The awards reception for the 2nd Annual Library Prize for Undergraduate Research will be held in Paley Library’s Lecture Hall at 4:30p.m. on Friday, April 28th. The winning students will be present to receive their awards, accompanied by their sponsoring professors. Refreshments and hors d’oeuvres will be served. Everyone is invited. Direct questions to Gretchen Sneff at 215-204-4724 or gretchen.sneff@temple.edu –Derik A Badman
“Imaging Culture” is the title and visual anthropology is the subject of the current exhibit on the main floor of Paley Library, from April 10 — May 31, 2006. Photography books, cameras, stereoscope photos and other items from the library’s collections and from the Visual Communication Laboratory of the Department of Anthropology are on display. The exhibit was designed to accompany the Mediating Practices conference held at Temple University on April 11-14, 2006 and was prepared by Anabelle Rodriguez Gonzalez, a Visual Communications student, in collaboration with librarian subject specialists Jenifer Baldwin and Gregory McKinney, and Tom Whitehead and Carol Ann Harris of the library’s Special Collections department. The Mediating Practices conference sponsors are Temple University’s Graduate School, The College of Liberal Arts, the School of Communications and Theater, the Center for the Humanities, and the Philadelphia Cinema and Media Seminar (PCMS). — Carol Ann Harris
The submissions deadline for the Library Prize for Undergraduate Research comes on Friday April 7 at 5pm. Application packets should be taken to the office of the Vice Provost for Libraries, Paley Library, mezzanine level, room 136. For more information, e-mail libprize@temple.edu or visit the Library Prize website.
Information sessions on the Library Prize for Undergraduate Research will be held on the following dates in Paley Library’s Room 130.
TUES. MARCH 14, 2006 4PM-5PM
WED. MARCH 15, 2006 1230PM-130PM
MON. MARCH 27, 2006 1200PM-100PM
Members of the Prize committee will be on hand to answer questions.
You are invited to drop in for an early morning cup of coffee on Wednesday, February 15th, starting at 8 a.m. Provided by Campus Safety Services, the free coffee will be located on the first floor of Paley between the elevators and the walkway to Tuttleman. Captain Eileen Bradley will be on hand to chat and answer questions. — Carol Lang
Take a break! Free coffee, tea, cookies, and danish will be available in Paley Library on Thursday and Friday, December 8th and 9th, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The study day coffee breaks are sponsored by Temple Student Government, TSG Academic Affairs Committee, and Temple Libraries. Good luck on your exams! — Carol Lang
Drop in for an early morning cup of coffee on Monday, December 5th, as Paley Library begins its 24/7 schedule until the end of the semester! Provided by Campus Safety Services, the free coffee will be located on the first floor of Paley between the elevators and the walkway to Tuttleman. Captain Eileen Bradley and her assistant Karin Wolok will be on hand to chat and answer questions. — Carol Lang
What would a book designed and made by an artist look like? Can glass, soap, plexiglass and other non-paper materials form a book? Why would one need a can-opener when opening a book? These and other questions may be answered by Paley Library’s exhibition of artists’ books from its Special Collections Department and the Tyler School of Art Library: “Curious Looks at Artists’ Books.”
Exhibition location: Main Lobby, Paley Library
Exhibition dates: November 11-December 31, 2005
Placing Dance in New Communities: Preserving the Talley Beatty/Philadanco Legacy 
A special dance performance in Paley Library at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 28th, will highlight the opening of the latest exhibition mounted by the University Libraries’ Special Collections Department. The performance and opening will be followed by a small reception. The performance is of the solo, “Mourners Bench” from the 1947 masterwork, “Southern Lanscape,” choreographed by Talley Beatty. The exhibition and performance will be in the Lobby of the Samuel Paley Library with the reception in the Library’s Lecture Hall, Ground Floor. The afternoon program is one day of a week-long schedule of events which is the culmination of the project “Placing Dance in New Communities” produced by Temple Libraries’ Philadelphia Dance Collection, Bryn Mawr College, and Philadanco, with grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and Dance Advance (Pew Charitable Trusts). For more information about the Philadelphia Dance Collection and this grant-funded project, see the September 22nd issue of Temple Times. The exhibition, performance and reception are free and open to the public. For information, call 215-204-8230.
— Tom Whitehead
The Temple Book Club calendar and selections for 2005-2006 are listed below. Discussions are open to anyone who is interested and generally run from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. in Paley Lecture Hall, which is located on the ground floor of Paley Library.
It’s always a lunchtime event, so you’re welcome to bring your lunch if you wish. Beverages and very light snacks are provided. If you would like to be added to the book club’s listserv or would like more information, contact Margaret Jerrido, mj@temple.edu or 215-204-6639.
September 22, 2005
West of Kabul, East of New York, by Tamim Ansary
A resource guide is available here.
October 27, 2005
The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera
November 17, 2005
The Honey Thief, by Elizabeth Graver
December 15, 2005
Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
January 26, 2006
Snow, by Orhan Pamuk
February 23, 2006
Freedomtown: A Novelette, by Jacqueline T. Small
(Ms. Small will be our guest author)
March 23, 2006
Family Resemblances, by Tanya Maria Barrientos
April 27, 2006
The Forbidden, by L. A. Banks
(Ms. Leslie Banks will be our guest author)
May 25, 2006
To be determined.
— Margaret Jerrido