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1:30 p.m., Nov. 15, 2007--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty and staff.

Presentations

Martha Carothers, associate director, Office of Undergraduate Studies, with undergraduate visual communications students Danielle Delaney and Allison Casey, “Children's Books Should Be an Open-Ended Experience,” at the Fifth International Conference on the Book, Oct. 20-22, Madrid, Spain.

Rebecca C. Knight, associate librarian, University of Delaware Library, “University of Delaware Library Resources: Tools in Italian Family Historical Research,” for Italian Heritage Month at Woodlawn Public Library, Oct. 6, Wilmington, Del.

L. Rebecca Johnson Melvin, associate librarian, University of Delaware Library, “Outreach for Access: Promoting Scrapbooks through Exhibitions and Instruction,” at 2007 fall symposium, Midwest Archives Conference, Oct. 11-13, Detroit.

Gregg A. Silvis, assistant director, University of Delaware Library, “Library 2023: A Provoked Discussion on the Future of Libraries,” at Library and Information Technology Association National Forum of American Library Association, Oct. 4-7, Denver.

Service

Robin Elliott, director, occupational health and safety, was reappointed by Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner to the State of Delaware's Authority on Radiation Protection for a three-year term expiring Oct. 12, 2010.