The James B. Duke Library has won the 2006 Sustainable Design Award from the Carolinas Chapter of the International Interior Design Association. The award recognizes environmentally friendly elements in the interior design of the recent expansion and renovation of the library building, such as use of recycled and low emission materials. The library congratulates the architects for the project, Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott of Boston and Neal Prince + Partners of Greenville. The award was announced during the Association's DesignWorks competition and recognition event held in May. DesignWorks recognizes and rewards professional excellence in the Carolinas design community through a professionally juried design competition. For more information on the green aspects of the library building see Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.

New Library Personnel

Jenny Colvin has accepted the position of Music Librarian effective July 10, 2006. Jenny is a 2000 graduate of George Fox University with a Bachelor of Arts in Music and received her Master of Library Science from Indiana University in 2006. Jenny currently works at DePauw University where she has served as Music Library Desk Supervisor and in the Music Instructional Technology Center. Jenny will oversee the Robert J. Maxwell, Jr. Music Library and serve as the library's liaison to the Music Department.

Derrick Stewart has rejoined the library as Document Delivery Assistant. Derrick is a 2004 Furman graduate in Political Science. As a student he worked in the Circulation Department. He also served as an intern at the Office of Corporation Counsel in Washington, DC. At present Derrick is managing the Maxwell Music Library during the search for a new music librarian.

Emily Fisher has joined the library in a temporary capacity as Document Delivery Assistant. Emily is a 2005 Furman graduate in English. As a student she worked as a peer consultant in the Center for Collaborative Learning and Communication.

Year of the Humanities Events

The library has recently sponsored a number of events in the Year of the Humanities series. "The Great Grassy World from Both Sides: Poets as Editors, Editors as Poets" featured a number of regional poets discussing the changing role of the editor in poetry publishing and the process of self-reflection and peer evaluation in writing poetry. "Cultural Broker in Bonnets" is an exhibit focusing on the life of Jane Evans, a pioneering civic leader in Florence, SC during the first half of the 20th Century. The exhibit is located in the Furman Room on the second floor of the James B. Duke Library. Contact DebbieLee Landi, Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist, for more information concerning these events.

Furman Wins Library Public Relations Award

The James B. Duke Library is a 2006 winner of the John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award, which recognizes and honors outstanding achievement in library public relations.

The Library won the award for ICU: Life in the Library and Year of the Library, a two-phase public relations program associated with the building renovation and expansion. Staff members developed a humorous medical theme to ease stress during the construction phase, which was followed by a yearlong celebration of the library, its new building and capabilities. The program, which ran from 2002 to 2005, was headed by Mary Fairbairn and Julie Carter with broad participation by members of the library faculty, staff, and student workers.

The award was announced at a meeting of the American Library Association in San Antonio on January 21. It is jointly sponsored by the H. W. Wilson Company and the H. W. Wilson Foundation with the Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), and has been awarded continuously since 1946.

For more information see 2006 John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award Winners Announced on the American Library Association website.