64 new engineering-related titles have been added to the Knovel Library collection.
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10 New Titles in Credo Reference
Credo Reference recently added the following 10 new titles:
- Animals and Science: A Guide to the Debates, ABC-CLIO
- A Biographical Dictionary of Dissenting Economists, Edward Elgar Publishing
- Consciousness: A Guide to the Debates, ABC-CLIO
- Elgar Companion to Feminist Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing
- An Encyclopedia of Macroeconomics, Edward Elgar Publishing
- The Evolution Wars: A Guide to the Debates, ABC-CLIO
- Homosexuality and Science: A Guide to the Debates, ABC-CLIO
- Iberia and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History, ABC-CLIO
- Philosophy of Education: An Encyclopedia, Routledge
- Pop Culture Arab World! Media, Arts, and Lifestyle, ABC-CLIO
19 New Titles in Sage eReference
The following 19 new titles have been added to Sage eReference
- Encyclopedia of African Religion
- Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education
- Encyclopedia of Counseling
- Encyclopedia of Education Law
- Encyclopedia of Gender & Society
- Encyclopedia of Global Health
- Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change
- Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence
- Encyclopedia of Libertarianism
- Encyclopedia of Obesity
- Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Society
- Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education
- Encyclopedia of Social Problems
- Encyclopedia of Stem Cell Research
- Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery
- Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods
- Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior
- SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods
- 21st Century Education: A Reference Handbook
New Content added to America’s Historical Newspapers
The following content has recently been added to America’s Historical Newspapers:
| Publication | Issues | Publication Location | Date Start | Date End |
| Daily Record-Miner | 3 | Juneau, AK | 7/16/1910 | 10/10/1910 |
| Western Clarion | 1 | Helena, AR | 9/30/1865 | |
| Gazette-Telegraph | 3 | Colorado Springs, CO | 9/29/1903 | 9/16/1922 |
| Times Picayune | 3086 | New Orleans, LA | 1/11/1861 | 10/22/1900 |
| Boston Journal | 2176 | Boston, MA | 7/6/1866 | 8/31/1897 |
| Baltimore American | 4 | Baltimore, MD | 7/23/1905 | 7/3/1910 |
| Daily Nebraska Press | 1 | Nebraska City, NB | 3/25/1876 | |
| Albany Evening Journal | 98 | Albany, NY | 5/31/1850 | 6/1/1874 |
| Cincinnati Commercial Tribune | 1592 | Cincinnati, OH | 5/1/1869 | 6/30/1890 |
| Cincinnati Daily Gazette | 1 | Cincinnati, OH | 7/8/1881 | |
| Public Ledger | 3364 | Philadelphia, PA | 3/25/1836 | 12/31/1873 |
| Pawtucket Times | 3 | Pawtucket, RI | 1/8/1920 | 1/28/1921 |
New Titles in the British Periodicals Collection
The following 20 new titles have recently been added to our British Periodicals Collection:
- Archaeologia: or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity (1770-[1907])
- The Art Journal, formerly The Art Union: A Monthly Journal of the Fine Arts (1839-1912)
- The Atlantis (current coverage includes issues from 1863 and 1870)
- The British Magazine and Monthly Register of Religious and Ecclesiastical Information, Parochial History, and Documents Respecting the State of the Poor, Progress of Education, etc. (1832-1849)
- Cobbett’s Weekly Register, formerly Cobbett’s Political Register and Cobbett’s Weekly Political Register (1817-1835)
- The Contemporary Review (1866-[1900])
- The Dramatic and Literary Censor, formerly The Dramatic Censor; or, Monthly Epitome of Taste, Fashion, and Manners and The Dramatic Censor; or, Weekly Theatrical Report (1800-1801)
- The Dramatic Magazine (1829-1831)
- The Literary Chronicle, formerly The Literary Chronicle and Weekly Review (1819-1828)
- The London Journal (1720-[1735])
- Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, British, Foreign and Colonial (1880-[1906])
- The New British Lady’s Magazine, formerly The British Lady’s Magazine and The British Lady’s Magazine, and Monthly Miscellany (1815-1819)
- The New Universal Magazine or, Miscellany of Historical, Philosophical, Political and Polite Literature, formerly The Universal Magazine and The Universal magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure (1747-1815)
- The Observator (1702-1712)
- The Reader: A Review of Literature, Science, and Art (1863-1867)
- The Saturday Review, formerly The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art (1855-1938)
- The Scots Magazine, or, General Repository of Literature, History, and Politics, formerly The Scots Magazine (1739-1803); see also The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany
- Walker’s Hibernian Magazine, or Compendium of Entertaining Knowledge, formerly The Hibernian magazine, or, Compendium of Entertaining Knowledge (1771-1811)
- The Weekly Comedy, As it is Dayly Acted at Most Coffee-Houses in London (1699)
- The Westminster Review, formerly The Westminster and Foreign Quarterly Review and The London and Westminster Review (1824-1914)
Libraries Closed 12-24-08 through 1-4-09
The Paley Library will close on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at 5:00 pm and will not re-open until Monday, January 5, 2009 at 8:00 am.
Under normal circumstances Paley Library would be open several days during the winter break. However, the University has scheduled a major electrical infrastructure upgrade for Paley that requires all power in the building be shut for at least four days. Though we understand this closure will inconvenience some members of our community, this is clearly the best time to perform this much needed electrical work without causing a major inconvenience that would impact the majority of our user community.
During this period all of the Library’s electronic information resources will be available. Owing to the electrical work we must re-route these resources to other institutional computers. Most users should experience no changes to their e-research routines. Some services, such as our Ask-A-Librarian chat will not be available, and the Library catalog system will be current only to December 18, 2008.
For additional details on access to and the status of our e-resources during the closure see the information at: http://status.library.temple.edu/2008/12/intersession-service-interruptions-dec-23-jan-5.html
Tyler Library Closes Permanently At Semester’s End
As of Friday December 19, 2008 an era will end. The Tyler School of Art Library will close its doors at the Elkins Park location. The materials, including journals, housed at Tyler will be integrated into the Paley Library. Older and lesser used materials will be moved to the Library Depository. Depository items may be requested for use by filling out a form linked to the catalog record. The Diamond online catalog will reflect the new item locations when the libraries re-open on Monday January 5, 2009.
The Tyler location will be changing and the materials will be moving, but the Temple University Libraries will continue to serve the education and research needs of the Tyler population. Reference, library instruction and research services will be delivered by the Paley Library Reference and Instruction Services Department. Access services, located in Tuttleman, will handle any material location issues and course reserves. For information on course reserves call 215-204-0747.
This move will also add “new” holdings to the general and reference collections at Paley, so the rich collections of materials for students and the wider Temple community will be deeper than ever and available at main campus.
The staff of the Tyler Library will be relocating also. Andrea Goldstein, the Tyler Librarian, will be joining the Ambler Library staff. Frank Marzullo, the Tyler Library technical assistant will also be joining the Ambler Library staff. Ann Mosher, the bibliographic assistant at Tyler, will be moving to the Urban Archives in Paley Library.
New opportunities for the Tyler staff, and “new” resources at the Paley Library will ring in the New Year at the Temple University Libraries!
Addendum 08/20/09: Jill Luedke has been hired as the new Subject Specialist for Art. She can be contacted at at jluedke@temple.edu or 215-204-3166.
New Orleans Before & After: author interview
Author Ronald Gauthier visited the Temple Book Club on December 4 to discuss his new book Crescent City Countdown, a mystery which is situated in post-Katrina New Orleans. Gauthier discussed his colorful and nuanced characters, the twists and turns of plot, and the mystery’s connection to real events in New Orleans. He also addressed the profit-driven pressures of the contemporary publishing industry and his current writing projects.
After his appearance at the Temple Book Club, he stopped by for an interview. We talked about his book as well as the odyssey that the winds of Katrina set him on, blowing him from New Orleans to Atlanta and beyond. Have a listen.
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Temple Libraries Celebrate 3 Million Volumes
November 13, Paley Library Lecture Hall-Temple University Libraries celebrated 3 million volumes, a testament to the rich and growing collections available to Temple scholars, students and researchers.
At the ceremony on Thursday, the 13th, the Libraries’ Board of Visitors Chair Estelle Alexander, Dean of University Libraries Larry P. Alford, Provost Lisa Staiano-Coico, and Special Collections Department head Tom Whitehead unveiled the ceremonial book to a crowd of over nearly 200 at the celebration in Paley Library. Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Teresa Scott Soufas; Dean of the School of Communications and Theater, Concetta M. Stewart; and the head of the Theater Department, Roberta Sloan, also participated in the day’s activities.
The acquisition, Shakespeare’s The Tragedie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke, is “a stunning example of 20th century fine printing,” according to Alford. The book was issued by the Cranach Press in 1930, edited by J. Dover Wilson, contains illustrations by Edward Gordon Craig and was printed by Count Harry Kessler. Whitehead worked with a number of departments across Temple to acquire this fine edition, which supports so many disciplines across campus.
Festivities also featured the opening of a new exhibit on the history of fine printing curated by Whitehead. For the occasion Whitehead and Brian D. Stilwell wrote the Libraries’ first large scholarly exhibition catalog: Fine Printing and Typography of Five and One-Half Centuries.
Actors Ross Beschler, as Hamlet, and Whitney Nielson, as Ophelia, performed the famed Hamlet scene, “To Be or Not To Be,” to the delight of the crowd. The Libraries had consulted with the Theater Department on the selection of the book, which further demonstrates Temple’s strong commitment to the arts. The text of Hamlet is not just a singularly great work of theater, but the commentary and illustrations in our 3- millionth edition serve as a primary source for theater history and design.
After the ceremony, a keynote lecture was given by Harvard University’s Marjorie Garber, one of the nation’s foremost and versatile scholars. Garber’s talk A Tale of Three Hamlets focused specifically on the book of the day, the “Cranach Hamlet.” Dr. Garber’s lecture was co-sponsored by the Center for the Humanities at Temple.
In addition to the 3 million volumes, the Libraries hold 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. Thanks to all involved in making the Libraries’ 3 Millionth Volume Celebration so special.
Temple Libraries Completes Shift To E-Dissertations
The Temple University Libraries, in partnership with the Temple University Graduate School, is pleased to announce that all doctoral dissertations completed at Temple University will be freely available online through the University Libraries newly launched Digital Collections website. All dissertations completed at Temple, beginning August 2008, are added to this digital repository. Several dozen dissertations have already been made accessible through this website. Temple doctoral candidates are now able to complete all their work electronically, submit it for review in electronic format and have it permanently archived at the Library as a born-digital document. As part of this shift to all-digital disserations the Libraries will no longer add paper copies of Temple dissertations to the Library stacks nor will it collect dissertations on microfilm. The versions of the dissertations available through the Library’s Digital Collections website are the original and complete versions of the dissertation. Dissertations accessed through the ProQuest Digital Dissertations database may be subject to some editing changes performed by ProQuest.
Users worldwide can now search by keyword the full-text of all the dissertations uploaded into our new dissertations repository powered by CONTENTdm software. One can also browse, search by committee member and advisor, and sort by subject and date. Full-text content is presented in the standard Adobe Acrobat .pdf format so the dissertations are individually searchable and printable. All Temple Dissertations will continue to be indexed by the authoritative international database Digital Dissertations (formerly known as Dissertation Abstracts) to which Temple and many other universities subscribe, but now they will also be directly accessible to any Web user free of charge. Many other leading research universities have created similar “open-access” electronic dissertation repositories and have found that cutting-edge doctoral research is more frequently read and cited as a result of making dissertations globally available in an open-access repository. For example, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln recently reported their open-access dissertations are downloaded sixty times more frequently than are restricted versions offered through the institutional subscription to Digital Dissertations.
In addition to doctoral dissertations, the University Libraries’ Digital Collections website will continue to bring you access to thousands of scanned study versions of photographs, slides, and posters held by the Temple University Libraries. For more information or to provide feedback about either Temple University Libraries’ e-dissertations project or its Digitial Collections please contact either Steven Bell, Associate University Librarian, or Jonathan LeBreton, Senior Associate University Librarian.