New Science Librarian started December 2, 2013

  Andrea L. Dinkelman joined the University Libraries on December 2, 2013 as Associate Professor and Science Librarian.  She received her M.S. from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2003, Doctor of Pharmacy in 1991 from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and a B.S. in Biology in 1984 from Nebraska Wesleyan University.

Previous to her joining the faculty at UNL, Dinkelman was a member of the faculty at the Iowa State University Library from 2003 to November 2013. She provided reference, instruction and collection development support for several science departments including the Departments of Animal Science; Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology; Genetics, Development and Cell Biology; and the College of Veterinary Medicine. Dinkelman has published research in several journals including the Journal of Veterinary Medical Education; Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship; and the Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education.

Dinkelman will serve as the liaison to the Food Science and Technology Department and the School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and will work with faculty in those areas to support research by providing instruction and reference services. Dinkelman looks forward to meeting and working with faculty in her liaison areas and to assist with course related instruction.

Contact Andrea Dinkelman by telephone at 402-472-3004 or by email at adinkelman10@unl.edu.

Libraries Andrew Jewell talks Willa Cather letters on radio show

Andrew Jewell, digital initiatives and special collections librarian, talked about his book "Selected Letters of Willa Cather" on the President J.B. Milliken's Halftime Radio show, Oct. 11, 2013. Take a listen to the 5 minute clip below.

Meet the New Guy in Town

He raised Giant African Snails while living in Taiwan, collects plasma globes and lava lamps, plays minecraft on a daily basis and likes to hunt ghosts. 

Meet Will Dooling, UNL Libraries newest reference instruction associate (RIS) at the Love Library.  His favorite thing about working at the library is helping people and teaching people how to do things, because as a librarian he teaches new things every day.  His least favorite thing about working at the library is the perception that people have about librarians, that they’re quiet and nerdy.

“I’m too loud and too outgoing, but I am a nerd,” Dooling said.

Dooling recently started a twitter account @unlnewguy.  “I think people should follow me because I am funny, and because they can learn what’s happening in the library in a different way, where a student would care about it, where it’s coming from a younger perspective,” Dooling said. 

On twitter lately, Dooling has enjoyed playing along with memes and posting on the topic, “add a word, ruin a movie.”

Other things Dooling is interested in are Ancient History, philosophy and Science; he used to work as a Science teacher in Taiwan for two years.  When he was in Taiwan he raised Giant African Land Snails that are about the size of a mouse (no that wasn’t a joke).  As said earlier, Dooling also enjoys collecting plasma globes and lava lamps, online gaming (mainly minecraft), and super natural stuff like ghost hunting.  In fact, he just recently got into contact with a ghost hunting group in Lincoln.

“I would appreciate a student that knows any supernatural stuff, like psychics or UFO sightings, tweet anything like that @unlnewguy,” Dooling said.

 Now that you have a little bit of insight on one of Love Libraries newest members, please follow him @unlnewguy. 

 

 

Liz Lorang, new Digital Humanities Projects Librarian

On July 1, Liz Lorang, Research Assistant Professor, started in the new position of Digital Humanities Projects Librarian.  The position entails working with other librarians to identify students working on digital research projects, helping students develop their digital scholarship, teaching in the Digital Humanities Graduate Certificate program, and continuing as Senior Associate Editor on the Walt Whitman Archive.

Lorang says the responsibilities involve consulting and connecting with faculty and students. She is excited to work directly with graduate and undergraduate students to help them showcase the great work they are producing.  In the spring she expects to teach the Internship course for the graduate certificate program.  Lorang has a twitter feed and you can follow her: @bettylorang

Libraries Faculty News & Awards

Toni Anaya and Charlene Maxey-Harris have a book chapter, “Nebraska Students in Transition: The evolution of a partnership”, in the new book, Informed Transitions: Libraries Supporting the High School to College Transition, Kenneth J. Burhanna, Editor Libraries Unlimited 2013.
Leslie Delserone, Assistant Professor and subject librarian for Agronomy; Entomology; Forensic Sciences; Horticulture; and Plant Pathology has received a Project Ceres contract award for her project, “Preserving Nebraska’s Agricultural History: The Research Bulletins of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station.” The purpose of Ceres is to support small projects that preserve print materials essential to study the history and economics of agriculture and make those materials accessible electronically through digitization and is a collaboration between USAIN, AgNIC and the Center for Research Libraries.