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1:24 p.m., May 27, 2008--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty and staff.

Presentations

Thomas Melvin, associate librarian, University of Delaware Library, “Patent Documents of the Mergenthaler Linotype Company or How I Learned to Love (But Not Trust) Google Patents,” at 31st Annual Patent and Trademark Depository Library Training Seminar, April 9, Alexandria, Va.

C. Renee Settles-Bean, training coordinator, Center for Disabilities Studies, “Raising Awareness: Broad Recruitment Strategies,” at 2008 National Symposium on Strengthening the Home Community-Based Services Direct Service Workforce, May 8-9, Baltimore.

Sandra K. Millard, assistant director for Library Public Services, University of Delaware Library, “UDLib/SEARCH,” at Delaware Library Association Legislative Action Day, April 23, Dover.

Mark Samuels Lasner, senior research fellow, University of Delaware Library, “Facing the Late Victorians: Portraits of Writers and Artists from the Mark Samuels Lasner Collection,” at The Grolier Club, April 1, New York City.

Awards

Chengshun (Richard) Fang, associate professor of health, nutrition and exercise sciences, received the Delaware Dietetic Association's Outstanding Dietitian of the Year Award.

Service

Lou Hirsh, director of admissions, was elected to a three-year term as assembly delegate to the National Association for College Admissions Counseling.