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Alexander Street Press Music & Performing Arts Content Update: May 2009

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New Content:

  • Contemporary World Music was updated with 448 albums—a total of 6,447 tracks, taking the total count to 1,530 albums and 20,682 tracks. Record labels added include ARC Music, Blue Flame Records, Intersound, Karuna, Triloka, Rounder Records, Sheridan Square Records, and Six Degrees Records. There’s a little of everything in this round of content uploads—from Afrobeat, electronic lounge music, rembetika, and belly dance, to reggae and dub. Some of the new albums added include: 80 Years: London Jewish Male Choir; Bobi Céspedes: Rezos; Cinematic: Classic Film Music Remixed;Cutting Razor–Rare Cuts From The Black Ark; Emad Sayyah: Ma Ajmal Beirut–Modern Bellydance from Lebanon; and Hugh Masekela: Hope.
  • A total of 278 new scores and 16,164 pages were added to Classical Scores Library, taking the total to 12,644 scores and 229,586 pages. The new scores come from Edition Peters and University Music Editions. New opera scores and libretti come from the collection French Opera in the 17th and 18th Centuries, housed at the Barry S. Brook Center for Music Research and Documentation. New scores include works by: Delius, Destouches, Devienne, Dove, Le Sueur, Lully, Maw, Mehul, Piccinni, Rameau, Rathbone, Reich, Salieri, Satie, and many others.

Content Coming Soon:

  • Opus Arte (for Opera in Video): More than 200 hours of video, including the complete operas of Monteverdi & Wagner; five Rameau and twelve Verdi operas; plus gems such as John Adams’s Doctor Atomic, Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti, and Messiaen’s St. Francois d’Assisse. Venues include the Royal Opera House, Teatro Real, Glyndebourne, and the Paris Opera.
  • New recordings from Folk Era Records (for American Song) include The Kingston Trio, Glenn Yarbrough, The Highwaymen, and Paul Robeson.

ARTstor Update 6/8/09

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ARTstor has announced the following:

Collection agreement: Fondazione Federico Zeri (Università di Bologna) archive images
ARTstor is collaborating with the Fondazione Federico Zeri, Università di Bologna to share approximately 25,900 photographs of 16th century Italian paintings in the Digital Library.

Now available in ARTstor: Korean Buddhist monasteries and temples
ARTstor has collaborated with Carl and Jennifer Strom to digitize and distribute more than 3,200 images from the unique Strom Archive of the art and architecture from Buddhist monasteries and temples in Korea.

First images from the American Institute of Indian Studies now in ARTstor
More than 12,000 images from The American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) documenting art and architecture in India are now available in ARTstor.

JSTOR Update 6/8/09

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The following journals have been added to JSTOR.

The Annual of the British School at Athens
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=annubritschoathe
Release Content:
Vols. 1- 98 (1894/1895 – 2003)
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: The British School at Athens
ISSN: 0068-2454

Asian Ethnology
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=asianeth
Release Content:
Vol. 67, Nos. 1-2 (2008)
Moving Wall: Zero
Publisher: Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
ISSN: 1882-6865
Note: In 2008, Asian Folklore Studies became Asian Ethnology. Content for this title is released as soon as the latest issues become available to JSTOR.

Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=bullecosociamer
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (January, 1917) – Vol. 83, No. 2 (April, 2002)
Moving Wall: N/A
Publisher: Ecological Society of America
ISSN: 0012-9623
Note: The remaining content for 2002 will be released as soon as the issues become available to JSTOR. Beginning with Vol. 84, No. 1 (2003), this journal has been published online.

Harvard Review [1992- ]
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=harvardreview
Previous Title: Harvard Book Review [1989-1991] (1080-6067)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=harvardbookrev
Previous Title: Erato [1986-1988] (0898-073X)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=erato
Release Content:
Nos. 1 – 9/10 (1986-1988);
Nos. 11/12 – 19/20 (1989- 1991);
Nos. 1-29 (1992- 2005)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library
ISSN: 1077-2901

Jewish History
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=jewhist
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (Spring, 1986) – Vol. 19, No. 3/4 (2005)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Springer
ISSN: 0334-701X

Journal of American Studies [1967- ]
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=jamerstud
Previous Title: Bulletin. British Association for American Studies [1960-1966] (0524-5001)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=bulbritasamerst
Release Content:
Nos. 1 – 12/13 (September, 1960 – 1966);
Vol. 1, No. 1 (April, 1967) – Vol. 37, No. 3 (December, 2003)
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: Cambridge University Press on behalf of the British Association for American Studies
ISSN: 0021-8758
Note: The content for 1956-1959 will be released as soon as the issue becomes available to JSTOR.

Journal of Religion and Health
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=jrelihealth
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (October, 1961) – Vol. 44, No. 4 (Winter, 2005)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Springer
ISSN: 0022-4197

Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science [1978- ]
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=jariznevaacadsci
Previous Title: Journal of the Arizona Academy of Science [1959-1977] (0004-1378)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=jarizacadsci
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (June, 1959) – Vol. 39, No. 2 (2007)
Moving Wall: 1 year
Publisher: Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science
ISSN: 0193-8509
Note: The content for 2004-2006 will be released as soon as the issue becomes available to JSTOR.

Revista de Historia de América
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=revihistamer
Release Content:
Nos. 4-133 (December, 1938 – July/December, 2003)
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: Pan American Institute of Geography and History
ISSN: 0034-8325
Note: The content for Nos. 1-4 (1938) will be released as soon as the issue becomes available to JSTOR.

Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=studaltakult
Release Content:
Bde. 1- 31 (1974-2003)
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: Helmut Buske Verlag GmbH
ISSN: 0340-2215

U.S. Catholic Historian
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=uscathhist
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (Fall, 1980) – Vol. 21, No. 4 (Fall, 2003)
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press
ISSN: 0735-8318

New & Updated Titles in Credo Reference

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Credo Reference recently added the following new or updated titles:

New

  • Chambers Dictionary of Literary Characters, Chambers Harrap
  • The Elgar Companion to Consumer Research and Economics Psychology, Edward Elgar
  • The Elgar Dictionary of Economic Quotations, Edward Elgar
  • A Handbook of Globalisation and Environmental Policy, Edward Elgar
  • The Human Body Book: An Illustrated Guide to Its Structure, Function and Disorders, Dorling Kindersley
  • Ripples of Hope: Great American Civil Rights Speeches, Perseus

Updated

  • Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms, Barron’s
  • Dictionary of Optometry and Visual Science, Elsevier
  • The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography in Science
  • Mosby’s Dental Dictionary, Elsevier
  • The New Food Lover’s Companion, Barron’s
  • The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Women’s Biography, Macmillan
  • The Wisden Archive of Cricketers’ Lives 2009

Web Service Makes Corrupted Files Easy to Send

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In this day and age it is often surprising to receive a corrupted document from a student or colleague. Most of us know how to properly save our documents and either send them as e-mail attachments or upload them to an external site, such as a Blackboard course. But a new web business sells corrupted files that can then be sent in order to meet a deadline, but which the receiver won’t be able to use. The site, Corrupted-Files.com charges $3.95 for a corrupted file. The information on the site makes it clear that it is intended for students who need to buy more time to complete their work. The idea is that the student submits the corrupted file to meet the assignment deadline. Then, after a few days, when the professor is unable to read the garbled document he or she e-mails the student to request a working version of the file. The student feigns surprise about the corrupted file and then proceeds, several days later, to send a working file. Thus the student technically meets the assignment deadline yet actually has extra time to complete the work.

News about Corrupted-Files.com was originally reported in InsideHigher Ed, and it was interesting to read that the site creator just set up the service as a joke and really didn’t expect anyone to take it seriously. Yet when he started getting requests from students and others for corrupted files he decided to make a profit off the service. It is worthwhile to review the comments to the story from faculty, some who are amazed that any student would go to such efforts to avoid an assignment deadline to others who offer advice on how to prevent getting duped this way, and yet others who point out that Microsoft products aren’t perfect and that sometimes files really do get corrupted. While the site is still up and appears to be doing business as usual, the “secret” the site asks you not to share is now out of the bag. It now is just a question of time as to whether or not students will realize their professors are going to be a bit more wary about the old “corrupted file” excuse.

Important Announcement – Health Science Kresge Library Closes Wed. June 17 – New Facility Opens Fri. June 19

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This Friday, June 19th, the new Simmy and Harry Ginsburg Health Sciences Library will open its doors to the health sciences community at Temple. Located in the New Medical Education and Research Building, this stunning new facility offers a centralized location for the resources and services formerly found at the Kresge and South Branch Libraries. The process of closing our old facilities and opening a new one has been complex, and we must truncate services for this week only.

Please keep in mind the following while accessing library services and resources over the course of this week:

  • Kresge Library is closing as of Wednesday, June 17th.
  • The only library facility that will be open on Wednesday, June 17th and Thursday, June 18th, is the South Branch Library, which will offer the following services:
    • Book Requests and Paging: requested materials will be acquired from any point in the relocation path. Once the material is retrieved, patrons will be contacted by telephone or email. If, for some reason, the material cannot be found quickly, library staff will request it on interlibrary loan
    • Reference services
    • Thirteen computer workstations for patron use
  • The Simmy and Harry Ginsburg Health Sciences Library and South Branch Library will be open concurrently from June 19th through June 26th.
  • As of Friday, June 26th, South Library will be closed and all health sciences services and resources will be available at the Simmy and Harry Ginsburg Health Science Library, located at Broad and Tioga Streets.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and we look forward to seeing you in our new library. If you have any concerns about the move of the Health Sciences Libraries or need special assistance during the move please contact either Mark Allen Taylor, Library Director, at ext. 2-2402 or any member of the Health Sciences Library staff at ext. 2-book.

Krystal Lewis is new Coordinator of Information Literacy and Reference

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I am delighted to welcome Krystal Lewis to Temple University Libraries. Krystal joined us as the Coordinator of Information Literacy and Reference on June 8. In this new position, Krystal will coordinate the Libraries’ various information literacy initiatives and the broad array of virtual and in-person reference services based at Paley Library.

Krystal comes to us from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she served as an Assistant Librarian and Assistant Professor in the Reference Department of the Richard J. Daley Library. Prior to that, she was an Acting Assistant Special Collections Librarian and Academic Resident Librarian and Instructor at the Library of the Health Sciences-Chicago.

Krystal earned a B.A. in History and her MLS from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In addition to her extensive reference experience, Krystal also has also worked with special collections and archives at the Library of the Health Sciences-Chicago. Please join me again in welcoming Krystal Lewis to Temple University Libraries.

With warm wishes,

Larry P. Alford

Vampire Huntress Interview

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Leslie Banks appeared at the Temple Book Club on March 4, 2009 to talk about her new book, The Thirteenth, and her new projects including a forthcoming graphic novel. In an engaging presentation with many fans in the audience, she discussed the final book of her Vampire Huntress series, as well as her journey to becoming a writer, the publishing industry, and the challenge of writing as a career. Afterward, she kindly agreed to an interview with librarian Fred Rowland, who engaged her on many of these same issues.  Take some time to listen to this interesting interview.

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Interviews: Library Prize Winners 2009

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The interviews with the winners of the 2009 Library Prize for Undergraduate Research are now available for download. Take some time and listen to these engaging young scholars.

Interview (mp3, 13:06): Danielle Country and Faculty Sponsor Laura Samponaro

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Interview (mp3, 21:36): George Keddie and Faculty Sponsor Vasiliki Limberis

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Interview (mp3, 15:05): Cara Shay and Faculty Sponsor Diana Woodruff-Pak

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For more information on this year’s winners and honorable mentions, go to the Winners page.

13 New ABC-CLIO Ebooks

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The following 13 titles have been added to our ABC-CLIO ebook collection:

  • Burger Court, The: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy
  • Chase Court, The: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy
  • Fuller Court, The: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy
  • Hughes Court, The: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy
  • Jay and Ellsworth, The First Courts: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy
  • Rehnquist Court, The: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy
  • Stone Court, The: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy
  • Taft Court, The: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy
  • Taney Court, The: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy
  • Vinson Court, The: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy
  • Waite Court, The: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy
  • Warren Court, The: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy
  • White Court, The: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy