FDU Library News

Politics on the PublicMind continues its series

with an

“Election Autopsy” by New Jersey’s State Party Chairs:

Assemblyman and NJ State Democratic Party Chair, Joe Cryan (D)

Assemblyman and NJ State Republican Party Chair, Jay Webber (R)

Join us

Friday, November 13^th

9:30 – 11 a.m.

in the College at Florham Library’s Orangerie

 A continental breakfast will be served.

Reserve your seat now with Colleen Di Gregorio at colleend@fdu.edu,

or call 973.443.8530

Free, but donations gratefully accepted

Co-sponsored by:

 Sheriff Kim Guadagno, Republican Candidate for Lt. Governor of NJ, will share her ideas on “A Brighter Future for All of New Jersey”.  Come, listen, and ask her questions.

     Monday, October 26^th from 12:00-1:30pm

 in the College at Florham Library’s Orangérie

       A Light lunch will be served.

To reserve your seat, contact Colleen Di Gregorio at  colleend@fdu.edu  

Sponsored by:                                                                                                                                

FDU College at Florham Library and FDU PublicMind Poll.

The Library, College at Florham, will hold a reception and display of books in the Orangérie on Wednesday 21 October at 2:00 p.m. 

 The Library, College at Florham, is the proud recipient of a newly-donated core collection of special editions of 19^th- and 20^th-century British Women Writers, a gift of Allan Kushen & Family, which will be known as the “Kushen Family Collection in memory of Betty Kushen, PhD.” 

 Mrs. Kushen was a faculty member of the English Department on this campus in the 1970s.  Her department chair was the late professor emeritus Walter Savage.

 You are invited to join with faculty, students and staff on October 21^st at 2:00 p.m., to view a representative selection of books drawn from the Kushen Family Collection in Memory of Betty Kushen, PhD, and to meet Allan Kushen and members of his family and to acknowledge their fine gift to the library.

 The Kushen Collection also includes Benjamin Franklin-related works and Betty Kushen’s unpublished doctoral dissertation (NYU) on B. Franklin’s biographers’ attitudes toward him. 

We continue the series for the fall…..

OCTOBER EVENTS:

· Friday, October 16th…9:30 -11:00 a.m.

       Senator Loretta Weinberg

       Democratic Candidate for Lt. Governor of New Jersey

       Topic:  “Women’s Healthcare Issues”

          ~ Continental Breakfast ~

· Thursday, October 22nd…3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

       Dr. Frank Esposito

       Independent Candidate for Lt. Governor of New Jersey

       Topic:  “Education Reform: K-12 and Higher Education”

          ~ Refreshments ~

All events held in FDU Library’s Orangérie

285 Madison Avenue Madison, NJ 07940

 Reserve your seat now with Colleen Di Gregorio

colleend@fdu.edu, or call 973-443-8530

Free, but donations gratefully accepted

Co-sponsored by: 

FDU Press, The Literary Review, and the College at Florham Library

4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Orangérie, College at Florham Library

Get reacquainted with two FDU institutions whose missions are to educate and advance knowledge beyond campus borders. More importantly, say “hi” to Harry and Minna!

Floating Worlds:  A Tokyo Artist in the West

Minako Ota:  Recent Paintings

Detail: Death in the spring

You are cordially invited to the opening reception

Orangerie, College at Florham Library

Sunday, 13 September, 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Tha artist will address guests at 4:00 p.m.

The exhibit may be viewed during library hours through 30 October 2009.   

For information, please call 973-443-8516.

Great news!  If you missed any of the “Politics on the PublicMind” series, or just want to relive it, videotapes of each session are now posted on RosenetTV – An Internet TV Channel for the Borough of Madison, NJ.   To access, please click the link below:

http://www.rosenet.tv/blog1/category/features/politics_on_the_publicmind/

Your comments are welcomed.

On Thursday, June 18th, the Library at the College at Florham, Fairleigh Dickinson University, hosted a program titled ‘The Future of Libraries’. The program consisted of a discussion of key issues faced by libraries. Presenters included the directors of some of the major academic libraries in NJ, and the president of a large library consortium. PowerPoint presentations supplied by the presenters, along with podcasts of the days events are posted/linked to here.

The first 2 presenters talked about the strategic issues that they face at their institutions:

5 Strategic Areas of Focus at the Cheng Library (WPUNJ) — by Anne Ciliberti

5 Strategic Areas of Library Focus Over 3-5 Years (NJIT) – by Richard Sweeney

This is a report put together by Rich Sweeney as a result of some focus group work that he has done on millennials:

Millennial Behaviors and Higher Education Focus Group Results – Richard Sweeney

After the presentations, the audience was invited to identify additional issues faced by libraries, and to vote on the top 5 issues facing academic libraries:

Top 10 Issues Facing Academic Libraries

The last presentation was a discussion led by Cathy Wilt of Lyrasis:

The Future of Libraries (Lyrasis) — by Cathy Wilt

Podcasts from this event

Opening Remarks by Dr. Marcum

Anne Ciliberti’s 5 Strategies

Richard Sweeney’s 5 Strategies

Morning Wrap-up

Cathy Wilt’s Presentation on Lyrasis