Your Vote Counts: a Message from the Oviatt eNews Editorial Team
eNews Edition: Fall 2018
Our lead story this issue, “People Are Talking about What She Said” commemorates the opening event of the Special Collections & Archives exhibition on women's civic and community engagement. Attending the event, we were very moved by the struggle our foremothers faced in gaining the right to vote, a struggle that people all over the world, including in some parts of this country, still must contend with in order to get to the ballot box. Your vote is precious, and so we’d like to take this opportunity to call attention to what we’re doing at the Library to engage voters as the midterm elections approach.
We Would Like you to Meet: Scholarship Recipients and Donors
eNews Edition: Fall 2018
For the past six years, the Oviatt Library is proud to have awarded some of its hard-working student employees with generous scholarships, funded by Library donors and employees. Just this past year, twenty-six scholarships were awarded at the 3rd Annual Scholarship Awards Reception in March.
Thanks and Recognition: Milt and Debbie Valera
eNews Edition: Fall 2018
The Oviatt Library extends heartfelt gratitude to Milt and Debbie Valera. As active volunteers and donors in the CSUN community, the couple established the Milt and Debbie Valera First Amendment Rights Endowment providing the Oviatt Library funding for materials and media for the truthful communication to University students and faculty of the meaning and significance of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and how the amendment allows Americans the opportunity to enjoy their right to the freedom of speech.
What's New at the Oviatt Library: Summer Moves and Renovations
eNews Edition: Fall 2018
It may have seemed like a quiet Summer here on campus, but there was plenty of activity at the Oviatt Library. Big moves and renovations took place including the Teacher Curriculum Center and Music & Media merging into one space, an expansion and renovation of the Library Technology Services area, and preparations for our campus Map Library to migrate into a new space.
Message from the Dean: Creativity - The Secret Sauce of Student Success
eNews Edition: Spring 2018
Creativity is a crucial part of our lives and our work. It benefits all of us individually and as a society. Very few would argue that creativity has no place on the university campus or almost anywhere else in the world. Indeed, scholarly literature has proven that being exposed to creative outlets and innovation opportunities generates student success. But demonstrating creativity in the real world is sometimes hard work.
We Would Like you to Meet: Meharaj Khanam
eNews Edition: Spring 2018
Part of the Oviatt Library eNews Spotlight on Student Assistants -- Meet Student Assistant / Learning Commons Technology Office Supervisor Meharaj Khanam
We Would Like you to Meet: Sam Thacker
eNews Edition: Spring 2018
Part of the Oviatt Library eNews Spotlight on Student Assistants -- Meet Student Assistant / Web Programmer Samuel Thacker
We Would Like you to Meet: Lora Rosman
eNews Edition: Spring 2018
Part of the Oviatt Library eNews Spotlight on Student Assistants -- Meet Student Assistant in Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Lora Rosman
Oviatt Spotlight: Two California Professors Discover the Los Angeles Jewish Community Relations Committee Archives to Write Best Selling Books
eNews Edition: Spring 2018
Most recently, two university professors in California were inspired by these valuable archives, spending countless hours in the Oviatt Library’s Special Collections and Archives researching their highly acclaimed books: Hitler in Los Angeles: How Jews Foiled Nazi Plots Against America by USC History Professor Steven J. Ross and Hollywood’s Spies: The Undercover Surveillance of Nazis in Los Angeles by Laura B. Rosenzweig from the University of California.
Thanks & Recognition: Kristin A. Ecklund and Lisle Wenberg
eNews Edition: Spring 2018
The Oviatt Library is forever grateful to CSUN Emeritus Librarians Kristin A. Ecklund (Kris) and Lisle Wenberg for their lifelong commitment to enriching library access for students with disabilities. In December 2017, Kris established the Lisle Wenberg Library Disability Services Training Endowment as a way to honor deceased Emeritus Librarian and beloved friend, Lisle Wenberg.