TSU Library News Blog
"Knowledge is Power"
| What is new @ the Library |
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Library’s OPAC Page Upgraded |
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During the summer months, the library upgraded its OPAC (Online Catalog) page for easier navigation. Not only the page is more compact it is also provides access to more information at a glance. The navigation bar is present on all pages of the OPAC so that users do not have to use the back button. The design and the colors are pleasing to the eyes. We would love to have your comments about the OPAC page. Please send them to our Web Master, Mt. Phil Yan at pyan@tnstate.edu. |
| Google Books |
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The Library is using the Google Books to provide additional resources that are online and full-text. Users may search Google Books under Search E-Books or a title owned by the library may also be in Google Books in which case users may simply click on the Google Books button located on the bottom of the page and read the book online. |
| Reorganization of the Library System Area |
| In order to provide better service to our users and utilize the integrated library system modules one hundred percent, the library has created a System Team. The team consists of Mrs. Xuemei Ge, Systems Librarian and Mr. Phil Yan, the Library Web Master. Mrs. Colette Bradley, library’s Computer Specialist will have more time to devote to use of mobile devices to access library’s online catalog, digitization projects and others. |
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Digital Book Plates |
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This summer the Systems Librarian, Mrs. Xuemei Ge, implemented the digital book plate. In addition to the Library’s Spotlight on TSU Authors feature that promotes TSU faculty and staff authors, the book plate which is located in the OPAC record will provide biographical information about the author. The symbol for the book plate is a hand and a feathered pen. |
| SACS OFF-Campus Visiting Team |
| Dr. Yildiz B. Binkley, Dean of Libraries and Media Centers was invited to be part of the SACS visiting team who will visit Jackson State University in Jackson Mississippi in April 2011. |
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The Quilter Among Us |
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Glenda Alvin is the Assistant Director for Collection Management at the Brown-Daniel Library at Tennessee State University. She was inspired to quilt by her grandmother, Betty Ivy of Prairie, MS. Fifteen years ago,Glenda began quilting after taking a Adult Evening Class in the Mercer County School System in Trenton, NJ. Although she has tried other forms of quilting like appliqué and trapunto, she really enjoys creating patchwork quilts. |
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Glenda started out making wall hangings and doll quilts, but for the past five or six years, she has been making bed size quilts, that are mostly pictorial. Her fabrics are usually floral, Asian themed, novelty or have African or African American images. In addition to making quilts, Glenda collects books about African American quilters and quilting, as well dolls and figurines depicting the quilting experience. She is a member of the American Quilters Society and the Zuri Quilting Circle in Nashville. Her quilts can also be found on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/profile.php?id=100000784923139 |
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Note: Ms. Glenda Alvin, Assistant Director of Collection Mangement, is not only an excellent librarian but she is also an established quilter. Her quilts are colorful and depict a variety of cultures, including African American and Japanese cultures. Her quilts with the Japanes themes reflect her childhood memories in Japan where her parents were stationed as Air Force military personnel. |
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| Photo Curtesy by Loretta Divens | |||||||||
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Who was the First Black Woman Bank President? |
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She was Maggie Lena Walker (1865-1934). In July 28, 1903 Ms. Walker became the first black woman bank president, when she founded the Saint Luke Penny Savings Bank in Richmond, Virginia. When she retired in 1933 due to illness, the bank was strong enough to survive the Great Depression, and it still exists today. Ms. Walker was an ardent feminist, she encouraged women to improve themselves educationally and economically. She not only worked in voter registration campaigns but she also fought for women’s suffrage. She was instrumental in the development of the Virginia Lilly-Black Republican Party. Ms. Walker overcame the poverty she was born in as the daughter of a former slave washerwoman, Elizabeth Draper Mitchell and William Mitchell, became one of the wealthiest and influential black woman of the early twentieth century. Her parents worked in the home of abolitionist Elizabeth Van Lew. Her home at 110 ½ East Leigh Street in Richmond has been declared a National Historic landmark. ( Source: Black Firsts: 4,000Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events, pp. 82) |
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