PSU Special Collections Reference Desk

A blog for the PSU Special Collections reference desk for notices and messages.

Restrictions Updated

Penn State University Archives item list restrictions have been updated.  I reviewed 65,000 records and removed over 10% of all restrictions.

Remember when a file does show a restriction, please ask the Unit Head for permission BEFORE allowing a patron to use this material.

Jackie

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Hibshman Papers Request

Dear All,

Next Friday, December 29th, Joseph Lahr and his wife will be coming to Special Collection to conduct research in the Jacob Hibshman Papers.  They have been informed that the collection is open without restrictions and  that materials can be photocopied.  The  four (4) boxes (AXB40/ M00012-00015 have been retrieved from the annex and have been placed in the hold room for their use.  The patrons will have to fill out a registration before using the collection.   The Lahrs have been notified of our holiday operating hours (Wed-Fri., 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Thanks,
Jim Quigel

P.s. Below is a copy of their message to me.

Dear Jim,

The inventory came through without a problem.  We will plan to come to the library on Friday, December 29, probably around 10:00 AM.  Please plan to retrieve the materials - AX/B40/HCLA/M00012 through M00015 for our use.  If there is any problem, please let me know.  Thanks in advance for your helpfulness.

Joseph Lahr, class of 1972

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Betsy Hutton -- WPSU Request

Betsy Hutton, WPSU, will be in Monday afternoon to review three folders on Mathline programming.  They are on the bookshelf immediately behind the reference desk.

Jackie

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materials ready

Patron

Leslie Foster will be in to look at a MicroLias Manual.  The manual is on the shelves behind the reference desk with her registration sheet on it.

Thanks,
Paul D.

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Materials Ready

Prof. Aaron Rubin from the Classics Dept. may be coming in to look at five Hebrew books from the 16th century that have recently been catalogued. They are back here in the Processing Room on the Rare Books mail table Please call me, Tim, or Sandy if he comes in to see them and one of us will get them for him.
                                                                                                Thanks, Lee G.

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materials ready

Jeam Marie Arrigo Papers

Dr. Jonathan Marks will be using the small box of Arrigo papers here in Special Collections.

They are in the hold room with his name on them.

Jackie Esposito

posted by: spcols at 12:47 | link | comments |
materials ready

Freeland Sanborn Maps

Five Freeland Sanborn Maps (1895, 1900, 1905, 1912, and 1923) are on loan to Preservation until Dec. 22, 2006. Diane Kurtz retrieved them, Dec. 7, 2006,  with permission from Michelle Dyzak.

Jenna

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Printer on the fritz?

The printer at the terminal facing the scanner does not print a slip when a book is charged. Is anyone else having problems with it?

Meredith

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Student Verification Requests

If anyone receives a patron request wanting to confirm when a student attended PSU, please have them contact the Registrar's Office.

The Registrar's Office wants to handle these requests to make sure that the information is accurate about the student.  For example, they may have attended but didn't graduate, they do not want them to receive credit for graduating when they did not.

The person whom they can contact is Dona Oberheim 863-3691.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Robyn

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Missing Daily Collegian Volumes

Diane Kurtz, Preservation, has removed Vols. 103-139, 1978-1987 Bound Daily Collegians from the Reference Room to have them digitized as part of the Digital Historical Collegian Project.

We anticipate their return no later than April 2007. 

Daily Collegian for those years are available in Microforms.

Jackie Esposito

 

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Book in On-Hold Room

I've put the book Leather Books: An Illustrated Handbook by Karli Frigge in the On-Hold Room for Jason Rossitto. He requested that I cut the unopened pages in it so he could read it. He should be coming to look at it this week sometime. Thanks, Lee G.

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materials ready