The self-study and its appendices have been submitted to the University and are posted in SharePoint on the Office of the Dean, Program Review folder. The Program Review Working Group has done outstanding work on compiling, refining, and completely this excellent summary of our accomplishments in the last 5 years as well as areas where we want to advance in the years ahead.
The External Review Team’s visit has now been scheduled for February 24-26, 2009. Once a more definite schedule is established, we will share that with everyone.
Showing posts with label Update 11-21-08. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Update 11-21-08. Show all posts
Friday, November 21, 2008
Executive Committee Feedback
As the annual evaluation process for faculty members approaches, I have developed the following process with advice from the Faculty Council for you to provide feedback on the performance of members of the Executive Committee taking into consideration the earlier work of the Organizational Procedures Committee. The details on that process have been sent in a email to the all-lib listserv. The forms for the process can be found on the Office of the Dean SharePoint site under Executive Committee Feedback. If you wish to provide feedback on your division’s leader or any of the other members of the Executive Committee, please use either the form for division members (if you work in that leader’s division) or the form for non-division members (if you do not work in that leader’s division). Please submit individual forms for each leader. Those may be sent to me electronically or in print form. They must be signed for consideration but will be held in the strictest confidence. They will not be shared with the members of the Executive Committee. The deadline for submission of the forms is December 15, 2008.
Exhibit on Thomas Merton
Forty years after the death of Thomas Merton, one of the leading intellectuals of the 20th century, SCDP will install a major exhibition of his papers from its extensive holdings. The exhibition will open with a free public lecture on Sunday, Nov. 23, at the Great Hall of the Margaret I. King Building. Read more in the University’s press release at http://news.uky.edu/news/display_article.php?artid=4162
Pictures from the 10th Anniversary Celebration on Flickr
Cheri Daniels has posted her personal photos from the 10thh anniversary celebration of the Young Library in May on Flickr. Click on this link to see them -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/historiana/sets/72157605053314326/ Thanks Cheri!
New Releases from ARL
- Manuscript Collections on the Web, SPEC Kit 307 – surveys ARL libraries' current efforts to provide information about their manuscript collections online. The table of contents and executive summary from this SPEC Kit are available online at http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/spec307web.pdf. A print copy is in the collection.
- The Google Library Project Settlement: ARL and ALA Release Guide for Libraries -- The guide is designed to help the library community better understand the terms and conditions of the recent settlement agreement between Google, the Authors Guild, and the Association of American Publishers concerning Google's scanning of copyrighted works. Band notes that the settlement is extremely complex and presents significant challenges and opportunities to libraries. The guide outlines and simplifies the settlement's provisions, with special emphasis on the provisions that apply directly to libraries. http://www.arl.org/pp/ppcopyright/google/.
- Current Models of Digital Scholarly Communication – final report of an investigation into the range of online resources valued by scholars, paying special attention to those projects that are pushing beyond the boundaries of traditional formats and are considered innovative by the faculty who use them. The report is freely available on the ARL Web site at http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/current-models-report.pdf. Search the database at http://www.arl.org/sc/models/model-pubs/search-form.shtml.
- E-News for ARL Directors, November 6, 2008 -- http://www.arl.org/news/enews/enews-nov08.shtml#1
- Reinventing Science Librarianship: Proceedings from the ARL/CNI Forum, Oct. 16-17, 2008 – Presentation audio and slides are now online from the recent forum on "Reinventing Science Librarianship: Models for the Future." Leaders of research libraries and campus IT services gathered in Arlington, Virginia, October 16-17, 2008, to discuss trends in scientific research and the development of new library roles responsive to those trends.
Panel Issues Classroom Fair Use Guide
From The Chronicle of Higher Education
Panel issues classroom fair use guide
When professors want to incorporate clips from television shows or other popular-culture works into their lectures and are unsure about what they can legally use, some are basing their decisions on “urban folklore about copyright,” says Peter A. Jaszi, law professor at American University. A new Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education (PDF file) by the university’s Center for Social Media offers free legal advice to clarify such issues—and its authors say that the fair use provisions of copyright law are more permissive than many professors may think....Chronicle of Higher Education, Nov. 11
Panel issues classroom fair use guide
When professors want to incorporate clips from television shows or other popular-culture works into their lectures and are unsure about what they can legally use, some are basing their decisions on “urban folklore about copyright,” says Peter A. Jaszi, law professor at American University. A new Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education (PDF file) by the university’s Center for Social Media offers free legal advice to clarify such issues—and its authors say that the fair use provisions of copyright law are more permissive than many professors may think....Chronicle of Higher Education, Nov. 11
BioMed Central Sold to Springer
From American Libraries Direct
BioMed Central sold to Springer
Open access pioneer BioMed Central has been acquired by German publisher Springer Science+Business Media. Those in the open access movement had watched BioMed Central with keen interest. Founded in 2000, it was the first for-profit open access publisher and advocates feared that when the company was sold, its approach might change. BioMed Central publisher Matthew Cockerill said the open access policy wopuld continue....Scientific American Blog, Oct. 7
BioMed Central sold to Springer
Open access pioneer BioMed Central has been acquired by German publisher Springer Science+Business Media. Those in the open access movement had watched BioMed Central with keen interest. Founded in 2000, it was the first for-profit open access publisher and advocates feared that when the company was sold, its approach might change. BioMed Central publisher Matthew Cockerill said the open access policy wopuld continue....Scientific American Blog, Oct. 7
American Libraries Lifts Access Restrictions
From American Libraries Direct
American Libraries lifts access restrictions
American Libraries celebrated the first Open Access Day, October 14, by opening up its content on the Web and making its companion weekly e-newsletter, American Libraries Direct, available to anyone for the asking. The current issue of the print magazine is now open to all, as are back issues through 2003; they were all formerly accessible only with a member log-in. Nonmembers may now sign up for AL Direct; ALA members merely need to keep an up-to-date email address in their membership profile....
American Libraries lifts access restrictions
American Libraries celebrated the first Open Access Day, October 14, by opening up its content on the Web and making its companion weekly e-newsletter, American Libraries Direct, available to anyone for the asking. The current issue of the print magazine is now open to all, as are back issues through 2003; they were all formerly accessible only with a member log-in. Nonmembers may now sign up for AL Direct; ALA members merely need to keep an up-to-date email address in their membership profile....
Why e-books will eventually succeed
From American Libraries Direct
Why e-books will eventually succeed
Reading e-books from e-book readers similar to the Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader will eventually be the preferred reading method for millions worldwide, predicts Knowledge Center analyst J. Gerry Purdy. He thinks we will see 75% worldwide adoption less than 10 years after e-book readers contain the right set of technologies. Here, Purdy explains what features will someday make these gadgets ubiquitous....eWeek, Oct. 13
Why e-books will eventually succeed
Reading e-books from e-book readers similar to the Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader will eventually be the preferred reading method for millions worldwide, predicts Knowledge Center analyst J. Gerry Purdy. He thinks we will see 75% worldwide adoption less than 10 years after e-book readers contain the right set of technologies. Here, Purdy explains what features will someday make these gadgets ubiquitous....eWeek, Oct. 13
Reference Librarians in the Age of Google
From American Libraries Direct
Reference librarians in the age of Google
At a symposium hosted last year by Columbia University’s library system, Steven Bell, a librarian from Temple University, took a controversial stand. Before an audience made up almost entirely of reference librarians, Bell argued for the abolition of the reference desk by the year 2012. The old model of a desk staffed by highly trained reference librarians is well on its way to becoming outdated, perhaps even extinct. In its place, he and others envision a world where librarians are available 24/7 to help patrons search the vast digital stacks of the internet, as well as physical shelves full of old newspapers and incunabula....Duke Magazine 94, no. 5 (Sept./Oct.)
Reference librarians in the age of Google
At a symposium hosted last year by Columbia University’s library system, Steven Bell, a librarian from Temple University, took a controversial stand. Before an audience made up almost entirely of reference librarians, Bell argued for the abolition of the reference desk by the year 2012. The old model of a desk staffed by highly trained reference librarians is well on its way to becoming outdated, perhaps even extinct. In its place, he and others envision a world where librarians are available 24/7 to help patrons search the vast digital stacks of the internet, as well as physical shelves full of old newspapers and incunabula....Duke Magazine 94, no. 5 (Sept./Oct.)
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