IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) recently honored Jay Bhatt, Hagerty Library's Engineering Librarian, for his outstanding dedication and leadership to the Drexel University IEEE Graduate Student Forum as Partnership Coordinator and Student Branch Liaison to the IEEE Headquarters.

At right, Jay and Library Director Jane Bryan with members of the IEEE Graduate Student Forum.

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Tracy Hull, Head of Hagerty’s Information Services Department, is moving to Texas to begin her new position as Associate Dean of the Library at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. As Associate Dean Tracy will be responsible for the operations of the library’s public and technical services units, including reference, interlibrary loan, government documents, special collections, cataloging, acquisitions, and collection development. The Music Library will also report to her. Though we are very sorry to say goodbye to Tracy, we recognize that this is a very special opportunity.

During her four years at Drexel, Tracy has built an extremely effective team in Information Services. Her staff are commited to service, hard working, open to new technology, and ready to experiment with new services. More than one of them commented that Tracy had been just the kind of supportive and centered leader they needed; her calm demeanor and wise judgment helped them develop and evaluate projects with an open and trusting supervisor. She will be sorely missed.

Emily Missner Devaney will be filling in as Interim Head of Information Services; she can be reached at 215-895-6164 or edm25@drexel.edu.

We wish Tracy the very best. TCU is extremely fortunate to gaining such an extraordinary professional colleague.
Jane Bryan

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The Drexel College of Law Library is looking to hire a small staff of work-study students. Job duties include assisting library patrons at the User Services desk and on the phone as well as stack maintenance duties, including shelving, shelf-reading and shifting library collections as needed. Applicants must be customer service oriented with basic computer skills. Dependability, punctuality, good communication skills and the ability to lift heavy books are also musts.

If interested or for more information, please contact Mike Mellor at mbm53@drexel.edu or Katie Bray at knb29@drexel.edu. Unfortunately, only students with federal work-study grants can be accepted.

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On Thursday, March 1, Drexel’s University Archivist, Kevin Martin, will begin a new job at the Hagley Museum and Library in Wilmington, Delaware. The Hagley collects documents, photographs, and artifacts that celebrate American business and technology, especially the industries and activities of the mid-Atlantic region. It is situated on the site of the original DuPont gunpowder works and includes Eleutherian Mills, the original DuPont family home. Kevin will be joining the Hagley Library as Digital Projects Archivist.

In the past two years, under Kevin’s leadership, Drexel’s University Archives has created a web presence (Drexel University Archives and Special Collections); launched an institutional repository (iDEA); moved key historic materials to an off-site storage facility that provides better environmental conditions; and made possible the creation of a single point of service for the central University Archives and the Archives and Special Collections on Women in Medicine and Homeopathy.. At the same time Kevin has worked closely with Drexel’s offices of Institutional Advancement and Alumni Relations to promote the University’s history and to collect additional resources that document Drexel’s past and present.

We wish Kevin the very best. He’ll be sorely missed by all his colleagues at Drexel. If you wish to contact Kevin, his new e-mail address is: kmart1944@gmail.com

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Kevin Martin, University Archivist and Jay Bhatt, Engineering Librarian at the Hagerty Library collaborated to develop a presentation titled ''E-Repository at Drexel University: Vision and Evolution'' that Jay presented at the Annual IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Library Council meeting in New York.

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