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University of Connecticut UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT YourLIBRARIES Information Connection www.lib.uconn.edu February/March 2005 A Treasure Trove of The University of Connecticut will observe the 10th anniver- Extraordinary sary of the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center in the fall of Railroad photographs from the Allyn Fuller 2005 with a series of events Ephemera Collection focused on the theme of Globalization and Its Impact on Unearthing the Dodd Research Center’s Archives & Special Collections’ Holdings Human Rights. Beginning with its dedica- by Leslie Virostek tion by President Clinton in October 1995, the Center’s In tersely worded sentences written in a hasty scrawl, the author’s agony is almost audible: value to the campus and the “Father + Brother gone + this is the most severe trial I’ve had since enlistment, to part with friends. state and its national reputation Almost wish they had not come. May God bless my father!” have mirrored the growth and development of the University o begins Winchester native and then to be thrown away. over the past decade. The collections are a resource to UConn faculty as well as UConn has rebuilt its Harlan Rugg’s service as a national scholars and researchers, says Laura Katz Smith, a Dodd campuses, has raised the captain in the Union Army’s S Research Center curator. The more than 3,000 linear feet of standards of its academic 5th Connecticut Infantry unit in the railroad history, for example, have provided fodder for transporta- program and the quality of its summer of 1861. Rugg’s diary, which student body, and has demon- records his skirmishes with, capture by, tion historians, local historical societies, and railroad enthusiasts, strated the prowess of its and escape from the “Rebs,” is part of as well as lawyers settling property disputes and liability lawsuits. athletes. the Connecticut Soldiers Collection, which is included in the Here is a sampling from some of the offerings held in the The Dodd Center has Archives & Special Collections housed at UConn’s Thomas J. Archives & Special Collections: brought national and interna- Dodd Research Center. tional leaders to the campus, Tragic, historic, artistic, amusing, esoteric, irreplaceable. There Propaganda Extravaganza: has enhanced its collections may well be something in the Dodd Research Center to fit every The Alternative Press Collection and made them available on adjective, from the single piece of paper dated Feb. 21, 1878, that Ranked as one of the top collections of its kind in the nation, the the Internet, has presented an is the first telephone directory issued by the company that would outstanding array of exhibits Alternative Press Collection’s holdings include newspapers, maga- become Southern New England Telephone, to the collection of and programs, and has hosted zines, books, pamphlets, buttons and other items relating to a innumerable conferences. historic maps documenting the network of Connecticut railroad variety of activist movements. Curator Terri Goldich says the The Center has become an routes that is matched only by the National Archives and the 44- collection is a gold mine for students and researchers in political essential partner in the re- page first edition of Slave Songs of the United States from 1867, science, history, sociology, and women’s studies. “In these publica- search and intellectual activity which contains interviews and comments from former slaves. tions we have a record of the beginnings of a lot of social move- that is the lifeblood of an Each of these pieces contributes to the kaleidoscope of ments, including Black Power, women’s liberation, and gay and outstanding public university. major collections in the Dodd Research Center, where railroad lesbian issues,” she says. Tenth Anniversary Events history, Connecticut business, labor and industry, ethnic heritage, There are also materials from groups most might not have • Awarding of the Thomas J. immigration, poetry, literature, and politics all have a place. “We’ve heard of, such as the Fat Liberation Front, a 1970s New Haven Dodd Prize in Human Rights tried to focus on things that weren’t being collected elsewhere,” organization that promoted education about the nature of obesity. notes Tom Wilsted, who heads the Dodd Research Center. “All of Opinions in the collection range from the far left to the far • A human rights conference our collections are valuable, and many have national significance.” on economic and social rights right to the far out. In addition to such familiar names as the Black One thing that sets the UConn collection apart is its substan- Panthers and the Ku Klux Klan, homegrown radical publications • The RBS Greenwich Capital tial ephemera—the fliers, broadsides, tickets, advertisements, such as Hartford’s The Psychic Reporter, Oakville’s Mosquito Bite and Markets Economic and other materials that were meant for one-time use Continued on page 4 Seminar Lecture • The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Distinguished Lecture in Human Rights • Exhibits on human rights and on the Center’s collections and history • A 10th anniversary gala to Images from left to right: Robin Hood from the Northeast Children’s Literature Collection, celebrate the Center and A Class of ’57 beanie from the University Archives, a bird illustration from the Rex Brasher Collection, honor the Dodd family Abbie Hoffman’s socks and a Robert Crumb comic book from the Alternative Press Collection. R O M T H E V I C E P R O V O S T Preparing For A World The Crisis In Scholarly Communication Of Digital Information And Now For The Good News Librarians everywhere will remember December 2004 by Scott Kennedy as the time Google, in partnership with the University of Michigan, New York Public Library, Oxford University, he library, beloved in our minds as an Much of the impetus to develop the digital library Stanford University, and Harvard University, announced august repository of well-preserved and gateway has derived from the so-called crisis in scholarly a plan to digitize the full text of millions of library well-organized intellectual artifacts, is now communication: the loss of access to printed scholarly volumes and mount them on the Internet. This dramatic struggling to achieve coherency as a literature as the rising cost of sci-tech journal subscrip- announcement was preceded just a month earlier with Tgateway for the virtual exploration of an ever-proliferat- tions consistently and dramatically outstrips library Lthe unveiling of Google Scholar ing array of digitized scholarly and cultural artifacts budgets year after year. (www.scholar.google.com), described as a first stop for across the globe. To many in academe, the recent rumblings about a researchers looking for scholarly literature. Google The digital world we encounter is erratic and crisis in scholarly communication may seem like rumors Scholar will soon be capable of searching billions of unstable. Yet, despite inadequacies and frustrations, the of distant wars: something significant is happening, but pages of scholarly materials in less than one second promise this development offers and the opportunities nothing that immediately touches their world. After all, with a single click. it has unveiled are so deeply transforming that we move the rampant journal inflation that generates calls for Academic librarians can’t help but wonder what their forward with excitement and increasing confidence. alternative publishing efforts is barely apparent in the role will be in a rapidly evolving world of digital information Over 50 percent of the collections budget is now humanities, the fine arts, and many of the social where researchers already possess unprecedented web- spent on the acquisition of—or licensing access to— sciences. However, it is important that we all under- based search capabilities. A brave group of UConn library digital resources, and we are fast approaching the day stand the ramifications of our changing situation; if staff, dubbed the Plan 2010 Team, set out to explore this when the majority of items offered by the University of only because, despite some very real pain and hardship, and other questions in recent months. Connecticut Libraries will be digital in nature. this crisis is beginning to generate significant benefits Led by Jo Ann Reynolds (Access Services), the for the entire academic enterprise. Plan 2010 Team included David Avery (Administrative What are these digital resources? Indexing databases are primary since they provide the Services), Carole Dyal (Collections Services), Kristin What are these benefits? principal record of ongoing scholarship and are the First and foremost, the crisis has engendered a critical Eshelman (Dodd Center), David McChesney (Research foundation for intellectual exploration. The most reassessment of how we communicate with others in and Information Services), William Uricchio (Regional frequently used indexing databases are those presenting our disciplines. Scholars are recasting and enhancing Campus Libraries), and Lesa von Munkwitz-Smith both bibliographic their communica- (Information Technology Services). Tom Wilsted, and information and the tion vehicles, and later Scott Kennedy served as the Library Leadership Over 50 percent of the collections budget is text to which it in many cases Council liaison to the team. now spent on the acquisition of—or licensing refers. Full text taking complete The team came up with the following strategic goals resources are also access to—digital resources, and we are fast control of them. for the University of Connecticut Libraries during the made available This movement next five years: approaching the day when the majority of through digital was officially • Enhance the library as place with a variety of items offered by the University of Connecticut facsimile ventures recognized by the attractive learning environments that enable and such as JSTOR, the Libraries will be digital in nature. University Senate support faculty and student success. Scholarly Journal in December • Provide a scholar’s portal with comprehensive access Archive; the American Council of Learned Societies’ 2003, when it passed a resolution affirming that: to digital scholarly collections worldwide.
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