Announcements Archive - 2008

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Henrique Balbino Coelho, Technical Services Library Assistant in the Spanish/Portuguese Division, was selected as a 2007-08 Spectrum Scholar by the ALA’s Office for Diversity. Coelho, who is working toward his degree at Simmons, will receive $5,000 in scholarship funding for his studies. The annual Spectrum Scholarship Program's major drive is to recruit applicants and award scholarships to American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander students for graduate programs in library and information studies. (February 2008)

Leah Orent, Littauer Hebraica Specialist in the Harvard College Library Judaica Division, has had a book published recently by Hakibuts Hameuchad Press in Jerusalem:

Ratso va-shov : yesodot etiyim u-mistiyim be-torato shel R. Shneur Zalman mi-Ladi : iyun hashva'ati [Running and Returning: Ethical and Mystical Elements in the Teachings of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Lyady: A Comparative Study]

The book deals with the conflict between ethical and mystical values in a religious context, comparing Chabad Hasidism to other religious traditions, specifically Christian and Hindu. (January 2008)

Janet Steins, Associate Librarian for Technical Services and Collections in Tozzer Library, has been appointed Subject Editor for Anthropology for Resources for College Libraries (RCL). RCL in print and the electronic resource RCL Web, jointly produced by ACRL and Bowker, are successors to the 1988 multi-volume Books for College Libraries. A highly selective core list of titles in all subjects, RCL identifies works supporting a traditional liberal arts and sciences curriculum at colleges and small universities.  (February 2008)

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