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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,

 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 at bkern@ print books will continue to change commitment to preserve on campus upon the University’s resources. Most uchicago.edu, and 773-702-8717 as at a dramatic rate as Google Scholar, the Library’s great print collections by independent research libraries, such the Open Content Alliance, and other well as in her office, Crerar 129. constructing the high-density facility as the Newberry Library, and many cooperative and commercial projects allows the Law School to best use the academic research libraries, sponsor emerge and succeed, allowing space in its building without sacrificing similar programs. We regularly receive ^ prime space in the DLL tower to be the DLL print collection. The DLL inquiries about whether funding is converted to student study space and librarians are confident that both the available for visiting researchers, and to other Law School space needs. The evolution collection review and the renovation establishing such a program has been of the The bibliographers engaged in project will result in a library that a long-standing goal. a careful scrutiny of the entire better meets the needs of most users, Over 60 applications were received University of collection, and by June, 2006, especially the students. from researchers around the world, approximately 40% of the print Chicago Law including the Czech Republic, collection had been removed from School Library ^ France, Germany, Great Britain, the tower. In 2009, many of these Hungary, India, Japan, Russia, Repurposing the D’Angelo books will be transferred to the Spain. Applicants ranged from Law Library for the Future high-density facility that will be New Program graduate students working on their constructed adjacent to Regenstein Judith Wright, Associate Dean for dissertations to emeritus professors. Library and Information Services Library. In the near future, the DLL of Special Archival collections in the social [email protected] will have a wonderfully updated Collections sciences were the materials most and renovated physical library with uring 2005/2006 the Research frequently cited in proposals, but the most frequently used books in entire D’Angelo Law applicants also described projects for the tower, and its entire historically Fellowships D Library staff was engaged which they wanted to use rare books, in an exhilarating project — a significant print collection either in Alice Schreyer, Assistant Director for movie stills, periodicals, medieval review and rethinking of the entire secure compact storage in the tower Special Collections and Preservation and modern manuscripts. print collection as the first step in or housed on-campus and easily Director, Special Collections Research Center planning a renovation of the Library identified and paged by users. Daniel Meyer, Associate Director, tower. Nearly two years ago the Special Collections Research Center The renovation of the D’Angelo Law School Dean, Saul Levmore, he Special Collections and University Archivist; Alice Law Library started immediately realized that the long transition Research Center has launched Schreyer, Assistant Director for from print to electronic libraries after the June graduation. Along T a program of short-term Preservation and Special Collections finally is ending and that faculty with refurbishing and reorganizing research fellowships, with support and Director, Special Collections and student reliance on print books space in the building, renovation from an anonymous donor. Visiting Research Center; and Sem Sutter, had finally evolved so that use of plans include upgrades to the entire researchers who need to consult Assistant Director for Humanities and the print journals and reporters infrastructure. All areas will be rare or unique materials in Special Social Sciences, selected the fellows was rapidly declining. Many new refurnished and redecorated. This Collections are eligible for up to based on the strength of the proposed products were beginning to be project to renovate a 45 year old $3,000 to help support expenses such  Regenstein project and its relation to rare or unique sources at the University of Chicago. Of the three fellowships Exhibits Crerar Exhibits awarded, two of them went to University of Chicago Ph.D.s. The fellows and their projects are: Ongoing Exhibits: Paleontological Katja Naumann, University of Leipzig, for Display (dinosaur bones research relating to her Ph.D. dissertation, from Paul Sereno), “The Expansion of Historical Space: The Study of Civilizations in U. S. American Academia,” From the South a comparative study of Chicago, Harvard Pole to the South and Columbia, 1917-1968. Katja consulted Side of Chicago: administrative collections such as the President’s Printing for the Degree Angular Scale Papers and the Committee on Social Thought Modern Age: Interferometer (DASI) Papers; as well as papers of individual faculty Commerce, Craft and members, including Robert M. Hutchins, Richard Culture in the RR Donnelley Crystara McKeon, and Robert Redfield. Archive Jonathan Sachs, Concordia University, University Special Collections Research Center, Main Gallery of Chicago Ph.D. in English, for a book project Through February 12 entitled “Romantic Antiquity: Rome in the Library Events Romantic Imagination, 1789-1832.” Jonathan’s This exhibition explores the enormous impact work drew on the great strengths of our 18th- of printing technology and printed products on century rare book collections, in particular Upcoming Library Society modern life by drawing on the rich content of the Programs “popular Roman histories” published in the period. RR Donnelley corporate archive. Presented as a October 18 Tasha Vorderstrasse, who received her Ph.D. gift to the University of Chicago in 2005, the RR Neil Harris, Preston & Sterling Morton Professor, from Chicago in Near Eastern Archaeology. She Donnelley Archive preserves a fascinating array Department of History and the College, will studies pottery and plans to extend her research of historical materials dating from the mid- speak on “Commerce and the Moderne in 1920s into material culture to include manuscripts. nineteenth to the late twentieth century. Chicago.” Her current project is the “interaction between archaeology, art history, and texts.” Tasha Karl Marx in November 7 examined three Armenian manuscripts dating the Ludwig A faculty member will deliver the science program from the 13th to the 15th century with either Rosenberger for the season. unusual or undetermined provenance. Library of Judaica February 7 Special Collections Research Geoffrey Stone, Harry Kalven, Jr. Distinguished We hope to expand this program as funds permit, Center, Ludwig Rosenberger Service Professor, University of Chicago Law School adding additional Special Collections fellowships Library of Judaica Gallery Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from The and others for researchers who wish to use any October 16 – June 22 Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism, the materials in the University of Chicago Library. highly acclaimed book for which Geoffrey Stone The announcement for the 2007-2008 fellowships Karl Marx, the founder of modern communism received the Robert F. Kennedy Award, will be the is at http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/spcl/using/ with Friedrich Engels, was born to parents of Jewish topic of his talk. fellowships.html. descent. Although he was baptized when he was six years old, Marx’s Jewish ancestry exerted a major April 11 influence on his work. Drawing on sources in the Lexicographer Erin McKean, editor-in-chief of the ^ Ludwig Rosenberger Library of Judaica, this exhibit New Oxford American Dictionary, and a member explores Karl Marx’s complex relationship to Jews of the Visiting Committee to the Library, will be the and Judaism and his writings on these subjects. featured speaker.  The Board of the Library 2006/2007 From the Director

Andrew Abbott, Chair, Gustavus F. & Ann M. Swift Also, strategic planning this year has focused Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Sociology and Strategic Initiatives on initiatives that will further the Library’s the College Advance the Rachel Fulton, Associate Professor, Department of potential and visibility as a center and resource History and the College Planning Process for research expertise, teaching, and the exchange Jan E. Goldstein, Professor, Department of History, and development of new ideas. In this context Committee on Conceptual & Historical Studies of Science, Judith Nadler, Library Director and the College we have defined a new position of Director of Philip E. Lloyd, Associate Professor, Department of trategic planning is an ongoing process Communications. This position will direct Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Physiology, Committee on that helps anticipate and meet the the Library’s efforts with regard to overall Cell Physiology, Committee on Neurobiology, and the College. changing needs of the constituencies communications strategies and develop and Armando Maggi, Associate Professor, Department of S Romance Languages and Literatures, Committee on History we serve. Planning is an impetus to focus implement a comprehensive communications plan of Culture, and the College on our mission and vision with openness to that creates maximum visibility and recognition of Patchen Markell, Associate Professor, Department of organizational change. It is an opportunity to take the University of Chicago Library both within the Political Science and the College stock and celebrate achievements and explore a University and the national community. Martin Stokes, Associate Professor, Department of continuum of ways to do more and better. Music and the College, Committee on History of Culture, An organizational assessment conducted this and the College In 2004, the Library adopted a strategic plan with Noel Swerdlow, Professor, Departments of year with input from all levels of public services Astronomy & Astrophysics and History, Committee on an ambitious agenda to guide us through the staff focused on the Library’s public services Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science, and the College next five years. The focus of this plan is on our infrastructure. As a result of this assessment, a Maria Christina von Nolcken, Associate constituencies -- faculty, students, stakeholders, Professor, Department of English Languages and Literatures Library Public Services Steering Committee (PSSC) and the College and staff. The user-centric goals of this plan was formed. Mirroring the Library’s Collection Christian Wedemeyer, Assistant Professor, emphasize service, outreach, and the exploration Development Steering Committee, the PSSC will Divinity School of partnerships that maximize the Library’s impact develop strategies to ensure that the needs of our on campus and beyond. users are better understood and met. Ex officio Robert J. Zimmer, President and Trustee of the Strategic planning this year has focused on The ability to anticipate and live up to the University; Professor, Department of Mathematics and initiatives that will further the Library’s potential Physical Sciences Collegiate Division expectations of our faculty and students, the to assess and serve the changing needs and Richard P. Saller, Provost of the University; readiness to participate in university initiatives, Edward L. Ryerson Distinguished Service Professor expectations of our users. The Library Board, the and the skill to communicate our goals, priorities, of History and Classics Task Force on the Library, and the Faculty Shelving and accomplishments to our constituents and Martha Roth, Deputy Provost for Research and Advisory Group, are some of the formal vehicles Education; Professor, Oriental Institute, Department of Near supporters are overall goals of this stage of our Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and the College supporting outreach and communication with planning process. Strategic initiatives undertaken Paula Duffy, Director, University of Chicago Press our faculty. This fall, a Library Students Resource this year are vehicles to help us meet these goals. Gregory Jackson, Vice-President and Chief Group (LSRG) will be formed to open a formal Ultimately, we will be a stronger organization that Information Officer of the University channel of communication between students and is more attune to the needs of our users, and better Judith Nadler, Director of the Library Library Administration. The Library will use this equipped to meet them. Susan Kastendiek, Secretary of the Faculties group to solicit advice from students in order to enhance or create library services to better serve their needs. The LSRG will further engage our students in the life of the Library and will provide the Library a structure for meaningful exchange of ideas with the constituency that is at the heart of our service.

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a spirit of camaraderie among the nature always inspired us and set the Crerar Library; and each year these staff of the library that permeates to standards for our department. Without ideas were applauded by the directors its users, but she will be missed and her patience and leadership we could and became the basis for funding for remembered as the very special and not have done so many things with projects implemented by Kathleen and very unostentatious human being so few, but dedicated people. The her staff. The John Crerar Foundation that she was.” Herbert Friedmann, projects that we embarked on this year Science Writing Prize for College Department of Biochemistry & were initiated by Kathy and we will Students became an ongoing project Molecular Biology remember them as such, the legacy which was especially appealing to Reflections on ! of Kathy’s vision for the Library. It is Kathleen and the Foundation. through our work that we pay the last However, the relationship between Kathleen Zar, the “Kathleen was a wonderful manager, tribute to Kathy.” Urszula Kerhoven, Kathleen and the Foundation was former Assistant communicator, and mentor to many Sean Dempsey, Anna Bartoszek, the not limited to project ideas and Director for of us in the John Crerar Library and John Crerar Library funding. She provided a wealth of beyond. Her intelligence, knowledge, Science Libraries ! information about trends and issues experience, and wise counsel will be who died June 30, in library administration which missed.” Christa Modschiedler, the “Kathie has done a marvelous job demonstrated both her knowledge of from friends and John Crerar Library in organizing Crerar. Everything and enthusiasm for her chosen field. colleagues in and I needed was there. I must have ! These discussions were invariably about the John averaged one day a week just reading “It is difficult to imagine the Crerar interesting and appreciated. Crerar Library the new books and periodicals. I Library without Kathleen. Over the noticed that she took a turn at the We at the Foundation are acutely “Kathleen Zar was the prototype of a years, she was involved in many front desk - a wonderful way to see conscious of the loss suffered by the leader, an equal among unequals, an aspects of its design, organization, how the library really worked. I miss University library system in general elicitor of respect and admiration, not collection development, and her terribly.” Joe Smith, Geophysical and The John Crerar Library in because she was a bit older than the management. She was a talented Sciences particular. Kathleen did not leave other librarians at Crerar, not because bibliographer, a thoughtful manager, ! behind her a vacuum because, her experience in library matters had and a remarkable lady. She will be through her efforts, a talented been longer, not even because she missed.” Brenda Rice, the John “It is very difficult to put into words team remains in place but, that was a superb speaker and exuded Crerar Library how much Kathleen meant to me said, Kathleen remains much knowledge and an unflagging cheer. ! professionally and personally. She loved and much missed.” Vernon Her vitality, devotion to her work was my boss, my mentor and my Squires. President, the John Crerar and equanimity were all aspects of a “Kathleen was instrumental in terms friend. And I know that I am a better Foundation of my professional development. personality that stood out, whether librarian - and person - for having ! she was in her office, stopping to She encouraged and supported my known her.” Barbara Kern, the chat or seated at one of the reference personal endeavors.” Diana Cole, John Crerar Library desks, doling out routine as well as the John Crerar Library ! Colleagues, friends and family of Kathleen will erudite information either directly ! celebrate her life at a “The John Crerar Foundation had a or by an extraordinary facility with University memorial “Words can hardly describe the the computer. When I last saw her, real friend in Kathleen Zar and she service from 3 to 4 p.m. sorrow we feel in no longer having in a wheelchair shortly before she will be greatly missed by all of the Wednesday, November 29, opportunities to work with Kathy. Foundation’s board of directors. Each at Bond Chapel, 1050 E. retired, she had her usual warmth 59th St. A reception will Kathy’s dedication and love for the year Kathleen would bring to the and cheer, as though nothing had immediately follow in Swift Library and Library staff, her wisdom happened. The library, of course, Foundation’s December luncheon Common Room. All are and fairness, her great zest for life and continues to function, as it must, in innovative ideas for supportive grants welcome to attend. the great understanding of human part a result of her legacy of setting from the Foundation to The John