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Elizabeth
Paranov's Gift to University Libraries — Ethel
Bacon
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Elizabeth
(Libby) Warner-Paranov has given the papers and photos of Moshe
Paranov to the University Archives. Uncle Moshe, as he was fondly
known, was an avid photographer. He tried his hand at golf but,
found that to be less than satisfactory. A nature lover, Uncle
Moshe met a photographer out-of-doors one day and took up a new
hobby. And the rest was history. Born
Morris Perlmutter in 1895, he became Julius Hartt’s star
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his life. It began as a pianist, with debuts in Hartford and
New York at Carnegie Hall, continued as co-founder
of the Hartt School and director of choruses and orchestras.
He conducted the first musical program ever heard in Bushnell
Memorial Hall at its opening in 1930. Years later he inspired young musicians at All-State programs throughout New
England and New York. Up to the age of ninety-nine he worked with young people
as Artist-in-Residence in public and private schools in Connecticut, Massachusetts
and New York. Uncle Moshe was an inspiring, beloved teacher. |
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| Web Redesign Progress — Barbara Dessureau and Kitty Tynan |
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The Libraries continue to make progress in redesigning our "web presence". In April, we conducted a series of usability tests on our new design, which includes a new logo and the use of columns to categorize information. Sixteen wonderful volunteers, representing all of our major user groups (faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and staff) answered a series of questions designed to determine whether they could quickly and easily perform common tasks.
In
May, the redesign group met to review our findings. We were pleased
to hear universal praise of the general “look
and feel” of the new design. Many things worked just the
way we hoped. Some tasks we had anticipated might be problems were.
Others that we thought would be simple proved to be difficult. Based on the results of our tests, we are working on simplifying
the design further, moving information to different places (including
further down in the website), and changing the language of some
of the links to make where they go clearer. The new (and we hope
improved) design will be tested again. We are also now editing
and modifying the content we had drafted for the “next layer
down” to fit the revised design. |
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