ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries C&R L News ■ Sep tem b er 2002 / 557 N e w s f r o m t h e F i e l d Stephanie Orphan Margot Sutton Conahan named manager of professional development for ACRL ACRL is pleased to announce that Margot Sutton Conahan is the division’s new manager of professional development. For the past four years, Conahan has worked on ACRL’s profes­ sional development programs, initially starting out as the professional development assistant until May 1999, when she was promoted to the position of program officer. In the role of program officer, Conahan has been responsible for ACRL’s entire slate of pro­ fessional development offerings, including the biannual National Conference, preconferences, Immersion Programs, institutes, workshops, and Job Shadow Day. She oversaw all aspects o f professional development planning, includ­ ing budget development, publicity and promo­ tion, logistics, and on-site management. Conahan also worked closely with ACRL pro­ fessional development member groups and outside vendors, and currently serves as staff liaison to numerous committees. In her new role, Conahan will continue to be responsible for the development, implementation, and man­ agement of existing professional development programs, and will also work on the creation and development of new programs and deliv­ ery methods. Conahan received a BA in literature with a mi­ nor in German from Tinman State University. M etaScholar Initiative established Emory University Libraries, the Southeastern Library Network (SOLINET), and the Association of Southeastern Research Librar­ ies (ASERL) have collaborated to establish the MetaScholar Initia­ tive. The initiative consists o f two projects funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to create a metadata system to support schol­ arly research in the humanities. The MetaScholar Initiative will be one of the first national projects to implement the new Open Digital Library ar­ chitecture protocol, developed by Virginia Poly­ technic Institute, and State University protocol to harvest, organize, and provide integrated access to metadata on digital resources stored at multiple institutions. The two projects that make up the initia­ tive, MetaArchive.org and AmericanSouth.org, will test the application of the Open Archives Initiative Metadata Harvesting Protocol, which allows a central server (the “harvester”) to col­ lect metadata from multiple, distributed sources, normalize it, organize it, and offer the resulting database to users. Both project sites are being constmcted from freely available, open-source software and will benefit educational institutions, libraries, scholars, and students. New definition of A m erica enters OED.com A new definition of the word A m erica has been added to the online version of the O xford E n­ glish D ictionary(http://www.oed.com), along with another 1,764 new and revised entries. The new definition of A m erica w as added as part of the ongoing quarterly updates to the reference tool. The figurative use o f A m erica to mean “a place which one longs to reach; an ultimate or idealized destination or aim; an object of per­ sonal ambition or desire,” was first used about 400 years ago by John Donne. Other recently added words and phrases include a series of de­ rivatives of bigi(big hair, big easy, bigp icture, etc.), http://www.oed.com 552 / C&RL News ■ Septem ber 2002 drivetime, ladies wh o lunch, ands sustainable tourism. Oxford lexicographers continue to revise and enhance OED.com as part of the continuing work towards the third edition of the O xford English D ictionary, tentatively scheduled for pub­ lication in 2010. N ew York Times and Wall S tr e e t Jo u rn a l fu lly d igitized ProQuest’s Information and Learning Unit has fully digitized the complete backfìles of the New York Tim es (1851 to 1999) and W all StreetJ o u r- n a l( 1889 to 1985) as part of its ProQuest His­ torical Newspapers program. The newspapers have been digitized from cover to cover, includ­ ing news stories, editorials, photos, graphics, and advertisements. Searchers can use basic keyword, advanced, guided, and relevancy search techniques to locate information, or they can browse through issues page by page, as one would browse a printed edition. Full-text of the W all Street Jo u rn al dating from 1986 forward and of the N ew Y ork T im es from 1999 forward is available from ProQuest in ASCII full text. Univ. of So utham pton and Ingenta e n te r stra te g ic p artn e rsh ip Ingenta, Inc. has signed a strategic partnership with the University o f Southampton, a key player in the Open Archives initiative (OAi), to develop software that will form an integral part of the growing Open Archives movement. Un­ der the terms of the partnership, Ingenta will create an enhanced, commercially supported version of the ePrints software originally de­ veloped by the University of Southampton’s Department of Electronics and Computer Sci­ ence. ePrints, which allows organizations to cre­ ate Web-based archives (e-print services) for their research articles, lecturer notes, and other documents and associated metadata, is the lead­ ing software resource supporting the OAi. Ingenta's enhancements will make ePrints available as a ser­ vice to institutions worldwide. A share of the pro­ ceeds will be channeled back into supporting Southampton’s research and development efforts in continuing to evolve ePrints, which will also re­ main available as open-source software. Oregon State Univ. to stud y stu d en t use of pap er and e le ctro n ic reso u rces Oregon State University (OSU) Libraries reference and instruction department, with the support of OSU’s Writing Intensive Curriculum, has un­ dertaken a project that will study student use of paper and electronic resources. OSU refer­ ence librarians will analyze students’ bibliogra­ phies to determine what types of library re­ sources they cite in their papers and the completeness and accuracy o f the citations. Results from the study are expected to aid in understanding how to best collect resources to facilitate student research. The findings will also help develop methods to guide students more effectively in their use o f library resources in all formats. ACRL's la te st W eb casts fo cus on in fo rm atio n lite ra cy and a sse ssm e n t The most recent installments in ACRL’s e- Leaming Webcasts series are “How to Keep From Glazing Over When You Hear the Word Assessment’: Realistic Strategies for the Library Instruction Community” and “Information Literacy: Connecting Standards and Objectives to Programs and Curriculum-Case Studies of Early Implementers.” The assessment Webcast was originally an all-day preconference and includes four primary presentations, handouts used for exercises dur­ ing the breakout sessions, and additional ma­ terials. The information literacy Webcast will increase your understanding of the contents, use, and variety of applications for the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. The six original Webcasts in the series are still available and are now being offered at a 50% discount from the original pricing. These information-packed sessions focus on digital reference, personalized research clinics, infor­ mation literacy, and emerging technologies. e-Learning Webcasts include streaming video of speakers’ presentations, synchronized PowerPoint slide presentations, bibliographies, and discussion questions. For more informa­ tion about these professional development op­ portunities and ACRL member discounts, visit http://acrl.telusys.net/webcast/index.html. T id e w a te r Lib ra rie s d e velo p new m usic co llection The New Music Performance Collection is a cooperative project of the Virginia Tidewater Consortium libraries to serve music faculty members who incorporate new music into their http://acrl.telusys.net/webcast/index.html C&RL N ew s ■ S e p te m b e r 2002 / 553 Let Freedom Read: read a banned book Host a "Read-out" In celebration o f Banned Books Week 2002 (September 21 to 28), ALA is encouraging libraries to participate in a nationwide event that will highlight the importance of free speech and free expression. Join ALA and host a “Read-out,” a continuous reading o f banned and challenged books. This is a perfect opportunity to share and celebrate the importance of Banned Books Week with your community. Encourage members Libraries and individuals t h a t w o u ld lik e to celebrate the freedom to read may freely use this 2002 Banned Books Week im age on their W eb sites; visit http://www.ala.org/ b b o o k s/ f o r m ore in ­ form ation. o f your staff and library users to participate as a reader in your Let Freedom Read event. Promote your event to local media, and share your plans with ALA by e-mailing oif@ala.oig. A list o f the m ost frequently challenged books, press materials, and talking points are available on the ALA Web site at http:/ www.ala.oig/bbooks/toplOObannedbooks.html Expand beyond Banned Books Week You don’t need to stop promoting banned and challenged books at the end o f Banned Books Week. Maintaining awareness o f these books can be a year-round affair. The University o f Califor­ nia (UC) Berkeley library’s 2002 summer read- / . teaching. Participating consortium libraries include Old Dominion University, Hampton University, Christopher Newport University, Norfolk State Uni­ versity, and the College of William and Mary. The goal o f the project is to provide opportu­ nities for students to perform new music compo­ sitions created by living com posers after 1970. Titles and descriptions of compositions, audio se­ lections, and composer information are accessible through a Web-based database and the online cata­ log o f the Old Dominion University Libraries. National Library Week grant available to promote the role of librarians U.S. libraries of all types are invited to apply for a ing program is an excellent ex­ ample o f a way to promote the reading of banned books outside the context o f B anned Books Week. This year UC Berkeley’s an­ nual “Summer Reading List” for freshm an w as m ade up o f banned or challenged books for which synopses were provided from various people across the campus. Books included were Songo f Solom on, The Adveritures o f H u c k le b erry F in n , To K ill a Mockingbird, The House q f the Spir- its, and others. The write-ups were provided by faculty, librar­ ians, administrators, and staff. The library also provided links to online resources related to the censorship of books, including the ALA’s Banned Books Week page. The selected books were from ALA’s list o f the “100 Most Challenged Books in 1990-2000.” You can read more about UC Berkeley's sum­ mer reading program at http://wwrw.lib. beikeley.edu/readTingLih/SunimeiReading/. We hope that you will participate in this yeart Banned Books Week and take advan­ tage o f opportunities throughout the year to create aw areness o f these important works. $4,000 National Library W eek Grant for the best library promotion/public awareness campaign during National Library Week, April 6 -12, 2003, that promotes the role librarians play in the 21st century. The grant is sponsored by Scholastic Li­ brary Publishing and administered by ALA’s Pub­ lic Awareness Committee. This is the first year that the grant will specifically focus on the work o f li­ brarians. In doing so, the grant supports die Cam­ paign for America’s Libraries’ goal o f promoting librarianship as a profession. G rant p ro p o sals m ust in corp orate the @ your library brand (for example, “The Ultimate Search E ngine @ you r library” o r “In fo rm a­ tion Experts @ your library”). The brand, which is open-ended and provides room for creativity, mailto:oif@ala.oig http://www.ala.oig/bbooks/toplOObannedbooks.html http://www.ala.org/ http://wwrw.lib 554 / C&RL News ■ Septem ber 2002 should b e used on any and all promotional and publicity material to support National Li­ brary Week. T he application deadline is O c­ tober 15, 2002. An application form and guide­ lines are available at http://www.ala.org/pio/ nlw/grolierapp. d o c . Univ. of Cincinnati partners w ith Underground Railroad Center T he University o f Cincinnati (UC) University Libraries and the National Underground Rail­ road Freedom C enter are partnering to cre­ ate a digital library focusing o n the history o f the Underground Railroad. T h e library will hold Underground Railroad archival c o lle c ­ tions, su ch as oral history interview s with U nd erground R ailroad participants, m aps, articles, photographs, and annotated co rre­ spondence. T he UC Libraries will add the b ib ­ liographic records for these collections to their on line catalog. T h e contents o f the digital library will b e added to the OhioLINK Digi­ tal M edia C en ter. Scho lars affiliated w ith OhioLINK m em ber institutions will b e able to access the collection at any time. T he agree­ m ent b e tw een the two entities designates UC as a “Freedom Station” d edicated “to educat­ ing the public about the historic struggle to abolish hum an enslavem ent and secure free­ dom for all p e o p le .” T he public can visit any “Freed om Station” to view the interview s, docum ents, and im ages that will m ake up the digital library collection. Classification Web available th rou gh Library of Congress The Libraiy o f Congress (LC) has released Clas­ sification W eb, the first W eb-based cataloging and reference product to com e out o f its Cata­ loging Distribution Services. Classification W eb lets users access, search, and browse all LC Clas­ sification Schedules and LC Subject Headings, speeding up the process o f verifying and assign­ ing classification num bers to libraiy materials. T h e p ro d u ct also p ro vides au to m atic c a l­ c u la tio n o f cla ss ifica tio n tab le n u m bers, a p erm an en t p erso n al or institutio nal n o tes file, the ability to link to a lo ca l W eb o n lin e p u b lic a c c e s s c a ta lo g (O P A C ) fo r m any m a jo r v en d o r system s, and lin k s to a p re ­ se t list o f institutional OPACs. Alaska libraries select Sirsi's Unicorn An a llia n ce o f 35 A laskan lib raries, in clu d ­ ing the University o f A laska (U A)-Fairbanks, w ill im p lem ent Sirsi’s U nico rn Library M an­ a g e m e n t System . U A -F airb an k s’ E lm er E. R asm u son Library is the larg est library in A laska, w ith 1.75 m illion item s. 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