Mystery SCUIAN #4

Yesterday's bow-tied boy was David Gwynn! Audrey Sage was the first correct guesser with Franklin McKee coming in a close second. The rest of the guessers will have to make do with Turtle wax, Rice-a-Roni, and a home version of the game.

Today's lovely lass:



Who could it be??????

And for today...

Who can this be?



And yesterday's SCUIAN is dog aficionado Jen Motszko. Correct guesser was Kimberly Lutz!

Answer to contestant #1 and next mystery guest

Our lovely boy from the previous post is our own acting University Archivist Hermann Trojanowski! Scott Hinshaw was the winning sleuth.

A bonus photo of Hermann:




Here is today's mystery SCUIAN:




you can email me (bakoelsc@uncg.edu) or post in the comment section with your answer.

Guess the SCUAians!

Holiday fun times!

As archivists and special collections folks, we are all about the old stuff.

In honor of our noble profession, I will be posting photos of SCUA (Special Collections and University Archives) staff as young'uns. Jen cleverly photoshopped them as black and whites to make the I.D.ing that much more challenging.

Your job? Guess who we were! Think of the bragging rights if you guess correctly!

In the UNLIKELY case that not everyone in the University Libraries (and fanbase) knows who were are, here is our staff listing! We have also made David Gwynn in ERIT an honorary SCUAian.

Our first contestant:



This mystery SCUAian wants to help YOU (yes, you!) find and use all of the wonderful materials here in Special Collections and Archives. Come on up to the second floor!

From Beth Ann Koelsch (Here's a hint: This photo isn't me.) Please put your answers in the comment section....

Green Leaks of the Month

Two recent library green things to mention (thanks Ann & Audrey for heads-up):

1) Check out the new Recycling Large Green Bin in the Vending Machine Room in the Basement. The following items can be placed in it: VHS tapes, Cell Phones, DVDs, Floppy Disks, Computers, Batteries, CDs.

NOTE: you cannot place computers purchased with state funds in this bin.

2)The UNCG Office of Sustainability has given the library a handful of flatware now located in the Jackson Library Staff Room in an effort to reduce the usage of disposable eating utensils. Please try to use these or your own reusable mugs, flatware and dishes whenever possible. (remember - reuse before recycling!)

Green Leak for the Month - Just in Time for Thanksgiving!

If you're looking for a good read during your Thanksgiving travels - or a way to carve out some quiet space during reunions - take a book with you! [Unless you are the one driving.] Check out the "See a Book - Read a Book" bookcase in the Jackson Library Staff Room for a wide selection of novels, mysteries, thrillers - you name it. All books are free. If you see a book you'd like to read, then take it. If you have books to share, bring them. I found a copy of The New York Times' 60-Minute Gourmet for my very own.

Go find your treasure!

UNCG image to the buildings

By Zhongming Xu

I Arrived at UNCG for two weeks. All on campus is fresh to me. I don't know what to talk about? Let me talk about buildings of UNCG.

According to my observation, buildings of UNCG have three characteristics: the color of the buildings; the height, and building materials.

About color, I have observed that only two types of colors are being used on the buildings, brown and white. Strictly speaking, only one kind of color throughout the campus, though the white building, Jackson library, is an exception. Why the Jackson Library tower building uses different color?

I have asked many people with whom I met so far, but no one could tell me why. Perhaps I have not met the person who might answer my question. In order to find the answer, I will continue to ask. I hope I will know the answer before I leave UNCG. For the question of color, I guess that, since UNCG built, the University made a clear rule. All the buildings must use one color. This reflects University tradition. It is a kind of cultural heritage. This view is supported from IPC Director, MR. Elliot As to the question why Jackson library tower is a white building, I can only think that library is the culture and learning center of the University. It must reflect the central position of the Library.

About building height: Actually, as the color of buildings, also is the same. All buildings on campus are no more than five floors in height. Jackson library is the tallest building in the campus, with nine floors. I understand the fact in the height of library tower is taller than other university buildings marking it a prominent on campus. It is more important in the position of University.

About building materials, through the observation of University project under construction, using steel structure materials are being used for internal support; wood or synthetic materials for walls, and the same color for outer-walls. So I may say, these buildings are environmental construction; all the materials can be recycled; even when building will be dismantled at some point, the building materials won't have much construction waste. In China, we currently still use concrete as main material, but environmental protection buildings already have built in e University campus of American. So the gap of between the two countries is obvious. Thus, I also think the world expo 2010 Shanghai, all exhibitions are green building. These are our ideal and goal of urban construction in future. We need to think and do a lot.