The premier video editing software, Final Cut Pro, is available to students, faculty and staff in the MultiMedia Innovation Lab, located in the Learning Commons @ Perry Library. Features such as the Magnetic Timeline, Multicam, Compound Clips, and Clip Connections provide powerful, flexible editing. It also offers dynamic ways to organize your media and find the clips you need through Content Auto-Analysis and Range-Based Keywords.

Read more about Final Cut Pro X here!

From May 16 to June 28, 2012, “The Face of the Ghetto” exhibition will be on display in the Learning Commons at ODU Perry Library. The official opening will take place on May 16th, 6 – 8 pm, and is open to the public.

“The Face of the Ghetto” in Norfolk is a collaboration of the Institute for Jewish Studies and Interfaith Understanding, College of Arts and Letters; the Federal Republic of Germany; and the Old Dominion University Libraries. As part of the Holocaust remembrance activities in and around Hampton Roads, the exhibition will be on display in the Learning Commons @ Perry Library of the Old Dominion University Libraries.

During World War II, the German Nazis established the second largest ghetto for Jews in the occupied Polish city of Lodz, renamed Litzmannstadt by the German occupants. In April 1940, more than 160,000 Jews from the Warthegau region were crowded into the Litzmannstadt Ghetto which consisted of an area of 4.14 square kilometers. Later on, 20,000 Jews from the German Reich, Prague and Luxembourg were deported to Litzmannstadt. More than 5,000 Roma also were incarcerated there in 1941.

As a result of the abominable conditions, more than 43,000 people died in the Litzmannstadt Ghetto. In 1942, tens of thousands of Jews with thousands of children among them were deported and killed in the Kulmhof extermination camp. The ghetto was dissolved in August 1944, and all save a handful of remaining inhabitants were killed in the Auschwitz extermination camp.

Professional Jewish photographers were instructed by the Jewish council of the Litzmannstadt Ghetto to photograph the daily life and work. They took pictures of children playing, working and eating and produced touching portraits as well. The pictures were intended to show a functioning community and testify to the utility of Jewish workers for the German economy. A collection of 12,000 contact prints by these Jewish photographers in the Litzmannstadt Ghetto is preserved in the Lodz State Archive. For this exhibition, 50 prints were selected and enlarged. Quotations from survivor reports and from the chronicle of the ghetto accompany each photograph. A short overview of the ghetto’s history, a description of the photography as an historic source and information about the photographers provide an introduction into the exhibition.

The exhibition is composed and provided by the Topography of Terror Foundation in Berlin, Germany and is supported by the Foreign Office, Federal Republic of Germany. The exhibition was first shown in the United States at the United Nations in New York City, and is currently on tour.

A Web exhibit is available at http://www.lib.odu.edu/exhibits/faceghetto/index.htm

On Thursday, May 3, the Friends of the ODU Libraries held their annual reception honoring the staff of the University Libraries. Staff Member and Librarian of the Year awards were given.

Congratulations!!!

Finals end on Thursday, May 3. The libraries will close at 5:00 pm.
On Friday May 4, hours for all libraries are 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Libraries will be closed on Saturday 5/5 and Sunday 5/6.

Regular summer hours for Perry Library (including the Learning Commons) begin on May 7.

Monday - Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Friday:                      8:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Saturday:                 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday:                    9:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Regular summer hours for Diehn Composers Room and Hofheimer Art Library:

Monday - Friday:       8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday - Sunday:    CLOSED

Exceptions:

* May 28 (Mon) CLOSED -- Holiday (Memorial Day)
* July 4 (Wed) CLOSED -- Holiday (Independence Day)
* Aug 11-12 (Sat-Sun) CLOSED
* Aug 13-17 (Mon-Fri) 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
* Aug 18-19 (Sat-Sun) CLOSED

This is a friendly reminder that books and other items on loan from the University Libraries over the Spring Semester are due on May 21, 2012. These materials must be physically returned to the Libraries for check-in or for renewal.

Questions? Please call 683-4154 or email: circ1@libstaff.lib.odu.edu

Beginning Sunday April 22, the Learning Commons will be open continuously through the end of finals on Thursday May 3. This extension is in response to feedback received from our users.

Next week is National Library Preservation Week: April 23- 27, 2012. The library has scheduled several events in the Learning Commons at Perry Library, Conference Room 1310-1311, from 10:00am- 12:00pm.

Come to any or all of the events and learn how ODU is preserving its resources and what YOU can do to preserve yours. (Note: Seating for these events is limited!)

Monday, April 23 “When Disaster Strikes” (Myles Henderson from WTKR Weather; David Elgin from Belfor Fire, Wind and Water Restoration, Rob Tench from ODU Libraries)

Tuesday April 24 “Preserving Our Printed History” (Sonia Yaco from ODU Special Collections and University Archives)

Wednesday April 25 “Digital Day” There are two sessions on Wednesday: 10:00am- 12:00pm and 1:00pm- 2:00 pm (Jessica Mirasol from ODU Libraries)

Thursday April 26 “Saving Sights and Sounds” (Jessica Mirasol from ODU Libraries)

Friday April 27 “Conserving Arts and Crafts” (Mark Lewis, Painting Conservator for the Chrysler Art Museum)

Click here for a full program. Contact Jessica Mirasol jmirasol@odu.edu with questions.

Valentina Neblitt-Jones and Lucinda Rush joined the library faculty this week.

Ms. Neblitt-Jones is Head of the Systems Development Department. She comes to ODU from the U.S. Department of the Navy where she has been a Computer Scientist/Systems Engineer at the SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic since 2006. Prior to working for the Navy, Valentina worked here at Perry Library as a Government Publications Assistant and at various public libraries in Virginia. She has her MSLIS from Florida State University, her BS in Computer Science from Old Dominion University, and her BA in International Studies from Virginia Tech.

Ms. Rush is Education Services Reference Librarian and comes to us from Coastal Carolina University where she worked as a Weekend Circulation Supervisor and Reference and Outreach Librarian. Previously, she served as an Intern at the Horry County Memorial Library System and as an Adjunct Instructor for the Horry-Georgetown Technical College in Conway, SC. She has her MLIS from the University of South Carolina, a Master of Music Education from Shenandoah University, and a BA in Music from Longwood University.

Please join us in welcoming them to the Libraries!

“Spotlight on Scholarship” is a new series sponsored by the University Libraries. Every Fall and Spring semester, the Libraries will shine a spotlight on the scholarly output of one academic department through a reception and month-long exhibit.

The Communication and Theatre Arts Department is the focus of our first “Spotlight on Scholarship.” Traditional research and creative works produced by faculty for the past 10 years are featured in an exhibit in the Learning Commons from March 15 through April 30. Selected books, journal articles, posters, and flyers are on display.

Faculty will discuss some of their recent work at a reception on Friday, March 30, from 3-5pm in the Learning Commons Conference Room.

For more information, contact Karen Vaughan kvaughan@odu.edu