Cheryl Conway reports that records were added to InfoLinks in order to provide direct linked access to 773 full-text articles from CQ Researcher. If you wish to view these records, perform a title search
in InfoLinks for “CQ Researcher online articles.”

Sheri Gallaher reports that the West entry assisted door operation has been restored and is now working properly.

Elizabeth McKee, Anita Mysore, Mary Walker, and Anne Marie Candido were each contributors to a newly released book entitled Thinking Outside the Book: Essays for Innovative Librarians. Elizabeth and Anita are co-authors of the chapter “Librarians and Educators in Partnerships: Instigating the Teachable Moment for Information Literacy in Core Education Courses”; Elizabeth and Mary are co-authors of the chapter “Librarians as Indexers: Taking the Arkansas Publications Index from State Periodical Index in Card Files to Online Database,” Anita is author of the chapter “What is a Curriculum Developer Doing in Special Collections?” and Anne Marie is author of the chapter entitled: “An Embarrassment of Riches at an Academic Library: Let Patience, Alertness, a Positive Attitude, and a Little Luck Work for You.”

Lynaire Hartsell reports that the Periodicals Room has a new carrier for the digital viewer that enables users to read and digitize both microfiche and microcards (sometimes called micro-opaque). We have large collections in early American and English publications on microcard.

Molly Boyd reports that a new photography exhibit entitled “Strange & Not So Strange” is being displayed in Mullins Library. The photographs are part of a series of portraits taken with an instant camera of people on Dickson Street by Fayetteville photographer Craig E. Nelson. The online exhibit can be viewed at http://libinfo.uark.edu/info/artexhibit.asp#nelsoncraig. Why, you might be wondering, is Molly Boyd’s mug included in the series? The insider’s scoop is that Craig is a former student of Molly’s (as is Allon Callahan of Circulation). She prefers to think that her picture falls under the category of “not so strange,” but she will be happy to show you another picture taken in the same series by Craig that contains a mysterious light blur across her face, which is stranger.

Angela Hand reminds everyone that there is still time to submit nominations for Employee of the 4th Quarter. Faculty and staff of the Fayetteville campus are encouraged to nominate staff employees in recognition of outstanding service to the University. All regularly appointed staff are eligible for nomination, but nominees must have been employed by the U of A for at least one year. If you would like to nominate someone for this award, please see the nomination form on our Staff Senate website: http://www.uark.edu/ua/stsenate/eoq_nom.html or contact Lisa Frye at lfrye@uark.edu. Nominations are accepted until July 15.

CUARL, the Council of University of Arkansas Research Libraries, has recently created a K-12 Education Portal. The purpose of the portal is to help teachers and students locate and use learning resources that are offered online around the state. The database includes a short description of each site and highlights content to encourage users to click on a link and use the site. We hope you will take a moment to review the Portal (http://libinfo.uark.edu/cuarl/k12portal/) and let us know what you think. Please let Elizabeth McKee know if you find an error. Keep in mind that the descriptions are very brief. Index keywords that are most useful for calling attention to the content to teachers and students are, for example, “lesson plans,” “internships,” “subject areas,” and “continuing education.” The search engine for the site will retrieve any word (or root word) in a description, the site name, or the keywords themselves. The keywords are not visible on the public side, so if you try to retrieve a site you are familiar with but are unable to do so, please let Elizabeth know. The Education “porters” thank everyone in the Libraries who have helped so much, especially Beth Juhl, who built this site incorporating a design done by Heather Smith at UAMS, co-chair of the Portal Committee. You can use the Portal to send feedback or contact Elizabeth directly.

Special Collections has been assisting two researchers who are documenting the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion. Governor Beebe is interested in seeing published a book on the mansion. The researchers are working on behalf of John P. Gill, a Little Rock attorney who is chairing this effort for the governor. Gill is also the chairman of the Arkansas History Commission.

Brian Curtis will be on vacation starting today, July 1 through Friday, July 4. Branch deliveries, theses/dissertation pick ups, special mail deliveries for HR, Dean’s Office will be suspended beginning today until next Monday, unless you notify Sheri Gallaher of a particular need that requires her attention. She will take care of these requests in as timely a manner as possible. David Lacy from Shipping & Receiving is also on vacation this week, so it’ll be just Sheri and Lee Holt holding down the facilities’ and S&R’s fort(s)!

The summer issue of the alumni publication Arkansas features a long spread, written by Molly Boyd, on Tony Wappel and Ethel Simpson’s recent book Once Upon Dickson: An Illustrated History, 1868-2000. A copy of the magazine is in the Dean’s Office and Special Collections if you’d like to read the article.