A Newsletter Fall 2015, Issue No. 53 of the Library Library Perspectives

CONSERVATORY LIBRARY robert darnton to speak at friends COLLABORATES WITH INTERNET ARCHIVE dinner obert Darnton, recently retired THE CONSERVATORY LIBRARY recently began University Librarian of Harvard, will a partnership with the Internet Archive Rbe the featured speaker at the Friends (www.archive.org) to digitally preserve select of the Library annual dinner on Saturday, analog audio recordings from the James R. November 14. Darnton is widely known and Susan Neumann Jazz Collection. The in library circles as a champion of open Neumann Collection includes over 100,000 scholarship; he both founded Harvard’s jazz recordings in various formats (78s, 45s, Office of Scholarly Communication and LPs, CDs, DVDs) as well as print materials, started its Digital Access to Scholarship at including several thousand books on jazz and Harvard (DASH) repository. DASH realized over 100 titles of jazz and blues periodicals. the 2008 resolution approved by the Harvard Thousands of musicians’ photographs and Faculty of Arts and Sciences to provide open autographs, as well as sheet music, artifacts, access to peer-reviewed literature published and ephemera complete the holdings (see by the faculty. DASH quickly became one of Perspectives, Spring 2008, Spring 2012). the more visible open access repositories in Robert Darnton the nation and a model for other institutions. Hundreds of colleges, universities, and scholarship repository in 2011. research institutions have followed course; Darnton is celebrated for his vision of a Oberlin’s General Faculty unanimously free digital library for the nation, created by adopted an open access resolution in 2009, non-profit scholarly organizations. Less than and the library introduced the college’s own three years after an initial meeting to discuss continued on page 9

Rachel Stanton, Conservatory Library library pilots first year library advisor student assistant, reformatting recordings program Nearly half of the collection’s recordings t the beginning of the fall semester, all offers (www.oberlin.edu/library/students/ are in analog form and thus require first year students were matched with a fyla.html). Librarians are working closely digitization for long-term preservation, Alibrarian who will serve as their Library with faculty who teach in the First Year teaching, and research access. Oberlin began Advisor, an approachable go-to person Seminar Program (FYSP) to integrate First the digitization process in the spring of 2013 for all types of questions about the library Year Library Advisors into their courses. Staff and has been converting approximately 250 and about research for class assignments. members planning the program believe this recordings each year. The partnership with The goal of the program is to connect new personalized experience will resonate with the Internet Archive (IA) will allow Oberlin students to the library from the beginning Oberlin students and is in keeping with the to increase significantly its digitization and to personalize their library experience. college’s goal of creating a strong academic capacity. Members of the library’s Reference and community that supports student learning. The agreement includes a generous Instruction Group worked over the past year “We hope this initiative will encourage loan of digitization hardware: two dedicated to design the pilot program, which features students to involve librarians as partners laptops, two turntables, two analog-to-digital use of online communication tools and a in their learning,” says Reference and converters, and a scanner to digitize LP webpage that explains what the program Instruction Librarian Jennifer Starkey. • continued on page 8 1 RECENT GIFTS THE LIBRARY gratefully acknowledges the friends of the library following significant monetary gifts and gifts- fall 2015 programs in-kind. Major monetary gifts: Exhibitions: •William Roe ’64 for the Ray English Endowed Library Fund. David Stone Martin, Jazz Illustrator Monday, August 31—Friday, December 11, Basement Level, Kohl Building •William Pelster ’64 for the Ray English Endowed Library Fund. Lectures and Other Events: •Virginia Luce ’63 for the Ray English Endowed Library Fund. “Proceed and Be Bold,” Video viewing, the work of letterpress activist Amos Kennedy, followed by a discussion with Amos Kennedy •Clyde Owan ’79 for the George A. and Wednesday, September 16, 3:00 p.m., Classroom 1, Art Building Susan P. Lanyi Endowed Library Book Fund. •Emily McClintock ’76 for the Ray English “Talk Show Campaigns: Presidential Candidates on Daytime and Late Night Television,” Talk Endowed Library Fund. by Michael Parkin, Associate Professor of Politics •Paulina Marks ’45 for the Friends of the Thursday, September 24, 4:30 p.m., Moffett Auditorium, Mudd 050 Oberlin College Library. •Michael Shinagel ’57 for the Ray English “Allusions to Seasons and Weather,” Talk by Peter Swendsen, Associate Professor of Computer Music and Digital Arts Endowed Library Fund. Tuesday, October 6, 4:30 p.m., Moffett Auditorium, Mudd 050 Generous monetary gifts: •Richard Lehmann ’70 for the George A. “They Breathe Iron: Artistic and Scientific Encounters with an Ancient Life Form,”Talk by and Susan P. Lanyi Endowed Library Book Linda Grashoff, writer and photographer Fund. Tuesday, October 27, 4:30 p.m., Moffett Auditorium, Mudd 050 •Wayne Steinmetz ’67 for the Norman C. Craig Endowed Library Book Fund. 19th-Century French Flute Extravaganza, Featuring materials from the Frederick R. Selch •Joseph Hickerson ’57 for the Ray English Collection of American Music History Saturday, October 31, Conservatory of Music Endowed Library Fund. 1:30 p.m. “Fifty Unknown Flutists,” Murphy Colloquium lecture by Tom Moore, Florida •Anne McFarland ’62 for the Ray English International University Libraries, Bibbins 238 Endowed Library Fund. 3:00 p.m. “The Development of the French Flute, 1790-1880,” Lecture/ •Susan Phillips ’76 for the Ray English demonstration by Michael Lynn, Professor of Recorder and Baroque Endowed Library Fund. Flute, Bibbins 238 •Alan Wurtzel ’55 for the Friends of the 6:30 p.m. Concert performance by Conservatory faculty and students, Kulas Recital Hall Oberlin College Library. Significant gifts-in-kind: Friends of the Library Annual Events •Robin Salter, Professor of Biology, donated Saturday, November 14 a large number of books on biology and 1:30 p.m. Friends Council and Membership Meeting, Goodrich Room, Mudd Center general science. 5:45 p.m. Friends Annual Reception and Dinner, Root Room, Carnegie •Bob ’52 and Helen Baldwin ’53 have given 8:00 p.m. Featured Speaker, Robert Darnton, Root Room, Carnegie art and art history books. continued on page 5 friends update THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY received a as resources in multidisciplinary areas, and Library Perspectives total of $52,902 in gifts during the 2014-15 in support of specific subjects in the arts and academic year. Membership in the Friends sciences. A special allocation of $20,000 was Alan Boyd Cynthia Comer totaled 756, including 535 regular members made to support an expansion of the library’s Alison Ricker Jeremy Smith who contributed directly to the Friends, 132 collection of pre-cinematic teaching objects Jennifer Starkey members who donated to other library funds (see article on p. 7). Editors or made gifts-in-kind, 36 members who were Highlights of Friends programs included A newsletter for users and Friends of students or recent graduates, 41 life members, faculty book talks by Claire Solomon ’98, the Oberlin College Library, Library and 12 honorary members. Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies; Perspectives is issued two times a year. The Friends’ allocation of $40,000 was Sonia Kruks, Professor of Politics; Renee Printed from an endowed fund established used to support acquisitions in subject areas Romano, Professor of History; and Wendy by Benjamin and Emiko Custer. across the curriculum. Purchases included Kozol ’80, Professor of Comparative rare materials for special collections, as well American Studies. Other programs included continued on page 8 2 ARCHITECTURE OF OBERLIN graduate library school scholarship COLLEGE: A VIRTUAL EXHIBIT winners ELIZABETH working in this exciting Gutenberg age.” EDGAR ’15 AND Mann, who is currently enrolled at B MANN ’11 the School of Library and Information are winners of Science at Kent State University, majored 2015 Friends in comparative American studies and has of the Library worked in various roles in public libraries, Graduate including in Oberlin and Cleveland. Mann Library School recently began work as Assistant Librarian at Scholarships Prospect Elementary School in Oberlin and in the amount is pursuing a K-12 of $3,500 each. school library ON AUGUST 3 the Oberlin College For the second media licensure Archives launched an expanded and consecutive in addition to a more sophisticated version of its 2002 year two scholarships were awarded from library science guide to college buildings, accessible among a very strong applicant pool based on degree. As a from its website (tinyurl.com/ the quality and engagement of the winning school librarian ocarchitecture). The project, Architecture applicants. he hopes to build , is presented in of Oberlin College Edgar (pictured above) majored in highly usable a customized version of Omeka, a English at Oberlin and became interested and relevant content management system designed in a career in librarianship and archival collections and specifically for digital collections. preservation while working with materials to “empower Computer science major Eva Fineberg from Oberlin’s special collections, the young people ’15 designed the templates in Omeka as college archives, and the British National with the skills necessary to navigate emerging a winter term project in January 2015 Archives. She began her coursework this technologies.” with College Archivist Ken Grossi and fall at the University of Michigan School The scholarship awards committee Associate Archivist Anne Salsich. of Information and, with a foundation in consisted of Friends President Robert

Architecture of Oberlin College literary and book studies gained at Oberlin, Longsworth, Collection Development presents images and historical looks forward “to seeing how technology will Librarian Jessica Grim, and Interim Director information for over 190 college change special collections librarianship and of Libraries Alan Boyd. • buildings, monuments, memorials, and construction projects. Each entry is linked to a current geolocator map jazz art exhibit features d.s. martin or, if the structure no longer exists, a n exhibit publications for various department stores in historical campus map. An index of drawn the Chicago area. During WWII, he worked architects links to architectural firm Afrom the for the Federal Artists Project, the Tennessee websites and the Archives’ collections. James R. and Valley Authority, and the Office of War Archives staff worked with local Susan Neumann Information. freelance photographer John Seyfried Jazz Collection Shortly after the war, Martin began to photograph structures not already (see Perspectives, pursuing his interest in jazz by creating LP well documented. Archives and Special Spring 2008, cover art, first for Moses Asch’s Disc Records Collections Intern Haley Antell ’09 Spring 2012) is and, most notably, for several of Norman and student assistant Serena Creary, on display in the Granz’s record labels. He designed over 400 a senior double degree composition lower level of the record covers while also creating hundreds of and comparative literature major, Kohl Building through fall semester. The images for periodicals and concert posters. assisted Salsich with scanning historical exhibit features posters, LP covers, magazine His drawing style became enormously photographs, locating new images, and covers, an original drawing, and a watercolor influential, with many art studios requiring compiling the wealth of information on painting, created by David Stone Martin. their staff members to become proficient in Oberlin’s built environment. A digital Martin (1913-1992) was a prolific and creating “D.S.M. lines.” His work has been timeline of Oberlin’s building program influential artist best known for his line displayed at the Museum of Modern Art, the will soon complete the project. In the drawings of jazz musicians. After attending Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York first month, the virtual exhibit attracted the Art Institute of Chicago in the 1930s, City, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the over 400 users. • he began designing posters, displays, and Smithsonian Institution. •

3 LIBRARY DONATES BOOKS TO HIGH sun deck refurbished SCHOOL LIBRARY IN SOUTH AFRICA bench are arranged around the perimeter of the space, interspersed with the plantings. The upgrades have created an inviting and comfortable space for reading, studying, or simply taking a break. Salsich has observed the space being used more frequently, noting that the improvements have greatly enhanced the sun deck’s overall attractiveness and THIS PAST SUMMER, the library sent four boxes ambiance. The bench includes a plaque in of books to Paterson High School library memory of long-time library technician Jean of Eastern Cape, South Africa. Collection he library recently took steps to Binford (1931-2014), who retired in 2001 Development Librarian Jessica Grim revitalize the central sun deck located arranged for the transfer of materials through Ton the 4th floor of Mudd Center. The correspondence with Dessane Cassell ’14, area was a showcase when Mudd opened in who has worked at the school since January 1974, but its striking mid-century modern 2015. As part of her service as a Fulbright plastic and fiberglass furniture could not scholar, Cassell reopened the school’s last through decades of exposure to the library, which had been closed for four Ohio summer sun. Collection Development years, and took on the task of reorganizing Librarian Jessica Grim and Associate and improving its collection. The donated Archivist Anne Salsich sought advice from materials from Oberlin consisted primarily of Grounds Services Manager Dennis Greive duplicate gift books that were not needed for as they selected plants and designed the the college collection, along with a relatively layout for new furniture and planters. With after 35 years of dedicated service to the recent edition of the Encyclopedia Americana. an eye for having varied shapes and colors to library. Two large round planters that were Cassell reported that she and the student complement the setting and the seasons, they formerly on the sun deck have been moved library monitors were particularly thrilled chose boxwoods, red twig dogwoods, and a to the north A-Level plaza where they will to receive so many new poetry books. She Japanese magnolia—plants well suited to the be used to plant mulberry trees for use by anticipates that the “books will really have a local climate that will provide visual interest students during the papermaking winter big impact on some students and will help us year round. New tables, chairs, and a reading term course in January 2016. • continue to build interest in the library.” •

LIBRARY AND OFFICE OF DISABILITY zirinskys donate new version of divine SERVICES COLLABORATION comedy

THE LIBRARY is pleased to continue its long SPECIAL COLLECTIONS recently images portray urban scenes partnership with the college’s Office of received a gift from Michael juxtaposed with allusions to Disability Services (ODS). Last spring, ODS ’64 and Driek Zirinsky ’65 classical imagery. The set is staff brought to the library’s attention the of a fine press edition and especially valuable for the unique challenges faced by students who rely new interpretation of Dante’s study of book design and on software that reads aloud the text of web Divine Comedy in three illustration, the relationship pages and digital documents. They noted that volumes: Inferno, Purgatorio, of image to text, and fine press many such documents students encounter and Paradiso. The gift is in printing. Special Collections for course readings and research are merely honor of Arlene Warmbrunn Librarian Ed Vermue expects pictures of the text, and are therefore Saxonhouse ’65 and Gary Cover illustration for Dante's that faculty who teach courses unusable by screen reading software. In Saxonhouse. The texts, Inferno in literature, religion, art, response, the library has committed to translated by Sandow Birk and and the college’s emerging scanning course reserve readings with Marcus Sanders, with illustrations by Sandow book studies curriculum will be particularly optical character recognition technology, Birk, are a contemporary re-envisioning interested in this new work and will compare making them compatible with screen readers. of the 14th-century masterpiece that it to earlier versions of the Divine Comedy Reference and Instruction Librarian Jennifer transplants the action to modern American held by the library, including a 1497 Starkey serves as the library’s liaison to ODS, cityscapes. The story is rife with humor, Venetian edition with 99 wood-engraved to facilitate communication with disability satire, and social commentary on the ills illustrations and the 1862 Paris (Hachette) services staff. • of modern urban life. The accompanying edition with illustrations by Gustave Doré. •

4 CAMPANA NAMED EDITOR OF NOTES westwood cemetery database upgraded CONSERVATORY casual stroll through the peaceful LIBRARIAN DEBORAH grounds of Westwood Cemetery brings CAMPANA recently Aone in close proximity to the graceful — began a five-year headstones of notable Oberlinians among term as editor of them James Harris Fairchild, Charles Notes: Quarterly Martin Hall, , George Journal of the Music Library Association. Frederick Wright, and James Dascomb. The journal is the official, peer-reviewed There are countless others with names publication of the MLA and has been familiar in Oberlin’s history, and thousands published since 1934. Each issue includes more remembered by family, friends, reviews of current music-related books, and descendants, along with hundreds of sound recordings, and digital media, as unmarked graves. It is now easier than ever well as inventories of recently published to learn more about these final resting places music. Scholarly articles relating to music through the Oberlin Westwood Cemetery librarianship, the music trade, discography, Transcription Project, undertaken by the Oberlin Heritage Center (OHC) beginning and music history are also regular features of Root family gravestone the publication. in 1999. Campana oversees the work of fourteen Cecilia Robinson ’80, Electronic users can browse entries by section of the assistant and contributing editors, including and Continuing Resources Assistant, and cemetery; a map of the gravesites is currently Oberlin’s own Conservatory Technical former East Asian and Web Development under construction. The database provides Services Librarian David “Jack” Knapp, who Librarian Xi Chen collaborated with details on the gravestone itself, including OHC Director Liz Schultz to create an composition, condition, and location; continued on page 10 online interface that corresponds to the biographical information about those Recent Gifts, continued from page 2 fields in the OHC cemetery database. The interred; and relationship to others in the database is powered by Omeka, a content cemetery. Gravestone images are included •Sharon Miranda donated books and scores management platform for digital collections. for thousands of entries. Take a virtual from the estate of Gil Miranda, Emeritus In addition to allowing users to search by tour of Oberlin’s only cemetery at www. Professor of Music Theory. names and keywords from inscriptions, oberlinwestwood.org. • •Ken Benson ’76, continues to donate books on a variety of topics for the main library and special collections. ray english retirement recap • Michael ’64 and Driek Zirinsky ’65 gave a THE ACHIEVEMENTS of recently retired limited edition set of Dante’s Divine Comedy Director of Libraries Ray English were for the library’s special collections. celebrated in the Carnegie Building’s •David Boe, Emeritus Professor of Organ, Root Room on May 13 at a well-attended has contributed books and scores for the reception hosted by the library, the General Conservatory Library. Faculty Library Committee, the deans of •Ruth Green ’66 has given a large collection the College of Arts and Sciences and the of materials relating to textiles for the Art Conservatory of Music, and the Friends Library. of the Library. Remarks from Ann Sherif, •R. Blake Kessler contributed a large Professor of Japanese Studies and current number of scores to the Conservatory chair of the General Faculty Library Library. Committee and Terry Carlton, Emeritus •Priscilla Steinberg has donated a number of Professor of Chemistry and past chair of the children’s books to be added to the library’s Library Committee, gave an overview of special collections. Ray’s contributions to the library profession •Bruce Simonson, Professor of Geology, and as library director. Further remarks from continues to give books on geology and both deans and colleagues in attendance Ray English tries out the Thomas Moser chair presented as a gift from the library staff general interest topics for the Science Library. were capped by a tribute from Alan Boyd, •Betty Beers donated a collection of books now serving as Interim Director of Libraries, the Library/Ray English Endowed Library for the Art Library. who presented a gift from the library staff. Discretionary Fund, the principal of which •Heather Hogan, Professor of History, has Boyd also noted that the Friends of the now exceeds $100,000. The fund will given a large collection of history books. • Library recently established the Friends of support special projects and new initiatives. •

5 new library staff

elanie Cutietta began working and recently earned a master’s degree in library and information in April as the Weekend science from Simmons College with a concentration in archives MCirculation Desk Supervisor in management. She enjoys the mix of intellectual and hands-on work the Main Library. Her duties include that archival materials offer, likening it to detective work, with the managing and training student workers exception that “it’s less dangerous and we only use pencils.” Before who staff the circulation desk, along returning to Oberlin, Antell worked as the Digital Archives Intern with providing assistance to library at Keene State College in New Hampshire. patrons who have inquiries or concerns. Rosalinda “Rosie” Hernandez Cutietta is a 2008 graduate of the Linares joined the library staff in July University of Southern California, where she received a BA in on a one-year appointment as Reference music education with an emphasis in choral conducting. She and Instruction Librarian. Her primary is currently enrolled in the Master of Library and Information responsibilities are providing research Science program at San Jose State University, which she is on track assistance and information literacy to complete in May 2016. In addition to her interests in music instruction to the campus community. and libraries, Cutietta is passionate about the conservation and Linares comes to Oberlin from the preservation of natural landscapes. She has worked as a naturalist University of Louisville where she in Yellowstone National Park, enjoys hiking and skiing, and worked as the Diversity Residency Librarian. She received a Master regularly creates field recordings of ambient soundscapes, focusing of Library and Information Science degree from the University primarily on the sound of water features. of Pittsburgh in 2012 and a bachelor’s in classical civilizations Joseph Maiville ’09 joined the from Wellesley College in 2007. She has published several articles library staff in March as Evening for Reference Services Review and College and Research Libraries. Circulation Desk Supervisor in the Main Linares is also a vinyl enthusiast and a budding audiophile, recently Library. He enjoys the problem solving adding a Sansui 8080 receiver to her growing collection of audio that the work requires and interacting hardware. with Oberlin students as both patrons Keiko Hill, who is completing her and student desk attendants. Maiville master’s degree in library and information majored in history, and his hobbies science at Kent State University, is the new include listening to classic rock, writing East Asian Library Intern. She is assisting fantasy and with the acquisition and cataloging of science fiction, and playing games East Asian library materials following the (especially card games). recent departure of Xi Chen, who had Haley Antell ’09 is the new Archives been East Asian and Web Development and Special Collections Intern, where her Librarian since 2007. Hill, as a part of training includes processing manuscript her KSU studies, worked previously with Chen on a winter term collections and assisting with a variety project in January 2015 to catalog Japanese language materials in of scanning and digitization projects. the library’s Mary Ainsworth Collection (see Perspectives, Spring Antell majored in politics at Oberlin 2015). •

new artwork in mudd

AVI BRISMAN ’97 has donated to the library a stunning photographic work of art by fine art photographer Gregory Vershbow. Entitled The Last Reader, the photograph is one of several that comprise Vershbow’s The Library series, completed between 2004 and 2007. His work consists of photographic series and narrative books that combine his photography with original drawings and text. The Last Reader is displayed in a study area on the west side of the 2nd floor of Mudd. Other works by Vershbow can be found in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Getty Museum, and the Boston Athenaeum. •

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pre-cinematic collection enriches visual studies

century to a child’s sand- and gravity-driven toy (a decorated windmill that is set in motion by sand poured through a funnel at the top). Another toy, the peep box pictured below, is a child’s version of peep shows that were offered by street entertainers. The peep box created a miniature cinema, with elaborate, tiny constructions inside that one viewed through a small hole in the cover. The constructions typically depicted famous stories, fables, or current events. The earliest peep box shows were precursors to other , including the and . Other devices recently acquired were also very popular in the 1900s, including a Magic lantern, late 19th century , cail-o-scope, zograscope, polyrama panoptique, and magic lantern collections attest to that history, including Ed Vermue with early 1930s mutoscope with slides. Together, the objects “shed zöetrope and facsimiles. light on the rich history of motion and Two members of the physics WITH FINANCIAL support from the Friends department, electronics specialist Bill of the Library, Special Collections Mohler and machinist Doug Feller, Librarian Ed Vermue has to date acquired generously lent their time and expertise a dozen objects that are related to visual to help refurbish these items. Given the studies. The items greatly enrich the multidisciplinary nature of the collection, existing collection for exploring printed, the objects will be of interest to faculty early photographic, and pre-cinematic and students in many departments images. The purchases are in response including cinema studies, English, theater, to an interdepartmental proposal from art history, studio art, comparative Peep box, early 1930s literature, and East Asian studies. •

optical technologies,” as stated by the faculty who wrote the proposal: Rian Brown-Orso, Associate Professor of Cinema Studies and New Media; Wendy Hyman, Associate Professor of English; and Sarah Hamill, Assistant Professor of Art History. Their intent was to “build a collection that highlights the relationship between the old and new motion and optical technologies, spanning the 16th- Edison’s home kinetoscope, circa 1911 21st centuries.” three faculty members to support cinema Vermue noted that photography and studies and related coursework in the cinema did not arise in a desert of visual history of visual media, optics, and images, but developed in an environment technology. that already featured many ingenious ways to mass-produce and enjoy images, even The new artifacts range from a Zograscope, early 19th century refurbished five feet high early 20th- moving images. Other items in special

7 Internet Archive, continued from page 1 new digital resources covers. The Internet Archive is also sharing American Consumer Culture: Market rankings, and maps. Data can be exported recommendations on efficient workflows Research & American Business, 1935-1965 in many file formats, including via links that developed during its provides unique insight into the mid- provide permanent access to the view at the own work with analog 20th-century consumer boom through the time it was created, or to the most current audio. complete market research reports of Ernest data. A web-based application, it runs in IA is seeking to Dichter, the era’s foremost consumer analyst most popular web browsers on both Apple expand its work with and market research pioneer. Immensely and PC-based operating systems. audio material, recently influential, Dichter’s Freud-inspired Early American Imprints, Series I and II: hiring a dedicated studies put the consumer “on the couch” Supplements from the American Antiquarian curator of sound recordings with expertise and emphasized the unconscious motives Society, 1652-1819 is a major expansion of in building shared music libraries. At present behind consumer behavior. The collection the definitive resource on America before IA intends to focus on archiving audio from is a treasure trove of information on some 1820, adding more than 2,250 rare and compact discs, since capturing that content of America’s best-known brands, with unique books, pamphlets, broadsides, as a digital file is less time-consuming than thousands of reports on consumer goods maps, and scores not found in the Evans or digitizing analog audio. The collaboration ranging from tobacco and cosmetics to Shaw-Shoemaker national bibliographies. with Oberlin is a test case for how IA might household products, toys, cars, hotels, and The materials cover a wide range of imprint partner with institutions of various sizes to broadcasting. Also included are hundreds types, including captivity narratives, criminal identify efficiencies in digitization workflows of color advertisements from the era, confessions, expedition logs, musical while creating a legally robust, shared sound case studies, correspondence, and other compositions, poetry, short stories, and archive. The partnership was first discussed documents. more. The library has offered online access to during a visit Brewster Kahle, IA’s founder, Chinese Insight is a full-text, this valuable resource since 2003; thanks to made to Oberlin in 2013. Kahle studied at predominantly Chinese-language the generosity of the Friends of the Library, Oberlin before transferring to MIT. multidisciplinary database from EBSCO. It we have been able to expand access through Jeremy Smith, Curator of the James includes more than 3,000 full-text academic the years as newly discovered publications R. and Susan Neumann Jazz Collection, journals, 4,000 art images, and 2,000 e-books have been identified and added to the digital notes this is an exciting and unprecedented from Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and collection. opportunity for Oberlin. “We are grateful Macau. There are also dissertations from The complete archive ofHarper’s , to Brewster Kahle and his amazing staff at more than 50 Taiwanese universities dating America’s oldest monthly general-interest the Internet Archive for their generosity back to 2010. Content is indexed in both magazine, in this partnership. It is a privilege to be Chinese and English. is now able to draw upon such expertise and Data-Planet is a repository of statistical available experience while increasing access to one data with nearly 20 billion data points online of the Conservatory aggregated from over 400 source databases. back to 1850, filling in gaps in the library’s Library’s signature It serves as a massive repository of publicly, coverage and consolidating the entire run special collections.” privately, and commercially sourced time- at one easily accessed site. An independent Smith has been testing series statistical data. Data-Planet offers voice in American culture, Harper’s explores the new hardware and two complementary interfaces: Data- issues that drive our national conversation, developing training Planet Statistical Datasets offers powerful through long-form narrative journalism, materials for student capabilities essays, and such celebrated features as assistants. Full implementation of the new to compare the iconic Harper’s Index. The magazine digitization processes is now underway. • and contrast provides readers with a unique perspective on multiple data series, perform statistical politics, society, and culture and is noted for calculations on the data, and customize publishing works from promising new voices, Friends Update, continued from page 2 output views; Data-Planet Statistical Ready as well as some of the most distinguished talks by Civil War historian J. Brent Morris Reference is designed for quick statistical names in American letters. and mail art curator Vanessa Davidson, and lookups and has embedded links to external Indigenous Peoples: North America the Harold Jantz Memorial Lecture by jazz scholarly and news sources related to the data enables exploration of the political, social, critic and historian Gary Giddins. Azariah being viewed. Updated datasets are generally and cultural history of native peoples from Smith Root Director of Libraries Ray available within a day of official release. the 17th century English spoke at the annual Friends of the Data are then standardized, structured, and well into the Library Dinner, reflecting on the historical described with up to 37 fields of metadata. 20th century. The development of the library and on his 25 Users can create multiple types and styles collection covers the years as director. • of line charts, area charts, bar graphs, trend history of American continued on page 9 8 Darnton, continued from page 1 New Digital Resources, continued from page 8 his proposal, the Digital Public Library Indian tribes with unprecedented depth The Oxford Handbook series offers of America was launched in 2013. It now and breadth, facilitating inquiry into the critical surveys of the current state of includes nearly 11 million items contributed culture and heritage of indigenous peoples. scholarship in various fields of study. The from more than 1,200 libraries, archives, With 52 total collections in the archive, library has purchased the complete online museums, and other repositories in the U.S., the database encompasses over 1.2 million collection of 52 handbooks in the field of and is quickly becoming international in pages, and includes books, manuscripts from political science through the publisher’s scope. It stands as a remarkable achievement both American and Canadian institutions, Oxford Handbooks Online platform. Written of collaboration, benefiting people and newspapers from various tribes and by top scholars in their field, in-depth worldwide. Indian-related organizations. The collection articles review key issues and cutting-edge Darnton is also passionate about also features indigenous language materials, research in a field or topic, and make original books. His work as a historian, author, and including dictionaries, Bibles, and primers. It arguments about the future direction of editor has resulted in 27 books to date, will prove valuable for researchers interested the debate. The collection includes newly including The Business of Enlightenment: A in indigenous societies, tribal organization, released handbooks as well as articles written Publishing History of the Encyclopédie (1979), and Indian-White relations. for future handbooks or for online-only which traces the publishing story of Denis Kanopy is a streaming video service publication. In addition to full text searching Diderot’s pivotal 18th-century encyclopedia. that offers a wide range of genres, from at the publisher’s site, content is also Darnton’s work is considered an important documentary to feature films, independent to discoverable via the library’s Summon search early contribution to the development of engine. Individual titles are also accessible the history of the book as a field of study. through OBIS, the library’s catalog. In an interview with the Harvard Gazette, Two important collections of new Darnton observed that “More [print] books encyclopedias and other reference works are produced every year than ever before,” were recently acquired. The SAGE 2015 and “One medium doesn’t displace another.” studio. Oberlin has selected a core collection Encyclopedia Collection will eventually Darnton graduated from Harvard of nearly 2,800 films particularly suited to include 28 titles; University in 1960 and attended Oxford film studies and support of Oberlin’s cinema currently available University as a Rhodes Scholar, earning studies curriculum. Oberlin users can access are The SAGE a PhD in history in 1964. His activities and watch films whenever they like, wherever Guide to Key include service as a trustee of the New York they are, on whatever device they prefer. They Issues in Mass Public Library and the Oxford University can also comment, create clips and playlists, Media Ethics and Press (USA) and terms as president of the and communicate with filmmakers. Special Law, The SAGE American Historical Association and the features such as captions and transcripts Sourcebook of International Society of Eighteenth-Century are also available. Kanopy videos can be Service-Learning Studies. Among his honors are a MacArthur embedded easily into the Blackboard course and Civic Prize Fellowship, a National Book Critics reserve system and other authenticated Engagement, and Circle Award, the National Humanities campus web pages. Most films are listed The SAGE Encyclopedia of Food Issues. Medal conferred by President Obama in individually in OBIS; new ones will be added A collection of over 800 reference works February 2012, and the Del Duca World over the coming year. in all subject areas published in 2014 and Prize in the Humanities awarded by the The library’s access toNature , the earlier by Gale Research is now available, Institut de France in 2013. Darnton spent world’s most highly cited interdisciplinary adding significant new titles not previously much of his owned. Major encyclopedia sets include The teaching career Literature of Autobiographical Narrative, at Princeton The Manifesto in Literature, Worldmark University before Encyclopedia of Religious Practices, The Gale his appointment science journal, now includes the archive Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, and in 2007 as for the period 1950-1986. Nature is a the latest edition of The Gale Encyclopedia the Carl H. weekly international journal publishing of Multicultural America. Important multi- Pforzheimer peer-reviewed research in all fields of science volume sets such as Contemporary Black University and technology. The journal also provides Biography, Contemporary Musicians, and Professor and news and interpretation of issues and trends International Directory of Company Histories Director of the University Library at affecting science, scientists, and the wider are also included. Other notable new Harvard. Darnton will draw on his most public. The online version includes specially acquisitions include Encyclopedia of Forensic recent book Censors at Work: How States commissioned essays, videos, timelines, and Sciences, 2nd ed., from Elsevier/Academic Shaped Literature in his address to the an interactive forum (nature.com/nature/ Press and Histories of Everyday Life in Friends on November 14. • archive). Totalitarian Regimes from St. James Press. • 9 Oberlin College Library NONPROFIT ORG. 148 West College St. U.S. POSTAGE Oberlin, OH 44074-1545 PAID OBERLIN COLLEGE PERMIT NO. 8

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