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WE'RE ON THE COVER!LIBRARY OF THEYEAR FOR 1999

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VOLUME 14 NUMBER 2FALL 1999

IN THIS ISSUE:

FROM THE UNIVERSITYLIBRARIAN 2

SHIRLEY SCOTT 3

LIBRARY DEDICATION 4

LIBRARY OF

THE YEAR AWARD 8

A READING INTHE ROTUNDA 11

BONNIE ALLEN 12

CATHERINE

MURRAY-RUST 13

OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYLIBRARIES

The Valley LibraryMain Campus, Corvallis

Marilyn Potts Gum LibraryHatfield Marine Science Center,Newport

THE MESSENGER

OSU LibrariesOregon State University121 The Valley LibraryCorvallis, OR 97331-4501(541) 737-4633

Karyle S. Butcher,Donald and Delpha CampbellUniversity Librarian andDeputy Associate Provost forInformation Services

Marcia Griffin, Editor

Photos by:Marcia GriffinJerome HartGary Weber

The Messenger is publishedtwice each year.

2 Messenger, FaIl 1999

FROM THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN

Asyou read this

issue, I hopeyou will feel as

much joy and pride inthe OSU Libraries as wedo. It has been a phe-nomenal year!Madepossible by a greatquantity of help from agreat many people.Again, my heartfeltgratitude to each andevery one of you.

So now, you ask,what's next? My re-sponse is framed bywhat I view as themission of the OSULibraries. We exist toprovide our users witheasy access to resources andinformation that will enablethem to successfully pursuetheir teaching, scholarly andcreative endeavors. To insurethat we meet these goals, thelibrary will use its resources toimprove collections and ser-vice and to pursue innovativeinitiatives.

What does this mean toyou? Improving collectionsmeans that we will direct newmoney toward increasing ourphysical collections by pur-chasing more books, journalsand electronic resources. Italso means more participation

Katyle S. Butcher

in regional and national con-sortia. Such participation iscritical as it allows us to lever-age our resources with otherlibraries to reduce the skyrock-eting costs of journals andelectronic information.

Related to improvingcollections, we must insurethat access to them is timelyand efficientbe it remotelyor within the library. Thismeans continuing to improveturnaround time for re-shelv-ing library materials and foracquiring items throughinterlibrary loans. It alsomeans developing simplermethods for students andfaculty to acquire itemsthrough commercial docu-ment delivery sources.

Finally, it meansbenchmarking our serviceswith other libraries and look-ing for the best practices totake advantage of efficienciesand new technology.

My goal in pursuinginnovative technolo-gies is also related tocollections and ser-vices. I believe that thelibrary needs to de-velop a researchagenda that will allowus to pursue three orfour cutting-edgeideas. Librarians atOSU are not just in-volved in the teachingof information accessand delivery of service.They are also involvedin developing strate-gies and methods formoving the libraryprofession forward.

You'll hear more from menext time as I share some ofthese initiatives with you;those taking place within thislibrary, as well as those in thenational arena.

Karyle S. ButcherDonald and Del pha CampbellUniversity Librarian andDeputy Associate Provost forInformation Services

To give you a sense of thecomplexity of Shirley's job, letme quote from a constructionnewsletter

"During Phase II, staff, booksand services from floors two andthree of the existing library will bemoved into the addition. Thosefloors in the old building will begutted and completely remodeled.The next move after Phase II iscompleted and, prior to Phase III,will be from floors one and four ofthe existing building to locationsin the addition and to the newly-remodeled floors two and three."

In other words, every staffmember moved his or heroffice at least twice. Thelibrary's collection of over onemillion books and journals wasalso moved twice and some-times three times! This was astaging and logistical night-mareone that Shirley orches-trated with grace and aplomb.

Shirley Scott

As if that wasn't enough,Shirley also received andinspected new furniture for thelibraryat one time we hadover 2,000 chairs delivered! Shealso helped to dispose ofsurplus and recycled materialsand in her spare time, com-pleted a book on women andVictorian painting!

Is there any wonder that our"super woman" has requesteda new assignment, now that thebuilding project is completed?

Shirley can now be foundworking at the reference deskas the Maps and Environmen-tal Sciences Librarian. And inhonor of her new position, herpeers have bestowed a newtitle on her"Her Mapliness"

Thank you, Shirley, for anoutstanding job!

Karyle ButcherUniversity Librarian

SHIRLEY SCOTTOUTSTANDINGIN HER FIELD

THANK YOU, SHIRLEY, FOR

AN OUTSTANDING JOB!

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Every project hasits heroes andthe libraryconstructionproject certainly

had its shareso many, Ican't list them all here. How-ever, I do want to recognizeone special persontheproverbial glue who held usall together. That person isOSU librarian Shirley Scott.

Shirley came to OSU fromthe University of Notre Damein 1988, originally to becomethe Head of Research Ser-vices. Since that time, she hasassumed a variety of admin-istrative responsibilities, butnone quite so complex, so lifealtering, as library buildingproject manager. In 1996,'hirley volunteered to take

on this assignment. At thetime, it seemed like a reason-able assignmentwe clearlyneeded one person within thelibrary to be the liaison withthe university's project man-ager and the constructioncompany. But as might beexpected, the job quicklygrew to huge proportions andit was evident that Shirleywould have to relinquish herother assignments and devoteherself full-time to the build-ing project.

At first, Shirley focused oninsuring that staff and thegeneral public were keptinformed of the logistics ofthe move and that, as nearlyas possible, working condi-tions were tenable. Since thebuilding was occupied dur-ing the entire three-year"onstruction period, this wasot an easy job. However,

'hirley soon had an evenbigger and trickier jobadministering the move ofstaff and library collections.

"The Oasis in the Middle of the Valley"BY JOSHUA STROUD, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE OSU STUDENT BODY

I heard some students sayThat at any time of dayWhen the heat of academia surrounds,We grab our loaded sacksAnd we start to tread the tracksThat lead us to an oasis in this Valley.Such a magnificent placeFull of splendor, glory and grace,Whose beauty is admired all aroundMarveled eyes and speechless mouthsFrom the east, northwest and southStand proud that at Oregon State it can be found.As they talked, I heard them raveOf the resources that it gaveAll of which seem to fosterKnowledge to keep.Comfort, richness, style, pizzazz,Sets a high standard of class.Surroundings to inspireLearning that's deep.So, on this semi-sunny daylam very proud to sayTo the donors, we appreciate this deed!You've invested in our livesOur success,A priceless prize.In every Beaver you've helped plantEducationthe seed.

Top: Joshua Stroud, OSU student bodyvice president, enchanted the crowd withhis original poemBottom: Wade Westhoff, grandson ofWayne and Gladys Valley, listens

intently

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Dedication of the Library

n Pictures, Poetry and SongLeft: Ed Edmo, Native American poet,shares a legend, accompanied by Bill"White Eagle" WilsonBelow Right: Cliff Mead, director oflibrary special collections, sharesPauling Nobel Pnze medals with maMerchant and Donna DaltonBelow Left: Robert Lundeen offers hiscongratulations


DEDICATION OF THE LIBRARY IN PICTURES, POETRY AND SONG

Roosevelt Credit sang Within theseWalls" a song he wrote especially forthe occasion, accompanied by DaveFeinberg and the Inner Strength GospelChoir

"Within These Walls"Music AND LYRICS WRIYFEN BY ROOSEVELT ANDRE CREDIT

We celebrate the beauty of diversityAs our quest for knowledge echoes through the halls.I've seen the day turn into nightAnd back again,And when the time is right,All the history I will recall.I'm reaching for the light beyond the mountainAnd with freedom of choiceI will inform the world.With dignity I'll stand,Creating my place within this landAnd it all started here.Within these walls,History tells a story.Questions find new questions,Answers found are hues of gray.Mathematics spoke to chemistry,While language showed the way.Don't forget the gift of music,Universal, some may say.Music called the doctor,Art created printed birthSome debate a place called HeavenWhile a war is fought on earth.


Top: Jean Starker Roth, Betty StarkerCameron and Betty Root enjoyed thefestivitiesAbove: OSU President emeritus JohnV. Byrne enjoys a moment with KeithMcKennon and Tony Van VlietLeft: Karyle Butcher, universitylibrarian, gives thanks to everyone


WE'RE ON THECOVER!-LIBRARY OF THEYEAR FOR 1999

"THE THING THAT REALLY

PUSHED THE VALLEY

LIBRARY OVER THE TOP,

COMPARED WITH OTHER

LIBRARIES, WAS HOW THEY

HAVE REACHED OUT OFF

CAMPUS TO EMBRACE THE

COMMUNITY, THE STATE OF

OREGON AND PLACES

BEYOND."


TheValley Library

has won the cov-eted title of Libraryof the Year,awarded by Library

Journal, the leading publicationfor librarianship, and co-sponsored by the Gale Group.It's one of the most prestigiousnational honors a library canreceiveand the first time anacademic library has earnedthis recognition.

The June cover of LibraryJournal features The ValleyLibrary and our own cover girl,university librarian KaryleButcher. The honor also in-cludes a $10,000 cash award.Selection was based on threefactors: service to the commu-nity, creativity and innovationin developing specific commu-nity programs, and leadershipin creating programs that canbe emulated by other libraries.

"Although the award cameat the same time as the dedica-tion of the new Valley Library,this award is not about thebuilding," said Butcher. "It'sabout the people inside andthe services we offer. It's un-usual for an academic libraryto work with communitylibraries like we've done," sheadded. "It's not the obviousthing to do. But as a land grantinstitution, we are chargedwith extending education andthereby library services to thepeople of Oregon."

"Additionally, I believe therole of academic libraries ischanging in terms of acquiringand delivering information.Very few libraries can afford tobe entities unto themselves. Formost of us, this means learning

Librarian David Johnson (center) confers with Doug Sweet/and (left) of the Coivallis-Benton County Economic Development Partnership and Walter Frankel of the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library.

to share resources and exper-tise with all types of libraries.Here at The Valley Library, wehave taken the lead in model-ing what this collaborationwould look like," addedButcher.

Our first collaborative effortinvolved a project with theCorvallis-Benton CountyPublic Library. Working to-gether, we obtained grantfunding to hire an economicdevelopment librarian. Theprogram provided librarysupport to the business andprofessional community inCorvallis and the surroundingarea. The librarian workedwith small businesses, trainers,and Chamber of Commercemembers. He worked at thereference desk at the publiclibrary to get a sense of thekinds of questions asked there,and he did training programswith the public librarians. Thegoal was to raise the visibilityof the libraries in terms of their

economic value to the commu-nity. It was a resoundingsuccess and today this librariancontinues to serve the eco-nomic needs of Benton County.

Kids Need LibrariesPartnering with the localschool district and theCorvallis-Benton CountyPublic Library, we developed aprogram to help teachersunderstand how public anduniversity libraries can serve asresources for their students.Libraries had a chance to helpthe schools. The schoolsbenefited from having theirscarce resources extended, andthe community benefited bygetting a bigger bang for theirtax dollars. But the best out-come of this program was thatkids benefited by having thedoors thrown wide open on aworld of information!

Ron Still/n ger, Stephen Moseley and Carrie Ottow with the GovernmentIn formation Shanng Project

J Oregon LinkThis is astatewide backup referenceand referral program of fiveregional reference centersincluding The Valley Library.Our center serves nine Oregoncoastal and inland counties andis the only academic library inthe program. We provide quickand complete answers toreferrals and we have trainingprograms to build the referencecapacity in the smaller librar-ies. We provide basic referencebooks, access to OCLCFirstSearch, and actively en-courage any reference ques-tion.

Government InformationSharing ProjectThis projectwas born out of frustration.Frustration that much of theinformation issued by govern-ment agencies was inaccessibleto the general public. Issued on3mpact disks, each disk

required different software toaccess the data.

Disappointed in not beingable to provide this importantinformation to its users, staff atThe Valley Library beganresearching methods for stan-dardizing the different applica-tions. With funding from theU.S. Dept. of Education, wedeveloped an innovative website to give any library withInternet capabilities the abilityto access government informa-tion. Very user-friendly, thisweb site plays a vital role ininsuring that library usersthroughout Oregon and theNorthwest have free and easyaccess to federal governmentinformation.

JumpstartThrough ourwork with the State library, welearned that small school andpublic libraries in rural Oregonwere among the "have-nots" ofthe information world becausethey had no Internet connec-tions. This inspired us to createa phenomenal new program,which we called Jumpstart.Collaborating with the State

"Will it fit in my car?"Library personnel load a computer in a waiting car

Library and the Oregon Inde-pendent Telephone Associa-tion, we arranged to have 46rural Oregon libraries con-nected to the Internet. In addi-tion, we provided them withnew, fully loaded computers, atwo-day training session onhow to access remote informa-tion, and one year of technicalsupport.

Jumpstart truly changed theface of library services insmaller Oregon communitiesnow they too were players inthe world of information. Localand state leaders were de-lighted to see library servicesextended to Oregonians in anefficient and economical man-ner. They applauded ourcooperative efforts because wedemonstrated once more thattax dollars go further when weall work together.

Continued on page 10


Right: Library staffBelow: Dianne Hall shows anexcited libranan how to access the

Internet.


"One of the criteria for thisaward was that the librarycould serve as a model forothers," said Butcher. "TheHarvards, Berkeleys andUCLA's will probably alwaysbe a world unto themselves.But there's another level ofacademic libraries like those atthe land-grant institutions (e.g.OSU). They are looking at howto help learners get moreeffective use of resources andat what our role in learningand education ought to be."

"Because of things like theInternet," Butcher continued,"the way students learn isreally changing dramatically.Many kids in elementary andhigh school have access toinformation they couldn't getin earlier times. We work withthem to help them evaluate thematerial and help them under-stand that there are good andbad digital resources."

"Our purpose," Butcheradded, "is to help studentsbecome more effective learn-ers."

John Berry, editor-in-chief ofthe Library Journal, called TheValley Library a "dynamicplace" that is service-oriented,listens to its consumers, andhas strong faculty and adminis-trative support.....The thingthat really pushed The Valley

Library over the top, comparedwith other libraries, was howthey have reached out offcampus to embrace the com-munity, the state of Oregonand places beyond."

Kathleen Dean Moore (left)

naFridayeveningin mid-summer,

The library's rotundareading room was theperfect site for an inti-mate gathering of fans ofKathleen Dean Moore.Moore, the chair of thePhilosophy department atOSU, read selections fromher newest book, Holdfast:At Home in the NaturalWorld, and entertained thecrowd with stories ofsome of her experiences.Guests were later giventhe opportunity to visit withMoore and gain her autograph.

This is the second book ofessays Moore has written. Herfirst book, Riverwalking, cameout in 1996 and earned herritical acclaim. Holdfast is

another series of personalessaystelling stories of family

troubles, joy, fear, sadness andcomfort. She tells you about thebeaches in Sitka, Alaska, andhow fragrant they are. She tellsyou how to howl like a wolfand how to knead bread. Sheeven tells you what it feels liketo be stalked by a bear. Thebook is full of Moore's personal

experiences in nature andin life.

"I could tell you athousand differentthings," Moore said. Sheshared with the grouphow she goes aboutputting her essays intothe form of a book. "Ihave maybe 25 essays andthey're all spread out onmy bed because it's thebiggest surface in thehouse. I say to myself,'How do these fit to-gether, how do theybreak apart, whatmatches whatdo I havesomething here?"

She certainly does. Holdfasttakes you on a journey of onewoman's life as she makes herhome in the natural world.Holdfast is available at the OSUBookstore as well as otherbookstores nationwide.

1. KATHLEENDEAN MooRE-A "READING INTHE ROTUNDA"


MEET OUR NEW ASSOCIATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIANS

BONNIE ALLEN

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Bonnie

Allen hasrecently joinedthe OSU Librariesas AssociateUniversity Librar-

ian for Access, Collections andTechnical Services. She willshare responsibility for theoverall operation of the librarywith the Associate UniversityLibrarian for Public Servicesand Innovative Technologies.

Allen administers the areasof electronic and personalaccess to information, planningfor future growth and organi-zation of services. In additionshe is responsible for the direc-tion and growth of the librarycollections.

Allen came to OSU fromClatsop Community College inAstoria where she was thedirector of the Learning Re-source Center for the pastseven years. While at CCC shehad administrative responsibil-ity for media services anddistance education, as well asthe library. During her tenurethere she planned and directedthe use of the Internet campus-

wide, includingthe installationof a web-basedonline publicaccess catalogfor the library.

Bonnie holdsa Bachelor'sdegree in arthistory andFrench, and aMaster of Li-brary Sciencefrom IndianaUniversity, aswell as an MBAin Marketingand Financefrom PortlandState University.She has over 20years experienceas a manager inaccess, collectiondevelopmentand technicalservices from various academiclibraries, including OregonGraduate Institute, WillametteUniversity, Northern ArizonaUniversity, the University ofCincinnati, and Indiana Uni-versity. She has also worked inthe private sector as ProductManager and later MarketingDirector for Western LibraryNetwork (WLN), a databaseutility serving libraries in theNorthwest.

I

Allen is active in severalprofessional organizations andcurrently serves as Vice Presi-dent/President elect for theOregon chapter of the Associa-tion of College and ResearchLibraries.

Catherine

Murray-Rust joined theOSU Libraries inAugust as Asso-ciate University

Librarian for Public Servicesand Innovative Technologies.At OSU, she will provideleadership for reference andinstruction services, specialcollections, government infor-mation and maps, digitallibrary projects, and the GumLibrary in Newport.

Murray-Rust began hercareer over 20 years ago as anews librarian at Reuters inLondon. In 1977, she served asa reference bibliographer at theState University of New Yorkat Cortland. Between 1978 and1997, she held a number ofpositions at Cornell University

-including reference librarian,systems training librarian andcoordinator of reference andinstruction. She was appointedAssistant University Librarianin 1987 and Associate Univer-sity Librarian in 1993.

To promote and supportuser services at Cornell, shewas instrumental in suchinnovations as a networked

database access,World WideWeb migration,and introducingdigital coursereserves. Inaddition toadministeringthe LibraryTechnologyDepartment andseveral subjectlibraries, she alsoled majorprojects to installthe library'scomputingsystem, upgradetelecommunica-tions, revamplibrary publica-tions, and buildthe high densitywarehousefacility. In 1998,Murray left theCornell Library to coordinatethe campus-wide implementa-tion of a multi-million dollarreplacement of Cornell's ad-ministrative computer systemsin human resources and pay-roll.

Murray-Rust holds a gradu-ate diploma in library andinformation studies from theUniversity of London, as wellas an AB degree from MountHolyoke College. She earnedseveral managementcertificates from the New YorkState School of Labor and

Industrial Relations and theJohnson Graduate School ofManagement at Cornell. As amember of the Library Associa-tion of Great Britain andNorthern Ireland and theAmerican Library Association,she is active professionally. Shecurrently serves as chair of theStatistics Section of the LibraryAdministration and Manage-ment Association and is amember of the LAMA board ofdirectors.

CATHERINEMURRAY-RUST


LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR RETIRES

CliffDalton, Director of

Development forLibraries and Infor-

mation Services, retired fromOregon State University at theend of June. Dalton's career atOSU spanned 28 years. Cliffwas a faculty member withthe College of Business until1991. He spent the last eightyears with the OSU Librariesleading the very successfulfundraising campaign for TheValley Library.

Cliff and his wife, Donna,have moved to Sun CitySummerlin, a retirementcommunity just outside of LasVegas, Nevada. When lastheard from, the couple wasenjoying outfitting their newhome and reveling in all the

Aspart of the reorgani-

zation of OSU's devel-opment efforts into

one centralized entity, Kim-berly Thompson has moved tothe OSU Foundationtheumbrella organization for alluniversity fund-raising activi-ties at OSU. As an AssociateDirector of Development there,she will continue to supportfundraising efforts for theLibraries and InformationServices as well as being in-volved in other campus-widefundraising for scholarships,academic programs, professor-ships, and more.

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amenities this desert commu-nity has to offer. Travelingabroad in the near future isalso on their agenda.

We are enormously grate-ful to Cliff for his Herculeanefforts in leading our

Kim's telephone numberand e-mail address remains thesame. She also now has a tollfree number: (800) 354-7281.

"Luckily, we still have Kimas a library advocate, even if

fundraising project and wishhe and Donna all the best inthe future.

"While I am delighted thatCliff and Donna are enjoyingthis new phase in their lives,"said Karyle Butcher, "1 do

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT MOVES TO OSU FOUNDATION

she is across town," saidKaryle Butcher. "1 know thatas the Foundation continuesto move forward, we will heargreat things from her."

miss Cliff's energy and goodadvice. Although he is mostwell known for hisfundraising abilities, he wasalso instrumental in selectingthe outstanding new furniturewe have throughout thebuilding. We miss him."

Cliff and Donna Dalton with Steve andma Merchant at the Library Dedicationfestivities

Kim and Karyle at thelibrary dedication

TheValley Library

has made somechanges in the waypeople accesslibrary resources

electronically from the home oroffice.

We offer access to an arrayof resources via our Webpages, including over 100periodical indexes and refer-ence tools. Since these re-sources are available only toOSU faculty, staff and students,users must be identifiedthrough their computers asmembers of the OSU commu-nity.

In the recent past, access tomany databases at the Librarywas granted when an OSUidentification number or a

assword was entered. That

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method is no longer supported.Instead, a proxy server wasestablished providing authenti-cation so OSU users could gainaccess to these resources.

Access to databases on theWeb is restricted to OSU fac-ulty, students and staff andaffiliated researchers. Mostlibrary Web databases are alsorestricted to users within theOSU Internet domain. If you'reusing a computer on the OSUcampus or dialing in via thecampus modem pooi, you willbe able to use almost all Li-brary Web databases withoutan ID number or password.

If you're accessing theInternet using a privateInternet provider or fromanother institution's site, youwill need to use the OSU proxy

server to gain access to thedatabases. Instructions forsetting up the proxy server areat http://osu.orst.edu/dept-library/bulletins/proxy.htm.

Access to the Library'sonline catalog does not requirea password or identificationnumber. Instructions on how toconnect to OASIS, the Library'sonline catalog, are at http://osu.orst.edu/dept/library/bulletins/oasisacc.htm.

CD network databases at theLibrary are restricted to use oncampus. Instructions for CDnetwork use are at http:IIosu.orst.edu/dept/library/bulletins/cdnetacc.htm.

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