April 1999: Dean Retires; Web Resources; Excellence Report

Inside this Issue: Dean’s FarewellMilestonesInfo-MagicActive PeopleFriends’ ProgramsExcellence

Fall 2014

Inside this Issue: Archives Kickoff for Winthrop’s Integration CommemorationGiving Thanks … Dean HerringWoodfork ScholarshipActive Friends Member List for 2015Rudy Mancke to SpeakNote From the Chair … Dr. Jane WhiteMembership Form

Summer 2014

Inside this Issue: Bob Gorman RetiresKim Wright to SpeakWhy Friends Matter … Dean HerringActive Member List & Friends Fall ElectionMembership Application

Spring 2014

Inside this Issue: Friends Board Meets Baumgarte to SpeakInaugurations… — Dean HerringA Note From the Sec.- Treas. — Dr. FaulknerMember Application

Fall 2013

Inside this Issue: Friends Board Meets Gorman on Blue SoxGiving Thanks — Dean HerringA Note From the Chair — Dr. WeaverMember Application

Summer 2013

Inside this Issue: Bela and M.H. Herlong Book Talk Success of April 8Welcome New WU President ComstockMergers, Mayhem and More — Dean HerringA Note From the Chair — Dr. WeaverMember Application

Spring 2012

Inside this Issue: Current MembershipList State Heritage HorseLibrary Boards to Merge - Dean HerringMajor RenovationsA Note From the ChairMember Application

Fall 2011

Inside this Issue: Sharyn McCrumb 11/3A Few Words from Dean HerringA Note from the ChairFriends of Dacus Library Membership Application

What Do Academic Library Deans Do?

A recent discussion apropos of nothing set me to a thought-experiment: what is it deans of library services (or, as it often the case when I’m introduced, deans of library sciences) do? If one were to write up a short list of some of the most important general attributes of an effective dean, what would they be?

Marshall Family Papers - Accession 260 - M110 (142)

The Marshall Family Papers includes originals and photocopies of two letters written by Fred D. Marshall of Rock Hill. The first is from Camp Thomas in Chickamauga, Georgia and the second was from Camp Cuba Libre in Jacksonville, FL. while he was a soldier during the Spanish American War to his parents, Capt and Mrs. John Wilson Marshall of Rock Hill Also included is a letter by W.W. Byre to Capt. John Wilson Marshall while a missionary in Mexico. Fred D. Marshall served as mayor of Columbia from 1941 to 1946 and W.W. Byre became Dean of Erskine Theological Seminary at Due West, SC.

Spring 2015

In this issue: Beach House Raffle Planned "The End of the Affair" -- Dean Herring Note From the Chair: "Reflections on Reading"-- Dr. Jane J. White Membership Form