Although fewer and fewer students are taking courses under the old Core Curriculum, there are still a fair number of transfer students who are not yet part of the GenEd curriculum. All of these students still taking the Core Curriculum were required to take and pass a library research tutorial called TILT, Temple’s Information Literacy Tutorial. But no more. As part of the President’s initiative to reduce the burdens of the University’s dysfunctional rules and policies, a decision was made to eliminate the TILT requirement. Here is the exact language of the Committee that voted on the change: The Education Programs and Policies Committee of the Faculty Senate agreed to revise the Core Curriculum at their November 19th meeting: • the Temple Information Literacy Tutorial (TILT) will no longer be required to graduate. This change is effective immediately, i.e. this applies to Core students graduating January 2010 and forward. Since this is effective immediately the Temple University Libraries will remove the presence of TILT from our website. As we move forward, current and new students will learn how to become effective researchers through the GenEd program. Though TILT served us well and is now going away, self-guided tutorials do have their place in learning effective research methods. We will continue to develop instructional tutorials and other materials that will help students to become better researchers through self-guided methods.
Five New Cambridge Companions
Five new titles have recently been added to Cambridge Companions Online:
JSTOR Update 11/23/09
The following journals have been added to JSTOR.
Gnomon
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=gnomon
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (1925) – Vol. 75, No. 8 (2003)
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: Verlag C.H.Beck
ISSN: 0017-1417
Note: The remaining content for 2003 will be released as soon as the issues become available to JSTOR.
Grand Street
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=granstre
Release Content:
Nos. 36 – 73 (1990 – Spring, 2004)
Publisher: Jean Stein
ISSN: 0734-5496
Note: The initial release of Grand Street included Vols. 1–9 (1981-1990). A license agreement was recently signed to include the remaining content in the JSTOR archive.
Note: Publication of title ceased in 2004.
Historische Zeitschrift. Beihefte
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=histzeitbeih
Release Content:
Vol. 1 (1924) – New Series, Vol. 27 (1998)
Moving Wall: 10 years
Publisher: Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag GmbH
ISSN: 0342-5363
International Journal
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=internationalj
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (January, 1946) – Vol. 61, No. 1 (Winter, 2005/2006)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Canadian International Council
ISSN: 0020-7020
International Labor and Working-Class History [1976- ]
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=intelaboworkhist
Previous Title: Newsletter: European Labor and Working Class History [1972-1975] (0097-8523)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=newseurolabowork
Release Content:
Nos. 1-8 (May, 1972 – November, 1975);
Nos. 9-64 (May, 1976 – Fall, 2003)
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: Cambridge University Press on behalf of International Labor and Working-Class, Inc.
ISSN: 0147-5479
Journal of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=jmusfineartsbos
Release Content:
Vols. 1-6 (1989-1994)
Publisher: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
ISSN: 1041-2433
Note: Publication of this title ceased in 1994.
Language Resources and Evaluation [2005- ]
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=langresoeval
Previous Title: Computers and the Humanities [1966-2004] (0010-4817)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=comphuma
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (September, 1966) – Vol. 38, No. 4 (November, 2004);
Vol. 39, Nos. 1-4 (February-December, 2005)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Springer
ISSN: 1574-020X
Midwest Sociologist
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=midwsoc
Release Content:
Vol. 2, No. 1 (June, 1939) – Vol. 21, No. 2 (July, 1959)
Moving Wall: N/A
Publisher: Blackwell on behalf of the Midwest Sociological Society
ISSN: 1948-1586
Note: Midwest Sociologist is the previous title to The Sociological Quarterly which is already released into the JSTOR archive.
Note: The content for Vol. 1 (1938) will be released as soon as the issues become available to JSTOR.
Mycological Bulletin [1904-1908]
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=mycobull
Previous Title: Ohio Mycological Bulletin [1903] (1949-4629)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=ohiomycobull
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (March 7, 1903) – Vol. 1, No. 12 (November 21, 1903);
Vol. 2, No. 13 (February 27, 1904) – Vol. 6, No. 87 (March, 1908)
Moving Wall: N/A
Publisher: Mycological Society of America
ISSN: 1949-4637
Note: Mycological Bulletin and Ohio Mycological Bulletin are previous titles to Mycologia which is already released into the JSTOR archive.
Reis [1978- ]
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=reis
Previous Title: Revista española de la opinión pública [1965-1977] (0034-9429)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=revespdelaoppub
Release Content:
Nos. 1-50 + Index (May/August, 1965 – October/December, 1977);
Nos. 1-112 (January/March, 1978 – October/December, 2005)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Centro de Investigaciones Sociologicas
ISSN: 0210-5233
Revista Hispánica Moderna
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=revihispmod
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (October, 1934) – Vol. 58, No. 1/2 (June/December, 2005)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISSN: 0034-9593
Revue d’histoire moderne et contemporaine (1954-) [1954- ]
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=revhistmodcont
Previous Title: Etudes d’histoire moderne et contemporaine [1947-1953] (0996-2735)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=etudhistmodcont
Previous Title: Revue d’histoire moderne [1926-1940] (0996-2727)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=revhistmod
Previous Title: Revue d’histoire moderne et contemporaine (1899-1914) [1899-1914] (0996-2743)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=revhismodcon1899
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (1899/1900) – Vol. 19, N
o. 2/3 (March/June, 1914);
Vol. 1, No. 1 (January/February, 1926) – Vol. 15, No. 41/42 (January/May, 1940);
Vols. 1-5 (1947-1953);
Vol. 1, No. 1 (January/March, 1954) – Vol. 51, No. 4 (October/December, 2004)
Moving Wall: 4 years
Publisher: Societe d’Histoire Moderne et Contemporaine
ISSN: 0048-8003
Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=vierzeit
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (January, 1953) – Vol. 46, No. 4 (October, 1998)
Moving Wall: 10 years
Publisher: Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag GmbH (and its subsidiary Akademie Verlag GmbH)
ISSN: 0042-5702
World Policy Journal
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=worldpolicyj
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (Fall, 1983) – Vol. 20, No. 4 (Winter, 2003/2004)
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: The MIT Press and the World Policy Institute
ISSN: 0740-2775
Jazz Music Library Content Update: 11/23/09
Over 2,000 new albums (30,000+ tracks) were added to Jazz Music Library in early November. Notable names in this release include:
- Alice Coltrane
- Billie Holiday
- Bing Crosby
- Branford Marsalis
- Diana Krall
- Dinah Washington
- Duke Ellington
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Fred Astaire
- Harry Connick, Jr.
- Herbie Hancock
- John Coltrane
- Lionel Hampton
- Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
- New York Voices
- Nina Simone
- Sammy Davis, Jr
- Sarah Vaughan
- Spyro Gyra
- The Velvet Underground
Web of Science Enhancement
Web of Science now allows you to refine & analyze by funding agency to see where funding money is going, what research has been developed from a specific grant, and who funded research at particular institutions.
Films on Demand Content Update 11/17/09
150+ titles have been added to the Films on Demand streaming video service. Enjoy!
ARTstor Update 11/17/09
ARTstor has announced the following:
Now available: Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
Approximately 830 images from the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum are now available in ARTstor.
Now available: SAHARA
Approximately 9,000 images of architecture, landscape design, and the built environment from the Society of Architectural Historians’ SAHARA project are now available in the Digital Library.
New collection agreement: Diego Rivera images from the Detroit Institute of Arts
ARTstor is collaborating with the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) to add approximately 1,380 images of works by the Mexican artist Diego Rivera to the Digital Library.
New collection agreement: Works by Ellsworth Kelly
ARTstor is collaborating with Ellsworth Kelly to share approximately 200 images of works by the artist in the Digital Library.
New collection agreement: Foundation for Landscape Studies
ARTstor is collaborating with the Foundation for Landscape Studies to share approximately 5,000 contemporary photographic images providing an overview of landscape studies around the world in the Digital Library.
New collection agreement: Works of architecture by Beverly Willis
ARTstor is collaborating with Beverly Willis to share approximately 50 images of works of architecture in the Digital Library.
Credo Reference Update: 11/11/09
Credo Reference recently added the following new titles:
- A-Z of Social Research, from Sage UK
- Cambridge Handbook of Age and Ageing, from Cambridge University Press
- Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World: Locations
- Dictionary of Race, Ethnicity & Culture, from Sage UK
- Dictionary of Sociolinguistics, from Edinburgh University Press
- Feminist Philosophies A-Z, from Edinburgh University Press
- Guide to Economic Indicators, from M.E. Sharpe
- Key Concepts in Medical Sociology, from Sage UK
- Key Concepts in Urban Studies, from Sage UK
- Key Concepts in Work, from Sage UK
- Sage Dictionary of Cultural Studies, from Sage UK
- Social Science Jargon-Buster, from Sage UK
Center for Research Libraries Seeks Nominations for Primary Source Awards
The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) initiated its Primary Source Awards program in the fall of 2009. Primary Source Awards recognize the contributions of research and teaching faculty, librarians and library staff, graduate students, and others within the CRL community for their creative use of primary source materials in three arenas: research, teaching, and access. The awards will enable staff at CRL libraries to share creative strategies for the usage of materials in CRL’s major collecting areas: newspapers, archives, government documents, and journals. Awardees will receive a gift certificate for Powell’s Books. Awardees will be announced on March 1, 2010, and recognized at CRL’s Council of Voting Members Annual Meeting and other appropriate events, and publicized through CRL media. Nominators of the eventual awardees will receive an iPod touch. Online nominations can be submitted by research and teaching faculty, library staff, graduate students, and administrators within the CRL community and must be received by January 31, 2010. To submit your nomination or for more information, please visit http://www.crl.edu/primary-source-awards.
Historical Newspapers Content Update 11/5/09
The following content was recently added to:
America’s Historical Newspapers
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Publication |
Issues |
Publication Location |
Date Start |
Date End |
|
Times-Picayune |
9 |
New Orleans, LA |
1864-09-09 |
1884-02-02 |
|
New York Herald |
1870 |
New York, NY |
1874-08-26 |
1893-08-25 |
|
Albany Evening Journal |
6 |
Albany, NY |
1851-07-08 |
1874-05-13 |
|
Baltimore American |
126 |
Baltimore, MD |
1903-01-01 |
1910-05-09 |
|
Boston Journal |
153 |
Boston, MA |
1890-07-01 |
1890-12-31 |
|
New York Herald-Tribune |
156 |
New York, NY |
1856-03-25 |
1860-09-29 |
|
Publication |
Issues |
Publication Location |
Date Start |
Date End |
|
Diario |
319 |
Mexico City, Mexico |
1882-03-01 |
1914-05-08 |
|
Diario de Mexico |
1764 |
Mexico City, Mexico |
1806-09-01 |
1816-12-31 |
|
Dictamen |
449 |
Veracruz Llave, Mexico |
1905-01-01 |
1920-12-03 |
|
Excelsior |
484 |
Mexico City, Mexico |
1920-04-01 |
1922-10-31 |
|
Guatemalteco |
4731 |
Guatemala City, Guatemala |
1873-02-18 |
1922-12-30 |
|
Imparcial |
2899 |
Mexico City, Mexico |
1897-01-06 |
1914-08-17 |
|
Jornal do Commercio |
59 |
Rio de Janerio, Brazil |
1901-01-01 |
1901-02-28 |
|
Monitor Republicano |
350 |
Mexico City, Mexico |
1833-02-26 |
1895-10-03 |
|
Mosca Parlera |
16 |
Mexico City, Mexico |
1823-06-05 |
1823-07-30 |
|
Nacion |
29 |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
1918-06-01 |
1918-06-30 |
|
Nueva Era |
76 |
Mexico City, Mexi |
1912-04-16 |
1912-06-30 |
|
O Estado de Sao Paulo |
995 |
Sao Paulo, Brazil |
1875-01-04 |
1920-12-31 |
|
Pais |
385 |
Mexico City, Mexico |
1907-06-01 |
1914-08-28 |
|
Patria |
277 |
Mexico City, Mexico |
1877-05-13 |
1881-02-27 |
|
Prensa |
524 |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
1900-06-01 |
1919-09-30 |
|
Revista de Yucatan |
66 |
Merida, Mexico |
1913-06-22 |
1921-12-06 |
|
Standard |
3 |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
1865-07-12 |
1871-11-01 |
|
Vanguardia |
1150 |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
1894-04-07 |
1921-12-31 |
|
Voz de Mexico |
1895 |
Mexico City, Mexico |
1887-01-01 |
1907-10-01 |