On Thursday May 23^rd starting at 1pm LDAP master, Kerberos and Webadmin will be taken down for system maintenance.  During this time account creations and password changes will be unavailable.  The maintenance window will allow staff to apply needed security and application updates.  The outage window is expected to last three hours with services being restored by 4pm on Thursday May 23^rd.  

We have taken best practices from our NSF PROMISE AGEP Dissertation House and the NSF ADVANCE Hispanic Women in STEM Project to develop the “Writing for Publication” workshop. This week, we welcome 22 members of the faculty from Universidad Metropolitana (UMET) to our workshop in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Dr. Kevin Omland of UMBC will be the key presenter.

Anyone who is working on an article for publication, may join us on this blog over the next few days. Feel free to add a comment and tell us what you’re writing.

General Agenda: Condado Room, Conrad Condado Plaza, San Juan

Day 1, Friday, May 17, 2013

7:30 Breakfast

8:30 Opening comments by Chancellor Carlos Padín and Dr. Evelyn García

9:00 – 10:00 Opening presentation: “Time Management & Goal Setting” – Dr. Tull

10:00 – 10:30 Welcome and Introductions

10:30 – 12:00 Mini Lecture and Discussion #1 by Dr. Omland

“Have A Plan”

12 – 1:00 Lunch

1:00 – 2:00 Mini Lecture and Discussion #2 by Dr. Omland

“Make Your Writing Simple and Clear (Active Voice)”

2:00 – 5:30 Work on Publication

6:00 Dinner

After dinner: Continue working on publication

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Day 2, Saturday, May 18, 2013

7:30 Breakfast

8:30 Report-out, and goal-setting – Dr. Tull

9:30 – 10:30 Mini Lecture and Discussion #3 by Dr. Omland

“Avoid the False Demon of ‘Perfection’ “

10:30 – 12:00 Work on Publication

12 – 1:00 Lunch

1:00 – 1:30 Remarks and Remaining Tips by Dr. Omland

“Details of Final Submission (and Resubmission)”

1:30 – 5:30 Work on Publication

6:00 Dinner

After Dinner: Continue working on publications

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Day 3, Sunday, May 19, 2013

7:30 Breakfast

8:30 Report-out, and goal-setting

9:30 – 10:30 Final Comments by Dr. Tull

10:30 – 12:00 Work on Publication and Conclusion

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Facilitators:

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We have taken best practices from our NSF PROMISE AGEP Dissertation House and the NSF ADVANCE Hispanic Women in STEM Project to develop the “Writing for Publication” workshop. This week, we welcome 22 members of the faculty from Universidad Metropolitana (UMET) to our workshop in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Dr. Kevin Omland of UMBC will be the key presenter.

Anyone who is working on an article for publication, may join us on this blog over the next few days. Feel free to add a comment and tell us what you’re writing.

General Agenda: Condado Room, Conrad Condado Plaza, San Juan

Day 1, Friday, May 17, 2013

7:30 Breakfast

8:30 Opening comments by Chancellor Carlos Padín and Dr. Evelyn García

9:00 – 10:00 Opening presentation: “Time Management & Goal Setting” – Dr. Tull

10:00 – 10:30 Welcome and Introductions

10:30 – 12:00 Mini Lecture and Discussion #1 by Dr. Omland

“Have A Plan”

12 – 1:00 Lunch

1:00 – 2:00 Mini Lecture and Discussion #2 by Dr. Omland

“Make Your Writing Simple and Clear (Active Voice)”

2:00 – 5:30 Work on Publication

6:00 Dinner

After dinner: Continue working on publication

_________________________________

Day 2, Saturday, May 18, 2013

7:30 Breakfast

8:30 Report-out, and goal-setting – Dr. Tull

9:30 – 10:30 Mini Lecture and Discussion #3 by Dr. Omland

“Avoid the False Demon of ‘Perfection’ “

10:30 – 12:00 Work on Publication

12 – 1:00 Lunch

1:00 – 1:30 Remarks and Remaining Tips by Dr. Omland

“Details of Final Submission (and Resubmission)”

1:30 – 5:30 Work on Publication

6:00 Dinner

After Dinner: Continue working on publications

____________________________________

Day 3, Sunday, May 19, 2013

7:30 Breakfast

8:30 Report-out, and goal-setting

9:30 – 10:30 Final Comments by Dr. Tull

10:30 – 12:00 Work on Publication and Conclusion

____________________________________

Facilitators:

Related articles

• Happy 10th Birthday PROMISE! From April 3, 2003 to Today: A Message from the Director (promiseagep.wordpress.com)
• Save these Spring/Summer 2013 dates! May 4: Cookout; July 9-12: Dissertation House; August 16-17: SSI (promiseagep.wordpress.com)

Did you know that art played a pivotal role in Poland’s 1989 Solidarity Movement?  Solidarity was a broad anti-bureaucratic, workers-rights movement in 1980s Poland that eventually became a powerful political force. In addition to publishing over 500 newspapers and broadcasting their message via pirate radio stations, the Solidarity movement used art, particularly posters, to communicate their revolutionary message,  and even created a new school of art—The Polish Poster School—along the way.  Special Collections has a treasure trove of hundreds of posters, handouts, and newspapers. There are copies of the iconic work of graphic designer Jerzy Janiszewski (who created a style of writing known as Solidaric)  as well as Tomasz Sarnecki’s well-known poster that features an image of Gary Cooper from the 1952 film “High Noon.”

View the finding aid for this collection, now available online, for more information about the Solidarity movement and the Solidarity materials held in the Library: http://aok2.lib.umbc.edu/specoll/Solidarity/index.php.

Want to come look at the records yourself? Contact Special Collections to set up an appointment at x52353 or speccoll@umbc.edu. We also hold open research hours on Monday through Friday, 1pm to 4pm, with additional hours from 4pm to 8pm Thursday nights.

This post was written by Theresa Donnelly

History graduate student Shae Adams worked in Special Collections this Spring with the Joseph L. Arnold manuscript. She has provided us with this report from the scene!

Intern Shae Adams here with breaking news from your very own Special Collections: Something exciting is happening in Special Collections! (Ed. note: something exciting is always happening in Special Collections.) We are partnering with the UMBC history department to bring you a digitized history of Baltimore that you can access from the comfort of your living room. Over the course of the semester I have begun compiling and editing a manuscript written by the late Dr. Joseph Arnold, a former UMBC history professor. The manuscript provides an overview of the history of Baltimore from its founding in 1730 to the beginnings of suburbanization in the 1920s with plenty of dramatic events in between. Dr. Arnold’s work explores the heroism of Baltimoreans during the War of 1812, the bitter divisions within the city during the Civil War, alongside the triumphs and tragedies of immigrants determined to find acceptance in their new home.

The manuscript is currently in the editing phases. But progress has been made! Only a few months ago, the book existed only as a jumble of chapters and revisions arranged in archival boxes. Now the chapters have been reunited in a single document ready for final content editing. Through the continued partnership with the history department, Special Collections has high hopes that the manuscript will become an integral part in growing UMBC’s presence in the digital humanities following its online publication.

Stay posted for further updates on this story as it unfolds!

Thank you, Shae!

UMBC’s Special Collections holds a world class collection of photographs. With over 2 million images, including those by Ansel Adams, Diane Arbus, and Berenice Abbott, the Photography Collection includes a vast array of photographic treasures. Former UMBC Photography professor Jaromir “Jerry” Stephany deserves much of the thanks for this collection. An influential photographer and teacher, Stephany’s papers now sit alongside the collection he helped build. Stephany’s papers, which are open to the public, hold insights not only into Stephany’s teaching career, but also his personal life and the general history of photography.

Jerry Stephany was born in Rochester, NY in 1930. During the Cold War, Stephany trained as a combat photographer and served at Rhein-Main Air Force Base in Germany. In 1956, Stephany received his degree from Rochester Institute of Technology, where he studied under famed photographers Ralph Hattersly and Minor White. Four years later, Stephany earned a Master of Fine Art from Indiana University, where he studied Cliché Verre under the guidance of photographer Henry Holmes Smith.

Stephany first began teaching the history of photography when working on staff at the George Eastman House. In 1966, Stephany moved to Baltimore to start teaching at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). At MICA, Stephany served as the chair of the department of photography and film.

In 1973, Stephany left MICA to become an Associate Professor of Photography UMBC. At UMBC, Stephany established the Photography program. Under his guidance, UMBC’s Special Collections began developing its Photography Collections. Even after his formal retirement in 1999, Stephany remained an active member of the UMBC community, continuing to teach a history of photography course and serving on the Council of the Friends of the Library and Gallery at UMBC.

Stephany exhibited his photographs at a number of venues, including the George Eastman House, Baltimore Museum of Modern Art, UMBC Library, Smithsonian Institution, and the International Center of Photography. With his photography, Stephany held a constant fascination with the abstract and science fiction. Throughout his career, he would also return to the Cliché Verre technique.

In April 2010, UMBC’s Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery hosted a long-planned retrospective of Stephany’s photographs with an emphasis on Cliché Verre, titled Music of the Mind: Jaromir Stephany Photographs and Digital Images. That same month, Stephany passed away. Two years after his death, in 2012, Tom Beck and Emily Hauver published the exhibition catalog, which is now available for purchase.

The Jaromir Stephany papers contain records relating to Stephany’s work as a photographer and educator, as well as his personal papers. Included in this collection are professional and personal correspondence, teaching materials, personal photographs, genealogical records, and files from Stephany’s exhibitions. There are also personal writings, interviews of Stephany, and audio-recordings of lectures given by other photographers. The papers were processed by History Graduate students Robin Martin, Johanna Schein, and Dorothy Alexander under the guidance of Archivist Lindsey Loeper.

Want to come look at the records yourself? Contact Special Collections to set up an appointment at x52353 or speccoll@umbc.edu. We also hold open research hours on Monday through Friday, 1pm to 4pm, with additional hours from 4pm to 8pm Thursday nights.

This post was written by Special Collections Graduate Assistant Johanna Schein.

Want to read some Superman? Jonesing for some Archie? UMBC’s Special Collections department holds over 6,500 comic books! Featuring a variety of genres, from superhero comics to underground comix, this collection will have something for every comic book fan.

With so many comic books, navigating the collection can be a bit daunting. But don’t fret! Special Collections now has a new online comics guide to help you sort through the collection. Now it is easy to find a comic book that fits your interests, from superheroes, to romance, and horror.

You can check out the guide at http://lib.guides.umbc.edu/comics

You can also come to Special Collections to read any of these comics. Although the comics do not circulate (you have to read them in our department) the Special Collections staff will do their best to work with your schedule. Special Collections is open 1 to 4 Monday through Friday, with extended hours from 4 to 8 on Thursday nights, or you can request an appointment. To contact Special Collections, visit their website, email us (speccoll@umbc.edu) or call 410-455-2353.

This post was written by Special Collections Graduate Assistant Johanna Schein.