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In the Orientation 2012 Issue Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
Message from the Editor
Welcome from the University Librarian Steve Connaghan
Orientation activities at the University Libraries
Cards you need to use the Library
New! Register your cards online!
First Year Experience
Get articles you need in 24 hours or less!
Library Services and Resources
» Checking Out Materials
» Borrowing Materials from Other Libraries
» Reference and Instructional Services (RIS): Where to Go for Help
» Special Collections and Branch Libraries
Library Facilities
» Laptop and Wireless Network
Cool Tools: New Online Resources
Popular Reading Program Begins Second year
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Message from the Editor Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
Welcome to the Orientation 2012 edition of the CUA Libraries Newsletter. We are pleased to share with you recent news about the University Libraries and staff.
As always, we welcome comments, questions, and suggestions at our online comment form.
We hope you enjoy this issue of our Newsletter. You can continue to follow the latest Library news as they are posted at University Libraries News & Events. Please comment on our stories and subscribe to the RSS feeds.
Is something missing? Any objections? Is there an article you enjoyed? Please direct comments, questions, and suggestions about the newsletter to us via the contact form.
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Editor: Anne Marie Hules, Reference Librarian for Library and Information Science
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Welcome from the University Librarian Steve Connaghan Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
To our new students and faculty, welcome to the University Libraries. This Orientation issue of the Libraries Newsletter highlights those services you will need to get started, but I hope in the course of the year you’ll take advantage of our deeper collections and services and apply them to your learning, teaching and research.
First Year students, you will be introduced to the Libraries and develop your skills in critically analyzing information sources through your course work. For many of you our online collections and services will satisfy your basic needs. But please be aware of our special collections where you have a unique opportunity to see first hand the source materials which are a part of our heritage, whether it is medieval philosophical manuscripts or letters between Catholic labor leaders from the early 20th century.
The Libraries also provide great space to study. Whether you need solitary quiet space or a place to get together with your classmates or professors you can find many options within Mullen Library or in our four campus libraries.
The most important bit of information I want to impart to all our new students and faculty is our librarians, archivists and the rest of the library staff are eager to help you with your research and course needs. Please have a look at the articles on the services we provide and if you have any questions, please AskaLibrarian.
Thank you and all the best as we begin this new academic year together!
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First Year Experience Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
A Good Beginning: CUA’s First-year Experience (FYE)
The First-year Experience, the foundational liberal education core of the first-year curriculum at The Catholic University of America, is the ideal way to begin your college career.
In small, supportive learning communities, students study philosophy, theology, and writing. Students learn to think more rigorously, write more persuasively, and read more perceptively while coming face-to-face with the great questions that have shaped human history and that continue to confront us today.
Find out more about CUA’s FYE Programs
myFYE: your personal FYE (Current first-year students will find what they need)
First Year Experience Reading Room
The First Year Experience Reading Room is a place in Mullen library for students in the FYE program. Here, new students will know where to find help from their fellow students. Under the auspices of the Center for Academic Success, undergraduate fellows are available to work with FYE students afternoons and evenings most days of the week. The room is located behind the Main Reading Room on the 2nd floor of Mullen Library.
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Orientation activities at the University Libraries Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
The following Orientation Activities will be held in Mullen Library
1. Mullen Library Tours. Tuesday, September 11th. Tours offered from 2:00-4:00pm, every 30 minutes.
2. Games @ the Library. Thursday, September 20th. Join us in the May Gallery from 2:00-5:00pm for all your favorite board games.
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Register your cardinal cards online Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
Now you can register your Cardinal Cards for library use online! Just go to our web page and look under Quick Links. The last item is Register your Cardinal Card. Click on that link and register your card/
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Get articles you need in 24 hours or less! Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) and the Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering & Technology (LHL) formed a strategic partnership to preserve and develop historical research collections in the fields of science, technology, and engineering. This service is known as Rapid ILL (RILL)
CUA University Libraries implemented RapidILL in April 2012. RapidILL is a unique resource sharing system that was designed by the Interlibrary Loan staff at Colorado State University Libraries. Following a devastating flood in July of 1997, RapidILL was developed to provide very fast cost effective article requesting and delivery through Interlibrary Loan.
The Rapid database is unique in several ways.
» RILL is designed specifically for resource sharing activity. Only information essential to borrowing and lending material is maintained in the database.
» RILL is comprised only of the holdings of the participating Rapid libraries. Each library provides a holdings file to the Rapid programming team for inclusion in the database. you decide what material you will supply from, and if you want to block a specific collection or title.
» RILL’s database is unmatched in depth of indexing. Most ILL databases index only to the journal title level, but Rapid matches to
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the year level. When your borrowing request matches in the Rapid database you know that year of that title is held by a Rapid participant. Holdings are updated on a six-month cycle.
Currently, CUA Libraries subscribes to Academic Pod E, consisting of 112 institutions. RapidILL schools are contractually obligated to fill requests within 24 hours.
Since April 2012 RapidILL has filled 530 requests for articles from CUA and averaged 14.4 hours turnaround.
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Checking Out Materials Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
Access Services (1st floor Mullen Library)
Circulation and Borrowing
This is where you check out and return library materials. Students, faculty, faculty associates, and staff members with a current ID may obtain borrowing privileges at the Mullen Circulation Desk. Student privileges are renewed each semester approximately ten days prior to the first day of classes provided the student has registered for classes or dissertation/comprehensive examination guidance. Faculty and staff must renew privileges in person at the Mullen circulation desk at the beginning of each academic year. Patrons must present an active Cardinal Card at the circulation desk to borrow any circulating items, including books, laptops, and movies.
Access to certain ALADIN databases, ejournals, MyALADIN, CLS, and ILL from off campus will require a valid Cardinal Card.
You may renew items in person at the Mullen Circulation Desk or through myALADIN. Most items may be renewed three times.
Course Reserves
Course Reserve holds high-demand print and audio-visual items that instructors request be made available for student use.
Electronic Reserve holds items made available by individual faculty members in an electronic format. Electronic reserves are available through Blackboard (http://bb9.cua.edu) only to current CUA faculty, staff, or students in good standing.
Library materials, including Course Reserves, may only be used in compliance with United States copyright law. Please see the CUA Libraries’ page of policies and guidelines on copyright for more information about your rights and responsibilities, including Instructions for Placing Items on Reserve.
Washington Research Library Consortium(WRLC)
The Washington Research Library Consortium is made up of the following universities:
» American University (AU)
» Catholic University (CU)
» Gallaudet University (GA)
» George Mason University (GM)
» Georgetown University (GT)
» George Washington University (GW)
» Howard (HU)
» Marymount University (MU)
» University of the District of Columbia (DC)
» WRLC Center (WR)
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Students and Faculty in CUA’s School of Theology and Religious Studies also have access to the Washington Theological Consortium. Ask for information in the Religious Studies and Humanities Library (314 Mullen, 202-319-5088).
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Borrowing materials from other libraries Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
Consortium Loan Service (CLS)
Patrons with CUA undergraduate, graduate, faculty, faculty associate, and staff privileges may use CLS. Materials such as:
» Circulating books not owned by CUA. The books must display the status available in the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC) Libraries Catalog.
» Articles from journals and reference books not owned by CUA. The articles must be less than 50 pages.
» Books and journals owned by CUA that are shelved at the WRLC Center or are missing, lost, or charged.
» Please note: Requests from CUA patrons for CUA items will not be processed.
To submit a CLS request: 1. Search for your item (book or journal) in the WRLC Libraries Catalog (http://www.aladin.wrlc.org).
2. Click on the title that is owned by a library other than CUA and confirm that the item is available or that the volume is owned.
3. Click on the yellow Request box, enter the barcode from your Cardinal Card (student ID), and select “Catholic” as the institution. Enter your last name and click on Login.
4. Verify that the Library for Pickup is Catholic U. – Mullen Library.
5. Complete the form as directed. For articles fill in the Vol/Issue/Date, Article Title/Author, and Article Pages fields.
6. Enter your Patron ID and click on Submit Request.
To check the status of a CLS request:
» You will be notified by e-mail if the item requested is ineligible for CLS. Requests for ineligible items are cancelled.
» You also may check the status of a request in myALADIN 30 to 45 minutes after you submit the request. Go to Consortium Loan Services Activity and click on View.
» When a request is ready you will be notified by e-mail.
Consortium loan requests usually take three to five business days, but may take longer. Please plan ahead. Materials that are not sent via email can be picked up at the Mullen Circulation Desk. CLS materials can be renewed through MyALADIN. Click on George Mason and Georgetown to renew items from those libraries. If you need an item immediately, you are permitted entry to any of the WRLC libraries with your Cardinal Card and can check out items.
Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
Through ILL, patrons may obtain materials not available in the CUA libraries or at other WRLC libraries. Material usually arrives within 2 weeks, but may take longer depending on the rarity and availability of the item. Please plan ahead! When material arrives, we will contact you via email or you can check MyALADIN. Overdue ILL books and overdue recalled ILL books are subject to the same fines as overdue CUA books.
1. This service is for CUA faculty, students and staff only. 1.» Columbus School of Law students submit interlibrary loan requests at the DuFour Law Library (http://law.cua.edu/library).
2.» Patrons from outside CUA should request material through the Interlibrary Loan service at their school, business, or local public library.
3.» Other libraries should request material through OCLC, or contact the Interlibrary Loan Office directly (202-319-5063).
2. Please check the WRLC Libraries Catalog to see if the material you need is available in the Washington Research Libraries Consortium. If it is, you will receive the material faster by ordering it through the Consortium Loan Service. Request Consortium loan service by clicking on the yellow “Request through Consortium Loan Services” link on the right side of the item record.
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Items owned by CUA Libraries may not be requested from outside the Consortium, unless they have been declared missing or a search has been filed.
3. Submit one form for each book or article requested. Please limit the number of requests to no more then three in one day.
Submitting a request To request an interlibrary loan, please go to http://www.aladin.wrlc.org/Z-WEB/ILLAuthClient Complete the request form fully. Requests may be returned to you if information is omitted. Please note, you can access this request form thru MyALADIN too. If you have problems to login, please call 202-319-5063 or complete the Contact Form. Please include your CUA ID number.
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Reference and Instructional Services (RIS): Where to Go for Help Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012 This is where you go if you have questions about research, using the library, call number locations, finding a specific book or journal or how to begin searching the Aladin Catalog databases.
What is ALADIN?
ALADIN is the name for the online tools available to CUA patrons through the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC).
The Library Catalogs show the collections of the WRLC libraries, including CUA. Use the WRLC Libraries Catalog to search for books, hard copy journals, and other materials that are available in the libraries. More information about the collections at George Mason University and Trinity College is available through their separate catalogs.
The Article Databases and More are produced by companies, scholarly societies, or government agencies outside CUA. These databases cover the major publications in particular subject areas. Some of these databases include the full text of the articles. Access to the article databases off campus is available to users with valid, updated library privileges.
Finding the Right Databases
Using the right tools is a key part of doing effective research. You need to search the appropriate databases to find the best material in your subject. There are a number of ways to get information about the ALADIN databases. Go to our the Libraries home page and look for Catalog or Article Databases & More. If you are off campus you will need to login to your myAladin account to access our online databases journals, and e-books.
Use the Alphabetical List
This will show you all of the databases available in ALADIN. If you’re looking for a specific database, you’ll find it here. Most of the databases have clear names that should give you an idea of whether or not you’ll be interested by them. For more information, you can
Info click the icon for a brief description of the database.
Use the Subject Lists
These will show you the most relevant databases in a general subject area. At CUA, we have lists of multidisciplinary databases, and databases in the arts, humanities, and religion, business and economics, health sciences, physical sciences and engineering, and social sciences. Some databases are useful for more than one category.
Read the Online Help
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Once you have chosen a database, look for Help or Information screens. These provide more detailed information about what the database covers and the best way to search it.
CUA students and faculty only have access to subject databases that CUA Libraries subscribes to. Access to databases from other schools in the WRLC Consortium is only available in their home libraries. Students and faculty can gain access to any WRLC Library with their valid Cardinal Card.
Electronic Journal Title Finder
Its easy to find out if CUA libraries has access to online journals. Go to the CUA Libraries’ home page and look for CU’s e-Journals. Click on CU’s e-Jounals then type in the title of the journal such as, Psychology Today. A list of databases that provide full text access to Psychology Today will appear. Click on one of those databases and search for the article you need. You will notice that two databases provide full text from 1992 on while two others provide full text from 1988. If you need an article that was published before 1992 you will want to click on a database that provides access from 1988 on. If you are off campus you will need to login to your myAladin account to access our online databases journals, and e-books.
To use ALADIN databases from off campus
Anyone may use the WRLC Libraries Catalog.
To use the article databases, go to the Libraries’ home page. Look under Article Databases & More, when you are prompted enter your university ID number or library user barcode in the blank marked Patron ID, choose Catholic from the pull down menu, then press return. You should see the list of article databases appear on your screen.
If you see a new screen saying “patron validation failed,” try retyping your information to make sure the problem was not just a typographical error. If you are sure this message is in error, contact the Access Services office (202-319-5060).
If you do not have current, valid borrowing privileges, you may visit the CUA Libraries and use our resources on-site.
Ask a Librarian
Sometimes it’s inconvenient to come to the library for help. For this reason CUA Libraries offer an IM reference Service. Ask a question via a live IM session and a librarian will gladly help you find the information you need. For information on how to use our IM reference using your IM software, check our Ask a Librarian page. Or just click on the link on our web page to ask a question via our widget (look for the cardinal). You can also send us an IM question via text messaging. This service is only open to current CUA enrolled students, staff, and faculty.
Individual Consultations
Individual consultations are for CUA Students, Faculty, and Staff who want to learn how to use the library’s ALADIN Catalog, article databases, online dictionaries and encyclopedias, and full-text electronic journals or want help on a research project. Consultations are tailored to your research needs and last about an hour.
To identify the reference librarian in your subject area, please check the list of subject librarians. Request an individual consultation. In the drop down menu in the subject line choose Request a meeting or a workshop with a librarian.
For Help
» Contact Access Services if you have questions about borrowing materials, course reserves or your library account (202-319-5060) or come to the library. Access Services is on the first floor or Mullen Library.
» Contact Reference and Instructional Services (first floor of Mullen Library; 202-319-5070) if you have questions about your research or how to use ALADIN.
» Send us a question using the online form (you can also request an individual consultation using this form).
» Contact the librarian for your subject area if you have a subject specific question or how to use a specialized database.
» Contact a librarian through CUA Libraries Ask a Librarian.
» Stacks Map
» Take a virtual tour of Mullen library
CUA Libraries has created a mobile site for easy and quick access from mobile devices to our services and collections. Currently this website provides basic information about libraries (e.g. hours, and locations), options to contact librarians, and access to catalog,
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MyALADIN, and several article databases (EBSCO, IEEE Xplore, and PubMed). Please visit http://www.lib.cua.edu/m/ with your wireless devices.
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Cards you need to use the Library Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
Library Services and Resources
Cards you need to use the Library:
» Cardinal Card (CUA ID) to check out library material, login to our online databases from off campus, and make photocopies. Current students, staff and faculty do not need to buy separate copy cards. Because the copy machines work off Cardinal Cash, you can simply add value to your Cardinal Card AKA your ID. You may add to your Cardinal Cash account using a credit card online or using cash at one of our two add-value stations. Our add-value stations are located on the second floor of Mullen Library and in our music library in Ward Hall. Our add-value stations only accept ones, fives, tens and twenties. Visiting researchers may purchase copy cards at our add-value stations. Blank cards cost $1.00, and you must be sure to re-insert your blank card into the add-value station to add value.
» Business card of your subject librarian to get advice in how to get started on your research project.
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In the Spring 2012 Issue Friday, March 16th, 2012
Message from the Editor Spring 2012
Mary Mizell is the 2011 Belanger Award Recipient
The History of Mullen Library
CUA Historic Music Project
Linking to full text articles just got easier
Humanities Research Advisory Tool: New and Improved
Religious Studies and Humanities Services supporting the First Year Experience
Book Reviews
Staff Notes
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Message from the Editor Spring 2012 Friday, March 16th, 2012
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Welcome to the Spring 2012 edition of the CUA Libraries Newsletter. We are pleased to share with you recent news about the University Libraries and staff.
As always, we welcome comments, questions, and suggestions at our online comment form.
We hope you enjoy this issue of our Newsletter. You can continue to follow the latest Library news as they are posted at University Libraries News & Events. Please comment on our stories and subscribe to the RSS feeds.
Is something missing? Any objections? Is there an article you enjoyed? Please direct comments, questions, and suggestions about the newsletter to us via the contact form.
Editor: Anne Marie Hules, Reference Librarian for Library and Information Science
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Mary Mizell is the 2011 Belanger Award Recipient Friday, March 16th, 2012
The Edward J. Belanger Award is given every year to a staff member (or members) who truly excels in his or her service to the library and university. This year the award goes to Mary Mizell. Mary has worked at CUA for 11 years—all of them at the library. Prior to her career here, she worked for over thirty years at a telephone company in the sales department. After her retirement, she was ready for something new and since s since she lived in the neighborhood, she walked over to CUA and applied for several different positions and soon became the Secretary in the administrative office.
Later, she worked as the Administrative Assistant before finally becoming the Business Manager. Having worked in all of the administrative positions in the office has helped her to become the skilled and efficient business manager that she is. When asked what her Mary receives her award from University favorite thing about working at CUA was, she responded, “I love all of it!” she couldn’t speak Librarian Steve Connaghan highly enough of the great hours, her independent schedule, and her coworkers—she loves the excellent staff. For Mary, It’s an all-around great place to work (not to mention close to home)! Outside of managing business at the libraries, Mary loves to travel. She has traveled all over the world, including Russia (twice), Turkey, Greece, Paris, Hong Kong, China, all of the Caribbean islands, and London—she really has been almost everywhere. Her favorite trip was her first to Russia (surprisingly, while it was still under a communist regime). She spent hours riding the subway at night and everyone was very welcoming and friendly, plus there were a lot of police so she felt very safe. She loves going to new places, but what she loves most about traveling is coming home because there is no place like it. “When you walk into customs and the first thing they say is ‘welcome home’—that’s my favorite thing about travel.”
Mary said she was “totally shocked” about receiving this award and that it was a wonderful surprise. She is the one who administers the award;she sends out notice about it to staff and receives the nominations and then sends in information for the plaque. She had even nominated someone else– so imagine her surprise when her name was called at the celebration! She feels so honored to have received the award and stated that it was so wonderful to know how much people appreciate her work. Mary, you truly deserve it—we all appreciate you very much.
Maura Williams, Reference and Instruction GLP
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The History of Mullen Library Friday, March 16th, 2012
In celebration of the university’s 125th anniversary this spring, the University Archives is providing several opportunities for the university community to learn about the history of Catholic University. They will be creating a new website that will provide details about the founding and history of the university. This site will include digitized historical documents and photographs along with oral history interviews with faculty, staff, and alumni about their experiences at CUA. In addition to this website, the Archives staff will be leading historical walking tours of campus. The tours will start in the Post Office lobby on the ground floor of McMahon Hall and will end at the May Gallery in Mullen Library. The tours will take place on Thursday, April 12 and Friday, April 13 and will be limited to 20 people – sign up early!
As well as managing projects appealing to the broad university community, the Archives staff wanted to provide the staff of the University
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Libraries a glimpse of the history of Mullen library which originates years before the building was opened to the public in 1928.
Soon after the university opened its doors in 1889 the university began receiving books and manuscript collections. Many of these collections came from the original members of the faculty. Dr. Thomas Bouquillon, who served as Professor of Moral Theology from 1889 until 1902, donated a collection of theology material. Dr. Edward Aloysius Pace, who taught psychology and philosophy at the university from 1891 to 1938, donated a collection of psychology journals. A member of the Catholic University faculty from the time of its founding in 1889, the French-born Rt. Rev. Eugene Xavier Henri Hyvernat devoted himself to building the resources at CUA for the study of the Near East, Assyriology, and the Christian Orient, and he was one of the founders of the Semitics/ICOR Library and the Department of Semitic & Egyptian Languages. While the books went to the main library collection, the manuscript material went to special collections. These collections were originally stored in Caldwell Hall. As the collections grew, they were moved to McMahon Hall. But even this new space was not big enough and it was clear that a main library building needed to be constructed.
In 1901 Thomas J. Conaty, the second Rector of the university, began to stress the importance of building a university library to the university’s trustees. Though Conaty reiterated this point on several occasions, the obvious need for a university library could not overcome the lack of funding.
It was not until the 1920s, under the Rectorship of Reverend Thomas Joseph Shahan, that the university found itself with enough funds to begin construction on a university library. Much of the funding for the building came from gifts, with the largest gift coming in 1921 from John Kernan Mullen who promised $500,000. Mullen was an Irish immigrant who founded the Colorado Milling and Elevator Company. He offered his wealth and service to the Diocese of Denver and numerous other Catholic and secular institutions. While the gift was quite generous, it came with a few strings attached. After giving $400,000 Mullen asked that a total of ten scholarships be created in recognition of his donation, and he said that the remainder of the gift would come from his children. Unfortunately the remainder of the gift was not realized, and with the mounting excess expenditures, the construction had to be completed in phases. The full basement and front and central portions of the library were completed and opened to the public in 1928, while the remaining side portions were completed in 1958, under Rector Bryan Joseph McEntegart.
An interesting part of the history of Mullen Library is that the space where the May Gallery stands was originally the office for the University Rector/President. The Office of the President was in Mullen Library, room 107, from 1928 up until the Nugent Hall property was gifted to the University from the Vincentian Fathers in 1979. Dr. Clarence Walton was the last university president to work in Mullen Library.
Kathy Miraglia, Head of Acquisitions, remembers when Dr. Walton worked in Mullen Library. She recalls that it was very quiet, surprisingly quiet, that the President brought people in to see the collections but that it was very quiet. She stated that the president’s office did not impact the library, and that impressed her. She remembers that during this time the administrative offices of the Library Science Department were on the third floor of Mullen Library where the current Library Director and library administrative offices are located. When asked if she felt that having Dr. Walton in Mullen Library helped to create a good connection between the university President and the University Library she replied that it always did, that he could see the equipment and see the people coming into the
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library and was able to see the needs of the library. She remembers that Dr. Walton’s son taught in the School of Engineering and Architecture and that his daughter in law was the Library Science Librarian.
There have been a total of 13 official university librarians and directors. From 1894-1907 instead of having an official Director of Libraries, there were several unofficial university librarians. These included Reverend Alexis Orban (pictured at left) who served as the university librarian from 1889 – 1896 and James Michael Cooney who served as the university librarian from 1905-1906. Starting in 1907 the university began to have an official librarian or director.
If the following people look familiar, they should! They have all served as head Librarian or Director of Libraries:
Right Reverend Dr. William Turner, Librarian 1907-1919 Photograph not availableDr. Turner served as a faculty member in the School of Philosophy for many years before taking on the task as librarian for the university library.
Joseph Schneider Librarian, 1919-1936
Reverend Dr. Francis A. Mullin, Director of Libraries, 1936-1947
Mullin received a M.A. in Library Science in 1936 from the University of Michigan. He served as director of Catholic University’s library from 1936 until his death in 1947. Under his direction a department of library science was established at CUA.
Dr. Eugene P. Willging, Director of Libraries 1948-1965
Dr. Willging had a bachelor of arts degree and a doctoral degree in law from Loras College in Iowa.
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Joseph T. Popecki, Acting Director, 1966
(no photo available)
Lloyd F. Wagner, Director of Libraries 1967-1977
Mr. Wagner served as the Chief of the Library Services Division of the Federal Aviation Agency, and worked as Supervisor of the library system as Bell Telephone Laboratories prior to coming to CUA.
Dr. Fred M. Peterson, Director of Libraries 1977-1982
Dr. Eric L. Ormsby, Director of Libraries 1983 – 1987
Eric Ormsby came to CUA from Princeton where he was the curator of the Near East Collections in the university library. Dr. Ormsby had a degree in library science from Rutgers and a master’s degree and a doctorate in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University.
Photograph not available
Adele Chwalek, Director of Libraries 1986-2004
Ms. Chwalek served as Director of Libraries for 18 years. During her tenure, she oversaw a $6 million renovation of the library. Improvements included a complete renovation of the first floor and parts of the second floor, improved lighting in the stacks, and an upgrade of the rare books section.
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Deborah Ozga, Acting Director of Libraries 2005
Ms. Ozga was the Assistant Director for Public Services for many years and served as Acting Director of Libraries from January – August 2005.
Michael McLane, Director of Libraries 2005-2008
Mr. McLane held a bachelor’s degree from Le Moyne College, a master’s in library science from Syracuse, as well as a master’s degree in higher education administration from Syracuse. He held many positions in academic libraries, including dean of libraries and instructional resources at Salisbury State University in Maryland, director of libraries and learning resources at the State University of New York at Oswego and associate librarian and coordinator of reference and instruction at SUNY Oswego.
Dr. Kimberley Kelley, Associate Provost for Libraries and Dean of the School of Library and Information Science 2008-2009
Before coming to CUA, Dr. Kelley served as the vice provost and dean of academic resources and services at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC). Kim has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s of library science. She received her Ph.D. in higher education policy, planning and administration from the University of Maryland in College Park.
Steve Connaghan, University Librarian 2009-current
Mr. Connaghan graduated from CUA in 1991 with a bachelor’s degree. His academic concentration was in Anthropology, with sub-concentrations in History and Computer Science. While pursuing his MSLS degree at our School of Library and Information Science, he served as the Graduate Library Pre-professional (GLP) for Interlibrary Loan. After completing his master’s degree program, Mr. Connaghan was hired by Mullen Library as the Electronic Access Librarian. Since then his career within CUA libraries has seen him taking on a variety of increasing roles and responsibilities. He served as the Head of Library Information Systems, the Associate Director for Library Technology, and prior to becoming the Acting Director of the CUA Libraries he was the Director of
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Library Administration.
Leslie Knoblauch, Records Management Archivist Dr. Maria Mazzenga, Education Archivist
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CUA Historic Music Project Friday, March 16th, 2012
(photo left to right: Maurice Saylor, Rachel Barham)
In the spring of 2010, my staff and I began working on a massive project to unearth, collect, and preserve the historic music of CUA. The collection has come to include four Alma Mater songs, numerous fight songs, marches, cheers, hymns, and even a drinking song that first appeared in 1921 and was tremendously popular during the Prohibition years.
The project moved along smoothly. Along the way President Garvey asked for an assessment of our two Alma Mater songs. With the freshly unearthed historical information, Music Library Technician Rachel Barham and I were able to submit a document that gave a history of the two songs. We assessed the music and lyrics of each, gave a history of solutions by other institutions with similar problems, and then gave a proposal for a solution with specific recommendations.
During the summer of 2011 we wrote the cover article for the winter issues of the CUA Magazine: “A Mighty Something Which is Ours.” With the help of Music Library Assistant Thad Garrett, we created a website, Historic Music of CUA, to accompany the article. The site includes histories about the music, sound recordings, photos of those responsible for the songs, images of the original published and manuscript scores and parts, and restored and freshly engraved new editions.
In early 2011, the project moved into priority mode, as President Garvey tasked the School of Music with producing a concert in the spring of 2012 to celebrate the sesquicentennial of the University. I spoke with the chair of the concert committee, Dr. Andrew Simpson, and proposed a concert of the historic music. He reacted favorably, and placed Rachel and me on a sub-committee to assist the School of Music toward this goal.
The musical revue, Songs of Old CUA, played to a packed house of over 400 people and concluded with a reception with a live dance band. In honor of the occasion I created the Flying Cardinal Highball to be served at the reception.
There has been a great deal of interest in this project, and we have already received many requests for the music; also, the Archives has received interesting donations from our alumni of items of interest to the history of the University. Some were received in time to be placed in the exhibit currently on display in the May Gallery.
The vast majority of the work has been done and the project will remain in a maintenance phase as we hope more musical works and bits of related history will continue to come to light.
Scope of the Project
This project collected and preserved the following:
» Music written specifically for CUA and intended to celebrate the University and inspire its community in sporting and social events, as well as ceremonial occasions
» Musical works borrowed from traditional sources and adapted for use by CUA for similar purposes
» Texts to sports cheers – though cheers lack a musically- notated tradition, we will attempt to find and notate rhythms and pitches of cheers that have fallen out of use in order to preserve the performance practice
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Goal of the Project
» Locate, collect, restore, and engrave the music deemed historically significant
» Create performing editions in scores and parts
» Collect historic recordings and create new recordings of the works
» Research and write histories of each work along with biographical information for the composers and arrangers
» Create a web page where the information can be accessed and scores and parts printed, where Copyright allows. Visit the Historic Music of CUA website, where you can hear songs and see scores. This website was a collaborative effort from Maurice, Rachel, Thad Garrett (music library assistant), Robin Pike (audiovisual archivist), and Leslie Knoblauch (records management archivist), with technical assistance from Steve Cherry (electronic services librarian). Click on the links on the right to explore the songs.
Maurice Saylor, Music Librarian
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Linking to full text articles just got easier Friday, March 16th, 2012
This summer, CUA libraries will be switching our link resolver from SFX to Serials Solution 360 Link. This means that the links you use to access full-text articles will be slightly different and (hopefully) more effective. For the most part, database searching will look the same; however, if you’re interested in checking out the new interface, you can access it through EbscoHost (such as Academic Search Premier) or ProQuest databases. Sometime this summer, the “Article Databases & More” link on the website will be removed, as will the MetaLib database and ejournal lists. They will be replaced with new and improved page and links.
Another new feature that may be of interest to students and staff is a trial of the bX recommender service. This is basically a way for users to get similar article suggestion from the Link Resolver (e.g. SFX or 360 Link). The trial will last a month and Electronic Resources and Services is hoping to get feedback when the trial has finished.
Watch a video on the bX recommender
Maura Williams, Reference and Instruction GLP
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Humanities Research Advisory Tool: New and Improved Friday, March 16th, 2012
The Research Advisory Tool: New and Improved!
Students, faculty and librarians who need assistance in locating relevant reference information in the humanities can turn to the Research Advisory Tool (RAT) which has undergone its first major facelift since 2008. Steve Cherry, Electronic Services Librarian, upgraded the software to the CWIS platform and moved the database to the WRLC web site.
The RAT (Research Advisory Tool) is a citation database of over 2,800 select reference materials available through the Catholic University of America Libraries in the subjects of Art and Art History, Biblical Studies, Canon Law, Church History, Classics, Comparative Literature, Drama and Theater, Media Studies, Medieval and Byzantine Studies, Modern Languages, Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Theology. It includes the following formats: reference books, e-books, subscription databases, CD-ROMs, and web sites
The project was conceived in the spring of 2004 to address various problems encountered by library staff in assisting CUA patrons
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locate relevant information. For an overview of the project, Jonathan Smith and Kevin Gunn created a poster titled, “Are Google Books and Library Catalogs Enough? Developing an Online Research Advisory Tool in the Humanities,” that was presented at the CUA SLIS Symposium: Bridging the Spectrum at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC on January 29, 2010. A list of contributors can be found on the ‘About’ page of the project.
The RAT can be found in various research guides and on the Religious Studies, Philosophy and Canon Law, and Humanities home pages.
Kevin Gunn, Coordinator of Religious Studies and Humanities Services Dustin Booher, Religious Studies Librarian
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Religious Studies and Humanities Services supporting the First Year Experience Friday, March 16th, 2012
This semester the library has once again been participating in the First Year Experience by providing instruction and support to first year students in their TRS 201 courses. Building on the research skills learned in the fall, students are introduced to new resources and databases. Students will use these resources throughout the semester to find sources and background information about the course readings. To date, 16 classes have been given with over 225 students. Students are encouraged to use the research guide TRS 201: Faith Seeking Understanding which is our most popular guide.
Other research guides are proving to be popular for a couple of reasons. Guides can speak to the expertise and specialization in a particular department or school. Examples include Chaucer, Jane Austen and the Old English Language and Literature for the Department of English and the Program in Medieval and Byzantine Studies; and Thomas Aquinas, Augustine and Martin Heidegger for the School of Philosophy Fall Lecture series for the School of Philosophy and the School of Theology and Religious Studies.
Second, research guides can also complement the library instructions offered by librarians. For example, the research guide Italian Language and Literature has heavy use due to the two library instruction classes given in January for Professor Stefania Lucamante’s courses, ITAL 226 and ITAL 230. Each guide can demonstrates a unique way that guides are used for research and instruction.
Kevin Gunn, Coordinator of Religious Studies and Humanities Services Dustin Booher, Religious Studies Librarian
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Book Reviews Friday, March 16th, 2012
Price, Leah. ed. Unpacking My Library: Writing and Their Books. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011. Popular Reading Z 1039 .A87 U56 2011
I’m a librarian. I like books. Yes, I fall into that stereotype. Ergo, when a book appears on our shelves that is all about writers and their personal book collections, I pounce. That said, I don’t think you have to be a librarian to love this book. You just have to like reading.
Unpacking My Library is composed of a series of interviews where authors discuss what is in their library, and why they love those books. In many cases, the authors discuss the impact the book had on their lives and writing. These interviews showcase how our reading changes and grows with us as we move through life. These interviews are accompanied by lovely, full-color photos of the author’s book collection.
While there is nothing revelatory about the authors and their collections (or the writing of the book for that matter), the entire book has a magical quality to it. Unpacking My Library is not the best book I’ve read, nor the most thought-provoking. It is, however, a book about discovery and shared passions. Books are a commodity to be shared and discussed, when you see a book you’ve read discussed or pictured in one of the photos, it’s hard not to be excited. More than once I found myself scouring the images of author’s shelves for books I too have read. More than once I jumped in excitement when I found common titles. In many ways, it felt as if my own reading choices were being validated.
My only complaint about this book is that it is an awkward shape and size. It’s far wider than your typical book, but is not the huge size of a folio. That makes it awkward to hold while reading – particular if you’re trying to do so on the metro.
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This is a quick and easy read, but one where the charming feeling will last with you long after you’ve closed the back cover.
Close, Jennifer. Girls in White Dresses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. Popular Reading PS 3603 .L68 G57 2011
I read this book because it received a lot of pre-release hype. Sadly, I was disappointed. I never connected with the book’s characters or story. I am, for the most part, living the life of these characters, and I still couldn’t identify or care about them.
Girls in White Dresses tells the story of three women dealing with the common things most 20- and 30-somethings encounter – new careers, family expectations, love, loss, and parties – bridal and baby showers to be specific.
The writing is far too episodic, and that makes the story feel incomplete. I felt myself constantly asking, “And?” The writing felt lazy and unedited. The stories of the characters are told in vignettes, but there was no overarching connection or transition between these snippets. There were just stories about the happenings in these characters lives. Normally, I can get behind vignette writing, but not this time. The stories felt too much like a high schooler attempting to write their first novel.
I could have overlooked the writing if the story was good. Instead, it just felt “there.” Nothing special, nothing intriguing, simply there. More often than not, I wondered why the characters were acting the way they were. The motivations for these characters actions and responses seemed to be lacking. Heck, half of the “good stuff” seems to happen in between the written scenes. It was rather annoying to miss out on all the action. Close does make some decent observations about what it means to be a young woman finding her way, but her characters don’t live up to these insights.
I didn’t hate this book; I just didn’t care about it at all. When I finished reading, I just cast this books aside and said, “Next.”
Meghan Gates, Stacks Inventory Project Manager
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In the Fall 2011 Issue Monday, December 5th, 2011
Message from the Editor
University Library Staff Awarded University Staff Service Awards
Gift of Art Displayed in Mullen Library
University Libraries Welcomes New (Graduate Library Pre-Professionals) GLPs
University Libraries Boasts Extensive E-book Collection
University Libraries Participates in Campus International Education Week events
Spotlight on a Staff Member
Mullen GLP Helped to Restore Archimedes Palimpsest Now on Display at Walter’s Art Museum
University Archive’s Plans for CUA’s 125th Anniversary
Book Reviews
Staff Notes
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Message from the Editor Fall 2011 Monday, December 5th, 2011
Welcome to the Fall 2011 edition of the CUA Libraries Newsletter. We are pleased to share with you recent news about the University Libraries and staff.
As always, we welcome comments, questions, and suggestions at our online comment form.
We hope you enjoy this issue of our Newsletter. You can continue to follow the latest Library news as they are posted at University Libraries News & Events. Please comment on our stories and subscribe to the RSS feeds.
Is something missing? Any objections? Is there an article you enjoyed? Please direct comments, questions, and suggestions about the newsletter to us via the contact form.
Editor: Anne Marie Hules, Reference Librarian for Library and Information Science
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University Library staff awarded staff service awards Monday, December 5th, 2011
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CUA President John Garvey paid special tribute to Catholic University staff and faculty who have provided 10 or 20 years of full-time employment to CUA at the Annual 10- and 20-Year Service Awards Dinner held Nov. 15 at the Edward J. Pryzbyla University Center. Fifty-seven honorees celebrated a decade of service; 26 honorees celebrated two decades of service. Four of the employees honored are University Libraries’ staff.
20 years
Steve Connaghan, University Librarian Charito-Grace Antiporda, Collection Management Assistant
10 years
Becir Zekovic, General Services Brother Leonard Katusz, Senior Assistant Cataloger
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Gift of Art Displayed in Mullen Library in September Monday, December 5th, 2011
A Gift of Art Displayed in Mullen Library
The Catholic University of America celebrated a couple’s gift of more than 200 original engravings — lithographs, etchings, woodcuts, and mezzotints by more than 50 artists — at a luncheon this week at the John K. Mullen of Denver Memorial Library.
Donated to Catholic University by CUA alumna Joan Strishock, who earned a bachelor’s degree in 1952, and her husband Daniel, 10 of the engravings are installed at the library as a new exhibition titled “Earth, Air, Fire, and Water: Elements of Design.” The entire collection is available in an online exhibit.
At the Sept. 12 lunch, President John Garvey thanked the Strishocks and described the collection as “a wonderful gift to the University.” Other words that came up often at the lunch, hosted by Garvey and his wife Jeanne, were generosity and friendship. President John Garvey, Daniel Strishock, and Nora Heimann, chair of the art department, view the The couple donated the extensive collection to the American Catholic History exhibit in the John K. Mullen of Denver Memorial Research Center and University Archives in late 1968 to help the University Library. re-establish the Department of Art following a fire in part of the art building.
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When Garvey learned of this story last fall, he asked the University Archives to put together a formal exhibit featuring the pieces from the collection donated by the Strishocks.
Also speaking at the luncheon was Nora Heimann, associate professor and chair of the University’s Department of Art. “We are the lucky recipient of your generosity,” she said to the Strishocks. “You were a friend to the University in a time of need.”
Heimann also commended the Archives team headed by Leslie Knoblauch, records management archivist, and Jane Stoeffler, administrative assistant, for “taking such an eclectic collection and turning it into such a beautiful show with such a smart theme.”
“It is a wonderful opportunity for our art students to have a first-hand exposure to art collections right in their own backyard,” said Heimann.
The Strishocks said their hobby of collecting comes from a “life-long love for fine art, antiques, and architecture with a fascination that borders on things from the past.”
The couple lives in Potomac, Md., in a home styled after the Rodin Museum in Paris, where they raised their six children. Mr. Strishock is a retired investment adviser from UBS Financial Services. He mentioned that the couple’s desire to give and share stems from his wife’s philosophy that “If you give and it doesn’t hurt, you haven’t given enough.”
Mrs. Strishock noted how pleased she was to be back on campus. “I’m proud to see the art on display in the library and so thrilled that this young generation of students will be able to enjoy it.”
“Earth, Air, Fire, and Water” was on display in the lobby of the Mullen Library this Fall. It featured the work of Hannes Bok (1914 – 1964), an American artist and illustrator; John Buckland-Wright (1897 – 1954), a prolific engraver, illustrator, and etcher; Frances Marian Hebert (1899 – 1960), a painter, etcher, and block printer; William Evan Charles Morgan (1903 – ca. 1970), an engraver, etcher, and woodcutter; and Reynold Henry Weidenaar (1915 – 1985), an American painter, etcher, and illustrator.
The online exhibit, The Joy of Collecting: The Strishock Print Collection is available at http://cuexhibits.wrlc.org/.
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University Libraries welcome new (Graduate Library Pre Professionals) GLPs Monday, December 5th, 2011
Jennifer Adams
Jennifer is originally from Winston-Salem, North Carolina and then later Fairfield, Connecticut and she received her BA in Classics from College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. She is the GLP in Religious Studies & Humanities Services and likes that she gets to experience and assist with so many cool, behind-the-scenes aspects of librarianship, and especially that she gets to work with such an interesting collection of materials in Religious Studies & Humanities. Upon graduation from SLIS, she would like to work in an academic library and possibly pursue a second master’s degree. Jennifer is interested in languages (especially Latin and Greek) and classical history and her hobbies include ballroom dance, scrap-booking, and of course, reading.
Elizabeth Bateman
Elizabeth is from Baltimore Maryland and received her bachelor’s degree from Washington College in 2009, where she studied English with a minor in French. She works in the Engineering and Architecture Library, and also in the Physics library. Her main responsibilities are supervising and training the part-time student workers and from l t r: Elizabeth Batemen, Jennifer processing new books, which is fun because it means she gets to be the first to open Adams, Katherine Purdue, Maura Willams, boxes that come in the mail. Elizabeth really appreciates getting practical work Sarah Rice Scott, Jennifer Froetschel, experience while going to school, and being able to apply what she is learning in class Valerie Fliss. Not pictured Manuel Ostos right away. Her favorite hobbies include reading and music.
Valerie Fliss
Valerie is from Sterling, Virginia, though she spent the early part of childhood living abroad in England, Panama, and Poland. She received her undergraduate degree in English, concentration Language Arts from Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia. She is currently the Circulation GLP at the DuFour Law Library and besides sitting at the circulation desk doing associated duties and helping with course reserves, Valerie assists with the interlibrary loans—she really likes opening the packages from other libraries and seeing where they came from. It’s like Christmas every day, in a way. Even more than that, though, she enjoys interacting with the librarians at DuFour and hearing about their experiences in the various positions they’ve held throughout their careers. Valerie
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would really like to continue working in an academic library once she graduates, preferably an academic law library, and ideally in circulation or as a reference librarian. Her hobbies include creative writing, cartooning, and finding ways to avoid the worst of DC traffic.
Jennifer Froetschel
Jennifer originally hails from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Production from Penn State University. Jennifer is currently the Cataloging Assistant GLP at DuFour Law Library where she does mostly copy cataloging, as well as she helps to maintain the catalog, and carry out various other duties. She most likes doing original cataloging. Though it can be frustrating at times, it is rewarding because she knows that her work helps make the books that come in more easily findable for students. Also, it gives her a chance to peruse the interesting books before they go to the shelves. Someday, she hopes to be a cataloger, though after this semester she would be happy to be an intelligence analyst or a reference librarian. Each job offers its own rewards and challenges that interest her. In her spare time, Valerie likes to knit, read for pleasure, and bake cupcakes or cook and she has recently started taking trapeze classes to do something totally unrelated to the library.
Manuel Ostos
Manuel was born in Texas but was raised abroad. He received a BA in English Literature and a MA in Spanish from the University of New Mexico. Manuel currently works as the GLP in the Semitics/ICOR Library, where he enjoys working with scholars and researchers by providing materials and resources available in the library. Upon graduating from SLIS, he would like to continue his graduate studies toward a PhD in romance languages; his areas of interest include medieval and early modern studies, particularly in Spain. Manuel enjoys reading about politics and fiction in his free time.
Katherine Perdue
Katherine is from Harrisonburg, Virginia and studied Linguistics at the University of Virginia. Upon earning her bachelor’s degree, she went on to earn a master’s degree in Linguistics from the University of Hawaii. Katherine works in Electronic Resources and likes the variety of her position—she doesn’t do exactly the same thing every day, and she likes that she sometimes gets asked to do things that she doesn’t know how to do immediately. It’s a challenge and it means she is learning a lot. Upon graduating from CUA, Katherine is interested in working in a public library setting but is not completely sure about that. In her free time, Katherine likes to cook, garden and make her own wine. She also enjoys the opera and her cats.
Sarah Rice Scott
Sarah is originally from the fine state of North Carolina. Prior to moving to DC, she spent 9 years in Raleigh, NC first at the Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries and then at the State Archives of North Carolina as a reference archivist. Sarah has a BA in history and an MA in public history, both from North Carolina State University. Currently she is in her second year as a the GLP for the CUA Archives where she works on the American Catholic History Classroom website as well as processes archival collections and creates EAD finding aids. Upon graduation from SLIS she hopes to get a librarian job in public services and/or outreach. In her free time Sarah likes to cook, bake, ride her bike around DC, read (mostly nonfiction), play the ukulele, be outside, and hang out with her husband & friends. Sarah’s favorite TV show at the moment is Parks & Rec; her favorite musician is possibly Damien Jurado; her favorite cheese right now is Robusto. Sarah likes coffee from South & Central America and tea from India. She has a strong distaste for humidity, but she doesn’t mind rain.
Maura Williams
Maura grew up in Castle Rock, Colorado and then went on to study at University of Colorado at Boulder, where she got her BA in English with a minor in Linguistics. She is the GLP in Reference and Instruction Services and really enjoys the opportunities she has to work closely with librarians on various projects as well as working at the Information Desk. Also, she really likes shelving, shifting and shelf-reading. Upon graduation, Maura would enjoy working as a reference librarian in an academic library or as a youth services librarian at a public library (she likes the young folk). In her free time, she enjoys reading, running, seeing movies, playing Heroes of Might and Magic with her fiancé and watching too much TV.
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University Libraries boasts extensive E-book Collection Monday, December 5th, 2011
Thousands of E-book Titles Published in 2011 Now Available from Library
Patrons who have regularly used the Library online catalog to find books for study or reading have probably come upon titles that are labeled “electronic book.” The Library currently has about 10,000 e-books from a number of vendors, with publication dates back to 1800. The older imprints are primarily from a series sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies, called ACLS Humanities E-Book, that the Library subscribes to. There are thousands of additional pre-1800 electronic books, pamphlets and other items also retrievable in the online catalog from a collection called Eighteenth Century Collections Online. To find e-books in the online catalog, limit to CU, and do a keyword search for “electronic book”.
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Many patrons will be most interested in more recent titles. In addition to hundreds of new e-books added to the collections by subject selectors in the past year, especially reference titles, the Library has, as an experiment, subscribed to an e-book package put out by our library network, Lyrasis, in which many schools subscribed to a package of current university press books. In all, 3,002 books were purchased by Lyrasis for shared use, and all will be added to the CU online catalog by the end of the year (half are already there). For a complete list of the 2011 university press ebook imprints, do a keyword search in the online catalog for “NetLibrary 10th Shared Collection of Ebooks”.
-Mary Agnes Thompson, Coordinator of Collection Development
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University Libraries participates in Campus International Education Week events Monday, December 5th, 2011
International Education Week (IEW) is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. Exchanges are critical to developing mutual understanding and respect, building leadership abroad, fostering an appreciation for the U.S., and investing in the future relationship between Americans and people around the world.
This joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education is part of our country’s efforts to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences in the United States.
Mullen Library put together a special “International Education” library materials display and an online guide available at: http://guides.lib.cua.edu/IEW
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Spotlight on a Staff Member Monday, December 5th, 2011
Anne Lesher, Reference Librarian for Reference Services
You’re from upstate New York. How did you end up in DC?
I followed my husband to DC who accepted a job at the University of Maryland.
What did you study in undergraduate school? Where did you get your degree?
I studied modern history. From the University of Rochester.
Where did you get your master’s degree?
From the University of Maryland. I live in Maryland, so that’s why I went there. I was also accepted at CUA.
Why did you decide to become a librarian?
I had worked as a librarian in the DC Public Libraries without an MLS. before I had my children. By the time I was ready to return to work, that same job required an MLS! So, I went back to school.
What is your typical day like?
I brew my coffee, then with coffee in hand—winter or summer—I take one of my two cats for a walk on a leash. We walk for about 20 minutes. Well, we don’t really walk like a dog–I do a lot of standing still, while my cat watches things move, smells everything, etc. Then I go to work.
What is the ONE thing every CUA student should know about the CUA Libraries?
Come to the Information Desk as soon as you are assigned a research topic. We will save you countless hours because we can help
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you narrow and focus your topic. We’ll also help you select the best books and article databases that cover your topic.
What is your favorite book?
Oh that’s tough. The Great Gatsby; but maybe also, Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen. It’s about a circus during the Depression.
Do you have any hobbies?
I like to garden. I have a small yard, but you would be surprised how much stuff you can grow in a small yard. I don’t have much grass, mostly garden. It takes me 10 minutes to mow my back lawn. Anne, walking her cat Bingo What’s your idea of a great vacation?
I like to be somewhat active on a vacation, but I don’t like the extreme-adventure type when you are scared to death the whole time, not enjoying your surroundings. I like to have some opportunity to swim.
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Mullen GLP helped to restore Archimedes Palimpsest now on Display at Walter’s Art Museum Monday, December 5th, 2011
In January 2008, about halfway through my undergraduate career at College of the Holy Cross, a worn and stained little book came into my life. It was heavily damaged, had been poorly cared for, and was in some places completely illegible. However, this was no ordinary book, but a palimpsest — a medieval prayer book written on top of several half-erased, 10th-century texts, including some valuable, previously-lost works of the mathematician Archimedes. My fellow Classics majors and I, under the management of Baltimore’s Walters Art Museum, had been given a pretty rare opportunity for undergraduates: the opportunity to contribute to the preservation and study of the underlying texts, now known as the Archimedes Palimpsest. Working in pairs, we were given copies of transcriptions of Archimedes’ texts, produced by classical scholars from high-resolution images of the palimpsest. Our mission was to transform these rough transcriptions, using the TEI guidelines, into structured XML documents which would reflect the original layout of the manuscript as well as its paleographical variations, gaps, and uncertainties. For this portion of the work, we were joined by full-time members of the project team, as well as a group of graduate students at Furman University. The project’s final deadline was coming up quickly, so some serious teamwork and extra working hours were in order; but we were able to finish our assigned sections of the manuscript in a little less than 10 months. On October 29, 2008, these damaged manuscripts, once lost to history, became a digital body of information freely available online. The Digital Palimpsest, which includes our (and other project members’) XML transcriptions, diagrams recreated from the manuscript, and high-resolution images of the manuscript itself, are all available online at http://archimedespalimpsest.net/ (you can also find the palimpsest on Google Books). But if you’re interested in visiting the real manuscript, you can see it on display at the Walters Art Museum from now until January 1, 2012, as part of the exhibition, “Lost & Found: The Secrets of Archimedes.” The exhibit includes several pages from the palimpsest itself, as well as informational videos and displays about its history, discovery and preservation. In conjunction with this exhibit, the Walters and Cambridge University Press are also releasing the first two volumes of a five-volume set about the palimpsest, available in December 2011. Volume 1 will cover the history and details of the project, while Volume 2 will present a full transcription of the manuscript. Both volumes will be added to the CUA Libraries’ collection when they become available.
This item is currently on display at the Walters Art Museum
Jennifer Adams, Library Assistant, GLP
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University Archives Plans for CUA’s 125th Anniversary Monday, December 5th, 2011
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The University Archives will be overseeing several projects as part of the University’s 125th anniversary. On Monday, January 9 the Archives will be installing an exhibit in the May Gallery that will focus on student life over 125 years, and will include a range of photographs, museum items, and historical information relating to campus facilities, key athletic events, academic programs and faculty, historical CUA songs, and dorm life. The exhibit will be open to the general public throughout the entire Spring semester. In addition to the exhibit, the Archives will be providing historical tours of campus during Founders Week, which is from Monday, April 9 through Saturday, April 14, 2012. The tours will be open to faculty, staff, current students, and prospective students. The tours will start in the Archives in Aquinas Hall where key historical material will be displayed, and will include stops at Fort Slemmer, the former site of the Middleton Estate, Caldwell Hall, The National Shrine, and then will end at the historical exhibit in May Gallery to provide tour participants an opportunity to learn more about campus. Further details about these events will be released soon.”
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Issue of the ‘Orientation 2011’
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In the Orientation 2011 Issue Friday, August 26th, 2011
In this issue:
Message from the Editor
Welcome Message from the Library Director Steve Connaghan
Good bye Kitty Tynan
CUA Libraries Orientation Events
myALADIN: your personal library account
Cards you need to use the Library
Writing Center to hold office hours in Mullen Library
Library Services and Resources
» Access Services/Checking Out Materials
» Consortium Loan Requests (CLS)/Interlibrary Loan (ILL) : Borrowing Materials from Other Libraries
» Reference and Instructional Services: Where to Go for Help
» Special Collections and Branch Libraries
» Library Facilities
Cool Tools: LibGuides and Refworks
Laptops and Wireless Network
University Libraries and the First Year Experience (FYE)
Popular Reading Program
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Message from the Editor Friday, August 26th, 2011
Welcome to the Orientation edition of the CUA Libraries Newsletter. We are pleased to share with you recent news about the University Libraries and staff.
As always, we welcome comments, questions, and suggestions at our online comment form.
We hope you enjoy this issue of our Newsletter. You can continue to follow the latest Library news as they are posted at University Libraries News & Events. Please comment on our stories and subscribe to the RSS feeds.
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Is something missing? Any objections? Is there an article you enjoyed? Please direct comments, questions, and suggestions about the newsletter to us via the contact form.
Editor: Anne Marie Hules, Reference Librarian for Library and Information Science
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Welcome from the Library Director Steve Connaghan Friday, August 26th, 2011
To our new students and faculty, welcome to the University Libraries. And welcome back to all those who are returning to CUA this Fall. Our staff has put together this Orientation issue of the Libraries Newsletter to highlight our most vital services and the most recent changes to the Libraries collections and facilities.
The most important bit of information I want to impart to all our new patrons as well as those returning is our librarians, archivists and the rest of the library staff are eager to help you with your research and course needs. Please have a look at the articles on the services we provide and if you have any questions, please Ask a Librarian.
Thank you and all the best as we begin this new academic year together!
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Good bye Kitty Tynan Friday, August 26th, 2011
Kitty Tynan, Assistant Director for Public Services, retired from that position in July 2011.
Kitty had deep roots at the Catholic University of America, dating back to the late 70’s. Tynan worked at Mullen library full time while attending graduate school. She received her master’s in library science from CUA in 1980. After graduation she worked at American University and eventually moved to the New England area before coming back to Washington and CUA.
Kitty’s term at CUA Libraries was marked with a commitment to professional growth and she encouraged library staff to attend professional conferences, workshops and explore online learning possibilities . Kitty strongly supported the Library staff and credited staff support in helping her with the best possible delivery of public services. She has also been vital to positive changes seen in the University Libraries as well as the WRLC.
Kitty is moving to to Albuquerque, N.M to spend more time with her family It’s been a pleasure working with her and she will be missed. She promises to keep in touch when she’s not soaking up the sun or exploring the culinary and cultural delights of the American Southwest. Congratulations Kitty on a successful career and enjoy your retirement!
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CUA Libraries Orientation Events Friday, August 26th, 2011
CUA Libraries is offering the following programs during orientation
» Student Resource Fair: Friday, August 26 from 1-3pm. Learn about how the library can help you with your research and get free stuff!
» Orientation Extended: Tuesday, September 13 from 1-5pm. Library Tours
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» Orientation Extended: Tuesday, September 20 from 1-5pm. Zotero and Refworks workshops
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myALADIN: your personal library account Friday, August 26th, 2011
myALADIN
myALADIN is your personal library account. To activate your myALADIN account:
1. Click on myALADIN on the library home page (underneath quick links)
2. Type your CUA ID and Last Name
3. Go to Patron Information and E-mail Registration and click on Edit
4. Select CLS Requests and Web Document Delivery and click on Update
5. Go back to the Patron Information and E-mail Registration page. Type your e-mail address in the text box (Make sure that Web delivery is not disabled.) and click on Update E-mail.
Once you have registered you can check on the status of ILL or CLS requests, access online databases and ejournals from off campus, download scanned documents, and renew CUA and CLS materials, You can also sign up for text messages or RSS feeds. If you are off campus you will need to login to your myAladin account to access our online databases journals, and e-books.
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Cards you need to use the Library Friday, August 26th, 2011
Library Services and Resources
Cards you need to use the Library:
» Cardinal Card (CUA ID) to check out library material, login to our online databases from off campus, and make photocopies. Current students, staff and faculty do not need to buy separate copy cards. Because the copy machines work off Cardinal Cash, you can simply add value to your Cardinal Card AKA your ID. You may add to your Cardinal Cash account using a credit card online or using cash at one of our two add-value stations. Our add-value stations are located on the second floor of Mullen Library and in our music library in Ward Hall. Our add-value stations only accept ones, fives, tens and twenties. Visiting researchers may purchase copy cards at our add-value stations. Blank cards cost $1.00, and you must be sure to re-insert your blank card into the add-value station to add value.
» Business card of your subject librarian to get advice in how to get started on your research project.
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Writing Center to hold hours, personal consults in Mullen Library in the Fall Semester Friday, August 26th, 2011
CUA’s Writing Center will hold office hours in Mullen Library nine hours a week in the Fall Semester, the hours of which to be determined. Appointments for a personal consultation can also be scheduled in Mullen Library. For questions about hours or personal consultations call the Writing Center at 202-319-4286, or send them a question by email at: [email protected].
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Access Services/Checking Out Materials Friday, August 26th, 2011
Access Services (1st floor Mullen Library)
Circulation and Borrowing
This is where you check out and return library materials. Students, faculty, faculty associates, and staff members with a current ID may obtain borrowing privileges at the Mullen Circulation Desk. Student privileges are renewed each semester approximately ten days prior to the first day of classes provided the student has registered for classes or dissertation/comprehensive examination guidance. Faculty and staff must renew privileges in person at the Mullen circulation desk at the beginning of each academic year. Patrons must present an active Cardinal Card at the circulation desk to borrow any circulating items, including books, laptops, and movies.
Access to certain ALADIN databases, ejournals, MyALADIN, CLS, and ILL from off campus will require a valid Cardinal Card.
You may renew items in person at the Mullen Circulation Desk or through myALADIN. Most items may be renewed three times.
Course Reserves
Course Reserve holds high-demand print and audio-visual items that instructors request be made available for student use.
Electronic Reserve holds items made available by individual faculty members in an electronic format. Electronic reserves are available through Blackboard (http://bb8.cua.edu) only to current CUA faculty, staff, or students in good standing.
Library materials, including Course Reserves, may only be used in compliance with United States copyright law. Please see the CUA Libraries’ page of policies and guidelines on copyright for more information about your rights and responsibilities, including Instructions for Placing Items on Reserve.
WRLC Consortium
The Washington Research Libraries Consortium is made up of the following universities:
» American University (AU)
» Catholic University (CU)
» Gallaudet University (GA)
» George Mason University (GM)
» Georgetown University (GT)
» George Washington University (GW)
» Marymount University (MU)
» Trinity College (TR)
» University of the District of Columbia (DC)
» WRLC Center (WR)
Students and Faculty in CUA’s School of Theology and Religious Studies also have access to the Washington Theological Consortium. Ask for information in the Religious Studies and Humanities Library (314 Mullen, 202-319-5088).
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Consortium Loan Requests (CLS)/Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Borrowing Materials from Other Libraries Friday, August 26th, 2011
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Consortium Loan Service (CLS)
Patrons with CUA undergraduate, graduate, faculty, faculty associate, and staff privileges may use CLS. Materials such as:
» Circulating books not owned by CUA. The books must display the status available in the WRLC Libraries Catalog.
» Articles from journals and reference books not owned by CUA. The articles must be less than 50 pages.
» Books and journals owned by CUA that are shelved at the WRLC Center or are missing, lost, or charged.
» Please note: Requests from CUA patrons for CUA items will not be processed.
To submit a CLS request: 1. Search for your item (book or journal) in the WRLC Libraries Catalog (http://www.aladin.wrlc.org).
2. Click on the title that is owned by a library other than CUA and confirm that the item is available or that the volume is owned.
3. Click on the yellow Request box, enter the barcode from your Cardinal Card (student ID), and select “Catholic” as the institution. Enter your last name and click on Login.
4. Verify that the Library for Pickup is Catholic U. – Mullen Library.
5. Complete the form as directed. For articles fill in the Vol/Issue/Date, Article Title/Author, and Article Pages fields.
6. Enter your Patron ID and click on Submit Request.
To check the status of a CLS request:
» You will be notified by e-mail if the item requested is ineligible for CLS. Requests for ineligible items are cancelled.
» You also may check the status of a request in myALADIN 30 to 45 minutes after you submit the request. Go to Consortium Loan Services Activity and click on View.
» When a request is ready you will be notified by e-mail.
Consortium loan requests usually take three to five business days, but may take longer. Please plan ahead. Materials that are not sent via email can be picked up at the Mullen Circulation Desk. CLS materials can be renewed through MyALADIN. Click on George Mason and Georgetown to renew items from those libraries. If you need an item immediately, you are permitted entry to any of the WRLC libraries with your Cardinal Card and can check out items.
Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
Through ILL, patrons may obtain materials not available in the CUA libraries or at other WRLC libraries. Material usually arrives within 2 weeks, but may take longer depending on the rarity and availability of the item. Please plan ahead! When material arrives, we will contact you via email or you can check MyALADIN. Overdue ILL books and overdue recalled ILL books are subject to the same fines as overdue CUA books.
1. This service is for CUA faculty, students and staff only. 1.» Columbus School of Law students submit interlibrary loan requests at the DuFour Law Library (http://law.cua.edu/library).
2.» Patrons from outside CUA should request material through the Interlibrary Loan service at their school, business, or local public library.
3.» Other libraries should request material through OCLC, or contact the Interlibrary Loan Office directly (202-319-5063).
2. Please check the WRLC Libraries Catalog to see if the material you need is available in the Washington Research Libraries Consortium. If it is, you will receive the material faster by ordering it through the Consortium Loan Service. Request Consortium loan service by clicking on the yellow “Request through Consortium Loan Services” link on the right side of the item record. Items owned by CUA Libraries may not be requested from outside the Consortium, unless they have been declared missing or a search has been filed.
3. Submit one form for each book or article requested. Please limit the number of requests to no more then three in one day.
Submitting a request To request an interlibrary loan, please go to http://www.aladin.wrlc.org/Z-WEB/ILLAuthClient Complete the request form fully. Requests may be returned to you if information is omitted. Please note, you can access this request form thru MyALADIN too. If you have problems to login, please call 202-319-5063 or complete the Contact Form. Please include your CUA ID number.
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CUA Libraries Newsletters | Spring 2011
Issue of the ‘Spring 2011’
Welcome from the Editor Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
Welcome to the Spring 2011 edition of the CUA Libraries Newsletter. We are pleased to share with you recent news about the University Libraries and staff.
As always, we welcome comments, questions, and suggestions at our online comment form.
We hope you enjoy this issue of our Newsletter. You can continue to follow the latest Library news as they are posted at University Libraries News & Events. Please comment on our stories and subscribe to the RSS feeds.
Anne Marie Hules, Reference Librarian for Library and Information Science.
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In this issue Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
» Welcome from the Editor
» The Edward J. Belanger, Jr. Staff Award
» CUA Library 300,000th book Relocated to WRLC Remote Storage
» Research Guides Project
» Historic Music Project at the Music Library
» Library Staff exhibits posters at SLIS Symposium
» New Book Reviews
» Staff Notes
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The Edward J. Belanger, Jr. Staff Award Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
The Edward J. Belanger Award is given every year to a staff member (or members) who truly excels in his or her service to the library and university. This year, two staff members received this award: Monica Blanchard and Leslie Knoblauch. Both Monica and Leslie give a lot to the CUA community, and we’re so very glad they’re here with us!
Monica Blanchard, Curator, Semitics/Institute of Christian Oriental Research (ICOR) Collections. Her college education began at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Her graduate education includes an M.A. in Classics from the University of Cincinnati; a Master’s in Library Science from Emory University; and an M.A. in Coptic and a Ph.D. in Syriac from the Catholic University of America.
Monica has been working at the CUA Libraries since 1981. During this time, she has worked in CUA Archives, the Cataloging
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department, and the Semitics/ICOR library. She is very enthusiastic about the CUA Libraries’ many resources for the study of the Christian Churches of the Near East and she devotes much time to make these resources available (including digitizing parts of the collection). Monica wears two hats as curator of the Collections and as a lecturer for the Semitics department, where she teaches Syriac, Classical Armenian, and Old Georgian. One enjoyable library experience sha has had was a visit to study Syriac manuscripts in Kerala, Southern India. While there, she helped to reorganize the library of the St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute in Kottayam. To learn more more about Monica’s work click here. After working at CUA for 30 years you know Monica means it when says she enjoys working at CUA Libraries. As for future endeavors, Monica says that she will always be learning; and that’s why she’s here!. And for that, we’re very grateful.
Monica said receiving the Belanger Award was a great and unexpected honor and that it made her very happy. We’re happy for you, too, Monica.
Leslie Knoblauch, Records Management Archivist, is originally from this area, namely Silver Springs, MD. Right now she only lives one mile away from where she grew up! She began her education at Knox College in Illinois where she majored in History and double-majored in Women’s Studies. From there, she went on to the University of Michigan’s School of Information to obtain her M.S.I., or Master of Science in Information. While at Michigan, she specialized in Archives and Records Management. She has been at Catholic since 2005, making this her 6th year! While at Catholic, she has not only worked at the Archives, but she has also managed to complete a certificate program in Business Management.
At the Archives, Leslie is the Records Management Archivist. While her focus is on records management and processing university records, part of her responsibilities include serving as the point person for the university’s museum collections. She manages the creation and installation of exhibitions around campus which include the Papal Exhibit. These are not her only experiences with exhibits and museum work. In 2001, she interned at Ford’s Theatre and created an exhibit on Mary Todd Lincoln; and in September of that same year, she began a year long internship at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
Leslie has many hobbies and interests. She loves photography, and she said that if she had more money, she would buy more cameras! Oftentimes she goes to the Botanical Gardens downtown to take pictures. She has an apartment full of houseplants, and a love for gardening. She also is a vegetarian, and enjoys cooking new vegetarian recipes. When I asked her about one amazing life experience she would always remember, she said that being involved in the engaging atmosphere of graduate school, where she met so many people from so many backgrounds was most memorable. Not only did she have the opportunity for internships and learning preservation, she met students who specialized in all areas of information and library science.
When asked how she felt about receiving the Belanger Award, Leslie said that its was a surprise and that it felt good to be recognized by her peers. Leslie, you truly deserved it.
Angela Michelle Bolger GLP, Reference, Mullen Library
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CUA Library 300,000th Book Relocated to WRLC Remote Storage Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
Almost every month, since the off site storage program in the CUA libraries began in April 1994, a truck stops at Mullen to pick up boxes of Catholic University Libraries’ materials and carries them about 25 miles to Upper Marlboro, Maryland to the Washington Research Libraries Consortium (WRLC) facilities. Once there, the books are unpacked, processed so they can be retrieved quickly upon arrival, and shelved in a high-density, state-of-the- art climate-controlled storage. The first storage facility was capable of holding 12 rows of 30-ft. racks of shelving standing 30 feet high and containing 10,800 shelves maximizing the use of space by sorting and shelving library material by size. A hydraulic lift was designed to store and retrieve books from the upper shelves. The second module has the same dimensions and it doubles overall storage capacity. CUA has reserved 11% of its space, which comes to 12,746 cubic feet. The books and serials housed at the off-site storage facility can be requested electronically through the Consortium Loan Services and delivered to the library usually within 24 hours. A pdf file delivers an article from a journal.
In January 2011 CUA Libraries relocated to storage our 300,000th item. Books designated for transfer are less circulated materials selected from Mullen collections as well as from campus libraries. Prior to leaving the campus every single item is updated in the online catalog so the new location of each item is displayed on the ALADIN screen: “Shelved at WRLC Center” for books items, and: “Vols. held at WRLC Center; available by request” for journals. An appropriate record is added before books leave the library so all the books selected for relocation are noted in the ALADIN catalog. Thus, older works that previously had no records in the ALADIN catalog now
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appear in the catalog.
Through the years thousands of books and journals were added to the ALADIN as a part of relocating books process. In addition, thousands of online serials holdings records were corrected or updated. The concept of shared storage was introduced back in the early 1990’s as an economically sound solution to overcrowded library stacks. New books are acquired on a daily bases and CUA Libraries storage capacities could not be expanded endlessly. Systematically relocating library material to off site storage is [the] least “dramatic” weeding decision. Library gains space while its collection is still available for access.
Zofia Dunian Head of Collection Management
Book Transfer Team
left to right: Ramona Sampsell, Technical Services Technician, team supervisor; Vincent Mata, graduate student, School of Philosophy; Kiera Nolan and Sean Gleeson, graduate students, School of Library and Information Science.
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Research Guides Project Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
This fall 2010 semester the Humanities Information students in the School of Library and Information Science, participated in a Research Guide project. A Research Guide is a helpful tool that students can use that are geared towards certain topics (such as health informatics) or courses. These guides usually contain listings of recommended resources for finding information, such as databases (for finding articles), books, web pages or other useful resources. Under the guidance of Kevin Gunn, Coordinator of Religious Studies and Humanities Services, and an adjunct faculty member in the School of Library and Information Science, each student was required to create a research guide, using Libguide software. Students developed the topic of their respective guides, researched resources, added multi-media tools, and presented their final products. Working on the projects, the students learned how to:
» Create an annotated bibliography
» Discern what resources are relevant to a particular bibliography
» Publish Research Guides on CUA Libraries web site
» Market skills of using Research Guides
Initially the project was intimidating, yet, once one had clearly mapped out the creation and topic of their guide, the process became exciting. It was easy to be creative in the presentation and organization of information. Students shared tips and tricks during classroom time and worked with Mr. Gunn on narrowing or broadening their guide’s focus and audience. Additionally, students learned how to utilize all the features of the software. Through uploading, editing, and formatting different types of information, like copyright compliant high quality images, subject relevant videos, scholarly journal feeds and annotated bibliographies, they were taught numerous ways how resources can be promoted and displayed.
The experience as a whole was beneficial in a multitude of ways, some of which include: impact on student learning; assisting other students and/or Librarians within the CUA Libraries system; and familiarization with a product that will likely be used in future employment. This type of assignment navigates away from the traditional linear approach and requires as much or more research in order to produce a helpful, usable, and high quality product.
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Due to the success of the project each student’s guide was added to the CUA Libraries Research Guides website
» Architect Aesthetics
» Chaucer
» Christian Iconography and Architecture
» Modern Art
» Mythology
» Renaissance Art
Check our web page for a complete list of CUA Libraries’ Research Guides.
(L-R) Pattison, Madison Bolls, Elizabeth Dodson, Kevin Gunn presenting their poster at the SLIS Symposium Bridging the Spectrum, January 2011
Viveca Pattison stands next to the poster about the Research Guides Project on exhibit at the Symposium. The Poster title was Student as teacher: Creating research guides as a tool for professional development
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Historic Music Project at the Music Library Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
Last spring, the Music Library received a request from the U.S. Marine Band for a copy of our Alma Mater and fight song to be played on a concert of similar music from other area universities. Our preliminary searches yielded only a scaled-down arrangement of the official Alma Mater (by Fr. Thomas J. McLean). Our curiosity led us to continue searching, and after digging for months in the School of Music and the University Archives, we have unearthed some 14 original CUA songs, several cheers, two popular songs modified for CUA, and no fewer than four Alma Mater songs, not to mention at least eight arrangements of the McLean Alma Mater.
We have particularly enjoyed researching the history of the four Alma Mater songs, including one with original music by famous American composer Victor Herbert. In 1920, a contest was organized by the senior class in which students were encouraged to submit
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original lyrics for an Alma Mater. The winner was to receive $50 and the honor of having his lyrics (CUA was all male at the time) set to music by Herbert. Though Robert H. Mahoney was the winner of the contest, and Herbert did fulfill his part, it was the work of the second-place winner, Fr. Thomas J. McLean, that came to be the official Alma Mater. Why the switch was made remains a mystery. The issue has been addressed before; a 1954 Tower article and a feature in The Envoy (the predecessor to CUA Magazine) twenty years later both explore the question of the two Alma Mater songs.
Coincidentally, the project became a high priority when President Garvey asked the School of Music to present a concert in conjunction with the sesquicentennial celebration of CUA that is slated to take place in Spring 2012.
Our hope is to revive some of these traditions and keep their history alive, perhaps adding new songs or revising some of the lyrics of the old ones so that they better represent today’s CUA. With the recent resurgence of glee clubs such as CUA’s Red Line A Cappella, Take Note, and Sixtus, maybe these old songs will enjoy a comeback.
Maurice Saylor, Music Librarian
Thad Garrett, Assistant
Rachel Barham, Technician
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Library Staff exhibits posters at SLIS Symposium Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
Several CUA staff members entered posters in the SLIS Symposium: Bridging the Spectrum: A Symposium on Scholarship and Practice in Library and Information Science sponsored by CUA SLIS, on January 28, 2011
Mobile Technology: A Case Study
The 2009 ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students articulated shanges in technology and its implicit impact on teaching and learning. Hand Held Device usage has surpassed laptop usage. In order to meet the changing needs of our student population, The Catholic University of America Libraries launched its Mobile Website in August 2010. This case study serves to evaluate, analyze and document the usage of the mobile website with focus on interoperability, functionality Marianne Giltrud with her poster and best practices. on mobile technology. Office Manager
Comparing recent efforts in the U.S. and abroad to address the “orphan works” problem
In 2008, American cultural institutions came close to achieving “orphan works” legislation, but events took an unexpected course. Commercial interests and publishers became involved, and the legislation stalled. State-driven efforts abroad, however, have had more success, but not without some concern and opposition. This poster compares the ways the United States has addressed the orphan works problem with similar Gena Chattin, Electronic Services Assistant, GLP, efforts in Canada and the European Union. It shows off her poster outlines the pros and cons of seemingly more on Orphan works successful state-led efforts abroad in comparison with the commercially-led drive in the United States, which has been mostly unsuccessful and had resulted in a heated conflict between cultural
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heritage institutions, creators of intellectual property, and commercial entities that stand to profit from the distribution of these materials.
Another poster on exhibit by CUA Library staff can be found here
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New Book Reviews Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
Brown, Mike. How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming. New York: Spiegel & Garu, c2010.Popular Reading QB701 .B77 2010 (Main Reading Room)
How I Killed Pluto is a fantastic book and a gift to everyone who says they hate reading non-fiction. The text may be short, but it’s full of fantastic scientific information wrapped in personal narrative with a big shiny bow of humor.
Brown’s text has all the markers of a great book – enjoyable writing, a witty author, and phenomenal story. Many scientific books tend to be dry and boring. This book is chock full of life and humor. Brown lays out the story of Pluto (and how he killed it) in a straightforward no-nonsense way. How I Killed Pluto is kind of like a crash course on all the astronomy you’ve forgotten since middle school. Brown writes about hard science in a way that is both enjoyable and understandable.
Brown is a phenomenal storyteller. Not only is his writing straightforward, it is hilarious. Time and again I cracked a smile and a giggle as I read Brown’s account of his life. The chapter about his behavior in reaction to his daughter’s birth is one of the most enjoyable and touching series of pages I have ever read. By the end of this book, Brown seemed like a personal friend rather than an anonymous author.
I never thought a story of death could be so darn funny. Pluto, I miss you as a planet, but Brown killed you, and he killed you good – with great writing and humor.
Kralik, John. 365 Thank Yous: The Year a Simple Act of Daily Gratitude Changed My Life. New York: Hyperion, c2010. Popular Reading CT275.K845 A3 2010 (Main Reading Room)
The concept of this book spurred me to pick it up. I love writing notecards and sending them out to friends. (Who doesn’t love non-bill mail?) I was positively giddy with the idea that someone spent a whole year writing thank you cards. 365 Thank Yous was enjoyable, but lawyers are not the best memoir writers.
At the start of the book, Kralik was down in the dumps and life was not on an upswing. Instead of wallowing in misery, Kralik decides to be grateful for the good things. Most people would stop there, but Kralik decides to hand-write personal thank you notes to those he encounters. 365 Thank Yous chronicles Kralik’s trip out of despair and into a much happier, stable place in his personal, emotional, and professional lives.
The concept of the project and book are fantastic, but the book’s execution is lacking. 365 Thank Yous is very linear following a set structure of cause and effect. There was no magic to the writing. I was expecting more insight and lyricism, but I don’t think it’s possible for lawyers to not write like a lawyer. This book was more like a legal brief than an emotional memoir; it was dry, lacked feeling, and was far too expository.
Verdict? Still worth the read. In fact, in may inspire you to write more personal notes to those important people in your life.
-Meghan Gates, Stacks Supervisor
Watson, Peter. The German Genius: Europe’s Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution, and the Twentieth Century. New York: Harper Collins, 2010. Mullen Stacks, DD61 .W39 2010
Britain’s Peter Watson is a former journalist who has written several provocative tomes on the history of ideas. His most recent work, The German Genius, is a massive survey of German history and culture from the Age of Bach to the present. His primary purpose is to address what he views as British and Americans ignorance regarding the enormous cultural impact that Germans have had on the world. He argues that British obsession with their heroic role in defeating Hitler, combined with the American idée fixe on the Holocaust, has blinded both countries to German accomplishments both before and after the Nazi era.
Watson explores the concepts of ‘Bildung’ and ‘Sonderweg.’ The former, ‘Bildung,’ is a term with no equivalent in English and that is difficult to explain even in German. It signifies something akin to education combined with spiritual formation in not only achieving knowledge but also in learning values. The latter, ‘Sonderweg,’ describes the contentious theory (propounded especially by Daniel
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Goldhagen’s 1996 book Hitler’s Willing Executioners) that the Germans have made a unique historical journey from aristocracy to democracy, but on a path of abnormal cultural development, in comparison with western nations, which virtually ensured the rise of Hitler and the Third Reich.
Watson, in effect, argues in favor of ‘Bildung’ and against the ‘Sonderweg’ by highlighting a long litany of German accomplishments in, among other things, music, philosophy, theology, science, medicine, and literature. He presents a series of mini biographies, (almost a biographical encyclopedia) of the notable Germans that created or drove these wide ranging endeavors. Among these luminaries are, to name just a few, physicist Heinrich Hertz, philosopher Immanuel Kant, composer Richard Strauss, writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and historian Leopold von Ranke. Watson states that while America and Britain speak English both countries think German due to the immense and largely hidden impact of the German inspired higher education system that operates in both countries.
This is an important book well worth the reading though the immense length of over 800 pages can be daunting. One comes away with the thought that one more edit might have made the same points while producing a slimmer, more palatable volume. This German-American reader also came away with the notion that despite Watson’s best efforts to discredit the ‘Sonderweg,’ he ironically reinforces it as any in depth exploration of German accomplishments (and they are immense) can not gloss over the underlying negativity of both thought and deed that so often burdens German culture and history.
– William J. Shepherd, Associate Archivist
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Staff Notes Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
–Robin Pike, Audio Visual Archivist, will be chairing a session “New Developments in Describing Audiovisual Materials” at MARAC (Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference) in May
–Miranda Rodriguez, Instruction Librarian, was recently awarded an EBSCO ALA Annual Conference Sponsorship grant to attend the American Library Association Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA. this June.
The following Library staff members were honored for their years of service at CUA at the Annual Service Awards Dinner:
For 10 years
Emir Isakovic, building services manager, University Libraries<
For 20 years
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Min-Jing Chen, library assistant at the Engineering, Architecture Library
William Shepherd, associate archivist
All are pictured with CUA President John Garvey.
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Issue of the ‘Fall 2010’
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In the Fall 2010 Issue Thursday, November 18th, 2010
» Message from the Editor
» Second Floor Upgrades
» New Popular Reading Program Launched
» University Libraries adds more online databases
» Spot light on: Engineering/Architecture Library, Physics Library and Nursing/Biology Library
» University Libraries’ GLPs attend Americal Library Association’s National Conference
» Library Staff “step up” to the plate
» Book Reviews
» New Staff
» Staff Notes
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Message from the Editor Thursday, November 18th, 2010
Welcome to the Fall 2010 edition of the CUA Libraries Newsletter. We are pleased to share with you recent news about the University Libraries and staff.
As always, we welcome comments, questions, and suggestions at our online comment form.
We hope you enjoy this issue of our Newsletter. You can continue to follow the latest Library news as they are posted at University Libraries News & Events. Please comment on our stories and subscribe to the RSS feeds.
Is something missing? Any objections? Is there an article you enjoyed? Please direct comments, questions, and suggestions about the newsletter to us via the contact form.
Editor: Anne Marie Hules, Reference Librarian for Library and Information Science
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Second Floor Upgrades Thursday, November 18th, 2010
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More study space and popular reading collection
As many have already discovered, the Main Reading Room has re-opened with new carpeting, new paint, sixty new electric outlets, and more study space. Our new popular reading collection has arrived and has just been placed in the room.
First Year Experience Reading Room
We have renamed the Corner Reading Room to the First Year Experience Reading Room so students in the FYE program will know where to find help from their fellow students. Under the auspices of the Center for Academic Success, undergraduate fellows are available to work with FYE students afternoons and evenings most days of the week.
Lockers Available for Graduate Students
Catholic University of America Libraries currently has lockers available for CUA graduate students on the 2nd floor of Mullen Library. Due to the limited number, lockers are available to all graduate students only. Inquiries please call ext.5060 or come to the Circulation Desk.
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New Popular Reading Program Launched Thursday, November 18th, 2010
The Libraries launched a Popular Reading Program in September. The program was initiated by the subject librarians after receiving numerous requests from students and faculty looking for some ‘light reading.’ The genres include popular fiction, historical fiction, mystery and suspense, science fiction, biography, autobiography, history, politics, inspiration, and popular culture. The collection is found in the main reading room on the 2nd floor of Mullen Library and the books can be checked out only by CUA students, faculty and staff. The books are leased from Baker and Taylor which sends the books shelf ready (labeled and cataloged). After a few months on the shelves, the books are returned with the library keeping one in five titles for the collection. The titles kept will be determined by circulation statistics and enduring scholarly value. The two year project is being funded by an endowed grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. 134 titles have been received this semester with more arriving on a monthly basis. For suggestions on future titles, please contact Kevin Gunn at [email protected] or 202-319-5088. The program was covered in the October 6th issue of the CUA Tower.
Kevin Gunn Coordinator of Religious Studies and Humanities Services
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University Libraries adds more online databases Thursday, November 18th, 2010
The University Libraries are pleased to announce the acquisition of several databases that should be crucial to the University Community across a number of disciplines. These new databases are ARTstor, Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO), and Literature Resource Center.
» ARTstor contains more than one million images of particular interest to those studying, researching, and teaching in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences. There are a number of software tools available to the researcher for creating, presenting and managing image collections.
» Eighteenth Century Collections Online is a digitized collection of over 180,000 books, pamphlets, essays, and other material issued from 1701-1800. Most of this collection was published in the U.K. and a few titles from the Americas and elsewhere. This source provides valuable information for such diverse topics as Shakespeare, the American Revolution, the French Revolution, and the Industrial Revolution.
» Literature Resource Center contains biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. Publisher: This database is particularly useful for research in English, World Literature, Film, Drama and Theatre, as well as across the Humanities.
To use these resources as well as our other databases you can go here. If you are off campus you will have to log in to your myAladin account.
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Spotlight on: Engineering/Architecture Library, Physics Library and Nursing/Biology Library Thursday, November 18th, 2010
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Engineering/Architecture Library
The Engineering/Architecture library is busy! Engineering student groups meet here and we overhear a lot about engineering circuits! The Architecture graduate students find the Engineering & Architecture Library a good place to scan, research and study between classes. We are collaborating with Architecture faculty about the resources available on the new database ARTStor. Many of the Master of Science in Sustainable Design (1-year program) students will be continuing their research and beginning theses. They are using new eBooks titles:
Heat Islands : Understanding and Mitigating Heat in Urban Areas by Lisa Gartland;
Materials and the Environment : Eco-Informed Material Choice by Michale F. Ashby; and
Nanomaterials, Nanotechnologies and Design : an Introduction for Engineers and Architects by Michael F. Ashby, Paulo J. Ferreira, and Daniel L. Schodek.
Physics Library
The Physics graduate students needed space for group study, so what better place than the Physics Library this Fall? New expanded hours (Monday through Thursday 10AM – 4PM, see posted hours for Fridays) and expanded access for graduate students in the Physics Library are meeting the needs for resources and study space. New resources in nanotechnology and electromagnetism are on the shelves and in the hands of the Physics faculty and students. New Physics books include Condensed Matter in a Nutshell by Gerald D. Mahan; Game Physics (2nd Ed.) by David H. Eberly; as well as popular science reading titles We Need to Talk about Kelvin : What Everyday Things Tell us about the Universe by Marcus Chown and Everyday Practice of Science : Where Intuition and Passion Meet Objectivity and Logic by Frederick Grinnell.
Science Libraries staff are providing reference for projects, taking suggestions for new books, updating the Engineering, Architecture &
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Planning, and Physics LibGuides and providing faster Consortium Loan Service through direct scanning to “pdf” format of article requests.
Visit one of your CUA Science Libraries – Engineering & Architecture Library, 200 Pangborn; Physics Library, 101 Hannan ; Nursing/Biology Library, 212 Gowan – and ask us a question.
Kim Hoffman, Coordinator of Science Libraries
Nursing/Biology Library
The Nursing/Biology Library supports the research, teaching and learning missions of the School of Nursing and the Department of Biology. The collection includes Nursing and Biology print and electronic resources (databases and e-journals). Two special collections within the library are the Nursing/Biology Historical Collection (a collection of textbooks and more dating back to the 19th century), and the Mary Walsh Room Historical Collection (a collection related to the history of nursing) housed in a unique reading room on the second floor of the library.
There are several changes happening within the library currently including relocation of the Nursing/Biology Historical Collection to WRLC, and planned physical space changes on the first floor to increase accessibility to the collection and service for patrons. Floor plans are being made, a Circulation/Reference Desk will be on order soon, and shifting of books is planned to open up the front area of the first floor.
Several new titles added to the collection recently include:
Pathophysiology Made Incredibly Easy! Call Number: RB113 .P3636 2009
Haunted by Combat: Understanding PTSD in War Veterans Paulson, Daryl S., and Krippner, Stanley Call Number: RC552.P67 P38 2010
Manual of industrial microbiology and biotechnology
Baltz, Richard H., ed. (et al) Call Number: QR53 .M33 2010
Calculations for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Stephenson, Frank H. Call Number: QH506 .S74 2010
Please stop by the Nursing/Biology Library for your nursing and biology research needs.
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Linda Todd, Life Sciences Librarian
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University Libraries’GLPs attend Americal Library Association’s National Conference Thursday, November 18th, 2010
In June the American Library Association held their national conference in the Washington, DC Convention Center. This gave some of our Graduate Library Pre-professional Program (GLP’s) the opportunity to attend the event. Below is a recap of the ALA experience from the GLPs perspective!
ALA was a blast! It was fun and new to all of us. The conference, which was held in the Washington, DC Convention Center, was big with lots to do and see (and buy!!!) The first floor was dedicated primarily to people registering and meeting up with each other over coffee and tea. In fact, there was an Internet Café where you could work online.
The most amazing part of ALA was on the lower floor. A look over the staircase onto the floor where all of the vendors were set up was completely breathtaking! It was immense and colorful, and exciting. Computers and gadgets and trinkets were everywhere! People were smiling; they were engaged with one another, they were networking, and they were exchanging ideas.
We collected lots of buttons, pens and pencils and other paraphernalia to remember the event.
Below are some of the most memorable parts each GLP has taken away from the conference:
Gena Chattin, GLP in Electronic Services, favorite session: Reference Work from Idea to Reality. Having worked previously for a university press, it was interesting to see how her experience in scholarly publishing meshed with what she’s learning about information science. It was a bit daunting to hear reference work editors talk about shepherding as many as 700 writers all over the world to complete a finished work. All in all, the session provided solid advice on project management that could help on any level and also a little inspiration for potential future writing projects.
Michelle’s Bolger, GLP in Reference and Instructional Services, favorite session: “The Poor and the Homeless.” In this session, outreach was discussed and the fact that, for poor children, a book is a luxury. The presenter referred to the idea of clustering, or going out into community to reach poor children, as this helps form relationships between community and library. A book is also a luxury for those who are serving time in prisons, and homeless persons. Homeless people that come to the library need information about jobs and housing and such things. It was discussed that librarians who help the poor and homeless have an opportunity to do some humanitarian work in their community and should try to visit the shelters and neighborhoods and perform outreach there.
Elizabeth Dodson, GLP in the Engineering/Architecture Library, favorite session: Sharing Our Strengths: An Interagency Approach to Library Services to Detained and Incarcerated Populations. The speakers for this session currently work in New York City and represent two different public library and school systems. The speakers divulged personal experiences that occurred while working with incarcerated populations, specifically those under the age of 18. They also emphasized the difficulties regarding budgetary restrictions, working with difficult administrations, and thin-to-no staff assistance. The topics focused on information access to incarcerate people, the increased rate of detained populations, and library services available to these individuals.
Samantha Saporitio, GLP in the Religion and Philosophy Library, favorite session: Connecting with the Feds: Social Media, Collaboration, and Transparency . The event was held in the Pryzbyla center on the CUA campus. The presentations covered such topics as the use of technology and social media in different parts of the government in terms of collaboration and transparency. A webcast of the event and the presentations are available on the SLIS website. (http://slis.cua.edu/events/connecting.cfm). Dr. Ingrid Hsieh-Yee, Interim Dean and Professor, Of the Catholic University of America School of Library and Information Science, opened the event.
Angela Bolger, GLP in Reference and Instructional Services
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Library Staff “step up” to the plate Thursday, November 18th, 2010
The Office of Human Resources announced the winners for their challenge “Stepping Into Spring”. The team with the most steps was Mullen Library with an average of 172,242 steps per team member. In total Mullen Library team members walked 1,722,421 steps
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throughout the two week challenge. We would like to congratulate Team Mullen” Gena Chattin, Samantha Saporito, Meghan Gates, Dustin Booher, Kitty Tynan, Lynn Weinstein, Miranda Rodriguez, Shanyun Zhang, Ramona Sampsell, and Michelle Bolger.
The top three individual steppers were Samantha Saporito from Mullen Library with 466,366 steps, Laura Cocoltchos from University Development with 272,380 steps, and Lourdes Alvarez from Byzantine Studies with 256,422 steps. Congratulations to all!
(from left to righ)t, front row: Kitty Tynan, Megan Gates, Samantha Saporito, Dustin Booher back row: Gena Chattin, Shanyun Zhang, Romona Sampsell, Lynn Weinstein (not pictured are Michelle Bolger and Miranda Rodriguez)
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Book Reviews Thursday, November 18th, 2010
Honore, Carl. /In Praise of Slowness: How a Worldwide Movement is Challenging the Cult of Speed/. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, c2004. (Available through Consortium: BJ 1498 .H66 2004)*
The point of In Praise of Slowness is to give the reader an appreciation for conducting their life in a more leisurely manner. Honore breaks down his book into various chapters that divide life into sections such as work, food, sex, etc. In each chapter, Honore shows how each facet of life can be conducted more slowly. He backs up his narrative with personal experience, scientific studies, and interviews with other followers of the slow lifestyle.
This set-up is remarkably tempting. Honore makes his readers want to slow down their lives, even if it is just a little bit. The text has a remarkably calming affect on the reader – you want to read more slowly and taking pleasure in your surrounding as you do so. At the same time, Honore’s text can make the reader feel guilty. Many readers can’t follow all of his suggestions. Honore also he neglects the financial and community costs of the slow lifestyle.
Honore’s book is full of good ideas, but it comes across more as wishful thinking more than practical. In the end, Honore is advocating for a better balance in life. He asserts that although we do things quickly, we should be aware of our speed and attempt to slow down more often.
Megan Gates, Stacks Supervisor
*Brooks, Max. /World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie Wars/. New York: Three Rivers Press, c2006. (Available through Consortium: PS 3602 .R6445 W67 2006)*
This book is a terrifyingly entertaining romp that has the reader alternatively laughing, cringing, and hoping they don’t have nightmares. In a word, this book is spectacular. Brooks takes your typical zombie apocalypse concept and creates an unexpectedly great work of literature and social commentary.
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World War Z mimics the author Studs Terkel. Brooks creates a series of oral history interviews; every word of this book, aside from the introduction, is a verbal account of how various people survived the plague of undead. This layout gives an all-encompassing view of the zombie war. Brooks is able to craft a myriad of individual stories that feel eerily real. The way Brooks writes makes each character seem alive. The oral history form also means that Brooks explores all areas of the zombies’ effect on the world. He covers everything from doctors to politicians to soldiers to refugees. Furthermore, this allows Brooks to cover the affect the zombie attack had on air, water, and land. Brooks has written a “what if” of the entire world.
Brooks turns a book about zombies into an enlightened view of human reactions to famine, disease, and war. And, the whole work is compulsively readable.
Megan Gates, Stacks Supervisor
Baker, Kimball. Go to the Worker: America’s Labor Apostles. Marquette University Press, 2010. HD6338.2.U5 B35 2010
There is a middle path between extreme capitalism and totalitarianism and ten American labor ‘apostles’ of the Roman Catholic Church showed the way. Author Kim Baker draws on a variety of sources, particularly his own interviews with the subjects, to tell the story of the priests and laymen who, using papal encyclicals as their guides, promoted the rights of working people from the 1920s and later, against the twin challenges of extreme capitalism on one hand and the dangers of fascist and communist dictatorships on the other. These ten include seven priests: George G. Higgins, Charles O. Rice, John Hayes, Philip Carey, Karl Hubble, Thomas Darby, and Joseph Buckley; and three laymen: John Cort, Bert Donlin, and Ed Marciniak. They also represent the working class of four major industrial cities (New York with Cort, Carey, Buckley and Darby; Chicago with Hayes, Higgins, and Marciniak; Detriot with Donlin and Hubble; and Pittsburgh with Rice). He also provides interesting vignettes on some other individuals and places such as Dennis Comey in Philadelphia, Jerome Drolet in New Orleans, Mort Gaven and Edward Boyle in Boston, and Linna Bresette, Field Secretary of the NCWC’s Social Action Department who crisscrossed the country from 1921 to 1951 organizing labor-management-government conferences promoting worker justice. If the aforementioned men are labor’s ‘apostles,’ no less so is Bresette, perhaps the Mary Magdalene of the American labor movement, whose tireless efforts are now largely forgotten (except by Baker of course). Throughout his text Baker shows how these ten, in addition to having the papal encyclicals as guides, were also influenced by thinkers and activists of their time: Dorothy Day, John A. Ryan, Francis Haas, and others. Baker is also somewhat critical of Fr. John F. Cronin, who, like Higgins, Hayes, and Bresette, worked for the NCWC Social Action Department, but also had close ties to the FBI in the struggle against Communism, for which Baker argues Cronin lost his way. On the issue of the controversial role of communists in the American labor movement, Baker is to be commended for his fair and balanced account, being neither a red baiter, as many on the right are, nor a red apologist, as are many academics. This book is a worthy tribute to these ‘apostles’ of labor.
William J. Shepherd, Associate Archivist
Leonard, Elmore. Djibouti. New York: William Morrow, c2010. (Mullen Library, Popular Reading: PS3562 .E55 D55 2010)
It must have been an irresistible idea for one of America’s preeminent crime writers to tackle Somali piracy. In practice, however, it seems like Elmore Leonard struggled over what to make of his story as much as his protagonist documentary makers struggled over what to make of the film within the story. Should they frame the pirates as oppressed people? As criminals? As money hustlers? The work, like the fictional documentary within, holds the viewpoint of outsiders attempting to look in but finding no window through which they can really see. The plot eventually veers away from the Somalis to focus almost entirely on American visitors and expats trying to get in on the action. Even the villain is an American ex-con turned al Queda who is never entirely accepted by his peers. The Somalis are as foreign by the end of the book as they were at the start, and our filmmakers (and possibly the author) seem no closer to an understanding that they can share.
Gena Chattin, Electronic Services GLP
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New Staff Thursday, November 18th, 2010
Thad Garrett, Music Library Assistant
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Thad Garrett is a native of Moorefield, WV. He received his Bachelors in Music Education from Shepherd University in 2009, where he played the saxophone in the wind symphony, jazz band, and marching band. He is a fan of musical theater, having starred in amateur productions of Beauty and the Beast and Godspell. This past summer, he directed “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.” Aside from his work in in music, he enjoys cooking, traveling, and classic films.
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Issue of the ‘Orientation 2010’
In the Orientation 2010 Issue: Thursday, August 26th, 2010
» Message from the Editor
» Message from the Library Director Steve Connaghan
» Popular Reading Collection will soon be available
» Library Services and Resources
» More Outlets and Study Space on the Second Floor
» University Libraries’ Mobile Site in Test
» New Media Viewing Area in Mullen Library
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Message from the Editor Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
Welcome to the Orientation 2010 edition of the CUA Libraries Newsletter. We are pleased to share with you recent news about the University Libraries and staff.
As always, we welcome comments, questions, and suggestions at our online comment form.
We hope you enjoy this issue of our Newsletter. You can continue to follow the latest Library news as they are posted at University Libraries News & Events. Please comment on our stories and subscribe to the RSS feeds.
Is something missing? Any objections? Is there an article you enjoyed? Please direct comments, questions, and suggestions about the newsletter to us via the contact form.
Editor: Anne Marie Hules, Reference Librarian for Library and Information Science
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Message from the Library Director Steve Connaghan Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
To our new students and faculty, welcome to the University Libraries. And welcome back to all those who are returning to CUA this Fall. Our staff has put together this Orientation issue of the Libraries Newsletter to highlight our most vital services and the most recent changes to the Libraries collections and facilities.
The most important bit of information I want to impart to all our new patrons as well as those returning is our librarians, archivists and the rest of the library staff are eager to help you with your research and course needs. Please have a look at the articles on the services we provide and if you have any questions, please Ask a Librarian.
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Thank you and all the best as we begin this new academic year together!
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Popular Reading Collection will soon be available Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
Students frequently ask us where they can just find a book to read. It’s not been an easy question to answer in a research library. But soon, we’ll be able to direct you to the Popular Reading collection, which will be set up in the Main Reading Room. This small collection of novels and popular non-fiction titles will be available for CUA users to borrow for 3 weeks (a shorter loan period than for our regular books, but a way to let more readers have access to current titles). All titles will be in the ALADIN catalog, but the collection will be small enough to allow you to just browse for something that looks interesting. New titles will be added every few weeks.
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Library Services and Resources Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
Library Services and Resources
Cards you need to use the Library:
» Cardinal Card (CUA ID) to check out library material, login to our online databases from off campus, and make photocopies. Current students, staff and faculty do not need to buy separate copy cards. Because the copy machines work off Cardinal Cash, you can simply add value to your Cardinal Card AKA your ID. You may add to your Cardinal Cash account using a credit card online or using cash at one of our two add-value stations. Our add-value stations are located on the second floor of Mullen Library and in our branch libraries in Ward Hall. Our add-value stations only accept ones, fives, tens and twenties. Visiting researchers may purchase copy cards at our add-value stations. Blank cards cost $1.00, and you must be sure to re-insert your blank card into the add-value station to add value.
» Business card of your subject librarian to get advice in how to get started on your research project.
Access Services (1st floor Mullen Library)
Circulation and Borrowing
This is where you check out and return library materials. Students, faculty, faculty associates, and staff members with a current ID may obtain borrowing privileges at the Mullen Circulation Desk. Student privileges are renewed each semester approximately ten days prior to the first day of classes provided the student has registered for classes or dissertation/comprehensive examination guidance. Faculty and staff must renew privileges in person at the Mullen circulation desk at the beginning of each academic year. Patrons must present an active Cardinal Card at the circulation desk to borrow any circulating items, including books, laptops, and movies.
Access to certain ALADIN databases, ejournals, MyALADIN, CLS, and ILL from off campus will require a valid Cardinal Card.
You may renew items in person at the Mullen Circulation Desk or through myALADIN. Most items may be renewed three times.
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Course Reserves
Course Reserve holds high-demand print and audio-visual items that instructors request be made available for student use.
Electronic Reserve holds items made available by individual faculty members in an electronic format. Electronic reserves are available through Blackboard (http://bb8.cua.edu) only to current CUA faculty, staff, or students in good standing.
Library materials, including Course Reserves, may only be used in compliance with United States copyright law. Please see the CUA Libraries’ page of policies and guidelines on copyright for more information about your rights and responsibilities, including Instructions for Placing Items on Reserve.
myALADIN
myALADIN is your personal library account. To activate your myALADIN account:
1. Click on myALADIN on the library home page (underneath quick links)
2. Type your CUA ID and Last Name
3. Go to Patron Information and E-mail Registration and click on Edit
4. Select CLS Requests and Web Document Delivery and click on Update
5. Go back to the Patron Information and E-mail Registration page. Type your e-mail address in the text box (Make sure that Web delivery is not disabled.) and click on Update E-mail.
Once you have registered you can check on the status of ILL or CLS requests, access online databases and ejournals from off campus, download scanned documents, and renew CUA and CLS materials, You can also sign up for text messages or RSS feeds. If you are off campus you will need to login to your myAladin account to access our online databases journals, and e-books.
WRLC Consortium
The Washington Research Libraries Consortium is made up of the following universities:
» American University (AU)
» Catholic University (CU)
» Gallaudet University (GA)
» George Mason University (GM)
» Georgetown University (GT)
» George Washington University (GW)
» Marymount University (MU)
» Trinity College (TR)
» University of the District of Columbia (DC)
» WRLC Center (WR)
Students and Faculty in CUA’s School of Theology and Religious Studies also have access to the Washington Theological Consortium. Ask for information in the Religious Studies and Humanities Library (314 Mullen, 202-319-5088).
Consortium Loan Service (CLS)
Patrons with CUA undergraduate, graduate, faculty, faculty associate, and staff privileges may use CLS. Materials such as:
» Circulating books not owned by CUA. The books must display the status available in the WRLC Libraries Catalog.
» Articles from journals and reference books not owned by CUA. The articles must be less than 50 pages.
» Books and journals owned by CUA that are shelved at the WRLC Center or are missing, lost, or charged.
» Please note: Requests from CUA patrons for CUA items will not be processed.
To submit a CLS request: 1. Search for your item (book or journal) in the WRLC Libraries Catalog (http://www.aladin.wrlc.org).
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2. Click on the title that is owned by a library other than CUA and confirm that the item is available or that the volume is owned.
3. Click on the yellow Request box, enter the barcode from your Cardinal Card (student ID), and select “Catholic” as the institution. Enter your last name and click on Login.
4. Verify that the Library for Pickup is Catholic U. – Mullen Library.
5. Complete the form as directed. For articles fill in the Vol/Issue/Date, Article Title/Author, and Article Pages fields.
6. Enter your Patron ID and click on Submit Request.
To check the status of a CLS request:
» You will be notified by e-mail if the item requested is ineligible for CLS. Requests for ineligible items are cancelled.
» You also may check the status of a request in myALADIN 30 to 45 minutes after you submit the request. Go to Consortium Loan Services Activity and click on View.
» When a request is ready you will be notified by e-mail.
Consortium loan requests usually take three to five business days, but may take longer. Please plan ahead. Materials that are not sent via email can be picked up at the Mullen Circulation Desk. CLS materials can be renewed through MyALADIN. Click on George Mason and Georgetown to renew items from those libraries. If you need an item immediately, you are permitted entry to any of the WRLC libraries with your Cardinal Card and can check out items.
Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
Through ILL, patrons may obtain materials not available in the CUA libraries or at other WRLC libraries. Material usually arrives within 2 weeks, but may take longer depending on the rarity and availability of the item. Please plan ahead! When material arrives, we will contact you via email or you can check MyALADIN.
Overdue ILL books and overdue recalled ILL books are subject to the same fines as overdue CUA books.
1. This service is for CUA faculty, students and staff only. 1.» Columbus School of Law students submit interlibrary loan requests at the DuFour Law Library (http://law.cua.edu/library).
2.» Patrons from outside CUA should request material through the Interlibrary Loan service at their school, business, or local public library.
3.» Other libraries should request material through OCLC, or contact the Interlibrary Loan Office directly (202-319-5063).
2. Please check the WRLC Libraries Catalog to see if the material you need is available in the Washington Research Libraries Consortium. If it is, you will receive the material faster by ordering it through the Consortium Loan Service. Request Consortium loan service by clicking on the yellow “Request through Consortium Loan Services” link on the right side of the item record. Items owned by CUA Libraries may not be requested from outside the Consortium, unless they have been declared missing or a search has been filed.
3. Submit one form for each book or article requested. Please limit the number of requests to no more then three in one day.
Submitting a request
To request an interlibrary loan, please go to
http://www.aladin.wrlc.org/Z-WEB/ILLAuthClient
Complete the request form fully. Requests may be returned to you if information is omitted. Please note, you can access this request form thru MyALADIN too. If you have problems to login, please call 202-319-5063 or complete the Contact Form. Please include your CUA ID number.
Laptop and Wireless Network
The CUA Libraries provide a wireless network in Mullen Library. This network allows you to access library resources and the Internet from laptop computers in any of the study areas in Mullen Library.
Do your research where it’s convenient for you. With the wireless network, you can get up and move as you need to! We advise that you do not leave laptops unattended in the library.
We have a limited number of laptop computers available for use, on a first-come, first-serve basis. Come to the Circulation Desk on the first floor of Mullen Library to check out a laptop for four hours. The laptops are only available to current CUA students, faculty, and staff
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with valid, updated borrowing privileges.
If you have a laptop and you want to configure it to use the library printers click here for instructions.
Reference and Instructional Services
Information/Reference Desk (1st floor Mullen Library)
This is where you go if you have questions about research, using the library, call number locations, finding a specific book or journal or how to begin searching the Aladin databases.
ALADIN: Catalog & Databases
What is ALADIN?
ALADIN is the name for the online tools available to CUA patrons through the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC).
The Library Catalogs show the collections of the WRLC libraries, including CUA. Use the WRLC Libraries Catalog to search for books, hard copy journals, and other materials that are available in the libraries. More information about the collections at George Mason University and Trinity College is available through their separate catalogs.
The Article Databases and More are produced by companies, scholarly societies, or government agencies outside CUA. These databases cover the major publications in particular subject areas. Some of these databases include the full text of the articles. Access to the article databases off campus is available to users with valid, updated library privileges.
Finding the Right Databases
Using the right tools is a key part of doing effective research. You need to search the appropriate databases to find the best material in your subject. There are a number of ways to get information about the ALADIN databases. Go to our the Libraries home page and look for Catalog or Article Databases & More. If you are off campus you will need to login to your myAladin account to access our online databases journals, and e-books.
Use the Alphabetical List
This will show you all of the databases available in ALADIN. If you’re looking for a specific database, you’ll find it here. Most of the databases have clear names that should give you an idea of whether or not you’ll be interested by them. For more information, you can click the Information icon icon for a brief description of the database.
Use the Subject Lists
These will show you the most relevant databases in a general subject area. At CUA, we have lists of multidisciplinary databases, and databases in the arts, humanities, and religion, business and economics, health sciences, physical sciences and engineering, and social sciences. Some databases are useful for more than one category.
Read the Online Help
Once you have chosen a database, look for Help or Information screens. These provide more detailed information about what the database covers and the best way to search it.
CUA students and faculty only have access to subject databases that CUA Libraries subscribes to. Access to databases from other schools in the WRLC Consortium is only available in their home libraries. Students and faculty can gain access to any WRLC Library with their valid Cardinal Card.
Electronic Journal Title Finder
Its easy to find out if CUA libraries has access to online journals. Go to the CUA Libraries’ home page and look for CU’s e-Journals. Click on CU’s e-Jounals then type in the title of the journal such as, Psychology Today. A list of databases that provide full text access to
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Psychology Today will appear. Click on one of those databases and search for the article you need. You will notice that two databases provide full text from 1992 on while two others provide full text from 1988. If you need an article that was published before 1992 you will want to click on a database that provides access from 1988 on. If you are off campus you will need to login to your myAladin account to access our online databases journals, and e-books.
To use ALADIN databases from off campus
Anyone may use the WRLC Libraries Catalog.
To use the article databases, go to the Libraries’ home page. Look under Article Databases & More, when you are prompted enter your university ID number or library user barcode in the blank marked Patron ID, choose Catholic from the pull down menu, then press return. You should see the list of article databases appear on your screen.
If you see a new screen saying “patron validation failed,” try retyping your information to make sure the problem was not just a typographical error. If you are sure this message is in error, contact the Access Services office (202-319-5060).
If you do not have current, valid borrowing privileges, you may visit the CUA Libraries and use our resources on-site.
Ask a Librarian
Sometimes it’s inconvenient to come to the library for help. For this reason CUA Libraries offer an IM reference Service. Ask a question via a live IM session and a librarian will gladly help you find the information you need. For information on how to use our IM reference using your IM software, check our Ask a Librarian page. Or just click on the link on our web page to ask a question via our widget (look for the cardinal). You can also send us an IM question via text messaging. This service is only open to current CUA enrolled students, staff, and faculty.
Individual Consultations
Individual consultations are for CUA Students, Faculty, and Staff who want to learn how to use the library’s ALADIN Catalog, article databases, online dictionaries and encyclopedias, and full-text electronic journals or want help on a research project. Consultations are tailored to your research needs and last about an hour.
To identify the reference librarian in your subject area, please check the list of subject librarians. Request an individual consultation. In the drop down menu in the subject line choose Request a meeting or a workshop with a librarian.
For Help
» Contact Access Services if you have questions about borrowing materials, course reserves or your library account (202-319-5060) or come to the library. Access Services is on the first floor or Mullen Library.
» Contact Reference and Instructional Services (first floor of Mullen Library; 202-319-5070) if you have questions about your research or how to use ALADIN.
» Send us a question using the online form (you can also request an individual consultation using this form).
» Contact the librarian for your subject area if you have a subject specific question or how to use a specialized database.
» Contact a librarian through CUA Libraries Ask a Librarian.
» Stacks Map
» Take a virtual tour of Mullen library
Special Collections and Branch Libraries
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Special Libraries
Oliveira Lima Library 022 Mullen
The Lima Library is a collection of the history and culture of the Portuguese-speaking peoples from the 16th to the early 20th century.
Semitics/ICOR Library 035 Mullen
The Semitics/ICOR Library holdings include: the languages of the Bible and the Ancient Near East; and the languages, literatures, and history of the Christian Near East.
Rare Books and Special Collections 214 Mullen
The holdings of the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, some 65,000 volumes, range from medieval documents to first editions of twentieth century authors.
Main Reading Room 2nd Floor Mullen
Current issues of popular journals and current newspapers are located in the Main Reading Room.
Juvenile Reading Room 2nd floor Mullen
This houses picture books, the juvenile history collection and award winning juvenile and young adult books.
Religious Studies, Philosophy and Canon Law 314/316 Mullen
The Religious Studies and Philosophy collections comprise some 250,000 to 300,000 volumes. The reading rooms contain non-circulating reference material. The subjects covered in the reading rooms are: Biblical Studies, Church History, Early Christian Studies, Medieval and Byzantine studies, Religion and Religious Education, and Theology.
Two smaller reading rooms cover Greek and Latin and Canon Law.
Greek & Latin Seminar Room
This collection contains important reference and series books
Canon Law Reading Room
It contains important papal registers, church council documents and various code commentaries. This room is restricted to Canon Law students and faculty.
Campus Libraries
Specialized materials and subject expertise are available.
American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives 101 Aquinas Hall; 202-319-5065
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Engineering/Architecture Library 200 Pangborn; 202-319-5167
Music Library 101 Ward; 202-319-5424
Nursing/Biology Library 212 Gowan; 202-319-5411
Physics Library 101 Hannan; 202-319-5320
University Museum Collection 101 Aquinas Hall; 202-319-5065
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Library Facilities
» Copiers are on each floor in Mullen (and in all branch libraries.)
» MERIC Computer lab (PCs and Macs in the library do not have word processing software installed. They are used primarily for accessing the Libraries’ online resources. Students can check out laptops which have word processing software installed.)
» Computers for public use on first floor. All other computers require a CUA login.
» The CUA Libraries provide a wireless network in Mullen Library. This network allows you to access library resources and the Internet from laptop computers in any of the study areas in Mullen Library.
» We have a limited number of laptop computers available for use (CUA students, faculty staff only), on a first-come, first-serve basis. There is word processing software installed on the laptops.
» Microfilm room and readers/printers/scanner.
» Group and Quiet study areas
» New media viewing area
» Media Collections » DVDs/VHS available in the University Library Collection
» Media equipment available (such as head phones and television for viewing videos)
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More Outlets and Study Space on the Second Floor Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
We’re adding electricity! Sixty new outlets are being added to the “Main Reading Room” – along the walls and on the floor. About 25 more outlets are being added to the hallways on the second and third floors. This is one of the improvements that students have frequently requested, and we’re very pleased to have more power. The added outlets should allow most (if not all) laptop users to plug in.
New carpet is being installed on the second floor, both in the Main Reading Room and the Corner Reading Room. We’re also moving furniture and books around and adding more comfortable chairs. The second floor, when the work is completed, will be an area where groups of students can work together and have quiet conversations. The third floor will be designated as a quiet study area.
To provide additional space for studying in the Main Reading Room, we’ve moved many of the current periodicals. The number of print journals has been shrinking rapidly as we change to electronic access. Based on over two years of use analysis, we have kept about 40 titles and our print newspapers in the Main Reading Room. These are the periodicals that are used most heavily. Many of them are magazines that are popular just for relaxing and fun reading. All other print periodicals are in the Periodicals stacks on the first floor by call number – current issues with the bound older volumes. Search the ALADIN catalog for information.
Second Floor Copiers Moved
The second floor photocopiers have been moved to the hallway outside the Main Reading Room. Both of them have been set up as
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printers as well as copiers, so students using the computers on the second floor as well as those using laptops connected to the wireless network will be able to send print jobs to those machines. Printing is free. Photocopies are ten cents per page. The copy card vending machine has also been moved. CUA students should use their Cardinal Card for copies – you can add cash to your account at the vending machine, or go online and add money to your account using a credit card. Copy cards (for those without Cardinal Cards) cost $1.00 each for a blank card. Additional cash will have to be deposited to pay for copies.
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University Libraries’ Mobile Site in Test Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
To meet increasing needs from Smart Phone users, CUA Libraries has created a mobile site for easy and quick access from mobile devices to our services and collections. Currently this website provides basic information about libraries (e.g. hours, and locations), options to contact librarians, and access to catalog, MyALADIN, and several article databases (EBSCO, IEEE Xplore, and PubMed). Please visit http://www.lib.cua.edu/m/ with your wireless devices and feel free to let us know your experiences with this test site.
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New Media Viewing Area in Mullen Library Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
Do you feel tied to watching a movie from the small laptop screen? Would you like to view a DVD by other countries in a different region code (for example a DVD purchased in China)? Would you like to enjoy a DVD with your classmates in Mullen Library? Your wishes have been granted! Mullen Library has created a new Media Viewing Area, which is located beside the Microform Area on the first floor.
Mullen Library has installed the following new equipment:
» Three TVs (one combo with VHS and DVD players, another two 32″ LCD flat panel HDTV)
» One Blu-ray Disc player (supports both high-definition Disc and regular CD/DVD)
» One region free DVD player (support multiple region code, which you can use to view foreign DVDs)
» two jack boxes (allows up to 8 people to view and listen to the same TV)
by Shanyun Zhang, Head of Electronic Services
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CUA Libraries Newsletters | Spring 2010
Issue of the ‘Spring 2010’
Spring 2010 Issue Sunday, May 2nd, 2010
» Message from the Editors
» Steve Connaghan new Acting Director
» The Edward J. Belanger, Jr. Staff Award
» Library Tutorials keep CUA students SHARP
» New Media Viewing Area in Mullen Library
» Hidden Art Treasure found at CUA
» CUA Staff enter Posters in SLIS Poster Symposium
» Book Reviews
» New Staff
» Staff Notes
» Cool Tools
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Message from the Editors
Welcome to the Spring 2010 edition of the CUA Libraries Newsletter. We are pleased to share with you recent news about the University Libraries and staff.
As always, we welcome comments, questions, and suggestions at our online comment form.
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Stephen Connaghan new Acting Director of Libraries
Long time CUA staff member, Steve Connaghan, was named Acting Director of the CUA Libraries upon the resignation of Associate Provost Kimberly Kelley in November 2009. Steve grew up in Kansas City, Missouri and came to Catholic University for his undergraduate degree. His undergraduate concentration was in Anthropology with sub-concentrations in History and Computer Science. Though three of his cousins and his brother also graduated from to CUA, his wife, Kate McDuffie, has even stronger CUA roots. his father-in-law, Dr. George E. McDuffie, Jr., was a long time member of the faculty in electrical engineering and served as dean for many years. Steve’s mother-in-law and four of his wife’s siblings and a niece also earned degrees at Catholic, including Director of Alumni Relations, Marion McDuffie Gosney. Steve and his wife have two children, a seven year-old son and a five year-old daughter.
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Steve was kind enough to tell us something about himself:
Q: You have worn many hats at CUA Libraries. Tell us about them:
A: I started working for the University Libraries as a part-time library assistant in the Eng/Arch/Math Library during my junior year. In my senior year, I worked at both the E/A/M Library and at the circulation desk of Mullen Library. During the summer after graduation I worked on the migration of library management systems as we transitioned from our CUA only system to the first system we shared with the other members of WRLC.
While pursuing my MSLS at the School of Library and Information Science, I served as the Graduate Library Preprofessional (GLP) for Interlibrary Loan. During my first months we automated our method of checking out borrowed ILL materials to our patrons. At the time, circulation services and library technology was one unit. It afforded me great opportunities to continue working with the systems in the library.
My first professional position was as the Electronic Access Librarian. In this position I supervised ILL, document delivery, evaluated and managed electronic resources, and did software support for the Libraries. As library services and systems became more networks based, the amount of time I spent with systems grew. I served as Head of Library Information Systems for two years before adding facilities responsibilities in preparation for our big renovation in 2002-2004. In the past few years I’ve taken on new administrative duties as Associate Director for Library Technology under Mike McLane and as Director of Library Administration under Dr. Kimberly Kelley.
Q: Why did you decide to become a librarian?
A: Regular trips to our public libraries were a part of my childhood (thanks, Mom), and I’ve always enjoyed going to libraries. I think the encouragement of my supervisors at the Eng/Arch/Math Library and later at the Mullen circulation desk was key to me joining the profession-especially Amy Kost, at the time a GLP herself, and Tom Marcum ( Associate Director of Technical Services at CUA Libraries, retired), whose wife, Dr. Deanna Marcum, was then dean of the School of Library and Information Science.
Q: What is a typical work day like?
A: There is no typical day these days. I spend a lot of time communicating with our librarians, many segments of our campus community, and colleagues at our partner institutions in WRLC and the Catholic Research Resources Alliance.
Q: What is your favorite book (sorry, I had to ask)?
A: How can someone have a favorite book?
Q: What’s your idea of a great vacation?
A: I generally like quiet vacations where I can relax. I always enjoy renting a house at the beach. Downtown Rehoboth is nice in that you can walk to so many fun, casual, family friendly places, though this summer we’re going to Hatteras Island to make use of our great National Parks. Another great recent vacation was to Colorado. We just tooled around visiting relatives and seeing sights from Denver to Salida to the Great Sand Dunes National Park; at the dunes we got a taste of the beach at 8200 feet by playing in the snow melt runoff in July.
And any great vacation involves books. Before last summer’s trip my son asked my wife, “Is there a library at the beach?” She answered, “Yes.” “Is there a bookstore at the beach?” “Yes.” To which my son replied, “Good.”
Q: What is the ONE thing every CUA student should know about the CUA Libraries?
A: The librarians, archivists and staff of the University Libraries are incredibly dedicated and are eager to help you. Don’t ever hesitate to ask.
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Steve is one of CUA Libraries greatest assets and we are lucky to have him! Congratulations Steve!
~ Anne Marie Hules, Reference Librarian for Library and Information Science
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The Edward J. Belanger, Jr. Staff Award for Excellence
Almalaraj Savari, known to us as “Raj,” is the 2010 winner of the Edward J. Belanger, Jr. Staff Award for Excellence. Raj was absolutely excited to receive this award!
Raj is originally from the town, Tindivanum, in the southern part of India. He has lived in the United States since March of 1988. Raj has been married for 23 years, and he has 2 beautiful daughters. His older daughter graduated from CUA with a B.S. in Biology, and is now studying for her Master’s in Speech Science at the University of Maryland. His younger daughter is a freshman here at CUA studying Social Science. He has 3 brothers and 3 sisters back in India.
Raj has an extensive college background. He attended 2 universities in India. From the University of Madras, he received his B.S. in Physics, and from the University of Madurai, he received his Bachelor’s in Education. In the United States he matriculated into CUA only to graduate with an M.S. in Library Science. He later on obtained his IT Certification from Metropolitan College.
One unique life experience Raj had was, that upon graduating from college, he taught high school students for 10 years. He also has many hobbies and interests to include photography, listening to music, and watching horror movies! His favorite part of his job is “everything and anything related to computers” and working with all of his colleagues.
For the future, Raj wants to “be good at what [he’s] doing as far as [his] job” and “to get more education in an IT related field.” What excites Raj most about CUA is being a part of the community here. He also likes the people with whom he works, especially in the library.
We like you, too, Raj, and we would like to thank you for all you do for us all the time: We would like to congratulate you on receiving this award. Yeah, Raj!
~ Angela Michelle Bolger, GLP, Reference Services
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Library Tutorials keep CUA students SHARP
Early in the spring of 2009 a group of GLPs and librarians gathered to discuss the existing set of online tutorials which had launched the previous fall. Our objective was to expand the Camtasia tutorials Adam Day and Maria Koshute had created, while simultaneously creating a series of new tutorials that students could complete prior to library instruction sessions and that could also be used on a day-to-day basis. During our initial meeting, we reviewed the work of other institutions and decided to keep the existing elements of the tutorial. In addition, we enthusiastically agreed to change the appearance by adding audio and closed captioning, and developing a distinct CUA brand. In May, the group reconvened to vote on a suitable acronym that would reflect the entire series of tutorials. The winning acronym was SHARP (Students Harnessing Academic Research Power.) On a side note, we later discovered a pleasant coincidence. Our title also paid tribute to the pioneering librarian, Katherine L. Sharp, who made significant contributions to the library profession, particularly at the academic level. Once the title was settled upon we then began the summer long process of creating SHARP.
With the input of circulation staff and other individuals, an audio script was finalized. Shannon McMahon and Miranda Rodriguez then began creating the various components of the tutorial (e.g., recording and tweaking audio, creating flash videos, finding appropriate images, and refining the associated tutorial questions.) With useful feedback from the English department, we continued to tweak the
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project until the beginning of fall semester.
In an effort to encourage student accountability, we developed a series of nine questions that corresponded to the modules within the tutorial. For consistency, each section begins with a question and ends by encouraging students to answer the question for that segment. Students enrolled in ENG 101/105 can access the tutorial and corresponding assignment through the ‘Library Component’ tab in their Blackboard course page. In August, a beta version of SHARP was demoed to the English faculty and in September, the tutorial went live on the library homepage.
We continue to solicit feedback about the tutorial (both through evaluations and focus groups). Your comments and suggestions are welcomed and can be sent [email protected]@cua.edu .
Special thanks to Landyn Minter for contributing his voice to the project and to Jonathan Smith for his patience in posting various versions to the library home page. We also appreciate the assistance of CPIT in creating a Library Component tab within Blackboard.
~ Miranda Rodriguez, Instruction Librarian
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New Media Viewing Area in Mullen Library
Do you feel tied to watching a movie from the small laptop screen? Would you like to view a DVD by other countries in a different region code (for example a DVD purchased in China)? Would you like to enjoy a DVD with your classmates in Mullen Library? Your wishes have been granted! Mullen Library has created a new Media Viewing Area, which is located beside the Microform Area on the first floor.
Mullen Library has installed the following new equipment:
» Three TVs (one combo with VHS and DVD players, another two 32″ LCD flat panel HDTV)
» One Blu-ray Disc player (supports both high-definition Disc and regular CD/DVD)
» One region free DVD player (support multiple region code, which you can use to view foreign DVDs)
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» two jack boxes (allows up to 8 people to view and listen to the same TV)
Our special thanks go to:
» Dr. Jennifer Fleeger for her suggestion
» Mr. Steve Connaghan for his support and funding
» Emir Isakovic and Becir Zekovic for their hard work to make room for the new area
~ Shanyun Zhang, Head of Electronic Services
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Hidden Art Treasure Found at CUA
It was during a visit to Nugent Hall in January 2009 that Father O’Connell first told me about the discovery of a small etching in a bathroom cabinet. Not only was the etching nice to look at, but it appeared to have Rembrandt’s name written on the front and back of the piece. I had originally gone over to Nugent Hall to pick up an item related to the papal visit, but instead I left with a mystery etching. I soon contacted Allan Stypeck at Second Story Books to appraise the piece, and within a few weeks Stypeck informed us that our piece was indeed a true Rembrandt. In addition to learning that it was an original Rembrandt, our student worker Paul Westley Bush, a CUA doctoral student, had translated a note that was written on the back of the piece which had been written in French. Through his translation, we learned that the inscription offered us a nice description of the piece, and noted that the picture was “the bust of an old man with a great beard seen about most of the face… His head a little perched gives him… the attitude of a man who sleeps.” I brought the etching, along with our translation and Stypeck’s appraisal back to Nugent Hall where Father had the etching nicely re-framed.
After a few months had passed Bush and I were still talking about how exciting it was that we had an original Rembrandt on campus, but how unfortunate it was that no one else knew about the wonderful find. He was very interested in showing the Rembrandt to the campus community and suggested that we develop an exhibition focused on the Rembrandt piece. Bush was also passionate about having students involved with the exhibition, and proposed having students create their own artwork in response to it. It sounded like the perfect opportunity to not only create a slightly different type of exhibit than the Archives had created in the past, but would also provide us a chance to directly engage students in an exhibition. But while Bush and I could create an exhibit, we needed expert advice and assistance in the development of a student art competition and show, so I contacted Nora Heimann, the Chair of the Art Department. Over the next few months Bush and I created a theme for our exhibit and located other pieces of art to highlight in the show, while we coordinated our efforts with the Art Department to plan a student art competition and a resulting student art show to be done in conjunction with the exhibit.
The Archives hopes that everyone who is part of the campus community, or anyone who has a passion for art, continues to enjoy our exhibit, “Fine Lines: Discovering Rembrandt and Other Old Masters at Catholic University” which was installed in January and will be on display in the May Gallery through the end of May. We look forward to viewing the artwork which is produced by students as part of the “Fine Lines: A Student Competition”. All student artwork is due to Art Department by 5 p.m. on April 9, and will be displayed in Salve Regina from the middle of April through the end of May.
I’m left wondering, what will we find next?
~ Leslie Knoblauch, Records Management Archivist
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CUA Staff Enter Posters in SLIS Symposium
Several CUA staff members entered posters in the SLIS poster session: Bridging the Spectrum: A Symposium on Scholarship and Practice in Library and Information Science sponsored by CUA SLIS, on January 29, 2010
Kevin Gunn (Coordinator of Religious Studies and Humanities Services) and Jonathan Smith (Electronic Services Librarian)
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Are Google Books and Library Catalogs Enough? Developing an online research advisory tool in the humanities
Miranda Rodriguez (Instruction Librarian) and Shannon McMahon (Library Student Assistant, enrolled in SLIS)
How 15 Minutes Could Save Your 50 Minute One Shot.
Academic librarians charged with covering all aspects of library instruction (i.e., catalog, databases, electronic journals, etc.) in 50 minute typically agree on one thing – they barely skim the surface. To make instruction more effective, students must come to their library instruction session – with not only a specific research topics – having a base foundation of key concepts upon which librarians can build. How do librarians supply students with these necessary fundamentals? Simple. Allow students to engage in self-guided learning through a series of interactive brief tutorials, to be completed prior to attending a library instruction session. While tutorials are not new to library instruction, the delivery, dissemination, creation, and associated deliverables are ever changing. This poster examines how CUA’s new library tutorial, Students Harnessing Academic Research Power (SHARP), has directly impacted the outcome and assessment of 50 minute library instruction sessions conducted in the fall of 2009.
Marianne Giltrude (Administrative Office Manager)
Digital Ethnography: Why Now? or Can We Afford Not to Embrace the Change?
From social networking to mobile technologies, this report seeks to understand the socio-cultural interactions of users within the framework of digital hypertext media’s interactive tools, social networking, and course ware. Observed from a “non-hypothesis” approach, by enculturation within the digital media itself, frames of reference and a common understanding of trends, possibilities, and potential to engage, inform and educate users are derived.
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Book Reviews
Russell, Nicholas. Communicating Science : Professional, Popular, Literary. Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010. (Engineering/Architecture: Q223 .R87 2010)
Communicating Science is aimed at science graduates and post-graduates who are told they have a duty to improve their professional communication and to undertake science popularization. This work first began for post-graduate Science communication students in London, but the author has expanded the material “to show that the analysis of science communications relevant to all students interested in the relations between science and wider culture.” One third of the book discusses professional writing in history and context; while the rest of the book explores science in media, science fiction and drama. A good example of science communications run amuck is detailed in Chapter 6 – one public understanding outreach initiative in Europe was christened PUS (Public Understanding of Science) and then regenerated as Public Engagement with Science and Technology (PEST).
~ Kim Hoffman, Coordinator of Science Libraries
Goff, John Eric. Gold Medal Physics : the Science of Sports. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, c2010. (Physics Library: GV558 .G64 2010)
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Sports and physics are presented as if a media broadcast – pre-game and post-game chapters begin and end the book. Segments (chapters) like “Soccer kicks gone bananas : off-center kicking and the magnus force” remind us that there is a sport (and a science) for every reader!
~ Kim Hoffman, Coordinator of Science Libraries
Orzel, Chad. How to Teach Physics to Your Dog. New York: Scribner, c2009. (Physics Library: QC24.5 .O79 2009)
Chad Orzel’s book is a treat that his German Shepard-mix dog Emmy appreciates – as the royalties from the book pay for Emmy’s treats! From the New Scientist Blog – CultureLab: Where Books, Arts and Science Collide… “don’t let Orzel’s laid back nature or clever sense of humor fool you – he is explaining some pretty serious stuff. A level-headed and confident guide, he takes Emmy (and the reader) through everything from wave-particle duality and superpositions to quantum tunneling and the so-called “many worlds” interpretation (‘many worlds, many treats’)”.
~ Kim Hoffman, Coordinator of Science Libraries
Rosswurm, Steve. The FBI and the Catholic Church, 1935-1962. Amherst and Boston: The University of Massachusetts Press, 2009. (available through CLS)
Steve Rosswurm, a professor of history at Lake Forest College in Illinois, is to be congratulated for his dogged pursuit of secret Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) files, as well as other sources in church and labor archives, including the American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives at The Catholic University of America, to produce this book. He tells the story of the bitter struggle against Communism waged by an alliance between the FBI under their longtime and controversial head, J. Edgar Hoover, and various bishops, priests, and Lay Catholics of the pre Vatican Council II Church. Notable Catholics include Edward Tamm, the number three man in the FBI; Pittsburgh labor priest, Msgr. Charles Own Rice; a Jesuit informer named Edward A. Conway; and Father John F. Cronin, who worked for the Social Action Department of the National Catholic Welfare Conference (NCWC). Although Rosswurm provides an overall linking text, the six chapters are relatively self contained, reflecting their development as academic papers and/or articles over the past two decades as his research and thinking evolved regarding the various fronts on which this conflict raged. These venues ranged from the halls of government and academia to the print and airwaves of the media and beyond to the Church pews and fields and factories of labor. His essential argument is that both the FBI and the Church were defensively minded, backward looking institutions fighting against a very real, dangerous, and traitorous enemy. Some will question Professor Rosswurm’s arguments, but not the lively way he makes them, or the impressive sources he cites.
~ William John Shepherd, Associate Archivist
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New Staff
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CUA Libraries welcomes (from l to r) Jacqueline Getty, Consortium Loan Services Coordinator and Ramona Sampsell, Collection Management Assistant.
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Staff Notes
Ramona Sampsell (Collection Management Assistant) was inducted into Beta Phi Mu, the library and information studies honor society, on March 1, 2010.
William John Shepherd (Associate Archivist) had an article published about a military engineer named Robert O’Connell which is related to one of the Archive collections: the papers of a WW I Collection.
The article reference is: Shepherd, William John. ‘Robert Lincoln O’Connell: A Connecticut Doughboy’s View of World War I,’ Potomac Catholic Heritage (18), Spring 2010, pp. 19-29.
Kevin Gunn (Coordinator of Religious Studies and Humanities Services) and his wife Andrea are eagerly expecting a baby boy on May 1st. The excited couple thanks everyone for their well wishes!
Anne Marie Hules’ (Reference Librarian for Library and Information science) husband, Curtis L Hules, retired from the U.S. Air Force Reserves after 20 years of service with the rank of Master Sergeant in March 2010.
Meghan Gates (Stacks Supervisor) entered a Waldo themed book cart in Unshelved’s Pimp you Bookcart Contest. Although her entry did not win any awards from the contest judges we think it’s a real winner!
Jonathan M. Smith (Electronic Services Librarian) was invited to conduct a workshop titled, “Implementing a Content Management System” for the Long Island Library Resources Council in June.
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Cool Tools
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This is a new feature in the CUA Libraries’ Newsletter where we’d like to show off some of the Libraries’ new software, widgets, gadgets, and databases.
We have introduced a new system that gives librarians direct access to creating and editing subject and course guides. The platform being used to support the new research guides is a product called “LibGuides”. It was developed specifically with libraries in mind, and provides many Web 2.0 and social networking features that students have come to expect from a website. Read the full article here.
Also new to the Library is the bibliography management system “RefWorks”. Read about RefWorks and how it will help you streamline the research paper process.
Contributors
The editors would like to thank the following contributors to the Spring 2010 Newsletter: Anne Michelle Bolger, Kim Hoffman, Leslie Knoblauch, Miranda Rodriguez, William John Shepherd, Shanyun Zhang
Content Editor: Anne Marie Hules, Reference Librarian for Library and Information Science
Web Editor: Jonathan M. Smith, Electronic Services Librarian
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CUA Libraries Newsletters | Fall 2009
Issue of the ‘Fall 2009’
Fall 2009 Issue Monday, November 2nd, 2009
» Message from the Editors
» Introducing Kim Hoffman
» Naxos Music Library
» LibGuides: Your Guide to Library Resources
» Spotlight on a Staff Member
» Book Reviews
» Graduate Library Pre-Professional Students
» Staff Notes
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Message from the Editors
Welcome to the Fall 2009 edition of the CUA Libraries Newsletter. We are pleased to share with you recent news about the University Libraries and staff.
As always, we welcome comments, questions, and suggestions at our online comment form.
We hope you enjoy this issue of our Newsletter. You can continue to follow the latest Library news as they are posted at University Libraries News & Events. Please comment on our stories and subscribe to the RSS feeds.
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Introducing Kim Hoffman
Kimberly Hoffman joins CUA Libraries as the Coordinator of Science Libraries. Kim was born on an Air Force base in Misawa, Japan and grew up in Michigan. She graduated from the University of Detroit with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering BCE. She earned a Masters of Library Science at Kent State University. Her varied career experience includes:
» A stint with the Army Corps of Engineers
» A computer consultant
» Writing grants for and supervising the computer labs for Elementary Schools
» Internet Instructor
» High School Librarian
» Academic Librarian
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Welcome Kim!
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Naxos Music Library: Streaming Music for Study and Listening Pleasure
One of the many excellent databases brought to you courtesy of the CUA Libraries allows you to stream music of many genres on your computer. The Naxos Music Library is a sound-streaming service including the complete recordings of the Naxos label and others. It includes classical music (ancient times to the present), jazz, world music, folk, historical recordings and more. In addition to over 38,000 CDs (over half a million tracks), which can be compiled into personal playlists, the service contains extensive biographical information on composers and artists and notes on the works.
Important User Note: You only need to be signed in to make your listening choice. As soon as the music starts to play, please remember to sign out so that other listeners can make their choices. Only five people are allowed to make selections simultaneously.
Please contact the Music Librarian, Maurice Saylor ([email protected]@cua.edu ), if you have any questions. Enjoy!
~ Maurice Saylor, Music Librarian
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LibGuides: Your Guide to CUA Library Resources
This fall librarians have been busy writing new research guides and overhauling old ones. We have introduced a new system that gives librarians direct access to creating and editing subject and course guides. At the time that this article was written, twenty-five guides had been published on a diverse range of subjects.
The platform being used to support the new research guides is a product called “LibGuides”. It was developed specifically with libraries in mind, and provides many Web 2.0 and social networking features that students have come to expect from a website. Many librarians are taking advantage of these features to provide timely information as well as additional ways to interact directly with the librarian.
Each guide includes contact information for the responsible librarian, and many include instant message chat widgets for real time assistance. The library’s IM reference service has already proven to be popular – now students and faculty may have access to real time chat with a librarian who specializes in their subject of interest.
Other ways to interact with content on the guides include commenting, polls and even user submissions. Guides can also include web videos, incorporate RSS feeds from other sites, and link directly to items in the ALADIN catalog as well as other electronic resources that the library provides.
It is expected that the guides will be regularly updated and it is possible to subscribe to an RSS feed for each guide in order to receive notification of modifications. Guides can be shared through other popular sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Delicious.
When a user lands on the new research guide portal they will have a number of options to locate a guide of interest. All of the guides have been assigned to a broad subject area similar to the division of schools at CUA, and can be browsed by using a list that appears in a column on the left. The front page also includes a list of the top ten most popular guides, and a search box with options to search the research guides, ALADIN catalog, or the internet.
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Although we are making guides available as they are published, the official switchover from the current research guides will occur at the beginning of the spring 2010 semester. Keep an eye on the site as librarians continue to create new guides and add more content throughout the fall. Faculty are welcome to request course-specific guides from the appropriate subject librarian.
~ Jonathan M. Smith, Electronic Services Librarian
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Spotlight on a Staff Member
Raj Savari, Library Management Systems Librarian
Q: Where in India are you from?
A: I was born in a city called Tindivanam, close to Madras, India.
Q: Please tell us about your family
A: I have been married to my wife, Martha for almost 23 years. She works as an accounting supervisor at Providence Hospital. We have two beautiful daughters, Priscilla and Sharena. Sharena is 18, and a freshman here at Catholic, majoring in Computer Science. Priscilla graduated from Catholic with Biology major this past May and is currently at the University of Maryland in the Master of Arts program for Speech Language Pathology. We are a small, but close family and we really enjoy spending time with each other.
Q: What did you study in undergraduate school? Where did you get your degree?
A: I did my undergraduate studies in Madras University in India with Physics major and a second major in Education.
Q: Where did you get your Masters in Science of Library Science (MSLS)?
A: I got my masters degree in Library Science and Information Systems at Catholic University of America.
Q: Why did you decide to come to the U.S.?
A: I came to the US after I was married. I knew that by coming to the US I would have more of an opportunity to become successful. More importantly, I knew that that my children would have more opportunities for education in the US and maybe even a better quality of life.
Q: How long have you been with CUA Libraries?
A: I have been with CUA Libraries for about 22 years.
Q: Why did you decide to become a librarian?
A: I started working at CUA Library as soon as I came to USA. I thought it will be smart to get an MSLS and move on in the same field.
Q: What is a typical work day like?
A: I make sure all the servers are up in running so that staff will not have any problem logging into their PC when they come in the morning. I check all the Public PCs to make sure they are up in running and Printer are functioning right. I perform hardware and software installations and upgrades for library computer systems across various platforms. I also perform computer and network hardware and software maintenance and troubleshooting within library guidelines.
Q: What is your favorite book (sorry, I had to ask)?
A: Any technology related books or magazines.
Q: Do you have any hobbies?
A: Photography.
Q: What’s your idea of a great vacation?
A: My idea of a great vacation is a one with my whole family. I hope to go to France sometime soon.
Q: What is your goal in life?
A: I would like to become an expert in my field and improve my knowledge of photography.
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Index of Issues
» Message from the Editors
» Introducing Kim Hoffman
» Naxos Music Library
» LibGuides: Your Guide to Library Resources
» Spotlight on a Staff Member
» Book Reviews
» Graduate Library Pre-Professional Students
» Staff Notes
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Book Reviews
Gjelten, Tom. Bacardi and the long fight for Cuba : the biography of a cause. Viking, 2008. (Mullen: HD9394 .C94 B334 2008)
The story of the Bacardi rum company is so blended with Cuban history, it’s like rum and coke, a drink said to be invented by a Cuban bartender to appeal to American tourists.
The Bacardi family have been Cuban patriots since 1862 when the Barcardi brothers migrated from Catalonia to seek their fortune. The family supported the fight to free Cuba from its colonial ruler, to repel the U.S. occupation that followed , and initially supported the Castro revolution to free Cuba from its long-ruling dictator, Fulgencio Batista. When, however, the revolutionaries turned around and confiscated the rum company and all the Barcardi Cuban assets, they were forced to leave their beloved Cuba.
This book is so superbly written that, although a two-page family tree is provided, there is little need to refer to it, because the family relationships flow in the narrative so smoothly. Tom Gjelten, a National Public Radio reporter, has made what could be a deadly, dull business history into an exciting tale of intrigue and loss.
Includes photos, bibliography, and an index.
~ Anne Lesher, Reference Librarian for Reference Services
Mazzenga, Maria (Editor). American Religious Responses to Kristallnacht. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Editor Dr. Maria Mazzenga , Education Archivist at the CUA American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives, has put together a wide ranging work containing important recent scholarship from Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish historians regarding American religious responses to one of the seminal events in the 20th century, the first major shot in the Nazi war against the Jews. The collected essays, based upon scholarly presentations at a 2007 workshop organized by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, are also accessible for more general readers as well. Mazzenga’s Toward an American Catholic Response to the Holocaust: Catholic Americanism and Kristallnacht and Mathew Bowman’s Persecution, Prophecy, and the Fundamentalist Reconstruction of Germany, 1933-1940, are especially good.
Dr. Mazzenga’s research, as well as that for some of the other contributors, was based on materials here in the CUA Archives.
~ W. John Shepherd, Associate Archivist
Garvey, Mark. Stylized: A Slightly Obsessive History of Strunk & White’s The Elements of Style. Simon & Schuster, 2009. (Mullen: PE 1408.S7724 2009)
The Elements of Style, first published in 1959, is familiar to aspiring writers, students, and anyone who seeks to improve their writing skills. People may disagree with Strunk and White’s guidelines on good grammar but they dismiss them at their own peril.
Writer and editor Mark Garvey has been a devoted user and collector of The Elements of Style since high school. He states in his introduction that he loves the book’s history, execution, attitude, and it’s trim size.
The Elements of Style functions not only as a manual for creating better prose, it also urges the reader to remember the virtues of clarity, simplicity, and truth in writing. Elements is also a celebration of the unique voice in us all. To tell the story of this classic and controversial
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guide, and the men behind it, Garvey pored over the personal letters of “Cornellian’s” E. B. White and his professor William Strunk Jr. in the Cornell University archives. If E.B. White’s name sounds familiar that’s because he is the author of such classics as Charlottes Web and Stuart Little.
Stylized is an interesting history which includes chapters entitled: “The Steel and the Music”, “The Happiness Boys” and “As Elusive as a Rabbit”. It traces the tale from academia to the offices of The New Yorker magazine and the days of old Hollywood. In so doing, we get a glimpse into the minds of some of the most respected contemporary writers.
Stylized includes photos and a short bibliography.
~ Anne Marie Hules, Reference Librarian for Library and Information Sciences
Duffy, Eamon. Fires of Faith: Catholic England Under Mary Tudor Yale University Press, 2009. (Mullen: BXZ 1492 .D83 2009)
From just after the death of Queen Mary until the twentieth century, there has been a consensus that Marian Catholicism was outdated, weak, and brutal. In Fires of Faith, Eamon Duffy endeavors to show that this unchallenged view is based heavily on polemical literature of the time, and can be refuted by a close examination of survivingtexts. English Catholicism under Mary has been accused of reverting back to pre-reformation ideas and practices with little regard to the wider “counter-reformation” surrounding the Council of Trent (1545-1563). Duffy’s main argument against this idea is based on the prominence of Cardinal Reginald Pole, a participant in the early sessions of Trent. He shows evidence that Pole’s ideas were not only informed by the ideas already emerging in Rome, but also that Pole, and those he influenced, added significantly to the later reforms throughout European Catholicism.
Critics of Marian Catholicism have relied on such arguments that preaching and printing were not effectively used by the Catholics who, instead, relied on fear of punishment, both corporeal and spiritual, to persuade the people to reject their entrenched Protestant faith. Duffy shows many examples of how Catholic preaching was used as an integral tool employed both from the pulpit and in other public squares, including executions. He also points out that, while the number of works published by Catholics is relatively small, the material itself was widely available, being printed in relatively large quantities. Duffy also points out that a majority of bishops – both those who recanted to remain in power during Mary’s reign, and those appointed by her – refused to take the Oath of Supremacy upon the accession of Elizabeth.
The reputation of “Bloody Mary” has been even harder to erase. Duffy cannot deny the sheer number of so-called heretics burned by the regime. While he does point out that burning was accepted as punishment for heresy, the scale of the persecution, as well as the zealousness with which some executed it, cannot be glossed over as products of their time. Foxe’s Actes and Monuments, published in 1563, remains the best historical source of the burnings, and, despite its obvious Protestant agenda, Duffy finds much evidence that the burnings were used by many as a last resort and that very basic proclamations of faith were, at times, accepted as evidence of recantation. Duffy also heavily uses Foxe to refute the idea that the burnings strengthened opposition to Catholicism rather than weakening it. Foxe’s own examples of demonstration and defiance at the sites of execution are frequently admitted to have been organized protest, rather than spontaneous outbursts. Duffy also interprets a general decline in burnings as evidence that there were fewer Protestants, or, at least, fewer that were willing to die for their cause.
Overall, Duffy makes a strong case that the traditional view on Mary’s Church is too heavily based on what was written by its enemies. His many examples of specific events give the reader a much more textured and complex picture of Marian Catholicism than has been accepted. Duffy is not seeking to defend the actions of the Church- he points out many mistakes made by Mary, Pole, and others. Instead he is interested in presenting a case against the infallibility of the widely-accepted views that have cast the regime in such poor light.
~ Dustin Booher, Religious Studies Librarian
Soskice, Janet. The Sisters of Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Discovered the Hidden Gospels. NY: Knopf, 2009. (Mullen BS 2351 .A1S67 2009)
Twins Agnes and Margaret Smith were born in the village of Irvine, Scotland in 1843. Their mother died shortly after their birth, and they were raised by their lawyer father. Strict Presbyterians, they were educated at the local school (unusual for its time, boys and girls were taught together, both receiving a “classical education.”). They displayed a talent for languages at an early age, and their father encouraged it by rewarding them with a trip to the native country of each language they mastered. In addition to the major European languages, they learned Latin and Hebrew. Under the tutelage of J.S. Blackie of the University of Edinburgh, they later studied ancient Greek as a spoken language – using modern Greek as a guide to pronunciation. After an unhappy experience traveling in Egypt, they learned Arabic.
Both sisters married late in life. After a 13 year courtship, Margaret married James Gibson in 1883. He died three years later. To distract her from her grief, Agnes took her to Cambridge for a visit. There, they met Samuel Savage Lewis, the Librarian of the Parker Library (a collection of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, papers and printed books). Lewis and Agnes were married within the year. Among their Cambridge circle was William Robertson Smith, a controversial young Professor of Theology at Aberdeen who had come to Cambridge as Professor of Arabic, and the Rabbinics Reader, Solomon Schechter. But after just three years of marriage, Lewis died in 1891.
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As before in grief, the sisters decided to travel, crossing the Sinai to the Monastery of St. Catherine, from which Constantin von Tischendorf had brought the Codex Sinaiticus, the oldest and most complete Bible then known. Another scholar, J. Rendel Harris, had recently discovered a long lost text, the “Apology of Aristides,” in the monastery’s library. Fascinated by the discovery, Agnes began to study Syriac. Harris was intrigued by the sisters’ plans and provided them information about the monastery and its inhabitants. He also told them of a dark closet off a chamber beneath the archbishop’s rooms with chests full of Syriac manuscripts.
Traveling to the Sinai in 1892 involved trains, steamers, and finally a 7-day camel caravan. Arriving at the monastery, they were welcomed into the library and shown books and manuscripts which were stored all over the monastery. Eventually, Agnes asked about the little room, and they were led down. One of the manuscripts they took up for closer inspection was a book whose leaves were nearly stuck together by dirt and age. The text, a collection of the lives of female saints, was written on top of another Syriac text – a common practice, called a palimpsest, when vellum was rare. The top text could be dated to AD697. The underwriting would have been centuries older. And it appeared to be a nearly complete copy of the Gospels. If it was, it would be the oldest known Gospel in Syriac. Over the course of their forty day visit to St. Catherine’s, the sisters carefully separated and photographed the pages of the palimpsest. Upon returning to Cambridge in 1892, they developed and printed the photographs. Then they tried to get the professors interested (no easy task as they were generally dismissed as amateurs with no formal education and thus no possible knowledge). Eventually, Robert Bensly and Francis Burkitt agreed to examine the photographs. They were immediately excited by the find and started planning another trip – encouraging the ladies to stay behind, an idea they of course rejected. Rendel Harris was also one of the party.
During their return visit, the party divided duties. The men transcribed the palimpsest while the two sisters agreed to create catalogs of the library – one of Greek and the other of Syriac materials. Disagreements over whose find the palimpsest was caused problems during the trip and even more upon the party’s return. Bensly and Burkitt downplayed Agnes’s discovery – she had found the thing but didn’t realize its importance (patently untrue).
Agnes and Margaret received honors from universities and scholarly societies all over Europe and North America, but not from Cambridge which did not grant degrees of any kind to women until 1921. They gave lectures and wrote several monographs on their discoveries, and served as general editors of the Cambridge University Press’s Studia Sinaitica and Horae Semiticae series. They traveled repeatedly to Egypt, Syria, Israel, and other parts of the Middle East. As tourism grew, they made a point of purchasing manuscript fragments that made their way onto the market. Most notably, they worked with Solomon Schechter to track down the source of Hebrew texts that were appearing in fragments – the Cairo synagogue’s genizah, now recognized as the world’s foremost archive of medieval Jewish materials. They were actively involved in the founding of the first Presbyterian College at Cambridge, Westminster (they purchased the land and donated substantial sums for building). Margaret Gibson died in 1920. Agnes Lewis lived for six more years. In their last years, they were largely forgotten.
Soskice has written a carefully researched but readable book on a little known topic. The “Sisters of Sinai” deserve to be rediscovered. The publisher has posted an interview with the author which may be of interest.
~ Kitty Tynan, Assistant Director for Public Services
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Graduate Library Pre-Professional Students
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L to R: Eben Dennis, A. Michelle Bolger, Miranda Mims, Emily Stark, Glynnis La Garde, Francesca Bruno, Samantha Saporito, Elizabeth Dodson, and Gena Chattin.
GLP stands for Graduate Library Pre-professional Program(GLP). GLPs are Library Science students who have been accepted into the GLP program in exchange for tuition assistance and the chance to get hands on experience in a specialized area within CUA Libraries. The GLP program allows candidates to gain professional experience while simultaneously earning their Masters of Science in Library Science (MSLS) at the CUA School of Library and Information Science (SLIS). GLP students work with experienced librarians who mentor them throughout their stay. The following is a list of CUA Libraries’ 2009 class of GLPs. Please visit Mullen and the campus libraries to meet them (and ask them for help)!!
Eben Dennis
Eben is from Round Hill, Virginia, and he is a second year GLP in the University Archives. He received his undergraduate degree from Gilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina, where he double-majored in Music and Environmental Science. Eben enjoys his position at the Archives where he likes to organize collections and create finding aids so that researchers can find the information. His GLP experience includes a project that took him 8 months to complete. Eben enjoys archiving so much that, upon graduation from CUA, he would welcome an opportunity to work as an archivist in another academic or research library. Eben’s interests are music and wood working, as well as reading American fiction.
Elizabeth Dodson
“Lizzy,” is 25 years old and is the GLP at the Engineering and Architecture Library at Pangborn Hall. Her undergraduate career was at Virginia Commonwealth University where she studied history. Her GLP position requires her not only to supervise 16 students, but also to work at the Physics Library. Lizzy does a little of everything; she likes the variety of reference questions from the engineering and architecture students and faculty. She likes learning about work and school simultaneously, as she likes “living in a library world,” where she enjoys the people and the variety of daily activities. Lizzy’s favorite things to do are camping; sitting on the porch with family and friends; playing cards; hanging out with people; and…laughing!
Emily Stark
Emily is from Toms River, New Jersey. She received her undergraduate degree from The College of New Jersey in Ewing, New Jersey. She majored in Sociology and Urban Planning. Her official title as a GLP at the DuFour Law Library is Government Documents Assistant. DuFour is a selective library in the Federal Depository Library Program. Emily’s job is to help maintain the library’s government documents collection. She processes the new materials and disseminates and organizes them. Her experience has taught her about technical services and what goes on behind-the-scenes, as her previous library experience was focused on public services. She also had the opportunity to attend the Federal Depository Library Council Meeting and Conference which helped to broaden her perspective on her position at the library. Emily’s favorite part of the GLP position is opening new shipments, because she likes to examine the new materials. Her future goals include being a librarian at an academic library or a law library. Emily is getting married next September!!!! Needless to say, her interests right now concern wedding planning. Emily also likes yoga, and plays the harp.
Francesca Bruno
Francesca is from East Greenbush, New York. She received her undergraduate degree in Public Communications from the College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York She likes living in the DC Metro area and takes advantage of all cultural and entertainment opportunities here in the city. As the Cataloging GLP at the DuFour Law Library, Francesca does copy cataloging and original cataloging, and she also supervises one student. She has learned some cataloging in foreign languages, and by using dictionaries from reference, has learned some legal jargon. Her favorite thing about her GLP position is her work experience, work that she can document on a resume for future jobs. For the future she hopes to continue developing cataloging skills and to expand her horizons into library reference and public services in order to acquire a job that has a variety of tasks. Francesca is friend to the outdoors. She loves to hike, run, and ski. She also cooks and bakes, knits, reads for fun, and she loves doing “touristy stuff around DC.”
Gena Chattin
Gena is originally from West Virginia but she has lived and worked in Kentucky for many years. Gena earned a degree in Equine Studies at Midway College in Kentucky, a bachelors degree with a double major in English and French from the University of Kentucky, and a Master’s Degree in French from the University of Maryland. Gena is the Electronic Services GLP. Her tasks at CUA Libraries include: identifying and fixing basic hardware problems, installing software, updating the libraries’ web page, reorganizing microfilm, keeping the photocopiers working, setting up and taking down laptops for library instruction sessions in the MERIC classroom, fixing microfilm readers, library instruction and she also works at the Information Desk. She has learned a lot, especially how Electronic Services helps support the library and librarians, and she welcomes new ideas to help the library fulfill its mission. She hopes to have a career that involves archiving, digitally preserving older works, and researching. Gena has a lot of hobbies: animals, writing (fiction and non-fiction), reading comic books, bicycling, and hiking. She also enjoys translating from French to English.
Glynnis La Garde
Glynnis is from Vicksburg, Mississippi, and she is the Circulation GLP at the DuFour Law Library. She received her undergraduate degree from CUA in English Literature. Glynnis works at the circulation desk, processes interlibrary loans, and maintaining course
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reserves. She also acts as supervisor to one assistant. She has learned a lot about the day-to-day operations of the library working in Circulation which she considers to be the central hub of activity. What she enjoys most about her job is her experience and contact with her supervisors and other staff members who have a wonderful rapport with one another and who have mentored her throughout her experience at DuFour. She likes to watch how they provide services to students and faculty alike, as this teaches her how to be a better librarian. In the future she hopes to work in an academic library environment. Glynnis’ many talents include playing the piano, drawing, and painting in watercolor.
Michelle Bolger
Michelle is originally from North Carolina. As an “army brat” Michelle lived in West Germany, and received her Associate of Arts from the University of Maryland in Munich. She finished her undergraduate degree in English at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, Connecticut. She has a Master of Arts in Literature and Language from Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia. She is the Reference GLP, and her favorite job at Mullen is working on the Information Desk. What Michelle has learned as RIS GLP is that there is a wide variety of resources to draw from. She hopes to find a job as a reference librarian, hopefully, at the Library of Congress. Other future plans include getting her PhD in English at the University of North Carolina. Her hobbies are reading, writing, cooking and baking, listening to music, and walking her dog.
Miranda Mims
Miranda, the Semitics and ICOR GLP student,is from Rochester, New York. She received her undergraduate degree from SUNY /Binghamton in Africana Studies. She went on to pursue a Master’s Degree in African Studies at Howard University, where she received a graduate certificate in International Relations. As a GLP she manages serials in the Semitics/ICOR Library, where she is currently doing archival work with Lantern slides, which will eventually become digitalized. What she enjoys most about her position is that she can work with specific materials that have evolved from the study of Christianity in the Near East. She also enjoys working with Dr. Monica Blanchard, who has a PhD in Near Eastern Christian languages and literatures and a Master’s in Library Science, and who is a great source of knowledge. She sees herself working in digitalization, and preservation in the future. Her interests include writing and professional organizing. Her talents include knitting creative tapestries to hang as decorations.
Samantha Saporito
Samantha is from Olney, Maryland. She received her undergraduate degree from CUA in May 2009. She majored in Greek and Latin, and she double-minored in Philosophy and Religious Studies / Theology. As a GLP in the Religious Studies and Philosophy Library, she works with gift books and Lib Guides (Spanish Language and Literature, Italian Language and Literature, German Language and Literature, and Art and Art History.) Samantha is not sure in what area of library science she would like to focus her studies because she and is enjoying all of her clases at SLIS. She hopes future course work in the curriculum will help her decide.
She has created a web page and blog she would like to share
» Link to her website: http://students.cua.edu/59saporito/lsc555-saporitohomepage.html
» Link to Bankie’s blog: http://bankie-bankiesblog.blogspot.com/
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Staff Notes
Israel Kittrell Clarke Mary Mathews and Isadore Mizell
Jo’Ann Kittrell and her fiancé Tony Clarke welcomed a son, Israel Kittrell Clarke, On Sept 22, 2009.
Mary Mathews and Isadore Mizell were married in Las Vegas, NV on July 14, 2009. Congratulations to the happy couple!
Jamie Banister had a few small Biblical Studies-related works published under the name “Jamie A. Banister”:
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Articles Published:
“‘Ομοιως and the Use of Parallelism in Romans 1:26-27.” JBL 128 (2009): 569-90.
Entries in Bible Dictionaries/Encyclopedias:
Sakenfeld, Katharine Doob, ed. New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible. Nashville: Abingdon, 2009. Five entries in Volume 5: “Sedheq,” “Shalem,” “Zenan,” “Zephath,” and “Zephathah.”
Vol. 5 of the NIDB was just released in August. The JBL article is in the latest issue (#3) that is out.
Rachel Barham (Assistant to Music Librarian) made her New York City solo debut on October 15. She sang the role of Medea in a concert of scenes from operas by Mikis Theodorakis, most known for his music to the film Zorba the Greek. The concert represented the North American premiere of the works. In November, she will portray Mrs. Simpson and the Angelic Voice in the world premiere of Music Librarian Maurice Saylor’s church opera Unfinished Sermons: a parable for church performance. The performances will take place on November 13 and 14 at Walker Chapel United Methodist Church in Arlington.
Maurice Saylor and his Snark Ensemble will be performing at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage Tuesday, November 24, at 6PM. The Snark performance schedule can be found at their homepage: www.SnarkEnsemble.org
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Contributors
The editors would like to the thank the following contributors to the Fall 2009 Newsletter:
Dustin Booher, Anne Lesher, Maurice Saylor, W. John Shepherd, Kitty Tynan
Content Editor: Anne Marie Hules, Reference Librarian for Library and Information Science
Web Editor: Jonathan M. Smith, Electronic Services Librarian
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CUA Libraries Newsletters | Orientation 2009
Issue of the ‘Orientation 2009’
Orientation 2009 Issue Sunday, August 2nd, 2009
» Message from the Editors
» Welcome from the Associate Provost, Kim Kelley
» Goodbye and Good Luck Class of 2009 GLP’s
» Research Guides Get a Makeover
» Library Services and Resources » Access Services
» Reference and Instructional Services
» Special Collections and Branch Libraries
» Library Facilities
» Orientation Events Calendar
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Message from the Editors
Welcome to the Orientation issue of CUA Libraries Online. To those of you returning: welcome back! To newcomers: congratulations and welcome! In this issue we would like to tell you how CUA Libraries can help you achieve academic success! We are pleased to share with you information about our resources and services.
As always, we welcome comments, questions, and suggestions at our online comment form.
After you have finished enjoying this newsletter you can follow the latest news as they are posted at University Libraries News & Events. Please comment on our stories and subscribe to the RSS feeds.
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Welcome from the Associate Provost, Kim Kelley
Welcome to the Catholic University of America Libraries. It is always exciting to begin a new year and have this opportunity to tell you about the current and new services and resources in the Libraries.
First, for new students, please be sure to go to the Libraries Web Site to get started using the Libraries effectively. I want to encourage you to come to the Circulation Desk, first floor of the Mullen Library, to obtain your borrowing privileges. See the borrowing privileges section of our Web site for further information.
I have one, exciting development for the fall semester, 2009. The CUA Libraries, in collaboration with our partner libraries in the
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Washington Research Libraries Consortium (WRLC) are launching a new search interface for the Libraries resources this semester! The new search interface is accessible through the Libraries Home Page and directly at the following URL: http://discovery.wrlc.org. Please give it a try, give us your feedback, and expect a few glitches as it is still a pilot. We are excited to provide this opportunity and a new, enhanced search capability.
I am very excited to announce that with the fall semester, our circulation desk is able to accept credit cards to make all financial transactions easier. I hope this new capability will simplify, and improve, all of your fiscal transactions with the Libraries.
In addition, I want to mention that the Libraries lend laptops for use within the Mullen Library. So, once you have set up your borrowing privileges, you may also check out a laptop for use in the building. In addition, to make accessing the Internet easier, the Libraries also provide wireless access throughout the Mullen Library building. For more information on wireless within Mullen Library please see our Laptop & Wireless web page.
The Mullen Library replaced the photocopiers in the spring semester, 2009. I hope the new, more sophisticated coping machines will make your research easier and more efficient.
The library staff is constantly working to make new services and resourcesavailable to you to help you with our research. Be sure to check out the Libraries databases, covering a myriad of subjects, available at the Libraries’ Home Page. There is a list of the topics covered in the databases available on the Libraries’ database page.
I hope you will have a wonderful academic year, get to know the Libraries’ staff and take advantage of our term paper clinics offered later in the fall semester and the Libraries’ 24 hour availability during finals week.
We love to hear from you, please let us know how we can make your academic year a success.
Welcome!
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Goodbye and Good luck to our 2007-2009 Class of GLPs
Congratulations are in order for six of our GLPs who have completed the course study and met the requirements to earn a Masters of Science in the field of Library Science (MSLS). The departing GLPs are as follows: Adam Day, Marie Koshute, Kathleen Mahoney, Nathan Mueller, Sarah New and Ramona Sampsell. Well done!
(l – r) Linda Todd, Life Sciences Librarian and former GLP, Adam Day, Sarah New, Kathleen Mahoney,
Nathan Mueller, Marie Koshute, Ramona Sampsell
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Research Guides Get a Makeover
The University Libraries are pleased to announce that our research guides are receiving a complete overhaul, and are making their debut on a new system. This new system will allow you to browse our guides by subject, search by keyword or click on “tags” that have been assigned to each guide. These guides will include information on print resources, provide direct access to online resources, remain more current than the old guides, and make it simple to contact the appropriate subject librarians. We hope that the new system will encourage interaction between students, librarians and faculty.
The technology behind the new system is a product called “LibGuides”. It provides the librarian with easy-to-use tools for creating and updating guides. The new guides also include features found on social networking sites such as: comments, videos, RSS feeds, and chat widgets. Faculty may request course-specific guides from subject librarians. Keep an eye on the site as more guides are added throughout the semester.
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Library Services and Resources
Cards you need to use the Library:
» Cardinal Card (CUA ID) to check out library material, login to our online databases from off campus, and make photocopies. Current students, staff and faculty do not need to buy separate copy cards. Because the copy machines work off Cardinal Cash, you can simply add value to your Cardinal Card AKA your ID. You may add to your Cardinal Cash account using a credit card online or using cash at one of our two add-value stations. Our add-value stations are located on the second floor of Mullen Library and in our Music Library in Ward Hall. Our add-value stations only accept ones, fives, tens and twenties. Visiting researchers may purchase copy cards at our add-value stations. Blank cards cost $.50, and you must be sure to re-insert your blank card into the add-value station to claim your remaining value.
» Business card of your subject librarian to get advice in how to get started on your research project.
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Access Services (1st floor Mullen Library)
Circulation and Borrowing
This is where you check out and return library materials. Students, faculty, faculty associates, and staff members with a current ID may obtain borrowing privileges at the Mullen Circulation Desk. Student privileges are renewed each semester approximately ten days prior to the first day of classes provided the student has registered for classes or dissertation/comprehensive examination guidance. Faculty and staff must renew privileges in person at the Mullen circulation desk at the beginning of each academic year. Patrons must present an active Cardinal Card at the circulation desk to borrow any circulating items, including books, laptops, and movies.
Access to certain ALADIN databases, ejournals, MyALADIN, CLS, and ILL from off campus will require a valid Cardinal Card.
You may renew items in person at the Mullen Circulation Desk or through myALADIN. Most items may be renewed three times.
Course Reserves
Course Reserves holds print and audio-visual items that instructors request be made available for their students.
Electronic Reserve holds items made available by individual faculty members in an electronic format. Electronic reserves are available through Blackboard (http://blackboard.cua.edu) only to current CUA faculty, staff, or students in good standing. Please contact the course instructor for the required username and password.
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myALADIN
myALADIN is your personal library account. To activate your myALADIN account:
1. Click on myALADIN on the library home page (underneath quick links)
2. Type your CUA ID and Last Name
3. Go to Patron Information and E-mail Registration and click on Edit
4. Select CLS Requests and Web Document Delivery and click on Update
5. Go back to the Patron Information and E-mail Registration page. Type your e-mail address in the text box (Make sure that Web delivery is not disabled.) and click on Update E-mail.
Once you have registered you can check on the status of ILL or CLS requests, access online databases and ejournals from off campus, download scanned documents, and renew CUA and CLS materials, You can also sign up for text messages or RSS feeds.
WRLC Consortium
The Washington Research Libraries Consortium is made up of the following universities:
» American University (AU)
» Catholic University (CU)
» Gallaudet University (GA)
» George Mason University (GM)
» Georgetown University (GT)
» George Washington University (GW)
» Marymount University (MU)
» Trinity College (TR)
» University of the District of Columbia (DC)
» WRLC Center (WR)
Students and Faculty in CUA’s School of Theology and Religious Studies also have access to the Washington Theological Consortium. Ask for information in the Religious Studies and Humanities Library (314 Mullen, 202-319-5088).
Consortium Loan Service (CLS)
Patrons with CUA undergraduate, graduate, faculty, faculty associate, and staff privileges may use CLS. Materials such as:
» Circulating books not owned by CUA. The books must display the status Available in the WRLC Libraries Catalog.
» Articles from journals and reference books not owned by CUA. The articles must be less than 50 pages.
» Books and journals owned by CUA that are shelved at the WRLC Center or are missing, lost, or charged.
» Please note: Requests from CUA patrons for CUA items will not be processed.
To submit a CLS request:
1. Search for your item (book or journal) in the WRLC Libraries Catalog (http://catalog.wrlc.org)
2. Click on the title that is owned by a library other than CUA and confirm that the item is available or that the volume is owned.
3. Click on the Request button at the top of the screen and enter your CUA ID from your Cardinal Card (student ID). Enter your last name, choose Catholic from the institution menu, and click on Go.
4. Verify that the Library to deliver to is Catholic U. – Mullen Library.
5. Complete the form as directed. For articles fill in the Vol/Issue/Date, Article Title/Author, and Article Pages fields.
6. Enter your Patron ID and click on Submit Request.
To check the status of a CLS request:
You will be notified by e-mail if the item requested is eligible or ineligible for CLS. Requests for ineligible items are cancelled.
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You also may check the status of a request in myALADIN 30 to 45 minutes after you submit the request. Go to Consortium Loan Services Activity and click on View.
When a request is ready you will be notified by e-mail.
Consortium loan requests usually take three to five business days, but they may take longer. Please plan ahead. Materials that are not sent via email can be picked up at the Mullen Circulation Desk. CLS materials can be renewed through MyALADIN. Click on George Mason and Georgetown to renew items from those libraries. If you need an item immediately, you are permitted entry to any of the WRLC libraries with your Cardinal Card and can check out items.
Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
Through ILL, patrons may obtain materials not available in the CUA libraries or at other WRLC libraries. Material usually arrives within 2 weeks, but may take longer depending on the rarity and availability of the item. Please plan ahead! When material arrives, we will contact you via email or you can check MyALADIN.
Overdue ILL books and overdue recalled ILL books are subject to the same fines as overdue CUA books.
Laptop and Wireless Network
The CUA Libraries provide a wireless network in Mullen Library. This network allows you to access library resources and the Internet from laptop computers in any of the study areas in Mullen Library.
Do your research where it’s convenient for you. With the wireless network, you can get up and move as you need to! We advise that you do not leave laptops unattended in the library.
We have a limited number of PC laptop computers available for use, on a first-come, first-serve basis. Come to the Circulation Desk on the first floor of Mullen Library to check out a laptop for four hours. The laptops are only available to current CUA students, faculty, and staff with valid, updated borrowing privileges.
If you have a laptop and you want to configure it to use the library printers click here for directions.
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Reference and Instructional Services
Information/Reference Desk (1st floor Mullen Library)
This is where you go if you have questions about research, using the library, call number locations, finding a specific book or journal or how to begin searching the Aladin databases.
ALADIN: Catalog & Databases
What is ALADIN?
ALADIN is the name for the online tools available to CUA patrons through the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC).
The Library Catalogs show the collections of the WRLC libraries, including CUA. Use the WRLC Libraries Catalog to search for books, hard copy journals, and other materials that are available in the libraries. More information about the collections at George Mason University and Trinity College is available through their separate catalogs.
The Article Databases and More are produced by companies, scholarly societies, or government agencies outside CUA. These databases cover the major publications in particular subject areas. Some of these databases include the full text of the articles. Access to the article databases off campus is available to users with valid, updated library privileges.
Finding the Right Databases
Using the right tools is a key part of doing effective research. You need to search the appropriate databases to find the best material in your subject. There are a number of ways to get information about the ALADIN databases. Go to our the Libraries home page and look for Catalog or Article Databases & More.
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Use the Alphabetical List
This will show you all of the databases available in ALADIN. If you’re looking for a specific database, you’ll find it here. Most of the databases have clear names that should give you an idea of whether or not you’ll be interested by them. For more information, you can click the Information icon icon for a brief description of the database.
Use the Subject Lists
These will show you the most relevant databases in a general subject area. At CUA, we have lists of multidisciplinary databases, and databases in the arts, humanities, and religion, business and economics, health sciences, physical sciences and engineering, and social sciences. Some databases are useful for more than one category.
Read the Online Help
Once you have chosen a database, look for Help or Information screens. These provide more detailed information about what the database covers and the best way to search it.
CUA students and faculty only have access to subject databases that CUA Libraries subscribes to. Access to databases from other schools in the WRLC Consortium is only available in their home libraries. Students and faculty can gain access to any WRLC Library with their valid Cardinal Card.
Electronic Journal Title Finder
Its easy to find out if CUA libraries has access to online journals. Go to the CUA Libraries’ home page and look for CU’s e-Journals. Click on CU’s e-Jounals then type in the title of the journal such as, Psychology Today. A list of databases that provide full text access to Psychology Today will appear. Click on one of those databases and search for the article you need. You will notice that two databases provide full text from 1992 on while two others provide full text from 1988. If you need an article that was published before 1992 you will want to click on a database that provides access from 1988 on.
To use ALADIN databases from off campus
Anyone may use the WRLC Libraries Catalog.
To use the article databases, go to the Libraries’ home page. Look under Article Databases & More, when you are prompted enter your university ID number or library user barcode in the blank marked Patron ID, choose Catholic from the pull down menu, then press return. You should see the list of article databases appear on your screen.
If you see a new screen saying “patron validation failed,” try retyping your information to make sure the problem was not just a typographical error. If you are sure this message is in error, contact the Access Services office (202-319-5060).
If you do not have current, valid borrowing privileges, you may visit the CUA Libraries and use our resources on-site.
Ask a Librarian
Sometimes it’s inconvenient to come to the library for help. For this reason CUA Libraries offer an IM reference Service. Ask a question via a live IM session and a librarian will gladly help you find the information you need. For information on how to use our IM reference using your IM software, check our Ask a Librarian page. Or just click on the link on our web page to ask a question via our widget (look for the cardinal). You can also send us an IM question via text messaging. This service is only open to current CUA enrolled students, staff, and faculty.
Individual Consultations
Individual consultations are for CUA Students, Faculty, and Staff who want to learn how to use the library’s ALADIN Catalog, article databases, online dictionaries and encyclopedias, and full-text electronic journals or want help on a research project. Consultations are tailored to your research needs and last about an hour.
To identify the reference librarian in your subject area, please check the list of subject librarians. Request an individual consultation. In the drop down menu in the subject line choose Request a meeting or a workshop with a librarian.
For Help
» Contact Access Services if you have questions about borrowing materials, course reserves or your library account (202-319-5060) or come to the library. Access Services is on the first floor or Mullen Library.
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» Contact Reference and Instructional Services (first floor of Mullen Library; 202-319-5070) if you have questions about your research or how to use ALADIN.
» Send us a question using the online form (you can also request an individual consultation using this form).
» Contact the librarian for your subject area if you have a subject specific question or how to use a specialized database.
» Contact a librarian through CUA Libraries Ask a Librarian.
» Stacks Map
» Take a virtual tour of Mullen library
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Special Collections and Branch Libraries
Special Libraries
Oliveira Lima Library
022 Mullen
The Lima Library is a collection of the history and culture of the Portuguese-speaking peoples from the 16th to the early 20th century.
Semitics/ICOR Library
035 Mullen
The Semitics/ICOR Library holdings include: the languages of the Bible and the Ancient Near East; and the languages, literatures, and history of the Christian Near East.
Rare Books and Special Collections
214 Mullen
The holdings of the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, some 65,000 volumes, range from medieval documents to first editions of twentieth century authors.
Main Reading Room
2nd Floor Mullen
Current social sciences and humanities journals, current newspapers, print indexes, bibliographies, and atlases are located in the Main Reading Room.
Juvenile Reading Room
2nd floor Mullen
This houses children’s picture books, the juvenile history collection and award winning children’s and young adult books.
Religious Studies, Philosophy and Canon Law
314/316 Mullen
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The Religious Studies and Philosophy collections comprise some 250,000 to 300,000 volumes. The reading rooms contain non-circulating reference material. The subjects covered in the reading rooms are: Biblical Studies, Church History, Early Christian Studies, Medieval and Byzantine studies, Religion and Religious Education, and Theology.
Two smaller reading rooms cover Greek and Latin and Canon Law.
Greek & Latin Seminar Room
This collection contains important reference and series books
Canon Law Reading Room
It contains important papal registers, church council documents and various code commentaries. This room is restricted to Canon Law students and faculty.
Campus Libraries
Specialized materials and subject expertise are available.
American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives
101 Aquinas Hall; 202-319-5065
Engineering/Architecture Library
200 Pangborn; 202-319-5167
Music Library
101 Ward; 202-319-5424
Nursing/Biology Library
212 Gowan; 202-319-5411
Physics Library
101 Hannan; 202-319-5320
University Museum Collection
101 Aquinas Hall; 202-319-5065
Campus Library map
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Library Facilities
» Copiers are on each floor in Mullen (and in all branch libraries.)
» MERIC Computer lab (PCs and Macs in the library do not have word processing software installed. They are used primarily for accessing the Libraries’ online resources. Students can check out laptops which have word processing software installed.)
» Computers for public use on second floor outside the main reading room.
» The CUA Libraries provide a wireless network in Mullen Library. This network allows you to access library resources and the Internet from laptop computers in any of the study areas in Mullen Library.
» We have a limited number of laptop computers available for use (CUA students, faculty staff only), on a first-come, first-serve basis. There is word processing software installed on the laptops.
» Microfilm room and readers/printers.
» Group and Quiet study areas
» Media Collections » Media equipment available (such as head phones and television for viewing videos)
» DVDs/VHSs available in the University Library Collection
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~Anne Marie Hules, Reference Librarian for Library and Information Science
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Library Events During Orientation
Metropolitan Professional School Orientation Thursday, August 27th 5:30-7:00pm @ Pangborn Hall
CUA Libraries invites you to be the best researcher you can be and we’ll show you how during this session. Find out about library services, resources and facilities.
Doors Opening Orientation Friday, August 28th 1:00-3:00pm @ Pryz
One of CUA’s best resources is the University Library system. Our online resources, facilities and staff can help you make your academic career a success. Stop by our table and we’ll show you the libraries online resources, especially those that correspond to your field of study, as well as answer any other questions you may have.
Orientation Extended: Discover CUA Libraries, Wednesday, September 16th 2:00-5:00pm @ Mullen Library
What’s the source of your scholarly research experience? If you said “Google” run, don’t walk, to this 20 minute tour of the library. Tours will begin every half hour and include information about how the library will help you, all of the library’s services, as well as giving you an opportunity to register your Cardinal Card.
Orientation Extended: Citing Sources using RefWorks & Zotero, Tuesday , September 29th @ MERIC
Online resources are key to academic success. Find out the easy way to cite them at Mullen Library. Every half hour there will be a 30 minute instruction session about how to create a bibliography or works-cited page using online resources.
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Contributors
Content Editor: Anne Marie Hules, Reference Librarian for Library and Information Science
Web Editor: Jonathan M. Smith, Electronic Services Librarian
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CUA Libraries Newsletters | Spring 2009
Issue of the ‘Spring 2009’
Spring 2009 Issue Saturday, May 2nd, 2009
» Message From The Editors
» CUA Library Staff Serve On ALA Committees
» CUA GLPs Create Poster For Symposium
» CUA Libraries Host The WRLC 2009 Spring Forum
» The Edward J. Belanger, Jr. Staff Award For Excellence
» Book Reviews
» New Staff
» Staff Notes
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Message From The Editors
Welcome to the spring 2009 edition of CUA Libraries Online. We are pleased to share with you recent news about the University Libraries and staff. This issue has more of a theme than our previous newsletters. In this issue we focus on CUA staff who serve as committee members or volunteer for national, local and consortium professional organizations.
As always, we welcome comments, questions, and suggestions at our online comment form.
After you have finished enjoying this newsletter you can follow the latest news as it is posted at University Libraries News & Events. Please comment on our stories and subscribe to the RSS feeds.
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CUA Library Staff Serve On American Library Association Committees
Miranda Rodriguez
Miranda Rodriguez, Instruction Librarian is a member of the Emerging Leaders Program Committee.
The American Library Association (ALA) Emerging Leaders program began in 2007, as one of then president Leslie Burger’s six initiatives. The Emerging Leaders program enables newer librarians from across the country to participate in problem-solving work groups; network with peers; gain an inside look into ALA structure; and have an opportunity to serve the profession in a leadership capacity. It puts them on the fast track to ALA and professional leadership.
The selection committees seek diversity based on geography, gender, ethnicity and type of library. They pay particular attention to, and value candidates’ statements as well as those of their references.
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In order to be eligible for participation in the program, those selected must meet the following criteria:
1. Be under 35 years of age or be a new librarian of any age with fewer than 5 years post-MLS experience, and
2. Have a recent MLS degree from an ALA or NCATE accredited program or be in an MLS program currently, and
3. Be able to attend both ALA conferences and work virtually in between each,
4. Be prepared to commit to serve on an ALA, Division, Chapter, or Round Table committee, taskforce or workgroup upon completion of program, and
5. Be an ALA member or join upon selection if not already a member.
The Emerging Leaders Program Committee members gathered at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, commencing the first meeting of ALA’s 2009 Emerging Leaders. After a few icebreakers and mixers, members received how-to tips for effective leadership then broke into 25 individual groups. Benchmarks were set, roles were assigned and goals were delineated. The Committee plans to reconvene in Chicago in six months.
Kevin Gunn
Kevin Gunn, Coordinator of Religious Studies and Humanities Services, ran for (and lost) the position of vice-chair for the College Libraries Section (CLS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). Kevin serves on other American Library Association (ALA) committees, including the CLS Research for College Librarianship Committee, the University Libraries Section (ULS) Bylaws and Procedures Committee and the ACRL Committee on the Status of Academic Librarians. This last committee has kept him the busiest. The mandate of the committee is to evaluate guidelines, policies and procedures that come up for renewal every five years. The committee meets twice a year at the ALA conferences and communicates on a regular basis through email, the use of Google docs and the ALA Connect web site. Evaluating each document can range from a quick vote and approval for renewal to a time consuming affair that may take a couple of months of parsing text. This collaborative process ensures that many voices are heard and not just the views of one or two people. Once the committee has authorized the document, it is sent to the executive council for approval or revision. The committee is currently revising a document called ‘A Guideline for the Screening and Appointment of Academic Librarians Using a Search Committee.’
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CUA GLPs Create Poster For Symposium
On January 30, 2009, CUA’s School of Library and Information Sciences (SLIS) hosted a symposium entitled “Bridging the Spectrum: A Symposium on Scholarship and Practice in Library and Information Science“. Sarah New, Maria Koshute, and Adam Day created a
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poster for the symposium. Their presentation “The Systems Development Lifecycle” focused on the reconstruction of Mullen Library’s system of collecting reference statistics. The Reference Statistics Collection System project was a three-semester project where Sarah, Maria, Adam, and other classmates helped to transform the past paper form of collecting reference statistics into a web-based form with a backend database.
Their poster presentation was a success, and led to another presentation at Himmelfarb Health Science Library at GW.
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CUA Libraries Host The Washington Research Libraries Consortium (WRLC) 2009 Spring Forum
The WRLC was established in 1987 by some of the major universities in the Washington D.C. area to share library collections and information technology in order to enhance the resources available to their students and faculty. CUA Libraries is a founding of member of the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC).
WRLC provides the following services to its members:
» shared online catalog
» technologies to support digital collections and share campus scholarship, and
» offsite storage to free valuable space in campus libraries.
Each year, In the Fall and Spring, the WRLC holds a forum, hosted by one of the members, on hot topics and important issues of the day. Librarians and other Information professionals find the forums a useful tool to share ideas, brainstorm and network. CUA was the host to the 2009 WRLC Spring Forum the theme of which was:
Reaching Users We Don’t See: Providing Services To Our Users
The Forum was held on April 21, 2009 in the Caldwell Hall Auditorium. The forum kicked off with coffee and refreshments followed by presentations:
How CUA uses online animated tutorials for orientation and outreach
Maria Koshute and Adam Day, CUA
Topics covered
» What are CUA Graduate Library Pre Professionals (GLPs)?
» How being a (GLPs) was helpful for this project
» Why CUA Libraries decided to use animated tutorials
» Software products demo’d
» Choice of Camtasia and why
» Bumps along the way
» Demonstration of tutorials on CUA’s web page
» Future plans for new tutorials
Teaching, Reference And Collection Development: Facilitating Outreach Through Multiple Roles
David Ettinger and Shmuel Ben-Gad, GWU
Topics covered:
» Blog and its promotion
» Acquisitions lists
» Research guides
» Electronic communications: either contacting patrons directly or through some intermediary
» Contact new faculty members
» Keeping in regular contact, without becoming overbearing-making ourselves visible, planting the seed for further contacts
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» Being aware of faculty research interests and referring them to resources they may find of interest
» Faculty author signings
» Serving as a single point of contact-performing all major functions for a given subject area (ombudsman role): collection development, instruction, and reference
Marketing Library Visual Media Departments On The Web
Chris Lewis and Sean Casey, AU
Topics covered:
» Use of our website as an outreach tool
» Customized ALADIN search interface
» Web 2.0 elements: Blog, Delicious page, embedded IM chat box
» Research guides: Filmographies, bibliographies, pathfinders
» Policies – including copyright FAQ, campus screenings FAQ
» Links to campus resources
» Streaming video – internal and external links
» Cataloging of free resources
» Reciprocal ILL of video resources
Panel Discussion On How WRLC Libraries Are Using Meebo Or Its Alternatives For Virtual Reference And Outreach
Panelists: Rachel Borchadt (AU), Gail Flatness(MU), Anne Marie Hules (CUA) and Jane Rutherford (GU).
Topics covered:
» Use of Trillian with a meebo widget for Instant Message (IM) reference service
» Meebo as a stand alone IM product
» Library h3lp as a stand alone IM product
» Library h3lp with Pidgin
» Pros and cons of text messaging for reference service
» Saving IM transcripts? If so, how?
» How often do schools perform transcript evaluation? How is it done?
» Best practices for IM reference
Special thanks for making the Forum a success go to
» CUA Libraries: Mary Mathews, Anne Marie Hules and Kitty Tynan who made the arrangements for the Spring Forum
» CUA : Dining Services, CPIT and Facilities for providing catering, set-up or support services for the Spring Forum
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The Edward J. Belanger, Jr. Staff Award For Excellence
“The Edward J. Belanger, Jr. Staff Award for Excellence in Service” has been awarded to Shanyun Zhang, Head of Electronic Services. The award was created to honor the over forty years of service rendered by Edward J. Belanger, Jr., retired Head of Administrative Services for the University Libraries.
Shanyun was born in Beijing, China, during the Cultural Revolution. When she was young, she went to live with her grandmother in Shanghai after her mother was sent to a military camp by the Communist government. Despite the hardships she suffered, she describes her childhood as very happy “because of the love from family and friendship of peers and teachers.”
She received her bachelor’s degree in Engineering Management from the Beijing Institute of Light Industry in 1990.
Shanyun came to the U.S. as a visiting scholar at the College of Library and Information Science (CLIS) at the University of Maryland in
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1998. She was interested in information organization and retrieval. She received her Masters in Science of Library Science (MSLS) Degree from CLIS in 2001.
Shanyun became a librarian because a stint as an Information Specialist piqued her interest in the field. As an information specialist her duties included searching, reading, analyzing, and translating the information related to projects. She learned many things when searching for and analyzing information, and her reports were always well-received. She likes being a librarian because she learns many new things when she helps patrons (especially for in depth reference questions), and feels appreciated by patrons and her peers. Her job as Head of Electronic Services keeps her very busy but she still finds time to assist patrons and staff at CUA Libraries. She always greets you with a smile and is very warm and welcoming when asked for help.
When not serving patrons, helping staff or managing her department. Shanyun is mom to Kevin, her lively and intelligent seven year old.
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Book Reviews
Kroski, Ellyssa. Web 2.0 for Librarians and Information Professionals, 2008. (Ref. Z 674.75. W67 K76 2008)
The digital age innovations ushered in by Web 2.0 technologies offer librarians a dazzling array of choices to promote services and attract even the most technological savvy patron. This book will help librarians and other information professionals utilize various Web 2.0 technologies. Ms. Kroski provides actual examples of libraries which are using these technologies to broaden their online presence, exhibit services and increase library use. Technologies covered include: wikis, rss feeds, widgets, social networking software, photo and video sharing, answers technology, virtual worlds, specialized search engines, and podcasting. The book is written in such a way that even technological novices will find its contents useful. Web Snapshots of how various libraries harness web based services such as blogs, Youtube, Flickr, Mapquest, Technorati, Library Thing, and Myspace are included. Each chapter concludes with a list of best practices that will educate readers on “netiquette” and help them to identify and locate technologies that will best suit budgets and needs.
Web 2.0 includes a glossary, appendices, index and a “webliography”.
~Anne Marie Hules, Reference Librarian for Library and Information Sciences
Myron, Vicki. Dewey : a small-town library cat who touched the world, 2008. (Juvenile Fiction F .M998 D49 2008) 636.8092/9
This is a true story about a kitten who was left freezing in the returned-book drop of an Iowa public library. Appropriately named Dewey after the classification system used by most public libraries and many academic libraries in the United States, he lived for 17 years in the Spencer Public Library, Iowa. Dewey became a beloved member of the community, and is credited by some with lifting the spirits and brightening the lives of many Spencer residents at a time when jobs were disappearing and towns were dying as a result of industrial agriculture moving in. This is a delightful read for anyone who loves cats, libraries, the Midwest, or all three!
~Anne Lesher, Reference Librarian for Reference Services
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New Staff
Miranda Rodriguez
Instruction Librarian
After graduating with an MLS in 2007 from the University Of Maryland, College Park, Miranda Rodriguez was employed as the head librarian for the satellite campus of Brigham Young University in Salt Lake City, UT-serving about 1800 undergraduate students and 150 faculty and staff. Currently, she is the Instruction Librarian at The Catholic University of America.
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Prior to becoming a librarian, Miranda finished a Liberal Arts degree with a Gerontology Certificate at Utah State University.
Miranda’s hobbies include: Finding local farmers markets (where to find me Saturday morning), volunteering, gardening, travel, biking, reading, and listening to the National Public Radio program This American Life.
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Staff Notes
Kaitlyn Amedio, Circulation Services /Interlibrary Loan Supervisor and her fiancé, David DeStefano will be married on June 27, 2009.
Rachel Barham, Music Library Assistant, has had a busy spring of musical performances. Rachel was reviewed in The Washington Post both for her performance as Daughter of Zion in Handel’s Brockes Passion with Cantate Chamber Singers (March 20) and her role as co-director of the CUA production of Monteverdi’s opera L’Incoronazione di Poppea (April 17-19). She sang on a benefit concert for the music fraternity Mu Phi Epsilon on April 25. Rachel was also chosen as a finalist in the Vocal Arts Society Art Song Discovery competition, which takes place on May 2.
David Rice, CLS Coordinator, will graduate from CUA in May with a B.A. in Psychology. He and his fiancée, Anna Ramach, will be married on July 25, 2009
Maurice Saylor, Music Librarian, and his Snark Ensemble provided the music for Becoming Charley Chase, a 4 DVD box set collecting the early works of America’s most influential comic genius, scheduled for release this summer. The Snark Ensemble will be performing some of the scores, with the films, live at the Capital Fringe Festival in DC, July 22-24, 2009.
Maurice’s Concerto for Cello and Vocal Orchestra received its premiere in June 2008 on a concert with his magnum opus, The Hunting of the Snark: an Agony in Eight Fits. The concerto had three more performances in November by the New Hampshire Master Chorale. The Hunting of the Snark has been recorded and will hopefully be available on CD and in streaming audio in the near future.
Adventures on a Saturday Afternoon: Fantasy for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble will be premiered at ClarinetFest 2009 in Porto, Portugal, August 10-14, 2009. Maurice has written the competition piece for the 2009 University of Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium’s Young Artist’s Competition, June 25-27, 2009.
Jonathan Smith, Electronic Services Librarian, delivered a presentation at the Computers in Libraries conference in May, 2009. He co-presented with David Bietila, Web Services Librarian at George Washington University. Their presentation was part of the Content Management track and titled, “Implementing CMS: Academic”. They presented two case studies on the use of open source content management systems (CMSs) in academic libraries. View the presentation slides
Contributors
The editors would like to the thank the following contributors to the Spring 2009 Newsletter:
Adam Day, Kevin Gunn, Maria Koshute, Anne Lesher and Miranda Rodriguez
Content Editor: Anne Marie Hules, Reference Librarian for Library and Information Science
Web Editor: Jonathan M. Smith, Electronic Services Librarian
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CUA Libraries Newsletters | Fall 2008
Issue of the ‘Fall 2008’
Fall 2008 Issue Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
» Message from the Editors
» Library Survey a Success
» Library School in Practice
» Text messaging comes to the Aladin Catalog
» Use the R.A.T. for Research in Religious Studies and the Humanities
» Spotlight on a Staff Member
» Book Reviews
» Staff Notes
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Message from the Editors
Welcome to the Fall 2008 edition of CUA Libraries Online. We are pleased to share with you recent news about the University Libraries and staff.
As always, we welcome comments, questions, and suggestions at our online comment form.
After you have finished enjoying this newsletter you can follow the latest news as they are posted at University Libraries News & Events. Please comment on our stories and subscribe to the RSS feeds.
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Library Survey a Success!
From October 1-October 31 CUA Libraries conducted a LibQUAL+(TM) survey of the University community. Participants in the survey were eligible to win prizes that included an iPod Touch, gift cards donated by the CUA bookstore, or a variety of gifts donated by Starbucks.
LibQUAL+(TM) is a service that libraries use to solicit, track, understand, and act upon users’ opinions of service quality. The program’s centerpiece is a Web-based survey bundled with training that helps libraries assess, improve and market library services. The goals of LibQUAL+(TM) include:
» Foster a culture of excellence in library service
» Help libraries better understand user perceptions of library service quality
» Provide libraries with comparable assessment information from peer institutions
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» Identify best practices in library service
More than 500 libraries have participated in LibQUAL+(TM), including colleges and universities, community colleges, health sciences libraries, law libraries, and public libraries.
Over 794 students, faculty, and staff took the time to complete our survey last month, with nearly 400 of those providing comments.
» Congratulations to the prize winners:
» Jeff Cabral
» Joanna Caccioppoli
» Jen Garalsco
» Jason Nehmer
» Daniele Rebeggiani
» Jason Russell
» Martin Saavedra
» Danielle Strait
» Deborah Taylor
» Gerard Visco
Thanks to all who helped make the Survey a Success!
~ Anne Marie Hules, Reference Librarian for Library and Information Science
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Library School in Practice: my summer practicum at National Geographic Society
One of the greatest benefits of going to The Catholic University of America for a Master’s Degree in Library Science is being able to participate in a practicum in some of the most unique and exciting libraries in the country. This summer, from June through August 2008, I completed a practicum in the National Geographic Libraries and Information Services Department. I worked in the Indexing and Taxonomy Department and thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to get experience in a renowned cultural organization where there was always something new to learn.
After taking LSC 551: Organization of Information and learning about the creation of thesauri and taxonomies, I was interested in delving into these topics in detail. At National Geographic, one of my main projects was helping to organize subject terms within their subject heading taxonomy. A taxonomy is a set of controlled vocabulary terms, usually hierarchical. Once created, it can help users to navigate and search systems. This project was especially interesting, because it meant learning lots of geographical, travel, and scientific terms in the process. My supervisors, Jennifer Agresta and Anne Marie Houpper were eager to give me a well-rounded experience within a special library, so I helped with a variety of other projects, such as proofreading indices for National Geographic Traveler Magazine, indexing articles for National Geographic Kids Magazine, and researching and creating a bibliography of taxonomy resources for the library staff. Additionally, I was able to attend two “Taxonomy Tuesday” meetings at The Library of Congress with my supervisor Anne Marie. At these meetings, information professionals from DC area government and special libraries, came together to discuss their experiences with taxonomy creation and enterprise searching. My favorite presentation was given by information professionals at the Government Accountability Office who talked about the complex taxonomy they created and then integrated into their enterprise search engine. These talks helped me gain a glimpse of information management initiatives within high profile organizations.
Being able to participate in a practicum was an extremely valuable experience for me – it helped me to see the scope of library career options, and enabled me to put library science principles into practice. I would recommend a practicum as essential to any well-rounded library science education; with dozens of fascinating libraries to choose from in DC, the possibilities are endless!
~ Maria Koshute, Library Assistant, GLP
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Text messaging comes to the Aladin Catalog
You can now send call numbers to your mobile phone from the Aladin Catalog. No more pencil and paper! To use, click on the new Text it button on the item record page.
When you click on it, a window will pop up.
Enter your phone number and provider and click send. The call number, title, and author will be sent to your mobile phone. Note: standard text rates will apply.
~ Jonathan Smith, Electronic Services Librarian
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Use the RAT for Research in Religious Studies and the Humanities!
Are you having trouble finding relevant material for your research? Are you unsure where to begin? Using the RAT may help! The RAT (Research Advisory Tool) is a citation database of select reference materials available through CUA libraries. It includes reference books, subscription databases, CD-ROMs, and web sites — all designed to point you to pertinent and interesting resources.
“The RAT is the middle ground between the information overload of a Google Book search and the paucity of the library catalog”, says Kevin Gunn, the Coordinator of Religious Studies and Humanities Services. The database goes beyond what is offered in a standard library catalog by allowing the researcher to search annotations of sources relevant to CUA faculty, students, and staff.
These sources have been selected for inclusion by subject librarians, who considered the research value of the resource per se, the value of the resource to CUA scholars, students, and staff in particular and to highlight the lesser known works that deserve a wider audience. The annotations were written by librarians, staff members, and graduate students.
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You can begin using the RAT by searching in the ‘Search Resources’ box or on the ‘Advanced Search‘ page. If you need some help in deciding where to begin, try ‘Browse Resources‘, where you can find the list of discipline and subject areas covered. The titles under this category are highly selective. Browsing resources will also help you by grouping the sources by format (e.g. dictionaries, encyclopedias, primary/critical editions, research guides, etc.).
As of December 10, 2008, the RAT contains over 1600 records in Art and Art History, Biblical Studies, Canon Law, Church History, Comparative Literature, Drama and Theater, Media Studies, Medieval and Byzantine Studies, Modern Languages, Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Theology. Another 400 citations are expected to be added during the spring semester. Faculty are invited to link to the database from their home pages and Blackboard accounts. So, the next time you need to find the perfect resource for your research, try the Research Advisory Tool. Please send any comments to Kevin Gunn [email protected]@cua.edu .
~ Kevin Gunn, Coordinator of Religious Studies and Humanities Services
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Spotlight on a Staff Member
Dr. Maria Mazzenga, Education Archivist, American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives
Q: You’re from Scranton, PA. How did you end up in DC?
A: I sometimes say I’m from Scranton, Pennsylvania, just because it’s easier than saying I’m from Lake Como, which is a tiny town about as far northeast of Scranton as you can get without being in New York state. I like cities (my family moved to Lake Como from the New York City area when I was young enough to remember it), so it was just a matter of where I would go after my schooling. My husband (then my fiancé) was working in D.C. when I finished graduate school so off I went to join him. With a Master’s in history, I applied to the graduate program in CUA’s History Department, and studied U.S. and American Catholic history here in the 1990s.
Q: Where did you do your undergraduate studies?
A: I did my Bachelor’s at Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. Bloomsburg University is a former teachers’ college turned state university in a town not as small as Lake Como but similar in spirit.
Q: What is your typical day like?
A: Generally, the work of the Education Archivist is twofold: educate the university community on our collection materials and archival practices, and illuminate the worth of the collections to the broader research and educational community. My typical day balances both.
As far as the campus community, I work with staff to make archival resources available for a range of educational presentations aimed at different groups of students and staff at CUA. Several classes visit every semester for presentations and tours customized to the visiting class. Honors program students have visited for document-based discussions of Catholics and labor. Anthropology students have been in to examine materials related to Native American life. We work with several professors in School of Library and Information Science to bring students in for tours, presentations on a range of subjects, as well as practicum work. So at any given time I might be working with staff to prepare for an incoming class in one of several departments.
More broadly, much of my work involves creating web-based educational materials, specifically those featured at the American Catholic History Classroom. The American Catholic History Classroom is currently a set of seven themed websites containing dozens of primary documents from ours and other archives. I work with the Archives’ director, Dr. Timothy Meagher, to pin down topics that highlight key documents in our collections that we feel would benefit the broader educational and research community. Once we decide on a topic and themes, I gather up related materials and write up background information on the topic, document introductions, chronologies, bibliographies, and connections to the National History Standards to facilitate use of the site in history classrooms. Since most educators and students are unfamiliar with the documents, these supporting materials serve an important function on our educational websites. Site topics include Catholics and Labor, with a focus on primary documents from the Terence V. Powderly papers (housed at the Archives), Catholics and Race, with a focus on the efforts of the Federated Colored Catholics (documents for this site came from several different archives). Our newest site will go up soon, it is on Catholics and Politics, and it focuses on the involvement of Frs. John A. Ryan (whose papers are housed at the Archives) and Charles E. Coughlin in the Presidential election of 1936. The sites are among the most visited on the CUA archives website and we believe we are providing an important service to the Catholic educational community in creating them.
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Q: What postgraduate degrees do you have?
A: I have a Master’s Degree in History from Villanova University and a Ph.D. in History from CUA.
Q: Why did you decide to become an Education Archivist?
A: It combines teaching and working in an archive-both appeal to me. I worked for CUA Archives as a graduate student for about a year in 1997 as a project assistant on what has become the American Catholic History Classroom. At the same time, I was conducting research in several different archives for my dissertation in history. I have also taught history here and at other universities. These experiences made me see that for historians the primary documents found in archives constitute the front lines of historical research-such documents can give you the sense that you are as close to that document’s or object’s time period in history as you will ever get. At the same time, the process of attempting to interpret and use historical documents is important and imparts one with valuable insights on the past, the present, and the connections between the two. For the Education Archivist, the proximity to and interpretation of archival materials are always in constant interaction-it’s great fun and satisfying work.
Q: What is the ONE thing every CUA student should know about the CUA University Archives?
A: That the Archives is their resource as much as anyone else’s. The CUA Archives serves as the institutional memory of Catholic University; it is available for students interested in the history of their university. The Archives is also filled with valuable historical documents related to the history of the American Catholic experience, materials that can be used for projects in a range of courses in history, social work, theology, and religious studies, among others.
Q: What is your favorite book?
A: Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace [R.I.P]. It’s a futuristic, hugely ambitious and blackly comedic book that attempts to arrive at some kind of philosophical understanding of the human experience, making fun of itself all the while for doing so.
Q: Do you have any hobbies?
A: Running. Writing poetry.
Q: What’s your idea of a great vacation?
A: Going to a city and visiting as many of its museums as possible!
Q: What is your goal in life?
A: Professionally, to generate as much knowledge of and access to the archival collections I’m working with as possible without trivializing them. To continue research and writing on U.S. History and the U.S. Catholic experience.
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Book Reviews
Holland, Jesse J. Black Men Built the Capitol. Globe Pequot Press, 2007. (F205 .N4 H65 2007)
When the author, a political reporter for the Associated Press, was first assigned to Washington D.C., he took the usual tours, but remained curious about what part African Americans played in the history of this great city. He began to research this question, which resulted in this fascinating book.
Part tour guide, part history, this is the perfect book for your out of town guests: Chapters on the Capitol, the White House, the National Mall , etc. begin with what we know about each, then follow with what we don’t know. Most of us don’t know, for example, that slaves from surrounding farms were rented out to build the Capitol (the rent payment going to the slave owner); nor that the National Mall was the site of slave markets and slave pens, where slaves were imprisoned before or after being sold and shipped to their new owners, usually to the port of New Orleans.
~Anne Lesher, Reference Librarian for Reference Services
Perego, Jeanne; Joseph and Chico, translated by Andrew Matt; introduction by Father Georg Ganswein., San Francisco : Ignatius Press, c2008., E .P4575 J6 2008
Joseph and Chico is a unique illustrated book for children and is also an authorized biography of Pope Benedict XVI, as told by his cat Chico! Pope Benedict XVI’s love for animals, and cats in particular, is well known, so it is somewhat fitting that a children’s biography of the Pope be told from the feline perspective.
If you are familiar with cats then you know that a cat wouldn’t think twice of befriending a Cardinal or a Pope. Chico, the narrator, is a feisty golden tabby that tells the story of his friend from the young Joseph Ratzinger’s birth up to his election as Pope. The book covers Ratzinger’s birth and childhood, his teenage years during the Nazi era, which Chico describes as, “one of the most dramatic and shameful times in the history of man” (notice he doesn’t say cats!). Chico wistfully recalls that later, when Joseph Ratzinger became a
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Cardinal and returned home for visits, he would sit on his friend Joseph’s lap when Joseph played the piano.
The book is beautifully illustrated in color by Donata Dal Molin Casagrande and is recommended to readers of all ages!
~Anne Marie Hules, Reference Librarian for Library and Information Sciences
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Staff Notes
Library Staff Honored for their years of Service at CUA
On Nov. 18, Very Rev. David M. O’Connell, C.M., university president, hosted a dinner for faculty and staff members to celebrate their 20- or 10-year anniversary of employment with the university. Four members of the Library Staff were honored:
20 years of service:
Lolita Rillorta Urszula Montwill-Zwaniecki
Technical Services Technician, Fast Track Project Serials Checklist Assistant, Serials
10 years of service:
Almalaraj Savari Nirmal Gomes
Library Management Systems Librarian, Technical Services Technician, Fast Track Project
Library Information Systems
Robin Pike, Audio Visual Archivist, American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives, was published in the Society of American Archivists (SAA) Case Studies Portal. This group publication is a case study entitled: Survey of the University of Pittsburgh and Association of American Universities’ Websites and Physical Holdings. (pdf)
David Rice, CLS Coordinator, Access Services, and Anna Ramach, are engaged to be married. Their wedding date is July 25, 2009. Congratulations to the happy couple!
Linda Todd (Library and Information Science), Acting Head of the Nursing/Biology Library and Nirmal Gomes (Education) , Technical Services Technician, Fast Track Project both passed their comps! Well done both of you!
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Kevin Gunn, Coordinator of Religious Studies and Humanities Services is running for Vice-chair for the College Libraries Section (CLS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). Elections will be in March 2009. Kevin serves on other American Library Association committees, including the CLS Research for College Librarianship Committee (where he is updating a database on library science publications for librarians looking for suitable publications for their research) and the ACRL Committee on the Status of Academic Librarians (which is involved in updating and revising ACRL policies and is formulating a policy on e-portfolios for tenure-track librarians). Kevin is also an incoming member of the University Libraries Section (ULS) Bylaws and Procedures Committee and will begin serving his term in January at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Denver.
Megan Gates, Stacks Supervisor, Access Services, entered a “pope mobile” themed book cart in Unshelved’s Pimp my Book Cart competition. Alas, Megan did not win but her entry was an imaginative and creative effort and we enjoyed it at Mullen very much! For more information about the context and the winners please go to: http://www.unshelved.com /PimpMyBookcart/
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Contributors
The editors would like to the thank the following contributors to the Fall 2008 Newsletter:
Maria Koshute, Kevin Gunn, Maria Mazzenga and Anne Lesher
Content Editor: Anne Marie Hules, Reference Librarian for Library and Information Science
Web Editor: Jonathan M. Smith, Electronic Services Librarian
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Issue of the ‘Orientation 2008’
Orintation 2008 Issue Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
» Message from the Editors
» Welcome Dr. Kimberly B. Kelley
» Farewell Mike McLane
» Library Services and Resources » Access Services
» Reference and Instructional Services
» Special Collections and Branch Libraries
» Library Facilities
» New Staff
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Message from the Editors
Welcome to the special Orientation edition of CUA Libraries Online. To those of you returning: welcome back! To newcomers: congratulations and welcome! In this issue we would like to tell you how CUA Libraries can help you achieve academic success! We are pleased to share with you information about our resources and services.
As always, we welcome comments, questions, and suggestions at our online comment form.
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Welcome Dr. Kimberly B. Kelley
Very Rev. David M. O’Connell, C.M., president of The Catholic University of America, has announced the appointment of Kimberly B. Kelley as Associate Provost, University Libraries.
Prior to coming to CUA, Dr. Kelley was the vice provost and dean of academic resources and services at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC), a position she held since 2005. She managed a faculty and staff of 150, and led the unit responsible for developing and implementing new approaches to course design through technology innovation. From 1991-2005 she served as director of library services, and associate provost of information and library services before being promoted to Vice Provost.
While at UMUC, Kelley established the nationally prominent Center for Intellectual Property. The center has provided leadership through research, teaching and outreach about the impact of digitalization on the creation, dissemination and management of intellectual
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property.
Before her work at UMUC, Kelley was the chief librarian at the Museum Support Center of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., from 1990 to 1991. From 1985 to 1990, she was the engineering and psychology librarian at Columbia University in New York.
She also served as the health sciences librarian at the A.W. Calhoun Medical Library (1985-1986) and as a researcher at the Yerkes Primate Research Center (1982-1985), both in Atlanta.
Kelley is an award-winning administrator in the area of library science. Among her awards are the Excellence in Service Award for Outstanding Information Resources Management and the Excellence in Service Award for Non-Credit Program Offerings, both received from the University Continuing Education Association in 2004. She received a commendation from Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening in 2000 for the creation and initiation of the Maryland Digital Library, which provides access to electronic resources to students and faculty at universities and colleges throughout the state.
She created the digital library with a $900,000 grant from the Maryland Information Technology Board. In 1998 she was elected to Phi Kappa Phi, a faculty honor society, for her service to the University System of Maryland. Kelley earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s of library science at Emory University. She received her Ph.D. in higher education policy, planning and administration from the University of Maryland in College Park.
Dr. Kelley arrived at CUA in August, 2007 to assume the post of Dean, School of Library and Information Science. Since her arrival, Dr. Kelley has led the professional re-accreditation process for the American Library Association (ALA) in collaboration with the School’s faculty. Most recently, the School submitted its Program Plan to the American Library Association and received a commendation for the quality and thoroughness of the report. Further, Dr. Kelley launched a new weekend college format for the school library media track and completed an agreement with the Library of Congress to begin offering courses at the Library of Congress’s National Audio Visual Conservation site in Culpeper, VA. In addition, Dr. Kelley has hired a new faculty member to join the School in January 2009 who specializes in diversity and law issues. In June, 2008, Dr. Kelley was given additional responsibility by becoming the Associate Provost for the University Libraries. In her new, combined role, she established a transition team and a facilities committee to find new avenues for synergy between the School and the Libraries. One of these initial efforts is establishing an institutional repository at CUA, a combined effort of the Libraries and the School led by Dr. Hsieh-Yee. Dr. Kelley’s long term goals are to have a successful accreditation visit in March, 2009, to successfully launch a pilot institutional repository effort for CUA, and establish a strategic plan for the Libraries.
~ Anne Marie Hules, Reference Librarian for Library and Information Science
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Farewell Mike McLane
Michael McLane, Director of University Libraries at the Catholic University of America, retired from that position in May 2008. Mike became Director of in August 2005 coming to us from Central New York Library Resources Council in Syracuse, NY where he served as its executive director.
He brought to Catholic his nearly 40 years of experience in a library setting such as a librarian, dean of libraries and instructional resources, and head of librarian consortium. Mike was eager to return to the academic setting, particularly a Catholic institution with a strong sense of community.
While here Mike accomplished many very significant tasks which put the library on an excellent path toward the future. To name a few:
He helped to extend the GLP program from four to six positions in the following areas of the library: Semitic/ICOR library, Reference and Instructional Services, Engineering/Architecture/Math Library, Technical Services, Electronic Services, and the Religious/Philosophy/Humanities Departments.
He hired a consultant to develop a Disaster Preparedness and Response Manual to assist the library staff recovering from a variety of potential disasters or emergencies, which could affect the library’s collections.
A 1000 square foot space on the second floor of Mullen Library was secured to be a multi-purpose center that houses the Children’s Literature collection, a Reference Librarian’s office and a space, which can be used for group study, seminars and student projects.
Mike felt the staff at CUA Libraries was strong, dedicated and extremely competent and demonstrated loyalty to CUA and contributed to
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its mission. He left the University Libraries in good shape and poised to advance to the next level of excellence and support of the University and its programs.
Mike was very supportive of the staff. He maintained an open door policy and participated in the various celebrations through out the library. He encouraged library staff to seek out career and personal development opportunities.
Although retired, Mike is still active in the profession. He is now associated with the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) as a visiting program officer. McLane will play an integral role in carrying out the recommendations of the ACRL task force on national advocacy. He will work with ACRL members and staff to recruit new legislative advocates, plan training opportunities and assess the program.
We miss Mike’s hearty laugh and collegial presence but we wish him well on his retirement and in his endeavers at ACRL.
~ Mary Mathews, Business Manager, CUA Libraries
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Library Services and Resources
Three cards you need to use the Library:
» Cardinal Card (CUA ID) to check out library material and login to our online databases from off campus
» Copy Card (to make copies in the library)
» Business card of your subject librarian if you need advice on how to get started on your research project
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Access Services (1st floor Mullen Library)
Circulation and Borrowing
This is where you check out and return library materials. Students, faculty, faculty associates, and staff members with a current ID may obtain borrowing privileges at the Mullen Circulation Desk. Student privileges are renewed each semester approximately ten days prior to the first day of classes provided the student has registered for classes or dissertation/comprehensive examination guidance. Faculty and staff must renew privileges in person at the Mullen circulation desk at the beginning of each academic year. Patrons must present an active Cardinal Card at the circulation desk to borrow any circulating items, including books, laptops, and movies.
Access to certain ALADIN databases, ejournals, MyALADIN, CLS, and ILL from off campus will require a valid cardinal card.
You may renew items in person at the Mullen Circulation Desk or through myALADIN. Most items may be renewed three times.
Course Reserves
Course Reserve holds print and audio-visual items that instructors request be made available for their students. Only instructors can give out login and password information for electronic course reserves.
Electronic Reserve holds items made available by individual faculty members in an electronic format. Electronic reserves are available through Blackboard (http://blackboard.cua.edu) only to current CUA faculty, staff, or students in good standing. Please contact the course instructor for the required username and password.
myALADIN
myALADIN is your personal library account. To activate your myALADIN account:
1. Click on myALADIN on the library home page (underneath quick links)
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2. Type your Patron ID and Last Name
3. Go to Patron Information and E-mail Registration and click on Edit
4. Select CLS Requests and Web Document Delivery and click on Update
5. Go back to the Patron Information and E-mail Registration page. Type your e-mail address in the text box (Make sure that Web delivery is not disabled.) and click on Update E-mail.
Once you have registered you can check on the status of ILL or CLS requests, access online databases and ejournals from off campus, download scanned documents, and renew CUA and CLS materials, You can also sign up for text messages or RSS feeds.
WRLC Consortium
The Washington Research Libraries Consortium is made up of the following universities:
» American University (AU)
» Catholic University (CU)
» Gallaudet University (GA)
» George Mason University (GM)
» Georgetown University (GT)
» George Washington University (GW)
» Marymount University (MU)
» Trinity College (TR)
» University of the District of Columbia (DC)
» WRLC Center (WR)
Consortium Loan Service (CLS)
Patrons with CUA undergraduate, graduate, faculty, faculty associate, and staff privileges may use CLS. Materials such as:
» Circulating books not owned by CUA. The books must display the status Available in the WRLC Libraries Catalog.
» Articles from journals and reference books not owned by CUA. The articles must be less than 50 pages.
» Books and journals owned by CUA that are shelved at the WRLC Center or are missing, lost, or charged.
» Please note: Requests from CUA patrons for CUA items will not be processed.
To submit a CLS request:
1. Search for your item (book or journal) in the WRLC Libraries Catalog (http://catalog.wrlc.org)
2. Click on the title that is owned by a library other than CUA and confirm that the item is available or that the volume is owned.
3. Click on the Request button at the top of the screen and enter the barcode from your Cardinal Card (student ID). Enter your last name and click on Login.
4. Verify that the Library for Pickup is Catholic U. – Mullen Library.
5. Complete the form as directed. For articles fill in the Vol/Issue/Date, Article Title/Author, and Article Pages fields.
6. Enter your Patron ID and click on Submit Request.
To check the status of a CLS request:
You will be notified by e-mail if the item requested is eligible or ineligible for CLS. Requests for ineligible items are cancelled.
You also may check the status of a request in myALADIN 30 to 45 minutes after you submit the request. Go to Consortium Loan Services Activity and click on View.
When a request is ready you will be notified by e-mail.
Consortium loan requests usually take three to five business days, but they may take longer. Please plan ahead. Materials that are not sent via email can be picked up at the Mullen Circulation Desk. CLS materials can be renewed through MyALADIN. Click on George Mason and Georgetown to renew items from those libraries. If you need an item immediately, you are permitted entry to any of the
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WRLC libraries with your Cardinal Card and can check out items.
Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
Through ILL, patrons may obtain materials not available in the CUA libraries or at other WRLC libraries. Material usually arrives within 2-3 weeks, but may take longer depending on the rarity and availability of the item. Please plan ahead! When material arrives, we will contact you via email or you can check MyALADIN.
Overdue ILL books and overdue recalled ILL books are subject to the same fines as overdue CUA books.
Laptop and Wireless Network
The CUA Libraries provide a wireless network in Mullen Library. This network allows you to access library resources and the Internet from laptop computers in any of the study areas in Mullen Library.
Do your research where it’s convenient for you. With the wireless network, you can get up and move as you need to! We advise that you do not leave laptops unattended in the library.
We have a limited number of PC laptop computers available for use, on a first-come, first-serve basis. Come to the Circulation Desk on the first floor of Mullen Library to check out a laptop for four hours. The laptops are only available to current CUA students, faculty, and staff with valid, updated borrowing privileges.
If you have a laptop and you want to configure it to use the library printers click here for directions.
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Reference and Instructional Services
Information/Reference Desk (1st floor Mullen Library)
This is where you go if you have questions about research, using the library, call number locations, finding a specific book or journal or how to begin searching the Aladin databases.
ALADIN: Catalog & Databases
What is ALADIN?
ALADIN is the name for the online databases available to CUA patrons through the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC).
The Library Catalogs show the collections of the WRLC libraries, including CUA. Use the WRLC Libraries Catalog to search for books, hard copy journals, and other materials that are available in the libraries. More information about the collections at George Mason University and Trinity College is available through their separate catalogs.
The Article and Other Databases are produced by companies, scholarly societies, or government agencies outside CUA. These databases cover the major publications in particular subject areas. Some of these databases include the full text of the articles. Access to the article databases off campus is available to users with valid, updated library privileges.
Finding the Right Databases
Using the right tools is a key part of doing effective research. You need to search the appropriate databases to find the best material in your subject. There are a number of ways to get information about the ALADIN databases. Go to our the Libraries home page and look for Catalog or Article Databases & More.
Use the Alphabetical List
This will show you all of the databases available in ALADIN. If you’re looking for a specific database, you’ll find it here. Most of the databases have clear names that should give you an idea of whether or not you’ll be interested by them. For more information, you can click the (Description) icon for a brief description of the database.
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Use the Subject Lists
These will show you the most relevant databases in a general subject area. At CUA, we have lists of multidisciplinary databases, and databases in the arts, humanities, and religion, business and economics, health sciences, physical sciences and engineering, and social sciences. Some databases are useful for more than one category.
Read the Online Help
Once you have chosen a database, look for Help or Information screens. These provide more detailed information about what the database covers and the best way to search it.
CUA students and faculty only have access to subject databases that CUA Libraries subscribes to. Access to databases from other schools in the WRLC Consortium is only available in their home libraries. Students and faculty can gain access to any WRLC Library with their valid Cardinal Card.
Electronic Journal Title Finder
Its easy to find out if CUA libraries has access to online journals. Go to the CUA Libraries’ home page and look for CU’s e-Journals. Click on CU’s e-Jounals then type in the title of the journal such as, Psychology Today. A list of databases that provide full text access to Psychology Today will appear. Click on one of those databases and search for the article you need. You will notice that two databases provide full text from 1992 on while two others provide full text from 1988. If you need an article that was published before 1992 you will want to click on a database that provides access from 1988 on.
To use Aladin databases from off campus
Anyone may use the WRLC Libraries Catalog.
To use the article databases, go to the Libraries’ home page. Look under Article Databases & More, when you are prompted enter your university ID number or library user barcode in the blank marked Patron ID, then press return. You should see the list of article databases appear on your screen.
If you see a new screen saying “patron validation failed,” try retyping your information to make sure the problem was not just a typographical error. If you are sure this message is in error, contact the Access Services office (202-319-5060).
If you do not have current, valid borrowing privileges, you may visit the CUA Libraries and use our resources on-site.
Instant Messaging (IM) Reference
Sometimes its inconvenient to come to the library for help. For this reason CUA Libraries offer an IM reference Service. Ask a question via a live IM session and a librarian will gladly help you find the information you need. For information on how to use our IM reference using your IM software, check our Instant Messaging page.
This service is only open to current CUA enrolled students, staff, and faculty.
Individual Consultations
Individual consultations are for CUA Students, Faculty, and Staff who want to learn how to use the library’s ALADIN Catalog, article databases, online dictionaries and encyclopedias, and full-text electronic journals. Consultations are tailored to your research needs and last about an hour.
To identify the reference librarian in your subject area, please check the list of subject librarians. Request an individual consultation. In the drop down menu in the subject line choose Request a meeting or a workshop with a librarian.
For Help
» Contact Access Services if you have questions about borrowing materials, course reserves or your library account (202-319-5060)
» Contact Reference and Instructional Services (first floor of Mullen Library; 202-319-5070) if you have questions about your research or how to use ALADIN.
» Send us a question using the online form (you can also request an individual consultation using this form).
» Contact the librarian for your subject area if you have a subject specific question or how to use a specialized database.
» Contact a librarian through CUA Libraries Instant Messaging Reference.
» Stacks Map
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» Take a virtual tour of Mullen library
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Special Collections and Branch Libraries
Special Libraries
Oliveira Lima Library
022 Mullen
The Lima Library is a collection of the history and culture of the Portuguese-speaking peoples from the 16th to the early 20th century.
Semitics/ICOR Library
035 Mullen
The Semitics/ICOR Library holdings include: the languages of the Bible and the Ancient Near East; and the languages, literatures, and history of the Christian Near East.
Rare Books and Special Collections
214 Mullen
The holdings of the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, some 65,000 volumes, range from medieval documents to first editions of twentieth century authors.
Main Reading Room
2nd Floor Mullen
Current social sciences and humanities journals, current newspapers, print indexes, bibliographies, and atlases are located in the Main Reading Room.
Juvenile Reading Room
2nd floor Mullen
This houses children’s picture books, the juvenile history collection and award winning children’s and young adult books.
Religious Studies, Philosophy and Canon Law
314/316 Mullen
The Religious Studies and Philosophy collections comprise some 250,000 to 300,000 volumes. The reading rooms contain non-circulating reference material. The subjects covered in the reading rooms are: Biblical Studies, Church History, Early Christian Studies, Medieval and Byzantine studies, Religion and Religious Education, and Theology.
Two smaller reading rooms cover Greek and Latin and Canon Law.
Greek & Latin Seminar Room
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This collection contains important reference and series books
Canon Law Reading Room
It contains important papal registers, church council documents and various code commentaries. This room is restricted to Canon Law students and faculty.
Campus Libraries
American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives
101 Aquinas Hall; 202-319-5065
Engineering/Architecture Library
200 Pangborn; 202-319-5167
Music Library
101 Ward; 202-319-5424
Nursing/Biology Library
212 Gowan; 202-319-5411
Physics Library
101 Hannan; 202-319-5320
University Museum Collection
101 Aquinas Hall; 202-319-5065
Campus Library map
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Library Facilities
» Copiers are on each floor in Mullen (and in all branch libraries.)
» MERIC Computer lab (PCs and Macs in the library do not have word processing software installed. They are used primarily for accessing the Libraries’ online resources. Students can check out laptops which have word processing software installed.)
» Computers for public use on second floor outside the main reading room.
» The CUA Libraries provide a wireless network in Mullen Library. This network allows you to access library resources and the Internet from laptop computers in any of the study areas in Mullen Library.
» We have a limited number of laptop computers available for use (CUA students, faculty staff only), on a first-come, first-serve basis. There is word processing software installed on the lap tops.
» Microfilm room and readers/printers.
» Group and Quiet study areas
» Media Collections » Media equipment available (such as head phones and television for viewing videos)
» DVDs/VHSs available in the University Library Collection
~Anne Marie Hules, Reference Librarian for Library and Information Science
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New Staff
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( l – r ) Sean Hogan, Access Services Librarian;
Steve Connaghan, Interim Director of Library Administration;
Jamie Banister, Library Assistant, Nursing Biology Library;
Linda Todd, Acting Head of the Nursing/Biology Library
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Contributors
The editors would like to the thank the following contributors to the Orientation 2008 Newsletter:
Mary Matthews, Business Manager for CUA Libraries
Content Editor: Anne Marie Hules, Reference Librarian for Library and Information Science
Web Editor: Jonathan M. Smith, Electronic Services Librarian
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CUA Libraries Newsletters | Spring 2008
Issue of the ‘Spring 2008’
Spring 2008 Issue Friday, May 2nd, 2008
» Message from the Editors
» Jessica Leigh Dovi
» Papyrus Conservation in the Semitics/ICOR Library
» The Edward J. Belanger, Jr. Staff Award for Excellence
» Book Reviews
» New Staff
» Staff Notes
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Message from the Editors
Welcome to the Spring 2008 edition of CUA Libraries Online. We are pleased to share with you recent news about the University Libraries and staff.
As always, we welcome comments, questions, and suggestions at our online comment form.
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Jessica Leigh Dovi
CUA Libraries recently lost a beloved staff member. Jessica Leigh Dovi, 30, Access Services Llibrarian, died of metastatic melanoma April 24 at Capital Hospice in Arlington, VA. Jessica was Access Services Librarian at CUA Libraries for nearly three years. During her tenure her hard work, dedication and sense of humor made a lasting impression on her staff, co-workers, student workers and the many library patrons she so cempetently served. The CUA community will miss her bright smile and infectious laughter for many years to come.
She was born in Charlotte, N.C., and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with honors in 1999. She received a master’s degree in library science from the Catholic University of America in 2007.
Survivors include her husband of two years, Damien Dovi of McLean; a son,
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Matthew Dovi of McLean; her parents, David and Donna Hodgkins of Charlotte; grandparents Charles and Shirley Hodgkins of Shrewsbury, Mass., and Anthony and Louise Beaudry of Worcester, Mass.; a sister; and a brother.
A memorial service was held on Monday, April 28, 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Arlington.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Jessica L. Dovi Foundation, P.O. Box 6301, McLean, VA. 22106-6301. Jessica and her family established the foundation to promote melanoma awareness, research, and support for patients and caregivers.
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Papyrus Conservation in the Semitics/ICOR Library
The Semitics/ICOR Library, located on the Garden Level of Mullen, boasts a collection of papyrus that will soon be shared with the world. For the past three years, the library has been preparing its collection for inclusion in the Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS). APIS is an online repository that hosts information about and images of papyrus and similar materials from collections around the world. The APIS website provides scholars with physical descriptions and bibliographic information about each piece, as well as digital images and English translations whenever possible.
The Semitics/ICOR papyrus collection consists of about 200 Greek, Demotic, Coptic and Arabic papyri. Most of the Coptic and Greek papyri date to between the 6th and 8th centuries AD.
Erik Kolb (Early Christian Studies) and Dr. Chrysi Kotsifou discuss a newly housed piece.
In January 2008, the Department of Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures, CUA Libraries, and the Center for the Study of Early Christianity hosted a conservation training session with Dr. Julia Lougovaya, Assistant Professor of Classics from Columbia University and a trained papyrus conservator. Also teaching was Dr. Rodney Ast, the Project Coordinator of APIS. Library staff as well as graduate students and faculty (from the School of Arts and Sciences, Theology and Religious Studies, and the School of Library and Information Science) attended and were trained in APIS-level standards of papyrus conservation and digitization.
Dr. Uri Firanko (Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies), Brent Gilbert (Greek Zofia Dunian (Head of Collection Management), Dr. Chrysi Kotsifou, and and Latin), Sarah New (Semitics/ICOR GLP), Dawn Powers (Library and Dr. Uri Firanko (Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies) observe Dr. Julia Information Science), Linda Todd (Library and Information Science), and Lougovaya at work. Rev. Dr. Francis Gignac (Biblical Studies) wait for the training session to begin.
Since January, the trainees have reconvened 8 times under the guidance of Dr. Chrysi Kotsifou (Visiting Associate Curator of Semitics/ICOR collections) and Dr. Monica Blanchard (Curator) to perform conservation work on the papyri. The participants vary in
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background: several are librarians, some are linguists, and others historians. This mix of perspectives has made for a fun and educational environment as everyone works together and shares insights. At a typical meeting, conservators document, clean, and re-house papyri. In the early 20th century, many of the papyri were affixed to cardboard because it was thought to be good practice for preservation. The papyri are now being removed from cardboard and housed in glass. As a result, conservators have found previously unseen text on the back side of some papyri! Conservation is expected to continue through the end of August and digitization will start in Summer or Fall 2008.
~ Sarah New, GLP for Semitics/ICOR Library
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The Edward J. Belanger, Jr. Staff Award for Excellence
“The Edward J. Belanger, Jr. Staff Award for Excellence in Service” has been awarded to Building Services Manager, Emir Isakovic. The award was created to honor the over forty years of service rendered by Edward J. Belanger, Jr., retired Head of Administrative Services. Emir is living proof that sometimes interesting stories in the library are not confined to books.
If you spend time in any of the CUA Libraries there a good chance you’ve heard the phrase “Call Emir!”. Building Services Manager, Emir Isakovic, is CUA Libraries’ “Mr. Fixit”. He handles a multitude of emergencies: steam leaks, flooding, faulty circuits, light bulb outages, moving libraries, birds in the foyer, broken furniture, lost mail and graffiti removal. It’s no wonder his name was at the top of the list when this years Belanger award winner was chosen. Michael McLane, Director of CUA Libraries, adds, “We are most fortunate to have Emir Isakovic as Mullen’s Building Services Manager. Emir’s knowledge of the building and its idiosyncrasies, as well as his unfailing good humor, enables us to offer 21st century services in a 20th century (at best!) facility.”
Emir is a native of Bosnia and was a high school student when war broke out in 1992. He went from a happy-go-lucky teenager to becoming a soldier defending his country overnight. He moved to the United States after the war and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2003. He was kind enough to share some information about his interesting life story for this newsletter.
Q: You just won the “Edward J. Belanger, Jr. Staff Award for Excellence” award at CUA Libraries (In my opinion it was well deserved). Were you surprised?
A: Of course I was surprised! It surely was an unexpected and a very pleasant surprise.
Q: You’re from Bosnia. Can you tell us something about your life growing up there?
A: I was in high school when the war started in Bosnia. Life was very tough. I went from being on the country’s ski team to being in an army overnight. I can’t really say that I had a decent young adult life because we were forced to grow up overnight and defend our country. But childhood up until the war was wonderful. Sarajevo was a great place to grow up.
Q: Please tell us about your family.
A: My wife and parents moved here right after the war was over in Bosnia, 12 years ago. We live in Germantown, and my parents live a short walking distance from us. My wife and I both graduated from CUA, while working full time. It has been a challenge, but a very rewarding one.
Q: When and why did you move to the U.S.? Did you have relatives here?
A: I moved here 12 years ago, mainly because of the war. I had no relatives here, just a couple of friends. I also barely spoke English at the time, so it took me some time to adjust and start a normal life again.
Q: What do you like about living in the U.S.?
A: I love the fact that this is the country of endless opportunities. I appreciate learning about new cultures and we certainly have that here!
Q: How long have you been with CUA Libraries? How did you find out about the job?
A: I started part time working for Acquisitions department and after a year I became full time employee. Altogether, I have been with CUA Libraries for 10 years. I met Hajrija Alic, and she told me about the part time opening with Acquisitions, and that’s how it all started.
Q: You are the building services manager at CUA Libraries. Tell us something about your duties.
A: My duties include overseeing day-to-day projects and duties of the mailroom, ensuring that all work requests for the Library are in the system and completed on time. I coordinate facilities, maintenance and housekeeping to make sure that all work requests get fulfilled. I’m responsible for all general services for the libraries.
Q: What is it you most enjoy about your job?
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A: I enjoy my every day interaction with colleagues from other departments and the workplace dynamics. There is never a dull moment around here. My colleagues at Mullen library are the best and we make a wonderful team!
Q: Have you become a naturalized citizen? If so, are you looking forward to voting for the first time as a U.S. citizen?
A: Are you kidding me? I became a U.S. citizen in 2003 and that almost makes me a veteran in the voting process!
Q: What’s your favorite book? (Sorry, I had to ask that)
A: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Q: Do you have any hobbies?
A: I play tennis, mostly with my dad. I also play basketball with my fellow colleagues at the DuFour Center during the work week. I’m an avid skier and try to ski as much as possible during the winter. So, I like being outdoors and active.
Q: What’s your idea of a dream vacation?
A: Any kind of a relaxation is a dream vacation-it is up to us to pick a nice place and unwind. I would have to say that going to Sarajevo in the summer and spending a week or so on the Croatian coast is something I look forward to every year. It just doesn’t get better that that-spending time with family and old friends.
Q: What was the most memorable “problem”/”situation” you had to solve as CUA’s building services manager?
A: There is so many, I stopped keeping the list long time ago!
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Book Reviews
Howell, Georgina, Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. (DA 566.9 .B39 H69)
With a slightly lighter touch and perhaps a bit less detail, Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations could have been a real page turner.
Born into a wealthy industrialist family, Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) used her wealth to travel extensively in the Middle East. She was no Victorian-lady traveler: she was a fearless mountain climber; learned Arabic, Persian, and Turkish; taught herself the practical the skills of archaeology–measuring, recording findings, photography, and map making. Her detailed maps of the Bedouin tribal lands in Iraq were used to draw the present-day boundaries of Iraq.
She came to love the Middle East, particularly Baghdad and settled there in 1917. She built a house with beautiful gardens (probably now in the Green Zone) and assumed several posts for the British government after they assumed control of Mesopotamia during World War I. She attended the Cairo Conference after the war to determine the future of the Middle East and supported the controversial decision to install Faisal of Syria as the first king of Iraq.
Late, she established the Iraq Museum, plundered after the U.S. invasion in 2003. She died and was buried in Baghdad in 1926.
The author used Ms. Bell’s personal papers, journals, diary, letters saved by her parents and friends, her published works, as well as other material.
~ Anne Lesher, Reference Librarian for Reference Services
McCartney, Layton, The Teapot Dome Scandal. Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc, 2008. (E785 .M38 2008)
The Teapot Dome Scandal is authoring Layton McCartney’s latest foray into the world of graft and corruption. He previously penned the bestseller Friends in High Places: The Bechtel Story-The Most Secret Corporation and How It Engineered the World.
McCartney skillfully chronicles this “tempest in a teapot” by presenting a complex account of the scandal interwoven with an entertaining and at times course back-story. This lurid tale spanned two presidential administrations, and resulted in a congressional investigation, arrests, incarceration, murder and suicide among the key players of the scandal.
The story revolves around two petroleum preserves set aside on-protected lands (Teapot Dome in Wyoming and Elk Hills in California) that were set aside for use by the U.S. Navy. In 1920 Americans were enjoying a post WWI prosperity and purchasing gas and diesel powered automobiles with lightening speed. Oil barons saw the opportunity to cash in on the growing demand for oil and wanted access to the protected oil preserves. To gain access “big oil” handpicked a presidential candidate (the hapless Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio), poured money into his campaign and “bought” his election. Once in power, the “Ohio gang” handpicked one of their own (Albert Fall) as secretary of the interior. Fall wrenched control of the oil preserves away from the navy and put them under his control. Oil Barons were only too happy to pony up bribes to gain access to the lucrative commodity and officials in the Harding administration were only too happy to accept them. Also on the take were the minions who helped in the money laundering and newspapers that were paid
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to cover up the story. Eventually the fraud was discovered and the principals involved either refused to cooperate with the Congressional Committee or left the country. Government and other documents “disappeared”. One of the committee members, Montana Senator Thomas J. Walsh, pursued what looked like a futile investigation for years until he made a realization that was the undoing of another Presidential administration: follow the money.
New records on the scandal were made available to McCartney The book includes extensive notes, a bibliography and an index.
~ Anne Marie Hules, Reference Librarian for Library and Information Science
Silber, John. Architecture of the Absurd: How “Genius” Disfigured a Practical Art. NY: Quantuck Land Press, 2007. Eng.Ar. NA 2542.4 S53 2007
John Silber, the former President and Chancellor of Boston University, is not known for keeping his opinions to himself. In this short book, he discusses what he sees as the trend toward architects putting their “artistic vision” and the advancement of their careers above the needs of their clients – functional, aesthetic, and economic.
Silber starts with a discussion of “absurdist architecture” and “genius worship,” most notably in the writings of Sigfried Giedion who linked Picasso, Braque and LeCorbusier as working toward a new conception of space tied to Einstein’s work on relativity (though Silber says Nietzsche probably had a bigger impact). LeCorbusier took this to extremes, according to Silber, in his proposal in 1932 to raze and rebuild the city of Algiers (which had invited his suggestions on plans for the city’s renewal).
Silber’s strongest criticism for the “genius” architect is pointed at some of the most recognizable names in the field today – Josep Lluis Sert, Daniel Libeskind, and Frank Gehry. All three, according to Silber, have insisted on their role as artist, and have convinced clients to commission buildings that did not serve the purpose for which they were built (Gehry’s Stata Center at MIT and Libeskind’s Jewish Museum, for example), didn’t pay attention to the surrounding area (Sert’s Peabody Terrace at Harvard and Sherman Student Union at BU [built before Silber’s arrival], and Gehry’s Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles) and had huge cost overruns (200 and 300 percent over budget is not untypical of all three).
Silber is also critical of the cities, universities, and other nonprofits who commission the architects. These entities, Silber says, “yearn to house their institutions in iconic buildings.” Because the decisions are made by people who are “not spending their own money, who take no personal financial risk, and who often lack the knowledge and experience in building necessary to ensure that the needs of the institution are met.” They have allowed these “geniuses” free reign to fulfill their artistic ambitions and build “absurd” projects that get a lot of attention. He points out that one of Gehry’s more recent projects, the IAC headquarters in New York, was built for a corporate client, is attractive, useable, and came in on budget – the client had a different stake.
It should be noted that Silber is not a professional architect – he is a philosopher who taught aesthetics, and as the son of an architect worked in his father’s office. This book is a very personal criticism. It is a useful counter to the laudatory media attention that the architects tend to garner. And at about 90 pages, with lots of illustrations, it’s a quick read.
~ Kitty Tynan, Assistant Director for Public Services
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New Staff
(l to r) Shanyun Zhang, Head of Electronic Services; Robin Pike, Audio Visual Archivist;
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Jonathan M. Smith, Electronic Services Librarian
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Staff Notes
Nirmal L. Gomes, Technical Services Technician, was chosen International Scholar Winner for the month of April by CUA’s Center for Global Education. You can find this information visiting the following web site: http://cge.cua.edu/ISM.cfm#gomes
On Sunday, June 8th, the Cantata Chamber Singers with the Holton-Arms School Chorus, will be performing the world premier of CUA’s Music Librarian Maurice Saylor’s musical composition The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits. Please contact Maurice Saylor (CUA’s Music Librarian) ([email protected]@cua.edu) if you would like to purchase tickets or want information about the event.
Kaitlyn Amedio, Circulation Services/Interlibrary Loan Supervisor, is engaged to David DeStefano. The happy couple is planning a June 2009 wedding.
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Contributors
The editors would like to the thank the following contributors to the Spring 2008 Newsletter:
Anne Lesher, Sarah New
Content Editor: Anne Marie Hules, Reference Librarian
Web Editor: Jonathan M. Smith, Electronic Resources Assistant
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CUA Libraries Newsletters | Fall 2007
Issue of the ‘Fall 2007’
Fall 2007 Issue Friday, November 2nd, 2007
» Message from the Editors
» CUA Libraries Acquires Century-Old Printing Press
» Who let the librarians out?: CUA Libraries’ Roving Librarians Program
» A glimpse into the life of a GLP
» Spotlight on a staff member
» Book Reviews
» New Staff
» Staff Notes
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Message from the Editors
Welcome to the Fall 2007 edition of CUA Libraries Online. After a brief hiatus we are pleased to bring you the latest library news. In this issue we chose to focus on the library’s greatest resource: the library staff. We hope learning about our staff is both an educational and enjoyable experience for you!
Is something missing? Any objections? Is there an article you enjoyed? Please direct comments, questions, and suggestions about the newsletter to us via the contact form.
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CUA Libraries Acquires Century-Old Printing Press
(reprinted by permission from the CUA office of public affairs)
The contraption looks a little like an antique metal sewing machine operated by a foot pedal, only it’s about three times bigger and 600 pounds heavier. It’s the 107-year-old printing press donated a week ago to Catholic University – the kind that requires one to manually find individual pieces of small metal type for each letter, punctuation mark and space, and assemble them onto a form to be inked and pressed against a sheet of paper.
It’s essentially the same typesetting technology that Johannes Gutenberg used to print the first book with moveable type around 1450, and that only started to become obsolete in 1886 with the invention of the Linotype machine.
Having the press will prove valuable for teaching the current generation of CUA students who only know one kind of printing: the offset printing that replaced Linotype in the 1970s and ’80s.
“My colleagues and I in Media Studies teach an introductory class called Media and History,” says Associate Professor of Media Studies
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Lisa Gitelman. “Having a printing press on campus will be a way to make learning about print culture more concrete. Just seeing how laborious the composition process is – selecting individual pieces of type and putting them in order – can be eye-opening.”
The press, which can print the pages of books, invitations and other jobs with page sizes of 11-by-7 inches or smaller, was donated to the university on Sept. 15 by Bernard Willett of Jericho, N.Y.
“Anyone who wants to understand printing processes before the age of the laser printer can benefit from this tool on campus – that would include library students, graphic art majors and disciplines such as English,” says Lenore Rouse, CUA’s curator of rare books, who oversaw acquisition of the press.
Indeed, professors in CUA’s English and media studies departments were especially eager to get the press, partly because a knowledge of printing and the making of books is important to literary and textual analysis. For example, literary scholars in the 1800s couldn’t figure out which was the definitive first edition of Shakespeare’s plays until they could unravel the intricacies of printing in the 17th century, says Rouse.
In the 1970s and 1980s, many university art departments got rid of their printing presses, but now a lot of universities are wishing they had one again, she says. Letterpress printing [the generic name of the old style of printing] has a lot to offer aesthetically. That’s why it’s still routinely used to make wedding invitations. The products of such printing look nice and they have a certain cachet that laser printing doesn’t.
That cachet – plus the usefulness of such a press in teaching literary and media history – are why some universities are getting such presses again.
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Who let the librarians out?: CUA Libraries’ Roving Librarians Program
Library holdings are no longer confined within the four walls of the library. New technologies make reference and research materials available to the user via the web, wired or wireless, pod casts, wireless networks, text messaging and RSS feeds. With this in mind the Roving Librarian program was launched in September to “take our show on the road”
Armed with laptops, reference librarians set out to make library services available in classroom buildings throughout the CUA Campus. Buildings visited include: Marist Hall, the Pryz, Leahy, Caldwell, Aquinas, Crouch and Maloney.
The program goals include:
» Increase awareness among CUA students, faculty and staff of the library, library services and resources
» Bring our expertise to the CUA community anywhere the University’s wireless network is available (instead of the other way around) to provide “on the spot help”. Two or three shifts were covered every week
» Focusing on “the middle” , i.e. scheduling the program during the middle of the semester when most students are starting work on research projects
» Utilize the opportunity to familiarize the CUA community with the libraries’ best resource: the librarians
During the latter part of the semester, we widened the scope of our program to include the student dormitories. As students and others in the CUA community became familiar with the program they used it more. Faculty. Staff and university administrators are enthusiastic about its value. Next semester we will be expanding the Roving Librarian program to include more library staff. Our aim is to add more shifts and provide more comprehensive assistance. So watch for us the next time you enter a building on campus and remember: the librarians are OUT-to help you!
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A glimpse into the life of a GLP
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(L-R) Linda Todd, Nathan Mueller, Kathleen Mahoney, Sarah New, Maria Koshute, Adam Day
If you’ve ever heard the acronym “GLP” and crinkled your brow or shrugged your shoulders trying to figure out exactly what that is, then hopefully this article will enlighten you. In a field that is strewn with acronyms, GLPs feel very privileged to have an acronym that is unique to them. GLP stands for the “Graduate Library Pre-professional Program”, which enables selected students to gain professional experience while simultaneously earning their Masters of Science in Library Science (MSLS) at the CUA School of Library and Information Science (SLIS). The GLP program allows selected students to earn their degrees in a two-year period through a combination of full-time, salaried work, and part-time studies. These positions include tuition for six credits each semester which is a fabulous scholarship opportunity.
This August, The Catholic University of America Libraries welcomed six new GLPs from several different states. They are:
Adam Day has joined the Mullen Electronic Resources and Instruction Center (MERIC) staff as the Electronic Resources GLP. He graduated from the University of Maine at Augusta with a bachelor’s degree in Library and Information Services. Adam is now putting his undergraduate training to use in the MERIC lab by performing such tasks as: identifying and fixing basic hardware problems, installing software, reorganizing microfilm, keeping the photocopiers working, setting up and taking down laptops for library instruction sessions in the MERIC classroom, working at the Information Desk, fixing microfilm readers, and library instruction. After getting his MSLS, he hopes to work in a medical or government library. Adam has learned that, although sometimes painstaking, conducting a good reference interview saves librarians and patrons a lot of time in the long run.
Maria Koshute began working as the GLP for Reference and Instructional Services (RIS) in August. She graduated from the Franciscan University in May 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. There, she worked at the John Paul II Library as a Circulation Desk student worker and advancing to a Circulation Evening Desk Supervisor. Maria is very excited to move onto this next stage in her professional life at Catholic University of America (CUA) Libraries, both as a staff member and as a graduate student. Her responsibilities are varied and include: checking in new serials and reference books, answering suggestion box queries, responding to web form questions, designing the 2nd floor bulletin boards, maintaining the newspapers, shelving reference materials, ordering office supplies, and working at the Information Desk. In the midst of all these tasks, she is learning about all facets of the library: ordering supplies, the cataloging system, effective reference interview techniques, library instruction, and database and electronic resource navigation. Most importantly, she is able to apply what she is learning in school to her work.
The Applied Science and Architecture/Engineering/Math Library welcomes Kathleen Mahoney as their new GLP. Kathleen, an Illinois native, graduated from University of Dallas in Dallas, Texas with a Bachelors of Arts degree in English. Kathleen hopes to one day work in a Special International Library. She says that one of the most valuable things that she has learned in her job so far is “how to manage people”, because she is responsible for supervising student workers.
Nathan Mueller of Stafford, VA, is the new GLP for the Religious Studies and Philosophy Library. Nathan has a Bachelors degree in Philosophy from The College of William and Mary and a Master’s degree in Philosophy from Virginia Tech. In regards to his specific career plans, Nathan is interested in technology in general and digital libraries in specific, although he doesn’t know much about either at this point. In the Religious Studies and Philosophy Library, Nathan’s duties include answering reference questions, entering data into a research advisory tool database and processing gift books. Nathan says that his favorite part of being a GLP is the combination of learning about librarianship theory in class and librarianship practice at work. One of the most valuable things that he has learned in the
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GLP program so far is how important teamwork is at every level within the library.
Sarah New of Bel Air, MD, is the GLP for the Semitics/ Institute of Christian and Oriental Research (ICOR) Library. Sarah is a graduate of the University of Virginia with a Bachelor’s degree in the Classics. Sarah hasn’t decided which area of librarianship she’d like to work as a practitioner but she does like working in an academic library because of the atmosphere. Her job duties include: assisting patrons, reshelving books, filling ILL requests, processing new serials and (soon) copy cataloging! She’s also working on a database for the Father Jamme collection. Her favorite parts about being a GLP is the camaraderie and getting to put into practice what she learns in class immediately on the job. Sarah also notes that the most important thing she has learned so far is the incredible importance of collegiality in creating a positive work environment! She especially enjoys just watching how her co-workers interact.
Linda Todd of Oneonta, NY, has joined the Technical Services Department as their GLP. Linda is a registered nurse with a Bachelors in Religious Studies and minor in Art History who decided to switch careers. Her daily duties include a variety of different tasks in the Acquisitions Department. She will also gain experience in Collection Management, Serials and the Fast Track Cataloging program. Linda especially enjoys working with books in Gifts and Exchanges and Acquisitions. The most valuable lesson Linda takes from being a GLP is that all areas of the library are important to the others. Technical Services work behind the scenes and Public Services work on the front lines. They work like a stage production. Without the stage crew (Technical Services) the play (Public Services) could not go on.
The GLPs make up their own small “buddy system” within CUA Libraries. They have a built in routine on class days, as they trudge up the mountain to Marist Hall together and help one another stay attuned with various School of Library Science (SLIS) colloquium events and new trends in library science.
~ Maria Koshute, GLP for Reference and Instructional Services (RIS)
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Spotlight on a staff member
In this issue we focus our spotlight on Shanyun Zhang, CUA Libraries’ Electronic Resources [MERIC] Librarian. She was born in Beijing, China, during the Cultural Revolution. When she was young, she went to live with her grandmother in Shanghai after her mother was sent to a military camp by the Communist government. Despite the hardships she suffered, she describes her childhood as very happy “because of the love from family and friendship of peers and teachers.”
Q: Where in China are you from?
A: I am from Beijing, the capital of the Peoples Republic of China.
Q: What did you study in undergraduate school?
A: My undergraduate major was Engineering Management.
Q: Where did you get your bachelors degree?
A: I got my bachelors degree from Beijing Institute of Light Industry in 1990. (It merged with another institution, and became Beijing Technology & Business University in 1999.)
Q: Why did you decide to come to the U.S.?
A: I came to the U.S. as a visiting scholar in College of Library and Information Science(CLIS) in the University of Shanyun Zhang vacationing in Jiuzhaigou National Park in China, summer 2007 Maryland in 1998. I was interested in the information organization and retrieval for the new century.
Q: Where did you get your Masters in Science of Library Science (MSLS)?
A: I got my MSLS at the CLIS, University of Maryland.
Q: Why did you decide to become a librarian?
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A: I was an Information Specialist before I came to the U.S. Most of the engineers in my Academy didn’t know English or didn’t know how to search for information My major work was searching, reading, analyzing, and translating the information related to their projects. I learned many things when I searched for and analyzed the information, and my reports were always well-received, which made me very proud. I think being a librarian is great, because you learn many new things when you help patrons (especially for knee deep reference questions), and you get appreciation for your work all the time.
Q: You wear many hats: reference librarian, researcher, web master, selector in psychology, mom. Which is the most challenging?
A: I think being a mom is the most challenging . A mom doesn’t wear a single hat! I am a reference librarian for my son, since I need to answer all his strange questions; I am a researcher, and psychologist (perhaps not a very good one) to monitor and analyze the little one’s behavior.
Q: Tell us about the article you wrote that was recently published.
A: At the beginning of 2005, Dr. Tang (former CUA School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) Assistant Professor), Dr. Hsieh-Yee, (SLIS Professor), and I conducted a survey on the MetaLib Combined Search, a federated search system that can search multiple databases simultaneously. We received responses from CUA’s students and some reference librarians from four universities in Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC). The article “User Perceptions of MetaLib Combined Search: An Investigation of How Users Make Sense of Federated Searching”, recently published in the “Internet Reference Services Quarterly”(vol. 12, issue 1/2), reported our findings from this survey. The full text article can be found through ALADIN (available to CUA users)
Q: What is your favorite book (sorry, I had to ask)?
A: Unfortunately, I don’t have a specific book that I like the most. I like to read fictions and biographies. Most of them are in Chinese.
Q: Do you have any hobbies?
A: Fishing, although I have not caught any big fish yet. I also like to play with puzzles and do sudoku.
Q: What’s your idea of a great vacation?
A: It doesn’t matter where just as long as the whole family enjoys doing it together.
Q: What is your goal in life?
A: A happy family plus a successful career.
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Book Reviews
Carter, Jimmy, Palestine : Peace Not Apartheid. Simon & Schuster, 2006. (DS119.7 .C3583)
Jimmy Carter puts a human face on the Israel-Palestinian crisis in his latest book – Palestine: Peace not Apartheid. Carter first visited the Holy Land in 1973, fulfilling a life-long wish to see the biblical sites he had studied in Bible lessons as a devout southern Baptist.
President Carter describes his successful negotiation of the Camp David Accords in 1978 and his involvement with the many peace initiatives that have occurred since. He continues to visit the area frequently and is saddened to see a thirty-foot concrete wall being erected which isolates Palestinian villages from their families and jobs and sometimes their houses of worship. On the southern slope of the Mount of Olives, for example, the wall cuts through the Santa Marta Monastery property. The church is on the Jerusalem side of the wall and but its parishioners live on the other side. They cannot go to church, because they cannot get permits to cross the wall.
This book is an excellent discussion of the Israel-Palestinian issue, presented to us by an individual whose only agenda for the region is peace.
~ Anne Lesher, Reference Librarian for Reference Services
Peters, F. E. The Children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, “A new edition”. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004. (BM 157 P47 2004)
The first edition of Peters’ book, published in 1982, was widely regarded as “pioneering.” Twenty five years later, Peters has completely revised, updated and rewritten the book. Its importance as an introduction to the historical, cultural, and social development of the three great religions of the Western world remains. And at a time when political, geographic and religious conflicts are again centered in the Middle East, its value is particularly evident.
While not “comparative religion for dummies,” Peters’ work is approachable by the educated layperson. Familiarity with some of the language of theological and philosophical writing is helpful, but not essential. In each of eight chapters, Peters presents one “theme” in the development of the three religions as historical, theological, cultural and social institutions. Chapters deal with topics such as the
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creation and interpretation of scripture and the Law, worship, exegesis, theological discussion and writings, and the development of asceticism, monasticism and gnosticism. Each chapter presents separate sections discussing the theme within Judaism, Christianity and Islam, but referring to the other two for comparison and contrast. By putting the development of these religious traditions into a historical context – discussing political changes that affected the society of the times, for example – Peters helps the reader understand how they developed. Equally interesting and helpful for understanding is Peters’ discussion of the various sects and alternative interpretations that came out of the mainstream, sometimes being excluded as heretical and sometimes becoming part of that central belief system.
Peters stops his historical examination of the development of Judaism, Christianity and Islam in the middle ages. He does not attempt to cover the continuing development of thought regarding these religions in the Renaissance and modern times. This is, therefore, a history of the “roots” of Western religions, not a complete history. Understanding the roots, however, is essential to understanding how we got where we are.
The text of Children of Abraham is only 172 pages – quite remarkable considering how much ground is covered. It is followed by extensive notes providing additional information or referring the reader to additional sources for more detailed discussion of the topic being considered. There is also a glossary of Hebrew/Aramaic, Arabic, and Greek terms used in the text, and an index.
~ Kitty Tynan, Assistant Director for Public Services
Wyatt, Neal, The Readers’ Advisory Guide to Nonfiction. American Library Association, 2007, (Z711.55 .W93 2007)
Neal Wyatt covers the scope of non-fiction, which is wide and varied, as a collection development tool for readers advisory and collection development librarians. The book is divided into chapters and covers categories including:
» Food and cooking
» Memoirs
» Sports
» True crime
» Travel
» True adventure, and
» History and historical biography
Within each category she covers the types of books, important titles, key authors and a bibliography. There are additional sections on core collections, general non-fiction, and learning about and marketing the collection. Wyatt also explores the nonfiction audience, and provides ideas and hints that will assist librarians in pointing readers in the direction of books that interest them.
The guide also includes a nonfiction bibliography, and key authors. It is of interest to readers’ advisory and collection development librarians, library workers, and anyone interested in non-fiction.
Neal Wyatt is a collection development and readers’ advisory librarian from Virginia . She is a former adjunct faculty member of the School of Library and Information Sciences, the Catholic University of America.
~ Anne Marie Hules, Reference Librarian for Library and Information Science
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New Staff
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(L-R) Meghan Gates, Stacks Supervisor; Kaitlyn Amedio, Circulation Services / Interlibrary Loan Supervisor; David Rice, CLS Coordinator; Alyssa Strouse, Applied Sciences Librarian; Kristen Fredericksen, Acting Head of Serials
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Staff Notes
Rachel Evangeline Barham (Assistant to Music Librarian) married James Edward Rogers on Saturday, October 27, 2007, at the home of friends in Washington, DC. The intimate ceremony featured unaccompanied hymns sung by the guests. Friends and family members (along with the bride and groom) helped prepare an excellent meal of locally-grown food. A second ceremony is planned for Rachel’s family in Mississippi in December.
Congratulations to the happy couple!
Ms. Barham was also interviewed by The Triangle, the magazine of Mu Phi Epsilon, a professional music fraternity. You can read the article here: http://home.muphiepsilon.org/TheTriangle/FallIssue2007.pdf
Marianne Giltrude has had three articles published recently.
Two book reviews for Library Journal
Notable Natural Disasters. (6/15/2007) www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6450614.html?q=.
The New Science of Dreaming. (11/1/2007) www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6495334.html?industryid=47112
and the following article for ALCTS Newsletter Online
Collecting for Institutional Repositories: All the news that’s fit to keep. (vol. 18, no.4)
Nirmal Gomes has had the following editorials published in the CUA student newspaper The Tower:
Festival of Thanksgiving Is Important to America (11/06/07)
Alumnus Gained Valuable Knowledge From CUA (10/5/07)
Look for them here: www.cuatower.com
Maurice Saylor, Music Librarian just finished writing and recording, with his group – the Snark Ensemble – the music for a four DVD set of the silent films of Harry Langdon. The set is called Lost and Found: The Harry Langdon Collection and will be available on-line and in
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stores December 26th. The set is being produced by All Day Entertainment and distributed by Facets of Chicago. Here’s their link:
http://tinyurl.com/czvpla
A few video clips can be seen here: www.myspace.com/mauricesaylorcomposer and at the Snark Homepage at SnarkEnsemble.org
Shanyun Zhang co-authored an article that appeared in the Internet Reference Services Quarterly:
User Perceptions of MetaLib Combined Search: An Investigation of How Users Make Sense of Federated Searching
The full text article can be found through: ALADIN
Anniversaries
The following CUA librarians and staff members were honored for their ten years of service to the University
» Denis J. Obermeyer- Rare books technician, Mullen Library
» Mary Agnes Thompson- Coordinator of collection development, Mullen Library
http://inside.cua.edu/080131/story2.cfm
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Contributors
The editors would like to the thank the following contributors to the Fall 2007 Newsletter:
Maria Koshute, Anne Lesher, Kitty Tynan
Content Editor: Anne Marie Hules, Reference Librarian
Web Editor: Jonathan M. Smith, Electronic Resources Assistant
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Issue of the ‘Spring 2007’
Spring 2007 Issue Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007
» Message from the Editors
» Mental Measurements
» Edward J. Belanger Staff Award
» Faculty: WRLC Repository
» Oliveira Lima Library
» Zotero
» Electronic Comments & Suggestions
» Welcome, Kitty Tynan
» New Staff
» What to Read
» Staff Notes
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Message from the Editors
Welcome to the spring 2007 edition of CUA Libraries Online. After a brief hiatus we are pleased to bring you the latest library news.
Is something missing? Any objections? Is there an article you enjoyed? Please direct comments, questions, and suggestions about the newsletter to us via the contact form.
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Mental Measurements: Coming Soon to a Library Near You!
Could it be, is it possible… is Mental Measurements online???
YES! Starting in March, “Mental Measurements Yearbook” will be available to all CU’s patrons through ALADIN.
This database contains the most recent descriptive information and critical reviews of new and revised tests from the Buros Institute’s 9th through 16th print yearbooks. It covers more than 2200 commercially available tests in personality, developmental and behavioral assessment, achievement, education, speech & hearing, etc.
Compared with the printed versions, the online version provides easier and more powerful keyword search function.
Please contact our Reference Services staff at 202-319-5070, if you have questions about using this database.
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Please note the print versions will still be kept in Mullen’s Reference room with call number “L103.4.P8B96M5”. The 1st through 8th yearbooks will be ONLY available in the print versions.
~ Shanyun Zhang, Electronic Resources Librarian, Psychology
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The Edward J. Belanger, Jr. Staff Award for Excellence
“The Edward J. Belanger, Jr. Staff Award for Excellence in Service” has been awarded to AV/AC Catalog Maintenance Supervisor, Aida Lopez. The award was created to honor the over forty years of service rendered by Edward J. Belanger, Jr., retired Head of Administrative Services.
Aida Lopez is the perfect recipient for the award, in many respects. Like Mr. Belanger she has served the CUA Libraries community for more than forty years.
The story of Aida’s path to CUA is a fascinating and global one.
A native of Guatemala, Aida has served in libraries nearly her entire adult life. To speak to Aida one would never know she grew up in Central America; her perfect English stems from her mother, who was from Dallas, Texas.
In 1957, while working at a library in Guatemala, she attended a USIA sponsored librarian exchange course at CUA. That experience, along with curiosity over her mother’s culture, inspired her plan to come and live in D.C. for a year. A professional connection from the USIA course resulted in a job at CUA in 1965.
Aida Lopez, Guatemala
It is CUA’s great fortune that Aida remained here for longer than a year, staying instead for the duration of her career (disregarding a brief two year hiatus in the early 1980’s). She has seen the library evolve over the years and sincerely loves her job.
Mr. Michael McLane, Director of Libraries, perfectly described Aida’s contribution to the CUA community by stating: “She brings to all of her duties a strong sense of care, competence, accuracy, and diligence.she creates an atmosphere of serenity”. To know Aida is to know the truth of that statement.
For her the true value of the award is in knowing that the CUA community will remember her.
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FACULTY: Get the most bang for your research buck!
As a faculty member, I’m sure you dream of multitudes reading and citing your research. One of the ways to make that happen is to publish in a journal, right? Maybe not…
Publishing an article in a journal may actually mean that few people will be able to afford to read your article. As a result, there is less chance that your article will have the impact you desire. The prohibitive cost of journals is a real threat that exists and is becoming more serious.
As a librarian, I see the subscription prices for journals skyrocket each year. Many libraries have to cancel their subscriptions to some journals. Additionally, people rely more and more on the Internet to search for information. Some research showed that articles freely available on the Internet are cited 300% more than the articles that are not!
Feel disappointed? Take heart, there is hope.
The University Libraries have been working with WRLC to build a repository, which not only preserves your work permanently, but also publicizes the descriptive information you provide within your file. It allows potential readers of your work easier access, by using many
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popular search engines, such as Google, Yahoo!, and MSN.
To find out how to set up a collection of your work in the repository and/or more about how it works, please feel free to contact Shanyun Zhang (Electronic Resources Librarian) [[email protected]@cua.edu].
Look at the current repository at ALADIN Research Commons.
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Better than Carnival: The Oliveira Lima Library
In July 2006 the Oliveira Lima Library, whose collections focus on the history and culture of Portugal and Brazil from 1500 to 1930, completed the transfer of its cataloguing records from OCLC to WRLC/Aladin. This was the culmination of several months of close collaboration with WRLC and CUA Libraries colleagues, for whose assistance the library is profoundly grateful.
It represents a major advance for the library’s bibliographic and reference services and has enhanced the library’s profile by facilitating worldwide access to its collections.
The records transferred – over 17,200 in all – represent one-fourth of the library’s bibliographic holdings. Around one-third is for works of which the library possesses the only copy in OCLC and an even larger share represent unique additions to WRLC. They include dozens of works published in Brazil and Portugal of which no copy is known to exist in either country. Most are from the original donation of 40,000 volumes from the Brazilian historian and diplomat, Manoel de Oliveira Lima (1867-1928).
In addition to its cataloging achievement the library participated in two international exhibitions that opened in October.
“Brazil-U.S. Intersections: 140 Years of Partnership,” sponsored by the Brazilian Embassy, was held at Union Station from October 2 to 14. The Library provided two dozen objects that were reproduced and displayed in the form of framed posters and comprised the exhibition’s historical core.
The library’s portrait of Francisco de Miranda (1750-1816), the “precursor” of Latin American independence, traveled to Caracas, Venezuela for inclusion in the exhibition “Miranda y su Tiempo” (“Miranda and His Times”) which opened October 31 at the Galería de Arte Nacional. The portrait is a hand-colored print published in London in 1806; it is the only known copy and one of only two portraits of Miranda to have been created from life.
~ Maria Leal, Oliveira Lima Library Assistant Curator
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New Bibliographical Citation Management Software: Zotero!
If you have been thinking of purchasing EndNote or acquiring a subscription to RefWorks, check out the new bibliographical citation software called Zotero, introduced last October. Zotero is free and operates as an extension in the Firefox web browser.
In addition to harvesting records from library catalogs, Zotero can save web pages through the snapshot feature, download and store PDF files from journal repositories like JSTOR, and create and search notes that you have written or uploaded from your computer. You can store files on your computer and work offline.
Zotero works with Firefox 2.0 and later versions only (not Internet Explorer). It runs in Windows, Mac and Linux. There is even a description on how to convert Endnote records to Zotero. You are able to manage information with notes, attachments, metatags, and freestanding notes. Smart folders hold “to do” notes. You can plug your Zotero collections into other existing web applications (eg. web visualization-concept maps).
Alas, downloading citations from library catalogs continues to be a problem for bibliographical citation software in general and Zotero is no exception. Certain fields are missed in the download process resulting in the need to manually ‘clean up’ records.
Zotero is currently in beta mode; version 1.0 is scheduled to be released in Spring, 2007. Zotero is open source so developers can download it and modify it at will. There is a community of developers who have created translators for certain sites. Hundreds of library
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and web sites have been tested.
The folks at the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University created Zotero. It is funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
~ Kevin Gunn, Coordinator of Religious Studies and Humanities Services
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Update: Suggestion Box; IM; Contacting a Librarian
In the Spring 2006 newsletter we asked, “Do you have a suggestion for the CUA libraries?” The resounding answer has been yes. Thank you for taking the time to let us know how you feel.
If you have spare time feel free to read the suggestions that we have received. They are located in the notebook in front of the suggestion box in the lobby of Mullen Library. You may find an answer to a question you never knew you had.
In related news, there are now even more ways for you to ask a librarian a question and/or make a suggestion.
Our IM service is in full swing, and you can track when we are online from our homepage.
New for the Spring 2007 semester is the online comment form, which acts like an electronic suggestion box.
These are just some of the many ways to contact a librarian.
Please keep submitting suggestions and asking questions, whether it be in person, on paper, by phone, or electronically.
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Welcome: Kitty Tynan
Kitty Tynan, Assistant Director for Public Services, started February 5th 2007. Welcome!
Tynan has deep roots at Catholic University of America, dating back to the late 70’s. Tynan worked at Mullen library full time while attending graduate school. She received her master’s in library science from CUA in 1980.
After graduation she worked at American University and eventually moved to the New England area. The span of her career has encompassed many libraries and innumerable tasks, most incorporating reference services and instruction.
A commitment to professional growth and familiarity with the D.C. area made the position at CUA a natural fit. Tynan notes how impressed she has been with the dynamic energetic commitment of the CUA Libraries staff. Her aim is to provide staff with the support that will lead to the best possible delivery of public services.
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Welcome: New Staff
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Pictured from left are: Lezchek Czubik (Cataloger), Jessica Dovi (Access Services Librarian, formerly Circulation Services Supervisor), Kitty Tynan (Assistant Director for Public Services), Betsy Jayasuriya (Science/Nursing/Technology Librarian), Melissa Witcher (GLP/Reference & Instructional Services)
Not Pictured: Dennis Obermeyer (Rare Books library assistant)
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What to Read: Book Reviews
Cesar Chavez, the Catholic Bishops, and the Farmworkers’ Struggle for Social Justice. By Marco G. Prouty. (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2006. 185 pages, hardback). HD6509.C48 P76 2006 in the Mullen Library Stacks
The author is to be congratulated for this scholarly yet readable account of the involvement of the American Catholic Church with the struggle of farm workers for social justice.
Based upon solid archival research, including access to the records of the Bishops’ Ad hoc Committee on Farm Labor and the papers of Msgr. George Higgins, this is a condensed version of Dr. Prouty’s doctoral dissertation from the Catholic University of America (CUA) in Washington, DC. Unlike many re-worked dissertations for publication, this account is a coherent and well-written study that also tells a compelling story.
Prouty’s sympathy for Cesar Chavez, a hero of almost saintly proportions to many Hispanic Americans, is not blind to Chavez’s shortcomings in building a strong farm workers union that could sustain itself beyond the heady days of boycotts and hunger strikes of the 1960s and 1970s.
Dr. Prouty also discusses the roles of the three churchmen who, as members of the Bishops’ Ad hoc Committee on Farm Labor in the 1970s, were crucial to the accomplishments of the nascent United Farm Workers union in receiving labor contracts from growers, many of them Catholic, as well as the passage of significant legislation by the State of California. These men, Cardinal Roger Mahoney, Bishop Joseph Donnelly of Connecticut, and the aforementioned Msgr. Higgins, strongly supported the farm workers when many of their clerical colleagues were indecisive or even hostile.
~ W. John Shepherd, Archives
Developing and Promoting Graphic Novel Collections. By Steve Miller. (Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2005. 130 pages, paperback). Z692.G7 M55 2005 in the Mullen Library Reference Room: non-circulating.
A graphic novel is a novel written in comics form. These novels are usually sold in bookstores rather than magazine stores or newspaper stands. A graphic novel is typically bound using durable materials such as a light card stock for softcover bindings and a heavier card for the hardback editions. They are also typicaly manufactured and sold by major book publishers. Graphic novels appear not only in fiction but also in collections of loosely related anthologies and even non-fiction.
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This book is a useful for school or public librarians who want to build library collections but also anyone who has an interest in collecting graphic novels. Even libraries that already have existing graphic novel collections would find this a useful tool in promoting the collection and collection development.
A history of the art form is provided as well as the different genres. Librarians will also find useful sections devoted to how to get administrator’s backing for a graphic novel collection, how such a collection can be good for the library, how to fend off potential challenges to the collection as well as cataloging suggestions. The publication also includes a glossary, bibliography, list of graphic novel publishers, and three indexes.
» Developing and Promoting Graphic Novel Collections is part of the popular Neal Schuman teens@the library series.
» The ALA website’s Graphic Novels, Manga, and Anime: What’s New and Cool for Your Library is a great compliment to this book.
» http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/RecMangaSeriesYALSAPresentation06.pdf
~ Anne Marie Hules, Library Science
Ilf and Petrov’s American Road Trip: the 1935 Travelogue of Two Soviet Writers. By Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov. Edited by Erika Wolf. (Princeton Architectural Press, 2007) E806. I 27713 2007 in the Mullen Library Stacks
“Advertising lurks in wait for you everywhere: at home and at your friends’ homes, on the street and on the highway, in taxis, in the subway, in trains, in planes, in ambulances, everywhere.”
Guess when this was written. Last year? No. 1935? Correct!
Iyla Ilf and Evgeny Petrov were Russian photojournalists who traveled across the United States in the summer of 1935 in a Ford. They took pictures and recorded their impressions-one of which was our love of advertisements. Their resulting photo-essays were first published in 11 installments in a Soviet news magazine, later in a book, and now in this newly edited and translated edition.
It’s a touching, lightly satirical glimpse of 1930’s Depression-era America. This is an early example of photojournalism and deserves a place within the genre of travel narratives written by foreigners about America. It’s especially interesting to note that between the two world wars, before the Stalinist terror and the Red Scare, these Russian journalists were welcome visitors to the United States.
~ Anne Lesher, Reference Services, History, Politics
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Staff Notes
» Ela Rymsza-Pawlowska, Head of Information Processing for the University Libraries, was recently appointed Acting Head of Technical Services. In this role, Ms. Rymsza-Pawlowska, who has been a member of the Mullen Library professional staff for over twenty years, oversees the Acquisitions, Cataloging, Collection Management and Serials Departments of the Library. Thank you Ela!
» Denis Obermeyer became a full-time Mullen Library staff member on Monday, February 19 as Library Assistant in the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. Many of you might know Denis, as he has been a part-time library employee for many years in Acquisitions and, lately, Rare Books. Welcome Denis!
» Melissa Witcher, a Graduate Library Preprofessional in Mullen Library, has been awarded an ACRL National Conference Library Support Staff scholarship to attend the national conference of the ACRL which will be held in Baltimore from March 29-April 1, 2007. “The purpose of the scholarship is to provide opportunities for academic and research library support staff to update their skills and knowledge by participating in an ACRL professional development experience.”
The Graduate Library Preprofessional (GLP) program, administered by the CUA University Libraries and the School of Library and Information Science, has a two-fold purpose: to provide selected new students in the Library School with preprofessional work experience in the university libraries, and providing the libraries with a cadre of highly motivated and dedicated employees. The GLPs are full-time employees of the Library while pursuing their MLS degree.
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~ Mike McLane, Director of Libraries
» Becir Zekovic, a library staff member in Facilities, has become a naturalized U.S. citizen. He took his oath in Baltimore, MD on February 16th, 2007. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services consider, “citizenship (is) one of the most coveted gifts that the U.S. government can bestow, and the most important immigration benefit that USCIS can grant.” Those that know him know the valuable contribution he makes to the CUA library community and how deserving he is of the gift of citizenship. Congratulations Becir!
» Emilie Krut, Reference Librarian for Instructional Services and Education, delivered a healthy baby boy on December 1st, 2006.
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Mom and son are doing great.
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Contributors
The content editor would like to the thank the following contributors to the Spring 2007 Newsletter:
Kevin Gunn, Coordinator of Religious Studies and Humanities Services; Anne Marie Hules, Reference Librarian for Library & Information Science; Maria Leal, Oliveira Lima Library Assistant Curator; Anne Lesher, Reference Librarian for Reference Services, Politics, History; Mike McLane, Director of Libraries; W.John Shepherd, Associate Archivist; Shanyun Zhang, Electronic Resources Librarian [MERIC], Psychology
Content Editor: Melissa Witcher, Graduate Library Pre-professional
Web Editor: Jonathan M. Smith, Electronic Resources (MERIC) Assistant
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Issue of the ‘Spring 2006’
Spring 2006 Issue Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006
» Message from the Editors
» CUA Libraries Introduce Instant Messaging Reference Service
» Celebrate GreenDC Week at Mullen Library
» Introducing the Suggestion Box
» Stump the Librarian
» Checking in with… Reference and Instructional Services
» Semitics/ICOR Library Becomes an APIS Partner
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Message from the Editors
Welcome to the spring 2006 edition of CUA Libraries Online. As the 2005-2006 school year draws to a close, we encourage you to make the most of our library resources, such as our new Instant Messaging reference service. Please direct comments, questions and suggestions about the newsletter to us via the contact form. .
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CUA Libraries Introduce Instant Messaging Reference Service
CUA Libraries now offer an Instant Messaging (IM) Reference Service named IM@theLibrary. Use instant messaging to do your library research: Ask a question via a live IM session and a librarian will gladly help you find the information you need. This service is only open to current CUA enrolled students, staff, and faculty.
Service hours (for Spring 2006) are as follows*:
Monday-Wednesday: 1:00-3:00pm, 7:00pm-9:00pm Thursday: 7:00pm-9:00pm Friday: 1:00pm-3:00pm Sunday: 5:00pm-9:00pm
We can answer IM questions from AIM, MSN, ICQ, and Yahoo IM software.
*Or just log in to see if somebody’s online!
What kinds of questions are best suited for IM Reference?
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» When you need a specific piece of information (i.e., What happened on November 22, 1963?).
» When you need suggestions for appropriate electronic or paper resources.
» For assistance in the use of electronic resources.
If you would like to use this service and don’t have instant messaging software, we suggest AOL Instant Messenger as it requires no download.
» Go to the AOL Instant Messenger and select AIM Express. (You do not have to install the full AIM software on your computer.)
» If you do not already have an AIM screen name, then you will also have to register a screen name with AOL’s Screen Name Service
For more information about the service, including screen names, go to: http://libraries.cua.edu/about/IM.html or contact reference librarian Anne Marie Hules:[email protected]@cua.edu.
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Celebrate GreenDC Week at Mullen Library
GreenDC Week is April 17 – 23. Along with other Washington area universities, CUA is participating in the GreenDC Week Lecture Series and the DC Campuses Youth Environmental Summit. Find out about issues affecting our environment at these events, then learn more by checking out a book from Mullen Library. Find these books in the GreenDC Week displays set up at the entrances to the Reference Room and the MERIC lab, or search the catalog to find the perfect book for you. The display will remain in Mullen Library until the end of April.
» Hazardous chemicals in products and processes: substitution as an innovative process. By Andreas Ahrens with contributions of Andrea Effinger, Matthias Weiss, Claudia Wölk. Heidelberg; New York: Physica-Verlag, c2006. [T55.3 .H38 2006]
» Sustainable leadership. By Andy Hargreaves and Dean Fink. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, c2006. [LB2805 .H32 2006]
» Building for life: Designing and understanding the human-nature connection. By Stephen R. Kellert. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, c2005. [BF353.5.N37 K45 2005]
» Business ethics and the natural environment. By Lisa H. Newton. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2005. [HD30.255 .N49 2005]
» Red sky at morning: America and the crisis of the global environment. By James Gustave Speth. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, c2004. [GE149 .S64 2004]
» Sustainability, human ecology, and the collapse of complex societies: Economic anthropology and a 21st century adaptation. By Niccolo Caldararo. Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press, c2004. [GN448 .C36 2004]
» Transportation and sustainable campus communities: Issues, examples, solutions. By Will Toor and Spenser Havlick. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, c2004. [LB2864 .T66 2004]
» What matters most: How a small group of pioneers is teaching social responsibility to big business, and why big business is listening. By Jeffrey Hollender and Stephen Fenichell. New York: Basic Books, c2004. [HD60 .H65 2004]
» Experimenting for sustainable transport: The approach of strategic niche management. By Remco Hoogma, et al. London: Spon, 2002. [TD195.T7 E96 2002]
» Livable cities? Urban struggles for livelihood and sustainability. Edited by Peter Evans. Berkeley: University of California Press, c2002. [HT330 .L58 2002]
» Solutions for an environment in peril. Edited by Anthony B. Wolbarst. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, c2001. [GE140 .S65 2001]
» Landscape and sustainability. Edited by John F. Benson and Maggie H. Roe. London; New York: Spon Press, 2000. [SB472.45 .L36 2000]
» Global sustainable development in the twenty-first century. Edited by Keekok Lee, Alan Holland and Desmond McNeill.
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Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, c2000. [HC79.E5 G5972 2000]
» Sustainable housing: Principles & practice. Edited by Brian Edwards and David Turrent. London; New York: E & FN Spon, 2000. [HD7333.A3 S847 2000]
» Sustainability and globalization. Edited by Julio de Santa Ana. Geneva [Switzerland]: WCC Publications, c1998. [HD75.6 .S8573 1998]
» Sustainable community development: Studies in economic, environmental, and cultural revitalization. Edited by Marie D. Hoff. Boca Raton, Fla.: Lewis Publishers, c1998. [HN49.C6 S86 1998]
» Passion for the earth. By Sean McDonagh. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, c1994. [BZX 9821.04]
» Earth in transition: Patterns and processes of biotic impoverishment. Edited by George M. Woodwell. Cambridge [England]; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990. [GF3 .E17 1990]
» Sustainability: Economics, ecology, and justice. John B. Cobb., Jr. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis, c1992. [BT 695.5 .C6335 1992]
» Implementation for sustainability: Lessons from integrated rural development. By George Honadle and Jerry VanSant. West Hartford, Conn.: Kumarian Press, c1985. [HD1417 .H66 1985]
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Introducing the Suggestion Box
Do you have a suggestion for the CUA libraries? Perhaps you have an idea that could improve the libraries’ services or maybe there is a current service that you highly value. Submit your comments to the Suggestion Box located in the lobby of Mullen Library.
Some of you have already done so: Several students asked that the Library remain open later in the evening; some asked that we designate the reading rooms for quiet study, quiet talking or group study; a couple people asked for clocks, and several others requested that we improve maintenance of the microform reader-printers and photocopiers.
Suggestions have led to such actions as placing clocks in the Reference Reading Room and MERIC computer area and placing signs throughout the library to clarify which areas are appropriate for quiet study, quiet talking or group study.
You can read all the suggestions that we’ve received along with our responses in the notebook on the table next to the Suggestion Box.
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Stump the Librarian
Library research has been greatly aided by the advent of article databases, and librarians and experienced searchers have come to rely heavily on them. But despite their eminent usefulness, even the most respected database may contain a small number of errors. These errors, however few and far between, can sometimes cause great consternation on the part of library patrons and librarians.
Recently, a patron came to the Mullen Library Information Desk with a puzzling citation. He needed an article from Journalism Quarterly called “Attribution of Dogmatism to TV Characters.” He had found the citation for this article in the ERIC database, which indicated that the article could be found in the Spring 1977 issue of the journal in Volume 14, Issue 9. Because the article was not available in full text online, he looked in the library’s catalog for the print version of the journal. He did find that Catholic owned the journal, but as a savvy and experienced library user, he noticed a discrepancy between the catalog record and his original information. According to the catalog, the volume number for 1977 was 54, not 14 as indicated by ERIC. Because the 1977 volume of Journalism Quarterly was at the WRLC Storage Center, he knew that he would have to request the article and that the request would not be successful without a correct volume number.
Having reached this impasse, he came to the Information Desk for help. The librarian at the desk suspected one of two problems: either the citation in ERIC was incorrect, or there was a completely different journal named Journalism Quarterly, one that was not in the library’s catalog. First, she searched the WorldCat database to check the records of other libraries; this search confirmed that there was only one journal by this title.
The librarian concluded that the citation in ERIC must be incorrect. However, the problem remained: How could the correct citation be located? The librarian checked several databases to no avail-it appeared that ERIC was the only CUA Libraries database with this
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particular citation. Not giving in to frustration, the librarians wondered if another WRLC library might have access to the journal citation through a database not available at Catholic. The librarian clicked on “e-journals in WRLC” to find out. She searched for Journalism Quarterly and found that George Mason University had online access to the journal from 1975 to 1994 through a database called Communication and Mass Media Complete. As a virtual reference librarian, she had access to George Mason’s databases and logged in to check the citation. After a quick article title search, she found that the ERIC database was in fact wrong: “Attribution of Dogmatism to TV Characters” could be found in Volume 54, Issue 1 of Journalism Quarterly on page 14-the ERIC database had listed the page number as the volume number. The information found in Communication and Mass Media Complete agreed with the catalog record for the print journal, and the library patron was able to use the correct information to request the article from the WRLC Storage facility.
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Checking in with… Reference and Instructional Services
Anne Marie Hules Emilie Krut Anne Lesher Ashley McCall
Reference Librarian for Reference Librarian for Reference Librarian for Library Assistant/GLP
Library & Information Science Instructional Services Reference Services
Jonathan M. Smith Mary Agnes Thompson Shanyun Zhang
Electronic Resources Reference Librarian for Electronic Resources
[MERIC] Assistant Collection Services [MERIC] Librarian
Whether they are answering questions at the Information Desk, typing replies to virtual reference patrons or at the front of the classroom leading an instruction session, CUA Libraries’ Reference and Instructional Services team helps library users make the most of library resources and find the information they need.
The core Reference and Instructional Services staff consists of five professional librarians and two full-time paraprofessionals, both of whom are graduate library science students. Reference and instruction are also provided by professional librarians and paraprofessionals in the campus libraries, and, at Mullen, several graduate students assist with reference part-time.
While most reference transactions occur at the Information Desk, questions are also answered over the telephone, via e-mail and, until the end of the 2005-2006 school year, through the Washington Research Library Consortium’s cooperative virtual reference service, Ask a Librarian. To make reference service even more accessible, Reference and Instructional Services recently began to offer the Instant Messaging reference service IM@theLibrary. As Ask a Librarian chat reference is phased out, IM@theLibrary should prove to be a fast, convenient way for the CUA community to connect with CUA librarians.
Students will also encounter Reference and Instructional Services staff during library instruction sessions held each semester in Mullen Library’s MERIC classroom, and the department’s handiwork can be found on instructional guides and handouts throughout the libraries and on the Library Research Guides web page.
The Information Desk on the first floor of Mullen Library is staffed any time the library is open and reference experts are always ready to
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answer questions, from the most simple and straightforward to the most complex and research intensive. For especially in-depth research needs, consider making an appointment with a subject specialist.
As exams approach and final papers and projects come due, consider contacting a reference specialist – in person, using the phone, by e-mail or through chat reference or IM – to help you find whatever you need.
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Semitics/ICOR Library Becomes an APIS Partner
The Semitics/ICOR Library has been welcomed as a partner institute of APIS, the Advanced Papyrological Information System. According to the APIS Web site, “APIS is a collections-based repository hosting information about and images of papyrological materials (e.g. papyri, ostraca, wood tablets, etc) located in collections around the world.” Descriptions, English translations, and digital images of the library’s Coptic and Greek ostraca and papyri will begin to be added to APIS over the next two years.
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Contributors
Dr. Monica Blanchard, Curator, Semitics/ICOR Collections; Anne Marie Hules, Reference Librarian for Library and Information Science; Emilie Krut, Reference Librarian for Instructional Services; Anne Lesher, Reference Librarian for Reference Services; Tina O’Grady, Library Assistant, Nursing and Biology Library.
Content editor: Ashley McCall, Library Assistant/Graduate Library Pre-professional
Web editor: Jonathan M. Smith, Electronic Resources (MERIC) Assistant
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Issue of the ‘Fall 2005’
Fall 2005 Issue Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005
» Message from the Editors
» Welcome, Michael McLane
» Goodbye and Good Luck, Deborah Ozga
» The History Channel on Location at the Semitics/ICOR Library
» Search for Articles with Google Scholar
» The Library and Information Science Collection Has Moved
» Checking in with… Fast Track Project
» Library Staff Achievements
» The Main Reading Room Reorganized
» Book Notes
» Welcome, New Staff
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Message from the Editors
We are pleased to bring you the fifth edition of CUA Libraries Online, which, this fall, continues our regular features, updates you on recent developments in the Catholic University of America Libraries and introduces our new director, Michael McLane. As always, we welcome comments, questions and suggestions; please direct them via our contact form.
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Welcome, Michael McLane
Michael McLane was not actively searching for a new job when he learned earlier this year of the opening for the director’s position at the Catholic University of America Libraries. But McLane, then serving as executive director of the Central New York Library Resources Council in Syracuse, N.Y., was intrigued by the position. The father of two CUA alumni, McLane held the university in high regard. Plus, as a long-time academic librarian, he welcomed the prospect of returning to a university setting. In August, the university welcomed him to campus as the successor to Adele Chwalek, who retired in January after 18 years at the helm of the campus libraries.
McLane’s path to librarianship was as fortuitous as his path to the director’s position at Catholic. As a graduate student in political science at Syracuse University, McLane took a job at the university library, fell in love with the work, and decided to pursue a master’s degree in library science rather than one in political science. In addition to a bachelor’s degree from Le Moyne College and the master’s in library science from Syracuse, he holds a master’s degree in higher education administration, also from Syracuse.
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Most of the nearly 40 years McLane has worked as a librarian have been spent in university settings, including stints as dean of libraries and instructional resources at Salisbury State University in Maryland, director of libraries and learning resources at the State University of New York at Oswego and associate librarian and coordinator of reference and instruction at SUNY Oswego. For the past five years, however, as the head of the Central New York Library Resources Council, a libraries consortium, McLane was in an office setting rather than a library setting. He describes himself as excited to return to an academic setting, particularly a Catholic institution with a strong sense of community.
McLane also offers words of praise for what he describes as a strong, dedicated staff at CUA Libraries. He aims to raise the profile of the library system and its staff to increase awareness of the many services the CUA Libraries offer. The message he sends to the university community is simple: The libraries are here to support the academic community, and communication with the libraries – and the director, too – is encouraged.
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Goodbye and Good Luck, Deborah Ozga
Deborah Ozga, Assistant Director for Public Services, has accepted a position at the National Institutes of Health Library. Debbie has led the University Libraries in many capacities, most recently as Acting Director of Libraries from January – August 2005. Debbie is an excellent model for staff — dedicated, hard working, and fair. The National Institutes of Health is getting a jewel; we hope they appreciate her as much as we have!
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The History Channel on Location at the Semitics/ICOR Library
The History Channel’s archaeological program “Digging for the Truth” visited the Catholic University of America in October for an upcoming show on the Queen of Sheba.
Professor Douglas Gropp of the Semitics department was interviewed by the show’s host, Josh Bernstein. Filming took place in the Semitics/ Institute of Christian Oriental Research (ICOR) Library on the Garden Level of Mullen Library. The show is expected to appear on television in late March 2006.
To learn more about the Semitics/Library, visit http://libraries.cua.edu/semitics/index.html. To learn more about “Digging for the Truth” and host Josh Bernstein, visit http://www.historychannel.com/diggingforthetruth/?page=home and http://www.historychannel.com /diggingforthetruth/?page=host.
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Search for Articles with Google Scholar
The CUA library catalog and many of the article databases CUA subscribes to are now accessible through Google Scholar.
If you are located on campus visit http://scholar.google.com and begin searching. If you are off campus you will need to set the preferences so that Google will show you the resources that CUA provides. Please go to http://scholar.google.com, beside the search box, click Scholar Preferences. Enter CUA in the text field next to Library Links then click on the Find Library button. Check the box in the front of our university name, then click Save Preferences in the lower right corner.
Within Google Scholar you may conduct searches by keyword, author and article title. There is also an advanced search with more options. In the result list, when you see Full-Text@CUA, that means we have access to the electronic copy for the article. Click on Full-Text@CUA , then click on the word Go under a database that is listed as having the full text. If the article is not available electronically or the result is a book you will see Resources@CUA. Click on Resources@CUA, then click on the word Go next to ALADIN Catalog (WRLC). This will search the catalog to see if the item is located at CUA or another WRLC school.
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Google Scholar is good for conducting simple searches across a broad number of databases. For complex or in depth searching we recommend that you search individual databases through ALADIN. Also keep in mind that while many databases are represented on Google Scholar, those who do not participate in the SFX link resolver are not.
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The Library and Information Science Collection Has Moved
During the summer months, the Library and Information Science Library (LISL) collection moved from Marist Hall to its new home in Mullen Library. LISL is now closed, and most LISL items selected for the circulating collection in Mullen are now shelved by call number in the Stacks. Catalog locations for the items are updated as they are transferred. Former LISL items are not identified as such in the catalog or on the spine labels.
Current library and information science periodicals are shelved in the Main Reading Room, and bound periodicals are shelved in the Periodical Stacks. Check the catalog for holdings.
Most of the main juvenile collections have been processed and shelved in 1 South. Four catalog locations and four labels have been designated for these collections: CU: Mullen Library Stacks Juvenile Non-fiction (Label: Juv Non-fict); CU: Mullen Library Stacks Juvenile Easy (Label: JuvEasy); CU: Mullen Library Stacks Juvenile Fiction (Label: JuvFict); CU: Mullen Library Stacks Juvenile Collected Stories (Label: JuvCS).
Reference items are shelved in the ready reference collection behind the Information Desk, in the Reference Room, or in the Main Reading Room.
Items selected for transfer to WRLC are continuing to be processed this semester.
Library and Information Science Librarian Anne Marie Hules continues to serve as the liaison to SLIS in addition to contributing to Reference & Instructional Services and MERIC activities.
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Checking in with… Fast Track Project
Amalaraj Savari Tim Brown Nirmal Gomes
Library Management Systems Librarian Technical Services Technician Technical Services Technician
Most CUA Libraries’ departments’ names are straightforward in describing their purposes: Reference and Instructional Services, Cataloging, Acquisitions. The name of the Fast Track Project offers a hint of its purpose but does not tell the entire story.
Fast Track Project began in 1998 to speed up the process of getting new books out of the libraries’ acquisitions and cataloging departments and into the hands of patrons. Approximately 90 percent of the CUA Libraries’ books are processed by the Fast Track Project, according to Raj Savari, the Library Management Systems Librarian. During the last school year, that amounted to 9,498 items going through Fast Track on their way to library shelves, he added.
Just how fast is the turnaround for newly acquired books? The goal, Savari said, is to process the books within 24 hours after a decision is made to add them to the CUA Libraries’ collection. Meeting this goal requires that Savari and his team of three library paraprofessionals work closely with other library departments and effectively utilize the latest in technology. In fact, thanks to advances in technology, the Fast Track Project is aiming to make the journey of new books to library shelves even faster.
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Library Staff Achievements
This semester, CUA Libraries is celebrating the professional achievements of librarians Kristina Womack and Mary Agnes Thompson.
Kristina Womack, Science/Nursing/Technology Librarian, won a travel scholarship to the XXIV Charleston Conference: “Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition”. The $1,200 scholarship is sponsored by American Chemical Society Publications (ACS).
The scholarship is awarded annually to a librarian who is a first-time attendee of the conference. The winner is selected based on the submission of an essay about “Why attending the Charleston Conference would be most valuable to me in my professional growth” and a curriculum vitae.
The event took place in Charleston, S.C., from Nov. 2 to Nov. 5. “The Charleston Conference is an informal annual gathering of librarians, publishers, electronic resource managers, consultants, and vendors of library materials […] to discuss issues of importance to them all.” [http://www.katina.info/conference/General%20Information.htm?pageId=1]
This year’s conference sessions included topics such as “Balancing the demands of print and electronic resources”, “Google chugs into Libraryville”, “Issues in health sciences collection development”, “Is purchase-on-demand a worthy model?”, “Effects of open access publishing on journal publishing”, “Managing institutional repositories”, “Cooperative monographic collection development” and many more [see http://www.katina.info/conference/AtAGlance.doc].
Check out Kristina’s scholarship-winning essay.
Mary Agnes Thompson, reference librarian for collection services, learned this semester that an article she co-authored was included in the most recent volume of The Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work. “The Scholarship Crash on the Internet Highway: Implications for Faculty-Librarian Collaboration,” was written with Elizabeth M. Plionis, who retired in May as Associate Professor and Assistant Dean in the National Catholic School of Social Service at CUA, and Catherine Eisenhower, a former CUA Libraries Graduate Library Pre-professional now at George Washington University’s Gelman Library.
The article covers a two-year period during which the principal authors, Plionis and Thompson, collaborated to discover why undergraduate seniors were having difficulty locating required scholarly journal articles for their senior theses. The first part of the article discusses the genesis of the problem and the second part describes how the authors redesigned the course in light of these findings.
The article appears in The Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work, vol. 11, no. 1 (2005). This volume of the journal is currently shelved in the Main Reading Room at Mullen Library.
Congratulations, Kristina and Mary Agnes!
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The Main Reading Room Reorganized
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Following the renovation of Mullen Library, the library’s reference collection moved from the building’s Main Reading Room on the second floor to the first floor. The Main Reading Room collection was left divided into four areas of the room and out of call number order, making retrieval of books difficult for library users and library staff.
Last summer, members of the libraries’ Reference and Instructional Services department and Library Facilities and Information Systems department spent several weeks reorganizing the room. The Main Reading Room collection is now arranged in continuous call number order, and call number tags have been affixed to shelves to ease identification and retrieval of items. In addition, the shelves and furniture in the room were rearranged to utilize the room’s space.
Please stop by the Main Reading Room on the second floor of Mullen Library to see the improvements.
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Book Notes
Companion to American Children’s Picture Books. By Connie Ann Kirk. (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2005) [Z1033 .P52 K57 2005 in the Mullen Library Stacks.]
Printing and graphic technology have catapulted children’s picture books into a unique art form. Companion to American Children’s Picture Books by Connie Ann Kirk covers the history of children’s picture books by focusing on picture books for young children and the more recent trend of picture books for older children and young adults.
The Companion contains approximately 400 entries of authors, illustrators, and titles. The entries are comprised of publication information, plot summaries, Library of Congress subject headings, and characters. Also included are appendices on topics such as award-winning books, linoleum cuts, pastels, and printing technology. The book also contains an extensive bibliography.
The Companion will be of interest to parents, librarians, faculty and students of library science and education or anyone who enjoys picture books.
Connie Ann Kirk is a scholar who specializes in American literature and culture, and children’s literature.
– Anne Marie Hules
A Student’s Guide to History. 9th ed. By Jules R. Benjamin. (Boston, MA : Bedford/St. Martin’s, c2004) [D16.3 .B4 2004 in the Mullen Library Reference Room and Mullen Library Stacks]
First published 30 years ago, this unpretentious introduction to history research is a pleasure to read. Chapter 1 describes what historians do and the remaining chapters tell us how to be successful budding historians. Now in its 9th edition, this guide is remarkably up to date. While many study guides still cover the card catalog with only a passing nod to “the new technology”, this guide embraces it. (The author predicts that very soon, most primary-source research will be conducted on the Web.)
Chapters include how to “read” non-print materials, how to find primary source documents on the web, and how to cite print and web sources to avoid plagiarism. Finally, there is an extensive appendix that lists and annotates the best history Web sites available.
– Anne Lesher
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America. Edited by Andrew F. Smith. (Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2004) [TX 349 .E45 2004 in the Mullen Library Reference Room]
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Encyclopedia of Food and Culture. Edited by Solomon H. Katz and William Woys Weaver. (New York: Scribner, c2003) [GT 2850 .E53 2003 in the Mullen Library Reference Room]
Cambridge World History of Food. Edited by Kenneth F. Kiple, Kriemhild Conee` Ornelas. (Cambridge, UK ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000) [TX 353 .C255 2000 in the Mullen Library Reference Room]
No, the CUA libraries don’t have Julia Child or Marcella Hazan. But search the online catalog with the keyword “cookery” and you’ll find 95 items, ranging from Mesopotamian cooking through the cookery of imperial Rome and the Middle Ages, in Mullen Library, and quite a few volumes on special diets in the Nursing Library. Interest in food as culture is increasing.
The Reference Room has three fascinating new sets. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America is a two-volume exploration of American cultural icons like Betty Crocker and Colonel Sanders. More importantly, it features broad historical overviews of cooking in America from Native Americans to the present, as well as regional American traditions. The three-volume Encyclopedia of Food and Culture is consulted most often by anthropology students in search of information on topics like the origins and ancient history of beer and wine and food as a source of social and group identity. The two volumes of the Cambridge World History of Food cover similar territory in an even more scholarly fashion. It is extraordinarily well indexed and contains a list of all plant and animal species under both their common names and their scientific (Latin) names.
– Mary Agnes Thompson
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Welcome, New Staff
In the last several months, the Catholic University of America Libraries welcomed a number of new staff members. Pictured from left are: Shannon Lee, Graduate Library Pre-professional/Rare Books and Special Collections; Leslie Knoblauch, Assistant Records Manager, American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives; Jordan Patty, Processing Archivist, American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives; Alyssa Strouse, Graduate Library Pre-professional/Science and Technology Libraries; Luke Johnson, Assistant Systems Administrator; Sarah Terrill, Access Services Librarian; Landyn Minter, Circulation Desk Supervisor; Jessica Dovi, Circulation Services Supervisor.
Not pictured: Kaitlyn Amedio, Consortium Loan Services Coordinator; Lenore Rouse, Curator, Rare Books and Special Collections; Kristina Womack, Science/Nursing/Technology Librarian.
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Contributors
Dr. Monica Blanchard, Curator, Semitics/ICOR Collections; Anne Marie Hules, Reference Librarian for Library and Information Science; Anne Lesher, Reference Librarian for Reference Services; Mary Agnes Thompson, Reference Librarian for Collection Services; Kristina Womack, Science/Nursing/Technology Librarian.
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Content editor: Ashley McCall, Library Assistant/Graduate Library Pre-professional
Web editor: Jonathan M. Smith, Electronic Resources (MERIC) Assistant
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CUA Libraries Newsletters | Spring 2005
Issue of the ‘Spring 2005’
Spring 2005 Issue Monday, May 2nd, 2005
» Message from the Editors
» Update on the CUA Director of Libraries
» Checking in with…Access Services
» Book and DVD Notes
» Update on CUA Libraries Syriac Digitization Work
» E-Reserves Enumerated
» Stump the Librarian
» Locational Resources Relocated
» Troubleshooting Electronic Resources: EBSCO’s ATLA Religion with ATLASerials
» The New Engineering/Architecture/Math Library Web Site
» Research Tips and Aids for Students
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Message from the Editors
Welcome to the fourth edition of CUA Libraries Online. This spring, in addition to offering our regular features and updates, we are pleased to introduce a new feature to the newsletter. Checking in with… will focus on a department or library in the CUA Libraries system. We hope that it will offer the campus community some perspective on the departments and people working to help you make the most of the campus libraries and their resources. Please direct any comments or questions about the newsletter via our contact form.
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Update on the CUA Director of Libraries
In January, we bade a fond farewell to Adele R. Chwalek, who retired as director of libraries. Deborah Ozga, assistant director for public services, is serving as interim director during the search for a new director.
Under Ms. Ozga’s direction, CUA Libraries continues to work on partnering with students in the research process, offering classes in research skills, individual research consultations, and drop-in assistance at the Information Desk in Mullen and in the campus libraries. The library system aims to work more closely with students, to ensure that they’re aware of the numerous electronic and print sources we have as well as services such as the wireless network and laptop loan program in Mullen. The goals are a successful academic experience at CUA and knowledge of the vast world of information sources.
The library system is also continuing to look at ways to expand our electronic sources (Academic Search Premier is one of our most popular recent additions), bring greater automation to services such as interlibrary loan for graduate students and faculty, and identify collections for digital preservation and access.
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Over the next few months, CUA Libraries staff will be working to revamp the Libraries Web site in an effort to make it more user-friendly and more reflective of user needs. To ascertain these needs, the libraries plan to survey members of the campus community.
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Checking in with…Access Services
Matthew Tan Jennifer Allen Stephanie Fell
Access Services Librarian Stacks Supervisor Consortium Loan Service
Leila Massouh Traci Perkins Netsere Taye
Interlibrary Loans Central Reserves Evening Supervisor
They make sure books are in their proper places in the stacks and conduct searches for them when they are not. They process requests for items sought through the Consortium Loan Service and Interlibrary Loan, retrieving materials from the other side of town or even the other side of the country for CUA patrons and lending CUA Libraries’ holdings to patrons near and far. They place books and articles on central and electronic reserve and check in and check out items including books, laptops and audio-visual material.
They are the employees of CUA Libraries’ Access Services and, clearly, their responsibilities are many and far-reaching. As the department name indicates, the emphasis is on access. The Reference & Instructional Services department helps patrons determine where they can find information. Access Services puts the information receptacles in the hands of library users.
Access Services Librarian Matthew Tan describes Access Services as the modern incarnation of the traditional library circulation department. Indeed, circulation is one of four primary areas of responsibility, along with stacks management, course reserves and coordinating borrowing and lending through the Washington Research Libraries’ Consortium Loan Service (CLS) and Interlibrary Loan (ILL).
Access Services relies on dozens of employees to meet its varied responsibilities, making it CUA Libraries’ largest department. A professional librarian, Tan leads a staff of five paraprofessionals – two of whom are currently pursuing master’s degrees in library science – and 40 to 50 part-time student workers.
With such a range of duties and as one of the two most visible departments in the library, the department confronts a range of challenges as well. Among them are misconceptions about what assistance the Circulation Desk offers patrons; it is sometimes
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mistaken for the Information Desk, Tan explains. Rules and regulations can present another challenge. They exist not to be punitive but to ensure equitable access, Tan emphasizes.
Access Services continues to evolve as it plans to further integrate technology into its services. In the near future, patrons will be able to check on the status of their Interlibrary Loan requests, just as they now can with CLS. The process of requesting a search for a missing item will be automated, and an automated system will give instructors even greater control over placing materials on reserve.
CUA Libraries staff will work with patrons to help them become familiar with the new procedures and resources. After all, access remains the operative word.
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Book and DVD Notes
» Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers by Christian Smith with Melinda Lundquist Denton (New York: Oxford, 2005) [BL 625.47 .S63 2005 in the Mullen Library Stacks.]
This monograph conveys the initial findings of the National Study of Youth and Religion, based at the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. It was supported by the Lilly Endowment to better understand the spiritual beliefs and attitudes of American adolescents. The associated web site is www.youthandreligion.org. From 2001 to 2005, researchers conducted a nationwide random-digit-dial telephone survey of more than 3,350 teens and their parents, and subsequent in-depth face-to-face interviews with more than 250 survey participants. The authors believe the project to be the “largest, most comprehensive and detailed study of American teenage religion and spirituality” to date.
What did they find? That there are a significant number of adolescents for whom “religion and spirituality are important if not defining features of their lives.” Despite some popular misconceptions, most teenagers are not “spiritual but not religious” questers, but are oriented toward conventional religious communities, and for the more religious teenagers, religious practices are very important, not simply general affiliation with a particular belief. “Religious practices…seem crucial to vibrant religious faith among American teens.” Despite the religious awareness and practice of many teens, however, “there is also a much larger number who are remarkably inarticulate and befuddled about religion.” For good or ill, parents and other adults exercise enormous influence over the religious lives of adolescents, whether they realize it or not.
Other findings: Religious activities compete for time with a plethora of other activities in teenagers’ lives, and often lose. Those teenagers for whom religion is important “tend to have religious lives constructed…to intersect and overlap with other aspects of their lives,” rather than a Sunday-morning activity several times a month. In general, for whatever reason, more religiously oriented teenagers appear to have better life outcomes than less religious ones.
In the study, “Catholic teenagers, who represent nearly one-quarter of all U.S. teens, stand out among the U.S. Christian teenagers as consistently scoring lower on most measures of religiosity”…and “our findings…regarding Catholic teenagers show many of them to be living far outside of official Church norms defining true Catholic faithfulness.” One chapter of the book is devoted to explaining the study’s interpretation of these findings. The library has also ordered National Study of Youth and Religion: Analysis of the Population of Catholic Teenagers and Their Parents, a further analysis of the study’s Catholic data produced by the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry in December 2004.
– Mary Agnes Thompson
» George G. Higgins and the Quest for Worker Justice: The Evolution of Catholic Social Thought in America by John J. O’Brien. (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 2004.) [HD 6338.2. U5 O24 2005 in the Mullen Library Stacks.]
John O’Brien has produced a labor of love in which he concisely recounts the history of the American Catholic church in the pursuit of economic and social justice through the writings and deeds of its most articulate and tireless advocate, Msgr. George G. Higgins. O’Brien discusses the movement from civil religion to public theology, the historical development of American Catholic social teaching, and Higgins’ work in the social apostolate both as a labor mediator and public commentator. O’Brien presents a careful study of the latter role through analysis of Higgins’s syndicated column, The Yardstick, for 1945-1994, and the annual Labor Day Statements for 1946-2001. This study is a fitting tribute to a great man and a great resource for scholars, students, and the general public. The appendices are especially good, though one wishes that a selection of photographs were included.
– W. John Shepherd
» Key Buildings of the Twentieth Century; Plans, Sections and Elevations by Richard Weston (New York: Norton, 2004.) [NA2705 .W44 2004 in the Eng/Arch Stacks. 2 Hour Loan]
From Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Glasgow School of Art at the beginning of the twentieth century to Rem Koolhaas’ Bordeaux Villa at the end, Weston’s book contains information about dozens of innovative and important structures from around the world. Included are works by Antoni Gaudí, Le Corbusier, Eero Saarinen, Zaha Hadid and many more. Each building’s entry features good quality
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exterior photos, elevations, sections and floor plans. The text contains brief histories of the buildings and their architects, as well as criticism and information about building materials. Included is a CD with all of the plans, sections, and elevations, which can be opened in graphics programs or CAD programs.
– Tina O’Grady
» Out of the Ashes: Recovering the Lost Library of Herculaneum Produced, written and directed by Julie Walker. (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 2003) [Viddisc. DG70.H5 O87 2003 in the Library and Information Science Library (LISL) Reserve]
In the year 70 A.D., a volcano eruption (Mt. Vesuvius) buried the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in molten lava. When the lava cooled and hardened, the cities and their civilizations were preserved forever. Also preserved in the hardened lava is the only surviving library in antiquity. This documentary chronicles attempts by scholars over a 250-year time period to unroll and decipher carbonized papyrus rolls found in the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum. In the 21st century, new technologies, utilized by the National Library in Naples and Brigham Young University, are successful in revealing text that has not been seen for nearly 2,000 years. The documentary also explores a new question: Since the Villa of the Papyri was only partially excavated, is there another library in Herculaneum?
– Anne Marie Hules
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Update on CUA Libraries Syriac Digitization Work
This past year The Catholic University of America Libraries, in cooperation with Brigham Young University and Beth Mardutho/The Syriac Institute, digitized some of CUA’s Syriac library holdings. This was part of Beth Mardutho’s larger venture to establish an Internet digital library of e-books for Syriac studies: eBeth Arké: the Syriac Digital Library (http://www.bethmardutho.org/index.php/library/ebetharke.html). It also was part of a related venture for a Web-based Eastern Christian Reference Library by Brigham Young University (http://www.lib.byu.edu/dlib/cua/history.html).
The following project reports are available in the electronic journal Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies vol. 8 no.1 January 2005
(http://syrcom.cua.edu/hugoye/Vol8No1/index.html)
“BYU-CUA Eastern Christian Research Library.” By Kristian S. Heal.
(http://syrcom.cua.edu/hugoye/Vol8No1/HV8N1PRHeal1.html)
“Digitization of Syriac Books and Other Holdings at The Catholic University of America.” By Monica J. Blanchard.
(http://syrcom.cua.edu/hugoye/Vol8No1/HV8N1PRBlanchard.html)
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E-Reserves Enumerated
CUA Libraries’ Course Reserves system aids instructors and students by ensuring accessibility to course-specific materials. Traditionally, placing materials on reserve has entailed physically placing items at the Circulation Desk for short-term student review. This approach continues to be used for books and audio-visual items.
Electronic Reserves operate on the same principle as Course Reserves by functioning as a central depository for course-related articles. E-Reserves offer the additional convenience of providing materials in an electronic format that can be accessed on or off campus. Last fall, CUA Libraries began to rely solely on the Blackboard e-Education platform to support Electronic Reserves. Read on to better understand the Electronic Reserves system via Blackboard. For additional information, log on to http://libraries.cua.edu/access /reserve.html.
For Instructors:
» To place items on reserve a Reserve Request Form must be completed and returned to the Circulation desk.
» For E-Reserves the Reserve Request Form must be signed and dated before it is handed into the Circulation desk.
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» Professors must supply photocopies or electronic copies of the articles to the Access Services staff.
» Photocopies are scanned onto an electronic course page by the Access Services staff.
» Large files are divided to make it easier to access or print in a timely manner.
» It is the responsibility of the professor to inform students that course reserve items are in electronic format and to explain which software is required to access those items.
» The electronic course pages are password-protected with case-sensitive passwords provided and distributed by professors. The library staff does not provide Electronic Reserve passwords to students.
» Instructors are responsible for providing students with both passwords and usernames.
» All Electronic Reserve items are deleted after the semester’s use.
For Students:
» To access E-Reserves, log on to the CUA Libraries home page at libraries.cua.edu and click on Course Reserves under the heading Library Services Then, click on Electronic Reserves.
» Electronic Reserves may also be accessed via the main page of ALADIN. Under WRLC Libraries Collections, click on Electronic Reserves.
» Once the Blackboard page appears, click on Log In. Do not create a new account.
» Students are required to use both a username and a password to access e-Reserves via Blackboard.
» Instructors are responsible for providing usernames and passwords.
» Library personnel are not permitted to disclose passwords.
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Stump the Librarian: How Many American Saints?
After many attempts to find the answer to a question, a woman from Connecticut called the Mullen Library Information Desk in frustration. She had thought her question was simple: How many American saints are there? She felt certain that there must be an official Vatican list in existence. As it turns out, this seemingly uncomplicated question has a rather intricate answer.
The librarian at the desk talked to the caller for a few minutes to clarify the parameters of the question. In this case, “America” meant the United States specifically rather than the North or South American continents. Also, the caller was interested in canonized saints, as opposed to people who had been beatified only.
After a bit of searching, the librarian was pleased to find in the WRLC Catalog the record for a book, American Saints: Five Centuries of Heroic Sanctity on the American Continents, published in 2001, by John F. Fink. Catholic’s copy of the book is shelved in the Religious Studies and Philosophy Library’s non-circulating collection on the third floor of Mullen Library.
Despite having this seemingly on-target source, the librarian had to do a bit of reading to completely answer the question. In the introduction to his book, Fink confirms that no official list of saints from America exists: “When Archbishop Jose Saraiva Martins, the prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints, sent me a list of ‘Saints and Blesseds of the American Continents,’ he said in his letter that it was an ‘unofficial list.'” (Introduction, ix).
Using the information found in Fink’s book, the librarian found several answers to the patron’s question depending on the definition of “American” used. Fink defines American saints as people “canonized by the Roman Catholic Church…who have lived on the American continents” (Introduction, ix). Applying this definition specifically for this country, there are five saints who lived in the United States:
Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne (1769-1852)
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821)
Saint John Neumann (1811-1860)
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850-1917)
Saint Katherine Drexel (1858-1955)
If one defines an American saint as a saint who was a citizen of the U.S., only Saint Katherine Drexel, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton and Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini would qualify. Although she was born in Italy, Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini eventually became a U.S. citizen while Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne (born in France) and Saint John Neumann (born in Bohemia) never changed their citizenship.
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If one defines an American saint as a saint who was born in America, the list shrinks to two people: Saint Katherine Drexel and Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. Saint Katherine Drexel is the only canonized citizen of the United States to be born after the U.S. became a nation; Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton was born in New York two years before the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Although the answer to her question was not a simple list as she had hoped, the caller was pleased to have definitive information about American saints.
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Locational Resources Relocated
Once housed in the Main Reading Room, Mullen Library’s atlas collection recently moved to new atlas cases in the Reference Room on the library’s first floor. The six cases hold a variety of titles, including specialized works like An Historical Atlas of Islam [DS 35.6 .R6 1962] and Rand McNally Commercial Atlas and Marketing Guide [G 1036 .R18]) and general tools like the Oxford World Atlas [G 1019 .O98 O8 1973]. Consult the Reference Atlas Case List, available in the Reference Room, to locate a particular title. Because not all titles will be shelved in the atlas cases, turn to the WRLC Libraries Catalog or visit the Information Desk for additional information.
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Troubleshooting Electronic Resources:
EBSCO’s ATLA Religion with ATLASerials
Last summer, CUA transferred the ATLA Religion with ATLASerials database (a major bibliographic database containing full text-articles) from OCLC FirstSearch to EBSCO. Since then, Mullen Library’s reference staff has received a number of calls from off-campus students and faculty reporting problems downloading full-text articles from this database.
When off-campus users search in ATLA and click on the link &34; Click here for electronic resource,&34; they may get this error message: &34;ATLA was unable to authorize your account. Authorization may not occur correctly for the browser Netscape 6.0 or for Internet Explorer 5.0 (Macintosh version). If you are using one of these browser versions, please try an alternate browser version. For further information on connecting to ATLAS or on recommended browsers, please contact your ATLAS provider directly.&34;
Initially, the message suggested the problem was the browser version that off-campus patrons were using. However, after consulting with the patrons, the electronic resources librarian found that their browser versions met requirements. After contacting the vendor and searching the vendor’s website, the librarian determined that a potential cause of this problem is the software installed in the users’ computers, such as Norton anti-virus software. Such software blocks referring URLs, which are the authentication methods that vendors and libraries use for off-campus users. If the users have such anti-virus software, they need to pass referrer information to specific Web pages in the software. Please read this page for instruction (http://support.epnet.com/knowledge_base/detail.php?faq=1535).
Another problem is that full-text articles may not be printed well in multiple pages if users are using Netscape 7.1; they can be printed well in Internet Explorer. If there are two links to full text for one article, use the link &34;Linked Full Text&34; to avoid this problem.
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The Newly Constructed Engineering/Architecture/Math Library Web Site
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Check out the new Web site for the Engineering / Architecture Library! Lots of updates and improvements have been made. Lists of new books that the library has received will be updated regularly, and there are browsable lists of Engineering, Architecture and Math periodicals to which the library subscribes. To get a handle on your library research, take a look at the new online Research Guides for Architecture, Planning, and all five Engineering departments. The site also has information about library hours and policies, and ways to get help from library staff. Faculty can take a look to learn about arranging library instruction sessions for their classes, putting materials on reserve, and requesting books for the library to purchase. Whatever your information need, the new Web site is a great place to start!
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Research Tips and Aids for Students
The end of the semester is fast approaching, and that means many students are scrambling to complete final papers and projects. The CUA Libraries’ print and electronic collections will meet students’ research needs, but it can be difficult for many to know where and how to start the research process.
For an overview of how to begin research and what types of resources to consult, check out this guide to General Strategy of Research at CUA. This resource will help students make the most of the libraries and their collections this semester and in semesters to come.
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Contributors to the Spring 2005 edition of CUA Libraries Online
Dr. Monica J. Blanchard, Curator, Semitics/ICOR Collections; Kevin Gunn, Coordinator for Religious Studies and Humanities Services; Anne Marie Hules, Library and Information Science Librarian; Emilie Krut, Reference Librarian for Instructional Services; Tina O’Grady, Library Assistant/Graduate Library Pre-professional; Traci Perkins, Central Reserves Coordinator; W. John Shepherd, Associate Archivist, American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives; Matthew Tan, Access Services Librarian; Mary Agnes Thompson, Reference Librarian for Collection Services; Shanyun Zhang, Electronic Resources (MERIC) Librarian.
Content editor: Ashley McCall, Library Assistant/Graduate Library Pre-professional
Web editor: Jonathan Smith, Electronic Resources (MERIC) Assistant
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CUA Libraries Newsletters | Fall 2004
Issue of the ‘Fall 2004’
Fall 2004 Issue Tuesday, November 2nd, 2004
» Message from the Editors
» Farewell, Adele Chwalek
» A Growing Service: Instruction at CUA Libraries
» Electronic Resources Roundup » Academic Search Premier Premieres
» Finding Electronic Journals
» Directory of Open Access Journals
» New Nature Titles
» Recent Database Acquisitions for the Religious Studies and Philosophy Library
» Book Notes
» Stump the Librarian
» Update on the Mullen Laptop Program
» The Reorganized Religious Studies and Philosophy Library
» Study Spaces in Mullen: A Snapshot
» Welcome New Staff
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Message from the Editors
Welcome to the third edition of CUA Libraries Online. We are excited to share with you the latest news about our libraries and their many services. Please direct any comments or questions about the newsletter via our contact form.
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Farewell, Adele Chwalek
With this issue we would like to say a special word of thanks to Adele R. Chwalek, Director of Libraries, who will retire on January 7, 2005. Thank you, Adele, for leading the University Libraries through eighteen years of challenge and change with humor, an extraordinary sense of caring, and the highest of expectations. We will miss you and we wish you well.
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A Growing Service: Instruction at CUA Libraries
In an information environment that becomes more complex and confusing every day, librarians can offer valuable guidance and advice for successful navigation of this perplexing terrain. Reference staff members are always available for impromptu questions, but for more structured assistance, consider the library’s Instruction Program.
Library instruction at Catholic has grown considerably in recent years. During the 2003-2004 academic year, about 2,000 students participated in library sessions designed to support both the freshman English program as well as specific undergraduate and graduate courses.
We welcome this increased interest in library instruction and encourage faculty and students to continue to request instructional sessions. Faculty may contact the appropriate subject librarian to design and implement course-related library sessions. Individuals or groups of students with common research concerns may also request library instruction. Contact Emilie Krut, the Instructional Services Librarian, for more information.
Sessions can be taught in the electronically equipped MERIC classroom in Mullen but are not limited to this location. The library instruction staff often travels to other campus locations-classrooms, the Pryzbyla Center-to deliver library-related instruction. Our staff will work with you to design relevant, convenient instruction sessions that clarify any points of confusion in the research process.
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Electronic Resources Roundup
New databases. Expanded electronic journal offerings. More CD-ROMs. Read on to learn how to get the most out of CUA Libraries’ electronic resources.
Academic Search Premier Premieres
One of CUA’s newest subscription databases is Academic Search Premier. According to its own Web site, Academic Search Premier is “by far the world’s most valuable and most numerous collection of active full text peer-reviewed journals. Academic Search Premier contains unmatched full text coverage in biology, chemistry, education, engineering, ethnic studies, humanities, physics, psychology, religion & theology, sociology, etc.”
These are some big claims, but if you’ve had a chance to use this straightforward, multi-disciplinary database you know for the most part the claims are true. If you haven’t yet searched in Academic Search Premier, read on to find out why you might want to make this database your first stop in searching the journal literature.
Academic Search Premier contains:
» 8,175 abstracted and indexed journals
» 6,794 peer-reviewed, abstracted and indexed journals
» 4,702 full-text journals
» 3,611 peer-reviewed, full-text journals
Other features of Academic Search Premier include:
» Basic and advanced searching (including Boolean, proximity and cited reference)
» Limited or expanded searches (by date, publication, publication type, field, full-text, peer-reviewed, images, etc.)
» The option to browse indexes (author, keyword, language, publications, subject, etc.)
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» The ability to print/e-mail/save full-text articles and citations
» Search history/alerts
» Storage of multiple searches, citations, and full-text articles for later use
» Image collection (115,000+ images organized by category)
» SFX compatibility (see “Search Databases and Electronic Journal Collections” below)
» Database-specific help screens
One of the finest features of Academic Search Premier, though not unique to it, is My EBSCOhost. My EBSCOhost is a personal folder that allows you to save searches, articles, persistent links, search alerts and journal alerts. This is extremely useful when in the middle of a complex search you remember you’re supposed to be somewhere else; just make sure you’re logged into My EBSCOhost and you can save the search and return at another time.
EBSCO Information Services, the company that owns Academic Search Premier, continues to add titles and content to the mega-database. Other EBSCO research databases that the University Libraries subscribe to include American Humanities Index, ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials, Catholic Periodical and Literature Index, Communication & Mass Media Complete, and MLA International Bibliography. These databases share the same search platform and have nearly identical appearances in the basic and advanced search modes. Plus, the databases may be searched simultaneously.
Finally, be aware that some periodicals abstracted, indexed and available in full text in Academic Search Premier are not purely academic in scope (e.g., Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Time, etc.). Also, embargoes (delays of full text availability on current issues, ranging from months to years) exist for many periodicals.
Academic Search Premier is available via the Library’s ALADIN web page on campus or off campus twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Try it… you’ll like it!
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Finding Electronic Journals
Journals are increasingly available in electronic format. The Electronic Journal Title Finder (EJTF) is the best way to locate full text online journals at The Catholic University of America as it includes journals found in our many electronic databases as well as the journals found in our online catalog. If you need assistance locating an electronic journal, consult a librarian. Directions for using the Electronic Journal Title Finder, as well as other methods for locating electronic journals, follow:
1. Search the Electronic Journal Title Finder (EJTF)
The Electronic Journal Title Finder is located on The Catholic University of America University Libraries Home Page under Research Tools on the left hand side and is also located on the ALADIN Home Page under the WRLC Libraries Catalog on the left hand side where it is called the e-journal Title Finder. Search the Electronic Journal Title Finder using the journal title (leaving out words such as “a”, “an” and “the”) or a keyword for the title. We do not have access to other universities’ online journals. CU’s code and the date/availability that you are seeking must be present for you to view the desired journal online. You may notice some instances where multiple sources for a journal exist. This redundancy develops through multiple database subscriptions and proves necessary as the date ranges of journal availability vary widely by the source.
2. Search Databases and Electronic Journal Collections
Some databases and journal collections are available that provide the full text of articles, and some provide links from citations to full-text articles through our link provider SFX. The full-text journals will be in the Electronic Journal Title Finder. Alternatively, at the ALADIN Web Home Page, you will note our two primary general multi-subject databases: Academic Search Premier and Proquest (Periodical Abstracts). Additional online, full-text databases can be retrieved by browsing by title, or subject or searching by name/category. Frequently used full-text databases include ABI/Inform, Journals@OVID, and Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe. You may also use the same browse and search techniques to locate full-text electronic journal collections, such as ACM Digital Library, American Chemical Society, American Institute of Physics, CQ Library, Emerald Library, IEE Online Journal, JSTOR, Project Muse, and the Royal Society Online Journals, to name a few. Databases from the vendor EBSCO, including ATLA/ATLASerials, Academic Search Premier and Catholic Periodical Index provide links via SFX to check the availability of a journal title electronically, in print or in microfilm.
3. Search the WRLC Libraries Catalog
Electronic journal subscriptions are in the WRLC catalog, and are reflected in the Electronic Journal Title Finder. Search for the journal
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by title. Journals available electronically will include the note [electronic resource] and a link to the journal. Check the online dates, as the journal you need may have availability restrictions. Keep in mind that a journal that is not available electronically may be available in print, microfilm or through the Consortium Loan Service (CLS).
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Directory of Open Access Journals
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is a Web service that aims to be comprehensive in organizing and providing access to high-quality, freely available online scientific and scholarly journals. DOAJ periodicals are research journals covering a wide range of subjects including the sciences, arts, humanities and social sciences. These journals exercise quality control through an editor, editorial board, or peer-review process and can be read, downloaded, copied, distributed, printed, searched and linked to freely.
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is now activated in SFX and can be searched using the Electronic Journal Title Finder. Library patrons seeking online journals now have a seamless connection between library subscriptions and the growing number of quality open access journals. An E-Journal Title Finder Search for any DOAJ title will yield: “CU: DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals:Full Text Availability: from (year)” and will link directly to the journal. See the Directory of Open Access Journals at http://www.doaj.org for more information and to view the new titles.
DOAJ is a part of the open access movement, which seeks to use the power of the Internet to provide more efficient, sustainable and affordable scholarly communication in the research community. Open access journals do not have the spiraling costs, long publication delays and restrictive licensing associated with traditional subscription-based serials, but can still be high-quality, peer- reviewed publications. Traditional publishers are concerned that competition from the open access movement will damage the longstanding subscription-based model of scholarly communication. Professional associations that publish their own journals are particularly worried about whether they will be able to continue to do so in a market where information is freely available. Under market pressure, many traditional publishers are beginning to change their policies with respect to online journal access. Some now allow authors to post their own preprints or published articles on their personal websites, and some allow free access to older issues of the journal. For both open access and traditional publishers, the Internet is having a significant impact on scholarly communication and the expectations of customers. For more information about open access and the issues surrounding it, take a look at http://www.plos.org/open-access/, http://www.sparc.arl.org/, and http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb040607-2.shtml.
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New Nature Titles
CUA’s online Biology resources have grown with newly acquired access to several Nature series titles.
Advance online publication access, a feature by which papers are published online before they appear in print, is an added value of our new Nature titles.
The following Nature titles are now available online to CUA patrons:
» Nature Genetics
» Nature Cell Biology
» Nature Immunology
» Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
» Nature Medicine
To access, search the full title name by “Journal Title” in the catalog; limit results to CUA, and then scroll to our record noting “[electronic resource].”
Click on the record for the desired Nature title, scroll to the “URL” field, and click the Nature URL for access.
These Nature titles are also found in the Electronic Journal Title Finder, through both Nature and EBSCO databases. EBSCO applies a one year embargo on content, so for most recent issues, choose access through the Nature link.
Recall that remote access to these titles is gained through our library’s catalog, rather than the journal’s site.
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Recent Database Acquisitions for the Religious Studies and Philosophy Library
The Religious Studies and Philosophy Library has acquired a few electronic resources. Some titles are new purchases while others are electronic versions of print titles. The CD-ROMs are located in 314 Mullen.
Aristoteles Latinus (CD-ROM)
This database contains critical editions of the medieval translations of Aristotle’s works. The database includes not only the content from the print version of Aristoteles Latinus, but also the unpublished works in the series. The prefaces, apparati, and bilingual indices are not included in the electronic version.
Theo/Phil PA 3895 .A3 1953
Bibliographie de la philosophie (CD-ROM)
Annotated bibliography of philosophical literature. Languages include: English, French, German. 1937 – present. Use the print version as the CD-ROM only covers 1998-2000.
Theo/Phil B 33 .I61
Catholic Periodical and Literature Index (ALADIN)
This database is now accessible from home! It includes citations to articles published in more than 160 Roman Catholic periodicals, as well as essays, books, and book reviews on Catholic Church history and contemporary issues. Provides complete indexing of papal documents. Coverage begins in 1981 and continues to the present. The print version begins in 1930 and can be found in Room 314.
Theo/Phil AI 3 .C3.
KanonesJ (CD-ROM)
This CD-ROM is an index and catalog of canons from various canon law collections compiled between 1000 and 1400 A.D.
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OriginsPlus (ALADIN)
OriginsPlus is the online version of Origins, published by the Catholic News Service. Coverage begins in 1996 and articles are updated 47 times per year. Newsworthy documents include important recent works from the Roman Curia such as encyclicals, papal messages, policy statements from congregations, cardinals’ and bishops’ speeches and writings, pastoral policies, diocesan policy statements, and commentary on a wide variety of social and political issues.
Packard Humanities Institute CD-ROM #7 (Greek Documentary) (CD-ROM)
Contains more than 80,000 Greek inscriptions and more than 32,000 papyri.
Packard Humanities Institute CD-ROM #5.3 (Latin Literature) (CD-ROM)
Contains most of the collection of Latin literature to 200 C.E. A complete list of the contents can be found at http://www.indiana.edu /~letrs/text-tools/textlists/phibibliog.html.
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae 2 (CD-ROM)
The TLL-2 is the Latin dictionary for classicists. Entries included in this edition cover the letter ranges F to P.
Patrologiae Graecae (full text)
The PG contains more than 160 volumes of Greek material (with Latin translations) relevant to the study of the history of the Christian Church from its beginnings through the Council of Florence in 1439.
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Book Notes
» The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. By the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States. New York: Norton, 2004. [HV6432.7 .N39 2004b Mullen Stacks]
The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, known as the 9/11 Commission, is an independent, bipartisan commission created by congressional legislation signed by President George W. Bush in late 2002. The 9/11 Commission, chaired by former New Jersey Gov. Thomas Kean and co-chaired by Lee Hamilton, former U.S. House of Representatives member from Indiana, has produced a detailed account of the circumstances that led up to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, including preparation for and the immediate response to the attacks. The other members of the commission are Richard Ben-Veniste, Fred F. Fielding, Jamie S. Gorelick, Slade Gorton, Bob Kerrey, John F. Lehman, Timothy J. Roemer, and James R. Thompson.
The 9/11 Commission Report outlines, in detail, mishaps including those relating to intelligence agencies, law enforcement agencies, diplomacy, immigration, non-immigrant visas and border control. Also explored is the role of congressional oversight and resource allocation and other areas deemed relevant by the commission. In addition, it provides recommendations on how to guard against future attacks.
The 567-page report was a surprise bestseller that sold more than one million copies. It was nominated by the National Book Foundation for the prestigious National Book Award in the non-fiction category.
A detailed web page that includes biographies of the committee members, frequently asked questions (FAQ), and a transcript of the hearings, both in text and audio, can be found at http://www.9-11commission.gov/about/index.htm. It is a good reference source but does not provide the detailed insights of the final report.
» Egalitarian Capitalism: Jobs, Incomes, and Growth in Affluent Countries. By Lane Kenworthy. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2004. [HC79.I5 K415 2004 Mullen Stacks]
Beyond College for All: Career Paths for the Forgotten Half. By James E. Rosenbaum. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2001. [LC1045 .R77 2001 Mullen Stacks]
The American Sociological Association sponsors a series called the Rose Series in Sociology, “intended to be accessible to policy
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makers and journalists as well as to sociologists.” The books are currently published by the Russell Sage Foundation, established in 1907 to conduct research in the social sciences. (The foundation has an extensive publishing program; CUA receives all of its output automatically via our approval plan.)
Two books just received are typical of the Rose Series. Egalitarian Capitalism is a study of the differences in income distribution, economic development, and employment in the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan and twelve European countries from the mid-1970s through the 1990s. The author’s question is simple, yet complex: “must we give up on the vision of a dynamic and productive yet relatively egalitarian form of capitalism?” The author defines an egalitarian capitalist society as one that prioritizes not only limited income inequality, but also high living standards and a high employment rate. The author found inequality grew in almost all of the countries studied. He concludes that, because of a prospective demographic crunch in most affluent countries, which will increase public pensions, and because of increasing capital mobility, leading to pressure on governments to reduce tax rates to avoid capital outflow, high employment is increasingly critical to the goal of limiting inequality because the most reasonable way to increase revenues without raising tax rates is to increase the share of the population that is employed. The final section of the book consists of recommendations for doing this.
Not all workers need to go to college to get a good job, nor should they. Beyond College for All suggests that the way to reverse the downward spiral of the youth labor market is an organizational model that offers social incentives to all students, not just those with ambitious educational goals and prior achievement. It focuses on work-entry practices in high schools, which are the last institutions that serve almost all youth. It compares American practices with Japanese and German models and makes practical suggestions.
» House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World’s Two Most Powerful Dynasties. By Craig Unger. New York: Scribner, 2004. [E902 .U54 2004 Mullen Stacks]
Why was Prince Bandar, the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States, granted permission to fly 140 members of the bin Laden and Saud families from disparate places in the United States to Lexington, Kentucky when U.S. air space was closed to all other private aviation following the tragedy of September 11, 2001? And why was the FBI not able to interview these Saudis before their departure from the United States?
Craig Unger uses personal interviews and secondary sources to suggest that Prince Bandar was permitted to do so because of the Saudis’ close, long-standing business relationships with present and former high-ranking U.S. government officials.
The author goes on to describe an odd, oil-for-security relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia, which had its beginnings after World War II. It’s odd, Unger claims, because it’s a relationship between the world’s premier defender of democracy and a brutal, fundamentalist theocracy. Both countries need the other (the U.S. needs Saudi Arabia’s oil, the Saudis need weapons) but the relationship has been seriously threatened since 9/11.
This is a fascinating, well-documented read. It contains 37 pages of notes, and several appendices: a cast of characters, a chronology, and a compilation of financial transactions between the House of Saud (members of the Saudi royal family and the Saudi merchant elite such as the bin Laden and bin Mahfouz families) and individuals and entities tied to the House of Bush (George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, James A. Baker III, Dick Cheney, the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library, Carlyle Group and Halliburton).
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Stump the Librarian
The question, on its face, was pretty routine: Two patrons, a husband and wife, wanted to know if Mullen had a copy of a book they sought, and they were unsure of the authors’ names. But complicating this reference query was the fact that the patrons spoke only Spanish. Fortunately, the library assistant was able to answer “sí” when the gentleman asked if she spoke Spanish.
The couple wanted to locate a work called Armagedon, which they said was written in Spanish. An initial search of the OPAC using the word’s Spanish spelling was unsuccessful. A search using the word’s English spelling did pull up some entries, but the couple said the results were not what they were trying to find. Did the patrons happen to know the names of the authors? They were not entirely sure, but they knew there were two authors, and they believed their names were Hayas and Hopkins. Oh, and Hopkins, if that indeed was the name of one of the authors, was spelled with a “j,” they were certain. A search for “Hayas” as author yielded no hits, nor did one for “Jopkins.” The library assistant asked the couple to spell the authors’ names again. They did, and the searches again failed. A subsequent attempt searching both title and author using the “Guided Keyword” function failed as well.
It was at this point that the library assistant turned to Amazon.com, hoping to get a better idea of the authors’ names and whether the title was in fact correct. It turns out there are hundreds of book titles using the word “Armageddon,” so a search of title only was out of the question. An advanced search combining the title with the authors’ names, as recalled by the patrons, was not successful.
Did the patrons know if this was a spiritual or religious book, and, if so, would it be accurate to describe it as Christian? Yes, they agreed, that would be right. Could it be a translation into Spanish? It was a translation, they believed.
By using the genre feature on Amazon, the library assistant located Armageddon, part of the Left Behind series, by Tim LaHaye and
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Jerry B. Jenkins. And, just as the patrons expected, there was a Spanish translation of the work. Mullen did not have a copy, nor did any of the other libraries in the consortium, but the couple saw on Amazon a copy of the item at a price they liked and, armed with this information, left the Information Desk to order the book online.
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Update on the Mullen Laptop Program
For both personal and instructional use, Mullen Library’s laptops have proven to be a hit with library patrons. Mullen Library has eight Dell Inspiron 2500 Laptops, thirteen Dell Latitude D-500 wireless ready laptops, and five Apple iBooks available for current CUA students, faculty, and staff to use in the library. The laptops can be borrowed for two hours and they can be renewed a maximum of two times. In addition, students use the laptops in instructional sessions taught by library staff.
The laptops have been installed with Microsoft Office (which includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and they have access to the Internet via the wireless network system at Mullen Library. Users can save their working documents temporarily on the laptops; these documents are deleted once the computers are shut down. However, users can e-mail documents to themselves or save them in MyFiles, their personal file space available through http://home.cua.edu. Printing is also available via the wireless network. Laptop users may print to one of the printers on the first and second floors of Mullen Library.
Laptop users can access the library catalog and the electronic databases available on ALADIN (http://www.aladin.wrlc.org). There are databases for different subjects, ranging from Art and Architecture to Social Work and Statistics. Also, laptop users can extend their use of the laptop by renewing it on myALADIN without having to approach the Circulation Desk.
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The Reorganized Religious Studies and Philosophy Library
The Religious Studies and Philosophy Library was reorganized over the summer. The collection is the ‘mission critical’ part of the CUA library collection. Consequently, the reference material on the third floor of Mullen Library is dedicated to these subject areas that reflect this critical importance: Art, Greek and Latin, Medieval and Byzantine Studies, Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies, and Canon Law. You may now think of the entire third floor as the Religious Studies/Philosophy Library.
The reference collections are in Rooms 314 and 316 and can be navigated easily using the following schema:
Room 314
Monographs with call numbers A to B.
Current periodicals in the above subject areas.
Canon Law Seminar Room.
Room 316 (formerly the Humanities Library)
Monographs with call numbers C to Z.
Religious Studies/Philosophy Folios A to Z.
Greek and Latin Seminar Room.
The Humanities reference collection for the following subjects has been moved to the Reference Room on the first floor of Mullen Library: Comparative Literature, Drama and Theater, English, Media Studies, and Modern Languages. Current periodicals in these areas can be found in the Main Reading Room on the second floor of Mullen Library.
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Study Spaces in Mullen: A Snapshot
The recently renovated Mullen provides a multitude of study spaces throughout the building. Students can be found pounding the
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keyboards of laptops in carrels in the Reference Room, lounging on chairs in the area outside the May Gallery or consulting over a table in one of the group study areas on the second floor.
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Welcome New Staff
Since August, seven new full-time staff members have joined CUA Libraries.
Pictured from left, they are: Stephanie Fell, Circulation Services Assistant: Circulation Desk Supervisor; Emilie Krut, Reference Librarian for Instructional Services; Matthew Tan, Access Services Librarian; Ashley McCall, Graduate Library Pre-professional (GLP)/Reference; Jonathan Smith, Electronic Resources (MERIC) Assistant; Jane Stoeffler, Administrative Assistant II/Archives. Not pictured: Martha Sellers, Technical Services Technician.
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Contributors to the Fall 2004 edition of CUA Libraries Online
Angela Bellardini, Nursing/Biology Librarian; Kevin Gunn, Coordinator for Religious Studies and Humanities Services; Anne Marie Hules, Library and Information Science Librarian; Jeffrey Hutson, Religious Studies Librarian; Emilie Krut, Reference Librarian for Instructional Services; Anne Lesher, Reference Librarian for Reference Services;Tina O’Grady, Library Assistant/Graduate Library Pre-professional; Raj Savari, Library Management Systems Librarian; Matthew Tan, Access Services Librarian; Mary Agnes Thompson, Reference
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Librarian for Collection Services; Lynn Weinstein, Digital Acquisitions Librarian; Shanyun Zhang, Electronic Resources (MERIC) Librarian.
Content editor: Ashley McCall, Library Assistant/Graduate Library Pre-professional
Web editor: Jonathan Smith, Electronic Resources (MERIC) Assistant
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Issue of the ‘Spring 2004’
May 2004 Issue Sunday, May 2nd, 2004
» Message from the Editors
» Mullen Renovation News
» Borrow Museum Artifacts from CUA Archives
» Dissertation Abstracts International: Find Full-text Dissertations–Free!
» New and Notable Books at CUA Libraries
» Book Notes
» Hermens Papers Now Available from Archives
» Stump the Librarian Reference Question of the Month
» Researching Hot Topics in the News
» CUA Libraries and Partners Build Syriac Digital Library
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Message from the Editors
Welcome to the second edition of CUA Libraries Online. We have appreciated your comments and will continue to solicit your opinions and ideas. Please direct comments about the newsletter and letters or questions to the editors via our contact form.
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Mullen Renovation News
Renovations are complete on Mullen’s first floor. The new inviting space offers iMacs for research, comfortable chairs, and a computer lab where patrons may access the Internet and library resources as well as plug in laptops. The library instruction classroom–complete with outlets for laptops–is also available to patrons when library classes are not in session.
Some important resources have moved to the south end of the first floor during the renovation:
The microfilm room and microfilm readers. (For microfiche, visit the Information Desk and speak with a librarian.)
The PC workstation for patrons with visual impairments.
The CD-ROM workstations equipped with Social Science Citation Index, Pennsylvania Gazetteer, Catholic Periodicals Index, and Index Islamicus.
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The library instruction classroom [Mullen Electronic Resources and Instruction Center (MERIC) classroom].
Visit the Information Desk on the first floor with any questions about using the new and improved Mullen, or browse our detailed renovation page for information about other reading rooms and collections.
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Borrow Museum Artifacts from CUA Archives
If you haven’t seen the samurai knight in the International Student and Scholar Services office, you should pay him a visit. He is just one example of the artifacts owned by the American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives and exhibited on campus.
This museum collection of donated objects from around the world, and from many periods and styles, dates back to CUA’s early days. University departments and offices may borrow museum pieces to add a touch of history and beauty to their offices. Interested parties should contact the ACHRC/UA, Life Cycle Building Room 101, at 202-319-5065, or e-mail Jennifer Butler at [email protected].
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Dissertation Abstracts International: Find Full-text Dissertations–Free!
Finding the full text of dissertations can be challenging–but not always. Many patrons are unaware that Dissertation Abstracts International (DAI), a database to which CUA Libraries subscribes, provides the full text of most dissertations dated after 1996 from U.S. universities.
To access DAI from http://libraries.cua.edu, open “ALADIN Web Page,” then click on “Alphabetical List of Databases A-M.” Scroll down to DAI and click “Connect.” You can search in the database by school (type in “Catholic University of America,” for example, or “0043,” our school code), dissertation director, subject area, author, title, keyword, and more.
When a “Free Download” button appears in the dissertation record, you can click on it to order the dissertation electronically. Within minutes, you will find a message from DAI in your e-mail inbox with a URL, which allows you to view and download the dissertation you ordered. It’s fast, easy, and there is no charge.
You may also access the Dissertations from CUA database, which allows you to search for dissertations from this university, which may work better if you only have an author’s last name and want to search from a smaller pool only at CUA.
For help using DAI or finding dissertations before 1997, please contact the Information Desk at 202-319-5070 or e-mail a subject librarian.
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New and Notable Books at CUA Libraries
Bubble of American Supremacy: Correcting the Misuse of American Power. By George Soros. New York: Public Affairs, 2004. [E902 .S67 2004 Mullen Stacks]
Communities of Informed Judgment: Newman’s Illative Sense and Accounts of Rationality. By Frederick D. Aquino. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2004. [BTZ50 .A69 2004 Mullen Stacks]
Cross and the Crescent: Christianity and Islam from Muhammad to the Reformation. By Richard Fletcher. New York : Viking, 2004. [BP172 .F59 2004 Mullen Stacks]
Culture, Class, and Work among Arab-American Women. By Jen’nan Ghazal Read. New York: LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2004. [E184 .A65 R43 2004 Mullen Stacks]
Dead Sea Scrolls Concordance. By Martin G. Abegg, Jr. (with James E. Bowley & Edward M. Cook & in consultation with Emanuel Tov). Leiden: Brill, 2003. [BM487 .A72 2003 Rel. Studies/Phil. Library]
Dictionary of Buddhism. By Damien Keown. Contributors: Stephen Hodge, Charles Jones (CUA faculty), and Paoli Tinti. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003. [BLQ 130 .K46 2003 Rel. Studies/Phil. Library]
Effective Advertising: Understanding When, How, and Why Advertising Works. By Gerard J. Tellis. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2004. [HF5823 .T273 2004 Mullen Stacks]
Identity in Narrative: A Study of Immigrant Discourse. By Anna De Fina. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2003. [E184.M5 D35 2003 Mullen Stacks]
In Sickness and Play: Children Coping with Chronic Illness. By Cindy Dell Clark. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2003.
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[RJ436 .A8 C535 2003 Mullen Stacks]
Insider’s Guide to Mental Health Resources Online. By John M. Grohol. New York: Guilford, 2004. [RC437.2 .G76 2004 Mullen Reference]
Is the Market Moral?: A Dialogue on Religion, Economics, and Justice. By Rebecca M. Blank and William McGurn. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2004. [BR115 .E3 B58 2004 Mullen Stacks]
Japanese Garden: Gateway to the Human Spirit. By Seiko Goto. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2003. [SB457.55 .K47 2003 Eng/Arch/Math Library]
John Stuart Mill: A Biography. By Nicholas Capaldi. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. [B1606 .C36 2004 Mullen Stacks]
Social Studies Wars: What Should We Teach the Children? By Ronald W. Evans. New York: Teachers College Press, 2004. [LB1584 .E95 2004 Mullen Stacks]
Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic. By Chalmers Johnson. New York: Metropolitan Books, 2004. [UA10.5 .T36 Mullen Stacks]
Successful Grant Writing: Strategies for Health and Human Service Professionals. By Laura N. Gitlin and Kevin J. Lyons. New York: Springer Pub. Co., 2004. [HV41.2 .G58 2004 Nursing Library]
Unforeseen History. By Emmanuel Levinas. Translated from the French by Nidra Poller. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2004. [B2430.L483 I4613 2004 Mullen Stacks]
What Is Thought? By Eric B. Baum. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2004. [BD418.3 .B38 2004 Mullen Stacks]
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Book Notes: Brief Reviews of New Titles
American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush. By Kevin Phillips. New York : Viking, 2004. [E882 .P48 2004 Mullen Stacks]
This book by Kevin Philips, noted columnist for the Los Angeles Times and a regular contributor to National Public Radio (NPR), is a searing exposé of the Bush Family culminating in George W. Bush’s Presidency. The book epigraph, a quotation from President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s famous farewell address, “Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machine of defense,” sets the tone of the book. Phillips, a one-time Republican strategist, reveals how four generations of Bushes have risen to the top of national power since World War One. The book outlines how the Bush family entrenched itself in the American establishment by way of Ivy League schools, business, government appointments, and politics. Phillips asserts that by taking advantage of old-boy networks, cronyism, national security involvement, and political duplicity, the Bush family has used its financial and social power to gain the White House and possibly to undermine American democracy. Phillips’ book is a timely and informative history of the Bush family and an interesting read as the presidential election of 2004 draws near.
Contemporary Issues in Lung Cancer: A Nursing Perspective. Ed. by Marilyn Haas. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett, 2003. [RC280 .L8 C66 2003 Nursing Library]
This six-part volume addresses many aspects of lung cancer and provides an overview of: differences between lung cancers; detection; treatment; psychosocial issues; assistance; and resources.
Health Anxiety: Clinical and Research Perspectives on Hypochondriasis and Related Conditions. Ed. by Gordon J. G. Amundson, et al. Chichester, NY: 2001. [RC552 .H8 H43 2001 Nursing Library]
In fifteen chapters, the authors tackle clinical and theoretical perspectives, assessment and treatment, related conditions, and future directions for research on hypochondriasis.
Legitimizing the Artist: Manifesto Writing and European Modernism, 1885-1915. By Luca Somigli. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003. [N6758.5 .M63 S64 2004 Mullen Stacks]
In this essay, Somigli analyzes the “strategies of legitimation” of avant-garde movements, namely the decadents, futurism, and imagism, and how manifesto writing attempted to redefine the “social role” of the artist, while transforming aesthetics and literary practice. Somigli properly contextualizes his argument by beginning with a history of the manifesto, and explores figurations of modernism as the moment when the legitimacy of art is no longer assumed, but must be negotiated among new social and economic conditions.
Managed Behavioral Health Services, Perspectives and Practice. Ed. by Saul Feldman. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 2003. [RC480.5 .M3225 2003 Nursing Library]
Experts in managed behavioral health examine effects on clinical practice, economics, quality management and ethics, as well as information systems and the Internet.
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Military Balance 2003-2004. London: International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2004. (Annual) [UA15 .652 Mullen Reference]
Packed with information about the world’s military, this 2003-2004 edition contains a series of maps detailing troop movements during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Also included are tables outlining arms orders and deliveries listed by country buyer and country supplier, information about Non-State Armed Groups (guerillas, paramilitary, terrorists with political objectives), as well as a report on global terrorism. A wall-map insert shows data on recent and current armed conflicts, including fatalities and costs.
Washington in Maps, 1606-2000 By Iris Miller. New York: Rizzoli, 2002. [G1276 .S1 M54 Eng./Arch./Math Library and Mullen Reference]
Dr. Iris Miller, an adjunct faculty member of CUA’s School of Architecture and Planning, has published a beautiful collection of historical maps, from the Captain John Smith Map of 1606 to current maps made with satellite technology, as well as maps of sites such as Rock Creek Park. Not simply topographical or street maps, the volume also includes statistical maps (for example, about segregated schools) and maps from organizations (for example, from International Christian Endeavor), and Miller enhances the images with wonderful insights into Washington, DC’s history.
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Hermens Papers Now Available from Archives
The American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives is proud to announce that the papers of Dr. Ferdinand A. Hermens are now available to researchers. An authority in political sociology, representative institutions, anti-parliamentary forms of government, and proportional representation, Hermens was a faculty member in CUA’s Department of Political Science during the 1930s, 1980s, and 1990s.
The materials document his long and distinguished career, from Bonn, Germany, in 1930 until he died in 1998. Hermens also taught at other major universities, advised various governments, contributed to professional journals, and published over a dozen books. Shortly after her husband’s death, Mary Ruth Roberts Hermens donated The Hermens Papers, which include his lecture notes, correspondence with colleagues and publishers, drafts and manuscripts of his published and unpublished works, and materials related to his research and professional activities.
For more information, contact the ACHRC/UA at 202-319-5065.
Stump the Librarian: Incomplete Citations
A patron recently visited the Information Desk in search of the following:
“What Is Modern about the Modern Study of Religion” by Martin E. Marty, 5(1985).
He needed to find the text but could not determine if this was a book or an article because the citation was incomplete and confusing, which meant that he would have to search in article databases as well as library catalogs to find the full citation. The librarian searched in the WRLC Libraries Catalog, but the title did not appear. This particular author, too, has published over 200 books, which made searching more difficult. Rather than guessing whether to try OCLC WorldCat and/or ATLA Religion and perhaps other article databases, the librarian decided to try Google.
The librarian typed the following in the Google search box:
“what is modern about the modern study of religion” martin marty
The search produced one result, which made clear that the item was a book. Now the librarian opened OCLC WorldCat and searched for the title, which revealed that the book was available at 26 libraries.
Incomplete or incorrect citations are a common problem for researchers, either because they did not carefully record their sources while doing research, or because another author created sloppy citations. Google can be a useful tool for completing citations, though it too contains incomplete and inaccurate citations at times, and is not comprehensive.
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Researching Hot Topics in the News
Spotlight on CQ Library: Search for In-depth Coverage of Current Events Online
CQ Library offers full-text online CQ Weekly and CQ Researcher, nonpartisan sources for analysis of legislative issues. (Also available in print at the Information Desk in Mullen Library.)
CQ Weekly covers in detail “the status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, and backroom maneuvering.”
CQ Researcher provides in-depth analysis of a single current concern in each issue: homeland security, educational vouchers, MP3
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downloading, and many other pressing subjects. Detailing the issue’s background, pros and cons, outlooks, and bibliographies, this publication is useful for getting up to speed on the day’s questions and controversies.
CQ Library CQ Library. Search in CQ Researcher Online for entire issues of the publication devoted to hot topics in the news: educational vouchers, MP3 downloading, hazing, the stock market, and more. Find overviews, pros and cons, and further reading. You can access this database in ALADIN under Databases by Subject–Alphabetical List A-M. (Also available in print at the Information Desk in Mullen Library.)
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe Lexis-Nexis provides keyword searchable full-text articles from newspapers that cover general, industry and market, and legal news.You can access this database in ALADIN under Databases by Subject–Alphabetical List A-M.
Alternative Press Index This database indexes nearly 300 alternative, radical, and leftist periodicals, newspapers, and magazines, including abstracts from academic journals that focus on social, political, economic, and cultural change. Subjects include: anarchism, democracy, ecology, feminism, gay and lesbian issues, indigenous peoples, labor, and socialism. 1991 to present. You can access this database in ALADIN under Databases by Subject–Alphabetical List A-M.
With abstracts and many full-text articles, this database is a good place to go for Periodical Abstracts further research into hot topics in the news. You can access this database in ALADIN under Databases by Subject–Alphabetical List N-Z.
Facts on File For the weekly news in digest form, Facts on File is a great source. The print publication condenses the news from 200 sources, such as newspapers and World News Digest government web sites. Available at the Information Desk in Mullen Library.
Government Information Search carefully selected government web sites for current government information, or browse the list of topics.You can access this database in ALADIN under Databases by on the Internet Subject–Alphabetical List A-M.
Kiosken An excellent index of links to newspaper web sites worldwide and in the U.S., including those of local and regional publications, such as the Laurel Leader (Laurel, MD) and Virginia Lawyers Weekly. Free online.
Today’s Front Pages This Newseum site offers hundreds of PDFs of newspaper front pages from all over the world and links to the newspaper web sites. With no real search features, this functions less as a research site than as an interesting map of worldwide headlines. Free online.
Press Display Akin to the above site, Press Display provides access to 160 newspapers in 40 countries–and you can read the entire paper online as image files, complete with magnification tools. Free online.
A portal that links to a wide variety of news and information sources and is organized Headline Spot into categories–news by region, by subject, by columnist, and more. Free online.
Search the latest news or browse headlines from, as Google claims, 4,500 sources. Google News Free online.
For more information on researching issues in the news, visit or contact Mullen’s Information Desk at 202-319-5070 or try the WRLC instant messaging reference service Ask A Librarian.
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CUA Libraries Help Build Syriac Digital Library
The CUA Libraries, in cooperation with Beth Mardutho/The Syriac Institute and Brigham Young University, is engaged in a project to
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digitize rare Syriac materials (books, manuscripts, maps, photographs, etc.) housed in CUA’s Semitics/Institute for Christian Oriental Research Library.
This work builds part of a larger venture to establish an Internet digital library for Syriac studies: eBeth Arké: the Syriac Digital Library. It also is part of a larger project for a Web-based Eastern Christian Reference Library. The CUA project will extend over a five-month period, from March through July of 2004. For more information about this work, please contact Monica Blanchard, Curator of Semitics/ICOR Collections, at [email protected] or 202-319-5084.
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CUA Libraries Newsletters | Fall 2003
Issue of the ‘Fall 2003’
November 2003 Issue Sunday, November 2nd, 2003
» Message from the Editors
» Mullen Renovation News
» Virtual LibrariansHelp You Find What You Need
» SFX: Find Full-text Articles with a Single Search
» New and Notable Booksat CUA Libraries
» Book Notes
» Catholic/Irish Newspapers(Nineteenth- & Early Twentieth-century) Now Available
» Looking for Primary News Sources Online — from 1851 and on? Look No Further
» Stump the LibrarianReference Question of the Month
» Online Dictionaries and Thesauri — Try the New Visual Thesaurus
» New Searchable Finding Aid for Catholic Scholars
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Message from the Editors
Welcome to CUA Libraries Online, a new electronic newsletter keeping you up to date on the latest The Catholic University Libraries have to offer. With search tips from the librarians, database descriptions, book reviews, and highlights of what’s new in the world of Web and print research, CUA Libraries Online will guide you to the information you need.
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Mullen Renovation News
This fall a new Mullen Library opened its doors to the CUA community. Here are a few important changes you should know about:
The Information Desk, where librarians can answer your research questions, has moved to the first floor lobby.
The Circulation Desk, where you can check out books, find course reserves, pick up books delivered to you from other libraries, update your ID, and ask about borrowing policies, has moved back to the first floor lobby.
Parts of the reference collection have been moved from the Main Reading Room (second floor) and the Humanities Reading Room (third
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floor) to the new Reference Room on the first floor.
Visit the Information Desk on the first floor with any questions about using the new and improved Mullen, or browse our detailed renovation page for information about other reading rooms and collections.
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Virtual Librarians Help You Find What You Need
Ever wished you could conjure a genie to help you find books and articles online from your dorm room, office, or home? The CUA Libraries don’t have genies, but we do have the next best thing — virtual librarians.
The new Ask-A-Librarian service lets you chat online, in real time, with a WRLC reference librarian. Here’s how it works:
» Visit http://www.aladin.wrlc.org/ and click on Ask a Librarian.
» Log on to the service.
» To communicate with the librarian, type messages in the text box that both of you see on your computer terminals.
You can also see the same Web pages, catalogs, and databases as the librarian, who shows you how to find information quickly and easily. Ask-A-Librarian is available Monday-Thursday from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Friday from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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SFX: Find Full-text Articles with a Single Search
Late last semester, many ALADIN databases began using SFX.
With SFX, if you find an article in a database but the complete text is not available, you can click on the SFX link to check for the full-text article in other databases.
Using SFX is simple.
In CINAHL, ERIC, Health and Psychosocial Instruments, Journals@Ovid, Medline, MLA International Bibliography, PsycINFO, and SocioFile:
Once you have the detailed article information on the screen, click on “External Link Resolver.”
In America: History and Life, Art Index, ArticleFirst, Arts and Humanities Search, BasicBIOSIS, Biography Index, Biological and Agricultural Index, Book Review Digest, Business and Industry, Contemporary Women’s Issues, EconLit, Electronic Collections Online, FactSearch, General Science Index, GPO Monthly Catalog, Historical Abstracts, PAIS International, PapersFirst, and ProceedingsFirst:
Once you have the detailed article information on the screen, click on “Find It.”
Each of these links opens a new window with further links to the full-text article, if available in other databases, or the print journal, if found in the WRLC Libraries Catalog.
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New and Notable Books at CUA Libraries
The Age of Sacred Terror. By Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon. New York: Random House, 2002. (HV6431 .B46 2002, Mullen Stacks)
Architecture for the Shroud: Relic and Ritual in Turin. By John Beldon Scott. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003. (NA2765 .T823 S36 2003, Eng/Arch/Math Library)
The Beginnings of Medieval Romance: Fact and Fiction, 1150-1220. By D.H. Green. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. (PN671 .G74 2002, Mullen Stacks)
Being and Some Twentieth-century Thomists. By John Knasas. New York: Fordham University Press, 2003. (B839 .K65 2003, Mullen Stacks)
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Biological Threats and Terrorism: Assessing the Science and Response Capabilities: Workshop Summary. Ed. by Stacey L. Knobler, Adel A.F. Mahmoud, and Leslie A. Pray. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2002. (RC88.9.T47 B54 2002, Nursing Library) Read it online …
Bonfire of the Humanities: Rescuing the Classics in an Impoverished Age. By Victor Davis Hanson, John Heath, and Bruce S. Thornton. Wilmington, DE: ISI Books, 2001. (LC1011 .H257 2001, Mullen Stacks)
Bullying: The Bullies, the Victims, the Bystanders By Sandra Harris and Garth F. Petrie. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2003. (LB3013.32 .H37 2003, Mullen Stacks)
Capital Losses: A Cultural History of Washington’s Destroyed Buildings. By James M. Goode. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books, 2003. (NA735.W3 G66 2003, Eng/Arch/Math Library)
Defense of Hume on Miracles. By Robert J. Fogelin. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003. (B1499.M5 F64 2003, Mullen Stacks)
Gendering the Master Narrative: Women and Power in the Middle Ages. Edited by Mary C. Erler and Maryanne Kowaleski. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2003. (HQ1143 .G46 2003, Mullen Stacks)
Field Instruction: A Guide for Social Work Students. By David Royse, Surjit Singh Dhooper, and Elizabeth Lewis Rompf. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 2003. (HV11 .R67 2003, Mullen Stacks)
Into Our Own Hands: The Women’s Health Movement in the United States, 1969-1990. By Sandra Morgen. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2002. (RG103 .M67 2002, Nursing Library)
J.R.R. Tolkien’s Sanctifying Myth: Understanding Middle-earth. By Bradley J. Birzer. Wilmington, DE: ISI Books, 2002. (PR6039 .O32 Z565 2002, Mullen Stacks)
Main Street: Some Lessons in Revitalization. By Louis Lopilato. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2003. (HT170 .L66 2003, Eng/Arch/Math Library)
Moral Catechesis and Catholic Social Teaching: A Latin American Approach. By Joaquim Parron Maria. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2003. (BJ1249 .M183 2003, Mullen Stacks)
Peter Bruegel. By Phillipe Roberts-Jones. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2002. (ND673 .B73 R62513 2002, Mullen Stacks)
Pinochet File: A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability. By Peter Kornbluh. New York: New Press, 2003. (F3101.P56 K67 2003, Mullen Stacks)
Poor Latino Families and School Preparation: Are They Doing the Right Things? By William A. Sampson. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2003. (LC2670 .S36 2003, Mullen Stacks)
Public and Private Spaces of the City. Madanipouri. London: Routledge, 2003. (NA2765 .M25 2003, Eng/Arch/Math Library)
Redesigning Cities: Principles, Practice, Implementation. By Jonathan Barnett. Chicago: Planners Press, 2003. (HT151 .B37 2003, Eng/Arch/Math Library)
Sex and Virtue: An Introduction to Sexual EthicsBy John S. Grabowski. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2003. (BXZ 1795 .S48 G73 2003, Mullen Stacks)
Talk about Sex: The Battles over Sex Education in the United States. By Janice M. Irvine. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. (HQ57.5 .A3 I78 2002, Mullen Stacks)
Technology: Taking the Distance out of Learning. Edited by Margit Misangyi Watts. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003. (LC5803 .T4 T42 2003, Mullen Stacks)
Walter Benjamin: Self-Reference and Religiosity. By Margarete Kohlenbach. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002. (B3209 .W584 K64 2002, Mullen Stacks)
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Book Notes: Brief Reviews of New Titles
Byte Wars: The Impact of September 11 on Information Technology. By Edward Yourdon. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall PTR, 2002. (TK5105.59 .Y68, Eng/Arch/Math Library)
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Written by an information technology professional for a broad audience, this book takes a look at issues surrounding information technology and society, such as privacy, computer network security, and risk analysis. Although September 11 has brought new attention to these concerns, the author talks about a “paradigm shift” in the uses of information technology that had already begun to take shape. Jill Lagerstrom, Engineering/Architecture/Math Library
The Emergence of Cinematic Time: Modernity, Contingency, the Archive. By Mary Ann Doane. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2002. (PN1995.9.T55 D63 2002, Mullen Stacks)
Doane’s most recent book examines modernity’s rationalized idea of time in relation to the rise of cinema and recording devices. According to Doane, there is a connection between this rethinking of time that occurred during the era of industrialization and the ephemerality associated with the motion picture, a product of mechanization itself. From the enormous influx of pocket watches, signaling the desire to “wear time,” to the mass production methods that equated time with money, rationalized time is juxtaposed with the ideas of chance encounters, temporality, and contingency implicit in early cinema. The author focuses on the paradoxical relationship between industrialization’s rationality and the cinema’s element of chance. Doane illustrates contemporary notions of time across disciplines such as statistics, psychoanalysis, philosophy, and physics, which will interest many outside the realm of cinema studies. Matthew Harrington, Mullen Reference & Instructional Services
Neighborhoods and Health.Edited by Ichiro Kawachi and Lisa F. Berkman. Oxford University Press, 2003. (RA427 .N454 2003, Nursing Library)
Neighborhoods and Health attempts to answer an intriguing question: Can certain social and physical characteristics of residential neighborhoods make a difference to a person’s well-being, over and above an individual’s intentions and actions to maintain healthy habits?
The editors note that researchers in public health and the social sciences have lately focused on the effects of one’s neighborhood on health, especially in the context of explaining social inequalities in health. Deftly divided into three parts, the book explains its research methodologies; covers health outcomes with relation to one’s neighborhood; and tackles some of the major crosscutting themes in contemporary neighborhood research. With graphs and tables as well as complete references, this book will prove useful to students of nursing and social services, while filling a perceived void in health literature. Angela Bellardini, Nursing Library
A New World Trade Center: Design Proposals from Leading Architects. By Max Protetch. New York: Regan Books, 2002. (NA2695 .N7 P76 2002, Eng/Arch/Math Library)
This volume covers over fifty project designs, from simple memorials to megalithic skyscrapers, for the site of the former World Trade Center. Well illustrated with drawings and computer-generated graphics, the book also describes the architects’ visions for the site. Jill Lagerstrom, Engineering/Architecture/Math Library
Peeking through the Keyhole: The Evolution of North American Homes. By Avi Friedman. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2002. (NA7203 .F75 2002, Eng/Arch/Math Library)
Peeking through the Keyhole chronicles changes in housing since World War II. The authors not only look at developments in terms of design, materials, and demographics, but also examine the shift in what “home” means in North America. Jill Lagerstrom, Engineering/Architecture/Math Library
The Violence Within/The Violence Without: Wallace Stevens and the Emergence of a Revolutionary Poetics. By Jacqueline Vaught Brogan. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2003. (PS 3537 .T4753 Z619 2003, Mullen Stacks)
In her essay, Brogan challenges readings of Wallace Stevens that dismiss his work as sexist and racist and nourished by an imagination detached from his political and social context. Her argument begins with Stevens’ early work, what she labels his private, “masculine rhetoric,” which created his fraught relationship with William Carlos Williams and the objectivist project. Through close readings, Brogan claims that Stevens evolved into a supremely “ethical” poet, who constructed a “revolutionary” poetics in response to the violence of world war and against his earlier “rage to order.” For students of modern and contemporary poetry, this study outlines, however arguably, one poet’s struggle with political violence and its imagined, as well as very real, consequences. Cathy Eisenhower, Mullen Reference and Instructional Services
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Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-century Catholic/
Irish Newspapers Now Available to Researchers
Rare Books and Special Collections has just made available approximately one hundred titles of newspapers published during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In American cities and a few foreign countries, local Catholic and/or Irish communities published most of these papers, including:
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Connecticut Catholic (“Published in the interest of the Catholic population of the Diocese of Hartford”); and
The Irish American Advocate (“A Weekly Paper of Irish News and Miscellany, and Devoted to the Business, Social, Athletic and Political Doings of the Irish-American Population of Greater New York”).
The collection contains multi-year runs of some papers, but one or only a few issues of many of the titles, which makes this collection unusual. For example, only the December 21, 1872, issue represents the Celtic Weekly (“A Journal of Fiction, Poetry and Historical Romance”), and a sampling of issues from 1903 to 1924 represents Gaelic American (“A journal devoted to the cause of Irish independence, Irish literature, and the interests of the Irish race.”). Further analysis of the newspapers may help us determine why and how CUA acquired the collection.
Currently researchers may use any available issues, which are cataloged in a database accessible in Rare Books and Special Collections.
These newspapers offer insights into local religious, social, and political concerns, and the illustrations and advertisements bring the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to life. For more information about the newspapers or Rare Books and Special Collections, please visit us in Room 214, Mullen Library, give us a call at 202-319-5091, or visit our Web site at http://libraries.cua.edu/rarebooks /index.html.
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Looking for Primary News Sources Online–from 1851 and on?
Look No Further . . .
View the past online with the Historical Newspapers database. Now find The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post online, from 1851 onward. The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985 also provides electronic access to this important London daily. See for yourself how the public reacted to great events in world history.
Not only can you view photographs, but you can also:
» search the newspapers by keyword, type of article, date, and many other ways.
» browse entire issues with thumbnail pages.
» view and print the PDF of a single article or an entire page, including photos.
Historical Newspapers and The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985 make scrolling through rolls and rolls of microfilm a thing of the past. For more information on how to search the databases, try Ask-A-Librarian, the WRLC’s virtual reference service. You can also visit the Information Desk at Mullen Library or call 202-319-5070.
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Stump the Librarian: Searching with Bad Information
To Whom It May Concern:
I am a Master’s student in Social Work doing a research project on forgiveness and I am looking for a 1984 unpublished CUA doctoral dissertation that I would like to reference. I found the reference to it in a paper I was reading. It was written by J.A. Stresser. The name of the dissertation is “The relation of general forgiveness and forgiveness type to reported health in the elderly.” If you can help direct me toward this work, I would be MOST appreciative.
Thank you in advance,
Student
Here’s how Mary Agnes Thompson, Reference Librarian at Mullen Library, found the dissertation:
» She searched Dissertation Abstracts for author “Stresser” and found nothing.
» Thinking the author might be misspelled, she searched for keyword phrase “relation of general forgiveness.” Nothing.
» She did the same searches in OCLC WorldCat (a database of materials at libraries nationwide). Nothing.
» She searched for the keyword phrase “forgiveness type” and after plowing through more than twenty hits in OCLC she found it.
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Results? It turns out the author is “Strasser” and the title begins “The relationship” instead of “relation.” The correct title and author are Strasser, Judith Ann, “The Relationship of General Forgiveness and Forgiveness Type to Reported Health in the Elderly.” In this case, the author was cited incorrectly in the paper where the student found the reference.
This is a VERY common search problem and can be solved fairly easily by searching for various keyword phrases. In this case, “forgiveness type” is an uncommon phrase and so worked well.
In other cases, you may try aGuided Keyword searchin the WRLC Libraries Catalog, which allows you to search for keywords simultaneously with publisher information, author, subject headings, etc., or use the Guided or Advanced search features in ALADIN databases.
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Online Dictionaries and Thesauri — Try the New Visual Thesaurus
http://www.oxfordreference.com Oxford Reference Online. Search over one hundred reference sources, including language and subject dictionaries from architecture to science. You can access this dictionary in the Articles and Other Databases section of ALADIN.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/ Merriam Webster Online: includes dictionary and thesaurus.
http://www.onelook.com/ Meta-search of online dictionaries. Just type in a word and search online dictionaries, both general and subject-specific.
http://www.bartleby.com/reference/ American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language online, as well as many reliable reference sources, such as the Columbia Encyclopedia, Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, English usage guides, and more.
http://www.visualthesaurus.com Thesaurus that presents “the interrelationships between words and meanings as /index.jsp spatial maps.” Have fun and learn about language.
http://www.groveart.com/ The Grove Dictionary of Art online, featuring articles, biographies of artists, bibliographies, and images of visual art. You can access this dictionary in the Articles and Other Databases section of ALADIN.
http://www.grovemusic.com/ The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians II online, featuring articles, biographies of musicians, bibliographies, and lists of musical works. You can access this dictionary in the Articles and Other Databases section of ALADIN.
http://dictionary.oed.com/entrance.dtl The Oxford English Dictionary online, a comprehensive work that details word histories and usage. You can access this dictionary in the Articles and Other Databases section of ALADIN.
The CUA Libraries offer print versions of many more dictionaries of the English language, of languages from Algonquin to Timucua, and of subjects from archaeology to money. Just ask your reference librarian for help finding them in the reference collection.
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New Searchable Finding Aid for Catholic Scholars
CUA’s American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives recently completed a guide to the archival records of the Executive Department of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The guide covers 1919, the year the conference was founded, to 1966 and is searchable online at http://archives.lib.cua.edu
Researchers may also visit the Life Cycle Institute, Room 101, to use the guide. For more information, or to make an appointment during regular hours (9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday), call William J. Shepherd, Associate Archivist, at 202-319-5065, or e-mail him at [email protected].
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