Fall 2006 Annual Report Then-Director Martin Among Libraries and Publishers

IN THIS ISSUE: The University of Chicago Library Library Joins Portico Page 1 about ensuring permanent access for will come from annual payments Introducing... Page 2 future researchers and scholars have from participating publishers and Law Library Evolution Page 3 naturally arisen. libraries. Portico’s archival approach takes publishers’ source files and Special Collections While publishers have expressed “normalizes” them to a standard Research Fellowships Page 3 interest in ensuring long-term access archival format which can be reliably Regenstein Exhibits Page 4 to their electronic publications, it managed over the long term. The is clear that they cannot assume Crerar Exhibits Page 4 primary preservation methodology this role alone, and certainly can Library joins is migration, which involves Library Events Page 4 not guarantee that their digital transitioning content from one file Portico files would survive such possible From the Director Page 5 format to another as technology occurrences as bankruptcy. For their changes and as file formats become Addition News Page 6 James Mouw, Assistant Director for part, libraries have recognized a obsolete. Should a future event Regenstein HVAC Page 6 Technical and Electronic Services responsibility for digital archiving but render access from a publisher’s could not implement it individually. Kathleen Zar Tribute Insert Sem C. Sutter, Assistant Director for website impossible, access via the Humanities and Social Sciences The University of Chicago Library Portico website would be available to has invested in electronic resources, participating libraries. The Library has become a founding confident that an appropriate member of Portico, a new nonprofit cooperatively funded solution would Since its launch earlier this year Volume 11 organization whose mission is emerge. For example in his 2000 Portico has rapidly gained acceptance Number 1 “to preserve scholarly literature Fall 2006 annual report then-director Martin among libraries and publishers. As published in electronic form and Runkle wrote, “We are exploring of September nineteen publishers to ensure that these materials remain accessible to future scholars, the issue of what the Library’s role had committed content including researchers, and students.” should be in the preservation of Elsevier, Wiley, Oxford, SAGE, the digital resources created elsewhere University of Chicago Press, the In the print era publishers and but whose long-term maintenance American Mathematical Society, and libraries had clearly defined is vital to the University. We are the American Institute of Physics. functions. Publishers produced participating in national discussions The complete list of participating and disseminated journals and about approaches to creating ‘trusted publishers is available at http:// monographs, while libraries repositories’ for backup copies of portico.org/about/part_publishers. played a crucial and universally electronic journals.” html. We are pleased to join with the accepted role as guarantors of the more than one hundred libraries who The Portico model for digital preservation of the scholarly record. have become Portico participants. In the last decade, as electronic preservation has been developed journal publishing has increasingly with initial support from the Andrew More information is available on the become the norm for scholarly W. Mellon Foundation, Ithaka, The Portico website: www.portico.org. communication and as libraries have Library of Congress, and JSTOR. Its ongoing financial support Libra reduced print subscriptions, questions ^ Library Reports & Announcements Libra (Library Reports and Announcements) is a newsletter from the University of Chicago Library, written for the www.lib.chicago.edu/e/libra/ faculty and University community. If you have questions or comments about this issue of Libra, please contact Sandra Levy at 773-702-6463 or [email protected]. Introducing: Library’s Project Read), and worked science bibliographer, responsible as a software trainer. for selection and management of resources in chemistry, physics, and Deb received her BA in Biology from geophysical sciences, and as part Augustana College, Rock Island, of her new duties for selection in Illinois and her Master of Library and general science and history of science Information Science degree from resources. Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois. Andrea has been a staff member in the Science Libraries Division since Deb can be reached at dwerner@ BARBARA KERN 1993, when she assumed a position Co-Director Science Libraries Division DEB WERNER uchicago.edu and 773-702-8552 as as chemistry librarian, managing Biomedical Reference Librarian well as in her office, Crerar 127. the former chemistry library in Barbara Kern has accepted the Deb Werner has joined the Library George Herbert Jones Laboratory. In position of Co-Director of the as a Science Reference Librarian ^ 1998 she added geophysical sciences Science Libraries Division, with and Biomedical Specialist. Deb selection to her responsibilities, and responsibility for public services. is responsible for providing in 2003 physics selection. Andrea In this position she is responsible reference, research, instruction and With New earned her B.S degree in chemistry for the management of the outreach services to the biomedical Responsibilities from Texas Christian University, Reference Department, including community. She has also assumed her M.S. in chemistry from Cornell coordinating reference services, as the lead role in designing and University, and her M.S. in library well as instruction and outreach maintaining the Library’s biological science from the University of efforts to the Biological and Physical sciences and medicine web pages. North Texas. Before arriving at Sciences Divisions, Pritzker School the University of Chicago Library, of Medicine, and Hospitals. Barbara Deb comes to the University of she worked as a science reference also oversees the Crerar Access Chicago from the Bio-Medical librarian and online searcher at the Services Department, which includes Library at the University of Minnesota Mary and John Gray Library of Lamar access policies and procedures, Twin Cities where she had dual University (Beaumont, Texas). circulation and reserves. Barbara responsibilities in the reference Andrea is also active in professional also works with staff to maintain the and acquisitions departments. ANDREA TWISS-BROOKS scientific information organizations: general facilities. Prior to working at the University Co-Director Science Libraries Division organizing sessions and presenting of Minnesota, Deb was a library Barbara came to the University of Andrea Twiss-Brooks has accepted at conferences, serving on library assistant at the University of Chicago’s John Crerar Library in an appointment as Co-Director, advisory boards for two society California, Berkeley, Moffitt Library. August of 2000 from the University Sciences Libraries Division. In this publishers, and participating in Currently a member of the Medical of Toronto, where she worked as a position, she is responsible for overall publishers’ new product development Library Association, Deb was also reference librarian at the University management of collection services for and testing. the past co-chair of the Special of Toronto’s Noranda Earth Sciences the sciences, including coordinating Libraries Association Minnesota Andrea can be reached at atbrooks@ Library, as well as in the Chemistry collection development activities Chapter Professional Development uchicago.edu and 773-702-8777 as Library. It was at the University of among the science bibliographers, Committee. well as in the John Crerar Library, Toronto where Barbara also completed planning for movement of materials Room 132. her BA as well as her MLIS. In addition to providing instruction to the new storage facility, overseeing in a library setting, Deb has been technical processing activities Barbara began her career at Crerar active as a tutor in an adult literacy in the John Crerar Library, and ^ as a Science Reference Librarian, program (San Francisco Public managing the science materials and Physical Sciences Specialist, budget. She also continues as a primarily responsible for reference, 2 instruction and outreach. In introduced, often in PDF, and several building along with its 20 year old as travel, housing, and photocopying. 2003, Barbara took on additional generations of faculty and students addition -- while the building is in Three awards were made in the pilot responsibilities at Crerar as now are completely comfortable use -- is very complex and involves year, 2005-2006, for use between bibliographer for Astronomy and using electronic information. His upgrades and improvements that July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007. Astrophysics. She continues in this vision was astute and during the have an effect throughout the past two years nationally cooperative The purpose of the program is capacity today, with additional building. The final stage next and commercial projects to digitize to broaden awareness of Special responsibility for selection and summer will be to redesign the 2nd many of the books in this country Collections as a center for research management of resources in floor John P. Wilson Reading Room. have begun. It is now clear to the by bringing to Chicago scholars who technology. faculty and librarians that use of The University’s impressive and unique are working on projects that depend Barbara can be reached

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