April 1, 2008

A brownbag lunch session given by Sebastian Derry, Media Services Librarian, who presented a paper entitled  “Video-Regions and Formats and Change, Oh My!”

February 12, 2008

An author  talk/reading with Professor Samuel Delany, well-known writer, literary critic, and teacher of fiction writing in Temple’s Department of English, who read from his latest novel Dark Reflections.

October 18, 2007

A tour of the archaeological and ethnographic collections of the Laboratory of Anthropology at Temple University with the director, Muriel  Kirkpatrick.

October 2006

David Post, Professor of Law at the Beasley School of Law, presented on copyright law. His presentation was informative, entertaining, and lead to some interesting discussion with the audience. Approximately 15 library staff members were in attendance.

April 2006

Co-presentation with George Fowler of Library Systems and Technology of OPAL’s webcast “Ten Top Technologies for Librarians in 2006” by librarian and blogger Michael Stephens. Approximately 12 library staff members were in attendance.
 

March 2006

The committee presented Allen Hornblum, a professor at the University, who talked about the pitfalls of publishing on controversial subjects and his new book on Philadelphia’s notorious K&A gang. More than 20 library staff members and a few others from the University attended.

October 2005

Committee members Fred Rowland and Derik A Badman presented “Open Source Software: Free your computer, free your mind, free your wallet.” Topics included the definition of “open source,” the ideology behind the concept, and numerous examples of open source software available for every major area of computer use, from browsers and photo editors to operating systems and library systems. Approximately 12 library staff members were in attendance.

February 2005
Paley Library, Rm. 130

Albert Vara, our area studies selector, put extensive effort and hard work into the Power Point Presentation that accompanied his most informative discussion of the history and the resources that make up the Blockson Collection of African and African American documents and publications that are archived in Sullivan Hall home of this unique collection.

February 2005
Paley Library, Rm. 130

Susan Golding, our government documents and maps librarian, provided a very important discussion of the electronic resources that make up the sources and services provided to the public and to academic libraries by the governments of the United States including Federal, State and Local governments. Her bright and positive personality and her sense of humor took what could be a dull topic and turned it into a most interesting, exciting and informative learning experience. Her ability to improvise and work around some government sites that were not working properly that day was just one of the ways in which her presentation excelled in quality and in its high level of informativeness.

December 2004
Paley Library, Rm. 130

David Ford, Assistant Director of the Social Science Data Library was the first speaker this year and his presentation enabled those in the audience to not only learn more about the statistical resources and services of this specialized collection, but to start a dialog regarding the possibilities of closer collaboration between this service and the Temple University Libraries.