News & Events

1)  IU WorldCat Offers Added Value; Complements IUCAT

2)  BFC Minutes Searchable Online

3)  Nominate Undergraduates for Research Award

4)  Media Preservation Survey Underway

5)  Unbound Periodicals Relocated in Wells Library

6)  Tips for Making Your Research More Accessible

7)  Advance Your Teaching Goals

8)  Sign up for Research Seminars

9)  Quick Clicks

1) IU WorldCat Offers Added Value; Complements IUCAT

IU WorldCat, a local version of the powerful worldwide catalog of library materials, offers advantages over IUCAT.

Among them:

• Search more than 60 million journal articles from within the catalog.
• Search using non-Roman language scripts, such as Japanese, Chinese, or Hebrew.
• Find and request books IU doesn’t own.

IUCAT, the original catalog, remains a valuable means of access to IU’s collections. See differences between IUCAT and IU WorldCat.

Adoption of IU WorldCat responds to survey results that showed general dissatisfaction with IUCAT as a means to find targeted materials on particular topics.

Search IUWorldCat.

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2) BFC Minutes Searchable Online

Minutes of Bloomington Faculty Council meetings (1997-2007) and accompanying circulars are now available in a searchable database created by the Digital Library Program, the Office of University Archives and Records Management, and the Faculty Council Office.

Minutes for the ongoing project will be added as they are available.

Search Bloomington Faculty Council Minutes.

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3) Nominate Undergraduates for Research Award

Plan now to nominate an undergraduate for our annual research award. The IUB Libraries will again recognize excellence in undergraduate research projects when the annual awards are made in May.
 

The Sam Burgess Undergraduate Student Library Research Award recognizes two students who incorporate extraordinary skill and creativity in the application of the services and collections of the IUB Libraries. Awards are $1,000 and $500. 

Faculty members must nominate students and write a letter of support. Submissions will be evaluated by a faculty panel that includes members of the Bloomington Faculty Council Library Committee as well as two librarians.

Application deadline is March 13, 2009.

View the guidelines and nomination form.

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4) Media Preservation Survey Underway

IUB is home to a large number of audio, video, and film collections that are historically significant and carry enduring research value. It is estimated that IUB holds over 100,000 hours of unique content in these formats. Deterioration of the materials themselves and obsolescence of playback machines threaten these important holdings.

To begin addressing their long-term preservation needs, the Office of the Vice Provost for Research has funded a preservation survey. Data (including formats, condition, percent digitized, and access) for the survey will be gathered by visiting content holders and evaluating their media collections directly.

Learn more about the survey.

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5) Unbound Periodicals Relocated in Wells Library

Current unbound periodicals and newspapers have been relocated to a newly named department on the second floor of the Herman B Wells Library: Government Information and Kent Cooper Services.

The department provides services and assistance for its collections of government information, microforms and current periodicals. Specialized equipment is available for reading, printing or scanning microform materials and for copying/scanning periodicals and fragile materials with a cradle copier.

Periodicals and newspapers have long occupied a space on the ground floor named for Kent Cooper, an Indiana newspaperman who headed the Associated Press. Records in IUCAT will be changed to reflect the new location of Wells Library—East Tower 2—Kent Cooper Room.

Media and Reserve Services remains in its present location on the ground floor of the Wells Library.

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6) Tips for Making Your Research More Accessible

As producers and consumers of research, you have an enormous impact on the new models of scholarly communication. These models are based on open access, digital publishing, and a move towards interdependent and self-sustaining publishing platforms by colleges and universities. The publishing decisions you make shape the future of scholarly communications.

Take advantage of IUScholarWorks. Learn ways to increase the accessibility and impact of your research.   

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7) Advance Your Teaching Goals

Whether consulting about one assignment or teaching an entire class, librarians can help you advance your teaching goals.

Like you, librarians want students to think critically, to find the best information they can, and to succeed in the classroom.In just a few short academic cycles, information fluency standards will become part of the university’s core undergraduate curriculum.

Learn more and listen to podcasts.  Contact Carrie Donovan, Instructional Services Librarian, cdonovan@indiana.edu

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8) Research Seminars

IUB Librarians are always available to help you with your research needs: Meet with a librarian individually to learn more about specific resources or strategies, or join your colleagues at any of the popular research seminars. Among them:

• IUWorldCat
• Library Resources on the Web: What's New? What Should I Use?
• Online Newspaper Searching
• IUScholarWorks, Open Access, and Author Rights

See the full list, including topics new this semester, and register now: Research Seminars.

Call the Reference Department at (812) 855-8028, or send e-mail to libref@indiana.edu if you have any questions.

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9) Quick Clicks

Have a question?Ask a Librarian.

Don’t forget to submit your reserve requests in on time.

View a list of online journals about a specific subject.

See our instructional tools. Librarians are available to meet with your class to teach research-related concepts and resources, create class Web pages to direct your students to the most appropriate sources, or consult with you about designing effective research assignments.

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Comments or questions about this e-newsletter?

Contact Carolyn Walters, IUB Libraries, Executive Associate Dean

cwalters@indiana.edu or (812) 855-7747