By: Library Staff

(Raleigh, N.C.)—The North Carolina State University Libraries is proud to announce the immediate availability of drawings and papers of well-known modernist architect Richard B. “Dick” Schnedl.

Raised in Charlotte, N.C., Schnedl was a member of the first graduating class of the North Carolina State University School (now College) of Design, where he studied with architect luminaries Jim Fitzgibbon, George Matsumoto, Ed Waugh, and Matthew Nowicki.

Holy Infant Catholic Church
(Photo courtesy of Fr. Joseph W. Mack)

After graduation, he worked briefly for Leslie Boney, Sr. in Wilmington, N.C., before joining his brother Ed in 1953 to form Schnedl & Schnedl in Reidsville, N.C. An admirer of Frank Lloyd Wright, Schnedl’s early residential designs reflect sophisticated open floor plans uncommon for Southern residences at the time. His approach to commercial and institutional facilities resulted in statements of simplicity and elegance as in his design for the Holy Infant Catholic Church in Reidsville featured in Progressive Architecture in the early 1960s.

Around 1968, Schnedl partnered with architects Dick Mitchell, Tommy Hayes, and Calvin Howell at Hayes Howell in Southern Pines, where he initiated imaginative designs for multi-purposed spaces in public schools specially conceived to accommodate teaching innovations developed in the federal government’s model schools programs. Also, while at Hayes Howell, he was the partner in charge of design for the award-winning African Pavilion building at the North Carolina Zoo.

In 1984, Schnedl left Hayes Howell and moved to Bald Head Island, where over the remainder of his career he designed more than forty houses, all intricately respectful and reflective of the sensitive ecosystems into which they were built.

“Dick Schnedl’s drawings are a fine addition to the NCSU Libraries’ growing archive of works by North Carolina architects, and they especially strengthen our valuable documentation of the Modernist influences on the Southern built-environment,” explains Susan K. Nutter, vice provost and director of the NCSU Libraries. “We are proud to make the work of this noted architect and NC State graduate available to researchers and lovers of architecture around the world.”

A guide detailing materials in the collection is available online at http://lib.ncsu.edu/findingaids/mc00428. Researchers can access the drawings in the Special Collections Research Center of the D.H. Hill Library on the NC State campus.

By: Library Staff

The NCSU Libraries is proud to announce the opening of “Saul Flores Photographs: The Walk of the Immigrants,” an exhibit of photographs taken by student Saul Flores on an epic trip to document the communities through which much of the recent immigration into the United States takes place.

Glue, Atencingo, Mexico
(Photo courtesy of Saul Flores)

In the summer of 2010, Flores–then a 20-year-old North Carolina State University junior studying business marketing and graphic design–undertook a ten-country, 5,000-mile trip, much of it on foot, from Ecuador, where he was participating in a university-sponsored service program, to his home in Charlotte, NC.  On this journey, which paralleled the arduous and often dangerous trip that many take as they travel north to attempt to move into the U.S., he took over 20,000 photos of the lives of people and places along the way.  Proceeds from the sale of his photographs and sponsorships of his journey are aiding an elementary school in his mother’s hometown, the small rural community of Atencingo, Mexico.

The NCSU Libraries’ “Saul Flores Photographs” exhibit highlights some of the most striking work from Flores’ collection, both to honor the exemplary spirit of service and courage demonstrated by this student and to make widely accessible photographic art of the highest emotional impact and beauty.

Flores’ project began with an earlier service trip to Mexico taken by the NC State Caldwell Fellows (http://www.ncsu.edu/fellows/), an intensive leadership-development scholarship program that brings together young people who share a passion for learning, growing, and serving others.

Inspired to act by what he discovered during his service, Flores took his walk to “raise awareness of the beauty of these Latin American countries as well as the struggles that the people face.”

The overall impact of the photos Flores took on the trip is, as NC State’s Bulletin has suggested, to “bring a measure of compassion and understanding to the ongoing national debate about immigration.”

Car Pool (Photo courtesy of Saul Flores)

“The NCSU Libraries always strives to encourage, enable, and display student growth and excellent student work, especially work that furthers NC State’s mission to transform lives and provide leadership for social, economic, and technological development,” explains Susan K. Nutter, vice provost and director of the NCSU Libraries. “Saul Flores lives out all that is best in NC State’s ethic of service, as imagined in the Caldwell Fellows program that inspired him. His beautiful work was sparked in part by encouragement, mentoring, and teaching from countless faculty and staff at the university—and we are proud to display it.”

“Saul Flores Photographs” is open and free to the public in the Exhibit Gallery at the D. H. Hill Library during regular hours from January 18 through April.  The exhibit has been produced with generous support from the Goodnight Educational Foundation Library Endowment for Special Collections.

By: Marian Fragola

Back by popular demand!

Short Film Screening
Thursday, February 2 at 7:00 p.m.
Auditorium, West Wing, D. H. Hill Library

Experience the talent of NC State students as they screen their best short films. Ranging from computer animation to experimental pieces, all films are under four minutes long. During the program, students will talk about the process of creating their work. Professors Sarah Stein and Jim Alchediak from the Department of Communications and Professors McArthur Freeman and Marc Russo from the College of Design will be on hand to facilitate discussion about the student pieces. Participating students include Griff Edwards, Matt King, Zoe Symon, Darius Dawson, and Tyler Monroe.

Free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. This program is co-presented by NCSU Libraries, the Department of Communication and the College of Design. For more information, call 513-3481 or marian_fragola@ncsu.edu.

By: Library Staff

Registration is now open for the DELTA Spring 2012 workshop series and our schedule of classes begins on January 24th. Attend a free DELTA Workshop or Seminar to learn about learning management system (LMS) tools, best practices for developing online content, proven methods for teaching online effectively and more.

Workshops & seminars are offered at no charge, and are available to all NC State faculty, staff and graduate students.

For a full description of our classes and to register online, please visit http://delta.ncsu.edu/workshops and click the “Register now!” link. [You will be prompted to login with your Unity ID and password. If you have any questions, or need assistance, please contact us at learntech@ncsu.edu or call 513-7094.

By: Marian Fragola

Andrew Revkin

Science Blogger Andy Revkin
Wednesday, January 18 at 11:30 a.m.
Auditorium, West Wing, D. H. Hill Library

During this fast-paced “lunch and learn” program, prize-winning journalist, science blogger and author Andrew C. Revkin will discuss how innovations created in universities and laboratories can best be transmitted to parts of the world where they are most needed. Revkin is the author of The New York Times blog Dot Earth and has spent more than a quarter of a century covering subjects ranging from the troubled relationship between science and politics to climate change at the North Pole.

Free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Copies of two of Revkin’s recent works — The Burning Season: The Murder of Chico Mendes and the Fight for the Amazon Rain Forest and The North Pole Was Here: Puzzles and Perils at the Top of the World (children’s book) — will be available for on-site purchase and signing.

For more information call 513-3481 or email marian_fragola@ncsu.edu.

This program is sponsored by the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and co-hosted by NC State’s College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the NCSU Libraries.

Andy Revkin’s visit to Raleigh is made possible, in part, by Earth: The Operators’ Manual (ETOM), supported by the National Science Foundation: earththeoperatorsmanual.com.

By: Marian Fragola

Saul Flores

Stellar Student: Saul Flores
Wednesday, January 18 at 4:00 p.m.
Assembly Room, 2nd floor, East Wing, D. H. Hill Library

In the summer of 2010, NC State student and Caldwell Fellow Saul Flores embarked on a long and dangerous journey. He walked, hitchhiked, and took buses for more than 5,000 miles, from Ecuador to his hometown of Charlotte. Flores had with him only a camera, a backpack and a couple of changes of clothes.

In conjunction with “The Walk of the Immigrants,” the new exhibit of Flores’ photographs opening in D. H. Hill’s Exhibit Gallery, Flores will talk about his experiences and what has happened since his remarkable journey.

Free and open to the public. Flores’ talk is part of NCSU Libraries Stellar Student series, which is supported by the Friends of the Library. Following the talk, attendees are invited to view the exhibit and enjoy refreshments in the gallery of D. H. Hill’s East Wing.

By: Library Staff

By: David Hiscoe

We need a short video (30-90 seconds) that captures what the NCSU Libraries means to you, to your friends, to NC State, to North Carolina, to the world—to any or all of these.

And we think you are the most qualified to create it.

You are the ones who have worked in D. H. Hill all night, who have regularly met friends here to get the work done (and probably made a few new ones here too), who best know what the Libraries has done to help you grow as a thoughtful person, a student, a researcher, an entrepreneur or employee.

And we’ve seen the great video work that NC State students do. Even Oprah loved it.

The “Create the Libraries’ Super Bowl Commercial” contest gives you a chance to show off your video chops, do some good for the Libraries, and perhaps carry away a nice prize.  Be serious, be whimsical, be whatever it takes to capture the essence of the the spirit of the NCSU Libraries.

We can’t actually play the winning video at the Super Bowl (when, as you probably have noticed, the most market-savvy companies on the globe pay millions of dollars to roll out the very best of their ads).  But we’ll make you “famous” on the Libraries’ website, and your video will be shown for years when we introduce people to the Libraries.

If you need a video camera, you can—of course—always check one out at D. H. Hill Library; if you need technical support or peer expertise with your video, you can always find it at our Digital Media Lab.

All entries are due on February 6.

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How to submit your video

You can submit your entry in one of two ways:

Online submissions

a) Go to http://velocity.ncsu.edu (Velocity is an NC State program that makes it easy to electronically transfer big files such as videos).

b) Sign in using your NC State email address.

c) Create a “cabinet.”

d) Upload your video.

e) Use to “send file” button to send your video to dwhiscoe@ncsu.edu.

f) We’ll send you a confirmation that we’ve received your video within 24 hours.

In-person submissions

a) Put your video on a disk or a flash drive.

b) Put it in an envelope with your name and an email address.

c)  Hand it to any staff member at the Circulation Desk at D. H. Hill Library.

d)  We’ll send you a confirmation within 24 hours.

Basic Rules

• To enter, you must be a registered student at NC State.

• Your entry must obey all laws, including applicable copyright and privacy laws.

• You agree to let the NCSU Libraries place your entry on its websites and use your video in its promotional and educational efforts.

• When filming, you will get permissions to use the images of any recognizable people who will appear in your video–and you will, of course, be courteous and respectful of others’ study needs while working in the Libraries.

• You are responsible for the tax implications (if any) if you win a prize through the contest.

• Entries must be submitted by midnight, February 6, 2012, to be eligible.

Questions?

Please direct them to dwhiscoe@ncsu.edu.

By: Michelle Clark

Media Contact: David Hiscoe, NCSU Libraries,  (919) 513-3425
http://lib.ncsu.edu/exhibit/malecha

The NCSU Libraries is pleased to present The Urge to Draw, the Cause to Reflect: Drawings, Sketchbooks, Provocations, an exhibit that features over a decade of work by Marvin J. Malecha, dean of the College of Design at North Carolina State University and former president of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

Athena's Nest for Pegasus

The exhibit explores and embodies Malecha’s fundamental premise that the act of drawing—no matter the task at hand­—can release the innate powers of our own creativity, often bringing us to a state “when clarity is vividly present and understanding seems painfully obvious. It is a moment when all of the noise of extraneous considerations falls away and purpose is immediately before you.”  The exhibit taps deep roots at NC State, an institution where mechanical crafts have always been taught, valued, and practiced as catalysts for growth and creation.

Dean Malecha has had a multi-faceted career encompassing administration, education, research, professional service, and practice as an architect. After earning a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Minnesota and a Master of Architecture from Harvard University, he was dean of the College of Environmental Design at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, for twelve years before coming to NC State University in 1994.

In addition to his teaching and administrative work, Malecha has written several books on design and has maintained an active involvement with architectural practice through his work on a wide variety of projects—including the new chancellor’s residence under construction on NC State’s Centennial Campus. He is an Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Distinguished Professor, was awarded the prestigious AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education in 2003, and served as President of the AIA from 2008-2009.

Ticino, near Lugano, 1998

The exhibit reflects the strategies that produced Malecha’s recent book, The Urge to Draw, the Cause to Reflect: 100 Drawings and Reflections from Many Places, Times, and Spaces (NCSU Libraries Publications in collaboration with the NC State College of Design, 2011), in which a combination of sketches, evocative quotations, and short, impromptu notes or essays intermingle to capture the creative process at work. Always working with a drawing pad close by, Malecha shows how the notepad at hand in travels ranging from Hong Kong to Minnesota is integral to his practice as an architect and educator.  Both his book and the NCSU Libraries’ exhibit ask each of us to “Draw what you see. Draw to understand.  Draw to enhance your skill of seeing.  Draw to remember. . . . It will bring you an acute understanding of who you are.”

Visitors to the exhibit will quite literally be able to follow Malecha’s advice at two kiosks that invite them to draw what they see.  Facing D. H. Hill’s Conservatory and the landscape beyond, viewers at the kiosks are encouraged to add their own creative observations and experiments to the experience of the exhibit. Both traditional sketchbook and pencil and an iPad loaded with the Brushes app so brilliantly used by fellow artists such as David Hockney or Jorge Columbo will allow visitors to draw from life or from their own imaginations—either just for fun or perhaps to reach one of those moments “when clarity is vividly present and understanding seems painfully obvious.”

“I am so proud that the NCSU Libraries has been able to display Dean Malecha’s thought- and eye-provoking project,” says Susan K. Nutter, vice provost and director of the NCSU Libraries. “NC State excels in teaching our students to engage practical problems with a practical and inspired imagination.  Malecha shows us how to do it.   And the exhibit is not only a great entry point to scholars and the general public who aren’t yet aware of the tremendous cache of valuable architectural and design materials that the we hold in our Special Collections Research Center—its multimedia and immersive kiosks are a nice foretaste of the technology that will make our new James B. Hunt Jr. Library such a great place to showcase faculty and student work when we open it in early 2013.”  

The Urge to Draw, the Cause to Reflect will be open and free to the public in the D. H. Hill Library Exhibit Gallery during regular hours through December 31.  The exhibit was produced with generous support from the Goodnight Educational Foundation Library Endowment for Special Collections.

By: Library Staff

Long after Hill of Beans has closed for the night, The Friends of the Library will be providing our traditional coffee, donuts, and more in the main lobby of D. H. Hill throughout exams (except for Friday and Saturday morning).

Put down the books for a few moments, take a deep breath or two, and meet us at 1 a.m. to throw off the stress and boost up the energy. See you there from early Tuesday morning December 6, to early Wednesday morning December 14.