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Spring 2017

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Real News from the John M. Pfau Library evf Spring 2017

Library System Migration Set for Late June

Eva Sorrell, Librarian HOW WILL THE THE PFAU Library team is excited MIGRATION to announce that we will go live with our AFFECT CSUSB? new Unified Library Management System (ULMS) on June 27, 2017. The timing zzz of the migration was chosen to minimize impact on the campus community. New interfaces for the search It’s been nearly two years since all 23 boxes on the library’s website CSU libraries signed the contract to move and in our catalog. data cleanup and training. to sharing a single ULMS using ExLibris’ The ULMS will facilitate collabora- Alma product for internal library resource z tive services amongst the various CSU management and Primo as a discovery sys- libraries. The new system will provide tem or public interface. The new ULMS The ability to expand your increased tools for statistics gathering and will be cloud-based and combine several search across all the CSU analysis. Resource sharing amongst the separate library tools into one interface for libraries and request items campuses will be improved and there will staff. with the same interface. be a unified name, OneSearch, for the public search interface at all campuses. z The library is eager to implement the new Links to existing records or ULMS which will allow us to better sup- searches in the library’s catalog port the campus community and promote in Blackboard (or elsewhere) student success. will need to be updated. More details will be provided as we ap- proach summer! v z Similar circulation policies across the CSU libraries with longer loan priods. IN THIS ISSUE Last spring, all 23 campuses parti- w Library System Migration, p. 1 cipated in a test load of the new system w Thesis Digitization, p. 2 w Kanopy, p. 2 using real data. Since then library staff w Fake News, Again p. 3 have been working with the vendor and w A 2017 Look at 1984, p. 3 configuring the system to ensure we have w Librarian of the Year, p. 4 a successful migration. Committees made w “Tech-quisitions,” p. 4 up of librarians and staff from different w Two Texas Poets, p. 5 campuses have been busy formulating w Pacific Review Reading,p. 5 w The Sun Dance, p. 6 shared policies and streamlining workflows as the libraries learn to navigate this new collaborative environment. Behind the scenes, the libraries have been working on 1 Fake News, Again own ways ask how on earth we have come to believe any of it” (Bean, 2013, p. 81). Barbara Quarton, Librarian The public became engaged, and so- cial media provided the forum through The burden of responsibil- which the people could respond. Digital ity to the public…has always technology made it possible for the public been great, yet it has in- to react to traditional, increasingly un- creased enormously in recent trustworthy, news sources by choosing and A 2017 Look at 1984 years by reason of the rapidly sharing news that corresponded to their increased efficiency of the beliefs. Gina Schlesselman-Tarango, Librarian distributing mechanism. By the 2016 presidential election, fake news had devolved into “…information Very likely as many as a Quiz: When was this written? that is clearly and demonstrably fabricated dozen people were now 2011, 1989, 1925, 2005, or 2016? working away on rival ver- sions of what Big Brother Give up? had actually said. And pres- “Librarians are ently some master brain in THE SUPERINTENDENT of The the Inner Party would select Associated Press wrote this in his 1925 observing the this version or that, would Harper’s Magazine article, “Fake News latest fake news re-edit it and set in motion and the Public” (McKernon, p. 529). He the complex processes of went on to say, “What makes the problem phenomenon with cross-referencing that would of distributing accurate news all the more be required, and then the difficult is the number of people…who interest, but not chosen lie would pass into the permanent records and are intent on misinforming the public for surprise.” become truth. their own ends” (p. 530). Ninety-two -George Orwell, Nineteen years ago, an esteemed journalist identified Eighty-Four the complicated, fraught relationship be- and that has been packaged and distrib- tween technological progress and human LIBRARIES HAVE long been staunch uted to appear as legitimate news” (Me- This delightful map which appears on the main page of the Thesis Digitization Project’s website reveals how CSUSB scholarship and research is spreading throughout the world! nature that continues into the 21st century. defenders of privacy, intellectual freedom, This screenshot shows that someone located in Hong Kong downloaded Jean M. Irwin’s thesis. Note that during the week preceding the screenshot, there were 160 downloads from diaMatters). Unscrupulous people, unfet- freedom of the press, access to and pres- this collection which will be displayed one by one when viewing the live map. Other features allow you to embed this map in a web page or be notified as items are added. tered by the traditional news media’s code ervation of accurate information, and the of professional ethics, used technology to to ScholarWorks, the CSUSB institutional posted, starting with the older volumes like. In thinking about how the Pfau Li- Thesis Digitization Project produce and disseminate their own ver- brary could speak to some of the concerns repository, is vital to increasing scholarly first. sion of the news—to make money, make a arising from our current political climate communication, while also showcasing our Did you receive a master’s degree from Stacy Magedanz, Librarian point, change minds, and gain power. (fake news, alternative facts, post-truth, graduates’ intellectual endeavors. CSUSB, or do you have friends or family Librarians are observing the latest fake etc.), we thought that taking a fresh look This academic year, the library received who did? Please let them know about the OVER THE years, the Pfau Library news phenomenon with interest, but not at George Orwell’s classic work, Nine- initial funding through a VETI grant to project! teen Eighty-Four, would be a great way to has received many requests to make past surprise. Analyzing information critically begin scanning our collection of CSUSB If you do not want your thesis posted, engage our campus community in a larger CSUSB master’s theses and projects avail- is the foundation of our profession. The theses for inclusion in ScholarWorks. all you need to do is tell us. Or maybe conversation about these issues. able online. Starting with 2014, current fake news of 2017, like that of 1925, is With nearly 5,000 volumes to scan, this you want your thesis digitized first—let us This spring, we’ve partnered with the CSUSB theses are produced in digital a product of unethical people leveraging will be a multi-year project. know that too. Just use our Digitization University Diversity Committee’s Yotie form only, but pre-2014 volumes were technology for their own purposes. To Talks council to host a three-part, campus- The first digitized theses from our col- Project Request Form to opt out or request available only in paper. locate accurate, authoritative information, wide program that examines Nineteen lection went up at the end of January at quick digitization. The library supports Open Access we must approach information with the Eighty-Four. In March, we acquired the Thesis Digitization Project website. As Questions? Contact Stacy Magedanz, to scholarly content wherever possible, same level-headed, critical eye as always: 50 new copies of the book (including a of this writing, more than 500 have been 909-537-5103. v and the addition of campus scholarship we must consider the source, analyze its Spanish-language ebook) and hope that students, staff, and faculty will join us in purpose, read beyond the headline, and reading this dystopian but perhaps pre- Third, the library is only obligated to triangulate the facts by venturing out of scient novel. pay for licensing of films if a specific title Fear and Learning at the comfort of our filter bubbles. On April 19 from 2 to 4 pm, we host- is viewed four or more times. Hoover Elementary For help identifying fake news, take ed a film screening of Nineteen Eighty-Four Kanopy has proven to be very popu- a look at the flyer, “How to Spot Fake in PL-5005. This award-winning version lar on our campus. The most frequently In the 1980s, journalists and scholars The Raising of America released in 1984 sets the stage for the final accessed content has been documentaries wrestled with the same phenomenon when News,” and to get even more information event, a Yotie Talk, on April 26 from noon on race and class studies, sociology, North fake news took the form of video news re- and background reading, see our library Miss Representation to 1 pm in PL-4005. Featuring faculty What Is Kanopy? American studies, Latin American studies, leases—videos produced to look like news guide, “Fake News & Fact Checking.” v members Chris Naticchia (philosophy), human rights, history, anthropology, and Seven Samurai reports but created by marketing firms and Rod Metts (communication), and Cher- Les Kong, Librarian media studies. government agencies—that were inserted stin Lyon (history), the panelists will The interface is intuitive, and easy Berkeley in the Sixties into local television news reports (Pavlic, offer insight and perspective on parallels KANOPY IS a Netflix-like streaming to use. Instructors can embed links to 2006, p. 17). Around the same time, Bill between the current political atmosphere media service that has become all the rage clips of films in Blackboard. In addition, Syrian Bride Moyers examined the intersection of de- and the novel’s motifs and symbols, as among academic libraries. Last year, the films may be shown in classes, or in larger well as speak to the historical context in library decided to contract with this com- venues, as public performance rights are ceptive visual images and democracy in his Kanopy supports academic programs which Nineteen Eighty-Four was written. pany for a number of reasons. included. 4-part television series, The Public Mind, across the curriculum, from anthropology, In response to feedback from the campus First, its breadth of films available— Examples of high-demand film titles and suggested that news agencies were business, economics, sociology, to the arts, community, we also will host an addition- more than 26,000 movies and documen- that our campus has viewed through complicit in presenting news that favored and communication and media studies. al discussion group on April 28 featuring taries curated from well-known suppli- Kanopy include: Find it on our list of video databases. those with political power (Moyer, 1989, ers, such as PBS, Kino Lorber, New Day a recording of the panel discussion facili- As is the case with all of the library’s episode 3). tated by Jeremy Murray, assistant professor Films, BBC, the Criterion Collection, and Our Fires Still Burn: The Native databases, remote access is restricted to John Stewart and Stephen Colbert, in of history. many more. American Experience current CSUSB students, faculty, and staff. the 2000s, drew the public’s attention to For more information about the pro- Second, users are able to stream con- For further information, please contact fake news by performing it. “These an- gram, please contact Robie Madrigal, 909- tent 24/7 to their desktops, mobile de- Foreigner in Their Own Land Les Kong, 909-537-5111. v vices, or TV sets. chors lay out the fake news, and in their 537-5104.v 2 3 Librarian of the Year: Our Latest “Tech-quisitions” ADA ACCESSIBLE WORKSTATIONS gies, including Texas Poets Laureate in the Eva Sorrell Kitchen, and have also published together. Bonnie Petry, Librarian Courtesy of CSUSB’s Assistive Technology Their joint work, No End of Vision: Texas as & Accessibility Center (ATAC), we now Seen by Two Laureates, sparked a traveling LAPTOPS have seven new accessible workstations: poetry-and-photography exhibition fea- two on the 1st floor, one on each upper floor, plus one in our classroom, PL-2005. tured in museums, galleries, and libraries. To our 148 dual-booting MacBooks and The library currently does not own any 10 Chromebooks, we have added (thanks Each station has ATAC’s supported as- to Vital Expanded Technologies Initiative sistive technology software, including on- of the books from this talented pair, but funds) 37 HP Elitebook 1030 G1 note- screen magnification, screen reading, voice we can borrow them on your behalf from book computers and 37 more Chrome- recognition, optical character recognition other libraries through our Interlibrary books for a grand total of 232 laptops. (OCR), and literacy. Two cameras at each Loan service. They also are available for station are for video magnification and purchase online.v CALCULATORS OCR scanning. Other hardware includes a fully ergonomically adjustable split key- We now have 3 additional BAII Plus board, a high contrast keyboard, and an financial calculators, bringing the total electrically adjustable desk and ergonomic evf number to 9. chair. One feature of these stations that stu- dents appreciate is the ability to quickly scan and create audio versions of their textbooks, which can make long com- Peacock is published mutes more productive and provides mul- by the tiple modalities for information retention. For training in the use of these work- John M. Pfau Library CSU, San Bernardino stations, please contact Christine Fundell, Karla K. Morton and Alan Birkelbach at a national park. 5500 University Parkway Accessibility Specialist, 909-537-4356, or poem since it had the potential to make Leon McNaught, Accessible Technology Two Texas Poets Laureate San Bernardino, CA 92407 “…summer … wonder if people forgot Initiative Coordinator, 909-537-3474, Read Their Poetry Dean Cesar Caballero Bonnie Petry or go to ATAC’s assistive technology lab its name.” The author’s voice carried the audience to Colorado, into that pool, and IF YOU READ the front page article in PL-1109 (in the Wedge part of the PL Bunny Anglin, Student Assistant we all felt the heat of it! Reference Librarian in this issue, you will have some idea of building). Editor & Graphic Artist Morton holds a journalism degree from the enormity of a CSU-wide project to ON JANUARY 19, 2017, the Pfau convert all libraries at all campuses to the LIBRARY MULTI-MEDIA CENTER Texas A&M University, and is a two-time Library at California State University, San 909-537-5114 same management system. cancer survivor. She has been featured on Bernardino, held a poetry reading and Eva Sorrell has been nominated and To the already lengthy list of multi-media NPR, ABC News, CBS News, and Good © 2017 discussion on the upcoming book, Words elected by her peers “For her tireless ef- equipment available for check out, we’ve Morning, Texas. She has published eleven added 4 GoPro Cameras with various of Preservation: A Poets Laureate National forts in leading the implementation of the SCANNXBOOK SCANCENTER books, including Redefining Beauty and ULMS for well over a year.” This single accessory mounts, an LG Minibeam pro- Parks Tour. The Special Collections De- Accidental Origami. She is a multi-award- sentence represents a huge, demanding, jector, a 100” diagonal screen, and a 135” partment was pleased to welcome the We have invested in a very sophisticated, winning poet and photographer and a and on-going investment of her profes- yet easy-to-operate, self-service Scannx- diagonal screen. v authors, 2005 Texas Poet Laureate Alan evf nominee for the National Cowgirl Hall of sional time, effort, and especial expertise Book ScanCenter which may be used for Birkelbach and 2010 Texas Poet Laureate Fame. which will greatly benefit our library. free. Karla K. Morton, as they discussed their The Pacific Review Reading We applaud Sorrell for leading our li- Morton’s voice was soft, yet passionate, Specially designed to make scanning most recent joint project, which celebrates brary in the implementation of the ULMS from books easy (think textbooks on and she was able to maintain the flow even Series Continues! the 100th anniversary of the National Parks and congratulate our Librarian of the Year, Course Reserves!), it also may be used to through a minor disruption. The most System. Jill Vassilakos-Long, Librarian 2017! v scan documents, etc. memorable place Morton mentioned also Begun in 2016, the 3-year-long project It converts scanned images into PDF, was located in Colorado. Hovenweep Na- will join poetry and photography together CSUSB’S LITERARY magazine, Pacific searchable PDF, Word, JPEG, TIFF, or tional Monument holds a special place for PNG file formats automatically. in order to capture a sense of place (emo- Review, publishes challenging fiction, po- the Puebloans, an ancient Native Ameri- Send files to: a Smart Phone/Tablet, a tional, symbolic, and spiritual aspects) of etry and creative nonfiction from CSUSB can culture, and she shared the spirituality USB drive, Google Drive, a printer (nor- the pair’s tour of nearly all of the 59 na- students and alumni. of it through her poem. In it, she states Once or twice a month (usually begin- mal printing charges apply), or email. tional parks. that “…we are all animals with one toe ning at 6 p.m. on a Thursday evening) the Please limit scanning to 15 minutes Birkelbach holds a bachelor of arts when others are waiting. hold on this Earth,” emphasizing how all editors host readings in the Special Col- degree in English from the University of The Scannx Book ScanCenter is on the humans are connected through nature. lections Department of the Pfau Library. North Texas and has a literary background Evenings often include some time for open first floor of the library in the Copy Ma- Words of Preservation promises to show- in classical poetry. He has published 11 mic, when members of the audience read chines room. case two-to-three photographs and two- books, his latest being Waking the Bones, their fiction and poetry. Faculty editor, to-three poems about each national park and is the recipient of several publication Professor Chad Sweeney, encourages your the authors visit. If it is up to the authors, awards. He also was awarded a Fellowship participation: each two-page spread of the book will have Grant from the Writers’ League of Texas a matching poems and photographs in Now more than ever we need and named a Distinguished Poet of Dallas. order to enhance the sense of place theme. your voice, your story, your Birkelbach was the first to read his The authors plan to donate a percentage of intelligence and honesty, selected poems, and he did so with a calm the money made from Words of Preserva- your anxieties and triumphs, and steady rhythm. He read seven poems your innovations, your tion to the National Parks System in order in total, ranging from his older works to unique lens of witness! … to ensure continued conservation and the upcoming Words of Preservation. Re- Come share your work or sit appreciation for America’s natural beauty. garding his experience with the geother- back and enjoy your vision- The work should be completed in 2018. mal public pools in Great Sand Dunes ary friends! Birkelbach and Morton have worked National Park in Colorado, he joked that together professionally throughout their Everyone is welcome! For specific event the coolest pool was for wimps because it friendship because they both emphasize dates and times, contact Sweeney, 909- reached a meager 103° F. It was instead the sense of place theme in their art. They 537- 5843 or the Special Collections De- the Coffin Pool, 119° F., that inspired his v have been featured in the same antholo- partment, 909-537-4307. 4 5 The Sun Dance, the previous cultural stance on the Sun Rediscovered Dance. Instead of secrecy which leads to mystification and misrepresentation, they would rather present this sacred ritual in Bunny Anglin, Student Assistant honesty and historical accuracy. Of course, this opinion does not reflect IN 1978, CONGRESS passed the all members of Native American cultures. American Indian Religious Freedom Act The Sun Dance is regarded as one of the (AIRFA, Public Law 95-341) in order to most sacred and respected ceremonies protect the religious and cultural practices among the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota of Indigenous Americans. Before this act, nations. Some within those communities it was illegal for Native Americans, for believe that it should remain sealed within example, those of the Plains Cultures, to the tribes’ collective traditions because it conduct important ceremonies such as the has been so sacrilegiously misused for gen- Sun Dance. By banning these religious erations by non-natives. practices, early white Americans hoped to stamp out native cultures—through fear tactics and the demonization of entire “...possibly the first peoples—in order to assimilate Native Americans into the Anglo culture. openly-celebrated While working with the Major James McLaughlin Papers microfilm during my Sun Dance since internship in the Special Collections De- 1879.” partment of the Pfau Library at California State University, San Bernardino, I came across a newspaper photograph taken circa In 1993, U.S. and Canadian Native 1936 that depicts what is possibly the first Americans gathered for the Lakota Sum- openly-celebrated Sun Dance in the Dako- mit V, which represented about 40 differ- tas since 1879. The caption reads: ent tribes and bands of the Lakota. The summit produced a “Declaration of War An Old American Remedy Against Exploiters of Lakota Spiritual- for Drought: Sioux Indi- ity,” and spoke out against “…wannabes, ans, gathered at Little Eagle, hucksters, cultists, commercial profiteers, South Dakota, enact the and self-styled New Age shamans…” who ceremonial sun dance, de- abuse and desecrate Lakota traditions. As signed to bring rain. At the of 2003, traditional spiritual leaders from extreme right is the leader of the Dakota, Lakota, Nakota, and Chey- the dance, Chief One Bull, enne nations support non-natives being 84-year-old nephew of the banned from sacred altars and rites—espe- late Sitting Bull. The buffalo cially in regards to the Sun Dance. skull in foreground symboliz- According to Dr. James Fenelon, pro- es the dry tepees of the tribe. fessor of sociology and the director of the Center for Indigenous Peoples Studies here The Sun Dance includes several tradi- at CSUSB, this photograph validates La- tions that vary among tribes and bands. It kota oral histories stating that they never has its roots in similar circle dances, and stopped celebrating the Sun Dance—even includes several songs and dances that are after it was outlawed—and did not, as passed down through the generations. other tribes describe, have to “relearn” this Though not all Sun Dances are the same, ceremony by the time of its “revival” in the they all focus on community healing and ‘60s. community needs. Some traditions associ- Mary Louise Defender Wilson, who ated with Sun Dance ceremonies include honored CSUSB with her presence at the fasting, praying with a ceremonial pipe, Land, Language, and Indigenous Artistry traditional drums, sacred fires, and some- of the Spoken Word event held in 2016, times ritualistic piercing. The ceremony is believes she and her family were pres- so sacred that full details are not known to ent during this 1936 Sun Dance in Little outsiders, and out of respect I will not go Eagle, though she was too young to par- into further detail in this article. ticipate then. The United States government instilled You may be wondering why the im- such fear into the minds of the Great age mentioned above is not reproduced Plains tribe members that they expected here. Due to its poor quality (a scan from any mention of the Sun Dance to bring microfilm which is a photograph of an old about imprisonment—or worse. Howev- newspaper clipping), the best way to see it er, opinions are changing with the growth is in person in the Special Collections De- of the new generation. In a film produced partment on the fourth floor of the library. by the organizers and participants of the If you are interested in taking a look at the Gathering of the Sacred Pipes Sundance the Major James McLaughlin Papers mi- (held in Pipestone, Minnesota, in 2003), crofilm collection for yourself, please visit interviewees express their desire to reverse us; our staff would love to help you! v 6