C&RL News September 2019 426 N e w s f r o m t h e F i e l dDavid Free Folger Library launches British Book Illustrations project A National Endowment for the Humanities grant has enabled the Folger Shakespeare Library to expand access to its collections by digitizing and indexing more than 10,000 book illustrations from the 17th century. The project builds upon the work of Ruth Sam- son Luborsky and Elizabeth Morley Ingram’s Guide to English Illustrated Books, 1536- 1603, which indexed 5,000 images. With the British Book Illustrations project, the Folger set out to digitize and index approximately 6,700 illustrations from the remaining part of the STC period (1604–1640) and approxi- mately 3,300 illustrations from books re- nowned for their illustrations from the Wing period (1641–1700). The images are indexed with the Iconclass classification system for art and iconography. The Folger’s images and their Iconclass notation are also avail- able in Brill’s Arkyves subscription database at https://www.arkyves.org/. More informa- tion on the project is available at https:// britishbookillustrations.folger.edu/. Pennsylvania Civil War Deserters Database now available After years of development, Penn State Uni- versity Libraries, in partnership with the Richards Civil War Era Center, has launched the Pennsylvania Civil War Deserters Data- base. Containing more than 24,000 individ- ual records of soldiers, the interactive da- tabase allows users to search the compiled records for individual soldiers by name, but also identify groups of soldiers by specific criteria, such as blacksmiths who deserted or number of desertions following the Battle of Gettysburg. The database, a digitized copy of an original 1866 roster of Pennsylvania’s Civil War deserters, titled “The Descriptive List of Deserters, Supplied by the U.S.” and compiled by the Provost Marshal General’s Office at the request of the Pennsylvania legislature, represents a powerful untapped resource for researchers and students, spe- cifically for Civil War and military historians, and genealogists. More information is avail- able at https://desertersroster.psu.edu/site /searchtips/. 2019 ACRL Academic Library Impact Research Grant recipients ACRL is pleased to announce the recipients of its Academic Library Impact Research Grants in 2019. These grants of up to $3,000 each support new research on library con- tributions to student learning and success in areas suggested by the 2017 report “Aca- demic Library Impact: Improving Practice and Essential Areas to Research.” The selection committee from ACRL’s Value of Academic Libraries committee chose seven proposals from a highly competitive round of applications. The grant recipients are Deb Baker (Manchester Community College); Ted Chodock (College of Southern Nevada); Jeffrey Delgado and Reabeka King-Reilly (Kingsborough Community College-CUNY); Yi Ding, Elizabeth Cheney, and Laura Wim- berley (California State University-North- ridge); Amanda MacDonald, Anne Brown, and Keri Swaby (Virginia Tech); and Amanda Ziegler (Northcentral University). ACRL is happy to support this new research and looks forward to working with these researchers as their projects develop. Complete details on recipient projects are on ACRL Insider at www.acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/archives/17828. LYRASIS announces 2019 Catalyst Fund Recipients LYRASIS recently announced the 2019 re- cipients of the LYRASIS Catalyst Fund. The Catalyst Fund is designed to foster innova- tion leading to new services and programs among members and knowledge communi- ties worldwide. This year, five programs will be seed funded for the benefit of the com- munity at large. Four projects were chosen by participants in the LYRASIS Leaders Cir- https://www.arkyves.org/ https://britishbookillustrations.folger.edu/ https://britishbookillustrations.folger.edu/ https://desertersroster.psu.edu/site/searchtips/ https://desertersroster.psu.edu/site/searchtips/ http://www.acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/archives/17828 September 2019 427 C&RL News New ACRL books focus on future librarians, SoTL ACRL announces the publication of The Future Academic Librarian’s Toolkit: Finding Success on the Job Hunt and in Your First Job, edited by Megan Hodge, and The Grounded Instruction Librarian: Par- ticipating in The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, edited by Melissa Mallon, Lauren Hays, Cara Bradley, Rhonda Huisman, and Jackie Belanger. The Future Academic Librarian’s Toolkit is a thor- ough handbook designed to guide you from library school through your first several years as an academic librarian, help you apply for your first position, find your bearings in your new job, establish yourself in the profession through scholarship and service, and transition to your next position. The book is divided into five comprehensive sections: What is Academic Librarian- ship? Landing a Position, Working within the Academy, Establishing Yourself within the Profession, and Prepar- ing for your Next Position. In addition to exploring these stages of your career, you will add important skills to your professional toolkit, including advocating for yourself and your ideas, writ- ing for publication, teaching effectively, connecting with faculty and students, and building your profes- sional brand. Whether you are a library school student deliberating career options, an academic li- brary paraprofessional wishing to understand the expectations of professional positions, or a new librarian seeking to excel in your first professional position, The Future Academic Librarian’s Toolkit is for you. Across four sections—Pedagogical Content Knowledge/Signature Pedagogy, SoTL Theory, SoTL Research, and SoTL as Professional Develop- ment—T he Grounded Instruction Librarian engages the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) through different lenses and provides a sense of the varied ways it’s cur- rently being conducted in academic libraries in North America and Europe. Each section of The Grounded Instruction Li- brarian begins with a foun- dational chapter from SoTL leaders that discusses central questions, highlights impor- tant theories and literature, and introduces the SoTL-in-practice chapters that follow. The practi- cal chapters highlight work at the more local level and take a range of forms, from case studies from specific institutions and reflections on individual participation in SoTL work to explora- tions of a particular topic or theme. This thorough book can provide innovative ideas and methods to help you use SoTL as a professional devel- opment tool, a research agen- da, a way to create theory, or for a deeper understanding of your teaching and your students’ learning. The Future Academic Librarian’s Toolkit and The Grounded Instruction Librarian are available for purchase in print and as an ebook through the ALA Online Store, in print through Amazon.com, and by telephone or- der at (866) 746-7252 in the United States or (770) 442-8633 for international customers. C&RL News September 2019 428 tion effort joined the already digital ver- sion of Public Papers for Presidents George H. W. Bush (1991−92), William J. Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack H. Obama. The Public Papers of the Presidents is cur- rently published twice a year and cover a six-month period. They may be accessed for free on GPO’s govinfo, the one-stop site to authentic, published government informa- tion at www.govinfo.gov/app/collection /PPP. SPARC launches Big Deal Knowledge Base The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Re- sources Coalition (SPARC) recently launched a new resource to provide additional data on “Big Deal” pricing, contracts, and ne- gotiations, and to reduce the information asymmetry that typically plagues vendor negotiations. Developed in collaboration with SPARC member libraries, the Big Deal Knowledge Base contains thousands of pric- ing details from library Big Deals that can be downloaded and searched across a number of dimensions, including publisher, Carn- egie classification, and FTE counts. It also contains unredacted license agreements, thoughts on pushing back cle, and one was chosen by LYRASIS’s CEO. A total of $126,370 will be awarded. Awards for 2019 went to the Columbus (Ohio) Met- ropolitan Library, the King County Library System (Washington), Florida International University, the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library, and the Univer- sity of Michigan. Complete details on 2019 recipients is available at https://lyrasisnow.org/press -release-lyrasis-announces-the-2019-catalyst -fund-recipients-and-their-projects/. GPO, OFR expand The Public Papers of the Presidents U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) and the National Archives’ Office of the Federal Register have digitized volumes of the Public Papers of the Presidents for Presidents Herbert Hoover (1929) through George H. W. Bush (1990), with the excep- tion of the Franklin D. Roosevelt presidency. The papers of President Franklin Roosevelt were published privately before the com- mencement of the official Public Papers series. Each volume of the Public Papers of the Presidents is comprised of a forward by the President, public writings, addresses, remarks, and photographs. This digitiza- ACRL Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion LibGuide ACRL is dedicated to creating diverse and inclusive communities in the association and in academic and research libraries. This Core Commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) permeates the work of the asso- c i a t i o n , c u t t i n g across all ACRL sections, committees, inter- est and discussion groups, and communities of practice. You can learn more about our wide range of activities related to EDI in the new ACRL Equity, Diversity, and Inclu- sion LibGuide. The new guide contains a wealth of infor- mation on ways ACRL has implemented the association’s Core Commitment, including the ACRL Diversity Alliance; standards and guide- lines; information on conference and online learning p r o - g r a m - ming; links to books, articles, and other publi- cations focusing on EDI topics; a calendar of association activities; and suggestions on ways you can get involved in this important work. The EDI LibGuide is freely available online at http://acrl.libguides.com/EDI/home. http://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/PPP http://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/PPP https://lyrasisnow.org/press-release-lyrasis-announces-the-2019-catalyst-fund-recipients-and-their-projects/ https://lyrasisnow.org/press-release-lyrasis-announces-the-2019-catalyst-fund-recipients-and-their-projects/ https://lyrasisnow.org/press-release-lyrasis-announces-the-2019-catalyst-fund-recipients-and-their-projects/ http://acrl.libguides.com/EDI/home September 2019 429 C&RL News Tech Bits . . . Brought to you by the ACRL ULS Technology in University Libraries Committee Need an interactive, instructional student-response tool that provides in-class assessment? Why not give Socrative a try? In Socrative, teachers can create polls, quizzes, team-based space races, or exit slips with end-of- class visual feedback about students’ progress and skill gaps. Socrative is available on the web or through iOS or Android apps. To use Socrative, teachers simply create a free account and then send invites to students with no need for them to register for their own accounts. Socrative comes with a free Higher Ed plan that allows for up to 50 students per session, on-the- fly questioning, activity reports, and many other useful features. If teachers need more flexibility, they can access more options by paying for the PRO Higher Ed plan. —Melissa Johnson Southern Methodist University . . . Socrative https://socrative.com against confidentiality clauses and non- disclosure agreements, guidance on fil- ing Freedom of Information requests to surface more licensing terms, and insights into how libraries have success- fully navigated the Big Deal cancellation process. This new resource complements SPARC’s popular Big Deal Cancellation Tracker. The Big Deal Knowledge Base is available at https://sparcopen.org /our-work/big-deal-knowledge-base/. Mind the Gap reports state of open- source publishing software The MIT Press has released “Mind the Gap: A Landscape Analysis of Open Source Pub- lishing Tools and Platforms,” a report on the current state of all available open-source software for publishing. Funded by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, “Mind the Gap” “shed[s] light on the devel- opment and deployment of open-source publishing technologies in order to aid in- stitutions’ and individuals’ decision-making and project planning.” The report authors, led by John Maxwell, associate professor and director of the Pub- lishing Program at Simon Fraser University, catalog 52 open-source online publishing platforms, i.e., production and hosting systems for scholarly books and journals that meet the survey criteria of “available, documented open-source software relevant to scholarly publishing” and in active devel- opment. This research provides the foundation for a thorough analysis of the open publishing ecosystem and the availability, affordances, and current limitations of these platforms and tools. The community is invited to read, comment, and annotate “Mind the Gap” on the PubPub platform at http://mindthegap. pubpub.org. Project MUSE announces free access to gun violence scholarship Project MUSE is providing free access to more than a dozen journal articles and books focused on understanding and preventing gun violence. The goal is to encourage the broadest possible engagement with current research and expertise on the topic as the latest round of gun policy debates and dis- cussions continue in the wake of shootings in California, Texas, and Ohio. The mate- rial was selected by the Project MUSE staff in consultation with publishers to provide a broad range of perspectives and expertise relevant to the policy debates that are in- evitably renewed with each new incident of gun violence. The collection, called “MUSE in Fo- cus: Addressing Gun Violence,” is avail- able at http://bit.ly/MUSEinFocus-Gun -ViolenceEMMA. https://socrative.com https://sparcopen.org/our-work/big-deal-knowledge-base/ https://sparcopen.org/our-work/big-deal-knowledge-base/ http://mindthegap.pubpub.org http://mindthegap.pubpub.org http://bit.ly/MUSEinFocus-Gun-ViolenceEMMA http://bit.ly/MUSEinFocus-Gun-ViolenceEMMA