News from CDRS and the Scholarly Communication Program

The Center for Digital Research and Scholarship and its Scholarly Communication Program have settled into new offices at 201 Lehman Library in SIPA. The Center hosted a well-attended open house on October 19th, at which visitors met staff and learned about publications, conference, Wikischolars, and video services. The Scholarly Communication Program presented two events this […]

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Staff Activities

st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Jaclyn Barcewski, Scholarly Communication Program Intern, is pursuing her MLS at Pratt Institute and most recently worked as a Library Assistant at The New Yorker. Kenneth Crews received a grant from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation for the study of library and museum licensing practices, especially in regard to the licensing of images […]

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New Hires and Appointments

On 8/1/09 Jane Winland transferred into the Director of the Science & Engineering Library position. Alicia Wolfe was hired on 8/5/09 as the Employment Representative. Tsuyoshi Harada was hired as a Bibliographic Assistant in the Starr East Asian Library’s Collection Development group on 9/1/09. Hyun Mi Young Choi was hired as a Bibliographic Assistant in […]

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LITO Sandbox Testing Lab

LITO is pleased to announce the creation of a computer “sandbox” testing lab on the mezzanine in Butler for use by all CUL/IS staff.  The sandbox testing lab contains our standard public, staff and Mac workstations as well as an additional Windows staff desktop with open administrative access.  These machines can be used at any […]

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CUL/Information Services Planning for Pandemic

The University initiated pandemic planning in 2007.  If a pandemic strikes so badly that the University needs to close down non-essential activities, on-campus services to patrons by CUL, CCNMTL, and CDRS will stop.  However, we will continue providing online services.  We will also continue to maintain our own essential activities, such as keeping CLIO, LWeb, […]

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Nominations for the CRL Primary Source Awards are now open

The annual program features three award categories—research, teaching, and access—and prizes for both the awardees and those who nominate them. Faculty, students and librarians are all eligible. Please note that the award is not limited to the use of CRL-held resources.  Nominees must be affiliated with CRL member institutions, however. Nominations for the 2010 awards […]

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Mellon Supports Columbia and Cornell Partnership

The Columbia University Libraries has been awarded $385,000 from the Mellon Foundation to lay the groundwork for a new collaboration with Cornell University Library. The collaboration envisaged is a major departure from conventional partnerships in that it seeks to integrate 30% of operations, resources, services, and collections within the initial timeframe.  Dubbed “2CUL,” this partnership […]

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ReCAP Request Data: Timing

More than 3.5 million volumes are currently held in ReCAP, CUL’s off-site shelving facility. Library patrons may submit requests for ReCAP collections any time of day, 365 days a year via CLIO. All requests are filled by physical or electronic delivery within two business days. * 35.7% of requests are filled in one business day […]

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New Acquisitions: July-October 2009

The following is a list of recent acquisitions of interest to CUL librarians, information professionals, and staff. All of the titles below are shelved in Butler stacks, unless otherwise noted. Applications of social research methods to questions in information and library science / Barbara M. Wildemuth. Z669.7 .W55 2009 Censorship: a beginner’s guide / Julian […]

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