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MESSAGEFROM THE DEAN2011 was a difficult year for Wayne State University as we faceda serious financial situation that impacted every school, collegeand unit on campus. While we made the necessary reductions tostay in line with our new fiscal reality, we never lost sight of themost important part of what we do: providing exceptional libraryservice to the faculty, students and staff of Wayne State University. The Library System is built on exceptional service, excellentresources and a culture of collaboration that drives innovation.Despite the challenges we’ve faced, we will regroup and continueto move forward toward our goals.Last fall, the University Libraries reorganized into two newlyshaped units, User Experiences and Collection Management andDiscovery Services. User Experiences works to reemphasize theconcept of putting our users at the center of what we do. Collection Management and Discovery Services provides oversightfor all aspects of collections management and access, includingdeveloping state of the art search, retrieval and storage systemsfor our resources in all formats. This new structure will allow us tofocus on our mission and continue the culture of providing excellent service that we have become known for.Wayne State’s financial situation also mandated changes thatrequired us to rethink how we provide students in the School ofLibrary and Information Science (SLIS) with the skills they needto become superb information professionals. SLIS continues toenroll students in both online and on campus courses while itconsistently reviews and revises the curriculum to reflect today’sinformation needs. Over 60 percent of the SLIS student body nowconsists of online students with students from 40 states and Washington, D.C. The SLIS is also working to maximize its partnershipswith Detroit’s important cultural institutions – many of which arewithin walking distance of the School’s home base in Kresge Library. We recognize the importance of our unique, urban locationand want to do all we can to take advantage of it.Today, more than ever, the world runs on information, and theWayne State University Library System reaffirms our commitment to linking information with those who need it. As the globalamount of information and data continues to grow at breakneckspeeds, we will work to translate it into the knowledge that fuelsteaching and learning at Wayne State University.

PEACOCKROOMWEBSITE PROGRESSIn 2011, the Wayne State University Library System, in partnershipwith the Smithsonian Institution’s Freer Gallery of Art, madesignificant progress on an innovative new website that will allowthe exploration of the Peacock Room, an opulent London diningroom that was originally designed by architect Thomas Jeckyll forBritish shipping magnate Frederick Leyland, and later painted byAmerican expatriate artist James McNeill Whistler.Leyland originally wanted a place to showcase his blue and whiteChinese porcelain collection in his home so when Whistler redecorated the room in 1876 and 1877 as a “harmony in blue andgold,” he was inspired by the delicate patterns and vivid colorsof the Chinese porcelains. Their slick surfaces, however, did notappeal to Charles Lang Freer, who purchased the Peacock Roomin 1904, where it was taken apart and reinstalled in an additionto Freer’s house in Detroit. In his Detroit mansion, Freer filledthe shelves with ceramics that he had acquired from Egypt, Iran,Japan, China and Korea.Set to launch in 2012, The Story of the Beautiful website willconnect virtual tours of the Peacock Room to places and facesassociated with its dynamic, cosmopolitan history. Users will beable to learn more about the objects that the Peacock Room hascontained as well as use accompanying timelines and maps tobrowse the collections and learn more about their connection andchronologically and geographically complex networks of culturalinterchange.

GEORGIACLARKDISPLAY CASE DEDICATED TOFORMER LAW LIBRARY DIRECTORA reception was held in October at the Arthur Neef Law Library forthe dedication of a new Law Faculty Scholarship Display Case inhonor of Georgia A. Clark, former director of the Law Library from1976-2008. Wayne State Law School Dean Robert Ackerman, inconjunction with members of the Law School faculty, worked withthe Neef Law Library to come up with a tribute to Georgia Clarkfor her many years of service to the Law Library and Law School.Located in the first floor reading room of the Arthur Neef LawLibrary, the case will showcase Wayne State Law School faculty’songoing contributions to legal scholarship.

AFTEDUCATIONDIGITAL COLLECTIONLAUNCHEDThe Walter P. Reuther Library and the Wayne State UniversityLibrary System launched the American Federation of Teachers(AFT) Antecedents to Education Reform Historical Collection, aremarkable digital text collection of nearly 30 years of historicalrecords dealing with United States public education reform,tenure and academic freedom for teachers, civil rights, collectivebargaining and public employee unionism.“This collection is a one-stop shop for researchers looking ateducation and public employee unions,” said Dan Golodner,American Federation of Teachers Archivist at the Walter P. ReutherLibrary. “By having it available digitally, researchers have instantaccess to historical content about education reform programswithout traveling to an archive or spending days waiting fordocuments to arrive from school boards or school unions.”Highlights of the growing AFT collection include documentationabout the “Toledo Plan,” the first Peer Assistance Review programstarted in 1981 and modeled throughout the country since itsinception, the Professional Education Program from Pittsburghand Dade County Shared Decision Making program. The collection has documents from the national AFT headquarters andvarious AFT locals, as well as personal papers from AFT leaders.The site also contains speeches from AFT presidents and AFTpolicy and reports on education reform that supported variouseducation initiatives during the 1980s and early 1990s.The digital AFT collection is only a subset of the physical collectionhoused at the Reuther Library, which includes AFT historical documents dating back to the 1910s from 30 affiliate locals and statefederations, and over 70 personal collections. For more information, or to access the entire collection, contact Dan Golodner atad6292@wayne.edu or 313-577-8988.

WSUARCHIVESCELEBRATES 50 YEARS WITHVISIT FROM U.S. ARCHIVISTIn September, SLIS proudly celebrated 50 years of archivaladministration education at Wayne State with a visit from DavidFerriero, Archivist of the United States. SLIS faculty, staff, students,alumni and archival professionals from across metro Detroitgathered to hear remarks from Ferriero that emphasized theimportance of archives in American democracy. Noting ThomasJefferson’s words, “Information is the lifeblood of democracy,”Ferriero described the mission and collection of the NationalArchives and Records Administration and also shared some of itschallenges as he leads it further into the electronic age. Duringhis remarks, Ferriero commended Professor Emeritus Phil Mason,founder of the Archival Administration program at Wayne State,and congratulated the university for rigorously preparing studentsfor professional archival positions.

BOOKSTOCKSCHOLARSHIPS ANNOUNCEDIn May, Wayne State’s School of Library and Information Science announced scholarships for students enrolled in the university’s new Urban Librarianship Graduate Certificate Program.The 15-credit Urban Librarianship Graduate Certificate Program,which is the first of its kind in the nation, was approved in January2011 by the Wayne State Board of Governors. It is expected tobegin in fall 2012.The scholarships were funded by Bookstock: Used Book & MediaSale, a community service project that uses proceeds from the saleof gently used books and other media to support education andliteracy projects throughout Metro Detroit. Bookstock representatives, along with contributing partners Gardner-White Furniture

and Wallside Windows, presented a check to the university and announced their commitment to annual scholarships during the event.In December 2011, three students were awarded 2,000 each tohelp finance their education and support their commitment to thecommunity, literacy and urban librarianship.““The Urban Librarianship Graduate Certificate Program providesstudents with the education and practical experience necessary toeffectively serve library patrons with diverse economic, social andcultural needs,” Yee said. “We are grateful for Bookstock’s commitment to provide scholarships to deserving students who are dedicated to making a difference.”In addition to the Bookstock scholarships, Two new endowed scholarships were created by alumni Paulette Groen and Michael Wellsand Jean Spang, widow of long-time Wayne State librarian LotharSpang, endowed a scholarship in honor of her late husband tosupport an incoming graduate student with an economic hardship.With 2011’s new additions, SLIS now administrates 26 scholarships.

STATISTICS2011VOLUMES ADDED GROSS 13,260CURRENT E-SERIAL TITLESPURCHASED42,381NUMBER OF E-BOOKS699,369DATABASE SEARCHESFULL-TEXT ARTICLESDOWNLOADED3,295,0172,336,918WEB SITE HITS1,331,391HOURS SPENTCONNECTEDTO PUBLICCOMPUTERS678,149NUMBER OF LOGINS TOPUBLIC COMPUTERS 705,986

ANNUAL EXPENDITURESANNUAL JOURNALS EXPENDITURESANNUAL MONOGRAPH EXPENDITURESTOTAL MATERIALS EXPENDITURESNUMBER OF ILLITEMS LENT37,801 20,525,392 6,304,815 866,993 9,014,33938,919NUMBER OF ILLITEMS BORROWEDREGULAR CIRCULATIONS111,284RESERVE CIRCULATIONS66,453CAMPUS DOCUMENT DELIVERYITEMS PROVIDED19,601GATE COUNT FOR ALLLIBRARIES2,216,905MAPS56,349INSTRUCTIONAL SESSIONS 385FILMS AND VIDEO30,848

SOCIALMEDIA2011Fall 2011 marked the launch of a Library System social mediainitiative to connect with our users via Foursquare and Twitter. Withalready impressive numbers of check-ins and re-tweets, the LibrarySystem’s presence in the world of social media has already allowedus to respond to user questions and concerns, get feedback fromstudents and faculty and share library news, events and happenings.Check in or friend us on Foursquare: Wayne State LibrariesFollow us on Twitter: @waynestatelibTWITTERNEWTWITTER FOLLOWERS99NUMBER OF TWEETS136NUMBER OF FOLLOWERSRETWEETED TO1931PERCENTAGERETWEETED7%

FOURSQUARESOCIAL REACHUGLCHECK-INS2027SENT TO TWITTERSENT TO FACEBOOK24%20%GENDER BREAKDOWN42%58%AGE BREAKDOWN18-25: 70%25-35: 21%35-45: 5%45-55: 3%SOCIAL REACHP/KCHECK-INS766SENT TO TWITTERSENT TO FACEBOOK25%19%GENDER BREAKDOWN41%59%AGE BREAKDOWN18-25: 56%25-35: 38%35-45: 4%45-55: 1%SOCIAL REACHSELCHECK-INS381SENT TO TWITTERSENT TO FACEBOOK24%25%GENDER BREAKDOWN35%65%AGE BREAKDOWN18-25: 56%25-35: 40%35-45: 3%45-55: 1%SOCIAL REACHLAWCHECK-INS257SENT TO TWITTERSENT TO FACEBOOK24%4%GENDER BREAKDOWN80%20%AGE BREAKDOWN18-25: 52%25-35: 47%35-45: 0%45-55: 0%SOCIAL REACHMEDCHECK-INS88SENT TO TWITTERSENT TO FACEBOOK9%12%GENDER BREAKDOWN82%18%AGE BREAKDOWN18-25: 23%25-35: 74%35-45: 3%45-55: 0%

2011RETIREESNanieta BlackwellJoan BoockerPamela ByrdDuryea CallawayDonald CowanBonnie ElbodeThomas HirePhilip LarongeJoan PriceJudith SchaubDenise TaylorDeborah TuckerVeola WalkerBetty WigginsCandice Williams-Pryor24 years46 years33 years23 years34 years19 years39 years35 years24 years42 years42 years24 years32 years59 years33 yearsAfter nearly 44 years of serviceto Wayne State University, GaryRivard was slated to retire atthe end of 2011. Unfortunately,Gary passed away unexpectedlyin July, leaving behind host offriends as well as his family atthe Arthur Neef Law Library. Awell-attended memorial tookplace in October at the LawLibrary.

In September, SLIS proudly celebrated 50 years of archival administration education at Wayne State with a visit from David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States. SLIS faculty, staff, students, alumni and archival professionals from across metro Detroit gathered to hear remarks from Ferriero that emphasized the