New Titles in Oxford Reference Online:
New Editions:
Notable Statistics with this release
Law Journal Library: 11 new titles (1,249 total)
Legal Classics Library: 15 new titles (1,405 total)
World Trials: 60 new titles (2,051 total)
Total number of new pages included in this release: 535,838
This release brings the total number of pages in HeinOnline to: 46,954,444
Association of American Law Schools (AALS)
Code of Federal Regulations
Federal Register Library
Foreign & International Law Resources Database
Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS)
Law Journal Library
Legal Classics
Session Laws
Treaties and Agreements Library
U.S. Congressional Documents
U.S. Federal Agency Documents, Decisions, and Appeals
U.S. Presidential Library
U.S. Supreme Court Library
United Nations Law Collection
United States Code
World Trials
The following journals have been added to the JSTOR archive.
The Arkansas Historical Quarterly
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=arkahistquar
Release Content:
1942 – 2005 (Vols. 1 – 64)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Arkansas Historical Association
ISSN: 0004-1823
International Journal for Philosophy of Religion
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=intejphilreli
Release Content:
1970 – 2005 (Vols. 1 – 58)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Springer
ISSN: 0020-7047
Mississippi Review
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=mississreview
Release Content:
1972 – 2006 (Vols. 1 – 34)
Moving Wall: 2 years
Publisher: University of Southern Mississippi
ISSN: 0047-7559
The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=pennmaghistbio
Release Content:
1877 – 2003 (Vols. 1 – 127)
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: Historical Society of Pennsylvania
ISSN: 0031-4587
The Review of Metaphysics
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=revmetaphysics
Release Content:
1947 – 2005 (Vols. 1 – 59)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Philosophy Education Society Inc.
ISSN: 0034-6632
By publisher request, JSTOR is decreasing the moving wall for Ethnology from 5 to 3 years.
Ethnology (Arts & Sciences Complement)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=ethnology
Release Content:
2004 – 2005 (Vols. 43 – 44)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh – of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
ISSN: 0014-1828
The following previously missing issues have been added to the JSTOR archive.
Bulletin of the American Group. International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (Arts & Sciences III)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=bullamergrouinte
Release Content:
Vol. 7, No. 1 (October, 1966)
Moving Wall: N/A
Publisher: American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works
ISSN: 0535-0867
Note: Bulletin of the American Group. International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works is a previous title to Journal of the American Institute for Conservation.
Classical Philology (Arts & Sciences II)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=clasphil
Release Content:
Vol. 84, No. 4 (October, 1989)
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISSN: 0009-837X
Everybody who uses the Temple University Libraries has at some point probably thought of something that could be improved, done better or made more efficient. If you have an idea for improving the library we want to hear from you – or even if you have a general complaint.
That’s why we recently upgraded our old virtual suggestion box to a brand new suggestion blog called What’s Your Suggestion. We found ourselves answering the same questions repeatedly for different individuals. We believe the blog will help to make your suggestions and our responses more transparent to the Temple University community. All suggestion blog postings will be stripped of personal information to ensure confidentiality. There is a link to the suggestion blog on the Libaries’ home page. Just look for the “Suggestions” link.
You can submit to the suggestion blog anonymously or include an email address if you prefer a personal response. Submissions to the blog are first reviewed by a staff member so any request to refrain from posting the suggestion to the blog will be honored, and a personal response will be made instead. We hope you will use “What’s Your Suggestion” to let us know how we can improve the library and better serve the Temple University community. For more information about the suggestion blog please contact Steven Bell, Associate University Librarian.
More archaeological objects and ethnographic artifacts from the Peabody Museum (Harvard University)
ARTstor and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University are collaborating to make available 154,000 images of Pre-Columbian, African, Native North American, and Oceanic archaeological objects and ethnographic artifacts from the Peabody Museum’s permanent collection. Learn more
Additional non-western art and architecture from Erich Lessing Archives
The Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts Archives will make available more than 13,000 images of world art and architecture through ARTstor Digital Library, including 4,000 images documenting the art and architecture in Asia and the Middle East. Learn more
Collection agreement: Rescue Public Murals (Heritage Preservation)
ARTstor has partnered with Heritage Preservation to share approximately 300 images of community murals in the United States through the Digital Library. Learn more
Collection agreement: African art and field photography
ARTstor is collaborating with Christopher D. Roy to share approximately 4,000 images of African art and culture in the Digital Library. Learn more
Collection agreement: Asian art from Ohio University
Ohio University has partnered with ARTstor to share approximately 3,500 images of art works and objects from Northern Vietnam. Learn more
To continuously improve library services for the Temple University community we need to hear from our students, faculty and staff. Many of our service improvements come directly from comments and suggestions from the community. To facilitate this process the Temple University Libraries are currently conducting a campus-wide satisfaction survey. LibQual + is a standardized survey used globally by all types of academic libraries. LibQual+ differs from standard satisfaction surveys that use a Likert scale to measure satisfaction on a range from 1 to 5 or some point between “strongly agree” and “strongly disagree”. Instead LibQual+ seeks to determine someone’s minimum expectation for services, their desired level of services and then asks them to identify at what level they currently perceive the quality of the service. The other advantage of LibQual+ is that it is a standardized, national survey which makes it possible for the Temple Libraries to compare their findings to peer institutions.
As with most surveys LibQual+ is a randomized survey instrument. Therefore only certain members of the Temple University community will receive the e-mail message asking you to take the survey. However LibQual+ is being conducted on the main campus, at all the health sciences-related locations, the law school and the Ambler campus. Any member of our community at any of these Temple locations may be randomly invited to complete the survey. If you are one of those who does receive the invitation please take some time to complete the survey. Since we launched the survey on Wednesday, March 18 several hundred individuals have responded but we would greatly appreciate your response. The average time to complete the survey so far ranges between 9 and 12 minutes – so it takes very little time to complete.
LibQual+ is scheduled to end on April 2. We hope those who received the invitation will take the survey. Everyone who does is entered into a random drawing to receive some great prizes. For more information about the LibQual+ survey please contact Steven Bell.
You finally found that book you’ve been wanting to read or that DVD that the rental shops don’t stock right here in your library…and it’s available! All you have to do now is find a piece of scrap paper, hunt down a pen that has ink, and write down the call number to take with you to the book stacks or Media Services desk. Or, you could text it to your phone!
Save yourself time and be green with the latest feature in Diamond: the library catalog. While viewing any item, just click the “Send via Text Message” button. A new screen will appear – see the example below. Just enter your mobile phone information, and click “Send.” In seconds, you’ll get a text message with the location, call number, and title of the item. Normal carrier charges may apply.
We hope you enjoy this new feature in our library catalog. Please share any comments or concerns with Steven Bell, Associate University Librarian for Research & Instruction.
New! Cell Phone Audio Tour of Paley Library
You can now use your cell phone to get information about Paley Library departments and services. Call 215-525- 1543, and enter a tour stop number (listed below), followed by the # key.
There is no charge for the call, just your cell minutes.
This service also features a Call Number Locator to help you locate Paley books! Enter 0, the keypad number corresponding to the first letter of the call number, and then the # key.
Tour Stops are posted throughout the library and a List of Stops and Floor Plan is available at the Circulation/Reserve Desk, the Reference Desk and from the Information rack at the Bell Tower entrance.
These are the current stops:
You can leave us your feedback about the tour by pressing 0, followed by the # key. For more information about the new cell phone audio tour of Paley Library, you can contact Gretchen Sneff.
Free Books! Temple University Libraries and Tyler School of Art’s Foundation Program
Celebrate Tyler’s 75th Anniversary with a Gift to the Temple Community
The Foundation Department at Tyler School of Art celebrates the arrival of Tyler’s BFA programs on Main Campus by giving away 75 free copies of Chip Kidd’s bestselling novel, The Cheese Monkeys: A novel in two semesters. Each book comes with a bookmark designed by Foundation Freshman and can be picked up at the circulation desk of the Paley Library from March 17 to March 24. Books will be made available to all interested members of the Temple community—just show your ID at the desk.
Chip Kidd, author and award-winning Graphic Designer will be the Foundation Lecture Spring Speaker in a lecture at Walk Auditorium on Tuesday, March 24 at 7pm. Kidd’s designs have re-defined book packaging, and his design work includes Watching the Watchmen: The definitive Companion to the Ultimate Graphic Novel and Bat Manga! The Secret History of Batman in Japan. As an author, Kidd earned accolades for his first novel, the Cheese Monkeys, a tale of a freshman graphic designer’s education in art and life.
Tyler Foundation Students Hannah Greenhalgh and Mindy Karper designed bookmarks promoting the lecture and book give-away. The winning designs were printed by Foundation Instructor Katie Murken in Tyler’s new Printmaking facilities. Twenty-five freshman Tyler students submitted designs, which are on display in the Foundation area of the Tyler building, Suite 230.
Temple University Libraries are thrilled to partner with Tyler to celebrate its anniversary and move to Main Campus. The Libraries serve the Temple community on Main, Health Sciences, Center City, Harrisburg and Ambler Campuses with rich resources and leading-edge information services. Collections include more than 3 million volumes; 10 million images; more than 50,000 print and online subscriptions; 35,000 linear feet of manuscripts; and a rich collection of sound and video recordings, along with growing media holdings. Rare and special collections focus on specific research interests within the University community and support Temple’s commitment and responsibilities as an urban educational institution.
The Foundation Department provides first year students in Tyler’s BFA programs with a highly structured curriculum, preparing them for majors in Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Glass, Sculpture, Metals, Photography, and Graphic Design.
The following labels have been added to Naxos Music Library so far in 2009.
ART
The German label ART stands for popularity and variety. Themed compilations include Meditation and After Work Hour (nine volumes) with a thoughtful collection of music designed to help you wind down.
Corona Classics Collection
The German label CCC (Corona Classics Collection) has a selection of well-loved Classical and Romantic repertoire. Included are Weber’s Clarinet Concertos Nos 1 & 2, Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty, Mahler’s Fifth Symphony and Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik.
Gavriel Lipkind
Gavriel Lipkind is an award-winning cellist from Israel – an intriguing and dynamic musician, a ‘total one-off’ (The Independent) who, at the age of 23, had won 12 top prizes in major competitions. At this point he produced two outstanding recordings: Miniatures and Folklore (featuring his own arrangements) and Single Voice Polyphony (showcasing Bach’s Cello Suites). These are now available on the Naxos Music Library – with more to come…
Inpop Records
Inpop Records expands the NML’s pop/rock music selection, with groups such as the Ontario-based foursome Article One, the Ohio-based foursome Everyday Sunday, and the innovative and fantastically gritty Superchick, as well as solo artists Jimmy Needham, Mat Kearney and Paul Colman.
Movieplay
We welcome to the Naxos Music Library the Brazilian pop and folk label Movieplay. Recordings include Elton John’s Elton John and Madman Across the Water, albums from José Afonso, and Summer in the City: 19 Great Songs from Lovin’ Spoonful.
Enja
Established in 1971 in Munich by long-time jazz fans Matthias Winckelmann and Horst Weber, this label has an extensive jazz catalogue (Chet Baker, Cecil Taylor, The Fort Apache Band, Ray Anderson and many others). More recently it has explored territories outside the jazz mainstream and avant-garde; Lebanese oud player and composer Rabih Abou-Khalil, Tunisian vocalist and oud player Dhafer Youssef and Brazilian group Rosanna & Zelia are just some of the artists that have played an important part in the success of this.
Yellowbird
We welcome to our collection Enja Yellowbird, a sister label of the hugely successful jazz label Enja. Recent releases include Doug Wimbish’s Cinema Sonics album and four albums by Kip Hanrahan whose music is drawn from different traditions (Latin, jazz, rock) but has a true spark of originality.
TipToe
We welcome TipToe to our collection, a jazz label set up by the joint founder of Enja Matthias Wincklemann. It focuses more on ‘border-crossing’ music and includes Mike Westbrook’s tribute to the Beatles, Michael Gregory, Kevin Bruce Harris, Intergalactic Maiden Ballet featuring John Zorn, Blue Box and others.
Azica
Fusing classical and jazz recording techniques, Azica prides itself on a unique integrity of sound for both areas of its catalogue. Spontaneity and sparkle traditionally found in jazz recordings feature also in the label’s classical repertoire, which includes David Shapiro playing Beethoven’s ‘Diabelli’ Variations and the ATOS Trio playing Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann piano trios.
Capriole
The Naxos Music Library now welcomes Capriole to its collection. This label, originally Laserlight, covers a healthy breadth of core repertoire. Included in its list are many acknowledged and adored masterpieces such as Bach’s St Matthew Passion, all the Beethoven symphonies and Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 2.
Berlin Classics
Berlin Classics represents core classical music repertoire, with many historical recordings by world-renowned artists such as Kurt Masur, Herbert Blomstedt, Hermann Abendroth and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. There are also new recordings by established and high-flying musicians such as Thomas Zehetmair and Lynne Dawson.
Henkel Records
Henkel Records consists of recordings featuring the award-winning cellist Christoph Henkel. As well as performing Bach’s Suites for solo cello, Henkel teams up with violinist Gérard Poulet in Ravel’s Sonata, Halvorsen’s Passacaille and Kodály’s Duo, Op. 7.
Quartz Music
Quartz is an independent UK classical record label that prides itself on ‘sound with vision’. Artists such as the Gould Piano Trio and Katya Apekisheva perform an intriguing and wide variety of repertoire, composers ranging from Franghis Ali-Zadeh to Frederick Delius.