May 2017 Vol. 5, No. 3

Director’s Message Library Updates Keep Texas State Moving Forward

Information Repositories New Data Repository Launches for Research Data Access Theses and Dissertations Online

Step Up Your Research How to Avoid Predatory Publishers To Fictio Meet Our Staff 1. Nineteen Eighty-Four Sarah Chestnut, Continuing Resources Unit George Orwell lf1s~ Student Excellence Awards 2. The Great Gatsbv [Jc[)llBE F. Scott Fitzgerald [JI\\\ E Collections Spotlight

3. Brave New World Aldous Huxley Get Equipped Through Library Checkout 4. Atlas Shrugged ~/!{,t How to Browse Government Documents Ayn Rand ""$' J· ., 5. Lolita ,_, At the Wittliff Collections Vladimir Nabokov Come See Sandra Cisneros: A House of Her Own 6. Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck Texas State University History 7. Things Fall Apart Texas State University Campus in Times of War Chinua Achebe

8. The Catcher in the Rye INSIDE THIS ISSUE J.D. Salinger itwWt,k 9. Ender's Game Orson Scott Card I~ Editorial team 10. Invisible Man l~ot Sarah Naper, chair Ralph Ellison Debbie Pitts Anthony Guardado Misty Hopper "'R(u'llcll'I{/$ l}e.Sl:fJOl)lOl~C~-0,,,1$ TEXAS* STATE , accordUlg to Sierra Integrated L1bra,y Jessica McClean System. exe/tJthtlg Reserve rexibooks ALBERT B. ALKEK LIBRARY Tara Spies Smith, photographer TEXAS* STATE~ UNIVERSITY The rising STA R a/Texas

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photo courtesy of Texas State Photo Bank Library Updates Keep Texas State Moving Forward

Things are really moving fast at the health care education, we are making plans for campus library expansion. Alkek Library. From the opening day of the Over the next few months, we will continue to advance our mis­ fall semester to the end of the spring finals, sion through projects and facility openings. This summer, we launch the the doors of the Alkek have been entered more Texas State University Dataverse, a new data repository for faculty and than 1.5 million times. I can hardly believe we graduate students that will allow them to make their research data pub­ have completed a full school year since we un­ lic. By fall, the new Archives and Research Center will open at the Star veiled the new upgrades to our main floor. Changes included a complete Park campus. This state-of-the-art facility will allow us to maintain and overhaul of the space through the addition of collaborative and indepen­ preserve the library’s collections and materials in a climate-controlled dent work stations, flexible furnishings, a media corner, quick printing space and will expand the library’s capacity allowing us to add technology stations, an open theater, and a beverage and snack kiosk. All of these that will serve our emerging research campus. And some time next fall, changes are designed to help students find what they need to support a new video recording studio will open in the Alkek for students and their individual study and research needs in one common space. It has faculty to use to record projects and presentations. been amazing to see how the students have embraced the new spaces on Next, we are pleased to be moving into the design phase of the the floor and are putting all of them to good use. $11.8 million library renovation project. This project will bring together As the flow of students, faculty, staff, and researchers through our technology, research, teaching, collaboration, creativity, and innovation building grows, we continue to plan for the future while implementing through a learning commons model of library modernization. Features modernizing features and upgrades. In addition to the visible changes, we will be adding in the Alkek Library include a virtual reality center, a we have been working behind the scenes to support the campus needs. library café, presentation practice and recording labs, a makerspace, a Our digitization team has been converting collections to digital form digital media center, a GIS/Data Research Hub, and a graduate student to make them more accessible. We are excited by the opportunity to commons area. work on digitizing faculty projects, university archives and grant awards It’s been a great academic year and next year will be even better. including our TexShare grant with the San Marcos Daily Record that will Thank you to all of you who have supported our efforts to serve this allow us to archive the history of San Marcos through the lenses of the university. Please continue to communicate with us about how we can photographers who recorded it. meet your needs. The Round Rock Campus Library is also growing at a fast Joan Heath, AVP and University Librarian rate. As the university expands to meet the growing demand for 2 Information Repositories Texas State Data Repository Launches for Sharing Research

are you a graduate student or faculty mem­ Researchers will also be able DATAVERSE NETWORK ber who possesses research data you would like to create their own dataverses (data to publish or share? Are you applying for federal centers) within Texas State’s data grants and need to show compliance for federal repository so that they can aggre­ data sharing requirements? A new data-cen­ gate their own disciplinary research tered initiative, the Texas Data Repository will data. The repository will also officially launch at Texas State this summer. importantly be able to create per­ What this means for our scholarly community, malinks (Digital Object Identifiers is that the university will have its own Texas and Universal Numerical State University Dataverse for faculty and grad­ Fingerprints) so that researchers uate students for searching, data sharing, and can cite and link from published or collaboration across university and state levels. online articles directly to their data Data repositories are still fairly cutting in more permanent web locations. DD edge in terms of technology and capabilities. This publishing and citation ability The library has appointed data repository liai­ provides instant global sharing for STUDIES COLLECTIONS OF STUDIES sons to help faculty and graduate students with wider international communities of Cataloging Text Data S9t Graph Data uploading/ingesting data and creating meta- research and also fulfills U.S. fed­ Information Flies Flies Flies data for their research. Texas State’s instance of eral agency requirements for public the larger repository is based on the Harvard access to data. The initiative also Dataverse Framework. Faculty members and aids in verifiability of experimental D LJ [I graduate students will be able to upload their research. research data into the repository and will also To find out more about the repository, Dianna Morganti, for more information or be able to publish their data or keep it private please see Texas Digital Library reports and to get started. Keep your eyes open for fur­ and use the repository as a shared research col- Texas Digital Library presentations, and ther communication regarding the Texas State laboratory so other geographically dispersed recorded video webinars. Please feel free to University Data Repository official launching research group members can access the data. contact Alkek Library’s data repository liaison, later this summer. Texas State University Theses and Dissertations Online DiD you know that most of Texas State’s list of 3,530,000 results of this topic. From current theses and dissertations are available academic reputation and impact perspectives, online through our collections repository and this translates to citations in other scholars’ directly through Google Search? Texas State work and possible presentation and speaking Theses and Dissertations have been collectively engagements for the graduate student. From downloaded more than a half million times in information science perspectives, a higher ‘cita­ the past five years – 646,440 times to be exact tion’ count raises a scholar or graduate student’s from 2012-2016 with 173,594 downloads in reputation and ‘impact’ factor as their work 2016 alone! Highest ranking theses downloads is cited in bibliographies by other research­ for the past five years include topics rang­ ers. These are good easonsr for any scholar ing from Japanese Mythology to Moonlight in to place their work in the repository if they the Movies to American Soldiers and POW’s to wish to raise their profile or awareness of Mobile Dating and Tinder. Theses topics’ pop­ their work. Currently, the Digital ularity also differ depending upon different period was a Content Analysis of Teen Collections Repository is open to all faculty geographic areas of the world and associated Pregnancy Prevention Curricula, while and graduate students for thesis and Mobile preferences and needs. For example, a Texas Oceania’s top download was on dissertations through Vireo and the Graduate Dating and Tinder. State thesis entitled Hamas in Gaza became From technological perspectives, School and faculty for academic research. one of the most popular downloads for Europe what is great about Texas State’s online Please feel free to log in and use the from 2012-2017, while another thesis enti­ thesis and dissertation repository is that repository’s self-submission process or tled Ancestral Pharmacopeias in South Africa our the­ses become directly available contact Todd Peters for help or more became the heavy hitter for the African con­ through Google search. So, typing in informa­tion on uploading your research. “Mobile Dating in the Digital Age” in tinent. Interestingly, Asia’s number one Texas Articles on this page by Ray Uzwyshyn, Google brings Texas State Alumnus Jessica State University thesis download for this time James’ thesis up as the top result in a Director, Collections and Digital Services 3 Step Up Your Research Where to Publish and How to Avoid “Predatory Publishers” librarians ofTen geT asked about whether or not the email they just received from a pub­ Library Resources for Identifying Potential Publishers & Journals lisher is on the up and up. In today’s evolving publishing world, it is a good idea to do a lit­ • Journal Citation Reports (JCR) ranks journal titles by how often tle research about the publisher or the journal they are cited in academic/research articles. The impact factor pro­ before submitting your article for publication, vides a systematic, objective way to determine the relative impor­ or even worse, paying an enormous publishing tance of journals to research within their subject category. fee. Libraries have been dealing with the pub­ • Cabell’s offers a suite of metrics to empower users to make quick and informed lishing industry for years and have identified decisions. Derived from raw citation data licensed from Scopus®, Cabell’s met­ resources and tools to determine the validity of rics use statistical algorithms to create powerful perspectives for evaluation. a publisher or journal. Many of the resources • Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed litera­ have been around for years, and are probably ture. It features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize scholarly research; used by researchers as well, due to the authority If indexed in Scopus, journals are considered important to the discipline. they’ve earned. See the chart at right for some • Web of Science is a comprehensive citation index cover­ of the best resources. This information and ing the leading scholarly literature around the world. Contains more is available in the Where to Publish Your Journal Citation Reports. (combined Citation Indexes). Research library guide. • DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals from Lund University Libraries lists the “best practices” they apply to those journals they choose to include. Some things to look for when considering publishers: Now that you’re able to locate potential jour­ disciplines. This mission will be carried out collaborative relationships with many interna­ nals in which to publish, the next step is to through exchanging information, setting stan­ tional partners, who contribute time and effort evaluate those journals for: dards, advancing models, advocacy, education, to developing and maintaining the service • Journal ranking (through JCR and and the promotion of innovation.” of providing journal copyright policies and other citation analysis databases) self-archiving information. • Impact factors ROAD: the Directory of Open Access scholarly • Acceptance rates Resources | ISSN SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic • Author friendly policies for publication ROAD has been developed with the support of Resources Coalition) • Publishing standards and the Communication and Information Sector of SPARC works to enable the open sharing of ethics organizations UNESCO, it provides a free access to a sub­ research outputs and educational materials Journal policies should be evaluated. Author’s set of the ISSN Register. This subset comprises in order to democratize access to knowledge, retaining copyright is a key factor in the future bibliographic records which describe schol­ accelerate discovery, and increase the return on use of the published material. arly resources in Open Access identified by an our investment in research and education. ISSN: journals, monographic series, confer­ Other recommended organizations: ence proceedings, and academic repositories. WAME (World Association of Medical COPE (Committee on Publications Ethics) ROAD records are enriched by metadata about Editors) COPE does not investigate individual publica­ the coverage of the resources by indexing and The newWAME Professionalism Code of tions, rather they provide guidelines and a code abstracting databases, registries, and journals Conduct for medical journal editors was cre­ of conduct for researchers AND publishers. indicators. ated after extensive discussions at WAME’s 2015 International Conference for Medical OASPA (Open Access Scholarly Publishers SHERPA/RoMEO Journal Editors. Association) RoMEO is part of SHERPA Services based at Their mission is to “represent the interests of the University of Nottingham. RoMEO has by Lisa Ancelet, Head Research, Instruction Open Access (OA) journal and book publishers collaborative relationships with many inter­ & Outreach and Selene Hinojosa, globally in all scientific, technical, and scholarly national partners, who contribute time and Collection Development Librarian

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!

4 Meet Our Staff Sarah Chestnut: “My favorite thing about the library is that we are constantly adapting to meet the needs of our patrons.” This eDiTion’s sTaff feature brings you what has to be replaced. Salvageable items are Sarah Chestnut, a Retroactive Cataloger. placed in archival sleeves and acid-free boxes. Sarah works in the Continuing Resources Unsalvageable items are weeded to prevent the Unit, which manages the periodical collection’s vinegar syndrome from spreading. Weeded catalog. Check out that collection; it’ll surprise titles are replaced to maintain patron accessibil­ you. ity to valuable resources. “Specifically, my position is retroactive “My favorite thing about the library is that cataloging,” she says, “I edit records we already we are constantly adapting to meet the needs have that need updating. The library is cur­ of our patrons. When I tell people I work at rently requiring a vast amount of retroactive a library and plan on receiving my master of cataloging in order to prepare most of the peri­ library sciences, I am often met with the ques­ odical collection that will soon go to the new tion, ‘aren’t libraries a dying business due to the Archives and Research Center (ARC).” increase in technology?’ Quite the contrary, I Sarah ensures these records are as descrip­ have seen that an increase in technology can tive as possible prior to going to the ARC, so only increase the meaning and functions of a patrons can have an accurate understanding of library, and I am proud to know that the Alkek the resource before requesting it. team is doing everything possible to stay up to “We were hoping to move the entire smell that can cause headaches, is a condi­ date for our patrons.” microform collection to the ARC as well, but tion that severely shrinks, curls, and crumbles Thanks, Sarah! And thank you for reading. we quickly found that a majority of the col­ microform material … and it will spread.” See you at the library. lection was suffering from vinegar syndrome,” Sarah conducts tests on the microform col­ which, “apart from giving off a foul vinegar lection to determine what can be saved and by Robert Gutierrez, Head Cataloging Assistant Student Excellence Awards

Pictured from left: Isabella Bortolussi, Christina McCourt , Austin Hill, Joan Heath, Jessica Gaitan and assorted student workers. Students Honored at Student Recognition and Awards Program iT Takes a small army to run a library and the Isabella Bortolussi has worked in the Collections where he greets guests, answers Alkek Library could not run smoothly without Wittliff Collections Cataloging area since phones, and assists with events. Austin is a the large unit of 88 dedicated student soldiers December of 2015 working with records and junior history major. that support its programs and services. sorting materials. Isabella is a senior with a Jessica Gaitan supports the Continuing The student workers at the Alkek were double major in anthropology and Spanish and Resources Cataloging unit where she processes honored at a Student Recognition and a minor in biology. materials. She is a junior pursuing a math Awards event for the work they have done Christina McCourt has worked in degree. over their time working at the library. Five Periodicals/Media since August 2015. She Ashton Woodward (not pictured) began of them received awards for outstanding mans the service desk and assists patrons with working in the Digital & Web Services area in service and had their names inscribed on a various needs. Christina is a graduate student the Fall of 2014. She digitizes unique and often Student Excellence Plaque that will hang in psychology. fragile items using delicate electronics. Ashton in the Alkek staff lounge. Austin Hill has worked in the Wittliff is a senior majoring in English. 5 Collections Spotlight Get Equipped: Equipment Checkout at the Library have a presenTaTion and want be assigned fines. If items are not to make sure that people can hear returned, the patron will have you loud and clear? Need to watch a to pay replacement cost. Please Blu-ray but you don’t have a Blu-ray consult our borrowing policies for more information. player? Want to listen to some music while studying in the library but you • There is a limited amount of left your earbuds at your home? The equipment available. For exam­ library now checks out equipment ple, while the library checks out that can help you out! calculators, many times all of The library has been checking them are checked out at the same time. Please have a back-up plan out headphones and a small collec­ if the item is not available. tion of calculators for a while now, but starting this semester we have • Equipment cannot be reserved greatly expanded the number of equipment Some important information: ahead of time. items we circulate. • The library provides the equipment At Periodicals/Media on the Alkek third To find out more information about the for circulation. However, it is up to floor, patrons can now check out equipment types of material we have in Periodicals Media, the patron to learn how to operate the such as a Samson Portable USB Mic, the Peavey check out our LibGuide. equipment. There is no tech support or Escort PA system, GPS units, Blu-ray/DVD training available. players, Panasonic camcorders, a portable Pico by Rory Elliott, Head Collections Merchandising projector, and more. You can find a list of the • Checkout of the equipment is free! & Expanded Services Administrative Librarian equipment in our library catalog. But…items that are returned late will

Browse Government Documents Using the SuDoc System of Classification

DiD you know Texas State University has SuDoc charts are also How to Locate a had a Federal Depository Library since 1955? posted at the end of the shelves U.S. Government Publication U.S. Government publlcatlons In this collection are arranged by the Superintendent The Government Information Collection in the Government Information of Doc uments classlflcatlon number. Publlcatlons are grouped together by Issuing agency. To ensure that you find all of the materials avallable on a particular subject, in the Alkek Library contains over 1.4 mil­ Collection for easy reference if you be sure to check the databases or Indexes recommended by your llbrarlan.

The 0xampl9 below shows how the Superintoodont of Documents classificatioo number lion Federal and Texas documents, and free, would like to browse the collection. PREX 3.15:2014·15 is constructed for the publication The World Factbook; public access is guaranteed by Title 44 of Of course, there is also the option PAEX 3. 15: 2014-1 5 Exec:utMI Otfic. of the President Cefltral Intelligence Agency Number deaignating Year of publication f•auingagency) (11Ubordiratebunlau the title orcoverage the United States Code. Unlike the General of searching the online library cat­ within lhe issuing agencyt Collections, which uses the Library of Congress alog for Government Documents, Here are the prefixes from the Superintendent of Documents classlflcatlon numbers for some other agencies that you may find of Interest: Classification System, the Government and staff at the Government A Agriculture Department C 3 Census Bureau (Commerce Department) Information Collection is organized a bit dif­ Information desk are happy to 0 Defense Department Energy Department ferently, using a classification system known as help you locate the documents you ED Educat ion Department EP Environmental Pro tec tion Aglilncy SuDoc. The Superintendent of Documents, or need. Government Information is GA Government Accountability Office SuDoc system, was developed in the United located in the southwest corner on GP Government Publishing Office HE 20. 7000: Canters for Disease Cont ro l and Prevention States Government Publishing Office in the the fourth floor of Alkek Library. HS Homeland Security Depart ment Int erior Department 1890s, and classifies documents by their issu­ 119 U.S. Geological Survey {Inter i or Department) Justice Department ing department as opposed to subject. For JU Judiciary Labor Department example, the A section contains documents for Helpful links: LC library of Congress NAS National Aeronautics and S pace Admin istrat ion the Department of Agriculture, the ED section State Department SSA Social Security Admini stration is Department of Education, and S is the State fdlp.gov SI Smit hsonian Institution T 22 lnhunal Revenue Servi ce {Treasury Department) Department. It is important to remember that X, y Congress all of the classifications are not strictly mne­ govinfo.gov y. Congressional Commit tees Your librarian will be happy to provide you with thG prefixes for any U.S. Goverrment agency monic; for instance Congress is designated as and any other information that can help you find the materials you OQQd. Many U.S. Government ptblications are available onh. and some are issued also in other formats X and Y. See the chart on this page that breaks They may be listed in your ~brary's catalog and in the catalog of U.S. GovemmG11i Publications at http:J/catalo g.gpo.gov/. down the different departments and their cor­ by Ceniza Wier, Collections, ~ TIii: FEDERAL 1>1:POSITORY .. U.S. OOYERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE responding letter at the beginning of the call Merchandising & Expanded 'w LIBRARY PROCRA/lol ~ KHp,n9Am.rlc& ln1orm•d l OfflCIAL I DIQITA1. I SECURE number. Services Asst. Courtesy of the U.S. Government Printing Office 6 At the Wittliff Collections Come See Sandra Cisneros: A House of Her Own Internationally diaries and journals -- where acclaimed author Sandra many of the earliest incarnations Cisneros is the subject of a major of her stories and poems can be new exhibition at the Wittliff found. Collections that will be on display On Sunday, April 30 the through July1, 2017. Wittliff Collections hosted a The Cisneros Papers, more special public event with Sandra than 300 file boxes in all, docu­ Cisneros that attracted an over­ ment the life and work of this flow crowd of an estimated 500 writer best known for her classic, to hear her speak, read from her The House on Mango Street, which work, answer questions and sign has sold more than six million her books. copies and inspired generations of readers. More info at: Sandra Cisneros: A House TheWittliffCollections.txstate.edu of Her Own highlights key arti­ facts from the Cisneros archive: by Mark Willenborg, manuscripts, correspondence, Marketing and Promotions photographs, original drawings, Photo Courtesy of Alan Goldfarb © Coordinator for The publicity materials, Cisneros’s Sandra Cisneros . Her exhibit will be on display at the Wittliff Collections on the seventh floor of the Alkek Library at Texas State University through July1, Wittliff Collections portable typewriter, and her 2017. Find more info on Wittliff EVENTS and EXHIBITIONS online. As always, ADMISSION IS FREE. Texas State University History Texas State University Campus in Times of War

Since Texas State University’s beginning in Ten’s rights to free speech and peaceable assem­ 1903, the university and its students have expe­ bly. U.S. District Judge Jack Roberts ruled in rienced big changes, especially during times of favor of the university and determined that the war. A newly installed exhibit in the University school had the right to regulate demonstra­ Archives’ display case explores the impact of tions. This standing, which remains in effect war on campus and student life. The following today, made legal history and set an important story of the San Marcos Ten, whose actions had legal precedent for how other colleges and uni­ historic legal ramifications, represents just one versities deal with student demonstrations on of many shared in this new physical exhibit. their own campuses. Similar to other American college stu­ The story of the San Marcos Ten offers dents in the late 1960s, a group of Bobcats one example of how Texas State and its stu­ launched a number of nonviolent demonstra­ dents have responded to the hardships of war. tions calling for the end of the Vietnam War. Next time you’re on the fifth floor, swing by the Texas State’s most famous anti-Vietnam pro­ Students protesting the Vietnam War on University Archives and explore other accounts test took place on the morning of November November 13, 1969 of war-time campus life from eras past. 13, 1969, when about 50 people gathered Students Floyd Martine threated suspension Visit the University Archives page to learn between Evans Hall and the Fine Arts Building for those students who did not leave immedi­ more about available resources, research assis­ (now Taylor-Murphy Hall) to stage a peaceful ately. Ten protestors remained, and they were tance, exhibits and outreach activities. demonstration. The protestors, sitting in grass subsequently suspended and stripped of their near the Fighting Stallions statue, wore black school credits. cloth strips around their arms and carried signs In December 1969, the American Civil by Lindsey D. Waldenberg, Public with phrases such as “It’s Their War, Bring Our Liberties Union sued the university, stating History graduate student, University GI’s Home.” At around 10:35 a.m., Dean of that the school disregarded the San Marcos Archives graduate assistant 7