NCSU Libraries Focus Online
Volume 25 number 2 - Winter 2005
New Personnel
Steven Mandeville-Gamble
The NCSU Libraries appointed Steven Mandeville-Gamble as head of its Special
Collections Research Center on December 1, 2004. He will provide vision and
leadership for a growing program of special collections and archives in support
of teaching and research at NC State. He works closely with faculty, researchers,
and administrators and serves as the leading point of contact for the research
center's benefactors. Mandeville-Gamble is responsible for strategic management
of collections, policy, budget, and personnel, and he will be involved with
the renovation and expansion of the Special Collections space and the opening
of an attractive new reading room and exhibit gallery.
Mandeville-Gamble previously served as assistant head of Special Collections
at Stanford University. He oversaw the transition to the SIRSI Unicorn system,
and he wrote the procedures and cataloging manuals that are currently in use.
Under his management and supervision, Stanford University Libraries converted
all of the finding aids to its manuscripts collections to Encoded Archival
Description (EAD) and published them on the Web, in conjunction with the Online
Archives of California.
He began his career at Stanford University, where he worked in a variety of
positions such as a project archivist and as a special collections principal
librarian in Manuscripts Processing before assuming responsibility as assistant
head of Special Collections. Earlier, he was library consultant with the Urban
Strategies Council, records specialist with the Senator Cranston Papers Project,
and archival consultant with the De La Salle Institute.
Mandeville-Gamble received an M.L.I.S. from the University of California,
Berkeley; an M.A. in sociolinguistic anthropology from the University of Michigan;
and a B.A. in cultural anthropology from Stanford University. He is a member
of the Society of American Archivists and the Society of California Archivists,
and he is a contributing author to the Handbook of American Women's History
Robert Capuano
Robert G. Capuano was appointed assistant head of Access and Delivery Services
on August 16, 2004. He shares leadership responsibility for a department that
has a staff of forty and manages the circulation, collection maintenance, media,
and microforms units.
Previously, Capuano worked as a serials librarian with the library at Washington
University in St. Louis, where he managed print and electronic subscriptions
for twelve university libraries and supervised six full-time staff members.
At Florida International University's Biscayne Bay Campus Library, he served
as supervisor of a circulation unit and managed patron records and billing,
student staff, training for full-time staff, and circulation desk policies
and procedures. Before that position, he served as the reserves and audiovisual
manager and was responsible for the successful integration of audiovisual services
with circulation and reserve desk services.
Capuano holds an M.S.L.I.S. from Florida State University and a B.A. in political
science from Florida International University. He is active professionally.
New NCSU Libraries Fellows
By Sophia Stone, Personnel Services
The NCSU Libraries is pleased to welcome its newest Fellows Class of 2004-2006.
Catherine Pellegrino began her appointment on July 1, and Jaime Margalotti
and Stephen Meyer began their appointments on August 16, 2004. The Fellows
Program develops future leaders for academic libraries in the areas of science,
engineering, digital librarianship, and management and administration of academic
libraries. The program, now in its sixth year, continues to attract a diverse
and impressive group of talented new graduates. NCSU Libraries Fellows are
appointed to the rank of librarian for a two-year term as members of the library
faculty, combining work on an innovative project with a halftime assignment
in a home department.
Catherine Pellegrino
Catherine Pellegrino's home department is Research and Information Services,
and her project involves tracking the inflationary trends in scholarly journals
over the past ten years. Pellegrino has an impressive educational background.
In addition to an M.S.L.S. from UNC-Chapel Hill, she has doctorate and master's
degrees in music theory from Yale University and a bachelor's of music in clarinet
performance and music theory from Oberlin College.
While completing her library science education, Pellegrino worked as a graduate
assistant with the Music Library at UNC-Chapel Hill. She is familiar to many
at the NCSU Libraries, because she worked as a reference graduate assistant
and as a library assistant at the Natural Resources Library (NRL). Pellegrino's
assignments included staffing the Ask A Librarian virtual reference desk, assisting
with bibliographic instruction, and incorporating ADA-compliant standards on
the NRL's Web site. At Yale, she worked in the library's circulation and preservation
departments. In addition, she taught music theory at Yale University, Oberlin
College, and the University of the South.
Jaime Margalotti
Jaime Margalotti has an extensive background in special collections and archives.
She is in the unique position of having her home and project assignment in
the same department, the Special Collections Research Center, which suits her
background. Her project, which focuses on the history and development of the
Centennial Campus, involves identifying and processing papers and developing
strategies for building and enhancing the Centennial Campus collection at NC
State.
Margalotti received an M.S.L.S. from UNC-Chapel Hill. She earned an M.A. in
public history from North Carolina State University and a B.A. in history and
English from Williams College. Margalotti worked with special collections and
archives during both of her graduate degree programs. In addition, she has
prior experience with the NCSU Libraries. As a graduate student, she worked
in Special Collections on a grant-funded project to process the archives of
Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society. At UNC-Chapel Hill, she worked with
the Southern Historical Collection as a graduate assistant in the Manuscripts
Department at Wilson Library. In addition, she served as an Alumni Archives
Fellow in the Special Collections Research Center while she pursued her master's
at NC State.
Stephen Meyer
Fellow Stephen Meyer has a strong background in digital librarianship and
technology, which makes him an ideal match for both his home department, the
Burlington Textiles Library, and his project, working on the E-Matrix Electronic
Resource Management System with the NCSU Libraries' Systems Department. With
his project assignment, Meyer will have a unique opportunity to play a key
role in developing the next-generation digital library.
Meyer received an M.A. in library and information science from the University
of Wisconsin, Madison, where his studies emphasized systems and technology;
and a B.A. in philosophy, also from the University of Wisconsin. Meyer has
worked for the University of Wisconsin's Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering as a project assistant, and he has evaluated digital library collections
for the Wisconsin Library's Digital Content Group. As a member of the Library
Technology Group, he conducted a study of the library's approach to network
security. These experiences have provided him with a solid foundation and understanding
of the specific issues facing engineering disciplines.
CLIR Fellow Welcomed at NCSU Libraries
Amanda French joined the NCSU Libraries on August 4, 2004, as the Libraries'
first Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Post-Doctoral Fellow.
NC State University, along with twelve other academic institutions, participates
in the program, available to recent graduates who have completed a Ph.D. in
the humanities. The CLIR Post-Doctoral Fellow has an opportunity to combine
subject-based disciplinary expertise with librarianship, while exploring new
ways to support humanities research with digital technologies.
French attended the University of Virginia (UVA), and brings with her an impressive
record of awards, honors, and publications. At UVA French taught courses in
English literature, poetry, composition, and the history of literature in English.
She served in other capacities such as providing teaching and technology support
for English faculty, staffing library's Electronic Text Center, supporting
the Laptop Pilot Program, and developing Web content with the Institute of
Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy.
French holds two degrees from the University of Virginia: a Ph.D. and an M.A.
in English. She received her B.A. in English from the University of Colorado
at Boulder, where she graduated cum laude. Her honors and awards include
the University of Virginia Seven Society Graduate Fellowship for Superb Teaching
Semi-Finalist, the Academy of American Poets University and College Prize,
and the University of Virginia Presdient's Fellowship.
TRLN Doctoral Fellow Joins NCSU Libraries
Cheryl Davis joined the NCSU Libraries on September 1, 2004, as a Triangle
Research Libraries Network (TRLN) Doctoral Fellow. The TRLN Doctoral Fellows
Program, funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services
(IMLS), combines doctoral course work with a research project in a TRLN library.
The IMLS grant supports five Fellows: one at each of the TRLN universities
(NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke, NC Central), and a fifth Fellow working jointly
with the health sciences libraries of UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke. As a TRLN Fellow,
Davis will have a unique opportunity for in-depth exploration of the field
of scholarly communication through her placement in the Scholarly Communication
Center.
Davis has impressive credentials and a strong legal background. She earned
an M.S.L.S. degree from UNC-Chapel Hill. Ohio Northern University awarded her
a B.A. in English language and literature and a J.D. Previously, Davis managed
the statewide pro bono attorney project for the North Carolina Guardian ad
Litem Program. She supervised the development of a Legal Brief Data Bank and
directed the organization and cataloging of the Guardian ad Litem library with
a group of volunteer paralegals. Previously, Davis was the pro bono project
director with the Knoxville Legal Aid Society. In addition, Davis has been
a guest lecturer for the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Government.
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