On September 15, I “attended” a webinar presented by the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) which focused on the improving capacity to measure usage at the article level. The presenters contend that article-level usage information more accurately reflects scholarly impact than the current ‘gold-standard,’ citation-based measures.
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To coincide with the naming of the Davis Family Library and to honor Jim Davis and his family, the Office of College Advancement commissioned a new bookplate for the library. Bookplates have been used for centuries to indicate ownership of a book. The Latin phrase “ex libris” or “book of” is traditionally used, and the design of a bookplate often conveys information about the owner of a book, whether that owner is an individual or an institution. The Middlebury College Library has had a variety of bookplates over the years and each branch library has its own bookplate. Continue reading
PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR ANNUAL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OPEN HOUSE, August 31-September 2, 2010, 9 am-5 pm
On view in Special Collections, Davis Family Library, Lower Level
Faculty and Staff are welcome fo review our most recent acquisition of primary source materials incuding rare books and first editions, historic periodicals, manuscript collections, journals, diaries, antique maps, ephemera, etc.
Everything from the Illustrated London News to American travel letters to Victorian hair jewelry to NY Poet Frank O’Hara.
Special Collections materials are selected for their relevance to courses taught across the curriculum as well as for faculty research.
Please stop in anytime 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, August 31-September 2, 2010
We look forward to seeing you.
Steve Bertolino has recently assumed the role of media curator for video collections housed in Davis Family Library, basically becoming responsible for the “care and feeding” of both the restricted and browsing video collections. Continue reading
With the merger of Collection Management and portions of Academic Consulting Services, it became clear that the area needed a new name to reflect its expanded scope.
I’m therefore pleased to announce that the name for this area is now Research and Collection Services (RCS). While many portions of the website still reflect the old names — and it will take a while before we’ve eradicated all remnants of Collection Management/Academic Consulting Services from the website, email distribution lists, HR/Banner information, etc. — please consider the name to be effective immediately. We’ll try to get the changes made expeditiously.
As a reminder, RCS includes:
We have made the Armstrong Science library an official pick up location for ILL and NExpress materials. If you select Armstrong delivery, your requested materials will be automatically sent to the Armstrong Science Library for pick up when they arrive at Middlebury.
This is now possible for both NExpress and interlibrary loan materials. However, selecting this option is done very differently in each system.
Please contact mdyill@middlebury.edu with any questions.
NITLE Camp 2010 was 4 days of in-depth discussion and learning about assessment activities and the pedagogy and support of mobile devices. For me, it was a fantastic intro. to these topics and I have so much more to discuss than what you’ll see here (so find me and we can talk if you want to hear more!) but here are some highlights of what I learned:
In June, I attended Boot Camp! For science librarians. We were more like Girl Scouts than the army, and even though the sing-alongs (I’m serious) were a little unusual, I learned a lot. Here’s the best of what I learned, for your enjoyment.
Science Boot Camp
UMass Lowell, June 9-11, 2010
Explore science key concepts in select subject areas and prepare to engage faculty about e-Science in their disciplines
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