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C E N T R A L U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R I E S A T S O U T H E R N M E T H O D I S T U N I V E R S I T Y • V O L U M E X I I , N U M B E R 2 , FA L L 2 0 1 0

Deep in the stacks a student is immersed in research. She

needs to perform a quick search in the Central University

Libraries catalog, so she reaches for her iPhone. Within seconds,

she has the answer she needs – without uttering a word.

That’s the scenario Mary Queyrouze envisioned while working

on the new mobile version of the catalog, which delivers search

results to smartphones and palmtop computers in a user-friendly,

easy-to-read format.

“We optimized the catalog for mobile use by simplifying the

options and reducing the page size to be readable on the smaller

screen,” explains Queyrouze, CUL director of Processing, Technol-

ogy and Digital Services.

Access to the mobile option is available on the CUL home page

at smu.edu/cul under Research Resources. Next to the regular

Library Catalog link is a “mobile version” link with an icon that looks

much like a miniature phone screen. Clicking on the link takes view-

ers to a basic search screen. From there, the mobile version oper-

ates just as the online catalog does on a tablet, laptop or desktop:

users type in keywords, titles, etc., and links to matches appear.

Her team worked on the project over the summer to ensure it

was ready to go when students returned to campus at the begin-

ning of the fall semester.

Mobile catalog:No laptop required

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It’s a family thing!By Caren H. Prothro

My first connection with SMU and its libraries was actually through

my husband’s mother, Elizabeth Perkins Prothro.

Elizabeth Prothro’s passion was collecting rare Bibles and man-

uscripts. Her great friend, Decherd Turner, director and librarian

of Bridwell Library, worked with her over many years to build an

outstanding collection of the earliest

Bibles, including the first English transla-

tion of the New Testament, Martin Luther’s

first German Old Testament and the

Coverdale Bible, the first edition of the

Bible in English. Ultimately, the entire col-

lection was given to SMU and is housed at

Bridwell Library. Moreover, it has been a

great resource for scholarly research by

students and faculty from all corners of the world.

But the Prothro interest went beyond Bridwell Library and

Perkins School of Theology. Elizabeth was a strong supporter of

Fondren Library and DeGolyer Library, serving as a founding

member of Colophon in 1970 and later as the organization’s presi-

dent. She understood the importance of libraries as vital resources

for research and inquiry, and she also knew that the reputation of

SMU’s libraries would be essential in the recruitment of top faculty

and students to its campus.

In 1977, together with her husband, Charles, and mother, Lois

Perkins, Elizabeth created the Prothro General Book Fund Endow-

ment, which has supported the purchase of countless books and

other resources in a wide variety of subject areas. Many of you will

have seen the familiar bookplate of a back-to-back “P.”

Those whose names are inscribed on buildings, endowments

and books are forever remembered for their generosity and vision.

Those 20th-century library benefactors – Bridwell, Fondren,

DeGolyer and Hamon – left an indelible mark on the University. As

we prepare to celebrate the SMU Centennials, there is great value

in remembering those whose vision made it possible for us to

dream even bigger dreams for SMU.

The Second Century Campaign calls us to build upon the vision

of those before us. Their presence can be felt as you wander up the

steps of DeGolyer to look at an exhibit, take a book off the shelf in

Fondren, listen to music in Hamon, or reflect in front of a Bible in

Bridwell. We are in their debt.

Caren H. Prothro

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2Two new grants

support digitization~

Italy’s big blowup

3Mapping history

~Cartographers to treasure hunters

4Jennifer Altabef

~Land of enrichment

~Bush Library/NARA exhibit

5Trying new tools

~DeGolyer’s

Pamalla Anderson~

New Friends

6Josh Lupkin:

Subject liaison~

Commons redo~

Quarter Notes blog

7Fury author

Koren Zailckas~

RememberingDavid J. Weber

~Masks tale continues

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The dramatic black-and-white photographs show Mt. Vesuvius spewing ash. They were takenin 1944 by a young American soldier, Melvin C. Shaffer.

Four of his startling images, now part of the SMU Central University Libraries Digital Collections,

are featured in “The Day Vesuvius Blew Its Top,” a CBSNews.com interactive Web page. CUL’s Mt.

Vesuvius images are numbers 15-18 in the slideshow.

The Shaffer images were easily found in CUL Digital Collections by searching the Internet,

Charlie Cooper of CBSNews.com reported to Rob Walker, director, norwick Center for Digital

Services (nCDS).

Cooper stated: “I was searching around the Internet for images to add to a photo gallery associ-

ated with the anniversary of Vesuvius’ explosion in 79 AD. We have subscriptions to AP & Getty,

but I also was interested in including images from 1944, and a search turned up your digital col-

lection. It’s a real trove – lots of great content and easy to navigate.”

The photos are regularly accessed by people from around the world using Google keywords

related to Mt. Vesuvius, says Cindy Boeke, digital collections developer. “They are also available

via the Mt. Vesuvius Eruption (1944) set in CUL’s Flickr: The Commons photostream.”

Mobile catalog continued from page 1

“It’s based on a version created by the Uni-

versity of Rochester, which they made available

to us, and we customized it for our library cat-

alog,” she says. “Rebecca Weng with the Office

of Technology Services brought it to the SMU

Libraries’ End User Group in the spring and

did a lot of work on it. We also worked with

James Van Dyke in Integrated Marketing/Public Affairs to

make sure we complied with the University’s Web and mobile

application guidelines.”

A browser-based site won out over a mobile Web application

because of its cross-platform flexibility. An iPhone app won’t per-

form on other mobile Web platforms, such as Google’s Android,

and vice versa, she explains.

At the CUL Welcome Tent set up before classes started in late

August, Queyrouze and other CUL staff introduced students to the

mobile catalog.

“We had posters and demonstrated it for them. We also

showed them how to bookmark it,” she says. “They seemed really

excited about it. We heard comments like ‘I can get the library cat-

alog on my iPhone? Cool!’ and ‘This will be great to use when I’m

stuck on Mustang Express on my way to campus.’”

D O C U M E N T I N G M T . V E S U V I U S ’ B I G B A N G

SMU Central University Libraries’ norwick Center for Digital

Services (nCDS) has received two grants totaling $45,000 to

digitize, catalog and upload items into the Lawrence T. Jones III

Texas Photographs digital collection.

A $25,000 grant from the Summerlee Foundation and a $20,000

TexTreasures grant recognize the importance of the Jones photo-

graphs. The collection contains 5,000 images and depicts Texans

from a variety of cultural groups – Caucasian, African

American, Hispanic and American Indian – as well as

locations in all corners of the state. More than 80 per-

cent of the images are unique to the collection.

The CUL Digital Collections now contains 344 of

the 19th-century images, says Cindy Boeke, CUL Digi-

tal Collections developer. The images can be viewed

at digitalcollections.smu/edu/all/cul.

“Digitization allows anyone with an Internet con-

nection to access these photographs, which are

invaluable resources for scholars, researchers and

the interested public,” Boeke says.

Programs related to Texas history are among those supported

by the Dallas-based Summerlee Foundation.

The TexTreasures grant is an annual competitive grant pro-

gram for TexShare member libraries. TexShare is a consortium of

700 libraries statewide that shares library resources, including

special collections like the Jones photographs. Funding is available

for projects involving materials with statewide significance.

Two new grants support digitization of early Texas photos

Cindy Boeke, CUL

Digital Collections

developer, leads the

team digitizing

DeGolyer Library’s

Lawrence T. Jones III

Texas Photographs

collection.

For more information: digitalcollections.smu.edu/all/cul and www.flickr.com/commons

Two views of Mt. Vesuvius

from the Melvin C. Shaffer

World War II Photography

Collection, DeGolyer

Library: “Mt. Vesuvius erup-

tion, San Sebastiano al

Vesuvio, 1944” (above) and

“Mt. Vesuvius and children

from covered homes.”


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When producers of the documentary Living with the Trinity

needed a geographic history of the Trinity River, they

found it at SMU’s Edwin J. Foscue Map Library.

“We pulled out all kinds of maps associated with the Trinity

River and it was fascinating to see how it has changed over time,”

says Dawn Youngblood, Foscue curator. “Our topographic maps

show how the river was altered as surrounding towns grew.”

Maps from the library are featured in the documentary, which

was first broadcast late last year on the Dallas PBS affiliate, KERA-

TV (Channel 13), and will be re-aired

November 23.

With more than a quarter-mil-

lion maps, the library contains one

of the largest university map collec-

tions in the nation, according to

Youngblood, who earned a Ph.D. in

archeology from SMU in 2003. “As a

U.S. Government Map Depository,

we receive several thousand new

maps annually. In addition, a fair

volume of new maps and atlases

are purchased or donated each year.”

The library is required by law to remove old gov-

ernment-issued navigational maps when updates are

received. While the collection includes some 19th-cen-

tury maps, most date from the 20th and 21st centuries.

The collection, which is tucked away in the far

northeast corner of the ground floor in Fondren Library

Center, draws scholars from across the globe. When the

International Cartography Association Commission on

the History of Cartography gathered in the Dallas area

for its annual symposium in October, the group

included a tour of the Foscue Map Library on its itiner-

ary. They also visited DeGolyer Library to view selec-

tions from its collection.

Maps blend science, history and art in a format that’s utilitar-

ian for some and transcendent for others.

“Working in this library is so interesting because people from

all disciplines use maps – English students, art professors, engi-

neers,” Youngblood says. “We’ve also had paleontologists on their

way to Costa Rica come in and pour over geology maps.”

She’s even helped a few Gulf Coast treasure hunters. “While

assisting them, I learned how dramatically the Florida coast

changes from decade to decade as a result of hurricanes, and how

shallow portions of the coast have become,” Youngblood says.

“But I haven’t gotten any calls yet saying they found gold.”

For more information: smu.edu/cul/gir/maps/index.html

Maps tell different stories to different readers

“Working in this library is so

interesting because people

from all disciplines use

maps – English students, art

professors, engineers. We’ve

also had paleontologists on

their way to find fossils in

Costa Rica come in and pour

over geology maps.”

The map depicts a continuous coastline between North and South

America, offering a fascinating glimpse into how Columbus’ con-

temporaries viewed the New World.

“Tabvla terre nove by Martin Waldseemüller was published in Strassburg

in 1513 and is one of the first maps to depict the islands discovered by

Columbus in his voyages; for this reason it is sometimes known as the

Admiral’s Map,” explains Russell Martin, director of DeGolyer Library.

The map is one of the oldest in the DeGolyer’s collection, he says. “It

came to us with several hundred other early maps as a gift from two

wonderful collectors and benefactors, B.B. Barr and John N. Rowe III.”

DeGolyer Library houses approximately 3,000 rare maps, and records

of more than 1,500 of them are available online.

“Maps are used by students and scholars for a variety of projects,” he

says. “For example, Professors Lisa Pon and Amy Buono, both from the

Art History department, are very interested in the art of cartography,

visual representations from the past. And they actively encourage

their SMU students to consult the collection.”

Drawing on the map collection, the DeGolyer recently mounted the

exhibition “Contours of Empire: The World of Charles IV” at the

Meadows Museum. “Mexico: From Porfiriato to Revolution, 1876-

1920,” the DeGolyer’s current exhibit, which continues through

December 17, includes an incredibly detailed wall map from 1910

and several other maps.

For more information: smu.edu/cul/degolyer/maps.htm

O F F E R I N G A R A R E V I E W O F T H E P A S T

Foscue Curator Dawn Youngblood, left, and

members of the International Cartography Association

Two rare maps from

the DeGolyer Library

collections: Typus

orbis terrarum by

Abraham Ortelius,

1584 (left) and Tabvla

terre nove by Martin

Waldseemuller

The SMU-in-Taos Cultural Institute draws from all corners of the University

community to present informative and interesting courses. Among those

participating were: from left, Central University Libraries Dean Gillian

McCombs; Biology Professor John Ubelaker, who taught “How Does Your

Taos Garden Grow?”; Margaret McCombs; and Paulette Mulry ’83, CUL

director of development. The Cultural Institute was held July 22-25.

L A N D O F E N R I C H M E N T


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Asoundtrack accompanies Jennifer Burr Altabef’s memories

of studying in SMU’s libraries as a student.

“During one finals period, we got a little slap happy and sang

‘Kumbaya’ in the library, which was probably not appreciated at

all,” she recalls.

After spending seven years on campus, many of Altabef’s

memories of her student days involve libraries.

“I remember studying for finals through the night at Fondren

very, very well, usually at one of the big tables on the second or

third floors,” she says.

She earned a Bachelor’s degree in news/editorial journalism

from Meadows School of the Arts in 1978 and now serves on the

Meadows Executive Board. She was awarded a J.D. by Dedman

School of Law in 1981.

Now in her second year of service on the SMU Libraries Exec-

utive Board, she believes libraries play a pivotal part in providing

a well-rounded academic experience.

“This is an exciting time in the life of libraries as they continue

to evolve as research centers and incorporate new technologies,”

she says. “I love research of all kinds, and I want to help students

learn to love it as well. I also want to help students appreciate the

wonderful collections contained in the SMU libraries.”

In November she retired as a partner in the law firm of Car-

rington Coleman after 10 years, and she’s delighted to have more

time to read for pleasure.

“Recently, I have enjoyed reading two books written by friends

of mine: A Dog’s Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron and Struck By

Living by Julie Hersh,” she says. “The first is a sweet fable, and the

other is a gripping memoir – both are fantastic.”

Altabef and her husband, Peter, president of Dell Services, live

near the University and are longtime season ticketholders to the

Tate Lecture Series.

She treasures her ties to her alma mater, especially its libraries.

“Serving on the SMU Libraries Executive Board allows me to

honor the important role that the libraries played in shaping me as

a person and in my career.”

Jennifer Altabef, a member of SMU Libraries Executive Board

Jennifer Altabef: Remembering research, late nights and ‘Kumbaya’

Bush Library exhibit opens

A digital slideshow of architects’ renderings and examples of

archivists’ tools are among the features of an exhibit on the

George W. Bush Presidential Library and the National Archives

and Records Administration (NARA).

The items may be viewed in the lobby of Fondren Library

Center through January 9, 2011. The exhibit is free and open to

the public.

The groundbreaking for the George W. Bush Presidential

Center at SMU, which includes the library, was November 16, with

completion expected in 2013. The Bush Library is the nation’s 13th

presidential library overseen by the NARA.

The CUL display complements the George W. Bush Presiden-

tial Center’s special exhibit at the Meadows Museum at SMU. The

exhibit is free to the public and will be open through February 6,

2011. For more information, visit smu.edu/meadowsmuseum.

Online tools put to the test by University community

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An international thread weaves through concurrent trials for

two digital products conducted this fall by Central Univer-

sity Libraries:

Mango Languages Online

Mango is a self-paced language

learning system with 23 languages

for English-speakers – Arabic (Lev-

entine), Brazilian, Dari, Farsi, French,

German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Irish,

Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin

Chinese, Pashto, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish,

Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Urdu and Vietnamese.

In addition, Mango offers 14 English as a Second Language (ESL)

modules.

Global Road Warrior

“The Ultimate Guide to the World” covers 175 countries and

addresses 22 categories of interest to travelers, including business

culture, communications, demographics, money and banking,

points of interest, security, society and culture, tips for business-

women, transportation and travel essentials. It also includes maps

and photographs.

Linda Evans, adjunct lecturer of ESL at SMU, added Mango

links to the supplementary resources she provides to students. “I

personally found Mango helpful for learning a few phrases in my

students’ languages and really appreciated the pronunciation

audio,” she says.

“Global Road Warrior is a great resource for informa-

tion about their countries,” she adds.

The trials started Sept. 13 and contin-

ued to Nov. 13.

“During the trial period, we made the

products available to the University com-

munity through links on the CUL home-

page,” explains Patricia Van Zandt, CUL

director of Scholarly Resources and

Research Services.

“We conduct trials for potential electronic

products because, in general, these resources are quite expensive

and we want to be good stewards of the funds entrusted to us.”


Pamalla Anderson:Library archivist and advocate

A rchivist Pamalla Anderson ’89 (above) took a circuitous

route to DeGolyer Library.

The alumna of SMU’s Cox School of Business enjoyed a suc-

cessful stretch in commercial real estate and a turn at full-time

parenting before a volunteer stint at the City of Dallas Municipal

Archives inspired a second career: library archivist.

When her youngest child started school, she began working on

a Master’s in history and archival science at the University of

Texas at Arlington. “It’s something I had always wanted to do,” she

says. Anderson completed an archival practicum at DeGolyer and

earned her graduate degree in 2008.

She joined the library staff in August 2009 as the part-time

archivist for the Archives of Women of the Southwest. In addition

to those duties, she now assists with the administration of the

Book Club of Texas, serving as board treasurer, and with the

Library of Texas Series.

Anderson serves as this year’s president of Friends of the SMU

Libraries/Colophon.

Welcome new Friends Friends of the SMU Libraries new members who have joined as of

October 19, 2010:

Ann Abbas

Pierce Allman

Stephanie Amsel

Robert Austin

Chris Bolding

Donna Bowman

Willard D. Campbell Jr.

Sam Childers

Richard Cogley

Lyn Gardner Collins

Mike Condon

Sally Cullum

Charles E. Curran

Daniel and Valentina Doyon

Amy L. Fikes

Cynthia Franco

Carmen S. Glenn

Tom Greene

Callan Harrison

Rhonda Havins

Charlene Howell

John and Kay Hyland

Jeanne R. Johnson

Chester and Delphine Kaufman

Zachary Knott

Patricia Kriska

Henry and Barbara Lischer Jr.

Richard Martin

Nikki McDaniel

Karen Meder

Justin Montgomery

Carla Morlock

Paulette Mulry

Nancy O’Connor

Sarah Perot

Greg and Patti Schaub

Sally Reddig Schulze

C.W. Smith

Willard Spiegelman

Amy Sommer

Tanya Thanawalla

Lisa Thierry

Angela Thompson

Marjorie Swann and William Tsutsui

Patricia Van Zandt

Patricia Ward

David and Paula Whisenant

Lori White

The online research guides compiled by Josh Lupkin offer a

glimpse into his vast knowledge reserves: “History of Flight,”

“Introduction to French History and Culture” and “Feminine

Divine” are just a few of the titles.

He’s sort of a human Google – a powerful search engine with

a Ph.D. in history and a beard.

“For me, the most satisfying aspect of my work is being able to

balance the public service element with keeping up with interre-

lated research in a number of fields,” says Lupkin, a humanities

research librarian in Fondren Library Center.

Lupkin earned a doctorate from Columbia University – his

thesis was on the history of taxicabs in New York City, his birth-

place, and Chicago. He came to SMU in June 2009 from the Uni-

versity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he earned a Master

of Library Science degree.

With his history expertise and wide-ranging interests, Lupkin

serves as a subject liaison to

the departments of History,

Philosophy, Foreign Languages

and Literatures, and Religious

Studies, as well as the Classical

Studies and Medieval Studies

programs in Dedman College.

The subject liaison program

expands the responsibilities of

a librarian with a specialized

background by appointing him

or her as the library’s go-to person for specific academic depart-

ments and programs, says Patricia Van Zandt, Central University

Libraries director of Scholarly Resources and Research Services.

“They know how to speak the language of the departments

they work with,” Van Zandt says. “Josh, with his history back-

ground, is a great example.”

Subject liaisons work closely with departments to provide

resources that support instruction. They participate in collection

development, adding materials recommended by faculty and find-

ing digital and print resources that will increase the depth of the

holdings, according to Van Zandt.

“As a liaison, my role is focused outside of the library in pro-

viding specialized information literacy training – teaching stu-

dents how to find and evaluate sources in multiple formats and

locations. These are skills that apply beyond students’ academic

work,” Lupkin explains. “This is balanced by a more internal

role, thinking holistically about what the library should be doing

with departments across Dedman – even when they have very

different needs.”

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Research librarian

Josh Lupkin serves as

a subject liaison for

several Dedman

College departments

and programs.


Josh Lupkin: Subject liaisonstrikes the right balance

A re-organization of computers

and new signage create a

more user-friendly experience at

Fondren Library Center’s Informa-

tion Commons (above).

Specific computers are now

reserved for students, faculty and

staff. “This helps to ensure that

computers are available for them

during high-usage periods,” says Tyeson Seale, digital production

specialist. “And because the computers are designated for those

users, we were able to add another level of security.”

The dedicated computers provide access to statistical applica-

tions, such as Mathematica, and other software that is not offered

on all library computers, he adds.

In addition, new signs distinguish technical support staff from

reference librarians, Seale says. “Now it’s clear where to go for

technical assistance and where to go with a reference question.”

Improving the information environment

Quarter Notes now a blog

After 16 years as a printed piece, Quarter Notes, the newslet-

ter of Hamon Arts Library, migrated permanently to the Web

over the summer. “In today’s fast-paced world, news is only rele-

vant when it is up-to-date; this electronic format is more suitable

than paper for providing current information to the reader,” says

Jon Haupt, director ad interim of Hamon.

Read Hamon Library news at blog.smu.edu/quarternotes.

phot

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ker

David J. Weber, SMU professor,

distinguished historian and the

founding director of the William P.

Clements Center for Southwest Studies,

died August 20 of multiple myeloma.

An internationally renowned scholar

on the U.S. Southwest and Mexico,

Weber was the author of more than 70

scholarly articles and 27 books.

He and his wife, Carol, were longtime

supporters of Central University Libraries and members of Friends

of the SMU Libraries.

In his memory, the David J. Weber Memorial Fund has been estab-

lished to create fellowships and grants that support scholarship on

the Southwest and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. For more infor-

mation, visit smu.edu/swcenter/MemorialFund.

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Koren Zailckas: Author finds peace after Fury

Sofia Kouninis, a first-year SMU student, calls the opportunity

to meet author Koren Zailckas “a surreal moment.”

“She has been my life for the past three years, so it’s unbeliev-

able that I actually got to talk her,” says Kouninis, who used Zail-

ckas’ first memoir, Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood, in a

peer-to-peer alcohol education program she was involved with in

high school.

Zailckas was brought to campus in September by Friends of the

SMU Libraries for a lecture and signing of her latest work, Fury:

A Memoir. Like her first book, which

spent 20 weeks on The New York Times

Best-Seller List, Fury is a personal, frank

analysis of a difficult topic and its

wider cultural implications.

“I didn’t start out to write another

memoir. It was going to be a journalis-

tic book about anger,” she says.

A bad breakup with a boyfriend set the stage for the book Fury

became. “I had always thought anger and love were incompatible,”

she says.

In the book she details the connection between theories about

rage and her own life experiences.

Zailckas, a graduate of Syracuse University whose first book

was published when she was 23, encouraged students in the audi-

ence to “write your stories down. They’re important, and it’s

important to tell them as a younger person.”

She hopes to take a break from memoirs with her next project,

which she describes as a “funny and heartbreaking” work of fiction.

And what about that boyfriend? Zailckas married him. They

live in Brooklyn with their young daughter.

Fury is a personal,

frank analysis

of a difficult topic

and its wider

cultural implications.

F A R E W E L L T O A G O O D F R I E N D

Author Koren Zailckas, left, and first-year SMU student

Sofia Kouninis

The tale of the masks continues

Anne Bromberg, right, Cecil and Ida Green Curator of

Ancient and Asian Art at the Dallas Museum of Art,

joins Emily Grubbs, left, curatorial assistant at SMU’s

Hamon Arts Library, and Central University

Libraries Dean Gillian McCombs for a view-

ing of the two rare Japanese gigaku masks

that are part of the Mary McCord/

Edyth Renshaw Collection on the Per-

forming Arts in Hamon. Now on long-term

loan to the DMA, the masks were the topic

of a Sunday afternoon museum lecture by

Bromberg last month.

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Digital Collections receives two grants

Navigating the CUL’s map collections

Bush Library/National Archives exhibit

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Library Contacts DeGolyer Library/Special Collections 214-768-2253

Fondren Library – general library information 214-768-7378

Fondren Library

Information Desk 214-768-2326

Circulation/Reserve 214-768-2329

Government Information Resources 214-768-2331

Friends of the SMU Libraries 214-768-1939

Hamon Arts Library 214-768-2894

Norwick Center for Digital Services 214-768-4584

Website Central University Libraries: smu.edu/cul/

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Save the date for holiday luncheon, 2011 Friends’ eventsLunch and the movies

Gary Cogill, who recently retired from his 24-year stint as movie critic forWFAA-TV (Channel 8) to produce and direct films, will be the guest speakerat the annual holiday celebration.

Tuesday, December 7, 11:30 a.m., Royal Oaks Country Club, 7915 GreenvilleAve., reservations required

Women in the Arab world

Dr. Isam Shihada will present The Status of Women in the Arab World.Shihada worked in the area of gender studies at Al Aqsa University in Gazauntil it was closed. Through the Office of the Provost and the SMU Interna-tional Center, in partnership with the Institute of International EducationScholar Rescue Fund, he will continue his research at SMU as a visitingprofessor.

Thursday, March 3, 6 p.m. reception, 6:30 p.m. lecture, DeGolyer Library, 6404Hyer Lane

An evening of memorable conversation

The 11th annual Tables of Content fundraiser for the Friends of the SMULibraries is an evening filled with thought-provoking conversation and thecelebration of good literature. A highlight of the event will be the presen-tation of the second annual Literati Award.

Saturday, April 2, 6 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. dinner, Collins Executive EducationCenter, 3150 Binkley Ave., reservations required

A gathering of Friends

Antoinette Terry Bryant, a screenwriter of Splice, will speak at the annualdinner meeting as Friends of the SMU Libraries observes its 41st year.Splice, starring Adrien Brody, was well-received by critics as a “smart, well-acted treat for horror fans.”

Monday, May 2, 6 p.m., location to be announced, reservations required

Visit smu.ed/libraries/friends or call 214-768-3225 for more informationand reservations.

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