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Full Directory of Contents of the Internet-First University Press [PDF] Internet-First University Press – Cornell University URL Links https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/62 An Incremental Directory of Contents of the Internet-First University Press The Digital Repository for An Open Access Publishing Project at Cornell University Compiled by J. Robert Cooke, Kenneth M. King, and Charles Walcott This project, Creating an Open Access Paradigm for Scholarly Publishing1, was initiated in 2002 by the Office of the University Faculty at Cornell Uni- versity. The late Ross Atkinson, Associate University Librarian for Collections, also played an active role. From our 2006 report, “The motivation for our efforts relate primarily to the emergence and maturing of the Internet as a means for convenient and inexpensive worldwide communication. In addition, we are seeking a more satisfactory and less expensive approach to the commercial publishing model”. The Cornell University Library hosts and maintains eCommons@Cornell. The Cornell Association of Professors Emeriti added its sponsorship to the Histories and Biographies collections. 1 https://hdl.handle.net/1813/3460 & https://hdl.handle.net/1813/36253 Acknowledgments The Internet-First University Press content appears online at Cornell University’s eCommons for open access distribution. This approach obvi- ates the need for other libraries (or indeed individuals for personal usage) to acquire, catalog, and store this content. However, redistribution and all other rights remain with the copyright holder. The IFUP was co-founded by J. Robert Cooke and Kenneth M. King. Online access to the full Directory is at: https://hdl.handle.net/1813/64826 This is a complete, clickable directory of all materials available from The Internet-First University Press on eCommons@Cornell. https://ecommons.cornell.edu You can download the IFUP Directory and use it to browse IFUP’s vast content. Items of particular interest can be downloaded for your per- sonal use. Editorial services: Dianne Ferriss Producer: J. Robert Cooke We gratefully acknowledge the supportive role of the Cornell University Library, which embraced the implementation of the DSpace digital re- pository and eCommons@Cornell. We especially thank George Kozak and Mira Basara, who assured its successful operation and who posted the IFUP content from the beginning of this project to the present. Glen Palmer and his colleagues (Cornell Broadcast Studios, earlier Cornell Information Technologies, and the Fall Creek Studio) provided vid- eo services for many of our earlier videos. Peter Carroll (Peter Carroll Productions) was videographer for most of our oral history interviews, and for many of the public symposia and other public events. Chad O’Shea, Elizabeth Cunningham, and their colleagues at Cornell Business Services provided invaluable assistance with layout (initially) and the printing of all our perfect bound books. version: 30 August 2019 Published by The Internet-First University Press http://ecommons.library.cornell.edu/handle/1813/62 Ithaca, NY, USA ©2019 Cornell University All rights reserved, except as noted above. Contents (Overall) Contents (Overall) . i Preface . .iii I. Subset Collections . 1 A. Histories and Biographies Collections (with submenu) . 1 1 . Histories of Individuals, On-camera 2 2 . Histories of Individuals, Lists 5 3 . Histories of Individuals, Annotated 20 4 . Memorials, Lists 44 5 . Histories of the Institution, Lists 70 6 . Histories of the Institution, Annotated 73 B. Thematic Collections (with submenu) . 85 1 . Institutional Units, Lists 86 2 . Institutional Units, Annotated 135 II. Comprehensive Collections . 159 A. Books and Articles . 160 B. Professorial Postscripts . 177 C. Multimedia and Videos . 178 D. DVD and CD Collections . 197 E. Journals . 198 F. Software & Computer-based Instructional Materials . 199 G. Symposia, Workshops, Conferences . 207 H. Web Archives . .245 I. Institutional Documents (digitized) . .246 1 . Cornell Chronicle 246 2 . Cornell Alumni News|Magazine 246 3 . Engineering Quarterly 246 4 . Theses and Dissertations 246 5 . University Faculty Memorials 247 6 . University Faculty Minutes 247 To scroll to a menu item, click on it. To return, use the “previous view” command. i ii Preface This document contains links to a broad range of important Cornell in- related content. Because any specific item may relate to multiple categories, formation, which this project has placed on the Internet and is thus freely an item may appear in multiple thematic collections. available to everyone. It contains links to Cornell Faculty memoirs and interviews, research papers, memorial statements, and a broad range of In contrast, within the Comprehensive Collections any partic- important historical information. This directory was prepared to make the ular item appears only once. These categories are listed at the en- content of our project more easily accessible. This PDF can be downloaded trance of The Internet-First University Press (IFUP) collection at and used to access the content. Full-text searches are also supported. https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/62 We selected the name, Internet-First University Press (or IFUP), to em- In the category of books, we include not only just-written materials, but phasize the central role of the Internet as the distribution mechanism for we also include existing documents. Existing books includes previously digital content. We advocate making content available first on the Internet, unpublished documents; internally published materials having only limit- and then a user may print a copy, if and only if, that particular end user ed accessibility – but not previously accessible online; out-of-print content chooses to assume that cost. Likewise, libraries need not (duplicatively) deemed to have residual intellectual value; and, finally, previously pub- archive copies. We exploit the emerging print-on-demand printing tech- lished print materials that (with permission of the copyright holder) were nology, so publishers need not print books in large batches, thereby avoid- scanned and the text made computer searchable by using optical character ing costly inventories that may never be ordered. Furthermore, shipping recognition. Our layouts range from completely new to unaltered. and handling charges, taxes, and a relatively slow delivery process can be We also introduced two noteworthy innovations: incremental books and avoided. professorial postscripts. With Incremental Books, we can reduce the time Our digital content is delivered via the Internet; and because we require required for content to become accessible, such as symposia where the re- neither a user fee nor a royalty, our content is immediately accessible. Us- lease of a bound volume is time-dependent on the slowest author. With ers desiring the convenience of paper copies, may print a single copy for online distribution, segments of content can be released as soon as fully themselves, or pay for a print-on-demand copy. The end user, not the pub- prepared and reviewed, i.e., not delayed until all components have been lishing organization, incurs the print costs. Significantly, interested users completed. For example, our lengthy, multifaceted project, Perspectives on are not denied access to our scholarship. This approach also dramatically Nobel Laureate Barbara McClintock’s Publications (1926-1984): A Compan- reduces the financial barrier to publishing of specialized content, such as ion Volume (edited by Lee Kass) at https://hdl.handle.net/1813/34897 is conferences and symposia, that may be of interest to only a small audience. being created over an extended time period. As soon as coherent segments of a large volume are ready for release, they can be made accessible im- We intentionally decided to encompass the full range of content within the mediately. After all the pieces of a large project become available, then a IFUP, rather than restricting coverage to a single discipline. With a robust bound volume can be produced, if desired. digital search capability and Google indexing, content can coexist across disciplines in a single database, but still be located with ease. Furthermore, We introduced a new genre that we call Professorial Postscripts. Cornell in our situation, this breadth was required so that theses and dissertations faculty members often have manuscripts and instructional materials in from throughout Cornell could be included. various states of completion when they reach emeritus status. This collec- tion is a place for these legacy, not-necessarily peer-reviewed, works to be In the Subset Collections, we identify content for individuals and for insti- shared. Time-tested instructional materials exemplify this category, e.g., tutional units: a) Histories and Biographies, and b) for other thematically An Online Collection (in Veterinary Pathology) by John M. King, DVM, iii PhD, Professor Emeritus of Pathology https://hdl.handle.net/1813/37960 cially challenging financially because these often have audiences too small which has attracted a wide and eager audience. for financial viability. We published the content from the Hydrologic Dis- covery Through Physical Analysis: Honoring the Scientific Legacies of Wil- Due to the cost associated with producing video, its usage and library col- fried H. Brutsaert and Jean-Yves Parlange within two months of that event: lections have remained limited in scope until recent years. With the dra- https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/29545 The paper version was matically lowered costs for capturing and
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