02/18/2009 12:07 PM
BATON ROUGE – On Tuesday, Feb. 17, the Forever LSU campaign announced a gift of $100,000 to LSU Libraries from LSU alumnus Dr. Terence “Terry” Beven, and his wife, Liz. The Beven donation takes the form of an endowed gift, which will help LSU address the Libraries’ needs for many years to come.

Dean Jennifer Cargill of the LSU Libraries thanked the Bevens, noting the unrestricted nature of their gift. “We especially appreciate that this gift will allow us to spend the funds on the area of greatest need, whether on a new academic program or to make a special one-time purchase. Libraries have changed a great deal over the years, so it helps to have this flexibility to buy electronic materials as well as print,” she said.

The Bevens have a long history of service to LSU Libraries, and represent the Libraries as its representative on the Forever LSU National Campaign Cabinet. They are also members of the Libraries’ Benefactor’s Society and Friends of the LSU Libraries.

Dr. Terry Beven was raised in Baton Rouge, and earned a bachelor’s degree from the LSU College of Arts & Sciences in 1954. He was awarded an M.D. from LSU Health Sciences in 1957. He is a Life Member of the LSU Medical School Alumni Association.

Dr. Beven is a past president of the American College of Nuclear Physicians. He was awarded their Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005, and Mentor of the Year award, 2008-09. Dr. Beven served on that organization’s Board of Regents and as chair of the Government Affairs Committee. He has also served as a member of the Proficiency Testing Program and Imaging Committee, and Nuclear Medicine Political Action Committee. He is also an active member of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, or SNM, chair of their Audit Subcommittee of Finance and has served as secretary treasurer. He is a past recipient of the SNM President’s Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Beven also served as a board member and inspector/reviewer for the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Nuclear Medicine Laboratories, or ICANL.

Dr. Beven has long been associated with Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, where he served as director of Nuclear Medicine after establishing the nuclear medicine service there in 1965. He is a member emeritus of the Board of Directors of the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center.

The Bevens enjoy traveling to conferences where Terry participates, or has been invited to present. They have three children: John, Bill and Lyn. John graduated with a degree in physics from LSU in 1984, and later received an M.A. and Ph.D. from Florida State University. Bill graduated from Rice University and earned an M.A. from Stanford University. Lyn Beven graduated from Loyola University of the South. The Bevens have seven grandchildren.

They are members of St. Aloysius Catholic Church and supporters of the LSU Rural Life Museum and LSU Museum of Art.

Support for the LSU Libraries, exemplified by the Bevens’ generosity, is a vital part of the Forever LSU campaign. The Forever LSU campaign is an historic undertaking by the LSU community to attain more than $750 million in support for our university by the end of the year 2010. To find out how to be a part of the campaign for LSU’s future, visit www.foreverlsu.org.

Scott Madere is the director of Public Relations for the LSU Foundation. For more information on this news story or the LSU Foundation, contact Madere at 225-578-3826 or smadere@lsufoundation.org.

February 7, at 11 am, patent workshop will cover developing a patent search strategy and navigating the US Patent and Trademark Office web site and classification system.  John Edel, and attorney from Kean Miller, will answer question after the presentation.  The workshop will be held in Middleton Library, room 230 B.
Email Mr. Thomas at jthomas@lsu.edu or call 578-4680 to register for either or both workshops.

Danny Heitman, author of the book A Summer of Birds: John James Audubon at Oakley House (LSU Press, 2008), will speak in Hill Memorial Library on Sunday, January 11 at 3:00 pm. This free talk is sponsored by the LSU Libraries, in conjunction with the exhibition “Audubon at Oakley: Louisiana Selections from Birds of America,” which is on display in Hill Library through February 28. A Summer of Birds is the second book to appear in the LSU Press’s new series, the Hill Collection: Holdings of the LSU Libraries.

Audubon worked on paintings of at least twenty-three birds while at Oakley and an additional sixteen bird paintings are linked to his stay at Oakley House. All thirty-nine are shown in this exhibition, which is free and open to the public. Other treasures on display include an original drawing made by Audubon and used in the creation of the octavo edition of the Birds, as well as the manuscripts in Audubon’s hand for two passages, “Bear Killing” and “The Hurricane,” from his Ornithological Biography (Philadelphia and Edinburgh, 1831-1839).

Based on careful and extensive research, Heitman’s A Summer of Birds is an extended meditation on Audubon’s experiences at Oakley, providing a wide-ranging view of Audubon’s life and work. On Sunday, Heitman will be talking about Audubon’s wonderful birds, and why they are so much a part of Louisiana history and culture.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase. A reception, book signing, and time for viewing the exhibition will follow the talk. For more information, please call 225-578-6552.

Monday, November 17th, 7 PM
EBR Public Library—Bluebonnet Branch

Learn how to develop a patent search strategy and navigate the USPTO website and the classification system. Also, learn what resources the library and the community have to offer. A patent attorney will be present to answer questions at the November 17th workshop.

Please email Jan Thomas at jthomas@lsu.edu or call
578-4680 to register for the workshop.

You can also register online at:
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/sci/ptdl/workshopregistration.htm

Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact the registration shown above.

Banned Books Week celebrates one of the most basic freedoms in a democratic society — freedom from censorship.  Since its inception in 1982, it has reminded us that while not every book is intended for every reader, each of us has the right to decide for ourselves.  The theme for this year’s observance is “Closing Books Shuts Out Ideas . . . Closes Possibilities . . . Limits Understanding.”   The LSU Libraries exhibit will extend beyond Banned Books Week to assure that everyone has an opportunity to view it.

Browse the exhibit to learn about the most challenged books and authors of 2007 including award winners and books challenged in Louisiana as well as the most challenged book of the 21st century.  Celebrate the first amendment and intellectual freedom with those who elect to open a banned book.  Pick up a bookmark and a list of banned or challenged books.  You will be surprised by some of the titles!

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Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
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Please note: Library hours are subject to change. You can confirm hours by calling 578-8875 or  checking the web page at http://www.lib.lsu.edu

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Virtual Tour – Coming soon! Watch for the link to photographs of the exhibit which will be posted on the LSU Libraries web page.

When: September 25, 2008, and 3 p.m.

Where: Government Documents/ Microforms Department, Room 53 of Middleton Library

What: In conjunction with LSU’s 2008 Summer Reading Program, Middleton Library will host a talk and discussion of political events relating to the graphic novel Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi. The featured speaker will be Professor Mark Gasiorowski of LSU’s Political Science Department. Dr. Gasiorowski specializes in Middle Eastern Politics. Light refreshments will be provided

You can’t judge a book by its cover … or can you?

Visitors to LSU Special Collections’ new mini exhibit, “A Brief History of European Bookbinding from the Middle Ages to 1900,” will have a chance to ponder that question. In the days before mass-produced publishers’ bindings, books were often bought with no covers on them at all, leaving their owners to have them bound as they saw fit. The result was a wide and colorful range of binding styles that varied from time to time and place to place. The exhibit also introduces visitors to some of the work and materials that go into binding a book. Did you know, for example, that scraps of medieval manuscripts are often “hidden” in the bindings of later books? Have you ever wondered how marbled paper is made? Did you know that there are books bound in ivory, velvet, and even Scottish tartan?

Come and find out more about these and other fascinating aspects of the history of the book. The new exhibit will be on display in the Hill Memorial Library lecture hall from May 9 through June 30.

You are invited to stop by the Middleton Library reference room during finals for complimentary coffee. The coffee will be available May 5 – 9 from 10 am until 4 pm.

“Energy and persistence conquer all things”
Benjamin Franklin (1706 – 1790)

Student Government will host free science and math tutoring sessions in Middleton Library, May 5-7. The tutoring sessions will take place in room 241 from 7 p.m. until midnight.

Student Government will also distribute free blue books and scantrons and provide free snacks at the sessions.

Noted oral historian Donald Ritchie will speak on Friday, February 15th, at noon in Hill Memorial Library’s lecture hall, in conjuntion with the LSU Libraries’ exhibition, “Have You Heard? The Past in First Person from the T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History.” Those attending are invited to bring a brown bag lunch. Beverages will be provided. The exhibition and talk are free and the public is invited.

Ritchie is Associate Historian in the United States Senate Historical Office, where he conducts an oral history program. A former president of the Oral History Association, he has served on the council of the American Historical Association, and chaired the Organizaon of American Historians’ committee on research and access to historical documention. Ritchie is a frequent commentator on C-SPAN and NPR. He has authored seven books, including Press Gallery: Congress and the Washington Correspondents (1991), winner of the Richard W. Leopold Prize, Reporting from Washington: The History of the Washington Press Corps (2005), and Electing FDR: The New Deal Campaign of 1932 (2007). Ritchie’s Doing Oral History, first published in 1995, is a leading source book on the theory, methods, and practice of oral history. A second, expanded edition was issued in 2003.

Ritchie’s talk is sponsored by the LSU Libraries in conjunction with “Have You Heard,” an exhibition featuring oral history interviews collected by the T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History. Topics include LSU history, World War II, the Houma Indians, Hurricanes Betsy and Katrina, the Flood of 1927, folklife in the Atchafalaya and Louisiana politics.

Hill Memorial Library Lecture Hall

At 12 Noon, Friday, February 15, 2008