Cheng Library Holds Annual Reception for University Authors Annual reception for University authors highlights scholarship and creativity. Faculty and guests assembled in the University Commons Ballroom during the reception. The Change Library held its annual University Authors’ Reception on April 3, 2014 in the University Commons Ballroom. This reception marked the 25th anniversary of this annual event. The Authors’ Reception is open to the entire University community and is held in conjunction with University Research and Scholarship Day. The Library recognizes and showcases the publications of William Paterson University’s faculty and staff. Before the event, the Library staff sends a notice to the campus community asking for authors to submit citations of their published works to be entered into the bibliography. Faculty and staff submitted work in the form of scholarly journal articles, books, magazine articles, and other media. These items were displayed at the reception, allowing guests to browse through the many works written and created by faculty and staff. At this year’s event, the Library also displayed copies of the Authors’ Bibliography for the past 25 years to show how this publication has changed over the past quarter century. Dean of Library Services, Anne Ciliberti quipped, “It’s amazing to see how far desk-top publishing has advanced during that time.” President Waldron and Provost Sandmann were in attendance to congratulate the authors. Pres. Waldron commented that this is one of the proudest days celebrated at William Paterson, and Provost Sandmann recommended that everyone take time and consider the range of creativity and scholarship accomplished at the University. Dean Anne Ciliberti, who will retire this year, reflected on the many years of celebrating the University’s authors that she has seen in her long career. Martin Williams, Director of Sponsored Programs, was also present to recognize faculty and staff who had successfully applied for grants through his office. An interesting fact about this year’s bibliography entries is that many publications are co-authored by more than one faculty member. The articles and books demonstrate that numerous collaborations have taken place on campus, sometimes between members of the same academic department but also across disciplines, and even across colleges. For example, four Nursing department faculty, Julie Bliss, Sarah Valentine-Maher, Elizabeth Van Dyk and Nadine Aktan co-authored an article about teaching across diverse clinical experiences for the Journal of Nursing Education. A group of faculty and staff members from the College of Science and Health and the Science Enrichment Center collaborated on an article about academic support for the Learning Assistance Review. Collaborators were Peter Chen of Mathematics, Sandra DeYoung of Nursing, Donna Potacco and Daniel Chisholm of the Science Enrichment Center and Danielle Desroches of Biology. Pixy Ferris of the Communication Department co-edited a book with Hilary Wilder of Educational Leadership titled The Plugged-In Professor: Tips and Techniques for Teaching with Social Media. This book included an article by Sandra Miller, the Director of Instruction and Research Technology, about using streaming video clips. Ismael Flores-Marti of Kinesiology and Christopher Mulrine of Special Education and Counseling co-authored the article, “Practical Strategies for Teaching Students with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in General Physical Education Classrooms.” Faculty were not the only authors honored. Glen Sherman, Associate Vice President and Dean of Student Development, published a book, Refocusing the Self in Higher Education, that is part of Routledge Research in Higher Education Series. This year’s bibliography contains 112 entries, and the complete bibliography can be viewed online at the Library’s web site: www.wpunj.edu/library/authorreception. It’s fascinating to see the range of interests our faculty holds. May 12, 2014
