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Education Subject Specialist, current ESSL Head Librarian
With three decades of memories, anecdotes and stories to share, I keep coming back repeatedly to the remarkable people that I've worked with over the years. Whether it was enthusiastic students learning about the Library for the first time, focused doctoral students, or faculty needing specific research material, I've worked with the best. The Library staff are amazing and too many to mention. Everyone has left a legacy, whether it is tangible or improved services. For instance, Bart Clark, then head of the ESSL, instituted the subject specialist model, which has been successful for the past 40 years. His familiarity with this model at a previous institution made implementation possible at the ESSL, and decades of librarians have thrived in that system. I'm very fortunate that I had the opportunity to observe my predecessor, George Jaramillo, provide library orientation sessions. Because of that, I felt much more comfortable in those situations, and class instruction has become one of the things I most enjoy since it gives me the opportunity to work with students in a variety of ways. Dee Reeser was the office manager for a number of years, and she knew how important it is to recognize and reward staff. The candy bowl on her desk was a popular stop for student workers, and today the students look forward to the contents of the office candy jar! Patrons and staff also look forward to the annual bowl of Halloween treats placed conveniently near the Library exit – one way we like to show our appreciation for the people who use our libraries.
Of course, it isn't just people that populate our libraries. Over the years we have had our share of wildlife make an appearance. The bat swooping through the ESSL stacks one summer evening will never be forgotten by the graduate assistant on duty. Some of us still chuckle about the leashed pet rabbit that accompanied its owner to the photocopier on a hot summer day. One of our favorite library visitors was Jill, a German Shepherd assistance dog who accompanied her human, Christie, to the Library regularly. Jill quietly sat under the table while Christie searched databases using special software. When Christie received her Ph.D a few years ago, I'm certain that Jill got some of the credit!
Each one of us leaves an imprint on the Library – from students and faculty using the collections and services to the staff working here. I've been fortunate to work with so many generations of library users from preschool visitors to post-doctoral researchers. What an amazing place to work!
Click on the headings below to browse ESSL experiences by decade. Some of our staff's time overlap multiple decades, but are organized by the year in which they joined.
1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s
"One-hundred ten years is a long time ago and so is 1957; I was 26 years old. I spent a lot of time in my year as assistant librarian in Education using a steel eraser to change subject headings on catalog cards. For years, catalog cards came without subject headings, and the Education Library added headings from its own subject heading list. However, around the mid-1950's, the catalog department began to send cards with LC Headings. LC inverted headings, for example, "Education, Elementary" but Education's catalog used "Elementary Education." At some point after many months, Ed (Holley) saw the situation as hopeless, and I stopped erasing. I also remember the flood of teachers the library had during the summer session. The library was as busy in the summer as the winter. There was one staff member, Clerk II, I think.
Ed Holley was an active and enterprising head. He built up the collection, engaging faculty in Education and Psychology; he was also comfortable dropping in to chat with R. B. Downs. He pushed for a "social science" library; a variation of his concept became official during the administration of my former husband, Ralph Stenstrom. The library when I worked in Education was just one room; the adjacent room off the north-south hallway was the Classics Library.
I am happy to see you celebrate the history of the library."
Pat is the former head of the UIUC Library and Information Science Library, and is now retired.
"I started in the Education Library as a student worker in the fall of 1974, in my second year at the U of I. Because I wanted to become a librarian, an advisor whose wife was in library school had told me that it was really important to get a job in the libraries. The student jobs were highly prized and I was lucky to get one. Fortunately for me, one of the Graduate Assistants (GA), Marie Pistorius, was my roommate's cousin, so I had a connection. As I recall, the pay was $1.90 an hour. One of my co-workers was Roberta (Bobbi) Elyea (later Walters), who also went to library school and was a GA at the same time as I was. She died much too young of breast cancer.
I remember how most of us did not like to shelve the children's books; the bound journals were my preference. As I've gone on to other libraries, I have remembered fondly the handy routing shelves right there behind the desk. We went from student IDs that were photograph paper and frequently replaced, to hard plastic cards that could be used to emboss circulation cards. We manned the turnstile and had to inspect bags. Backpacks were just coming in. The first of that wave was the canvas army pack. We were supposed to interfile all the circulation cards before leaving for the day.
Working until Midnight was something I think I managed to avoid as an undergraduate but had to do as a GA. There always seemed to be plenty of users to justify being open. The library was heavily used, especially during break periods. Library users were eager to check out bound journals the day before Thanksgiving so that they could be held until the Saturday after. When an item was recalled from a faculty member, we called the faculty to give the message. Dee Reeser somehow managed to gather the binding in a whirlwind of activity and send everything at the times least likely to interfere with use. We were very service oriented. I remember the fines discussions and finding the cold books on the shelves – in fact, the person had only just returned the book and made up a story. I remember that the children's books from storage were somehow always desired on a weekend when, as GA, I would be the only supervisor and would have to make that trek to the locked stacks.
One of our jobs was filing cards in the catalog drawer. I had the awful experience of having many of the cards fall out of a drawer I had pulled – the rod had not been properly fastened. Because I let them fall, I got to refile. The only way I could get some back in order was to compare to the main catalog upstairs. We had great parties; no food in the library area where the users were but wonderful things on the other side of the barely walled off office.
I was fortunate to have a job as an assistant librarian in a temporary position from January to August 1978. I remember this as the time when staff proofed the data entry work preparing for the first computer based library catalog. Staff members were even allowed to take home a drawer from the card catalog – it must have been the shelflist – to do the proofing at home. I worked with George Jaramillo and Bart Clark, librarians I have been glad to see over the years at ALA meetings.
One final story concerns the heating and air conditioning. Things may still be the same. In the fall, there was a date for turning on the heat and it could get quite cool before that day came. Also, in the summer, to avoid going over a peak energy usage reached sometime in the past, on the hottest day, the air conditioning would be turned off. Fortunately, the windows opened and we had big fans. The windows had bars to keep people from tossing out books. The bars are probably still there, too."
Larayne now works at the University of Texas's Engineering Library in Austin.
"When I first began in the Education and Social Science Library we used Circulation punch cards and a spindle to determine overdue materials. The cards had perforated edges around the card representing a month and date. As books were checked out a punch would be made corresponding to the date and month. Each day we would put a long spindle through the cards and those cards that fell out were the overdue books.
One year a feminist organization went through a section of the library and placed stick-on strips on words or themes that they thought were sexist. The stick-on strips said "Sexist". There were a couple of dozen books that we found with the stick-on strips and there still may be some that we did not find. It took a great effort on someone's part to read the book and then place the stick-on strips. We attempted to peel off the tiny strips but it was too much effort and ended up just replacing titles that we could locate.
As the Assistant Librarian the Mandeville Collection was my responsibility, and I ordered materials from all parts of the world. I would receive mail from people who got my name from several reference sources asking me to research topics such as telepathy, witches, psychic phenomenons, etc. The strangest request I received was a woman in India who wanted to know if I would perform an exorcism on her daughter who was possessed by the devil. I declined the offer.
The fondest memories I had were the Graduate Assistants that worked in the ibrary. We normally had five Graduate Assistants every year. I truly enjoyed working one-on-one training the interns in basic library principles. They always had creative ideas and were eager to learn new technology such as doing a mediated ERIC search.
Along with the card file, the UN Documents Collection, HRAF Micro Card Files, and the Test File collection always proved to be a challenge and students were always thankful when we found what they were looking for.
The Education and Social Science Library was a great training ground for my profession and I will always have fond memories of my time at the University of Illinois Library."
George is currently the Library Director of Taos Public Library.
"For a few short years in the late 1970s and early 1980s, I had the privilege of being the Head of the Education and Social Science Library. As time has passed, recollections of specific events have faded, but not memories of the wonderful people with whom I had the opportunity to work. Librarians George Jaramillo, Kate Carpenter, Larayne Dallas, Jim Williams, and Nancy O'Brien, staff Dee Reeser and Indra Aggarwal among many, all the excellent graduate assistants, and the plethora of students who covered the 100 plus hours a week we were opened, I thank all of you for the wonderful commitment you made to this great University Library. Many a student's and faculty's academic life was made easier because of you. In the words of the great Lord Buckley, "The flowers, the gorgeous , mystic multi-colored flowers are not the flowers of life, but people, yes people are the true flowers of life: and it has been a most precious pleasure to have temporarily strolled in your garden." To all of the staff and patrons of the Education and Social Science Library, thank you."
Bart is a Library Professor Emeritus.
"As I moved from the mountains of western North Carolina for the first time, I faced many changes in adjusting to the relatively flat Illinois landscape, graduate school, and the large campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Chamapaign. However, I soon felt very much at home in the Education and Social Science Library, where I was fortunate to work as a graduate assistant.
I remember the ESSL as being a warm, comfortable library with much wood paneling, and highly waxed linoleum floors. The size and age of the building gave an atmosphere of history and tradition to the ESSL. The soft clank of the exit turnstile and low conversations in the office areas were often the only background sounds, as students studied quietly at the library's tables. I remember long tables of periodical abstracts and indexes; the many boxes of Human Relation Areas Files in the back room; the file drawers of Test Files; and the various book collections within the ESSL, including the Curriculum Collection and the collection of literature books for children.
Prior to coming to UIUC to earn my library degree, I worked for five years in a cataloging department at Western Carolina University. In accepting the offer of a graduate assistantship in the ESSL, I took the plunge into library public service for the first time. I never regretted that decision, and gained invaluable work experience in the ESSL. After what felt like a much too brief period of training, I was scheduled on the reference desk. Fortunately, Nancy O'Brien, Jim Williams, Karen and the other ESSL librarians, as well as my fellow graduate asistant colleagues, provided helpful back-up and assistance when I needed it.
In addition to staffing the reference desk in the library, and serving as evening supervisor to the undergraduate student assistants, I cataloged textbooks for the Curriculum collection, and worked on some special projects. One of these involved the selection of education-related instructional software programs. (I believe the software came on either 5 1/4 inch floppy discs or cassette tapes.)
At that time, typewriters were still on most of the library's office desks. I was impressed to find that the assistant dean of the library school used a Kaypro computer for word processing, as did a few other early technology adopters at that time. In the main reference room upstairs from the ESSL, a few IBM PC Jr. "microcomputers" were being used in a trial as replacement options for the "dumb" terminals providing access to the library online catalog at that time. Nancy O'Brien returned from ALA Midwinter conference in January 1985 with a shiny silver disc in hand and hung it on her wall as a symbol of a new CD-ROM technology that would woon have a significant impact on libraries.
I grew very fond of the library's staff, including Dee Reeser, Zona, and Indra. I learned much from them about both the library procedures and life in mid-state Illinois. I enjoyed working closely with the undergraduate student assistants, and served as their primary supervisor during the long evening and weekend shifts covered by the library's graduate assistants. These students played an essential role in keeping the library functioning smoothly by providing circulation and reserve services to their fellow students.
One of my most vivid memories of working in the Education and Social Science Library came from an experience during my second week of working as a graduate assistant, and being in charge of the library during the evening work shift. After an earlier tornado watch, a tornado was spotted just south of town, and I evacuated everyone from the ESSL to the basement until it was safe to return. This was my first experience in evacuating a library and also in living in an area where tornados might be expected from time to time! Less exciting, but much more pleasurable is remembering the satisfaction I felt when completing a busy but interesting evening reference shift at the ESSL; closing and securely locking the large, strong doors of the library at midnight; and hopping on my bicycle for a brisk trip across campus under the stars to my apartment in Urbana.
I am pleased that the Education and Social Science Library is still going strong after 110 years, and join you in celebrating its long history!"
David is the Acting Library Director and Head of Reference at Vanderbilt University's Central Library in Nashville, Tennessee.
"As a young graduate student in the library school from 1984-85, I was thrilled to receive a graduate assistantship to work in the ESSL. I remember the thrill of being given the privilege of sitting at the reference desk and being allowed to be the front line person to answer reference questions for library users. This work gave me highly valuable practical, hands-on experience that helped me get my first professional position. Equally thrilling was the chance to do real-time online database searching of ERIC and other databases using the very cool Texas Instruments machine with a coupler that we put the phone handset into and hooked up at a whopping 600 baud and watched the search results spew out onto thermal paper. I can't tell you what a thrill it was to take a search question, construct a search strategy using the thesaurus, and then go live and hear the phone line connect and make that wooshy connecting sound and do the search. This was power! I also loved working on the pathfinders, especially the one for the occult sciences. Long live ESSL! Thank you, Nancy, Karen, and Jim for your wonderful guidance and instruction. I loved every minute of it!"
Ruth now is the Director of Library Services at the University of South Carolina's School of Medicine Library.
"When I made the decision to pursue my MSLIS degree, I was thrilled to be offered an assistantship at the Education and Social Science Library. The professionals allowed us the opportunity to work in a real-world setting, working the Reference Desk, creating pathfinders, and doing professional-level cataloging. To have those experiences (yes, even the online searching with its cumbersome telephone connection and "speedy" baud rate) was absolutely priceless. Jim's endless notes on cataloging were a better learning experience than anything I had in the classroom. He began with notes on a legal pad and we gradually progressed downward to letter-size, half-sheets and, eventually, to post-it notes. You can't imagine how relieved I was the first time the only post-it on my cataloging was the 1½" x 2" size. And even if I was scared out of my mind the first night we were left in charge until midnight, my time at ESSL was the hardest (and by far the most enjoyable) work I've ever done in libraries. I would have done it for free, but who'd ever think you could live so well on that stipend in those days! Thanks to Nancy [et al.] for everything you did for us."
Susan is now Head of Reader Services, Schaumburg (IL) Township District Library.
"I remember working the reference desk one night near midnight, and a nameplate fell off of one of the faculty librarian office doors - I must have jumped 10 feet off my chair. We blamed it on the notorious Mandeville collection, of course. I remember Jim Williams and how patient he was teaching me the finer points of original cataloging. I saved a lot of those worksheets, Jim, because I was proud of all the cataloging I did and my work is still there in the U of IL library catalog. I remember my cohorts, Ankha Shamin and Margaret Mechtenberg, we gave each other a lot of moral support because it was tough working and taking a full load of classes. I remember how spooky it was at night to retrieve S-collection books from the storage area. Long live the S-collection! It was the beginning of my career working with children's literature. I am glad I worked in the Education library, but no more midnight shifts for me! I have been happy as a Children's Librarian for the past 22 years. Being at the U of IL when all the GSLIS students were in class together, and working in the campus libraries together, gave us all a solid foundation for our future careers."
Heidi is the Head of the Children's Department in the Dundee Township Public Library District.
"One incident that stands out for me during my days as a GA took place when I was working during the evening. I happened to go into a side room and noticed that one of the students serenely studying at a table had a six pack of beer sitting on the floor at his feet. Since this was not an approved use of the library (or even the official library beer), I told him he had to get his beer out of there, which he did, a little embarrassed but without protest. I don't remember if he came back or not that night."
Roger is currently the Reference Librarian at St. John's Hospital & St. John's College, Springfield, Illinois.
"I worked as a graduate assistant in the Education and Social Sciences Library in 1988 and my experience there set the course for my career in academic libraries. I was a late applicant to GSLIS for fall 1987 and all assistantships in the library system were already filled. I'd visited ESSL as an undergraduate and was thrilled to interview for an assistantship beginning in January 1988. I remember fondly the orientation and training provided by Susan Klingberg and Nancy O'Brien. Boy, did I have a lot to learn! I was 22 and I'd never before worked in a library. Looking back now I realize how tolerant they all were--the librarians and the other GAs. During my first weekend shift the toner cartridge on a microfiche printer exploded all over my white corduroy skirt. I had other misadventures like this one but I also learned so much about librarianship. After a year at ESSL I knew I wanted to work in an academic library and in a liaison or subject specialist role. I've been in academic libraries every since. My sincerest thanks to all ESSL librarians, staff, and GAs who helped me along this path.
I work now at Purdue University Libraries as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (my areas are public services, collections, and scholarly communication)."
"My greatest memory of the Education and Social Science Library, was the wonderful people that I worked with there. Dee, Zona, Indra, Joyce, Gene, and Lillian. We, also added some new ones through the 10+ years that I was there. We were under the expert guidance of Susan, and then Nancy O'Brien. There were many other fantastic librarians, covering their specialty areas. Working with everyone made it a joy to come to work.
One non-work related occurrence, that stands out in my mind, was the day that the O & M light man was replacing lights in the ESSL Stacks area. He put his ladder up against one of the units, climbed up, and immediately, we heard a loud disturbing noise. The first unit and about 5 more fell domino style, scattering books all over the floor."
Dee is currently Senior Library Specialist for Acquisitions at the UIUC Law Library.
"In the fall of 1991 when I started my Graduate Assistantship I remember thinking that my assignment to Education and Social Science Library was one of the greatest injustices known to mankind. I had spent the past six years working in an art library, and I wanted so desperately to do the same while in Library School. It was my great plan to graduate, find a job as an Art Librarian and hang around other "Artsy People."
I remember the one week orientation in the Education and Social Science Library as being the hardest ever.
I now fully understand that my experiences provided me with an invaluable foundation into librarianship. It also made me see the world from a different vantage point."
Veyshon currently works as a Branch Manager for the Chicago Public Library system.
"I don't know if there would be a before and after picture for this memory...but when I was a grad student in the early 90's, I learned from Nancy O'Brien what it means to be an advocate for the library. Specifically, her official request to replace the old oak desk/reference desk with a single terminal placed on it referred to said desk as
"dilapidated." At a visit to the library soon after having graduated I was pleased to see a nice new reference desk with space for two terminals to support much needed 2-person staffing! Nothing at library school taught me more than my assistantship in the ESSL. Thanks, and congratulations!"
Michael is a subject librarian at Northeastern Illinois University.
"One favorite memory of working at ESSL stemmed from a visit by my cousin and his young family. Perhaps because we're a small family, we're loathe to miss any opportunity to see each other. So when cousin Brian, his wife and their two young sons were passing through Champaign but could only stop for an hour, I had a dilemma: I was scheduled to be at my job. Thankfully they took the time to navigate the campus and find me at the library. I gave them a tour of ESSL, especially the children's book room, my special assignment. It was obvious that the two boys were enamored with that room.
Later, cousin Brian's wife wrote to say that the boys were under the impression that, since they had visited me there, ESSL was my home. And, never mind the lack of a bed, the children's book room was my room. Deb said the boys always referred to me as "Aunt Sue, the one who lives in a house made of books."
Another memory: Probably because my background includes teaching and working with public education at a museum, I was bothered by the empty display case outside ESSL. I was enrolled, that semester, in Dr. Krummel's Bibliography class. Dr. Krummel had suggested research on a series of contemporary poetry books, but I deemed that too easy. Instead I researched hornbooks, a pedagogical device dating from before Shakespeare's time.
It wasn't necessary for my coursework to install an exhibit, but annoyed and inspired by that empty display case, I broached the topic with my boss, Nancy O'Brien. She was amenable, so I tackled the project. One afternoon I even brought a small printing press from home to set up in the hall outside ESSL so that, in conjunction with viewing my letterpress-produced hornbook replicas, anyone passing by could make a letterpress bookmark.
I was proud of my elaborate hornbook display, but also dismayed. Nancy, with her ever-present sense of fairness, counted some of the hours I'd spent installing the display as work hours. That meant, that last summer, that my time at ESSL ended sooner than I expected. So, before I was ready to go, I had to say goodbye to a job I loved and to my house made of books."
"In the early 1990's I was fortunate to have the opportunity to work for six months as a visiting librarian in ESSL. As part of my responsibilities I coordinated the ESSL graduate assistants with their reference desk shifts, and also participated in their continuing education in the use of resources and unique collections available in the ESSL. It was a pleasure to instruct the excellent GAs who had been hired to work in the unit, and even though our time together was short, I continue to stay in touch with a few of them. We all appreciated the experience of working in a well organized and well run departmental library; there was a great deal of pride in our mission to provide excellent service. As I continued on my path of librarianship and worked in other library settings, I have often thought back on my experience in ESSL and the camaraderie fostered there."
Susan is currently a lecturer at GSLIS, focusing on reference services.
"When I first arrived at GSLIS, my advisor told me that if I wanted a job after graduation, I needed to get off my butt and get a graduate assistant position. So I took her seriously and worked many jobs including Women Studies, the Media Library, and at the Residence Halls. But the position that always stands out in my mind is working at the reference desk as one of the ESSL Graduate Assistants. What was most invaluable is my realization that I was truly a public service librarian. I loved being on the reference desk and I thought that the intense training that we received before our assignments was top notch! I also thought that Nancy O'Brien hands down was the best manager I ever worked for..I admired her professionalism and quiet dignity. Well after all my numerous graduate assistant positions, I did land my first job specifically because of my previous experience. My first professional career boss said that I was well trained for public service and I owe that all to ESSL! :)"
Elaina is the Executive Director and Regional Library Manager of the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center.
"I had a great time in my year at the Education and Social Science Library. I had an assistantship that was 10 hours of cataloging and 10 on the reference desk and really enjoyed the variety the job gave me. I learned to catalog from Jim and Indra, and worked on the paranormal collection as well as a lot of dissertations from storage. I certainly got to work on some real gems, including one where the author channeled earth, telling humans about how much damage we were causing to her. Pretty tricky giving that one all the LC subject headings it deserved."
Amelia currently works as the Executive Director of the Garfield County Public Library District in Colorado.
I had originally contacted Jim Williams in late 1998 because I wanted to do a cataloging practicum with him. He informed me that he wouldn't have time to supervise a practicum student because ESSL was in the process of hiring a GA to catalog a special collection. In a moment of bravery (or possibly hubris), I decided to apply for the GA job instead, and I got it. I worked on the Wines Microfilm Collection of Social Problems, and it was a great experience! I wound up cataloging such gems as Annual report of the Board of Managers for the Western House of Refuge for Women, Summary of a report on substitutes for the saloons in the city of Boston, and The Gheel Lunatic Colony. Jim taught me a lot about cataloging in the process, and also gave me many insights into what working life was like for cataloging librarians. I still base my work upon the underlying principles he taught me, and I consider him one of my personal cataloging heroes.
K.R. is currently a Serials/Electronic Resources Librarian at the University of Denver.
"Wish I could be there physically, but assure that I am there in spirit. Feel incredibly fortunate that I was privileged to have had my initiating professional academic librarian experience there and under Nancy O'Brien's tutelage. That continues to inspire my idea of what a professional academic librarian should be. And the ESS Library continues to be one of the guiding models for what I expect from a quality library operation."
Pamela is Associate Professor, Library Instructional Services Program, UI-Springfield
"As a graduate assistant starting in the summer of 2003 I was ecstatic to have "landed" a GAship in ESSL. I remember leaving my interview and thinking how much I knew I would learn from the librarians at ESSL just based on our interview conversation. By the time I made it home to Washington, DC I had a job offer awaiting me on my phone. I felt so lucky!
I am eternally grateful to ESSL for "demanding" one very simple and important job duty of all their employees - the requirement to smile at every person who walked through the door. This very small but meaningful gesture was engrained in us as GA's and as a practicing librarian, and now as an advisor of future librarians at GSLIS, I see this as one of THE most important skills/habits a future librarian and information professional can have. Thank you ESSL, thank you ESSL librarians, staff, student workers and patrons for making my pre-professional experience and introduction to the world of librarianship so incredibly valuable!"
Meg is the Advising Coordinator at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science here at UIUC.
"After reading Nancy's introduction on the memories page it is strange, if not ridiculous, to think that I, a simple student worker (Fall '05 - Summer '06), have had any impact on the 110 year existence of the ESSL. I find it comparable to the feeling of insignificance that would come over me as I knelt in the main collection and robotically stacked, sorted and organized books within crammed rows of what seemed to be limitless knowledge and information. Or, the times that I would venture to the dark depths of the remote storage building with bags of old books only to find many more stacks just sitting there, waiting for me to shelve them, and myself, having little idea of how they got there, shuddering at the idea of that seemingly endless task. So many times it happened that I would begin to place each book in its proper location only to come upon a story from my childhood and, captivated by nostalgia and a timeless tale, I would spend the remainder of my precious shelving time seduced by a perfect arrangement of paper and ink that was much older than I (I probably shouldn't have mentioned that). Though, for me the time I spent at the ESSL can be summed up by the people I met and spent those moments of my life with; some of them I still remain in contact with today. It was a great place to work, with enthusiastic people from diverse backgrounds and a true interest in others and the world. To the women that were able manage the ESSL and a bunch of simple college kids with such perfection: thanks for the experience and congratulations on the 110 years!"
Ben is now a Graduate Student in the Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures at Northern Illinois University.
"I am so proud to be part of ESSL's 110 years of history! I was a Graduate Reference Assistant at ESSL for two whole years 2005-06. I got to work on my beloved School Collection, choosing children's and young adult literature titles to purchase, managing the reference section, and setting up displays periodically. Working at the reference desk was something that gave you a cheerful mood everyday, because you smiled at everyone walking into the door and were smiled back. You felt good about helping people out, whether they were freshmen bringing in printouts of Wikipedia entries, or passersby who were looking for the mysterious Room 66, or graduate students learning to use a new database. I learned so much from Nancy, the way she kept such a big library--both in terms of collection and staff size--operating in excellent order. Every once in a while we also got to enjoy the wonderful cakes she and other librarians and staff brought to office.
There was one spring when we had quite a few tornado warnings, meaning we had to close the library and wait out the tornado in the basement floor. After two or three times we figured out that each alert happened when another undergraduate student worker and I were having our night shift together. For a short period of time we were known as the tornado team."
Minjie is a PhD candidate at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at UIUC.
"One of my favorite memories:
A fairly quiet weekend afternoon turned chaotic when it was discovered that someone had had a huge nosebleed at one of the computers. There was blood all over the keyboard, desk, chair, even the floor. I had no supplies which to properly clean the area, and since it was a weekend, no building custodial staff to contact. While I called around trying find a custodial staff person somewhere in the university, the building security guard came to help. By the time I was off the phone, the guard had decided to block off the bloody computer station...with yellow crime scene tape! I had to spend the next hour explaining to every shocked patron that there had not been a murder in the library, just a bloody nose.
All the best to the ESSL, and the wonderful librarians. It was a fantastic place to work and grow as a library student!"
Jennifer currently is a Youth Services Librarian in the Frankfort Public Library District.
"Working at the ESSL was a great experience. I had the opportunity to learn great reference skills from some of the best subject specialists. The first two weeks of training were very intensive and I didn't think it was possible to learn so much information in such a short amount of time, but the training helped a lot during my year and a half at the ESSL. Now that I am a full time librarian I realize how lucky I was to have such training and to have so much practical experience at the reference desk. I am also thankful to Nancy O'Brien for having all of the Graduate Assistants smile and greet all the patrons that came through the door, I now do that at my current library and people seem to really appreciate it.
I also have fun memories such as the time a student came into the library while video chatting on his computer and holding it as a cell phone, I had to explain to him that he would have to finish his chat outside the library. And yes, I will never forget when the bat came flying through the door, it was the weekend and ten minutes before closing so there was nobody in the maintenance department on duty so I called security and the security guard did not believe me until he showed up at our door and the bat almost hit him on the head."
Nancy is currently a Reference Librarian at the Lisle Library District.
"I think this is so wonderful! I have been on this campus for 40 years (shockingly!) and for the first 10 of those years ESSL was such a major part of my life. Since I was in anthropology as a graduate student I spent many happy hours in ESSL and always found it welcoming and so full of wonderful resources! I cannot be there this afternoon but I just wanted to add my voice to all the students who have worked on this campus using that collection - it is such a wonderful library and you have only made it better!"
Helen is currently a Manager in UIUC's Slavic Reference Service.
"I was a daily user of the Education and Social Science library from 1975-1977, when I completed my Masters in Social Work and from 1987-1992 when I completed my Ph.D. in Social Work. I remember the sense that I was working in a real library, filled with the atmosphere of history and wisdom to which all libraries should aspire.
Of course, card catalogs were still in use and, even during my doctoral studies, I had to go year by year through the hard copies of *Social Work Research and Abstracts* to find all of the citations in my topic area for the previous ten years. I then photocopied every relevant article, which later become the source of the literature review for my dissertation. I recall my excitement when I found that I could rent for $10 an hour a disc of ERIC resources. My first electronic searches began at the Education and Social Science library.
At times, during my Masters and doctoral studies, I felt that my brain was going to explode from all of the weight of knowledge that I was gaining in the library. At those times I would quietly slip into the children's library in the back corner of the library and find a lovely children's book to read for a while and soothe my agitated cerebellum with a good story.
I also recall going through the hardbound volumes of abstracts and squealing with delight when I found the absolutely perfect article. This may have alarmed my fellow patrons, but remains a fond memory. I still retain the excitement of the chase while searching the literature for scholarly sources relevant to my work. There is the thrill of the chase and the joy of victory that remains in the pursuit of knowledge.
Students and scholars, including myself, who are searching the literature today have such an immediacy and wealth of resources through online searching capabilities that it is dazzling. When I tell students of the "olden days" of card catalogs and completing statistical calculations without computers, I am regarded more as less as the Laura Ingalls Wilder of scholarship, telling tales of long ago and far away.
But the magic of a great library, such as the Education and Social Science library is in the doors that it opens to the minds of students and scholars. When I was a child my mother taught me a poem that read "A book I think is very like/ a little golden door/That takes me into places/Where I've never been before." (Adelaide Love). This was true at age 7, and it is still true today. The Education and Social Science Library remains that golden door."
Carol currently works at the Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois in Chicago.
"In the early 1990s, I was a Ph.D. student in a social science department at UIUC. I was taking my first prelim exam one August (a very big deal), and I had spent months preparing. However I knew that prelims sometimes included "left field" questions, and so I wanted to make sure that I could get additional books from the library if need be.
Unfortunately, Wednesday of that week produced a torrential rain, and the library was closed with a flooded basement on Thursday. I was to get my prelim questions on Friday, and since the library would be closed for the weekend (it was August recess) I was rather concerned if the library stayed closed on Friday, I wouldn't be able to get any books!
Thursday afternoon, I met with the chair of the prelim committee. I expressed my concerns, and with great academic élan, he responded that "the need to do more studying at this point is surely a mark of poor preparation."
What could I do but agree?
I got the questions on Friday, and after reconnoitering, I headed for the Education and Social Science Library, which had opened right on time that morning. I spent several hours there, and at a quarter to closing time, I came staggering out of the ESSL with a towering stack of books.
You guessed it. Here came my prelim chair, walking right towards me.
I don't know if he didn't see me, he had his nose buried in a book, or if he was just being kind, but we passed without acknowledgment. And as it turned out, a couple of the books helped me to pass my prelim with distinction.
I'm not sure if libraries and librarians realize how much their service ethic is appreciated- the ESSL could have just made a long weekend of it- but that ethic made a big difference for me one hot August Friday almost twenty years in the past."


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"Pride" is a good way to reflect how I felt Friday morning when we began the first of a Summer long series of broadcasts from Seaside Heights! The Term "Jersey Strong" has never been more true then yesterday as I watched people working to "Restore The Shore"
Throughout the show we saw workers building, shop owners opening their doors and people coming to the beach and boardwalk! Truly remarkable when you think this only about 8 months since Superstorm Sandy ravaged our State! While we do know many of our neighbors, friends and families , who were devastated by the storm, are still working to rebuild or restart their lives….it is fantastic to see the pride and strength we have here at the Jersey Shore!
Townsquare Media launched our brand new Smart Center Studios … Powered by Jersey Central Power and Light on the boardwalk at Lincoln Avenue. A perfect venue for us to bring radio to the people here at the Jersey Shore! We plan to continue to bring you information and resources to help as we continue the rebuilding process, but you can see it happening and that's a blessing.
We also plan to continue to fund-raise at our beach location with the "Restore The Shore Car" Stop by , make a donation …and possibly WIN the fantastic vehicle
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Andres, MV, Foulds, KWH and Tudor, MJ (1988) A novel frequency out optical fibre sensing technique IEEE J Lightwave Technology, 6, (10)
Andres, MV, Foulds, KWH and Tudor, MJ (1988) A novel frequency out optical fibre sensing technique
Andres, MV, Foulds, KWH and Tudor, MJ (1988) Sensitivity of a frequency out silicon pressure sensor Sensors and Actuators, 15
Brignell, John E, White, Neil M and Cranny, Andy (1988) Sensor applications of thick film technology IEE Proceedings Part 1: Solid State and Electronic Devices, 135, pp. 77-84.
Cranny, Andy and Atkinson, John K (1988) Thick film silver - silver chloride reference electrodes Measurement Science and Technology, 9, pp. 1557-1565.
Hey, A J G, Surridge, M and Reeve, J S (1988) Migration Aids for Transputers
Reeve, J S (1988) A General Communications Harness for Transputer Nets
Sykulski, J.K. (1988) Computer package for calculating electric and magnetic fields exploiting dual energy bounds IEE Proceedings A, 135, (3), pp. 145-150.
Sykulski, J.K. (1988) Review of the book: 'Introduction to Electrical Energy Systems'
Sykulski, J.K. and Hammond, P. (1988) Calculation of Electric and Magnetic Field by Means of the Method of Tubes and Slices In Electromagnetic Fields in Electrical Engineering. Plenum Press., pp. 63-8.
Tudor, MJ, Andres, MV, Foulds, KWH and Naden, JM (1988) Silicon resonator sensors: interrogation techniques and characteristics IEE Proc D, 135, (5)


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It's Back to School Party time as I host a week of new craft ideas by some of my favorite DIY bloggers.
It's easier than you think to get creative with school lunches. I love this fun bento box lunch idea by Jill from Kitchen Fun With My 3 Sons. She always comes up with the cutest fun food for her boys, and I'm so happy to have her guest posting today. Enjoy!
Hi everyone! My name is Jill & I have 3 little boys that love to get creative in the kitchen with me! We have a blast making all sorts of fun food and we are so excited to be sharing how to make a Back to School lunch with you today!
How to Make a Back to School Bento Lunch
Making a fun school themed lunch is simple, you just need these items:
- Sandwich of Choice using 2 Pieces of Whole Wheat White Bread
- 1 Strawberry & 1 Blueberry Fruit Roll Up
- 1 Cheese Stick
- 1 Bugle Chip
- 1 Raisin
- 1 Slice of Turkey Lunch Meat
- 2 Strawberry Starburst Candies
- Cheez-It Scrabble Letter Crackers
- 1 Red Apple (halved)
- 1 Bento Lunch Container (we used Easy Lunch Boxes)
School Paper Sandwich: Cut off the crusts using kitchen scissors. Make any type of sandwich your kids will like & place it in the bento box. Place a fruit roll up on a cutting board and cut thin strips using a knife to make the lines on the outside of the bread (paper).
Edible pencil: place a cheese stick on the side adding a Bugle chip to the top. We cut off the tip of a raisin to look like lead. We cut a few square pieces from a turkey slice & stacked them up at the bottom for the eraser.
Eraser: Heat two strawberry Starburst in the microwave for 8 seconds. Then shape them to look like an eraser.
We included Cheez-it Scrabble Crackers. These are awesome & kids will love making words with them!
Cut a red apple in half & then cut out a A+ from the peel on top. You will want to add a little bit of lemon juice to prevent browning.
Here is my very happy 2-year-old with his Back to School Bento! Amy, thank you so much for having us share one of our creations with all of you today!
How cute is that? Thanks Jill for sharing your cuteness with us at Living Locurto!
Here are a couple of Jill's other Back to School creations….
Jill Mills & her 3 little boys love to get creative in the kitchen. Their blog is packed full of fun food, silly snacks, tasty treats, & recipe ideas that they create mostly for kids. Jill & the boys reside Atlanta, GA. You can find them at Kitchen Fun With My 3 Sons. They can also be found on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram and Google+.


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Heidi Wilcox of Lapeer, Michigan needs just three items to toss together this sweet side dish. It's crunchy from crisp apples and peanuts yet sweet and fluffy from whipped topping.
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- 4 medium apples, diced
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You should have "505Q" in the bottom line of your Service Parts ID label. That's the code for Crystal Claret Metallic/Crystal Claret Tintcoat. My understanding is that there is color in the clear topcoat of this paint, which may make matching with touchup paint even more difficult than usual.
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Liveaboard question- Onshore storage
I have a question for you liveaboard folks-
While I realize that you have to massively downsize your material posessions, when you're living on a 30-40' boat, you may still need some things that you don't necessarily want to clutter up the boat with.
Do many marinas offer some sort of on-shore storage shed that you can rent in addition to your monthly/yearly slip fees?
Haven't encountered any from Texas to Maryland. Most I've seen is a dockside box. For myself, I built a good shed at my brother's house back in Indiana for all the stuff that wasn't going to the boat. A grand for the shed, but no monthly fees.
The trailer is a great idea if you can manage the parking situation, thanks.
Our marina offers storage sheds onsite; however, they are about twice the price per square foot as we found renting a space at a u-store-it place across town. This holds our sails in winter, and blankets and cockpit enclosure in summer. We are allowed two parking spaces with our slip lease, and one of those is a full-size van that holds a lot of miscellaneous possessions that we need to access on a more frequent basis, but don't need aboard.
We use our car for temporary stuff, dock box for supplies(dog food, TP, cleaners, etc) and a storage unit for major stuff and long term storage. We unstep our mast every winter and store the boom, rigging and sails in the storage unit.
I JUST bought a Pearson 303, and am walking through my house, trying to figure things out. My BIG plasma screen, the giant speakers, etc. will go through Craigslist or whatever, along with a LOT of other stuff. I'd love to be able to avoid $100/month or whatever for a storage unit.
My plan is to be living aboard by the middle of October, but I may still be going back to the house to continue the clearing out process. It's a BIG change, but I'm committed and willing to do what it takes to make my dream come true. I like George Carlin's skit on "Stuff", and will keep reminding myself of what he said, as I go through this potentially painful process.
Mainly what I'm worried about storing is a large array of tools and clothes. The tools will help maintain the boat. The clothes are for work. As Wingz said, storage of sails and things during the winter would be valuable.
As for the OP's storage question, it will vary from marina to marina. An old nearly dead van makes a perfect solution, there are several parked in my marina's parking lot that never move. Just wash it once in a while so it's not an eyesore. As for storing tools, try to find a place onboard for them if you can. Remember, "if anything's gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there".
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What a gorgeous looking hound, have googled them but can't find anyone in the Uk although I did read somewhere that 13 pups were born here last year. Look forward to hearing your thoughts when you see him on Friday, bet he can run & run, good luck.
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Never heard of them. Actually thought the post was about those nasty spiked rodents.
Good looking dog though! Best Wishes if you adopt, and even tho he's not a basset, let us know how he is doing!
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I had a thought last night, that I've met him on walks before now, so I'm a bit concerned he might be from around my area, which I will find out on Friday. If he is the dog I think he is, he's quite bouncy but incredibly friendly. I remember seeing him walking with a man and a small child, and having to ask what breed he was, because he was so unusual. Beautiful natured dog if I remember rightly.
There are only 50 of them in the UK, his previous owners have a female too, so they were probably going to breed them, unfortunately for Filou he's having his nuts off next week, and isn't vaccinated so I have to wait to take Bella to meet him. Both of the Porcelaine's they had were imported.
However if he is from my area, I won't be adopting him, I'd be worried about him going back to his previous home. If he doesn't come to me I'm sure there will be other hound lovers out there that can give him a good home.
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I love these comparatively rare French hound breeds. I wondered about him, but Googled and found there is such a breed much as he looks like a X between a Pointer and a Bracco Italiano. I guess this is a regional thing in France. Love to have him although the 'purist' in me doesn't like that front!!
I wonder how he ended up in Rescue And even more, how they KNEW what he is!
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I found this on Widipedia.
The Porcelaine is a breed of dog originating from France. It is believed to be the oldest of the French scent hounds. Its alternate name is the Chien de Franche-Comté, named after a French region bordering Switzerland. This caused some debate over the dog's origin, but it has been decided that it is a French dog.
The Porcelaine gets its name from its shiny coat, said to make it resemble a porcelain statuette. The fur is white, sometimes with orange spots, often on the ears. The skin should be white with black mottling that is visible through the white coat. The fur is incredibly short and very fine. The nose of a Porcelaine dog is black with very wide nostrils. It also has black eyes and long ears that droop down. The neck is long and the tail starts thick and narrows to a point at the end.
Porcelaine males range from 22 to 23 inches (about 56 to 58.5 centimeters) tall. Bitches are 21 to 22 inches (about 53.5 to 56 centimeters) tall. They weigh from 55 to 62 pounds (about 25 to 28 kilograms).
Porcelaines has a very high activity level and therefore needs a lot of exercise. Because of this, they are not recommended for people living in apartments because they cannot get sufficient exercise without a lot of work on the owner's part. Despite the Porcelaines being fierce hunters, they are gentle and relatively easy to handle.
The Porcelaine is thought to be a descendant of the English Harrier, some of the smaller Laufhounds of Switzerland, and the now-extinct Montaimboeuf. There have been records of the breed in France since 1845 and in Switzerland since 1880. The breed actually disappeared after the French Revolution (17891799) but has been reconstructed. Breeders in the UK are attempting to have The Porcelaine accepted as a recognized breed. As of 2009 there have been 14 puppies bred in the UK.
Porcelaines have no health issues specific to the breed. Of course, they suffer from general dog issues like any other breed.
The coat, due to its shortness, is very easy to care for.
Hunting purposes
The Porcelaine is a hunting dog usually used to hunt hare, roe deer, and in the north wild boar. The Porcelaines hunt in packs. Being a scent hound, it has a very good sense of smell with which it hunts. The Porcelaine is a fierce hunting dog that has been bred to hunt independently without many orders from the owner. The Porcelaine is also being bred in small numbers in Italy and used to hunt wild boar, however Italian indigenous hounds continue to be the preferred choice of local hunters.
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Hunter Rodriguez is finally off the schneid.
It's a good thing too; otherwise, McClintock's seventh-inning rally might have made Desert Vista's 10-7 win on Tuesday a little more interesting.
The Thunder senior, who is definitely known more for his pitching arm than his hitting, hit his first career high school home run after about 130 or so at-bats.
While the trip around the bases was a long time coming for Rodriguez, his four RBI effort against the Chargers meant everything with the long ball coming in the bottom of the sixth to give the Thunder a 10-3 advantage.
"I was kind of due for after not even getting close before that," Rodriguez said. "My grandpa came so it was cool to do it in front of everyone."
He added how important it was for the bats to open up a little against McClintock.
"We have been working really hard at the plate," he said. "We weren't really doing much early in the year and we put it on ourselves to get better each day."
The Chargers (3-11), with help from Thunder defense, made it interesting with a four-run seventh inning. Desert Vista committed three of its five errors in the game in the final frame.
"When we scored in the fifth and sixth inning those turned out to be important runs," Desert Vista coach Stan Luketich said. "It was probably the best thing we did today (adding on the late runs). We were fighting and that's all you want out of the kids."
Desert Vista (6-8) jumped on McClintock early as the offense scored five in the second inning for a 6-0 lead to support Luke Leftwich's solid start.
Aaron Modi drove in the first run in the second inning with a single, while third basemen Tyler Adams and Rodriguez had had a two-run singles.
It was all that Leftwich needed as the left-hander allowed one hit and one earned run in 4 2/3 innings with five strikeouts and four walks. He was pulled in the fifth when the Chargers plated three after two errors by the Thunder defense made matters worse.
"He struggled with command, but he was battling," Luketich said. "When he was down he was very good."
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My understanding was that they should be simply straight up an parallel. But does it maybe depend on the orientation of the aerial of the other party, which could (for handheld devices) be any way up or sideways?
I've heard that but aside from sticking them out horizontally (detrimental!) I've found very little difference (certainly within a margin of error) whether they are straight up or at a slight angle.
I've been reading reviews and on every review forum I find, it appears that this is a known issue that NetGear refuses to deal with and fix. I've been an IT System Administrator for over 20 years and I would not buy another Netgear product again after dealing with their support which doesn't admit there is a known problem.
I had the Netgear WNDR3400 and never had any trouble with it. I bought the Nighthawk R7000 and for $200 and my experience with other Netgear hardware I thought this unit would be great. The configuration lets you lock down your wireless and looked like an excellent product for the money.
I have had nothing but trouble with it. The Nighthawk r7000 is constantly going down. I upgrade firmware and it craps out and I have to redo the configuration. I get up in the morning and no wireless, I have to reboot it. Sometimes it goes down 2-3 times a day. The other day I got up and again no wireless, I rebooted and that didn't fix it. I go into the configuration and it says the wireless is turned off. First time I had this issue and you have to hold the wireless button on the front for about 10 seconds to turn it back on.
This is ridicules that this unit has so many issues. Of course it's now out of the 90
warranty and Netgear says as long as the correct lights are on it not a
hardware issue so pay us to troubleshoot or fix it yourself. When the device is a lemon, you can't fix that!
This happened to me out of box. I was irritated and frustrated, especially with a router that has such high praise worldwide.
Looks like the issue is with some bugs in the latest firmware. I decided to downgrade the firmware a few revisions, and now my connection is really solid. I get full 300mbps down from Time Warner on my wireless devices. Sometimes speedtests need a warmup to get there, but after that, it is really solid.
If you are having buyer's remorse, I recommend trying the firmware downgrade. It might be a specific one that works best with your modem.
Netgear contacted me and we did troubleshooting. They sent me a new router and I updated the firmware as soon as I got it out of the box, which they also recommend. I've had it so far a week with no trouble. They have also just released a newer firmware (Wednesday) which I'm about to upgrade to as well.
When they troubleshoot that is the 1st thing they want to know, is if your firmware is up to date. The entire reason for these updates is to patch problems so I wasn't going to downgrade anyway.
Range you got all wrong. IMO, it's top notch. Maybe the best yet. Not a huge Netgear guy but so far, the 2nd one I've owned, WNDR3400 and now this one and they have worked fine. Nothing I can't fix on my own.
Anyone familiar with computer components know that sometimes things don't work like they should. Like power cords on Dell laptops, that's another story.
We have an unusual house with steel siding and a patio in the middle. So getting a signal from the router in the living room to the master bedroom meant penetrating two steel clad insulated walls. Neither of our two previous routers could do it. The Nighthawk R7000 even send the 5G signal to the bedroom. We can get a signal anywhere in our 2900 square-foot house and almost anywhere on our .4-acre lot
I angle them to look the most like their namesake the F-117, lol
How tall are the antenna's on these? This is going into a cubby hole thing I have in my basement ceiling rafter space, so height has a limit. Thanks!
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Frequently Asked Questions
The recent decision to move RIT to a semester-based calendar in 2013 has resulted in a variety of feedback from students, alumni, faculty, staff and parents. The following information represents responses to frequently asked questions. Please note that as RIT makes this important transition during the next three years, the university pledges to ensure students will not lose progress toward earning their degree, nor incur any financial burden associated with the change. During this transition, it will be RIT's top priority to protect all students from any harm during the change from quarters to semesters.
The Conversion Decision
Why is RIT changing its calendar system?
The RIT community has been discussing a possible calendar change over the last two years. These discussions have involved students, faculty, and staff, and have included many open forums and different proposed calendar options including alternative quarter calendars. As a result of these discussions, a number of reasons have surfaced for making the change to a semester calendar at this time. Of these, the most important by far are those that have the potential to positively impact the quality of the educational experience that our students receive. These include:
- Semester calendars are currently in use at almost all other colleges and universities, and the adoption of a semester calendar at RIT will greatly facilitate our interactions with other institutions in such areas as credit transfer, student exchange, and study abroad opportunities for our students.
- There is a potential for improved student retention and graduation rates because semesters are 5 weeks longer than quarters, and entering freshmen will have a longer period to adjust to college before final exams than in the current quarter system. In addition, all students will have greater opportunities to recover from illnesses and other interruptions in their studies because of the longer duration of semesters. Finally, the elimination of the winter quarter disrupted by the holiday break should help in student retention since the rate of course failures earned by students at RIT is the highest during this period.
- A semester calendar will allow for the possibility of a true Rochester area academic common market as all other institutions in the area are on semester calendars. Such academic common markets have been created in other communities with multiple campuses, such as Boston, and have proven to be of real value to those students taking advantage of them.
- The proposed calendar will allow for the offering of an optional January mini-mester for students want to shorten their time to degree, want to earn some extra money to help pay for their education, or want to work intensively on student projects. This optional mini-mester will allow students to take one course in an intensive manner over a period of about four weeks.
- A semester calendar will better align our calendar to that of most other colleges and universities and allow the scheduling of winter and spring breaks at times similar to those adopted by other institutions. Our students would then have a better chance to see old friends during the academic year and to participate in cross-institutional education and public service programs that are increasingly offered during these break periods.
- The recent move of several other universities (e.g. Cincinnati, Northeastern) with strong co-op programs from quarters to semesters provides persuasive evidence that the move can be accomplished while sustaining this critical element in most of RIT's educational programs.
Were student opinion surveys ignored in the decision to change to a semester calendar?
No. A report from RIT's Student Government and the results of an on-line survey of student calendar preferences completed by about 3,600 students were both discussed at length before the decision was made. Faculty and staff surveys indicating support for a change to semesters were also taken into consideration. When students opposed to the change were asked to state their reasons, they mentioned concerns over a loss of rigor in the various degree programs, concerns over whether course diversity and variety could be maintained in a semester system, and concerns over the impact of the change on the Co-op program. As a result, the decision was to go with the flexible 5x3 semester system rather than the 4x4 semester system preferred by the faculty and staff because that model more effectively addressed student concerns.
Were the alumni and trustees contacted before the decision to move to a semester calendar was made?
Yes, the alumni were told about the discussions of a possible calendar change to semesters in a letter from the President sent out last year. The Trustees have also been involved in these discussions and have approved the change.
Why is RIT moving to the flexible 5x3 semester system instead of the 4x4 semester model recommended by the faculty and staff?
RIT currently operates under a 4x4 quarter system in which students take an average of 4 courses per quarter each of which meets 4 hours a week. Thus students have approximately 16 hours of instruction per week for 30 weeks during the academic year. We have chosen a flexible 5x3 model allowing for courses to be offered as either 3 hour courses or 4 hour courses over a 4x4 semester model because the total number of courses taken in a typical degree program is greater for the 5x3 model. This model therefore provides more course variety and diversity over the course of a student's program. In a typical year under this system, students will have approximately 16 hours of instruction per week for 30 weeks, the same as in the current quarter system.
In addition, a substantial majority of colleges and universities operate under the 5x3 semester model, and adoption of this model will make easier a number of interactions with other institutions including student and credit transfers.
Finally, the transition from a quarter system to a 5x3 model semester system is much more easily managed than a transition to a 4x4 semester system, as in the 5x3 model many of our existing courses can be easily mapped to the new calendar. The transition to a 4x4 semester model would require a complete redesign of almost every course in our curriculum, a task that would be very difficult to achieve without compromising our forward movement in other areas.
The Specifics of Conversion
Will the new calendar provide the same opportunity for course variety and diversity as the current quarter system?
The total number of courses a typical student will take in a four-year period is reduced in the move to a semester system, but each course will have at least 5 hours more instructional time to cover additional topics. Under the flexible 5x3 semester model, moreover, certain course offerings (e.g. introductory physics and math sequences and early required courses in the major) will be offered on a 4 credit basis in order to assure a timely completion of these core programs. Teaching year-long course sequences in two semesters rather than 3 quarters allows for additional specialized and elective courses that will minimize any loss of course variety or diversity in a typical student's curriculum. As revised semester curricula for each degree program at RIT are submitted for approval, they will be examined to ensure that the kind of course variety and diversity that RIT students and employers have come to expect is preserved after the transition.
Won't a change to the semester system result in a loss in the academic rigor usually associated with an RIT degree?
The total instructional/lab hours taken by a typical student per week and per year will remain the same and the content of our degree programs will remain essentially the same after the change to semesters. This will ensure that the academic rigor for which RIT is known is preserved. In reality, academic rigor is more determined by what the faculty expect of students and by how students respond to those expectations than it is by a particular calendar system. Most of the colleges and universities thought to be especially rigorous in their academic programs are on the semester system.
Will it take longer for students to graduate under the semester system?
Won't I earn fewer credits under the semester calendar?
Yes, but semester credits are completely different than quarter credits and each semester credit represents more study. A typical undergraduate program requires 180 quarter credits but only 120 semester credits.
What will happen to students enrolled at the time of the change from quarters to semesters?
Student input will be solicited at all stages of the planning process for the change to ensure that no student is harmed as a result of the transition. RIT pledges that all students enrolled during the transition from quarters to semesters will get full credit for courses taken before the transition and will graduate without any delay due to the change. This will apply to B.S. students, B.S./M.S. students, and all graduate students. In addition, students will see no increase in tuition or fees associated with the change. During the year prior to the change, all students will be advised as to how their prior work under the quarter system will be matched to future work under the semester system to fulfill all degree requirements.
What about the co-op program?
RIT remains committed to Co-op experiences as a key feature of our students' educational experience. Under the current quarter system, students typically take four years of classes and spend one year as Co-op employees out in industry. Under the new semester system, the same requirements will be in force, with some adjustments in the number of required Co-op experiences to account for the difference in duration of quarters and semesters. RIT has already been contacted by Co-op employers who are pleased with the change to semesters because almost all other Co-op schools are now on semester systems and they have to make special arrangements to accommodate RIT students. Overall, the Co-op experience of RIT students will not change as a result of the transition to semesters.
Under the current quarter system, students are billed for tuition three times a year and only pay a third of an academic year's tuition in each billing cycle. Won't the conversion to a semester system result in students having to come up with more money up front in each billing cycle?
Students will be billed twice a year under the semester system, and each bill will reflect tuition costs for half of an academic year. The initial bill will therefore be higher than under the current quarter system, but the second billing will not occur until January as compared to November in the current system. The Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships will be disbursing half of a student's financial aid and scholarships at the same time Student Financial Services is billing for half of the year's cost. Student Financial Services offers a number of payment options, including a monthly payment plan for families who need to make arrangements due to the change in timing of the billing statements.
What will constitute undergraduate full-time status in the semester calendar? After how many credit hours will students have to pay per-credit tuition?
To be considered full-time students, undergraduates will need to register for 12 semester credit hours. The upper limit is being discussed at this point and this FAQ will be updated when information becomes available.
What will constitute graduate full-time status in the semester calendar? After how many credit hours will students have to pay per-credit tuition?
The minimum grad semester credits are 9; An upper limit for graduate students is under consideration.
The Conversion Process
What will we do with courses we have not offered in a long time?
Eventually, all quarter-based courses will be discontinued, but during this transition period colleges should consider discontinuing some quarter-based courses now. The Semester Conversion Process offers us with an opportunity to clean-up our portfolio of courses in advance of our first term on the semester calendar. Academic units should consider discontinuing any course that has not been offered in the last five years. College scheduling officers can process the necessary paperwork to discontinue courses, which is the Course Master Form (CMF). This will improve our course conversion once we implement the new student information system.
Is there a perfect choice for designating a course SE, SR or N for many of our 3-credit quarter courses that will become 3-credit semester courses [maintaining the current course title and current content plus adding content for 15 additional instructional hours]. - M. Gustafson
- SE says "Closely corresponds to one quarter course" but also "no new content is added."
[Note: This seems to fit since the course name and 2/3 of the content is the same as under the quarter system?]
- SR says "rearranging or combining material from a previous quarter courses(s)."
[Note: This doesn't seem to fit since the added content is not in the current program.]
- N says "No corresponding quarter course(s). This course adds significant new curriculum content."
[Note: Although 1/3 of the semester course will be new content, it would seem odd to use the "N" designation and maintain the current title and 2/3 of the content.]
A: In this example we recommend using the "SE" designator because the department is not taking a 3 course sequence and making it into two new courses. Instead, a current 3-credit hour course in the quarter system is being converted to a 3-credit hour course in the semester system. Because of the increase in instructional hours, the department will be adding new content that does not exist in the current quarter course.
For program submission forms, do we have to show courses like thesis, independent study, co-op, and seminars in table 2 and do we have to create course outlines for these types of courses?
Yes, to both questions.
How do we decide which courses to show as D = "Course Deleted" on table 2… even ones that have not been offered? Should we just make sure they are not on the books?
Show courses as a D that currently are on the books and part of the program as it appears in the catalog but are being deleted. Be sure a D means that the course is not being converted as an SE or SR. If a course is off the books formally (been taken off course inventory by Registrar, then we probably don't need to show it).
Can departments modify the course outline form by adding information required by an external accreditation body such as ABET?
Yes, an additional page can be attached to the end of the course outline form. The Semester Conversion office will add a downloadable copy to the packet menu webpage with specific instructions for your faculty. Send the form to email@example.com
How does January term fit into teaching loads?
Within the college, assess the faculty member's teaching load as it exists with respect to Fall/Spring or Winter /Summer. Treat three semester hours in January like three semester hours any other time of the year. 15hrs/wk for 3 week (5hrs/day) is part of the regular work load. In certain circumstances, depending on their load, teaching during January term could be used for extra pay or used against the teaching load in other quarters. January term should also be used by faculty to engage in scholarship and/or attend conferences [as was discussed when we were making the decision to go to semesters].
For BS/MS proposals are going directly the Associate Provost, which college (the one with the BS or the one with the MS) is responsible for submitting the proposal?
The program coordinators for each program should present the proposal with a cover memo that indicates support etc.
The Program Framework states that masters programs must have a 6-8 credit hours of thesis. Currently, there are a few MS programs at RIT without an MS thesis requirement. Will there be exclusion to those programs that do not currently require a thesis? Also, does a thesis project or capstone experience equate to a thesis in the semester model? - T. Cummings
NYSED mandates that graduate programs include a thesis, project or comprehensive exam as the capstone experience; therefore, project or capstone do equate to thesis.
What is the status of non 3-credit hour courses?
The Conversion Cross Disciplinary committee released a new procedure and a form that should be generated whenever the program recommends a course with credits other than 3. It appears on the Program Conversion Packet menu and is called, Non Three Semester Hour Course Waiver Form and Procedure.
2013-14 Semester Calendar (Proposed)
Is the university closed on Labor Day?
Campus will not be closed on the following Tuesday. There will be no classes.
Can we start classes after Labor Day rather than have one week of classes and then two days off?
We can't fit in enough instruction time if we were to start classes after Labor Day.
Will the university be closed for the December holidays as it is now?
The calendar conversion will not be the reason that any changes are made to this long standing practice.
What happens during intersession?
Study abroad, research, coop, service work, classes; in other words, any normal business for the university.
Can the intersession be scheduled during the summer?
No. Intersession will be held in January.
Fall semester exams end late in December, is this a potential travel problem for students?
This is a common semester calendar; many schools end at this time. So while travel may be difficult at times, it does not seem to be an inhibitor.
How is co-op, especially in the summer, impacted by the conversion?
Co-op periods can vary depending on the programs and can be anywhere between 12 and 15 weeks. A summer co‐op can fit into that time period. An option for a double co-op starting with intersession, through spring semester, and summer allows for an extended block of time.


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