February 28, 2007

Since its the last day of February in which the entire month is dedicated to Black History, I thought I would share some thought provoking quotes, stories, etc. from notable folks:

"God may not remove our suffering. May not remove our pain, But God gives us the strength to endure. To go through it. To overcome it. In doing so, He draws us closer to Him. That's His comfort."--Pastor Reginald T. Johnson, Jr., Cornerstone Baptist of Baltimore, Maryland. From Messengers: Portraits of African American Ministers, Evangelists, Gospel Singers, and other Messengers of the Word, (2006).

"All my limitations are self-imposed, and my liberation can only come from true self-love."--Max Robinsonm, former ABC News Anchor

"I think there is no more serious or important time in a young person's life than when he leaves home for the first time to enter school, or any line of business, and I think I can judge pretty accurately what a person is going to amount to by the way he acts during the first one or two years that he is absent from home".-Booker T. Washington 1856-1915, Educator.

"If a Black person gets in trouble, he calls out two names, Jesus and the NAACP."-Joe Madison

"Never be afraid to sit a while and think."-Lorraine Hansberry, 1930-1965 Dramatist

"What works best is delegating authority, learning you cannot do everything, and some people can do it better."-Willie Smith, Former Clothing Designer

"Surround yourself with people who are going to lift you higher."-Oprah Winfrey

"In the great getting-up morning/Fare ye well, Fare ye well."--Traditional Negroe Spiritual Verse

"I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that."-Dick Gregory, Comedian and Activist

"There's a spectrum of Black experience, just as there is of Black views and opinions."-Henry Louis Gates, Scholar & Critic.

February 22, 2007

The Current Legislative Challenge: DOPA and the participation gap:
http://www.ila.org/advocacy/pdf/DOPA.pdf

With One Word, Children’s Book Sets Off Uproar (New York Times, 18 Febuary 2007)
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/18/books/18newb.html?ex=1329454800&en=0abee8846d8919f4&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

Susan Patron's "The Higher Power of Lucky". There's been "much ado about nuthin' regarding this author's delightful read.
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6416836.html

The universe of librarianship is really AWESOME!

-Leslie

Teaching = technology & learning

February 19, 2007

A really awesome quote from Bill Gates, Microsoft:

"Learning is mostly about creating a context for motivation. It's about why should you learn things. Technology plays a role, but its not a panacea."--- 10 questions for Bill Gates, Newsweek:February 12, 2007.


Pmwiki: Many wiki packages are available for users to download or host. Pmwiki is one good example of many, offering elegance and ease.
http://www.pmwiki.com

Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive
http://etext.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/home.html

Virtual Seminars for Teaching Literature
http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/projects/jtap/


Leslie

February 18, 2007
There are a number of universities and colleges across the country that have been very proactive in creating residency programs for newly minted librarians of color as well as programs that exist for potential MLIS candidates:

University of Pittsburgh –Minority Residency Program for candidates desiring MLIS degrees: http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~dlis/academics/download/UlsSisMinApp.pdf

University of Tennessee – Minority Librarian Residency Program
http://www.lib.utk.edu/lss/lpp/minres.html

University of Deleware – Pauline A. Young Residency
http://www2.lib.udel.edu/personnel/residency/

The University of Iowa – Residency Program Reference Librarian
http://bcalaemployment.iuplog.com/default.asp?item=240899

The Ohio State University – Mary P. Key Residency Program
http://library.osu.edu/sites/staff/diversity/residency.php#C

University Libraries - University of Notre Dame: Librarians In Residence
http://www.library.nd.edu/diversity/residence.shtmlhttp://www.lisp.wayne.edu/imls.html

Purdue University – Diversity Fellowship Program
http://www.lib.purdue.edu/diversity/fellowship.html

My alma mater, Wayne State University Library & Information Science Program is in need of Minority applications for a new IMLS grant program they recently received funding for. Check it out:
Recruiting and Educating the 21st Century Fine and Performing Arts Librarian
http://www.lisp.wayne.edu/imls.html


A Voice I enjoy listening to from time to time: Cassandra Wilson (her recent interview on NPR)"
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7291800

African American Librarianship
http://www.indiana.edu/%7Elibslis/aalib.html


Enjoy!

I'm Back!
What an interesting dichotomy of webbery I have been involved in! AnyWHO, lots of information to share. I'm away from my library desk at the moment, but tommorow, I will add some interesting information to share to the masses via this blog. Tune into this blog on 15 February 2007!
Leslie

Thursday, February 8, 2007
I have had an interesting couple of days. I got a message from Google/Gmail stating that someone was attempting to "break into" my Blogs...imagine that..........AnyWHO.....

Since 30 January 2007 alot of good fortunes have come my way:

I got invited to be the KeyNote speaker at the upcoming IBLN conference (March 30-31st)in Fort Wayne Indiana (WOW!)

My fellow Diversity Residents from Purdue University have all confirmed they are coming to ND in July to talk to our summer program students about Librarianship (Yoo-Who!)

A visit of "new Librarian" colleagues (I met in Seattle..they are all Indiana Academic Librarians)have all agreed to meet me at ND for tour, meet & greet, and lunch at ND. I am most grateful for Laura Bayard & Nigel Butterwick for their support in this effort. In May of '06, I met some dynamic librarians at Purdue and the call was sent out to build relationships with our academic colleagues, and this gathering is one such way to do this. I am so excited!

My "Mobile Librarian" role is off and running beginning February 13th! I am most fortunate to work for a dynamic/supportive leadership in Sherri Jones and Cheri Smith. I have temporary use of a laptop (Sherri & Diane Kennedy are ordering me one to use for my work!), I have my posters, and other library materials to market the library.

Jessica Kayongo and I have designed yet another PR advertisement for the campus newspaper that rocks! Again, thanks to Sherri Jones for her leadership/support on this.

Dean Page & Dr. Pierce have given me space to be the "taking it on the road" librarian on ND's campus. I am grateful and humbled by the support of my academic colleagues outside of librarianship. I will not let you down.

My literature review is almost done and ready to send to my Colleague in Colorado! Yes! My first Scholarly Publication is an actual book. (Woo-Hoo!)

I am living my Dream and its an awesome and blessed experience! I have to pinch myself to make sure I am really awake for "my cup runneth over" experience here at Notre Dame!

Leslie