Milton Rogovin: The Making of a Social Documentary Photographer

Milton Rogovin, Buffalo’s world-renowned photographer, will be signing his latest biography, Dr. Melanie Herzog’s just-published Milton Rogovin: The Making of a Social Documentary Photographer, at El Buen Amigo (114 Elmwood Ave., near Allen St.) on Saturday, October 28th, from 3-5pm and at the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society (25 Nottingham Court, at Elmwood Ave.) on Sunday, October 29th, from 1-3pm.

Milton Rogovin’s Homepage: http://www.miltonrogovin.com/home.php

Library Catalog link to resources about Milton Rogovin and his work in our library collection.

Recent Buffalo News Article from Nov. 5th 2006:

1. Galarneau, Andrew Z. “A Place in History.” The Buffalo News 5 Nov. 2006, Final ed., sec. G: 1-2.
2. Galarneau, Andrew Z. “Milton Rogovin: an Inspirtational Artist.” The Buffalo News 5 Nov. 2006, Final ed., sec. G: 1-2.

For those at Buffalo State College, we have an online subscription to The Buffalo News through LexisNexis Academic, New York State Newspapers, and Newspaper Source. These links will take you to the databases, but you will still need to find the articles within these databases.

Grokshop: Web 2.0 for Academics

Update: This workshop was not properly advertised, and had a low turnout. In case you missed it, I will provide some of the materials that I used during the presentation.
Monday, October 30th 2006 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, Butler Library Room 210

Web 2.0 is a lot like chess. Simple to learn, a lifetime to master. These “grokshops” will provide an overview of some of the common Web 2.0 tools and how they are being used in the academic setting. This will be a presentation for anyone interested in seeing what Web 2.0 has to offer in an academic setting, and help determine if its worth diving into the Web 2.0 world.

Update: View the slides from this presentation

Rooftop Poetry Workshop: November 9

“Writing Your Life in Collage”
with Nikki Carroll

Join us at 7:00 pm in the 2nd floor, SE quadrant. We will explore how to craft short personal essay / creative nonfiction pieces through a patchwork of written images, including prose and poetry. We will read some excerpts from work that has been created in this format, and will use those excerpts to guide us in writing about our own experiences.

Importance of Original Documents

By Dan Dilandro, E. H. Butler Library Archivist at Buffalo State College

This month’s “October Surprise” snowstorm reminded me, among other things, not to store current tax receipts on an easily flooded basement floor, but also provided me with an interesting answer to a question often posed to archivists: “Why not just digitize archival material, providing easy and multiple access to scholars via the Internet?” On one hand, there is the ever-present problem of time and money and the fear of the unstable electronic medium and data migration corruption; but on the other, archives often hold original, unduplicated material that often has a somewhat “hidden” importance. While the paper itself may not have what we call “intrinsic” value, the information encoded into the material itself cannot be retrieved in simple copies.

Faculty and Staff Exhibit

By Faculty and Staff of Buffalo State College
(Display case, lower lobby)
This exhibit ended January 2007

Featuring contributions from Reference Librarian Lisa Forrest, Professor Marianne Ferguson (Philosophy and Religious Studies), Associate Professor Lisa Berglund (English), Assistant Professor Ellen Friedland, Assistant Professor Kim Truesdell, Assistant Professor Dr. Barbara J. Dray (Exceptional Education), and Associate Librarian Wanda M. Slawinska (Curator of the Fronczak Room).

Butler Library welcomes faculty and staff to submit their publications or creative works for display. Please complete our online application form or contact Barbara Vaughan, Exhibits Committee Chair, at 878-6317 or by e-mail for more information.

Rooftop Poetry: Scary Open Mic 10/26

Please bring your scariest poems to the Butler Library rooftop to share! Reading starts at 7 pm. In the event of rain, snow, extreme cold, poltergeists, dopple-gangers, or symmetrical book-stacking, the reading will be moved inside to the International Students Reading Area in the southeast quadrant of Butler Library’s third floor.

World Farm Animals Day

(Circulation Gallery on the first floor lower lobby)
This exhibit was on display from October 1 – December 1, 2006

This provocative exhibit aims to raise awareness of the “needless suffering and deaths of 50 billion innocent, feeling animals in factory farms and slaughterhouses.” There are posters discussing the health benefits of going vegetarian, placards with quotations from intellectuals, and a video installation playing the documentary film “Meet Your Meat” (not for the faint-hearted).

Are you interested in exhibiting your work in Butler Library?
Please contact Barbara Vaughan, Exhibits Committee Chair, at 878-6317 or by e-mail for more information.

Coming in November: Native American Month
See other exhibits campus exhibits at the Buffalo State College Events Calendar.

United Nations and Peace-Keeping

By Wendy Scott and Sandra Suy
(Display cases, lobby)
October 1 – October 31, 2006

This exhibit includes a selection of books and pamphlets about the United Nations, a photograph of the seventh Secretary-General Kofi Annan, information about the Global Perspectives Program at Buffalo State, and more. The wall case features informative posters which were created by writing students of Ms. Wendy Scott as part of a U.N. Semester Study Project in the Spring of 2006.

Are you interested in exhibiting your work in Butler Library?
Please contact Barbara Vaughan, Exhibits Committee Chair, at 878-6317 or by e-mail for more information.

Coming in November: Native American Month
See other exhibits campus exhibits at the Buffalo State College Events Calendar.

Services the library would like to provide

The following is a list of services the library would like to provide as compiled at the Information Commons meeting Wednesday, October 11th. Please feel free to comment/add to list! Be creative!

• Reference – 2 desks
• Circulation/Reserve
• Special area for:
  • Advisement/Registration help
  • Writing Center
  • Math Tutors
• Help Desk – they are noisy!

Comments now open to the public

I had originally thought this was turned on, but as usual, it was a checkbox I had missed. Thanks to the WashtubLibrarian for pointing it out. I apologize to anyone out there that has tried to comment but was deterred by the need to register. You should be able to leave a comment, though we still do require a name and e-mail address. I look forward to hearing from the rest of the world…