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the harving cushing/john hay whitney medical library A Soviet Poster Campaign against Veneral Disease, 1928 Preservation in the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library Beyond Pathology: The Creative Life Yale Medical Illustrator Armin B. Hemberger Historical Medical Posters Cushing as Collector

Fidel Castro in front of the Thomas Jefferson statue at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Washington, DC. Date: 1959 from the Andrew St. George Papers, Manuscripts and Archives. Copyright: Life Photograph Front cover photograph taken by Anthony Riccio Annual Report of the Librarian — Yale University Library The Library’s serious financial challenges—stemming from the 2010, beyond the formal date of this report, President Levin nation’s economic downturn and the University’s substantial appointed Professor Turner to succeed Alice Prochaska as endowment losses—persisted. Yet the 2009-2010 academic University Librarian, an appointment greeted with enormous year also witnessed the achievement of wonderful projects enthusiasm, which so sadly turned to dismay and grief when led by skilled, dedicated librarians and staff, supported by Frank Turner unexpectedly passed away November 11, 2010. many donors and grant initiatives, through which enterprising The continuing global economic downturn produced a collection initiatives, digital projects, increased instruction $6.5 billion loss in the Yale endowment, with a subsequent and liaison work, new and improved discovery tools, and reduction of $350 million in yearly endowment income; this enhancements to productivity all brought the Library forward. required substantial expenditure reductions throughout the Leadership changes always are important, all the more when University, including the Library. In 2009-2010, these reduc- they concern leaders with distinguished, influential records. tions came in two principal areas — collections and staff. After As she had announced in June careful and extended library and campus consultations, the 2009, Alice Prochaska, who Library made substantial reductions in the collections budget. began her tenure as Univer- The University sought to reduce the size of its staff, includ- sity Librarian in August 2001, ing Library staff, through generous retirement inducements. stepped down on December 31, Fortunately, the number of retirements in the Library sub- 2009, beginning six months of stantially reduced the number of involuntary layoffs required research leave before assuming to meet the Library’s 2009-2010 budget requirements. Over the position of Principal of the course of the year, the total FTE size of the Library staff Somerville College at Oxford was reduced from 716 in July, 2009, to 621 in July 2010. The University in September, 2010. loss of skills plus the functionally unplanned character of the As President Levin noted in vacancies required enormous thoughtfulness from all staff in saluting her work, Alice Pro- finding paths to a new, more efficient Library. These difficul- Jon Butler chaska’s distinguished tenure ties, separately as well as together, made the Library’s many was highlighted by a deep concern for collection develop- accomplishments in the areas of collection building, digital ment, particularly special collections; her engagement with projects, and increased instruction and liaison work especially Local 34 to improve labor relations and diversity within the noteworthy, as staff throughout the system worked assidu- Library staff; the creation of the new ; major ously to sustain and even improve services and collections new facilities for the Lewis Walpole Library in Farmington; for students and faculty at Yale and researchers throughout the renovation of the Haas Family Arts Library; expansion the world. of the Library Shelving Facility in Hamden; library outreach The Library again benefited from the in New Haven and Connecticut, and her national leadership generosity of individual donors, founda- with both the Center for Research Libraries and the Associa- tions, and government agencies, and this tion of Research Libraries. support enabled a number of special proj- Almost simultaneously, Danuta Nitecki, Associate Uni- ects. The generosity of the Arcadia Fund, versity Librarian for Public Services since 1996, left the in providing a major, multi-year grant, Library in January, 2010, to become Dean of Libraries at made possible the continued cataloging Drexel University and Professor in their iSchool/College of of backlogs of materials in endangered Information Science and Technology. Danuta Nitecki had African languages, as well as materials led a number of the Library’s building projects, most nota- from the Iberian peninsula in languages bly the Hamden Library Shelving Facility (1996–97) and other than Spanish and Portuguese. The subsequent expansions and the program planning design Arcadia fund also supported the startup of the highly successful new Bass Library. She brought new of several digitization projects, including energy and visibility to the Library’s teaching and instruction unique audio tape recordings from Guinea, Frank Turner programs and was widely known for her analytical work in the Cuban exile community in Florida and library assessment programs. Central America, and Yale’s Islamic Fundamentalist collec- On January 1, 2010, Frank Turner, the Director of the tion. Another digitization effort under the auspices of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and John Hay Arcadia grant was the conversion to electronic format of the Whitney Professor of History, added the role of Interim Catalog of Books: Slavica in the Library of Yale University University Librarian to his other responsibilities, while by Joel Sumner Smith (Yale’s founding Slavic curator and the search for a new University Librarian began. President collection), which was privately printed in 1896. Digitiza- Levin appointed a search committee composed of faculty and tion of the Smith catalog serves as a precursor to digitiz- librarians led by Professor Pericles Lewis of the departments ing the individual titles described therein, by providing an of English and Comparative Literature. On September 1, important test case for tackling the difficulties of performing

3 optical character recognition (OCR) on Old Cyrillic script. When the actual books from the Smith catalog are digitized (completion estimated for 2012), researchers worldwide will have access to over one million full-text pages of early printed Slavic publications. The International Digital Projects group in the Library also continued several multi-year initiatives related to the Middle East. In November, 2009, the U.S. Department of Education awarded for the third time a four-year YUL grant to support AMEEL (Arabic and Middle East Electronic Library). AMEEL creates digital versions of important and difficult-to-access scholarly materials. The new grant funds digitization and integration of government gazettes from Syria and British Palestine from the first half of the 20th cen- A view of the reading Room in the Library at the Yale Center for British Art tury. An additional project was funded by NEH-JISC: their holdings of primary source materials, record company the Islamic Manuscript archives, and rare non-commercial recordings. Gallery (IMG) is a joint In this, as in every year, the Library’s subject librarians, endeavor with London curators, and archivists continued to build great collections, University’s School of Ori- even with reduced resources. The rare and unique materi- ental and African Studies. als that constitute the Library’s several special collections IMG integrates digitized distinguish Yale’s great research library from all others. The versions of selected Arabic list of significant acquisitions that appears later in this report manuscripts and full-text demonstrates the truly global reach of Yale’s special collections, resources including manu- which this year added African postcards and posters, an archive script catalogs and diction- related to Henry Miller, and a collection of Monteverdi and aries in Arabic, Persian, and early Italian opera, and scores of other important research Med-Hist (Non-Circulating) MS Persian 14 Western scripts. materials. The Library also made significant acquisitions of Tashrih-i Mansuri (Mansur’s Anatomy) was A grant from the electronic resources, in both general and area collections. created by Mansur ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yusuf ibn Ilyas. The remarkable Alfred P. Sloan Founda- For example, the Library now has access to large databases illustrations to the work include a mixture tion allowed the Medical of Chinese and Korean content, as well as the entire run of of Persian and Arabic labels. The copy held Library to digitize more the Soviet/Russian newspaper Pravda. Selectors also concen- by the Medical Historical library dates from the early 1700s. than 500 books from its trated their efforts on the core business of acquiring scholarly Medical Historical Library, monographs and serials that support the myriad teaching the first of 6,000 histori- and research activities of Yale students, faculty, and staff. cal titles that the Medical Library plans to contribute to an Even with the increased availability of electronic resources and electronic Medical Heritage Library, in partnership with the offsite access, the Library continues to provide essential spaces National Library of Medicine, Harvard, Columbia, and the on campus for research, study, and collaboration. Although New York Public Library. building and renovation activities were reduced throughout Thanks to the generosity of the Andrew W. Mellon Foun- the University this year, special funding allowed some sig- dation, the Library participated in a survey of photographic nificant improvements to Library space. Thanks to support collections across the University. The results of the survey will from Yale’s program in Judaic Studies, the library undertook enable the Library to begin planning strategically to preserve a complete renovation of the Judaic Studies Reading Room its photograph collections and to contribute to the creation of a and curator’s office on the third floor of Sterling Library. These directory that will help researchers locate photographic images refurbished spaces reopened in January, 2010, and immediately at Yale. Another grant from the Mellon Foundation provided spring semester seminars began meeting in the reading room. operational costs at a critical time in the Oral History of Ameri- Two new spaces in the Medical Library encouraged study in can Music project (OHAM). The project completed a two-year unique ways. The Betsy Cushing Whitney Group Study Center grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources opened in April, 2010; the space is a creative re-use of a little- (CLIR) which supported the Historical Sound Recordings used photocopier room and now includes two group study (HSR) collection at Yale and the Archive of Recorded Sound rooms and a large collaboration suite. The Cushing Center, (ARS) at Stanford University, as both collections processed located two floors below ground within the Medical Library,

4 is part museum and part research facility. It showcases Dr. program continues to be among the Library’s most popular Harvey Cushing’s remarkable Brain Tumor Registry, including services, and it is one that is more and more replicated through actual brain and tumor specimens, and a selection of Cushing’s our profession. Every Yale freshman and sophomore has an collection of early medical and scientific texts from the 11th assigned Personal Librarian, whom they can contact for refer- to the 18th century. The Preservation Department in Sterling ence and research-related assistance. Upon declaring a major Library also benefited from modest renovations to its spaces. in their sophomore year, undergraduates are then assigned New and renovated spaces from previous years continued to the subject specialist in their major, for ongoing help in their be in high demand. This was notably demonstrated by the chosen field of study. The Medical Library, which initiated Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library, which in its second year the Personal Librarian program several years ago, assigns a served more than 200,000 visitors. Personal Librarian to every medical student, and the program The work of Library staff—in acquiring, cataloging, process- made further connections with graduate students when the ing, circulating, shelving, accessioning, borrowing, lending, Divinity Library launched a Personal Librarian program for consulting, teaching, curating, administering, and all the other its students. The increase in classes taught by librarians and activities that make the Library a center of activity at Yale and in subject consultation is complemented and supported by beyond—continued apace, albeit with reduced numbers. Staff the in-person assistance provided by the several Information rose to the challenge by thinking creatively and suggesting Desks (iDesks) throughout the Library. Staffed primarily and implementing many enhancements to productivity. An by Clerical & Technical staff colleagues, the iDesks were the Acquisitions Task Force, comprising acquisitions and finance subject of a detailed review and assessment this year, which staff from across the Library, completed the first phase of its lead to the implementation of new training programs. work and issued key recommendations that improved pro- Many libraries provided outreach to the public through cesses for purchasing collections materials. Several projects exhibits and publications, and these were often enhanced cataloged, processed, or otherwise described collections of hidden by online versions of the exhibits. Of particular interest this (hitherto unprocessed) materials in the Library. Cataloging year was “Horace Walpole’s Strawberry Hill,” in both New the entire printed collection of the Government Documents Haven and London, for which the Lewis Walpole Library and Information Center was completed this year, just as Yale collaborated with the Yale Center for British Art and the celebrated its 150th anniversary as a federal depository library. Victoria and Albert Museum. Among the several exhibitions Other collections that are now described and discoverable by in the Beinecke Library were the wildly popular “Elements researchers are the 120 ketubot (decorated Jewish marriage of Style: Fashion and Form at the Beinecke” and “Really as contracts) housed in the Beinecke Library, sheet level series it was: Writing the Life of Samuel Johnson,” in honor of the maps in the Map Department, legacy collections of East Asian 350th anniversary of Johnson’s birth. rare books and manuscripts, and so many more that they would 2009 to 2010 was a year of challenge for the world economy, be impossible to list in their entirety. for the nation, for Yale, and for the Yale University Library. Throughout the Library there was a marked increase in Yet the Library continued to move ahead in its support of instructional activities, including consultations, reference teaching and research on the Yale campus and beyond, in assistance, and research education. For example, in the East connecting users with the resources that they required, and Asia Library, subject-specific instruction increased by more in collecting and preserving an astonishing amount of knowl- than 25%, reference inquiries increased 46% in the Map edge from around the globe. The dedication, innovation, Department, and 870 participants attended 70 instruction and experience of the Library staff ensured that the Library sessions in Manuscripts and Archives. Similar increases continued and flourished in its mission and positioned itself occurred across the Library system. The Personal Librarian for a bright future.

Professional Staff Appointments The following professional staff joined the Library or moved into new roles in 2009-10:

Anne Rhodes, Research Archivist, Oral History American Music Kerri Sancomb, Exhibits Preparator, Manuscripts and Archives Caro Pinto , Processing Archivist, John Hay Whitney Family Diane Napert, Catalog Librarian, Spanish and Portuguese Papers Manuscripts and Archives Languages, Catalog and Metadata Services Tanja Olde Dubbelink, Programmer Analyst 2, Library Access Mark Bailey, Project Archivist, HSR Music Library Integration Services Osman Din, Programmer Analyst 2, Information Technology Office Mark Matienzo, Digital Archivist, Manuscripts and Archives Don Mennerich, Digital Archivist, Manuscripts and Archives Lidia Uziel, Librarian for Western European Languages and Graziano Kratli, International Projects Specialist, Collection Literature, Research Services and Collections Development

5 Selected staff publications and presentations

chris benda [Co-author with Kathryn James] “Early “Medieval Manuscripts to New Media.” Eng- “Virtual Reference: The Good, The Bad, and Modern Paleography” A daily blog that lish 449. Jessica Brantley and Jessica Press- The In-between.” Summary of Proceedings “Celebrates the beauty and complexity of man, Professors. http://wordpress.com- of the Sixty-Third Annual Conference of early modern English handwriting” (from mons.yale.edu/engl449_spring2010_01/. the American Theological Library Associa- January 1, 2010). kathryn james tion (2009): 231-235. michael forstrom “The Influence of Rare Book and Manuscript susan brady “The Management of Electronic Records Repositories on Graduate Research in the “Costume Design Resources at Yale Uni- in Manuscript Collections: A Case Study Humanities: The Graduate Research Fel- versity.” Performing Arts Resources 27: from the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript lowship Program.” Libraries and Graduate Documenting: Costume Design. New York: Library.” The American Archivist 72:2 (Fall/ Students: Building Connections, edited by Theatre Library Association, 2010. Winter 2009). Gretta Siegel. New York: Routledge, 2009. “Trumbull Family Manuscripts in the Bei- eric friede “Reading Numbers in Early Modern Eng- necke Library.” Presentation to Trumbull “Personality Assessment Tools for Library land,” BSHM Bulletin: Journal of the Brit- College Fellows, October 2009. Staff.” In Summary of Proceedings of the ish Society for the History of Mathematics “Saving De Niro’s Boxing Trunks: Sustaining Sixty-Third Annual Conference of the 26 (2011): 1-16. Also as a talk at St. Anne’s Performing Arts Archives Collaboratively.” American Theological Library Association College, Oxford, England, December 2009. Society of American Archivists Annual (2009): 262. [Co-curator with Diane Ducharme] “Really Meeting and Conference, Austin, TX, “Shelf Ready for Real.” Summary of Proceed- As It Was: Writing the Life of Samuel August 2009. ings of the Sixty-Third Annual Conference Johnson” Curved case exhibition, Beinecke lisa conathan of the American Theological Library Asso- mezzanine, 2009. [Compiled and translated with J. Andrew ciation (2009): 263. [Co-author with Diane Ducharme] “Early Cowell] Arapaho Stories, History, and todd gilman Modern Paleography” A daily blog that Culture: Told by Mary Kate Underwood. “A Gentle Reminder to Special-Collections “Celebrates the beauty and complexity of Center for the Study of the Indigenous Curators.” The Chronicle of Higher Edu- early modern English handwriting” (from Languages of the West, University of Colo- cation, April 29, 2010. http://chronicle. January 1, 2010). rado, 2009. com/article/A-Gentle-Reminder-to-Spe- “All the Useful and Entertaining Parts: heather dean cia/65235/. Expectations of Entertainment from Mathe- Review of Archives and Justice: A South “Arne, Handel, The Beautiful, and The matical Literature in Early Modern England.” African Perspective by Verne Harris. NEA Sublime.” Eighteenth-Century Studies 42:4 History of Science Society, Phoenix, AZ, Newsletter 37.2 (April 2010). (2009): 529-55. November 2009. “Evidence, Authority, and Disagreement in ellen doon “Combating Myths about Distance Educa- [With Joan Krizack and Elizabeth Slomba] tion.” The Chronicle of Higher Educa- Early Modern British Historical Writing.” “The Intangibles: Tips for Job Hunting and tion, February 22, 2010. http://chronicle. North American Conference on British Interviewing in the Archives Field.” Panel com/article/Combating-Myths-About- Studies, Baltimore, MD, November 2010. discussion at New England Archivists Dista/64299/. “Mrs. Bean’s Young Ladies: Mathematics Spring Meeting, Amherst, MA, March 2010. “Designing Effective Online Assignments.” Education for Women in Late Seventeenth- Century Britain.” American Mathematical diane ducharme The Chronicle of Higher Education, March “Bridging the Bracket Gap: DCRM-MSS 22, 2010. http://chronicle.com/article/ Society, Washington, D.C., January 2009. as a Companion Standard.” More than Designing-Effective-Online-/64772/. “Reading Brutus in Early Modern England.” New England Conference on British Stud- Just Passing Acquaintances: DACS and tom hyry Companion Standards. Society of American [Co-authored with Rachel Onuf ] “Personal ies, Burlington, VT, September 2010. Archivists Annual Meeting and Conference. Records in Electronic Form.” I, Digital: “Secret of Secrets: The Memory of Practice Austin, TX, August 2009. Personal Collections in the Digital Era. and Early Modern Alchemy.” Observation “Partnerships in Language Documentation Chicago: Society of American Archivists, and Judgment in the Humanities, Whitney and Revitalization: Breath of Life.” Recover- forthcoming. Humanities Center, Yale University, Febru- ary 2010. ing Voices Workshop, National Museum of rebekah irwin Natural History, Washington D.C., 2009. “Mobile Technologies: Cell Phone Exhibi- “Spectator: The Johnson Circle Through “‘Pooh, pooh! Nonsense’: Hester Thrale tions in the Library.” Yale Office of Digital the Eyes of Hester Thrale Piozzi,” Beinecke Piozzi’s Annotations on the Works of Pope.” Dissemination. Yale Libraries, and Informa- Library, Yale University, November 2009. Lecture to the Eighteenth Century at Yale tion Technology Services Forum, January “With Vast Politeness: Hans Sloane and the group, April 23, 2010. 2010. Public Performance of Natural History.” Sir “‘Romantick Family Solemnity’: The Biog- “Undue Diligence: Balancing Rights and Hans Sloane: The Greatest Physician-Nat- rapher as Laird of Auchinleck.” Lecture as Risk to Increase Access to Unpublished uralist of His Era, British Library, London, part of the 300th Anniversary Celebration Materials.” OCLC Research, San Francisco, June 2010. of Samuel Johnson’s Birth, Beinecke Library, CA. ulla kasten October 27, 2009. “Using Wikipedia to Promote Library Col- Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts, [Co-curator with Kathryn James] “Really lections.” April 2010. Digital Humanities volume XV: Cuneiform Texts from Various As It Was: Writing the Life of Samuel Workshop, Rachel Carson Center & Lud- Collections by A. Goetze. Yale University Johnson” wig-Maximilians-Universität München & Press. Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany.

6 Selected staff publications and presentations (continued from previous page)

stacey douglas maples ann okerson martha lund smalley “The Constriction of State Space by Land- “Digital Libraries in the 21st Century Global “Divinity Library Acquisitions Document scape” [map] In: James C. Scott. The Art of Environment”, India International Confer- Christianity in Tibet and Nepal.” Nota Not Being Governed: An Anarchists His- ence on Digital Libraries, New Delhi, Octo- Bene: News from the Yale Library, 25:1 tory of Upland Southeast Asia. Yale Univer- ber, 2009. (Spring/Summer 2010): 6. sity Press, 2009. “Consortia, Libraries, and Managing in the “Stowe Fellows at Yale Divinity Library.” “The Eastern Provinces with an Inset of Downturn”, Taiwan International Confer- Nota Bene: News from the Yale Library, Northern Syria” [map] In: Ramsay Mac- ence on Consortia, Taipei, November 13, 24:2 (Fall 2009): 3. Mullen. The Second Church: Popular 2009. lidia uziel Christianity A.D. 200-400. Society of Bibli- “Building Capacity for Digital Conversion”, Les métamorphoses de l’intériorité : roman cal Literature. 2009. World Digital Library, Washington DC, et psyche dans leur déroulement historique: “Global Annual Evapotranspiration” [map] June 2010. analyse historique et comparative du phé- In: Shimon Anisfeld. Water Resources. abraham k. parrish nomène entre la philosophie et le discours Foundations of Contemporary Environ- “Russian Serf Narratives 1785-1881” [map] romanesque. Saarebruck: Éditions universi- mental Studies Series. Island Press, 2010. 1:23,000,000 In: John McKay. Four Rus- taires européennes, 2010. matthew mason sian Serf Narratives. Madison, WI: Univer- dorothy c. woodson Review of The Dictionary of the American sity of Wisconsin Press, 2009. “Albert Luthuli” accepted for publication in West: Over 5,000 Terms and Expressions russell pollard the forthcoming Dictionary of African Biog- from Aarigaa! to Zopilote, by Winfred “Gifts, Gifts, and More Gifts: How to raphy, edited by Henry Louis Gates. Oxford Blevins. Spring 2010. Manage Gift Books in Your Library.” Sum- University Press. “Experiences with the Peter Palmquist Col- mary of Proceedings of the Sixty-Third Endangered African Languages Project on lection of Women in Photography.” Panel Annual Conference of the American Theo- Unearthing Africana Archives at the Annual discussant at the Peter Palmquist Sympo- logical Library Association (2009): 39-42. Meeting of the African Studies Association sium, Photographic Memory Workshop, [Panel presentation, including presenta- in November 2009. Yale University, New Haven, CT, April 2010. tion by Paul Stuehrenberg on Yale Divinity timothy g. young “Parsing Pictorial Privacy: Archival Respon- Library policy and procedures, p. 41.] “Je reviens.” A critical essay on Time Remain- sibilities and Ethics Toward Photographs of joanne weiner rudof ing by James McCourt in: The Lost Library: Individuals.” Society of American Archivists “Das Fortunoff Video Archive for Holo- Gay Fiction Rediscovered, edited by Tom Annual Meeting and Conference, Austin, caust Testimonies: Denjenigen, die waren, Cardamone. Haiduk Press, 2010. TX, August 2009. zuhören und von ihnen lerner,” in Ich Bin “Recordings in Review.” Yale Review; jennifer meehan die Stimmer der Sechs Millionen: Das Vid- Durutti Column, October 2009. La Prose “The Archival Nexus: Rethinking the Inter- eoarchive im Ort der Information, edited by du Transsibérian. A facsimile of the artist’s play of Archival Ideas about the Nature, Daniel Baranowski. Stiftung Ereinnerung book. Beinecke Library, Yale University Value, and Use of Records.” Archival Sci- Verantwortung Zukunft, Berlin, 2009. Press, 2nd edition, February 2010. ence 9:3 (2009): 157-164. “The Future of Memory: Defining, Teaching, “Implementing ‘More Product, Less Process’.” and Analyzing Testimony” at the conference, SAA Workshop Instructor, Pinehurst, NC; Bearing Witness: Memory, Representation, Los Angeles, CA; Berkeley, CA; Seattle, and Pedagogy in the Post-Holocaust Age, WA; and Decatur, GA. co-sponsored by Shenandoah University “Transparency in Processing Archival and and the United States Holocaust Memorial Manuscript Collections.” New England Museum, Shenandoah University, Win- Archivists Spring Meeting, Amherst, MA, chester, Virginia. April 11-13, 2010. March 2010. “Holocaust and the Arts: Framing History.” tobin nellhaus Fordham University course, March, 2010. Theatre, communication, critical realism. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

7 SELECTED NOTABLE AQUISITIONS

african collection publica nunc primum autoritate propa- 250 postcards added to the preeminent gato missa in Europam relatio exhib- collection of Italian/Abyssinian Occupa- etur. 2. ed. Accessione partis posterioris tion propaganda postcards, making this aucta. [Leipzig] 1699. The Novissima the largest collection in North America sinica is a compilation of writings on 300 antiquarian postcards from the early China gathered by Gottfried Wilhelm 19th century focusing on the ethnog- von Leibnitz. The second edition, in raphy, geography, and anthropology addition to reproducing the text of from numerous countries, particularly the first edition (1697), includes as a the Congo, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, second part a Latin translation of the Guinea and Mali Etat present de la Chine by the Jesuit Complete set of posters from numerous Joachim Bouvet (1656-1730) Tablet fragment describing the transfer of goats. political parties in the 2009 South Afri- Uruk III period, ca. 3100 BC (YBC 7056) Oldendorp, C. G. A. (Christian Georg can presidential elections Andreas), 1721-1787. Tillförlåtlig 44 maps from Namibia (1:250,000) as well underrättelse om Negrerne på as 17 maps from Namibia (1:50,000) The archive of the photographer Lee Gvinea Kusten. Upsala, Tryckt hos J. World Cup ephemera from South Africa, Friedlander Edman, 1784 including a numbered set of original 29 reels of personal silent movies of African- 4,070 missionary postcards were added art posters painted by South Africa’s American communities in Oklahoma to the collection this year, bringing the leading artists made by the Baptist minister Solomon total now to 11,811 Jones 23 additional reels of SPG archival micro- arts library A major Henry Miller archive film, including letters dealing with Allegro by John Milton, England: Tern The archive of the eighteenth-century Southeast Asia, East Asia, and the Press, 2008 English poet, Mary Orlebar Middle East and North Africa regions Time frames: the past in the present by Thomas Completion of the purchase of the Albi 87 reels of the collection, Latin American his- A. Rose, Thomas Leslie Rose, Arthur Rosenthal collection of Monteverdi and tory and culture, series 9 pt. 1, Viceregal C. Danto; Photographs by Thomas A. the birth of opera and Ecclesiastical Mexican Collection Rose. Minneapolis: Wilber Schilling/ A collection of sixteenth-century annotated at Tulane University Indulgence Press, 2000 theological works from the library of 28 reels of film from the Church Mission- After image: playing with colour in all its the Vienna order of the Unbeschuhte ary Society archives, and 26 additional dimensions by Barbara Hodgson & Augustinians reels from the mission archives held at Claudia Cohen, Vancouver: Heavenly Several major libraries of important liter- the Scottish National Archives Monkey Editions, 2009 ary and artistic figures including: the 78 reels from the Pacific Manuscripts Veneti Iatrophysici Libri by Valerio Martini, Jean Paulhan Library (c. 990 titles); the Bureau Venice, 1638 Henri Chopin Library (c. 450 titles); and the Poirot-Delpech Library (c. east asia library babylonian collection 1300 titles) Duxiu 读秀 [Superstar Digital Library] 307 cuneiform tablets were received from Often termed the “Google Scholar of Jonathan Rosen, New York divinity library China,” this online database provides de Calasanz, Jose, Saint, 1556-1648. beinecke rare book and manuscript a large collection of full-text resources, Storia della vita, virtu, doni, e grazie including books, articles, theses and dis- library del venerabile servo di Dio p.f. Pietro Anna Catherine Bahlmann Papers, includ- sertations, web pages, and newspapers di S. Giuseppe Betancur, fondatore ing significant early correspondence Collection of Japanese Colonial Period Publica- dell’Ordine betlemitico nelle Indie and writings of Edith Wharton tions on Taiwan. A special collection of Occidentali. In Roma : per Antonio Manuscripts and correspondence by James secondary sources in Japanese related de’ Rossi, vicino alla Rotonda, 1739 Baldwin to Taiwan during the colonial period, Lucini, Luigi Maria, d. 1745. Esame, e difesa Bismuth-Lemaître Papers, containing this group of 212 titles complements a del Decreto pubblicato in Pudiscerì over 145 boxes of manuscripts, type- large reprint set of archival documents da Carlo Tommaso di Tournon ... scripts, correspondence, and artwork already owned by Yale approvato, e confermato con Breve documenting the history of the first Jogaku Sekai (女学世界) Tokyo: Kashiwa dal Sommo Pontefice Benedetto XIII, and longest-lasting French avant-garde Shobō, 2005-<2010>. A reprint edi- presentata alla medesima Santità Sua. movement of the postwar period tion of the first general education maga- Ed.seconda rivista dall’ autore. In A manuscript notebook by the poet Coun- zine aimed at women (originally pub- Roma: Nella Stamperia Vaticana, 1729 tee Cullen lished from 1901 to 1925), the articles in Novissima sinica, historiam nostri temporis Papers of the artist Tom Feelings this work were written by a wide range illustratura in quibus de christianismo

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of Meiji period literary, political, and scholarly journals in the social sciences the life of an early AIDS activist feminist authors and humanities Jay Katz papers—writings, correspondence, KOFIC Collection on Korean Cinema. Yale committee files, speeches, research files became a Korean Film Council “hub” map department documenting the career of one of the library in 2009 and in 2010 received 1,275 digitized topographic maps of country’s leading bioethicists and Yale its first shipment of Korean films on Namibia Law School faculty member DVD (for the Film Study Center) and 1,554 maps were acquired through gifts Love Makes a Family records—correspon- 85 Korean and English language works or purchased by other collections for dence, reports, web pages, photographs, ( monographs and serials) on Korean the Map Department videos, news clippings, and meeting film history, the film industry, cinema manuscripts and archives minutes documenting the organiza- directors, and film theory Francis John Baker, Boer War diary— tion’s efforts to get marriage for lesbians, Ming qing gong cang Taiwan dang an hui manuscript diary of the Boer War, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) bian 明清宮藏台湾档案 (Beijing: Jiu 1901-1902, military documents, family people legalized in Connecticut zhou chu ban she, 2009; 230 vols.). letters, and photographs Djibril Tamsir Niane archive—reel-to-reel This reprint collection of archives on Harold Conklin papers—correspondence, audiotapes containing recordings of Taiwan during the Ming and Qing peri- maps, and subject and research files oral traditions of Guinean history and ods (1368-1912), is an essential primary relating to the Phillipines; files relating culture source for the history of Taiwan and its to colleagues, including Frederick R. Lloyd George Reynolds papers—personal relations with the central government Eggan, Robert B. Fox, and Leonard and professional papers of a former Yale Zhongguo jiu hai guan shi liao中國舊海關 Bloomfield economics professor. Included are 史料 (1859-1948) ((Beijing: Jiu zhou Andrew St. George papers—photographs, teaching and departmental files, and chu ban she, 2001; 170 vols.). This set films, slides, writings, and clippings materials on the transfer of the Cowles is a reprint of documents related to the documenting Andrew St. George’s Foundation for Research in Economics to Chinese Maritime Customs Service and career as a photojournalist in numer- Yale in 1955 is a key primary source for studying ous regions, including the Caribbean Greentree Stud and Stable records—cor- international trade during the late Qing and Latin America respondence, photographs, financial and Republican periods Stephen Gendin papers—video tapes, records, minute books of Greentree diaries, photographic images, clip- Stud and Stable, circa 1928-1994 judaica collection pings, correspondence, files relating John Hay and Betsey Cushing Whitney A collection of sermons from the Abulafia Family papers—correspondence, pho- family (19th century), and a community to APAL (AIDS Prevention Action League) and ACT-UP, and academic tographs, speeches, diaries, scrapbooks, register from Meknes, Morocco from fine art, real estate files regarding John the early 20th century work at Brown University and Union Theological Seminary that document Hay and Betsey Cushing Whitney, Joan Several North African Jewish manuscripts Whitney Payson, and Helen and John including a High Holy Day prayer book circa th Hay, 1700s-1998 from Algeria (19 century) John Hay Whitney Foundation records— A major new reference work published financial records, trustee minutes, online, Jews in the Muslim World general files, program reports, circa Microfilm and fiche to fill in gaps in runs of 1946-1983 major Israeli newspapers and fourteen This year, physical possession was taken Hebrew newspapers from Europe and th th of the papers and records associated Israel from the 19 and 20 centuries with the Whitney family: John Hay DVDs of documentary and feature films and Betsey Cushing Whitney Family that relate to the Jewish experience, Papers; John Hay Whitney Founda- including two Israeli television series. tion Records, and Greentree Stud and Rare materials in Yiddish from Russia in th Stable Records. Negotiations for these the early 20 century collections took place in 2008-2009 Major additions to existing collections from latin american collection Med-Hist (Non-Circulating) Persian MS 23 Faraḥ nāmah, A unique collection of 602 cassette tapes of written by Yazdī (Abū Bakr al-Muṭahhar ibn Abī al- several architectural firms, including radio broadcasts made by Cuban exiles, Qāsim ibn Abī Saʻīd al-Jamālī maʻrūf bih Yazdī.) Centerbrook Architects and Planners, broadcast into Cuba from Florida and and copied in 11th/17th cent., is a study of natural Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associ- Central America in the late 1980s and history in Persian and illuminated with detailed mul- ates, and Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects ticolored illustrations of animals, birds, plants, stones Al Cantio del Gallo radio program audio- 1990s and humans. Because of its colorful illuminations, PRISMA (Publicaciones y Revistas Socia- this manuscript was especially helpful, during the cassettes—1000 recordings contained in les y Humanísticas): a comprehensive project, when developing a specialized method for 602 audiocassettes of a radio program, reference resource providing full-text examining manuscript pages online. “Al cantio de un gallo,” broadcast into

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Cuba by Cuban exiles in Florida and Mission Central America The Yale University Library, as one of the world’s leading Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust research libraries, collects, organizes, preserves, and provides Testimonies received documents, access to and services for a rich and unique record of human photographs, manuscripts, clippings, thought and creativity. It fosters intellectual growth and relating to the archive supports the teaching and research missions of Yale University and scholarly communities worldwide. research services and collections th 19 Century British Library Newspapers Vision North American Confidential Print, 1824-1961 As stewards of and guides to the record of human activity, we Travel Writing, Spectacle, and World History ensure and provide: • An environment of discovery and creativity. social science library Edinburgh University Press journals online • Successful use of the Library in learning, teaching, and intellectual growth. Ethnographic Video Online from Alexander Street Press • Effective and integrated access to scholarly resources. Taylor & Francis Online Archive Collection, • Leadership in an emerging global network of libraries. eight serial modules • An exemplary work environment where members participate,develop, and excel. Jane’s Defense Budgets Mergent Web reports for government and Values municipal manuals. Oxford Scholarship Online ebook collections Integrity for “Psychology (Sept 09, Feb 10, April • We adhere to the highest standards of fairness, justice, and 10 and May 10 updates)”, and “Social equality in our work. Work (Sept 09, Feb 10, April 10 and • We relate to each other with honesty and candor. May 10 updates)”. • We maintain a strong work ethic, take responsibility for our work and actions, keep our word, and follow through on our Palgrave Economics & Finance 2010, Politi- commitments. cal and International Studies 2010 and Respect Social and Cultural Studies 2010 eBook • We treat everyone with equal consideration and courtesy. collections. Wiley journal backfiles (about 150 titles) • We encourage differences in perspective and maintain an openness to new ideas and adventures. • We engage others with compassion, empathy and tolerance. south and south east asia collection 90 volumes on Myanmar (and particularly • We are committed to an environment that is inclusive and th diverse, in order to reach our full potential in intellectual Burmese history) from the 19 and early vitality, innovation and flexibility. th 20 centuries Excellence 400 volumes of Tamil literature • We are committed to excellence. An archive collection of writings, reports • We employ the best tools, people, and resources to and manuscript material collected by accomplish our work. Professor Donald Horrowitz of Duke • We are dedicated to ongoing learning for individual and University relating to ethnic conflict and organizational growth. riots around the world, but with a heavy • We continuously improve our processes, procedures, and emphasis on South and Southeast Asia services to exceed the expectations of those we serve. Creativity and Flexibility yale center for british art reference • We meet the changing needs of the library and its users library by developing innovative solutions, practices, and services Dress at the Court of King Henry VIII, Leeds, in a creative work environment that supports flexibility, UK: Maney Pub., c2007 collaboration, and an openness to new ideas and practices, Hersterberg, William. Thomas Bewick: The risk taking, and forward thinking. blocks revisited and rediscovered, Evanston, Open Communication IL: Hesterberg Press, 2008 • We promote an environment where communication is Nineteenth century British Library newspapers encouraged, open, and two-way. (Database subscription contributor) • We share information that keeps stakeholders actively Pigment compendium: a dictionary of involved in decisions and actions that affect the success of historical pigments, Oxford; New York: the Library, because we recognize the importance of library- Butterworth-Heinemann, 2004 wide participa¬tion.

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access services tion was held on November 14th 2009 to mark the centennial of This year saw significant improvements and serious analysis the Babylonian Collection. A number of visiting scholars came of issues related to the provision of traditional and expanded from all over the world to study cuneiform texts in the collection services in Sterling and Bass libraries. In addition, this fiscal and staff gave tours and lectures to a number of classes from Yale year represents the first full year under the new department College, the Divinity School, the School of Management, Yale head, Brad Warren. Significant changes and improvements Art Gallery, and the University Library. Tours were also given to were made in Information Services, Electronic Reserves and a large number of individuals and classes in several New Haven the patron database. schools and other schools from across Connecticut. acquisitions beinecke Much progress was made in becoming a more efficient and unified In January 2010 Frank Turner was appointed Interim University department. With cultural changes in the approach to work, coupled Librarian, splitting his time between the University Library and with new recommendations from the Acquisitions Task Force, the Beinecke and Christa Sammons, long-time curator of the the department focused on the quality rather than the quantity of German Literature Collection, retired. The majority of the pre- work. The results are higher standards, openness to change, and 1800 imprints from both Sterling Memorial and Mudd Libraries overall more efficient processes. Some of the particular highlights were processed for transfer to the Library Shelving Facility. The included the reorganization of Review Plaza, training of staff, Manuscript Unit began the Baseline Processing Project, through tracking serials and standing order receipts, developing reports for which the Unit will provide the same level of access to all back- monitoring funds, and clearing out backlogs in the department. log collections that are currently given to new accessions. The Manuscript Unit also inaugurated Beinecke’s new processing african collection space at the Library Shelving Facility, for receiving and gaining Some notable achievements this year included continuing the control of newly acquired collections and in September 2009 endangered African languages project and digitizing the audio Beinecke materials started to be sent from its collections to this tapes of Guinean dissident, Djibril Niane, funded by the Arca- new module. 8767 readers visited the reading room, including dia grant. Methods of collecting statistics were streamlined and 21 month-long visiting fellows and 21 Yale graduate student fel- exceptional strides were taken toward reducing the backlog. lows. In the fall of 2009, the James Weldon Johnson collection welcomed its second long-term Fellow, Pulitzer Prize winning arts library The Robert B. Haas Family Arts poet Natasha Trethewey. The Beinecke acquired a Bookeye digital Library came into its own during scanner, which provides a means to create inexpensive PDFs and this past year in its relatively new allowed the library to retire its photocopying operations. More environs within the Rudolph- than 28,000 PDFs were created during the year. The number of Loria facility. The library served Yale classes held at the library grew by 20% to 317 sessions. The more than 200,000 visitors and Beinecke embraced two social networking tools, Facebook and in spite of staffing attrition and Twitter and within nine months, the Beinecke’s Facebook page budgetary challenges throughout went from having 0 to over 800 fans and the Twitter account the year, front-line service struc- attracted over 300 followers. tures evolved to a high level of catalog & metadata services functionality and responsive- Catalog and Metadata Services completed its first full year since ness. Other significant projects the reorganization in the September of 2008. The new team included the development of the structures are functioning well. There was an expansion of efforts Propaganda postcard glorifying Haas Arts stacks map, the creation to repurpose or transform metadata for new uses. In the category the Italian occupation of Ethiopia of a new collection development of ‘unlocking collections’, a project was begun to catalog materi- in the 1930s policy, the re-writing of all Arts als from the Iberian Peninsula, not in Spanish or Portuguese. Library LibGuides, enhancements Another project created preliminary records for modern maps to the student assistant training Wiki, and extensive updates to all in the Map department, and continued to address longstand- Arts Library-related web information and policy and procedure ing backlogs of Scandinavian and Dutch materials. The African documentation. A multi-year project to re-introduce all art-related language project was extended. folio-sized books into the onsite collections at Haas was also begun. The Arts Library’s research education program continued divinity and class-based instruction and one-on-one consultations were This year saw the development of a Personal Librarian Program provided to nearly 400 students in 44 sessions during the year. and the increase of instructional activity. 4 missions-related books published before 1800 were acquired as were 4,070 postcards. babylonian Latourette Initiative projects were established in Gujarat and This year the Babylonian Collection saw 160 Monographs and Hong Kong and the Latourette project in Edinburgh was com- serials catalogued in ORBIS, 1000 cuneiform tablets fired and pleted. The nineteenth meeting of the Yale-Edinburgh Group repaired, and approximately 1,500 tablets catalogued. A celebra- on the History of the Missionary Movement and Non-Western Christianity was held at Yale.

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document delivery and borrow direct latin american This was a year in which both Document Delivery and Borrow As a result of the university’s budget cuts, the Latin American Direct transitioned to new systems. Borrow Direct continued Collection had to reduce the acquisitions of materials from several to be popular with Yale students, faculty, and staff, due to the Andean, Central American, and Southern Cone countries. Latin ease with which users can request books from the other Borrow American academic programs at Yale continued to be strong Direct libraries. however - Caribbean Studies emerged as an area of major interest for faculty and students, and so the collection strengthened its east asia holdings from this region. The successful acquisition of Latin East Asia reference and research education activities showed American imprints continued as a result of excellent contacts forged continued growth during the year. The number of reference ques- with many of the region’s major book vendors. New sources for tions and consultations increased over 60%, while the number library research material were identified by the Curator during of subject-specific research education sessions, database training acquisitions trips, and in visits to the Guadalajara International workshops, library tours, and orientations increased over 25%. Book Fair. The technical services staff cataloged a total of 12,564 titles. The Japanese Manuscript Collection was completely cataloged online law library and two other collections were partially cataloged or shelf-listed A strategic planning process was launched at the start of the year during the year. A conservator was hosted from the University to help map the course of the library for the next 3-5 years and of Tokyo Historiographical Institute in October. He reviewed faculty and students were interviewed in order to understand works in the Yale Association of Japan (YAJ) Collection in the users’ needs. There was a notable shift from the acquisition of Beinecke, did training and demonstrations, and completed an print to online serials, partly out of necessity due to the budget- assessment report for a rare folding screen that will be treated ary challenges, although in spite of this, the purchase of print by Institute staff in Tokyo in 2011.

historical sound recordings In November, the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) awarded a collaborative grant to HSR and the Archive of Recorded Sound (ARS) at Stanford, as part of CLIR’s Unlocking Hidden Special Collections grant program. The grant provides funding for 19 months to arrange, process, and create finding aids for several archival collections within both sound archives. In HSR, these collections include the business archives of the Spoken Arts sound recording company, an extensive collection of speeches and other special events recorded on the Yale campus beginning in the 1950s, and the large general collection of rare photographs, letters, and other archival documents related to early singers and instrumentalists. These materials have been part of HSR for many years, but until now they were not accessible to researchers. An international group of Maghrebi visiting scholars with expertise in linguis- international digital projects tics, liturgy, history and rabbinics, work individually and together to identify and describe items from Yale’s collection of North African Jewish manuscripts. The International Digital Projects group continued to contribute to both the library’s and the university’s goal of advancing inter- national initiatives. Elizabeth Beaudin led the group and directed grant-funded digitization projects. The team performed Opti- cal Character Recognition (OCR) tasks and conducted Quality Assurance tasks on all OCR output.

judaica Two outstanding highlights included the renovation of the Judaic Studies Reading room and the curator’s office and the visit of twelve scholars of North African Jewry to the library to study the Yale Library’s North African Jewish Manuscript Collection. Other highlights included the completion of the ketubah cataloging project and an exhibit on the culture of North African Jewry. A visit was made by Professor Moshe Bar Asher from Israel to help with cataloging the Moroccan Jewish manuscripts. The year also included an acquisitions trip to Israel and the publication of the Richard Minsky guiding a diverse crowd around his exhibit at the Haas first Judaic Studies Program Newsletter in over fifteen years. Family Arts Library. Publisher George Braziller is pictured in the center. His book on Minsky’s art is soon-to-be published.

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monographs reached an all time high of 9,000 new titles. Use following his untiring building of collections, and expanding the of both print and online resources continued to increase, with Library’s capacity to handle materials in several languages and the circulation of print materials exceeding 100,000 for the first from many different periods. Ann Okerson, Associate University time ever. Law Librarians became more seriously engaged in Librarian for Collections and International Programs, took on the instructional sessions, offering a wide array of credit and non- interim responsibility. In November 2009, Yale secured the third credit courses in legal research. 4 year grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Title VI, for the digitization of government gazettes from Syria and Palestine. map department It was also awarded a grant from NEH/JISC for digitizing a small The Map Department was able to report some significant high- group of manuscripts and building digital infrastructure so that lights this past fiscal year which included the development of a more manuscripts could be added to the project work and the new cataloging technique called “Maps2MARC” which allowed site—a partnership between the International Digital Projects the extremely efficient cataloging of sheet level series maps - group at Yale, the Medical Library, and the School of Oriental approximately, 1,200 records were created in the pilot project. and African Studies. Some funds were also allocated from the 881 people were instructed in 45 sessions and there was a growth Arcadia grant to complete the description and audio streaming in reference requests by 46% to 5,495 reference questions. There of about 1,400 Islamic fundamentalist tapes that were rescued continued to be a high demand for course support with 92 stu- from a dusty souk in Afghanistan. dents and faculty in 8 sessions. preservation manuscripts and archives A highlight of this year was a modest renovation of the depart- Manuscripts and Archives continued to provide excellent service to ment’s spaces. The result is a much better working environment, 1,201 in-person patrons. 6,750 reference inquiries were answered enabling more efficient service to the library. The department and 70 instruction sessions were held with 870 participants. participated in a Mellon grant-funded project to survey Yale’s There was a successful negotiation for the records of the Gay photographic collections across the University, the results of and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), a leading New which will be used in strategic planning for the preservation England anti-discrimination organization. Similarly successful of the collections and to create a directory to help researchers. negotiations occurred for the records of the Natural Resources Work was undertaken with the Image Permanence Institute and Defense Council, a leading national and international environ- Yale Facilities on experimenting with shutdowns of the HVAC mentalism organization. The migration to the Archivists Tool systems in the SML stacks to save energy while maintaining a Kit was completed and a $100,000 gift was received for the preservation-sound environment for collections. Special collec- Fortunoff Archives digitization project. tions conservation staff constructed over 300 specially designed boxes to hold cased images from the Beinecke’s Palmquist Col- medical library One of the most exciting developments this year was the creation lection and assistance was provided for over forty exhibitions of the Cushing Center within the Medical Library. Designed by in nine separate library venues. architect, Turner Brooks, the center represents a collaboration oral history of american music between the library and department of Neurosurgery. 200 neuro- Oral History of American Music (OHAM) had a transformational surgeons were hosted in the space for the annual meeting of the year, celebrating their 40th anniversary. The major event of the Society of Neurological Surgeons. The Medical Library expanded year was a set of two School of Music concerts in Sprague Hall, its e-journal and e-book collections, providing access to 17,544 New Haven and at Zankel Hall in Carnegie Hall, New York where biomedical online books, a 45% increase over the past year. 96% music was featured by composers represented in the OHAM of the collection budget was spent on online resources including archives. The performances included video and audio clips from e-books, e-journals, and databases which can be accessed by phy- OHAM interviews, which impressed audiences in both locations. sicians, staff and students, on and off campus. The Bicentennial Many of OHAM’s living composers attended the concerts, which Collection was digitized this year, with over 800 photographs took on the air of homecoming celebrations. In the midst of all of faculty, classes, departments and buildings—just in time to this, the Mellon Foundation grant, that provided gap funding for help the celebrate its 200th anniversary. OHAM’s transition to the Library, ended. This marked OHAM’s The newly designed Medical library home page, enabled also transition from a stand-alone project, completely funded with for mobile devices, premiered in 2009, resulting in the highest outside money, to a stable department within the University level of web requests ever—9,255,278—a 5% increase from the Library. Vivian Perlis, the founder and director of OHAM since previous year. Education sessions reached 10,661 people, and its inception, stepped down as director on June 30, 2010. Vivian 500 new residents, fellows and students were reached through continues to be active in OHAM under her title, Senior Research orientation sessions. 4 exhibits were hosted in the library’s rotunda Associate. Libby Van Cleve, the Associate Director of OHAM, and Yale historian, David Blight, gave a talk sponsored by the succeeded Vivian as Director later in the summer. Associates of the Medical library. research services and collections near east Some major personnel changes took place during the fiscal year. January 2010 saw the retirement of Simon Samoeil, Near East In late September Jeffry Larson, the Librarian for Romance Lan- Curator. The fruits of his work will be enjoyed for many years, guages and Literatures, retired after nearly thirty-one years of

13 service, leaving a legacy of one of the and practice. Work was completed in the summer of 2010. The nation’s strongest collections in French iDesk model of reference service was continued, having proven and Italian literature. Six months later successful the previous year. Susanne Roberts, the Librarian for Western European History and Coordi- south east asia nator of Humanities Collections, retired The Curator conducted a five week acquisitions trip to Thailand, after slightly over thirty-one years of Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines in late 2009. distinguished achievement. In early Some unique library materials were collected and there were March the first Librarian for Western opportunities to meet with book dealers and librarians from the European Languages and Literatures Library of Congress Field and Representative Offices in each was hired. Two series of Ask the Experts! of those countries. In May, a gift was given of 90 volumes on Sessions were held during the fall and Myanmar and Burma, some being quite rare from the 19th and spring semesters in the Bass Library. early 20th century. Classes were provided on Southeast Asian and These walk-in sessions were designed Vietnamese history, Vietnamese anthropology and Vietnamese to help undergraduates find books and language resources. For four months, the collection hosted a peer-reviewed articles, identify primary librarian intern from the Library of Congress Field Office in Marquand Chapel at the Sterling Divinity Islamabad, Pakistan, whose work focused on cataloging Paki- Quadrangle sources, interpret citations in footnotes, and prepare bibliographies. There was a stani material in Urdu. The Curator has also been overseeing great deal of positive response to this program from the students. the development of the South Asian collection, in the absence The Library’s Personal Librarian program has continued to be an of a dedicated South Asia Curator. With recent faculty hires at especially effective service for lower level undergraduates, where Yale in South Asian Studies, there have been new demands for every Yale freshman and sophomore has an assigned librarian research material from the countries of Nepal and Bangladesh, who can be contacted for reference or research-related assistance. while demands for research material from and about India con- The program has been widely applauded. tinue to grow. The South Asia Collection received a donation of over 400 volumes of Tamil literature, filling a gap in the col- science libraries lection for a language which the University has been teaching New services were initiated in the areas of electronic reserves, for 4 years now. Another donation was received of an archive scan-on-demand and West Campus delivery services. A fea- collection of writings, reports and manuscripts relating to ethnic tured exhibit, “Bioinformatics Research Being Carried Out in conflict and riots around the world, but with a heavy emphasis the Gerstein Lab, Yale University” focused on the research and on South and Southeast Asia. publications of Professor Mark Gerstein and the Gerstein Lab in the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. usability & assessment The economic climate and University-wide budget cuts had The work of the department evolved from a singular focus on significant impact on the Science Libraries’ collections budget the digital environment to include more exploration of how this fiscal year, resulting in the cancellation of more than 100 students and faculty work in library spaces. Studies conducted journal subscriptions and monographic series standing orders, by the department showed that the library has opportunities to as well as several databases. In addition to those cancellations, design new uses for its physical spaces, and create new services the moratorium on proactive book selection without specific to help patrons who are working in a hybrid physical and digital requests of patrons or to support reserves was continued this environment. The department continued to deliver usability fiscal year in Kline Science Library, and the Engineering & Applied tests aimed at helping to improve digital services and also ran Science Library. Despite this, the Science Libraries were able to training sessions for staff to use a web metrics tool so that staff purchase and make available an increased number of electronic may better understand what online library material is being used. books. The Forestry & Environmental Studies Library was merged yale center for british art reference library with the Kline Science Library, due to a number of economic At the YCBA Reference Library and Archives, 764 patrons took and organizational factors. advantage of extended library hours that included Saturdays and Sundays as well as one evening each week. There were a total social science Planning continued this year for a future combined Science and of 3,972 patrons in the Library over the course of the year, with Social Science information center (CSSSI). The Government 23% more undergraduates using the library. The renovation of Documents Information Center celebrated Yale’s 150th anniver- the Center’s offsite facility at 270 Crown was completed with sary as a member of the Federal Depository Library Program. a space dedicated to the Institutional Archive. The Archive is The Library reported 30,556 people passing through their door, fully secure and climate controlled and incorporates a state-of- 16,082 circulation transactions, 1,225 reference questions and 137 the-art Saphire FM-200 fire suppression system. The archive consultations. Planning continued for processing the Mudd library includes storage space, a reading room, a processing room, and collections and moving them to the Library Shelving Facility an archivist’s office. In the fall of 2009 the majority of the cen- (LSF), in collaboration with the central cataloging department ter’s archival collection was transferred from commercial offsite and the LSF. Plans were made for conversion of Social Science storage to this new space. The Archive holds the institutional Library public workstations to StatLab workstations, the instal- records of the Center dating from the mid-1960s and includes lation of large digital screens for signage, and the installation of hundreds of architectural drawings from the construction of the equipment in the StatLab Annex for presentation preparation building. Molly Dotson began her 8-month position as Samuel H. Kress Fellow in Art Librarianship in June of 2010.

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source of funds millions of dollars library statistics

$ % 2009–2010 2008–09

12,787,962 Volumes in the Library 6,807,252 Full-text article requests University General $49.5 46% Appropriations $51 42.2% 4,464,869 Searches in the online catalog 6,942,185 Visits to the Library’s website 847,364 Items charged to readers 237,514 Volumes added to the collection 100,590 Manuscript and archival holdings (linear feet) 106,481 Serials (journals, periodicals, etc.) received Endowments $51.9 48.3% $60.4 50.0% 69,592 Reference transactions 70,119 Electronic serials purchased 27,472 Items treated by Preservation department Gifts and other income $4.9 4.6% 20,979 Print serials purchased (excluding pledges) $8.4 6.9% 1,743 Instructional sessions, workshops, and tutorials offered Grants and contracts $1.2 1.1% $1.1 0.9% 308 Clerical and technical staff

Non-operating costs $0.0 0.0% 238 Managerial and professional staff (including construction) $0.0 0.0% 75 Student assistants $107.5 $120.9

expenditures millions of dollars

$ % 2009–2010 2008–09

Compensation $45.9 42.7% $47.3 39.1%

Library collections $28.9 26.9% and binding $36.6 30.3%

Building alterations $25.5 23.7% and maintenance, utilities and University $26.5 21.9% assessments

Equipment, supplies, $7.2 06.7% and services $10.5 08.7%

$120.8 $110.5

Back cover: Propaganda postcard glorifying the Italian occupation of Ethiopia in the 1930s

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