• John Buschman, department chair and collection development librarian, and Dorothy Warner, library instruction and government documents librarian, co-wrote, along with Steve LaBash at the University of Baltimore Library, a three-part series of articles in the online newsletter, “Library Worklife: HR E-News for Today’s Leaders.” The series was entitled: “Ignored Too Long: The Benefits of Managing a Library with a Union.” “Part I – Unions and Good Management Practices: Or, Why I, As a Manager, Can’t Be Arbitrary and Capricious” appeared in Vol. 3, No. 12, December 2006. “Part II – Rights and Responsibilities of Librarians Who Are University Faculty,” appeared in Vol. 4, No. 1, January 2007, and “Part III – Nightmare Scenario or Fairness in Action? A Dismissal,” appeared in Vol. 4, No. 2, February 2007. The series did not explicitly speak for the authors’ employers, employees or coworkers.
• Dr. Linda Materna, professor of Spanish and chair of the department of foreign languages and literatures, delivered a paper on the movie “Poniente,” which deals with illegal immigration and racism by acclaimed Spanish director Chus Guitierrez. She presented her paper, “Espacios inhospitos: exilio y diaspora en 'Poniente' de Chus Gutierrez,” on March 3 at the Northeast Modern Language Association Convention in Baltimore, MD.

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