lib.nmsu.edu: New Mexico State University Library Newsletter

              Spring 2007 22/1
lib.nmsu.edu New Mexico State University Library Newsletter
RGHC Annual Meeting Announced. . . . . . 2
Save the Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Library Debuts Instant Messaging. . . . . . . 3
Marv Wiburg Retires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Library Welcomes Charles Stanford . . . . . 4
John Ross to Speak. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Norice Lee Retires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Donor News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Library Surveys User Satisfaction . . . . . . . 5
In Memoriam: Mary Daniels Taylor. . . . . . 6
Library Faculty Publications . . . . . . . . . . . 6
What I Did on My Sabbatical. . . . . . . . . . . 7
In, Out & About the Library. . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Library Faculty Receive Awards . . . . . . . . . 9
Library Welcomes Students . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Serials Assessment Project Announced . . 9
One University, One Library . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Meet Cecilia Stafford of NMSU-Grants . 10
Tease Your Brain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
48 Tons of Books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Pegasus Delivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Library Staff Present Programs . . . . . . . . 11
The Lighter Side of the Library. . . . . . . . . 12
Dave DeWitt Chile Pepper Institute
Endowed Fund Established at Library
Library donor Dave DeWitt.
Photo, Dave DeWitt.
In January, David A. DeWitt/Sunbelt Shows, Inc. established the Dave DeWitt
Chile Pepper Institute Endowed Fund at the New Mexico State University Library.
The income from the $25,000 endowment will be used to process, preserve and
make accessible to the public the collection of materials that DeWitt has donated
to the Library. The endowment will also be used to process, preserve and make
accessible to the public other collections or materials which enhance and
complement the collection.
One of the world’s foremost authorities on chile peppers and spicy foods, DeWitt
has donated his collection of books, magazines and other materials on the subject
to the Library’s Rio Grande Historical Collections. Known popularly as “the
Pope of Peppers,” DeWitt is the president of Sunbelt Shows, Inc. and a founding
board member of New Mexico State University’s Chile Pepper Institute. Visit his
web site at http://fiery-foods.com.
The NMSU Library has
provided invaluable
assistance to me
DeWitt said, “The NMSU Library has
provided invaluable assistance to me
in researching and writing many of my
books. I consider this endowment to
be a return favor for this excellent
research facility.”
In This Issue
DeWitt’s first cookbook, The Fiery Cuisines, co-authored with Nancy
Gerlach (St. Martin’s Press, 1984), is still in print at Ten Speed Press.
His Chile Pepper magazine project led to more than thirty-one books
including The Whole Chile Pepper Book (Little, Brown, 1990), which
has more than 100,000 copies in print.
The Chile Pepper Encyclopedia (William Morrow, 1999) received the
“Best Spice Book in English” award at the 1999 World Cookbook
Awards at Versailles. DeWitt’s latest book with Nancy Gerlach is
Barbecue Inferno: Cooking with Chile Peppers on the Grill (Ten Speed
Press, 2001). The Spicy Food Lover’s Bible (Stewart, Tabori & Chang)
was published in 2005. His most recent book is a departure from his
usual topic: Da Vinci’s Kitchen: A Secret History of Italian Cuisine,
was published in 2007 by BenBella Books.
Other notable books by DeWitt and his co-authors include The Pepper
Garden, Peppers of the World, Hot & Spicy & Meatless, The Healing
Powers of Peppers and The Hot Sauce Bible. In 1995, A World of
Curries was nominated for a James Beard Award.
Chimayó
chile pepper.
Photo, Dave
DeWitt.
(DeWitt, continued on page 2)