Center for Research Libraries Seeks Nominations for Primary Source Awards

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Steven Bell

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

Posted on November 5, 2009 by John Schoolar

The following content was recently added to:

America’s Historical Newspapers

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

Latin American Newspapers

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 co	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

Fax service now at main campus UPS store

Posted on November 4, 2009 by

For many years Paley Library has offered send and receive fax service for students through our Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery unit located in Tuttleman. the number of faxes handled by us, however, has greatly decreased over the past decades as access to the internet has spread. Recently, the UPS Store on main campus began offering send and receive fax services for longer hours, including Saturdays, and at less cost than the service at Paley could be offered. Because the UPS Store will offer more convenience at better rates, effective November 2 Paley Library discontinued its fax services. The UPS Store is located in the Howard Gittis Student Center at 13th and Montgomery in the lower level atrium. For hours, contact information and other services, see http://www.theupsstorelocal.com/5760/ or call 215-204-7815.

New: Oxford Handbooks Online

Posted on November 3, 2009 by John Schoolar

We now have access to 18 Oxford Handbooks in Business / Management and 11 Oxford Handbooks in Political Science. We also have a trial access to Philosophy and Religion titles until 11/27/09.

Trial: Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science

Posted on November 2, 2009 by John Schoolar

We have a trial of the Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science [more info] thru 11/17/09. Feedback is welcome.

Scientific American price up 650%

Posted on October 28, 2009 by

Librarians across the country have expressed concern and even outrage at the impending increase in subscription price of the popular journal Scientific American. While a personal subscription will remain $39 per year, the cost for just one print subscription for college and university libraries will rise from $39 to $300 on January 1. The increase was announced shortly after Scientific American was bought by the Nature Publishing Group. Many librarians and faculty see this as an egregious example of predatory pricing strategies adopted by for-profit publishers who re-sell research results generated by colleges and universities. In this case, NPG is attempting to raise the price of a rather slim general interest magazine to the level of more scholarly journals publishing original research. Libraries from Penn State to Oberlin College to the University of Maryland Baltimore County are canceling their print subscriptions in protest of NPG’s effort and to save precious subscription dollars. Across all Temple University Libraries we have had five (5) print subscriptions to Scientific American as well as a university wide electronic subscription, but like other institutions we plan now to drop most existing print subscriptions in protest and to spare our subscription budget the impact of such an increase. We will retain -– at least for a year — the print subscription in Paley Library although it appears to have been read less than a dozen times last year according to our reshelving data. Those concerned at such predatory pricing might consider emailing the editors of Scientific American.

Pick Up Your Library Users’ Guide in Today’s Temple News

Posted on October 27, 2009 by

Grab the October 27 issue of the Temple News, and you’ll get important information about Temple University Libraries along with your campus updates. Need to schedule a reference session with a subject specialist? Want to know how to contact librarians for immediate research advice? Need to bookmark links for journal searching versus the Diamond catalog? All of this information and much, much more is found in this concise, helpful guide. Pick up yours today!

ARTstor Update 10/23/09

Posted on October 23, 2009 by John Schoolar

ARTstor has announced the following:

Now available: Medieval stained glass images from Madeline Caviness
ARTstor has collaborated with Madeline Caviness to digitize approximately 1,400 images of medieval stained glass windows from the 12th through 16th centuries, now available in the Digital Library.

Now available: South Asian and Cuban art and architecture from Alka Patel
Approximately 7,200 images of works of South Asian and Cuban art and architecture from Alka Patel are now available in the Digital Library.

Now available: Additional images from Magnum Photos
The final images of the Magnum Photos collection are now available in ARTstor. This second release brings the collection total to approximately 80,000 high-quality photographs of major world events and personalities by this world-renowned group of documentary photographers.

Printer Added To Second Floor of Paley

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Steven Bell

Paley Library has 125 computers on its three floors, but up to now has had only two black & white printers on the first floor to receive all the printing requests. As a result, lines often form as students wait to print their materials. And for those on the upper levels, printing was an inconvenience. To help improve the quality of printing services in Paley Library an additional printer was added on the east side of the second floor. The printer is located near the existing photocopier and stand-up computers. Although the printer is on the second floor, any computer in Paley Library can print to any printer. So if a student finds a line for the printer on the first floor, he or she can go to the second floor to print their job. Every card swipe can release any job to a printer no matter what computer it originates from. The only exceptions are for the color printer and for those who need to pay for their printing. Color printing and paid printing may only be done on the first floor. We hope the addition of this printer will help to improve the ease of using Paley Library. If you have any concerns, complaints or suggestions about the printers please contact Steven Bell, Associate University Library for Research and Instructional Services.

Credo Reference Update: 10/19/09

Posted on October 19, 2009 by John Schoolar

Credo Reference recently added the following new titles:

Encyclopedia of Emapcipation and Abolition in the Transatlantic World, from M.E. Sharpe
Encyclopedia of World Trade from Ancient Times to the Present, from M.E. Sharpe
First Ladies of the United States, from Lynne Rienner Publishers
Great Irish Lives: An Era in Obituaries, from Collins
Great Lives: A Century in Obituaries, from Collins
Great Military Lives: Leadership and Courage – from Waterloo to the Falklands in Obituaries, from Collins
Great Thinkers A-Z, from Continuum
Great Victorian Lives: An Era in Obituaries, from Collins
Key Ideas in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language, from Edinburgh University Press
Key Thinkers in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language, from Edinburgh University Press
Philosophy of Science A-Z, from Edinburgh University Press
The Underground Railroad: An Encyclopedia of People, Places and Operations, from M.E. Sharpe

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