Derik Badman Is New Digital Services Librarian

Posted on September 25, 2006 by

d_badman.jpe We are pleased to announce the appointment of Derik A. Badman as a librarian on the Paley Library staff. Derik has been working as a librarian at the Ambler Campus for almost two years. At the Ambler Library he was responsible for Access services and helped provide reference and instructional services both at Ambler and on the main campus.

Derik received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Temple’s Tyler School of Art and his Masters in Library and Information Science from Drexel University. While earning his Masters degree he worked as a supervisor in the former Zahn Library. Derik will work in the Paley Reference and Instructional Services Department as Digital Services Librarian where he will evaluate current and emerging technologies to help improve delivery of information to support teaching, learning, and research at Temple. He will also serve as liaison for collection development, reference, and instructional services for the College of Education and the School of Social Administration.

Derik is eager to assist students with their information needs and to meet with the faculty in his subject areas to ensure that we are building collections to serve their research and teaching needs. His email address is dbadman@temple.edu and his phone number is 215-204-5250.

Larry P. Alford, Vice Provost for Libraries and University Librarian

Reach out, Relive, and Reveal Through Filmmaking

Posted on September 22, 2006 by

Reach out, Relive, and Reveal through filmmaking
A Panel Discussion

Monday, October 9, 2006
2:30 PM– 4:30 PM

Temple University Libraries, Paley Library, Lecture Hall
1210 W. Berks Street, Philadelphia PA 19122

The Temple University Libraries’ Urban Archives department, in collaboration with Scribe Video Center, presents a screening and public panel discussion of community oral history projects. The panel will focus on the Precious Places Community History project, a documentary video model developed by SCRIBE that places humanities scholars and videomakers with community groups to produce community histories that focus on significant public spaces that define a particular city neighborhood. Since 2004, over 30 community groups throughout the Philadelphia region have participated in this project and created short documentaries.

Our distinguished panel includes: Louis Massiah, Executive Director of Scribe; Jamese Wells, Precious Places project coordinator; Dr. Rickie Sanders, a consulting project humanities scholar and Professor of Geography and Urban Studies at Temple University; John Pettit, a consulting project videomaker, facilitator and the assistant archivist of the Urban Archives at Temple Libraries; and two members of community groups that participated in the project. The discussion will include the process of creating a community oral history, and the role of the community and public archives in creating community histories. Panel members will also look at how to make use of resources for historiography within neighborhoods, and the role of humanities scholars and independent videomakers in community settings. The panel will also invite questions and discussion with the audience.

Three eight-minute Precious Places documentaries, completed in 2006, will be screened in the course of the panel presentation — Youth and the Houston Center: Growing Up Together, by United Communities of Southeast Philadelphia; Unhushed!, by the Still Standing Project of Camden; Villa African Cólobo by Grupo Motivos of Norris Square, North Philadelphia.

An exhibit of Philadelphia neighborhood images from the Urban Archives’ vast photograph collections, as well as products developed by Scribe, will be on display. A reception will follow the panel discussion.

This program has been supported in part by the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, the Federal-State Partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

For additional information, please contact the Urban Archives at 215-204-5750 orurbana@library.temple.edu

Margaret Jerrido,
Head, Urban Archives Department

Happy Birthday John Coltrane!

Posted on September 15, 2006 by Anne Harlow

To celebrate John Coltrane’s 80th birthday, a jazz-fest will be held on Saturday, September 23rd from 1:00 – 8:30 PM at the Awbury Arboretum in Germantown.

From the Tranestop press release:

“This free outdoor concert is part of the John Coltrane Jazz Festival – “Giant Steps Over Philly”, ! ; and is hosted by State Representative John Myers and State Senator LeAnna Washington.

This concert was rescheduled from September 2nd … which provided the TraneStop the opportunity to merge this festival with its annual celebration of Coltrane’s birthday. The event will still have two stages with international recording artist Billy Paul headlining the John Myers Blues Stage and internationally recognized jazz legend Archie Shepp headlining the John Coltrane Jazz Stage.”

Go to the Tranestop website for more information and additional artists that will be featured.

Directions:
“The Awbury Arboretum is easily accessible by train and bus both within and from outside the city. SEPTA’s R-7 Chestnut Hill-East/Trenton rail line stops at Washington Lane Station within feet of the jazz stage and a block from the blues stage. The R-7 connects at Trenton with New Jersey transit lines from New York and has stops at all three Philadelphia center city stations. Travelers from Washington, DC or the south or travelers who come into the city by bus, can pick up the R-7 at Suburban Station, 30th Street Station or Market East Station. The Saturday R-7 morning trains no. 1714, 1716 and 1718 will get you to the concert site by 11:59am, 12:59am and 1:59am, respectively and trains continue to run hourly thereafter. Departing R-7 evening trains no. 1731 and 1733 depart the concert site back to center city and Trenton at 8:41pm and 9:41 pm, respectively. The SEPTA bus route XH (connects at Broad and Erie) and route 23 also place riders right at the concert site on Washington Lane and Chew. TraneStop encourages participants to make good use of available public transportation to help make this an enjoyable and non-stres! sful experience for all involved. Call SEPTA at 215-580-7800 or visit the websites www.septa.org and www.thecommuterschoice.com for further information.”

Selected Library Resources for John Coltrane

Books

Biography and description of works from Grove Music Online.

Articles from International Index to Music Periodicals

From American National Biography.

Full-Text Articles from JSTOR

Citations to articles from Music Index.

Full-text articles from the New York Times. through ProQuest historical newspapers.

Articles from RILM (Repertoire International de Litterature de Musicale).

Internet Resources

John Coltrane website

PBS – Jazz, a documentary by Ken Burns, artist biography: Coltrane These videos are available at Temple University Library’s circulation desk (ML3506 .J399x 2000) and can be checked out.

John Coltrane, Avant Garde Jazz, and the Evolution of “My Favorite Things” by Scott Peterson

Hear and see John Coltrane, live, 1965, playing “Naimba”

The Tranestop

BBC Music Profiles – John Coltrane

Streaming audio of Coltrane music is available from CDigix.
Requires Internet Explorer.
-Anne Harlow

Temple Joins the Center for Research Libraries

Posted on September 14, 2006 by

We are pleased to announce that Temple University Libraries has joined theCenter for Research Libraries (CRL), a one-of-a-kind consortium of North American universities, colleges, and independent research libraries.

This will provide Temple’s researchers and scholars with access to a vast, unique collection of over four million resources, many of which are materials produced outside the United States, including publications and archives from many developing nations, and most of which are only available through participation in this program.

For example, the Center holds the only copies in North America of over 800,000 foreign dissertations, some of the earliest African-American newspapers, and the 100,000-plus-page archive of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge security force – all of which are now available to Temple faculty and students.

CRL has many additional collection strengths, including area studies, U.S. regional and ethnic newspapers, foreign government documents, and international journals, 50 percent of which are in the sciences.

All materials in the Center’s catalog are available for long-term loan to the Temple libraries. Materials can be kept for up to 2 years if not requested by another CRL patron.

To find the CRL catalog on our website, click on “Find Books”, then Other Catalogs. Please note that CRL holdings are represented in WorldCat. Anything listed in the CRL catalog can be requested through our Interlibrary Loan services.

CRL is located on the campus of the University of Chicago. Temple scholars visiting Chicago are welcome to visit the Center and use the collections in-house. Faculty and students visiting Chicago should contact the Reading Room at least three business days in advance of their desired visit. The number of the reading room is (773)955-4545 ext.347 and the hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 9:00 to 2:00.
If you have any questions, please contact
Penelope Myers, Head of Access Service at 215 204-0749, pmyers@temple.edu,
Justin Hill, Head of Interlibrary Loan borrowing at 215 204-0752,jhill@temple.edu, or
the librarian subject specialist for your area.

— Penelope Myers

Civil War Documents Go Missing

Posted on September 7, 2006 by Gerald Doyle

It’s been more than 140 years since the guns fell silent, but the U.S. Civil War apparently still has the power to provoke. According to this story in American Libraries Online, a thief recently stole two Civil War Era documents from an exhibition at the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The article states that the library estimated the combined value of the two documents at only $400; other, more valuable items were passed over by the thief. Removed from the exhibition case were a confederate soldier’s furlough and the medical examination certificate of a slave. “Retired police captain Walt Hilderman, who loaned the documents to the library, said that the thief could have been motivated by controversy stemming from his split with the group Sons of Confederate Veterans…”

“The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living.” –Henry Miller

—David C. Murray

Welcome for the Fall Semester

Posted on August 30, 2006 by Steven Bell

As the Fall 2006 semester begins, the library welcomes all new students and faculty to Temple. We also welcome back all returning students and faculty. The library has been going through a period of great change, and we didn’t slow down during the summer. To hear the latest and greatest news, I recommend the following blog posts from the past few months: New Photocopiers and Printers Run on Diamond Dollars Consolidation of Science Libraries Library Materials Moved to Depository Zahn Library Closed You may also want to browse through our New Electronic Resource Announcements or the list of New eResources. And if you are looking for some recreational reading, don’t forget about our Leisure Reading Collection. If you have any questions feel free to Contact Us. —Derik A Badman

Digital National Security Archive Improved

Posted on August 30, 2006 by Gerald Doyle

ProQuest recently announced improvements to the Digital National Security Archive (DNSA). Significant enhancements include:

— Faster, simpler searching via a Quick Search box
— Easy bookmarking of content via durable URLs for reading lists and course web pages
— Quick results review supported by hit-term highlighting in the full record display
— Seamless emailing and printing records through a marked list
— Easy saving of content and bibliographic records between work sessions through an individual MyArchive feature and citation software support

—David C. Murray

Dreaming of the End

Posted on August 28, 2006 by Fred Rowland

There are strong apocalyptic elements to each of the major Abrahamic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Among the events prophesied are things like the appearance of a messiah, huge cataclysms, a last judgment, and the end of the world. Given the current awful conflicts in the Middle East–home to these religions–and the religious passions involved, the following articles and books might provide some food for thought.

Apocalypse: An Overview // Eschatology: An Overview // Armageddon, battle of// Millennialism // Mahdi // Messiah // Antichrist // Judgment of the Dead //Revelation, book of // Shia: Imami (Twelver) // Jerusalem in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam // Prophecy // Isaiah
Encyclopedia of Apocalypticism // Left Behind Series // Rapture, Revelation, and the end times // Contemporary Muslim apocalyptic literature // The resurrection and the afterlife // Eschatological themes in medieval Jewish philosophy // The fate of the dead : studies on the Jewish and Christian apocalypses // On the road to Armageddon // The battles of Armageddon

Evangelical Solidarity with the Jews // Ideological Roots of Christian Zionism //The Legend of al-Dajjal (Antichrist) // Eschatology: Some Muslim and Christian Data // Time, Culture and Christian Eschatology // Bin Ladin: The Man Who Would Be Mahdi // Waiting for the Messiah // Romance Between Christian Right, Jewish Establishment Seems to Be Cooling Off // Farrakhan: This is time of doom// Jerusalem in Islamic fundamentalism

–Fred Rowland

Historic Philadelphia Photographs

Posted on August 25, 2006 by Gerald Doyle

A partnership between the Philadelphia City Archives and the for-profit Avencia, Inc. has resulted in the creation of Phillyhistory.org, a website that provides users with an extensive online photo archive, historic streets index, and index to print photographs held in the Archives. According to Avencia, the site now provides access to “more than 20,000 scanned historic images” of Philadelphia (Avencia.com). —David C. Murray

Introducing Kristina De Voe, Librarian

Posted on August 25, 2006 by

devoe.jpe We are pleased to announce the appointment of Kristina De Voe as a librarian on the Paley Library staff. Kristina comes to the Temple University Libraries from Ohio Dominican University in Columbus, Ohio. She received her Masters in English with a specialization in Rhetoric and Composition Studies from The Ohio State University and her Masters in Library and Information Science from Kent State University. While an undergraduate at St. Cloud University, where she double majored in English and History, she spent a summer studying at Oxford University.

Kristina will work in the Paley Reference and Instructional Services Department. She will serve as liaison for collection development, reference, and instructional services for the following departments: English Broadcasting, Telecommunications, and Mass Media Communications Journalism We are delighted to welcome Kristina to Temple University and Philadelphia, and to have her on our staff. She is eager to assist students with their information needs and to meet with the faculty in her subject areas to ensure that we are building collections to serve their research and teaching needs. Her email address is devoek@temple.edu and her phone number is 215-204-4583.