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New: Video Reserve Request Form
For Faculty only: you can now reserve videos for your classes through our online Video Reserve Request Form:
Content Updates from Facts On File
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Staff Member of the Month — Library Director, Sharon Hultquist
Do you know how many books the Ivy Tech Community College Northeast Library has in its collection? The answer is around 20,000, not to mention thousands of videos, audio books, puppets, periodicals and much more.
Most of these 20,000 books and other materials, if not all, were carefully selected and are constantly updated by our Library Director, Sharon Hultquist. Sharon has worked for this library for 18 years. She is responsible for the operation and management of the library and its staff. In addition to purchasing and developing the library’s collections, she is also in charge of the budget, developing and implementing library instruction programs, library services, participating in various statewide college committees, and identifying new methods and trends in information technology to keep up with the mission and the goals of the College.
This list of Sharon’s duties barely covers everything she does in the library, but not many know about her unique talent to manage people. Everybody in the library would tell you that Sharon is an exceptional boss, both fair and professional, fostering talent and nurturing creativity in her staff, loved and respected by the staff and the patrons.
“Sharon has a lot of qualities that make her a great supervisor, but one that stands out to me is that she allows each of us to use our unique combination of skills and interests to come up with projects that improve Library services. Working on projects that we really care about motivates us to go the extra mile, and Sharon does everything possible to support us along the way. She also actively fosters collaboration, so we know that if we ever need help there are other people who will happily lend a hand.”
(Library Staff)
Before coming to Ivy Tech, Sharon spent 20 years teaching in Fort Wayne area schools. She earned her Associate of Arts from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri; Bachelor of Science in Education and Masters of Library Sciences from Indiana University, and completed Ivy Tech Leadership Academy in 1998. In 1996, soon after Sharon accepted the Library Director’s position at Ivy Tech she received The Outstanding New Librarian of the Year Award from the Indiana Library Federation for the exceptional contributions and commitment to the library and the community.
As a library patron, you will find Sharon irreplaceable when it comes to book knowledge and readers’ advisory. She is known for her curiosity and the love of reading. If you ever need a fiction review or recommendation — ask Sharon. She reads 3-4 new fiction books a week.
Sharon also knows everything about dog adoption, rescue and training. As a member of multiple dog rescue groups (all breads of setters, plus Cavalier King Charles Spaniels.) Sharon has saved the lives of dozens of dogs, fostering and re-homing dogs over 13 years.
“Ivy Tech Community College is fortunate to have Sharon Hultquist as an employee, Ivy Tech students are lucky to have her as an advocate, and we library staff members are blessed to have her as our boss. The only thing greater than Sharon’s knowledge of available resources is her desire to make sure people get the materials they need to do their best. Sharon is a dedicated and tireless champion of both humans and canines!”
(Library Staff)
Outside of the library Sharon loves reading, walking her three dogs (Fanny, Cam and Bop), chatting with friends, playing with her four-year-old twin granddaughters (Lilly and Isabella), travel (especially in the mountains) and flower gardening. She also collects fairies and everything about setters.
“Sharon has a willingness to pursue options that are not normally associated with academic libraries but that better serve our students or faculty, such as our large children’s lit collection.”
(Library Staff)
Today Sharon wants to share with you the list of her favorite authors and interesting books:
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| C.J. Box | David Baldacci | Tim Green |
| Nevada Barr | Maeve Binchy | Craig Johnson |
| Luanne Rice | Nora Roberts | Dorothea Benton Frank |
| John Sandford | Anne Rivers Siddons | Michael Connelly |
| J.R.R Tolkien | Dana Stabenow | Catherine Coulter |
| Louis L’Amour | Margaret Maron | Lee Child |
| Sharyn McCrumb | Suzanne Brockmann | Robyn Carr |
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Sharon’s favorite YouTube videos for this month:
Computer Basics Workshops provided by the Library
The Library is providing workshops to answer questions about the basics of using computers in an academic environment. The workshops will be offered at the Rudisill, Coliseum, and North Campuses on the following days and times:
Computer Basics 1 – Logging-in, using the mouse, accessing the Internet, keyboard commands, organizing folders and files
Tuesday, January 17, 5:15 – 6:15, Harshman 1220
Monday, January 23, 11:30 – 12:30, Harshman 1220
Monday, March 19, 11:30 – 12:30, Harshman 1220
Tuesday, March 20, 12:30 – 1:30, Coliseum 2318
Computer Basics 2 – Using the mouse, keyboard shortcuts, creating and saving Word documents, using graphics
Wednesday, January 18, 5:15 – 6:15, Coliseum 2318
Tuesday, January 24, 12:30 – 1:30, Coliseum 2318
Tuesday, March 20, 5:15 – 6:15, Harshman 1220
Wednesday, March 21, 12:30 – 1:30, Coliseum 2318
Combined Computer Basics 1 and 2 – Covers topics in both Computer Basics 1 and 2
Monday, January 9, 5:00 – 6:15, Rudisill Computer Lab 1
Wednesday, January 11, 8:30 – 9:45 AM, Rudisill Computer Lab 1
Wednesday, January 18, 8:30 – 9:45 AM, Rudisill Computer Lab 1
Monday, January 23, 5:00 – 6:15, Rudisill Computer Lab 1
Wednesday, January 25, 8:30 – 9:45 AM, Rudisill Computer Lab 1
Campus Connect and Blackboard – Using Campus Connect for common tasks, using Blackboard and accessing Ivy Tech email
Wednesday, January 25, 12:30 – 1:30, Coliseum 2318
Wednesday, March 21, 5:15 – 6:15, Harshman 1220
Have any questions? Please feel free to contact me at (260) 480-4195 or by replying to this email.
Spotlight on the Staff – Jon Puckett, Lead Cataloging/Circulation Clerk
Name: Jon Puckett
Position Title: Lead Cataloging/Circulation Clerk
Worked at the Library: 6 years
Contact Info: jpuckett@ivytech.edu or 480-4246
Q. What do you do at the library?
I am the lead cataloging/circulation clerk. I oversee the circulation desk and make sure things are running properly. I also handle course reserves and oversee cataloging for all library materials, such as books, magazines, puppets, posters and more. I am mainly in charge of the “behind the scene” stuff, but without my work nobody would be able to check out a book or even find it in the catalog. I prepare iPods and laptops for check out and load them with content. If you ever need to reserve the library’s conference room, I would be your person to contact. I’m relied on to troubleshoot most problems in the library, from administrative to technical to mechanical.
Q. Where does your expertise come from?
I have six years experience at Ivy Tech Community College Library and a couple of years at the Ball State Science/Health Library where I worked prior to Ivy Tech. I am currently taking classes towards a computer science degree called Information Systems. I have been interested in computers for many years. I read many tech websites, monitor news in the field, and build computers from scratch.
Q. What is unique about you that could be of service to the Ivy Tech community?
I help students in the library with all kinds of technical issues, i.e. software and computer problems.
Q. What’s your favorite thing to do outside the library?
I play rugby for the Fort Wayne Men’s Rugby Club. I build computers, and tinker with electronics, computers and gadgets. I love to read science fiction. My dog Sir and I enjoy exploring the outdoors. Sir is a Thai Ridgeback that I adopted from a rescue group.
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Q. Recommend a book to us that you enjoyed.
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One of my favorite books of all time is Dune, by Frank Herbert. It’s a science fiction novel and the first book written in the series, which spawned many sequels and even prequels. It covers a broad spectrum of issues from religious fanaticism, to wars, to politics, to climate change and even inter-stellar travel.
Jon wants to share the following videos with you today:
Living My Life Faster project is a sequence of 8 years of daily self-photos by Baltimore artist Jonathan Keller. “I thought of the project focusing on the differences that one can see in the self from day to day. Same person, different personas. As the project grew and grew, it became more about the process of the whole. I began to look at the long-term changes that occur parallel to the short term changes. These changes will become more and more apparent as the project ages 20-30+ years. Now I’m looking towards the end. It’s a morbid proposition, but something that must be faced”-Jonathan Keller. For more information visit: http://jk-keller.com/daily-photo/
How are world may look in 2020?
Ward Price
Name: Ward Price
Position Title: Librarian
Worked at the Library: 3 years
Contact Info: cprice55@ivytech.edu or 480-2033
Q. What do you do at the library?
We all do a variety of things. I maintain the library website, troubleshoot and work with databases, and put statistics together for reports. I promote the library and write articles for various Ivy Tech Community College-Northeast publications. I teach library information skills to students in their classes, and help them with their research when they come into the library. I’m in charge of our online Ask a Librarian service, which allows students to get help from a librarian without actually coming to the library. And sometimes I even help check out books.
Q. Where does your expertise come from?
I taught high school history and English for nine years before I became a librarian. As an undergraduate student at Indiana University, I studied a lot of history, which gives one a broad working knowledge on just about everything. I also received my Library Science master’s degree from IU Bloomington. I was there in the early days of the Internet/World Wide Web revolution, so I learned about both traditional, print resources and the emerging Web products.
Q. What is unique about you that could be of service to the Ivy Tech community?
I’ve always been interested in geography and history, the world outside the United States, and current events/news. I was a real news junkie when I was a teenager; I would watch all three major network evening news programs if they were on at different times. As an adult I’ve always subscribed to a weekly news magazine and the daily paper. And I’ve always liked science—I was a biology major when I started college. Consequently, when students need help researching a topic, I probably already know something about it.
Q. Recommend a book to us that you enjoyed.
You can’t go wrong reading Twain or Vonnegut. You know those novels and plays you had to read in high school English classes? They’re all better if you read them again as an adult. Unfortunately, I don’t read many books. But I get The Economist, Sky and Telescope, Natural History, and Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History at home, and those magazines keep me busy.
Q. What’s your favorite thing to do outside the library?
I watch way too much television. I moved to Fort Wayne almost three years ago, and bought a house a year later. Any homeowner knows how much time it takes to keep a home in order. I spend a lot of time puttering around out in the yard, mowing, working on the landscaping, cutting firewood, clearing brush, etc. At this stage it’s still fun, but eventually it will become a chore.
Today Ward shares this video with you:
What’s New at Grove Music Online
Over the summer, several new additions have expanded Grove Music Online including 88 new articles, the first installment of from the forthcoming second edition of the Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, and 190 articles from the Grove Dictionary of American Music. Visit What’s New to read more.
As an authority in music research for over a century, Grove Music Online strives to ensure that you get the most out of music research.
With more than 50,000 music articles, Grove Music Online has a breadth of musical information features you might not have discovered yet.
Did you know?
- Detailed composers’ works lists make excellent material for research projects.
- Grove Music Online includes Music Timelines that provide a concise history of several subjects in music such as Women in Music.
CultureGrams Updates
CultureGrams has released its Fall 2011 update of all editions. On top of statistical and general updates to every text, there are new photos, slideshows, and a few key mentions:
* WORLD TEXTS. Antarctica, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands have been added since last Fall. Turns out Antarctica has 40 different permanent research stations!
* MAPS. Check out the new GeoAtlas physical and political maps, conveniently located in a drop-down box on each country home page!
* EXPANSIONS. Explore some of the 50+expanded CultureGrams texts, where our unique culturally-focused content has been increased by 50 percent. Many, many more are in development.
* KIDS TEXTS. Find 10 new and 17 expanded Kids texts! Great for English Language Learners of all ages.
* INTERVIEWS. Of kids and adults–more than 217 from 96 countries.
Honored guests : citizen heroes and the State of the Union / Stephen Frantzich
Call Number: CT215 .F73 2011
In 1982, Ronald Reagan invited Lenny Skutnick, the government employee who dove into the icy waters of the Potomac River to rescue passengers following the crash of Air Florida Flight 90, to sit with First Lady Nancy Reagan in the House of Representatives balcony during the State of the Union address. Since that time, Reagan and subsequent presidents have used major presidential addresses to recognize ordinary citizens responsible for extraordinary acts of citizenship. In this book, Stephen Frantzich tells the fascinating stories of forty of the heroes who have earned this presidential recognition and explores the larger context of whether they represent a presidential gimmick or a touchstone with the American spirit. Taken together, the stories of how they got there, their decision to allow themselves to be used as symbols, and the impact of the recognition tells a great deal about the presidency, politics, and the role of heroes in American society. (From Google Books)
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