Host Fred McIlvain welcomes special guest Dr. Ann Dutton Ewbank, Education Liason Librarian, to talk about being named one of fifty Library Journal ”Movers and Shakers.”  She is joined by Jennifer Duvernay, ASU Libraries Marketing and Outreach Officer, also named a Mover and Shaker in 2005, who reflects on the significance of this honor.

Ann talks about her continued work to promote and educate the public, especially lawmakers, on the value of teacher-librarians in K-12 schools. Ann is a founding member of Fund Our Future Arizona which was originally organized in response to the proposal by Mesa Public School District to eliminate all certified teacher-librarian positions in the district, replacing them with lower qualified resource center specialists who would manage the library space and collections. Their well publicized initiative ultimately failed as the Mesa Public School District chose to continue with their planned budget reduction, but group’s goal to “to create strong school libraries for every child in the state” continues.

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ASU librarian earns national recognition (ASU News)
Librarian introduces students to facility’s resources (Arizona Republic)
Librarian Earns “Movers and Shakers” Award (State Press)
Library Channel News article
Ann Dutton Ewbank-Activists-2009 Movers & Shakers (March 15, 2009 Library Journal)

Host:
Fred McIlvain

Guests:
Ann Dutton Ewbank
Jennifer Duvernay

Episode 93
Running Time: 23:15

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You can also listen to Library Channel Episode 40 featuring Life Sciences Librarian Katherine O’Clair, after being named a Mover and Shaker in 2007.

Helping to close out this eventful year for ASU Libraries, The Library Channel presents a glimpse into the ASU Labriola National American Indian Data Center highlighting the center’s collections, services and partnerships.

This video highlights the Labriola Center’s outstanding services and collections and includes information for how to become a Friend of the Labriola Center. You’ll hear from notable faculty, members of the ASU community, and librarians about how the center is expanding its community involvement and partnerships through such activities as the Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on Indigenous Land, Culture and Community and important new programs such as collecting contemporary film and video critical to meeting ASU’s instructional needs and the Labriola Center’s commitment to the American Indian community.

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Episode 88
Running Time: 17:30

Fred McIlvain, Music Library Head Christopher Mehrens, and noted ASU School of Music faculty member Jere Humphreys discuss Keokuk II: The 2007 MENC Centennial History Symposium commemorating the centennial of the The National Association for Music Education (MENC), which Jere chaired.

Keokuk II was a scholarly symposium held to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the founding of MENC (1907-2007). The event took place on May 31-June 2, 2007 in a hotel four blocks from the site of the 1907 conference, a Presbyterian church. The 2007 site was located in a new church building built by the same congregation.

MENC began in Keokuk, Iowa, a town located just across the Mississippi River from Illinois. The music supervisor in Keokuk in 1907, Philip C. Hayden, hosted a conference of music teachers, supervisors, normal school professors, and publishers. At the end of the conference, 69 of the 104 attendees voted to form a permanent organization. In the century since that day, MENC has become the largest arts education organization in the world with some 130,000 members.

Over one hundred people attended Keokuk II, including music educators from 29 states and scholars from Australia, Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

From October 1-November 15, 2007 materials from this conference, provided by Jere Humphreys, will be on display in the Music Library on the ASU Tempe campus.

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Host: Fred McIlvainGuests: Jere Humphreys Christopher Mehrens

Episode 53
Runningtime: 23:42

Additional Links
Keokuk II information (PDF)
MENC