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NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 6
NUMBER 2
APRIL 1991
CHERYL WILSON, EDITOR
Library Week Events Highlight Literacy
The New Mexico State University Library
will be celebrating National Library Week's
theme of "Literacy and Libraries" from
Wednesday, April 24, through Saturday,
April 27. Planned events include a children's story hour, literacy workshops, an
information fair, a women's book fair, and
an adult literacy colloquium featuring
Virginia Mathews, nationally-known
literacy advisor to the Library of Congress.
According to Library Dean Charles
Townley, "Our Library Week Celebration is
intended to promote awareness of the wide
variety of library and information services
in the Las Cruces area. The NMSU Library
is especially pleased to share sponsorship
with the Dona Ana Branch Community
College, Thomas Branigan Memorial
Library, and the Las Cruces Public Schools.
The Children's Story Hour will be held in
the NMSU Library at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 24. Storytellers will include
Barbara Medlin, Jennie Curry, and Opal
Lee Priesdey. The story hour is free and
open to the public.
Free literacy workshops focusing on young
children and youth at risk will be held from
9:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April
25. Advance registration for the workshops
is required. Call the Library Development
Office at 646-5781 for more information.
Thursday will be capped with the Adult
Literacy Colloquium at 7:30 p.m. in the
Dona Ana Room in Corbett Center.
Besides Virginia Mathews, colloquium
speakers will include Stephen Bernhardt,
NMSU Professor of English; Susan
Sonflieth, Executive Director of the New
Mexico Coalition for Literacy; Susan
Luces, Coordinator of Literacy Services
at the Dona Ana Branch Community
College; and Dean Townley. There will
be a reception and refreshments after the
The Information Fair will be held in the
NMSU Library from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on
Friday, April 26. Fair displays will
demonstrate the latest information
services provided by a variety of NMSU
organizations including Agricultural
Information, the Computer Center, the
Child Care Referral Service, the Center
for Educational Development, the
University Archives, and the library's
Government Documents, Reference and
Special Collections units. The fair is free
and open to the public.
On Saturday, April 27, the Women's
Studies Program will be sponsoring a
Women's Bookfair in the courtyard of
the NMSU Museum in Kent Hall from
10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The bookfair
will feature books, art and music, is it
free and open to the public, and the
profits from the sate of books will go to
the NMSU Women's Studies Program
book fund.
Object Description
| Title | New Mexico State University Library Newsletter |
| Volume/Number | Volume 6, No. 2 |
| Subject | Library publications; New Mexico State University. Library |
| Table of Contents | Library Week events highlight literacy; 5% serials cancellation necessary for 1992; Nancy Dent appointed development officer; Collection management advisory committee appointed; Book fair will support Women's Studies program; Celebrate summer and read a book by an award winning NMSU faculty member; Environmental literature focus of interim class; Library art project will include student art work; Computer files added to OLÉ for easy access; Building project update; Gov Docs houses many publications focusing on current women's issues; Current awareness pilot project planned for fall; Staff update; Marcia Muller will chair Library art committee; RGHC spring meeting scheduled for April 29 |
| Creator | Barclay, Donald A.; Morgan, Anne; Curtis, Donnelyn; Stabler, Karen; McKimmie, Tim; Antiporda, Mike; Bordelon, Bobray; Chang, Hui-Yee; Smith, Jeanette C.; Steeb, Roger; Reynolds, Holly; Blazer, Linda |
| Contributor | Wilson, Cheryl; |
| Issue Date | April 1991 |
| Date | 1991-04 |
| Publisher | New Mexico State University Library |
| Type | Text |
| Format | image/tiff |
| Collection | New Mexico State University Library Newsletters |
| Source | Scan produced from physical item held by the NMSU Library. |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | Copyright, NMSU Board of Regents |
Page Description
| Title | Page 1 |
| Subject | Library publications; New Mexico State University. Library |
| Publisher | New Mexico State University Library |
| Type | Text |
| Format | image/tiff |
| Collection | New Mexico State University Library Newsletters |
| Identifier | URLN_199104_001 |
| Source | Scan produced from physical item held by the NMSU Library. |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | Copyright, NMSU Board of Regents |
| OCR | NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY NEWSLETTER VOLUME 6 NUMBER 2 APRIL 1991 CHERYL WILSON, EDITOR Library Week Events Highlight Literacy The New Mexico State University Library will be celebrating National Library Week's theme of "Literacy and Libraries" from Wednesday, April 24, through Saturday, April 27. Planned events include a children's story hour, literacy workshops, an information fair, a women's book fair, and an adult literacy colloquium featuring Virginia Mathews, nationally-known literacy advisor to the Library of Congress. According to Library Dean Charles Townley, "Our Library Week Celebration is intended to promote awareness of the wide variety of library and information services in the Las Cruces area. The NMSU Library is especially pleased to share sponsorship with the Dona Ana Branch Community College, Thomas Branigan Memorial Library, and the Las Cruces Public Schools. The Children's Story Hour will be held in the NMSU Library at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 24. Storytellers will include Barbara Medlin, Jennie Curry, and Opal Lee Priesdey. The story hour is free and open to the public. Free literacy workshops focusing on young children and youth at risk will be held from 9:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 25. Advance registration for the workshops is required. Call the Library Development Office at 646-5781 for more information. Thursday will be capped with the Adult Literacy Colloquium at 7:30 p.m. in the Dona Ana Room in Corbett Center. Besides Virginia Mathews, colloquium speakers will include Stephen Bernhardt, NMSU Professor of English; Susan Sonflieth, Executive Director of the New Mexico Coalition for Literacy; Susan Luces, Coordinator of Literacy Services at the Dona Ana Branch Community College; and Dean Townley. There will be a reception and refreshments after the The Information Fair will be held in the NMSU Library from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Friday, April 26. Fair displays will demonstrate the latest information services provided by a variety of NMSU organizations including Agricultural Information, the Computer Center, the Child Care Referral Service, the Center for Educational Development, the University Archives, and the library's Government Documents, Reference and Special Collections units. The fair is free and open to the public. On Saturday, April 27, the Women's Studies Program will be sponsoring a Women's Bookfair in the courtyard of the NMSU Museum in Kent Hall from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The bookfair will feature books, art and music, is it free and open to the public, and the profits from the sate of books will go to the NMSU Women's Studies Program book fund. |
