a paycheck. Many say they look for rewarding work and a team of dedicated people focused on a common mission.
Building Science: Taking another look at solar hot water
So why solar hot water in the U.S., anyway? Many homeowners have little clue about how their water is heated, its contribution to their energy bill or the alternatives available. Oftentimes, it is an afterthought during a home renovation project, somewhere down on the priority list after choosing the color of the bathroom tile grout. So let's start with some basic facts.
Delving Into The Numbers: Latest Solar Jobs Census Shows Strong Growth
The National Solar Jobs Census, which was just released in its full form by The Solar Foundation (TSF), reveals positive growth once again in solar employment. Several of the business subsectors analyzed posted increases in their job numbers, and all indicators point to further good news in 2013.


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The Wandering WarriorThe Wandering Warrior (2006) - Spider Riders Cartoon Episode Guide by Dave Koch
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- Spider Riders Cartoon Episode Guide
- Bee Train, Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc.
- Distributed by: Kids' WB, Teletoon
- Cartoon Characters: Hunter Steele, Prince Lumen, Princess Sparkle, Corona, Shadow, Venus, Magma, Brutus, Ignus (Igneous), Hotarla, Ebony, Grasshop, Verein (Beerain), Baggus (Buguese), Mantid, Flame, Stags.
- Originally Released in 2006.
- Color
- Running Time: 30 minutes.
- U.S.A. / Japan / Canada
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While on patrol, Hunter and Shadow fall into the Forest of Bewilderment, from which, legend has it, no one has ever escaped. While trying to find their way out, they meet up with a strange traveler named Magma who invites them to use his place as home base. But Magma seems to lack the will to leave. Or does he have other plans? Hunter and Shadow follow him late at night and discover that their quiet friend is actually a fellow Spider Rider in search of a strange purple spider named Portia. Will Hunter and Shadow find their way out of the Forest of Bewilderment, or will they fall prey to the Invectid menace of Billbug?
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