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.

Library Wins Design Award

Brick SouthEast has awarded the James B. Duke Library a design award for the exemplary use of brick on the recently completed expansion and renovation project. Brick SouthEast is the Brick Industry Association chapter for the southeast region of the United States. The library congratulates our architects at Neal Prince and Partners and Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott for this recognition of their work.

New Library Personnel

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.

New Databases for 2006

The Library added several new databases in January. Bibliography of Asian Studies indexes more than 100 journals specialized journals in Asian studies back to 1971, with entries for monographs and other resources as well. Historical Abstracts indexes hundreds of journals covering world history from 1450 to present. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy includes more than 2000 articles from Aristotle to Zeno.

Tutoring Available

The Office of Academic Assistance is now making free tutoring services available in the library Monday through Thursday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30 pm. Help is available in Communication 20 and 28, Economics 11, English 11 and 12, Philosophy 20, and Sociology 11 on Monday and Wednesday evenings. Help is available in History 11, Latin 21, Music 20, Political Science 11, Religion 11, and Spanish 11 and 12 on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. If you would like help, just come by the study area to the left of the Office of Academic Assistance on the ground floor of the library (040). For more information contact Barbara Foltz, Director of Academic Assistance, at 2110.

Director Elected to ACRL Board

Dr. Janis Bandelin, Director of Libraries, has been elected to the board of directors of the Association of College and Research Libraries as Director-at-Large. She will serve a four year term steering this professional organization which is central to the work of college and university libraries throughout the country.