News & Events
Library News: Spring 2010
09/22/2009Library News
an online newsletter for faculty and instructors
January 2010
1) Brenda Johnson named library dean
2) New faculty journals join IUScholarWorks
3) Business/SPEA Information Commons closed for renovations
4) IU wins $2.38 million grant to develop library software
5) Nominate undergrads for research award
6) Additional Elsevier and Wiley-Blackwell eBooks now available
7) Black Film Center/Archive relocates to Wells Library
8) New site provides for better searching of manuscript collections
9) Lilly Library celebrates 50 years with exhibition, open house
10) Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Library hosts poet for diversity month
11) Geography and Map Library closes; collections transferred
12) HathiTrust Digital Library tops 5 million volumes; welcomes Columbia University
13) Brush up on research skills
14) Quick Clicks
1) Brenda Johnson named library dean
Brenda Johnson has been named Ruth Lilly Dean of University Libraries. She begins on
March 1.
Johnson is the University Librarian at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and previously served as interim co-university librarian of the University of Michigan Libraries. She served the University of Michigan Libraries in various roles for more than 20 years, where she distinguished herself as associate university librarian for public services from 1997 to 2007.
2) New faculty journals join IUScholarWorks
IU ScholarWorks, the services to preserve and share IU faculty research, now hosts the following online scholarly journals.
Inter-American Journal of Education for Democracy
Editor: Bradley Levinson, associate professor of education and director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Transferred archives and publishing operation of this open access, three-year-old bilingual publication.
Anthropology of East Europe Review
Editor: Sarah Phillips, associate professor of anthropology
Moved the journal in its 27th volume to an open-access model from a subscription-based one.
The Medieval Review
Editor: Deborah Deliyannis, assistant professor of history
Preserved its full archives by transferring them to IU ScholarWorks. Founded by classicist James O’Donnell and medievalist Eugene Vance and published since 1993, the Medieval review was one of the first scholarly humanities publications to be made freely available online.
Learn more about publishing an online journal in IUScholarWorks.
3) Business/SPEA Information Commons closed for renovations
The Business/SPEA Information Commons (SPEA 150) is closed for renovations and will reopen in August.
After the renovation, the Business/SPEA IC will have 16 group
study rooms, a café, and comfortable seating for group and
individual work. A core collection will include approximately
35,000 books and journals.
Access online services through the Business/SPEA Information Commons Web site.
4) IU Wins $2.38 million grant to develop library software
A $2.38 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to Indiana University will be used to develop software created specifically for the management of print and electronic collections for academic and research libraries around the world.
IU will lead the Kuali Open Library Environment (OLE) project, a partnership of research libraries dedicated to managing increasingly digital resources and collections. Together, these libraries will develop "community source" software that will be made available to libraries worldwide.
Large academic research libraries manage and provide access to millions of items, using software to track interrelated transactions that range from ordering and paying for items to loaning materials to library patrons.
5) 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 IU Bloomington 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 12, 2010.
View the guidelines and nomination form.
6) Additional Elsevier and Wiley-Blackwell eBooks now available
Faculty, students, and staff now have online access to recent titles from scientific publishers Elsevier and Wiley-Blackwell, thanks the combined buying power of libraries working together within the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC).
Recent purchases include 2,200 Wiley-Blackwell titles covering the 2008 and 2009 publishing years, while the Elsevier purchase includes 1,500 books from 2008-2010.
The CIC libraries are building on a successful purchase of 2005-2010 eBooks from the publisher Springer, for which there were more than a million downloads in 2009.
View a sampling of the Elsevier eBooks by going to ScienceDirect and then click on browse. Look for an option to limit to “full-text available” and include “all books.”
7) Black Film Center/Archive relocates to Wells Library
The Black Film Center/Archive relocated to the ground floor of the Herman B Wells Library this month.
Formerly located at the Smith Research Center, Tenth Street and the Bypass, The Black Film Center/Archive now occupies space next to the IU Libraries’ Media and Reserve Services Department. Researchers and students will benefit from the complementary collections and viewing equipment already on site.
The Black Film Center/Archive, a part of the College of Arts and Sciences, offers a nationally renowned collection of films and related materials by and about African Americans, the peoples of Africa, and the African diaspora.
8) New site provides for better searching of manuscript collections
An improved Web site allows cross-searching of the following collections and now also includes descriptions and inventories:
*collections from the IU Center for the Study of History and Memory
*political papers
*Liberian collections
*folklore collections
Previously the site only provided access to collection descriptions and inventories from the Lilly, Archives, and the Workingmen's Institute in New Harmony, Ind.
Finding aids are detailed descriptions of manuscript collections held in archives and libraries at IU. Generally, descriptions of items in manuscript collections, such as letters, diaries, and photographs, do not appear in IUCAT.
9) Lilly Library celebrates 50 years with exhibition, open house
The Lilly Library for rare books and manuscripts kicks off its 50th anniversary year with an open house on Friday, January 22 from 5 to 9 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
“Treasures of the Lilly Library” will feature such rare items as William Shakespeare’s First Folio, George Washington’s letter accepting the presidency, Albrecht Dürer’s Apocalypse, and the first edition of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, printed in the 1470s.
Tours of the Lilly Library or class presentations of Lilly Library material may be arranged by calling Public Services (812-855-2452) or e-mailing liblilly@indiana.edu
10) Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Library hosts poet for diversity month
Poet, publisher, playwright, and actor Jessica Care Moore will perform in the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Library on Thursday, January 21, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
She will perform poetry, rock, melodic vocals, acoustic guitar, and hip-hop with rapid-fire lyrics in “God is Not an American,” an exploration race, war, and politics.
For more information, contact Deloice Holliday at dehollid@indiana.edu or at 855-3237.
11) Geography and Map Library closes; collections relocated
The Geography and Map Library (015 Student Building) closed at the end of December. Collections have been transferred to the Wells Library, the Geosciences Library (formerly the Geology Library), and the Auxiliary Library Facility.
Learn more about collections such as books, journals, atlases, aerial photographs at the following Web page.
For information about collections and services, contact libgm@indiana.edu
12) HathiTrust Digital Library tops 5 million volumes; welcomes Columbia U.
The HathiTrust Digital Library now contains nearly 5.3 million volumes and allows for full-text searching. Columbia University joined the project in December.
Launched jointly by the 12-university consortium known as the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) and the 11 university libraries of the University of California system, HathiTrust provides libraries a means to archive and provide access to their digital content. IU has taken a leadership role in its creation and governance.
Read more: http://www.hathitrust.org/
13) Brush up on research skills
Sign up for hour-long seminars designed with your research needs in mind. Learn about advanced internet searching, copyright, citation indexes, and more.
Free to all faculty and graduate students; registration required.
See the full schedule.
14) Quick Clicks
Have a question? Ask a Librarian.
Don’t forget to submit your reserve requests 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, IU Libraries, Interim Ruth Lilly Dean of
University Libraries
cwalters@indiana.edu or
(812) 855-7747
