Copley Connects _ Spring 2023

• JOURNALS READING ROOM • BLACK AND WOMEN'S HISTORY • INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORY • RECOMMEND BOOKS • STUDENT ASSISTANTS • SCHOLARSHIPS • STEAM ACADEMY • MOTHER HILL READING ROOM • DIGITAL INITIATIVES SYMPOSIUM • BANNED BOOK WEEK • ALUMNI ART WORKS • SUMMER BRIDGE • PONTEM PARTNERSHIP RESEARCH DAY • BOOKPLATE • COPLEY READS • STAFF RETREAT • FACULTY RESEARCH • EMBEDDED LIBRARIAN • POSTCARD COLLECTION • EMBEDDED LIBRARIANSHIP • SUSTAINABILITY • THE COLLECTIONS, ACCESS, AND DISCOVERY DEPARTMENT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARD • HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION • ARCHIVES • CAMINO STACKS • COPLEY LOUNGE • E-TEXTBOOKS • STREAMING MEDIA • UNIVERSITY ARCHIVIST • MCNAIR SCHOLARS• SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAM RESEARCH DAY• CATHOLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS • DIGITAL USD• STUDENT EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR• SAN DIEGO LOWRIDER ARCHIVAL PROJECT• TRAVEL GUIDE COLLECTION • MCNAIR SCHOLARS• SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAM RESEARCH DAY• CATHOLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS • DIGITAL USD• STUDENT EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR• SAN DIEGO LOWRIDER ARCHIVAL PROJECT• TRAVEL GUIDE COLLECTION • JOURNALS READING ROOM • BLACK AND WOMEN'S HISTORY • INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORY • RECOMMEND BOOKS • STUDENT ASSISTANTS • SCHOLARSHIPS • STEAM ACADEMY • MOTHER HILL READING ROOM • DIGITAL INITIATIVES SYMPOSIUM • BANNED BOOK WEEK • ALUMNI ART WORKS • SUMMER BRIDGE • PONTEM PARTNERSHIP RESEARCH DAY • BOOKPLATE • COPLEY READS • STAFF RETREAT • FACULTY RESEARCH • EMBEDDED LIBRARIAN • POSTCARD COLLECTION • EMBEDDED LIBRARIANSHIP • SUSTAINABILITY • JOURNALS READING ROOM • BLACK AND WOMEN'S HISTORY • INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORY • RECOMMEND BOOKS • STUDENT ASSISTANTS • SCHOLARSHIPS • STEAM ACADEMY • MOTHER HILL READING ROOM • DIGITAL INITIATIVES SYMPOSIUM • BANNED BOOK WEEK• JOURNALS READING ROOM • BLACK AND WOMEN'S HISTORY • INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORY • RECOMMEND BOOKS • STUDENT ASSISTANTS • SCHOLARSHIPS • STEAM ACADEMY • MOTHER HILL READING ROOM • DIGITAL INITIATIVES SYMPOSIUM • BANNED BOOK WEEK • ALUMNI ART WORKS • SUMMER BRIDGE • PONTEM PARTNERSHIP RESEARCH DAY • BOOKPLATE • COPLEY READS • STAFF RETREAT • FACULTY RESEARCH • EMBEDDED LIBRARIAN • POSTCARD COLLECTION • EMBEDDED LIBRARIANSHIP • SUSTAINABILITY • THE COLLECTIONS, ACCESS, AND DISCOVERY DEPARTMENT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARD • HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION • ARCHIVES • CAMINO STACKS • COPLEY LOUNGE • E-TEXTBOOKS • STREAMING MEDIA • UNIVERSITY ARCHIVIST THE COLLECTIONS, ACCESS, AND DISCOVERY DEPARTMENT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARD • HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION • ARCHIVES • CAMINO STACKS • COPLEY LOUNGE • E-TEXTBOOKS • STREAMING MEDIA • UNIVERSITY ARCHIVIST • MCNAIR SCHOLARS• SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAM RESEARCH DAY• CATHOLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS • DIGITAL USD• STUDENT EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR• SAN DIEGO LOWRIDER ARCHIVAL PROJECT• TRAVEL GUIDE COLLECTION • JOURNALS READING ROOM • BLACK AND WOMEN'S HISTORY • E-TEXTBOOKS • STREAMING MEDIA • UNIVERSITY ARCHIVIST • MCNAIR SCHOLARS• SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAM RESEARCH DAY• CATHOLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS • DIGITAL USD• STUDENT EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR• SAN DIEGO LOWRIDER ARCHIVAL PROJECT• TRAVEL GUIDE COLLECTION • JOURNALS READING ROOM • BLACK AND WOMEN'S HISTORY • INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORY • RECOMMEND BOOKS STUDENT ASSISTANTS HONORED WITH CUSTOM BOOKPLATES p. 6 C OPLEY CONNECTS EXPLORE | DISCOVER | SUCCEED VOL. 11, ISSUE 1, Spring 2023 COPLEY LIBRARY CANDICE MARIE BENBOW HONORED DURING BLACK AND WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH p. 16 THE 9TH ANNUAL DIGITAL INITIATIVES SYMPOSIUM p. 14 10 YEARS

STUDENT ASSISTANT SPOTLIGHT

MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN

Celebrating Ten Years of Copley Connects: 2013-2023 Over the past ten years, Copley Library has thrived. The central focus of the library is collections, services, and space. Print remains vital, but Covid made digital-first in all formats popular. In 2013, students engaged with Reference Librarians in-person. However, today they work with librarians in-person and virtually through our chat reference service and Springshare’s 24/7 reference cooperative. The library initiated the Digital Initiatives Librarian position and joined the institutional repository (IR) and open movement. This year, we reached 2 million IR downloads of faculty’s and students’ research being accessed worldwide. In 2020, we began participating in JSTOR’s Open Communities Collections initiative featuring three of our marquee collections: Japanese Bookplates, Paris Exposition Postcards, and the San Diego Lowrider Archival project. Like many of the schools in USD, Copley Library has matured. In 2015, former President Lyons granted us our tenure process. The faculty holds its own elections. We became Faculty Senate members in 2018. The faculty taught 1,433 instruction sessions and 217 workshops. They gave 97 conference presentations and published 21 articles, 4 book chapters, 7 conference proceedings, 8 book reviews, 1 book and 3 short stories. The faculty has grown, and their expertise strengthened with embedded librarians located in the schools and liaison librarians in the College. Moreover, the library organization has benefitted from creating positions, such as the Associate Dean for the Library and the Associate Dean for Student Success and Diversity. Seminal Library Moments 2013-2023 • Compiled the first Annual Report, 2016 • Joined USD’s Annual Senior Survey, 2017 • Launched the Copley Library Retreat, 2018 • Renovated the Building, Fall 2017-Spring 2020 • Impacted by Covid, March 2020-August 2021 • Assisted with the Faculty Research and Scholarship Recognition Reception, 2023 For additional highlights, see the timeline on p. 4-5. • Purchased the JSTOR Alumni Databases, 2013 • Started the Digital Initiatives Symposium, 2014 • Offered $1,000 OER Stipends to Four Faculty, 2015

By Catherine Paolillo, Visiting Evening Access Librarian Raul Flores Torres (Class of 2023) has worked in Copley Library Access Services since Fall 2021. Throughout his 4 years at USD he’s been involved in Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (M.E.Ch.A), Beta Theta Pi, and Student Support Services (SSS)

TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Message From the Dean 3 Student Assistant Spotlight 4 Copley Connects Celebrates 10 Years with Highlights 6 Bookplate Tradition Honors Graduating Student Assistants 8 COPLEY READS: Book Recommendations 10 Immersive Global Reading 11 Faculty and Staff Retreat 12 Faculty Research and Scholarship Recognition Reception 14 The 9th Annual Digital Initiatives Symposium 16 Black and Women's History Month Event

while being employed at Copley Library, the One Stop Student Center, and operating as CEO of his family business. He’s a proud first-generation student and will be the first of his immediate and extended family to graduate from a 4-year institution. He served on the M.E.Ch.A e-board for 2 years as Programmer and External Representative where he helped organize multiple events such as General Body Meetings, Family Reveal, Virgen de Guadalupe Mass, Farmers Workers Mass, Fiesta Night, a Chicano Park tour, and social events, with the other M.E.Ch.A de San Diego chapters. Through his involvement in M.E.Ch.A, he’s been able to not only impact the USD and San Diego communities, but also his hometown by partnering with Santa Barbara City College and his high school AVID program. As a SSS mentor for the Class of 2024, Raul helped freshmen and transfer students transition to USD. He’s also been a member of Beta Theta Pi since the Spring of 2021 and has served as the Community Service Chair. He was awarded the Beta Award last semester for exemplifying the chapter’s commitment to mutual aid and assistance. Raul will graduate this spring with a Bachelor of Business Administration and Bachelor of Accountancy. He has accepted a full-time position at Ernst & Young as a tax accountant in La Jolla, San Diego. In addition, he’s the CEO of his family business, Flores Hardware and Lighting Inc, in Santa Barbara, California, and will be working with his family to grow the business. For the past two semesters, Raul has served as our Social Media & Outreach Student Assistant, where he was able to use his interest in photography to create content for our social media platforms, newsletters, annual reports, website, and more. I recently caught up with Raul to ask about his creative process, his experience working in Copley Library, and what he’s looking forward to after graduation. YOU'RE AN ACCOUNTING MAJOR, HOW DID YOU GET INTERESTED IN PHOTOGRAPHY? Yes, I’m an Accounting and International Business major. I was in junior year of high school when I picked up my first camera. My cousin introduced me to the photography world; he was the first person out of the whole family that was a photographer. Seeing his posts on Instagram made me interested in photography, and pushed me to get a camera of my own. I haven’t stopped shooting since then. I’m self-taught, so YouTube is how I learned. Eventually I took a photography class at Santa Barbara City College in my hometown, but everything they taught I already learned from YouTube.

Professional development and connection to library professional organizations helped the library advance and deliver services to the university’s consitituencies. We are affiliated with SPARC, CRL, CNI, HathiTrust, NISO, and Lyrasis. The Artwork Committee assists with selecting art and installing exhibitions that create a welcoming and inclusive environment for all students. Our December AlumniWorks 2022 exhibition featured 13 alumni artists. Three of these diverse artists’ works now hang on the library’s walls. Copley closes the period from 2013-2023 by focusing on accessibility; a changing collection development model; fake news and misinformation; diversity, equity, and inclusion; affordable learning materials; and artificial intelligence. The library is meeting the needs of an evolving USD, and its faculty. Our scope is even bigger with the demands of the university’s R2 status. Here’s to another ten years of Copley Connects informing the USD community of Copley’s milestones and services. Theresa S. Byrd, DEAN OF THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

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Social Media

C OPLEY CONNECTS Published twice a year by: Copley Library University of San Diego 5998 Alcalá Park, San Diego, CA 92110 Copley Connects is also available on our web site at www.sandiego.edu/library. Dr. Theresa S. Byrd, Dean of the University Library tsbyrd@sandiego.edu Copley Connects Review Committee: Martha Adkins , Reference Librarian, Editor Hugh Burkhart , Reference Librarian and Coordinator of Instruction and Undergraduate Learning Cindy Espineli , Executive Assistant Jordan Kobayashi , Library Assistant, Periodicals/Serials Jennifer Bidwell , Business Librarian Naomi Reeve , Archives/Digital Initiatives Assistant

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2013 The first issue of Copley Connects hit mailboxes around campus and the country, as we began to tell our story in this new format. https://digital.sandiego.edu/copley_connects/5/

USD's institutional repository was officially launched in Fall 2014. Digital USD has, at the time of this publication, seen over 2 million downloads, from every continent on Earth. https://digital.sandiego.edu/copley_connects/2/ 2014 The first Digital Initiatives Symposium was held in April 2014, with 130 attendees from across the country. Read about the most recent Symposium on page 14, and save the date for the 10th anniversary Digital Initiatives Symposium, April 29-30, 2024. https://digital.sandiego.edu/copley_connects/3/

In the summer of 2015, Copley librarians began a partnership with the faculty organizers of the STEAM Academy, a summer day camp for middle school students. We reunited with camp attendees in the summer of 2022 for in-person instruction with middle and high school students, and are excited to continue this partnership. https://digital.sandiego.edu/copley_connects/6/ 2015 In the fall of 2017, Copley joined in the American Library Association’s celebration of Banned Book Week, with a display, LibGuide, and contest, in which one student and one faculty or staff member each won their favorite banned book and other prizes. https://digital.sandiego.edu/copley_connects/10/ 2017 August 2021 marked the 10th year of collaboration with the Student Support Services Summer Bridge Program, an intensive week setting up incoming first year and transfer students for success at USD. Students tour Copley Library as part of the program, learning about all the ways library services support their learning. https://digital.sandiego.edu/copley_connects/18/ 2021

Copley awarded the first Student Assistant Scholarships to five deserving assistants. This scholarship award was named the Roy and Marian Holleman Copley Library Student Assistant Scholarship in 2016, and became a permanent feature of our student assistant retention program, thanks to a generous endowment by the Holleman Foundation. The Foundation is featured in the Spring 2022 issue. https://digital.sandiego.edu/copley_connects/19/ 2016

The first year Copley recognized graduating library student assistants with their choice of book/video/music title to be plated with their name. The 2015 graduating student assistants are pictured here with their chosen books. See the story on page 6.

2018

In 2019, middle school students from three local Catholic schools joined us for an extended information literacy workshop while their parents toured the campus and attended informational sessions led by university admissions representatives. This was first year of the successful Pontem Partnership Research Day, which has continued to grow.

The first annual Black History Month and Women’s History Month author events were held in February 2018, when Dr. Duchess Harris, author of Hidden Human Computers , shared the stories of her grandmother and other black women who worked as human computers for NASA in the 1940s. See page 16 for the most recent event in this annual celebration of black women authors. https://digital.sandiego.edu/copley_connects/11/ Though we were working from home, we had the opportunity to see our newly renovated library for the first time in photographs, and were able to share those with the campus community. https://digital.sandiego.edu/copley_connects/15/ 2020 Copley goes remote, in response to COVID-19.

Copley hosted its first exhibition of artwork by USD alumni, celebrating the art and artists at a reception in December 2022. The exhibit and reception commemorated the beginning of an endeavor to fill Copley with art that will help make our spaces welcoming and inclusive for all our visitors. https://digital.sandiego.edu/copley_connects/20/ 2022

2019

This year’s event, May 6, 2023, welcomed students once again, this time for a deep research dive into the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. https://digital.sandiego.edu/copley_connects/20/

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Celebrates Ten Years

Copley Tradition to Honor Graduates

By Christopher Marcum, Head of Access and Outreach Services, and Catherine Paolillo, Visiting Evening Access Librarian Copley Library employs over twenty student assistants each year across the Collections, Access, and Discovery and Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives units. Their contributions help make our library run smoothly, and make this space welcoming for all our visitors. 2023 marks the ten year anniversary of honoring our graduating student assistants with a bookplate in the front end-paper of a book of their choice. Over the last decade we have recognized the contributions of more than 60 graduating Copley student assistants in this way. The inscription on each bookplate reads, "In Recognition of Outstanding Service to Copley Library," and features the students' names and graduation year. The

2023 GRADUATING STUDENT ASSISTANTS AND THEIR BOOK SELECTIONS 2023 graduate Faith Osei-Tutu selected Brittany Cooper’s Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers her Superpower : “In 2020, a time when I was frustrated and wrestling with the feelings induced by the way society viewed and treated Black people, this book described the same rage I was feeling. This book taught me how to turn my rage into a beautiful superpower that will conquer every experience that lies ahead.” 2023 graduate James Carroll said of his choice, “ Six Characters in Search of an Author is near-perfect. It hasn’t been matched since. Pirandello was the king of Absurdism, a true bard.” 2023 graduate Eliza Bocksch hopes her selection, James Redfield’s The Celestine Prophecy: an Adventure , will inspire future USD students: “I read this book during my semester abroad and felt that it had a significant effect on how I moved forward at USD. I feel that this book came into my life at just the right time and helped me understand my purpose as a student and in life and I hope it can be experienced by future USD students.” Citizen: an American Lyric by Claudia Rankine, chosen by Bianca Salazar Frida Kahlo: the Paintings by Hayden Herrera, chosen by Wisdom Choice I’m Glad my Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy, chosen by Abigail Hynes The Five People you Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom, chosen by Amara Brooks The Power of Habit: Why we do What we do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg, chosen by Lia Tabatabaei The Silent World by J. Y. Cousteau, with Frédéric Dumas, chosen by Michael Mack The Stranger by Albert Camus, chosen by Regina Czerewko Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens, chosen by Ximena Moreno Jose Who Moved my Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal With Change in Your Work and in Your Life by Spencer Johnson, chosen by Raul Flores Torres Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

presentation of the bookplates has become the highlight of Copley’s bi-annual Student Appreciation Luncheon held in December and May each year to celebrate all of our student assistants. Much laughter and a few tears have followed the students willing to share why they selected the book or audio-visual resource they did, and several students have returned to Copley Library over the years with family and friends to show off the titles plated in their honor.

Among the more academic selections since we started this tradition 10 years ago are books such as Latina/o sexualities: Probing Powers, Passions, Practices, and Policies; 100 Years of Fashion Illustrations; Yayoi Kusama: Give me Love; and The New School: How the Information Age will Save American Education from Itself. Literary classics remain favorite choices of our graduates too, including The Catcher in the Rye, To Kill a Mockingbird, Brave New World, and The Kite Runner. We have also had lighthearted choices over the years including films like Top Gun and Singin’ in the Rain . A favorite outlier from a 2014 graduate is The Complete Second Season of The Office . Still others have selected titles that take them back to childhood like Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree or C.S Lewis’s classic, Narnia: The Last Battle . Although we have added several elements to our Student Assistant Program since 2013 to help retain and recognize our student assistants, plating books in their honor remains a cornerstone of our efforts and a cherished tradition. We look forward to honoring our graduates with bookplates for many years to come.

by Trevor Noah, chosen by Izabella Garfias The Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Gallwey, chosen by Scarlett Cai

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Student Spotlight continued from page 3

WHAT INSPIRES YOU/YOUR WORK? It’s always based on what I’m feeling that day, what’s going on, and what I can see. I love a nice view. It’s an adventure, that’s the way I see it, driving around until I find something that I like. It’s more about how I feel, what’s in my surroundings, whatev er captures my attention and makes me want to stop. I also do portrait photography either for my friends or a job. I do some graduation pictures, and it gets pretty intense sometimes, but I find a lot of happiness and joy in seeing someone smile when they receive my work, especially because I am trying to bring out the beauty in the person. It makes me feel good when I do that. DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE PHOTOGRAPHER OR ARTIST THAT YOU LOOK UP TO? The first one is my cousin, Ozzi. The other one would be Peter McKinnon. He’s the guy that I first watched his YouTube videos and learned a lot. It’s great content. He’s a cinematographer, photographer, social media director, all these things. He’s been one of my top influences. WHAT ARE SOME THINGS YOU’VE LEARNED OR DEVELOPED IN THIS JOB THAT YOU THINK YOU’LL BE ABLE TO USE IN THE FUTURE? When I was working at the front desk, I developed my skills of being welcoming to students, faculty, or even strangers who are not affiliated with USD, like prospective students who try to get students’ feedback about the campus. I’m always willing to help people who need any type of support or a real voice to talk about their experience at USD. When I took on the photog raphy and social media position, it pushed me to get out of my comfort zone. I learned how to approach a random stranger and ask them to be a model for a picture. I never did that be fore because I was kind of scared. Now I am confident to ask in a nice way if they’ll pose for me. That’s a valuable skill I will continue to develop if I stay with this photography career. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO MOST AFTER GRADUATION? Short term, I’m excited to finally walk as a first-generation student. It means a lot to me. I’m also looking forward to going to Cuernavaca, Mexico, my mom’s hometown. She hasn’t been back since she crossed over from Mexico. I have never been to my parents’ homeland because of the fear of all these bad things that could happen. It’s an honor that I’ll be able to understand my mom from a different standpoint, meet cousins and family for the first time, and be able to visit my grandpa’s grave. I never met him, but it will be meaningful to me and my mom. In the long term, I’m excited to start at Ernst & Young, one of “The Big 4” accounting firms. I’ve worked really hard to get a job there. As a first-generation student, I didn’t have a lot of guidance on how to navigate financial aid or campus, let alone how to get a job after you graduate. So I’m happy to start my career and be an independent adult with some income!

THE FAMILY CHAO: A NOVEL • by Lan Samantha Chang Lan Samantha Chang’s novel about the mystery taking place at the Fine Chao, a Chinese restaurant in Haven, Wisconsin, is an amazing read. The Fine Chao is owned by Leo Chao and his wife Winnie, Chinese immigrants who run the restaurant with their three American born sons, Dagou, Ming and James. The Chao’s family secrets begin to unravel when the three brothers reunite in Haven as the Chao family has to deal with the skeletons inside each of its members’ closets. This story was unconventional and unpredictable in the best way possible, and each chapter touched on themes of love, betrayal, identity, and legacy. The personalities living in Haven are funny and compelling, inviting you into their small world where the Fine Chao is the center of the Haven resident community in more ways than one. I loved the unique characters and mystery that unfolded between the pages.

WELCOME TO COPLEY CONNECTS. In this regular feature, we invite Copley librarians and staff members to share their recommendations for books. In this issue, we are excited to give one of our student assistants, Chantelle Tiya, center stage to share three of the books she has enjoyed most recently.

Hi, my name is Chantelle Tiya and I am a second year Ethnic Studies major at USD. I work in Access Services at Copley Library, and started working here my first semester as a freshman. I enjoy reading in my free time, so I love to recommend books I’ve been reading from the library!

CRYING IN HMART • by Michelle Zauner Crying in HMart is a memoir

BOOK LOVERS • by Emily Henry Emily Henry’s book subverts a common romance trope, bringing a refreshing and fun take on a love story. This story follows Nora, a tough, confident and honestly very cool heroine. Nora is a successful book editor who loves working at her dream job. She is the career-driven, ambitious and independent city girl that is often the scorned one in stereotypical relationship stories, where the woman usually has to give up a part of her life for love and the man isn’t required to change his views on women. Nora reluctantly decides to go on a trip with her sister in hopes of getting away for a while. Here, she meets Charlie, who coincidentally is also from the city. This story is interesting and humorous yet realistic and relatable. I recommend it!

written by Michelle Zauner about her relationship with her mother, when her mother is diagnosed with cancer. Zauner is biracial, born to a Korean mother and white American father. Zauner struggles with losing the one connection she has to her Korean heritage through her mother. During the progression of the book, you learn about Zauner and her mother’s relationship as they come to terms with their shared past and the mistakes they’ve made over the years. This is a story that grapples with love, loss, and defining the importance of one’s identity. Crying in HMart is poignant and genuine, full of personal anecdotes and episodes that really bring you into Zauner’s world. This is a story that hits home for anyone who has straddled between two cultures or is on a journey to establish their identity.

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Immersive Global Reading By Bianca Salazar, Copley Library Student Assistant

I have had a long standing love for reading; it was a form of escape, a way of encountering and soaking up knowledge, and, in a sense, a way to travel. As I got older, I found less and less time to be able to enjoy some of the things that had sparked my interest as a child, like reading and journaling. Being a first generation college student in a new environment, that no one I knew had been to before, I found myself simply surviving. Once the pandemic

Normal People by Sally Rooney was the first book I read. I had no idea that Howth would show up as a setting in the book when I headed off there that day. I had asked a local what I should do around Dublin, as I had been there before and wanted to try something new. Howth was a train ride away. I hiked down the pier to the water, set up my bag, got comfy, and dug into the book. “At this moment she remembers leaving a flask in Connell’s car the day they drove to Howth in in that spot, letting my skin soak up the sun, and immediately set off afterwards to find a local fish and chips shop discussed by the characters. Beautiful World, Where Are You By Sally Rooney, is set in Dublin and Rome, and as I took the train back to Dublin, I was excited to see what was in store for the characters and if they would name places that I could go see in person. One of the first passages I saw, “The streets were quiet and dark, and the air was oddly warm and still, and on the quays the office buildings were all lit up inside, and empty” (Rooney, 42) had me walking along the quay, crossing over the white bridges in Dublin which provide a spectacular view of the city. A few pages later I saw a food April, and she never got the flask back…. They went swimming in the sea that day…” (Rooney, 89). I ended up finishing the book

Copley Library Faculty and Staff Retreat By Catherine Paolillo, Visiting Evening Access Librarian Members of the Copley Library Retreat Committee with presenter Isabel Soto-Luna. L to R, Jordan Kobayashi, Jennifer Bidwell, Dean Theresa Byrd, Isabel Soto-Luna, Cindy Espineli, Catherine Paolillo, and Naomi Reeve

On January 18, 2023, Copley Library faculty and staff gathered in the beautiful USD University Ministry Center for our first in-person annual retreat since 2020. The theme for this year’s retreat was supporting student success and inclusivity at USD. The day began with a light-hearted emoji book guessing game, followed by three engaging guest speakers and a fun team-building activity. Our first guest speaker was Jay Rice, the new director of the Black Student Resource Commons (BSRC). He shared information about the BSRC, about black student experiences in academia, and considerations for the library like soliciting feedback and creating personalized outreach strategies for black students at USD, and making sure black students feel welcome in our space. He challenged each of us to set attainable goals for this academic year and to choose an “accountability partner” to ensure we meet those goals. Our second speaker was Sahmie Wytewa, the new USD Tribal Liaison. She guided attendees through a vision board activity and then gave us several opportunities for year-round collaboration including ways to include indigenous authors and literature in our everyday activities. Both Ms. Wytewa and Mr. Rice invited Copley Library to partner with their offices on future outreach events and programming.

“I was amazed to find that the book I was reading actually correlated to the place I was in, and used that as a bit of a guide to some of the places I saw, and ate, to give a truly immersive reading experience.”

happened, I found myself still lost and my hopes of studying abroad suddenly squashed. So I decided in the summer of 2022 to take control of my dreams and let my fears push me forward rather than hold me back and I booked a flight to London to start my five week journey throughout Europe on my own. Once in Dublin, I bought a new journal and four books. Since I was traveling solo, I had the freedom to set the schedule and decide what I wanted to do every day. I was amazed to find that the book I was reading actually correlated to the place I was in, and used that as a bit of a guide to some of the places I saw, and ate, to give a truly immersive reading experience.

remark: “Alice was eating a dish of pasta with cheese and pepper. At her elbow was a half-empty carafe of red wine” (Rooney, 65). I ended up getting the same pasta labeled in Italian as cacio e pepe in Rome, but swapped out the red wine for a glass of white. I also read Wuthering Heights , by Emily Brontë, set in Yorkshire, which saw its controversial and scandalous characters, at the time of print, running throughout the moors. I, too, took a stroll through the countryside and found the natural and peaceful terrain to be perfect for book reading. I highly recommend the next time you pick out a book to read, to research

L to R, Leslie Hovland, Jasmin De Unamuno, Hugh Burkhart, and Millie Fullmer collaborate on a team-building exercise to build a tower using spaghetti noodles, tape, string, and a marshmallow.

Our final speaker was Isabel Soto-Luna, Business Librarian from the University of Nebraska, Omaha. She was invited to speak about her experiences working as a librarian at a Hispanic Serving Institution. Her presentation included valuable context about the cultural diversity represented by the term “Hispanic” and about the unique makeup of Hispanic Serving Institutions. At the end of her presentation, Ms. Soto-Luna led attendees through a discussion session about how we can help USD to be a Hispanic Serving Institution, rather than an Enrolling one. Participants at this years’ event said they loved hearing from our speakers and hope to brainstorm practical ways to focus on inclusivity in their day-to-day work. Next year’s Annual Retreat will build upon what we learned this year by focusing on a different set of underrepresented groups on campus to learn more about their needs.

some of the settings and take a journey on immersive reading.

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(L to R) : Marina Goro (Research Affairs Coordinator for the Office of Sponsored Programs), Traci Merrill (Director of the Office of Sponsored Programs), Brittany Salyers (Sponsored Programs Administrator), and Kathleen Porter (Sponsored Programs Administrator)

Faculty Research and Scholarship Recognition Reception By Naomi Reeve, Archives/Digital Initiatives Assistant On April 4, 2023, the Mother Hill Reading Room filled with faculty from all areas of campus for the Office of Sponsored Program’s Research and Scholarship Recognition Reception. This event, part of the campus wide Research Month, celebrated faculty publications and external funding awards. Dr. Truc Ngo, Associate Provost for Research Administration, opened proceedings, outlining trends in USD’s research expenditure and external awards. She also introduced the upcoming USD Research Expertise Database. Next came the awards, presented by Senior Vice President and Provost, Gail Baker. Award categories included recognition for first-time recipients of external funding, receiving one million dollars or more in external funding, and receiving prestigious fellowships. Copley Library faculty and staff collected and exhibited over 40 faculty authored books and over a hundred article printouts showcasing the incredible scope and depth of USD faculty research and scholarship.

Provost Gail Baker acknowledged the scholarship of our faculty and presented awards to faculty in recognition of receiving research funding and fellowships

Top left: Dr. Truc Ngo, Associate Provost for Research Administration. Middle left: Copley Library recognizes faculty members V. Dozier and Millie Fullmer for successfully hosting the Comic Studies and Practices Symposium, held online and hosted by the two in June 2022. V. Dozier accepted the external grant award on their behalf. The Symposium was funded by a Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium Special Project Initiatives Fund Award. Bottom right (L to R): Christopher Nayve (Associate Vice President for Community Engagement & Anchor Initiatives, Institutional Effectiveness and Strategic Initiatives), Rhonda Harley (Assistant Dean of Student Engagement and Inclusive Excellence for the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering), T.J. Tallie (Associate Professor of History, Director of Africana Studies, and CEE Racial Equity Liaison), Regina Gong (Copley Library Associate Dean for Student Success and Diversity), Theresa Byrd (Dean of the University Library), and Nikki Usher (Associate Professor of Communication)

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SYMPOSIUM

9TH ANNUAL DIGITAL INITIATIVES

SAVE THE DATE! The Digital Initiatives Symposium will celebrate its 10th Anniversary April 29-30, 2024

Photos by Catherine Paolillo

By Jennifer Bidwell, Business Librarian The 9th annual Digital Initiatives Symposium took place on April 17-18, 2023, at the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies. This year’s Symposium was a return to in-person sessions with invited speakers from across the country. The two-day event began with workshops on digital exhibits, managing digital projects, copyright in the digital era, participatory archiving, and open access agreements. The second day opened with Greg Eow’s keynote presentation on postcolonial knowledge commons. Eow's talk centered on addressing existential challenges for libraries, stemming from the digital revolution of the last half-century. Eow related these challenges to those felt over 400 years ago

at the advent of the printing press. Eow also noted the importance of maintaining a sense of humor as we strive to build an open, inclusive community of learners. The other topics throughout the day included advancing primary sources and special collections in research, building a U.S. repository network, digital initiatives from the perspective of library deans, truly open scholarship, digital access to copyrighted material (with an update on the just launched Project LEND), and matching medieval manuscript fragments with the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF). For more information about DIS, and to view the full program with presentation abstracts, visit https:// digital.sandiego.edu/symposium/2023/

Top left: Opening keynote speaker, Dr. Greg Eow, President of the Center for Research Libraries, reframed narratives of crisis in librarianship in terms of postcoloniality, and identified opportunities for libraries to adapt and thrive in this knowledge ecosystem Top right: Vicki Coleman, Dean of Library Services, and Netta Cox, Librarian and Associate Professor, at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, introduced the U.S. Repository Network (USRN) and benefits of open repositories worldwide Bottom left: Featured speaker, Sayeed Choudhury, Director of the Open Source Programs Office at Carnegie Mellon University, spoke about empowering individuals around the world through open scholarship Bottom right: Closing keynote speaker, Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis, presented her work digitally reuniting fragmented medieval manuscripts

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SPECIAL EVENT HONORING BLACK HISTORY & WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH

Six years of Black women authors. All titles are available in multiple formats at Copley Library. 2018 : Dr. Duchess Harris, Hidden Human Computers: The Black Women of NASA 2019 : Dr. Monique Morris, Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools 2020 : Michelle L. Norris, The Grace of Silence: A Memoir 2021 : Dr. Anne C. Bailey, The Weeping Time: Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History 2022 : Heather McGee, The Sum Of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone And How We Can Prosper Together 2023 : Candice Marie Benbow, Red Lip Theology: For Church Girls Who’ve Considered Tithing to the Beauty Supply Store When Sunday Morning Isn’t Enough

Copley Welcomes Author Candice Marie Benbow By V. Dozier, Education Librarian

(L to R): Misty Jones, San Diego Public Library Director; Featured author, Candice Marie Benbow; and Dean Theresa Byrd

Another year, another great collaboration with the San Diego Public Library (SDPL) to bring a dynamic speaker and scholar to the Black History & Women’s History Month event! This year, the USD and greater San Diego communities enjoyed two presentations from Candice Marie Benbow, theologian and author of Red Lip Theology: For Church Girls Who’ve Considered Tithing to the Beauty Supply Store When Sunday Morning Isn’t Enough.

Benbow also reflected on her experiences as the daughter of a single mother in the Black church and the double standards and inequitable treatment of Black men and women in the church.

Prior to the event, Benbow graciously spent time at an intimate group dinner at USD’s La Gran Terraza restaurant with a number of USD faculty, staff, and alumni, SDPL staff, and San Diego community members. For nearly an hour, Benbow regaled event attendees with an introspective view into who she was in Red Lip Theology and the personal and professional growth experienced since its writing. Anecdotes included generational responses to her work — especially the

laughter—inducing gentle scolding from a 90+ year old church elder about Benbow’s sexual encounters appearing in the book. Benbow also reflected on her experiences as the daughter of a single mother in the Black church and the double standards and inequitable treatment of Black men and women in the church. Benbow’s presentation expertly wove a braid, layering how feminism, spirituality, beauty, and cultural connections can lay the path of understanding and wholeness. Benbow ended the event with a book signing, in which eager attendees, including yours truly, lined up to speak briefly with her and get their Red Lip Theology copies signed. The Copley Library/SDPL planning committee will meet soon to begin planning the 2024 Black History & Women’s History Month event.

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COPLEY STAFF NEWS

MEET OUR INAUGURAL Associate Dean for Student Success and Diversity

INTRODUCING THE NEW Senior Electronic and Open Content Librarian

Copley Bids Farewell to Catherine Paolillo “Working directly with students is the best part of my job, whether it's the student assistants in Access Services, the Associated Student Government representatives, First Generation Student Association, various student organizations, and all the patrons at Copley Library. I chose to focus my long-term career goals on library outreach so I can help ensure every student on campus knows how their library can support their academic goals and [hopefully] enhance a sense of belonging for colleagues at USD, and am excited to use those experiences to shape my new role.” The Copley Connects Newsletter Committee wishes Catherine Paolillo the very best as she prepares for the next chapter in her career. Catherine will be leaving Copley Library after over five years serving as our Visiting Evening Access Librarian. She embarks on her new position as the Outreach and Engagement Librarian at CSU Channel Islands this summer. We wanted to thank Catherine specifically for her regular contributions to Copley Connects , both writing articles and taking stunning photographs of our library and community events. As you peruse this issue, look for Catherine’s name in bylines and photographer credits to see her last contributions to Copley Connects . them. I am grateful for everything I've learned from working with students and

Library Journal’s Movers and Shakers, in the Innovators category. Read more about it here: https://www.libraryjournal.com/ story/regina-gong-movers-shakers-2023 innovators Regina received her Bachelor of Library Science from the University of the Philippines and her Master of Library and Information Science from Wayne State University. She is a Ph.D. candidate in the Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education (HALE) Program at Michigan State University College of Education. She has over sixty presentations and six publications. Her research interests include OER, open education, diversity, and women of color in higher education. “I’m so glad to be here at USD and to join my wonderful colleagues at the Copley Library. It has been a whirlwind of activities leading up to my move to San Diego from Michigan, but I love every bit of it. Since I started in mid-February, I dodged the cold winter in MI. Although I was surprised by the cold weather and the rain we’ve had here lately. The campus is so beautiful, and I’ve enjoyed exploring and discovering new spots to enjoy the magnificent views. So far, the people I’ve met were all welcoming and generous with their time. I met many fellow Filipino/faculty, administrators, and staff who welcomed me to USD. I hope to meet all of them soon. Of course, I met with the FUSO (Filipino Ugnayan Students Organization) students and attended their Philippine Cultural Night, which was a rousing success. I’m just so excited about this new role. It combines all I’m passionate about–student success, DEIA, and open educational resources (OER). I look forward to collaborating and partnering with various units, centers, and schools to ensure our students succeed here at USD and beyond.”

Regina Gong joined Copley Library on February 15, 2023, as our inaugural Associate Dean for Student Success and Diversity. With a library career that spans 25 years, Regina comes to us with a wealth of expertise and experience working in different types of libraries. She was previously at Michigan State University (MSU) Libraries, where she served as the Open Educational Resources (OER) and Student Success Librarian. Before her stint at MSU, Regina served as the Manager for Technical Services and Systems and OER Project Manager for Lansing Community College. Before her academic library career, Regina worked as Systems Librarian for Innovative Interfaces Incorporated and at the Asian Development Bank Library (ADB), where she held multiple positions, including Systems Librarian, Head of Serials and Acquisitions, and Head of the Reference Desk for Document Collections. Professionally, Regina is a leader in the library profession, including the open education and OER community. Her service includes the American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) Institute on OER Faculty, and the Scholarly Publication Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) Open Education Advisory Committee. Regina is engaged with the American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries, and the Asian/Pacific Librarians Association (APALA). She also led the statewide Michigan OER Network (MI-OER), a community of practice and a coalition of OER advocates across K-20 in Michigan. Regina was selected as an American Library Association Emerging Leader in 2013. She participated in the Association of Research Libraries Career Enhancement Fellowship at the University of Arizona Libraries in the Summer of 2009 and received the OER Research Group Fellowship in 2017. Regina was recently named to the 2023 cohort of

Please join us in welcoming Amy Pham as the new Senior Electronic and Open Content Librarian. Amy formerly worked in Copley Library as the Electronic Resources and Serials Assistant from 2013-2017. She handled daily electronic resources acquisitions, including budgeting, copy cataloging, and pulling usage statistics. Amy then went to library school at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. Most recently, Amy was the Assistant Director of Strategic Library

“I’m so glad to be here at USD and to join my wonderful colleagues at Copley Library. It has been a whirlwind of activities leading up to my move to San Diego from Michigan, but I love every bit of it.”

Services & Communications for the Statewide California Electronic Library (SCELC) Consortium. In this role, she was the project manager for key SCELC initiatives to identify timelines, assign responsibilities, and monitor the progress of tasks. She coordinated the 2023 SCELCapalooza Conference planning and the SCELC Advisory Committee liaisons program. Amy specifically served as staff liaison to the Collections and Electronic Resources Committee (CERC) and worked on the JSTOR Evidence-Based Acquisitions E-Book Collaborative Collections assessment scheduled for three years. Moreover, Amy oversaw SCELC’s communication strategy to organize and streamline internal and external communications about activities, services, and member programs. From 2019-2022, Amy was the Database and eBooks Manager for SCELC. She supported over 300 SCELC members and affiliate libraries in pur chasing e-resources and assisted these libraries in troubleshooting problems through the e-resources life cycle. Amy established and main tained productive relationships with SCELC vendors and managed over 60 assigned vendor accounts. She reviewed current and prospective offers, processed payment invoices, and resolved invoice issues. Her professional service includes Southern California Chapter of APALA (Chair), 2023-Present, 2022 and 2023 ICOLC Programming Committee, and New Voices (Founder), CILIPS, 2018. Amy’s research will focus primarily on diversity in collection assessment and development, with related research areas in open collection strategies and consortial communities of practice. Amy received her B.A. in Literatures in English from the University of California, San Diego, and her MSc in Information & Library Studies from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. She is published and presents at conferences. Amy has an MSc in Information & Library Studies from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland

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SAVE THE DATE! 2024 Digital Initiatives Symposium 10th Anniversary! April 29-30 2024 University of San Diego #DIS2024 https://digital.sandiego. edu/symposium/

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