Longwood University Library

We are pleased to announce that the Resources for Academic Transformation Libguide created by the Academic Transformation Committee is now available. To access the libguide from the Library’s homepage, scroll down to and click on  “Resources for Academic Transformation” in the “Research Your Topic” dialog box.

The Greenwood Library has created a guide to the 2009 MLK Symposium with information and resources about this year’s MLK speaker, Jerome Ringo (pictured), the Apollo Alliance, environmental justice, civil rights, sustainability, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

MLK Symposium activities on Thursday, January 22, include a community reading of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “The Drum Major Instinct” on the Lankford steps at 12:15 and Mr. Ringo’s talk at 3:30 in Jarman followed by a reception at the Moton Museum.

With the Learning Center coming under the oversight of the library, Wendell Barbour is now the Dean of the Library and Learning Center. Rebecca Sturgill, Director of the Learning Center, and Lisa Burns, Writing Coordinator, provide services from their offices in the first floor Information Center area.

Reference and instructional services have been brought together under the management of Liz Kocevar-Weidinger, Reference/Instruction Services Librarian. Mark Lenker joined the staff on July 10 as Assistant Reference/Instruction Services Librarian. Mark comes from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he received his MLIS in May 2006. He also holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Marquette University.

Tammy Hines became Reader Services Librarian last January, with responsibility for circulation, reserves, interlibrary loan, and building maintenance. Tammy received her MLS from Florida State University in May 2004. She previously served in a number of positions in the library, most recently as manager of interlibrary loan services.

The Library of Virginia’s traveling exhibit commemorating 100 years of the Virginia Library Association will be on exhibit in the Janet D. Greenwood Library’s atrium through the month of January 2006. The exhibit is titled "Honoring the Past, Building Our Future: One Hundred Years of the Virginia Library Association."

For one hundred years the Virginia Library Association (VLA) has developed, promoted, and improved library and information services and the profession of librarianship to advance literacy and learning and to ensure access to information for all Virginians. A non-partisan organization composed of libraries, librarians, trustees, friends, and other interested people, the VLA is the only statewide association that represents all types of libraries including academic, public, and special libraries. Libraries are crucial for a democratic government, providing access to information and the necessary tools that allow people to make informed decisions. Through a range of services, the VLA promotes programs to ensure that Virginians remain active life-long learners. The VLA supports library professionals through development opportunities and is actively engaged as an advocate of libraries to the state government. Today, its approximately 1,300 members represent a cross-section of educational, commercial, and professional interests.