“We all agree that Jeff will continue to excel in working collaboratively within our academic community and has the requisite depth of knowledge to be an exceptional associate library director,” says Camilla Reid, director of Reese Library.

Since 1995, Heck has been the automation librarian. He currently serves as the faculty secretary, a member of the Strategic Planning Committee, and was elected to the Faculty Policies Committee for 2010-2012.

Heck has served as a chair and member of a variety of committees within the university and in the state. Through his statewide involvement, he has helped lead Reese Library through exponential technological enhancements to the GIL online catalog and GALILEO information system.

He has written several articles and made numerous presentations. Heck was recently named associate editor of the Georgia Library Quarterly and has served as both president and secretary of the Kiwanis Club of Uptown Augusta.

Heck received his bachelor’s degree in journalism and master’s degree in library and information science from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

For more information, call the Office of Public Relations and Publications at 706-737-1444.
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On display will be the Table Set for One, a symbol that represents soldiers currently serving our country away from home, and Rose Petals, a memorial to veterans who are no longer with us. A glass bowl will be located near the display for guests to place a military insignia honoring a member of the military.

Viewing of this display is free and open to the public. For more information, call ASU’s Reese Library at 706-7371744.
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On Constitution Day, Wednesday, Sept. 17, Reese Library will have displays on the U. S. Constitution and Bill of Rights, the framers of the Constitution, Famous Quotes, and the Declaration of Independence.  Yadira Payne, government documents librarian, will be dress in period costume of that era and will be distributing pocket-sized Constitutins, pens, bookmarks, and information on the legislative process.

For more information, contact Yadira Payne, 706-729-2166, or Peter Flanagan, chair of the university’s Constitution Day Committee, at 706-737-1710.

“We know that with parking at a premium during the week, being open on Saturdays will make it easier for our patrons to take advantage of our research facilities,” says John O’Shea, special collections librarian. “We hope our community users, our ASU students, and affiliates will take advantage of these additional hours.”

Special Collections maintains and preserves primary materials related to ASU, local history, the University System of Georgia, and selected genealogical sources. In partnership with the Augusta-Richmond County Historical Society, the unit maintains over 400 manuscripts, nearly 5,000 books, historical photographs, vertical files, and additional primary source materials for researchers.

For more information about Special Collections or its new hours of operation, contact Carol Waggoner-Angleton, special collections assistant at ASU’s Reese Library, at 706-667-4904 or e-mail spcoll@aug.edu.

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• A Day
• New acting chairs
• Jaguar Alert
• Speaker to address global series
• Forestry Grant
• RG Brown III exhibit
• Dr. Saundra Reinke feature
• ASU Fall Film Series
• Lyceum Series and Westobou Festival at ASU
• ASU authors featured at festival
• Former ASU golfer named to Ryder Cup Team
• Peer-2-Peer, File Sharing Gone Bad
• Special Collections extends hours
• Faculty Profile – Valerie Cato
• Staff Profile – Nicole Paige
• September Birthdays
• Campus Notables
• In the News

The first discussion will be A Contract with God by Will Eisner on Monday, Sept. 8, at 6:30 p.m. in Reese Library. A Contract with God is a graphic novel that consists of four short semi-autobiographical stories about the author’s childhood experiences while living in the Bronx. Mr. Eisner, the son of Jewish immigrants, has also been credited with bringing adult-oriented novel-length comics to a wider audience.

“We are delighted to have been chosen to host this unique series that will allow patrons a chance to discuss themes in Jewish literature with fellow community members and with the help of a well-qualified scholar,” says Yadira Payne, program director and Government Documents librarian.

Reese library is one of over 250 libraries nationwide to receive a grant from the American Library Association and Nextbook to host the series, Let’s Talk About it: Modern Marvels: Jewish Adventures in the Graphic Novel, that focuses on graphics in literature.

This program is supported by the CSRA Library Association, Columbia County Libraries, Augusta-Richmond County Libraries, Friends of Columbia County, Augusta Jewish Community Center, the Congregation Children of Israel, Adas Yeshurun Synagogue, Borders Books, Aroma’s, Ft. Gordon’s Woodworth Library, and the Augusta Book Exchange.

Below is the fall program schedule for Let’s Talk About it: Modern Marvels: Jewish Adventures in the Graphic Novel series.

Monday, Oct. 6, Maus I & II
Monday, Oct. 27, Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer: Stories
Monday, Nov. 17, The Quitter
Monday, Dec. 4, The Rabbi’s Cat

For more information, call ASU’s Reese Library, at 706-737-1745.

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Limestone constructs a vision of Barbados that encompasses suffering and achievement, heroic struggle and the setbacks born of self-interest and timorous compromise. It is a vast treasure house of images, sounds, and rhythms that move, entertain, and absorb the reader in its world. In addition to the epic poem is an accompanying Island/Folk World music style soundtrack.

Mr. Kellman is the author of The Coral Rooms, The Houses of Alphonso, The Long Gap, Watercourse, and Wings of a Stranger. He is the editor of Crossing Water, an anthology of English-language Caribbean poetry. He is also the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. Mr. Kellman received his bachelor’s degree from the University of the West Indies and master of fine arts degree from Louisiana State University. He joined the ASU faculty in 1991.

For more information about this free event and other upcoming authors in the series, call Augusta State’s Reese Library at 706-737-1745.