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Featured Librarian: Kate Burke

By: Laura Hansen

Published on: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013

It’s time for the third in our Featured Librarian series!

This week I spoke to Kate Burke, a reference and student experience librarian at the St Paul campus.   You’ll see her in a wide variety of classes as well as heading up many of the fun activities that happen around the libraries.  Here is what she had to say:

  1. What departments are you a liaison for?kate
    I am responsible for Art History, Philosophy, Air Force ROTC, Mathematics, Physics, Geography, and Geographic Information Systems and Computer and Information Sciences.
  2. What resource – in your topic area – do you think is the coolest?
    I love ARTstor
  3. What’s one cool thing that resource can do?
    ARTstor can be used by all students to help them create awesome presentation using fabulous artwork

Getting to know Kate…

  • What’s your favorite flavor of ice cream?
    Haagen-Dazs Vanilla Chocolate Chip.
  • Who is your favorite author?
    I love Jane Austen and Sue Grafton.
  • Do you prefer the Minnesota Twins or the St Paul Saints?
    As a native St. Paulite, I am going with the Saints.
  • Is there something random about you that you’d like us to know?
    I make a wicked Angel Food cake.  There is no box involved.  It is completely homemade.  All my children ask me to make it for their birthdays.

Kate may be contacted by email, or by phone at (651) 962-5027.  See more information about her on the library website.

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Featured Librarian: Linda Hulbert

By: Laura Hansen

Published on: Wednesday, May 15th, 2013

It’s time to feature another UST Librarian! Linda Hulbert wears many hats around UST Libraries; as both a subject liaison and the Associate Director of Collection Management and Services, she oversees quite a few resources.  Let’s see what she has to say about her favorites…

  1. What departments are you a liaison for? Political science and General
  2. What resource – in your topic area – do you think is the coolest?
    OK!  I love The New York Times Historical.
  3. What’s one cool thing that resource can do?
    I don’t know that it’s the best resource for my students who work in the area – but I do know that it is so cool to have current events and see when the first time certain terms were used – like suicide bomber.  I love the fact that you can look at how the country was looking at events contemporaneously – like the Civil War.  For my political science research, I also really like the papers in CQ Researcher.

Getting to know Linda: 

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  • What’s your favorite flavor of ice cream?
    Anything with chocolate, fudge, and caramel
  • Who is your favorite author?
    I have to many: William Styron for Sophie’s Choice; Graham Greene for Quiet American; Maeve Binchy for wonderful warm fiction; Elizabeth George – Lynley mysteries;  Rushdie – Enchantress of Florence.
  • Do you prefer the Minnesota Twins or the St Paul Saints?
    Neither. Baseball, meh – now let’s talk about the Packers!
  • Is there something random about you that you’d like us to know?
    I have a one year old grandson, and one on the way – so fun!

Linda can be contacted for research assistance or classroom sessions by email, or by phone at (651) 962-5016.  See more information about her on the library website.

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Featured Librarian: Marianne Hageman

By: Laura Hansen

Published on: Wednesday, May 8th, 2013

Welcome to new series here on the blog: the Featured Librarian!Marianne

We figured it would be fun for everyone to know who we are and, along the way, learn a bit about what we love about the place we work.  First up is Marianne Hageman, a business librarian who works mainly on the St Paul campus.

Here are some answers she gave in a recent interview:

  1. What departments are you a liaison for?
    I’m a liaison librarian for business, specializing in (but not limited to) marketing resources. I’m also liaison for the advertising and PR side of COJO.
  2. What resource – in your topic area – do you think is the coolest?
    That’s hard, since we have so many cool resources. But I’ll give a huzzah to MRI+ Mediamark Reporter, the demographics database.
  3. What’s one cool thing that resource can do?
    MRI+ can give you information on who buys what, and then ties that to different characteristics, including what magazines people read and the kinds of television programs they watch. There’s a separate section for teen data, and it’s pretty cool (or creepy, depending on how you look at it) to see what teens like to eat for breakfast.
  4. Who is your favorite author?
    I can’t limit it to just one! A favorite author from childhood is Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of the “Anne of Green Gables” books and so much more. She’s a great comfort read. A favorite British author, recently deceased, is Diana Wynne Jones, who wrote “Howl’s Moving Castle” (made into a film by Hayao Miyazaki (it’s a great film, but the book is better.) A favorite Minnesota author is Lois McMaster Bujold; I’m working on reading all of her books this year. If you ask me tomorrow, I might have a different list.

Marianne can be contacted for research assistance or classroom sessions by email, or by phone at (651) 962-5404.  See more information about her, and schedule a research consultation, on the library website.

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Pack a book for Spring Break!

By: Laura Hansen

Published on: Monday, March 18th, 2013

I recently went to a poetry reading by Minnesota Poet Laureate, Joyce Sutphen, and she read one of my favorite poems of hers, called “What to Pack” (click on the link to hear her reading it).

It got me thinking: Spring Break is coming soon, and I need to figure out what book I’m going to read to keep me busy while everyone is off-campus!  It’s a good thing I work at OSF Library…

Are you going somewhere for Spring Break this year?

Don’t forget to pack a book from the libraries’  Leisure Reading collection!

The Leisure Reading collection includes “popular fiction and materials generally not considered scholarly or appropriate for an academic library’s permanent collection.”  Translation: it has great books that are fun to read when you are lying on the beach (or lying on your couch pretending you are lying on the beach!).

You can browse the collection on the main floors of both OSF and Keffer Libraries, or see a complete list of leisure reading titles in the CLICnet catalog. Items are available to current UST students, faculty, staff, and Friends of the OSF Library, and they can be checked out for three weeks – perfect for that spring break siesta!

Have a fun and safe Spring Break!

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Ready for a Blind Date…with a Book?

By: Laura Hansen

Published on: Wednesday, February 13th, 2013

photoTired of the Same Old Relationships? 
Need Something New and Exciting?

How about a blind date with a book?

It’s that time of year when many of us are looking to add a bit of adventure and fun to our lives. As Valentine’s Day approaches, a bit of romance would be fun, too, wouldn’t it?

Well have no fear – UST Libraries have you covered!  If you haven’t stopped by yet, come by the OSF Library to have a blind date with a “Mystery Book” we’ve wrapped up just for you!  Take it home, unwrap it, read it, and enjoy! If you don’t like the book, simply return it to the library – its feelings won’t be hurt. 

Sure you might be disappointed; but then again … you may end up having a great read with something you wouldn’t have chosen for yourself.

It’s exciting.  It’s fun. 
And who knows?  It could be romantic! (or fascinating, or about zombies, or a mystery, or….!) 

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Libraries Summer Reading List Available

By: John Heintz

Published on: Friday, June 11th, 2010

tooth_clawCheck out the Libraries’ summer reading list for 2010.  Now an annual tradition, our staff have submitted a number of title for your consideration.  Many are owned by UST or one of the CLIC libraries, so you can borrow from us if available, or check out your local public library or bookstore.

outliersAt the bottom of the list, we link to prior year lists, so browse to your heart’s content.

Have suggestions of your own? Add them in the comments below.

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Notable Books 2010

By: John Heintz

Published on: Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Notable-Books Check out Booklist’s pages of notable books for 2010. Compiled annually by this publication and the American Libraries Association, these lists can be a good source for your next read. Follow the link for the main list, and then see the entries on the left side for additional lists by genre, age, etc. Read any of these? Which are your favorites?

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Minnesota Made: Through the Eyes of the Children’s Book Illustrators Guild of Minnesota

By: John Heintz

Published on: Thursday, January 14th, 2010

An exhibit of the work of local children’s book illustrators will run from Jan. 22-Feb. 28 at the O’Shaughnessy Education Center lobby gallery.  An artist’s reception will be held Sunday Jan. 24 from 2-4 PM.  For more information, including links to each artists’ website, can be found in the announcement on the Art History dept. website.

Minnesota Made: Children's Book Illustrators

Minnesota Made: Children's Book Illustrators

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