Bearing the Fruits of Thought 2008 Food for Thought a Message from the University Librarian

Bearing the Fruits of Thought 2008 Food for Thought A Message from the University Librarian

Some say there is no longer a need for faculty and students, to promote for a research library in a time when high-end collaborative computing everything is online and easily avail- and cross-disciplinary research, or to able. But they don’t know Cornell acquire special collections ranging University Library and the immense from clay tablets to Abraham Lin- treasures that are located only here, coln’s Gettysburg Address and from which draw the best and brightest to the No. 1 online repository in the the university on the hill. They don’t world, arXiv.org, to the hip hop col- know that the faculty rank the Li- lection that gained the Library “real brary as a leading indicator of work- street cred” with the student body. life satisfaction. They don’t know the many young scholars who cred- Some say that librarians wear sen- it the Library’s holdings with creative sible shoes, stamp books all day, breakthroughs in research, and they and have perfected the “shush.” don’t know the sacred trust that the But they don’t know Cornell and Library maintains in connecting the they don’t know its librarians, such past to the present to envision the as John Dean, who has devoted the future. last several decades to preserving cultural heritage treasures in war- Some say nobody goes to libraries torn countries, or Camille Andrews anymore. But they don’t know Cor- and Thomas Mills, who made infor- nell University Library and the stu- mation fluency a hallmark of the Li- dents, faculty, and other folks who brary’s work, or Mary Ochs, who has pass through its doors close to four spearheaded the “Library in a Box” million times a year. They don’t initiative to provide researchers in 50 know that graduating seniors con- of the world’s poorest countries ac- sistently rank the Library as the No. 1 cess to top agriculture journals. service on campus. They don’t know Heather Levy, ILR ‘10, who calls the Research universities are in the busi- Library her “second mom,” or the ness of provoking ideas, creativity, McErnery daughters, who frequent and scholarly expression in order to all of the libraries on campus and are address the world’s major challeng- on a first-name basis with many li- es. As long as the academy thrives brarians. They don’t know the many on the world of the mind, thought students who credit the Library with happens. It happens better and saving their GPAs or keeping their more effectively when nourished by dissertations on track. the Library’s resources, services, and facilities. This annual report serves as Some say the Library is just a ware- testimony that Cornell University Li- house for books, but they don’t brary is alive and well and stands at know Cornell University Library and the very center of intellectual life on its cutting-edge work to set stan- campus. Read on—there’s plenty of dards for digitization, to protect fair food for thought here. use and intellectual property rights

Anne R. Kenney Carl A. Kroch University Librarian Bearing the Fruits of Thought Cornell University Library 2008 “One of the things that is most important to me is the superb library that we have. I'm not sure we recognize just Table of Contents how good it is. I have been to all of our competitors’ libraries, and certainly in Keeping Thought Alive 4 the kinds of things that I am interested Collections, Events, and Exhibitions in, ours is right up there. It is a great facility for those of us who are on the Information at the Point of Thought 20 faculty in the Arts College and who use Scholarship, Access, and Research it a lot, and of course for our students Making Room for Thought 30 as well. It has been a wonderful intel- Library as Place lectual experience for this humanist to make abundant use of this fine facility.“ Thought Leaders 36 Fredrik Logevall People and Ideas Professor and Director of Graduate Studies History Department Food for Thought 50 Outreach and Impact Big Red in the Big Apple A Meeting of the Minds: A Conversation with Cornell’s Celebrated Faculty Sowing the Seeds of Thought 60 Statistics, Grants, and Donors Seven distinguished Cornell faculty members discussed the intersection of culture, science, politics, and international relations at a forum in New York City. The session was moderated by Provost Biddy Martin. Nearly 1,000 people attended.

“As a new faculty member, this [hip hop] conference has served as one of the defining events of my first months on the job…. When the intellectual experience can go from two to three dimensions and a subject is brought to life, then the learning process be- comes even more visceral. This is what I love and value promoting as a teacher and artist myself. I think that this conference illustrates what is special about education at an institution like Cornell. No one should ever take these amazing opportunities for teaching and learning for granted.”

Riché Richardson Associate Professor Africana Studies and Research Center

Keeping Thought Alive Collections, Events, and Exhibitions 6 5 “Cornell staked a claim in hip hop history “By paying tribute to those who laid the foun- this weekend, and Kroch library just gained dation, we tell our own history. Preserving some serious street cred.” hip hop’s early years will help future generations understand the places they come Cornell Daily Sun, “Editorial: Grandmaster Ezra,” Nov. 3, 2008 from.” Performer Afrika Bambaataa Collections Come to Life Some of the hip hop industry’s and panels to round out the ac- “I enjoyed being at Cornell and sharing my most notable pioneers descend- ademic side, and hundreds of life with the people that came. My wish is ed upon Cornell University last educators, students, and per- fall. They were part of a confer- formers from all over the coun- that we could do event[s] all over the world ence celebrating the acquisition try made the pilgrimage to Itha- just so people can see for themselves what of “Born in the Bronx: The Leg- ca, N.Y. to celebrate the origins a real Hip Hop Culture event is like. I am Hip acy and Evolution of Hip Hop,” of hip hop. a collection that documents the Hop.” early days of hip hop with re- The materials, donated by collec- Performer Tony Crush, a.k.a. DJ Tony Tone cordings, photographs, posters, tor and historian Johan Kugel- and more. berg, have found a permanent home at the Division of Rare and Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Manuscript Collections. As one Caz, Grandwizzard Theodore, of the foremost collections of its Roxanne Shanté, Tony Tone, and kind, it will be used by depart- others gave presentations and ments across the university for performances during the two- research and teaching and es- day event hosted by the Library. tablishes Cornell as a leader in Prominent scholars led lectures the field of hip hop studies.

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“Incredibly inspiring, informational, intellectual, funky/real, well planned AND spon- taneous, creative, fun, and entertaining…. You could hear and see important history, not just on display, but in action—truly living history!” Comment from an attendee

6 7 Belly Up Blues legend Lead Belly—whose real name was Huddie William Ledbetter—found a home in the Library. The family of Sean Killeen, a passionate collector of Lead Belly-ana, donated his materials to the Sidney Cox Library of LaFayette Music and Dance, Turns and now 250 theCornell Division University of Rare Library and Man celebrated- the 250th anniversary of the uscriptMarquis Collections de LaFayette’s is combing birth with an exhibition drawn from its ex- throughtensive his LaFayette archives. Collection, The com the- largest of its kind outside of France. merciallyThe Library published hosted books multiple and events, including a piano concert and recordingsa lecture, are to alreadycommemorate available the event and showcase the Arthur H. in theand Music Mary MardenLibrary. Dean LaFayette Collection.

AlthoughWith over all 11,000 the materials original aremanuscripts, documents, and letters, the Wason Turns 90 copiescollection (the is originals essential areto any the serious biographical work on General The Imperial Jade Book. A rare, Scholars and librarians from across propertyLaFayette of the and Lead constitutes Belly So an- important resource for the study of ancient Chinese encyclopedia. the United States and China came ciety,late which 18th- Killeenand early headed 19th-century for France. Historical photographs depicting to Ithaca for the three-day event. many years), they form an ex- early life in Korea. A bold Japa- Concurrent with the conference, tensive research collection un- rmc.library.cornell.edu/lafayette nese scholar’s treasured personal an exhibition featuring the histo- like any other in the world. Mil- collection. Thousands of manu- ry of the Wason Collection and lions of papers, from fan letters scripts, pamphlets, drawings, and its rare materials was displayed to Lead Belly’s FBI file, will be maps. throughout the Library. madeKeeping available to scholars.the Commitment to the These treasures and more were Wason, a Cornell alumnus and “ThisBook fits into an enhanced col- fêted when Cornell University Li- East Asia enthusiast, donated the lecting focus on 20th-century A new $30,000 endowment from the Class of 1956 establishes a brary hosted a 90th anniversa- seed of the collection in 1918. fund to boost Cornell University’s humanities print collection, al- ry celebration of the Charles W. Those original materials estab- lowing the Library to purchase additional English-language mono- Wason Collection on East Asia lished China as a focal point for graphs and a range of materials in foreign languages. in conjunction with the 14th an- the Library and the university. nual international conference of Over the years, the collection has Ernie Stern, president of the Class of 1956, said several members the Association of Chinese Pro- expanded to include materials on of his class had made significant contributions to the Library, and fessors of Social Sciences in the Japan and Korea and grown to in- he was pleased to be approached about creating the endowment. United States. The conference clude more than half a million vol- featured keynote speeches from umes and a multitude of serials “There isn’t one specific constituency that the Library has—it serves noted experts and 17 panels that and electronic resources. Today, everybody,” he said. “So these library gifts are gifts that serve the addressed topics across the social, the Wason Collection stands as entire campus.” cultural, economic, and political one of North America’s most dis- landscapes of East Asia. tinctive collections on East Asia.

asia.library.cornell.edu/ac/Wason 8 9 Dalai Lama Visits Cornell Cornell University Library played a vital role in celebrating the Da- lai Lama’s historic visit to Ithaca, N.Y., in October 2007 with a major exhibition and lecture series. The Library’s program looked to the larger context of the Dalai Lama, sweeping across Buddhist Asia from northeastern India to the Himalayas, Indonesia, Japan, and many points in between.

Library items displayed in the “Bridging Worlds” exhibit—such as paintings from the Kathmandu Valley and Buddhist treasures from the Asia Rare collection—crossed geographic boundaries drawn between South, Southeast, and East Asia. Moreover, they crosscut traditional academic divisions of labor that may treat art, philosophy, history, and religion as distinct fields of inquiry.

The exhibition was co-sponsored by the East Asia Program, the South Asia Program, and the Southeast Asia Program.

asia.library.cornell.edu/ac/bridgingworlds

Generosity + Libraries = Thought Happens Thanks to a gift from the estate of Margaret F. Knox, a new endowment named in her honor will allow the Mathematics Library to update and maintain its collection for years to come. Steven Rockey, the director of the Mathematics Library, said the gift was “wonderful and unexpected.”

10 11 Sticker Shock Pop quiz: For the price of an annual subscription to the Journal of Applied Polymer Science, you could get:

a) a brand new car b) a solar hot water system c) a trip to Machu Picchu d) any of the above

You guessed it: d).

The staff of the Engineering Library put together two online exhibits—”Sticker Shock” and “Sticker Shock 2”—to inform the Cornell community about the price of annual subscriptions to various com- mercially produced scientific and engineering journals. And shock- ing they are: The cost of these subscriptions can exceed $18,000 a year, and it’s rising between five and 10 percent every year. astech.library.cornell.edu/ast/engr/about/StickerShock2.cfm

Belly Up Blues legend Lead Belly—whose real name was Huddie Wil- liam Ledbetter—found a home in the Library. The family of Sean Killeen, a passionate collector of Lead Belly-ana, donated his materials to the Sidney Cox Library of Music and Dance. The com- mercially published books and recordings are available in the Mu- sic Library. Manuscripts will be cataloged, stored, and accessible in the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections.

Although all the materials are copies (the originals are the property of the Lead Belly Society, which Killeen headed for many years), they form an extensive research collection unlike any other in the world. Millions of papers, from fan letters to Lead Belly’s FBI file, will be made available to scholars.

“This fits into our enhanced collecting focus on 20th-century pop culture and music,” said University Archivist Elaine Engst.

1212 1313 A Piece of Cornell History Recent generations may not The “Davy” in question is for- know how to spot a “piker” or mer Registrar David Fletcher Hoy where to find Theodore Zinck’s, (Class of 1891, M.S. ‘93), one but the song (sung to the tune of Cornell’s first administrators. of Give My Regards to Broad- Hoy also championed the base- way) has resonated with Corne- ball program, and Hoy Field was lians for more than 100 years: named in his honor.

Give my regards to Davy Hoy threw out the first pitch when the field was inaugurat- Remember me to Tee Fee Crane ed in 1922, and that baseball re- turned to Cornell during a cer- Tell all the pikers on the hill that emony in July. Registrar Hoy’s I’ll be back again grandson, David Fletcher Hoy III, presented the ball to University Tell them just how I busted lap- Archivist Elaine Engst. The ball ping up the high highball will be preserved and displayed in the Division of Rare and Manu- We’ll all have drinks at Theo- script Collections. dore Zinck’s when I get back next fall.* “I think it belongs here,” said the 82-year-old Hoy. “I’m glad [it was] given to a place where it can be properly taken care of.”

* A piker is a freshman. Theodore Zinck's was a bar and longtime institution in down- town Ithaca. Tee Fee Crane was Thomas Frederick Crane, a professor, dean, and acting president. “Busted” refers to being dismissed for academic failure.

1414 1515 Song of the Vine: A History of Wine Cornell University Library uncorked a major exhibit in 2008 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its Eastern Wine and Grape Early Buzz Archive. The exhibition explored the ori- The Albert R. Mann Library added the first 20 volumes of The gins of viticulture in Europe and the de- American Bee Journal (ABJ) to its online library of historical bee- velopment of wine-making in America keeping materials. These historic volumes cover 1861 through and also addressed the cultural move- 1884 and include everything from Chinese honey-harvesting ments and legislative acts that shaped methods to tips on the use of wild onions and other herbs. the nation's complex relationship with alcohol. Modern-day beekeepers still rely on the ABJ, the first English-language journal devoted to the field. TheABJ exists as a monument Made possible through the generosi- to the long history of American beekeeping and the ingenuity of ty of Ronni Lacroute ’66, “Song of the its practitioners. Vine” featured a wine-tasting and lecture by noted wine historian Thomas Pinney The Hive and the Honeybee is a free, full-text digital archive of at the opening reception during reunion selected rare works from Mann Library's E. F. Phillips Collection, weekend in June. Documents describing one of the world’s most comprehensive apicultural libraries. This the growth of New York’s wine industry growing online archive, supported by American beekeepers, of- and Cornell's contributions to the field, fers ready access to both scholars and practicing beekeepers. as well as historic materials on grape cul- tivation, were among the artifacts dis- bees.library.cornell.edu played in the Division of Rare and Manu- script Collections in Carl A. Kroch Library.

The Comstock Memorial Library of En- tomology also featured a display: “Phyl- loxera: How One Tiny Insect Nearly De- stroyed the European Wine Industry.” Tiny yellow aphids, phylloxera vastatrix, arrived in France on imported American vines in 1868. That initial invasion led to a 30-year battle to save the European wine industry that ultimately ended with an American solution.

Mann Library, Nestlé Library, and Maps and Geospatial Information in Olin Library also hosted Wine and Grape exhibits.

rmc.library.cornell.edu/ewga

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Avian Art Thanks to a new effort from the Adelson Library, 200 years of art from the Cornell Lab of Orni- thology’s collection is now available online.

Users can search for images of a particular bird species or artist with keywords or browse the extensive collection. Many of the images are also in the public domain and available in high-resolution. birds.cornell.edu/About/art.html Thinking Outside the Box “Beyond the Taj”—a collection of visual and written materials on South Asian architecture—has gone beyond the Library’s Web site.

An agreement was signed to allow the digital exhibit to be published as an open collection on ARTstor*, making it broadly available to subscribers. Faculty and students can also access the collection through Luna Insight.

“Beyond the Taj” supports instruction and research on South Asia from the perspectives of architecture and ethnography. It features approximately 7,000 photographs of architecture, pilgrimage sites, and domestic life taken in India and Sri Lanka by anthropolo- gist and architect Robert MacDougall, a former Cornell professor and dean of the School of Continuing Education.

The digital collection is a result of a long-term collaboration between Digital Consulting and Production Services in the Library; Bonnie MacDougall, professor in the Department of Architec- ture; and Margaret Webster, director of the George W. & Adelaide Knight Visual Resources Facility in the College of Architecture, Art & Planning.

beyondthetaj.library.cornell.edu * ARTstor is a digital library of nearly a million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes.,

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1 of 2 Printed for Carla DeMello 3/13/2009 10:42 AM "A collaboration that pairs the com- plementary strengths of a leading research library and a university press from different universities is an extraordinary move. The result is noth- ing less than securing the future of alternative publishing options for independent presses in the fields of mathematics and statistics." Anne R. Kenney Carl A. Kroch University Librarian (See Independent Thought, p. 28)

Information at the Point of Thought Scholarship, Access, and Research

20 21 Two Schools of Thought

Publish or Perish? Major Milestone Scholars in the humanities are Reinforcing its place in the scientif- having an increasingly difficult ic community, the arXiv repository at time finding outlets to publish Cornell University Library reached a the books on which their fields new milestone in October 2008: half depend. On Nov. 7 and 8, 2008, a million e-print postings—research Cornell University Library and articles—published online. Cornell's Society for the Humani- ties co-hosted a Forum on Aca- arXiv is the primary daily information demic Publishing in the Humani- source for hundreds of thousands of ties. The event brought together researchers in many areas of phys- scholars, university press publish- ics and related fields. Researchers ers, foundation representatives, upload their own articles, which are and librarians to address the usually made available to the public question, “Is humanities publish- the next day. A team of more than ing in crisis?” 100 volunteer moderators from around the world screen submis- Prominent speakers from around sions and recommend whether they the world addressed new hori- should be included in the repository. zons developing in the “digital humanities,” but they also of- The world's most prominent re- fered words of caution about searchers in science use and post what might be lost in a move on arXiv, including 53 Physics Nobel away from print culture. Partici- Laureates, 31 Fields Medalists, and pants discussed the evolution of 55 MacArthur Fellows. Users include scholarly writing and university scientists as well as journalists and press publishing, as well as the people in countries with limited ac- place of libraries’ special collec- cess to scientific materials. tions and archives in the creation of new digital scholarly editions. More than 200,000 articles are downloaded from arXiv each week by about 400,000 users, making arXiv the Library’s most visible exter- nally used resource. Its 118,000 reg- istered submitters live in nearly 200 countries, including Suriname, Su- dan, and Iraq.

2222 2323 Large-Scale Thinking Pairing up with leaders in online information discovery such as Google and Microsoft puts Cornell University Library at the forefront Library Literati of the digitization movement. These large- In the historical tradition of liter- scale partnerships support the Library's ary salons devoted to the life of long-standing commit- the mind, Cornell University Li- ment to make brary launched a series of library its collections salons. These salons offer an op- broadly avail- portunity for alumni and friends able, as well as to gather and engage in intellec- the university's tual discussions as they relate to goal to increase the the role of research libraries in the impact of Cornell beyond the campus. academy.

Through its work with Microsoft, the The first salon, held at the Cornell Library digitized approximately 80,000 Eng- Club in New York City in October, lish-language books, all in the public domain. featured two photographers— Also digitized were 1,300 items from the Di- Mathew Brady and Liberty Hyde vision of Rare and Manuscript Collections’ Bailey—who produced some of internationally prominent holdings on the the 19th century’s most memo- poet William Wordsworth. Print-on-demand rable images. University Librarian options with Amazon.com allow read- Anne R. Kenney presented Bailey’s ers from all over the world to request print cyanotypes, and expert and Li- copies of Cornell’s books. brary supporter Stephan Loewen- theil, JD ‘75, showcased his col- Google’s partnership is also making library lection of Brady’s photographs. materials available online using Google Book Search, which provides scholars John Dean, the Library’s former and the general public with the ability to head of preservation, was the fea- search for and locate books from Cornell's tured guest at the second salon in collections. The Library started digitizing November. Held at the Stamford books for the initiative in October 2008 Yacht Club in Connecticut, Dean’s and is now focusing on its agriculture and presentation described his two life sciences collections. decades of efforts to save cultural heritage treasures in war-torn countries and bring back digital versions to add to Cornell’s online collections.

2424 2525 Library.cornell.edu v. 2.0 The Library’s Web site got a major makeover in 2008. More than a year’s worth of work resulted in a sleeker site that connects users with the information they want in seconds.

The best features of the revamp? • New homepage with a prominent search box for the library catalog, articles, and databases • Direct links for course and research help • Updated “My Account” section • We Recommend, a place where students, faculty, and staff can point out library highlights

The new look also showcases the millions of images in the Library’s collection.

Other technological innovations, such as a new catalog from World- Cat Local that allows users to search the holdings of libraries around the world, also got started. The broad scope and new look echoes the focus of the project, which centered on the user experience across the multiple systems that make up the information landscape. At every step along the way, user testing was key to guiding the project. library.cornell.edu

“Absolutely fantastic job with the new Web site. I can’t tell you how frustrating the old one was. A very welcome change.”

“Disaster! Did you pay someone for this?”

“I love the new library Web site! Very attractive and user-friendly...”

“This new page is terrible.”

“I just wanted to say how much I love the new Web site redesign.... It makes it a lot easier to find everything.”

This small sampling of varied opinions all describe the same thing: the redesigned Cornell University Library Web site that greeted students and faculty returning for the new semester in January. 2626 2727 Connecting Campuses A Goldsen Opportunity

Cornell’s campuses in upstate New York got a little closer to New York Cornell librarians support faculty by seeking out and adding vital re- City and Doha, Qatar this year, when the Library made it easier for the search collections to the Library’s holdings, and they play an impor- Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC) and Cornell’s main campus to share tant role in helping faculty publish, disseminate, and preserve their resources. research.

A February 2008 report identified key factors inhibiting uniform, consistent, Designed as an experimental center of research and creativity, the seamless access to library resources across all Cornell campuses. The report Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media Art is the direct result of a part- called for extending electronic access to the same materials and address- nership between the Library and Tim Murray, professor of compara- ing technical barriers that impede discovery, access, and use of resources. tive literature and English and director of Cornell’s Society for the Hu- manities. Murray founded the archive to serve as a research repository Since then, the Library has acquired shared licenses of several of the high- of new media art and resources, featuring digital interfaces and artis- priority journals identified in the report for use by both the Ithaca/Geneva tic experimentation by international artists. and the WCMC communities. Students, faculty, and staff in Ithaca and Ge- neva now have access to almost 90 percent of the subscriptions at WCMC; Cornell celebrated the public launch of the archive and its Web site the WCMC communities now have access to 97 percent of the subscrip- with a full-day workshop on “New Media Art and Archival Ambitions.” tions at Ithaca and Geneva, N.Y. goldsen.library.cornell.edu

Independent Thought

In a publishing agreement that reaches across institutional boundaries, Cornell University Library has partnered with Duke University Press in an unprecedented joint venture to expand and enhance the services of Project Euclid, the premier online information community for mathematics and statistics resources from independent publishers.

The collaboration marks the first time “a university press and a library that don't share the same genetic material have entered into formal partnership,” said Terry Ehling, executive director of Project Euclid.

The Library established Project Euclid in 2000 as an online publishing service for nonprofit independent and society journals in mathematics and statistics to help them thrive in the increasingly competitive and commercial world of scholarly publishing. It is now home to 93,000 journal articles (65 percent of which are open access) from 54 journals, along with 60 monographs and conference proceedings.

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2828 2929 “I think the renovations of Mann Library are truly spectacular. The library has evolved from one of the finest 20th century libraries to one of the finest 21st century libraries in the world without losing its charm, architectural richness, or superb staff. And the collections themselves. What can I say? Mann Library is one of the crown jewels of Cornell Uni- versity…. My life as an academician at Cornell has been enriched many times over by having Mann Library as a resource.”

Karl J. Niklas L. H. Bailey Professor of Plant Biology Department of Plant Biology Making Room for Thought Library as Place

30 31 Renovating Olin Library

Olin Library stands as the cor- spaces and research carrels, nerstone of Cornell’s entire li- new environmental controls, brary system. But it was built in and high-speed Internet access 1961, when 3x5 cards were cut- throughout the building will be ting-edge research tools; now, prominent features of the newly nearly half a decade later, a redesigned Olin. whirl of activity surrounds plans for its renovation. Collections relocated to the An- nex will benefit from enhanced Library users are being prepared document and book deliv- for the changes. Although the ery services to the main cam- first phase of the project means pus, and 500,000 of Olin’s most closing floors three through sev- heavily used volumes will be en for about two years, strenu- kept on central campus or in the ous efforts are being made to Olin/Uris library complex. Plans accommodate the academic life are under way to find alternate of the Library and all of its users. study spaces for faculty and graduate students. Ongoing “User services are the Library’s presentations for faculty, staff, No. 1 priority, and the goals of and students, which began in the renovation—both during 2008, will also keep the com- and after the project—all speak munity abreast of the changes. to a user’s experience at Olin,” said University Librarian Anne R. Renovation planning, which has Kenney. been in the works for several One undergraduate’s “Ode to Olin Library”: years, has finished the design Life-safety concerns, includ- development phase. Look for ing fire protection and ventila- progress reports and more spe- ”Olin Library is not just a Library; it’s much more tion improvements, are a pri- cifics on the Web site: than that. It’s a community, an intellectual hub mary consideration. More study located in the Heart of Campus. Olin is a warm library.cornell.edu/RenovateOlin refuge in this cold Ithaca; a place of comfort for friends and faculty. At Olin, everyone’s family.”

3232 3333 High-Tech, High-Impact Learning The Kenneth J. Bissett ’89 Col- ers. The space also houses two laborative Center stands out as large plasma screen “Knowledge one of the gems of Mann Li- Bars,” one with an interactive brary’s recent renovation. The whiteboard, as well as low-tech room that used to hold the card whiteboards, chairs, and tables catalog is now a customizable that can be configured for group space where students can work work. together on projects and assignments, promoting brainstorm- This space honors Kenneth Bis- ing and high-energy interaction. sett, a College of Agricultural and Life Sciences student killed Seven mobile workstations in- in the bombing of Pan Am flight clude cutting-edge equipment 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. such as portable LCD screens, Bissett’s perspective lives on with a SmartBoard display, Mac mini the establishment of the center. computers, and DVD record-

University Librarian Anne R. Kenney, Cornell University trustee Martin Tang, and his mother Madeleine Tang at the dedication ceremony. A Family’s Dedication A new name graces the halls of students in the China and Asia- the Carl A. Kroch Library. The Mad- Pacific Studies Program. eleine H. Tang Conference Room was dedicated in November, in hon- “Alumni and friends have en- or of the mother of Cornell Trustee abled the Library to build up Martin Tang ‘70. and acquire collections unique to Cornell,” University Librari- The Tang family’s generous gift also an Anne R. Kenney said at the establishes the Madeleine H. Tang dedication. “This is why Mar- Chinese Historical Materials Fund, tin’s support means so much— which will be used to purchase de- as a university leader, he is set- classified historical documents re- ting an excellent example for lated to Chinese-U.S. relations. The other alumni and friends in en- materials will be available to the dorsing the Library’s vital role on entire Cornell community and es- campus.” pecially useful for undergraduate

3434 3535 “Our mission is to support teaching and learning at the university. This is the heart of it: working with faculty and all the campus partners to make student learning more effective. That piece is key. We can do all the talking and digitization and institutes we want, but if we’re not affecting student learning, why are we here? This is vital to our core mission—it raises awareness among the faculty and our campus partners about the value and perspective the Library brings.”

Camille Andrews Co-Leader of the Cornell Undergraduate Information Competency Initiative and Instruction Coordinator and Public Services Librarian Mann Library

Thought Leaders People and Ideas

36 37 Building an Information-Literate Student Body

Attempts to improve students’ research skills evolved into a major coordinated effort when the first Cornell Undergraduate Informa- tion Competency Initiative institute was held in 2008.

A group of library staff, information technologists, instructional de- signers, and faculty—led by librarians and committee co-chairs Ca- mille Andrews, instruction coordinator from Mann Library, and Thom- as Mills, head of collections and lecturer from the Law Library—ran a week-long institute in June. It addressed undergraduate research and information literacy skills and helped faculty redesign their research assignments throughout the year.

“Faculty members were paired with a librarian and other campus support staff. That collaborative structure was one of the most important things we did, because it gave the institute an amazing en- Freedom Fighting ergy. The participants all sparked off each other,” Andrews said. In June 2008, the U.S. District complaint on the basis of free Christine Ranney, associate professor in Applied Economics and Court for the Southern District speech and freedom of the press. Management, said she found the week’s activities “utterly thrilling” of California upheld the Library’s and appreciated the chance to focus exclusively on her teaching. efforts to promote free speech “It would be disastrous if every and freedom of the press. time we scan something, we had It resulted in big curricular changes for some of the participants. For to take the same editorial respon- example, Peter Hobbs, adjunct professor in Crop and Soil Sciences, The case started when Cornell sibility as the initial publisher," said revamped his class on tropical crops in developing countries to in- alumnus Kevin Vanginderen ’83 intellectual property officer Peter clude sessions co-taught by a librarian and group research projects sued the university in 2007. Van- Hirtle, a leader in Cornell's exten- done collaboratively on a wiki, developed with and by the students ginderen, a lawyer in California, sive digitization programs. Hirtle themselves. claimed $1 million in damages said the court’s decision is a step for making available online the forward: "It reaffirms the impor- “Professor Hobbs’ course was more innovative technically, and the 1983 issue of the Cornell Chron- tant role libraries can play in pro- quality of the research and citation was better,” Andrews said. “He icle, which contained a po- moting free speech and providing saw it as a significant and worthwhile endeavor.” lice report noting he had been ready public access to information charged with third-degree bur- on the activities of government." infocomp.library.cornell.edu glary in connection with multiple campus thefts. (The Chron- More legal action is on tap for icle was digitized and made 2009. These cases will prove cru- available through the Library.) cial in determining the rights of libraries and other parties to dig- Vanginderen alleged that the itize and make accessible older newly digitized version of the materials—regardless of the con- article constituted libel against tent’s potential for embarrassment him. The court granted Cornell’s or other consequences. motion to strike Vanginderen’s

3838 3939 Under the direction of its new University Librarian Anne R. Kenney, Cornell Leading the Library Forward University Library has transformed itself to align more closely with the mission of the world-class university it serves.

From left: Xin Li Scott Wicks Assistant University Librarian for Strategic Initiatives Associate University Librarian for Central Library Operations Janet McCue John Saylor Associate University Librarian for Teaching, Research, Outreach, Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Resources and and Learning Services Special Collections Oya Rieger Dean Krafft Associate University Librarian for Information Technologies Chief Technology Strategist

Lee Cartmill Anne R. Kenney Associate University Librarian for Administrative Services Carl A. Kroch University Librarian 4040 4141 John Dean in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, training library workers to make protective enclosures for palm leaf manuscripts, 1991.

From Visionary Thinking to Saving Lives John Dean, former head of preservation for Cornell University Li- Jesse Koennecke, head of ac- Teresa Whitaker, office manager brary, was presented with a medal by Vietnam’s Minister of Culture for cess services at Mann Library, re- at the Johnson Graduate School his part in preserving the country’s cultural heritage. Dean—who has ceived the 2008 SUNY Chan- of Management Library, received worked for 20 years to rescue historical materials in southeast Asia, Af- cellor’s Award for Excellence in the Distinguished Citizen of the ghanistan, Egypt, and beyond—has been assisting Vietnamese scholars Librarianship. The award recog- Month award from the Tompkins since 1990 to restore books, woodblocks, maps, and manuscripts. nized Koennecke’s contributions County Legislature for saving the Adam Chandler, database man- Julie Jones, head of information to Cornell and the national access life of an MBA Cornell student agement and electronic resources services and law lecturer at Cor- services community through his who had gone into cardiac arrest. librarian, received the Association nell Law Library, won the 2008 strong leadership, technical abili- Whitaker, a trained emergency for Library Collections and Techni- American Association Law Librar- ties, and visionary thinking. medical technician, performed cal Services (ALCTS) Outstanding ies’ “LexisNexis Call for Papers— CPR and used a defibrillator on Collaboration Citation for 2008. New Member Division” award. Jacalyn Spoon, Adelson Library the student until the paramedics Chandler earned the award in Jones’ paper addressed the im- administrator, won a poster con- arrived. recognition of his contributions pact of user interface design on test at the 2008 Special Libraries to the development of a new pro- legal research. Association conference in Seat- tocol for usage-statistics retrieval, tle, Washington. Her presentation as co-chair of the National Infor- was called “Flying Solo at the mation Standards Organization’s Cornell Lab of Ornithology: De- Standardized Usage Statistics Har- velopment of the Gallery of Bird vesting Initiative (SUSHI). and Wildlife Art.” 4242 4343 The Library and the Working World Recognizing the Crucial Role of Libraries With the economy in turmoil, the Library stepped up efforts to The friendship of Harriet Morel Oxman, ILR '48, and Theodore Ox- help job-seekers this year. man, changed Gordon Law's career this spring. In recognition of the couple’s remarkable generosity, Law's position at the Martin P. Cath- The Johnson Graduate School of Management library staff erwood Library has been named in honor of Harriet Oxman. increased the number of career research consultations and workshops to help students prepare for corporate briefings Catherwood is the foremost library Exceptionaland job interviews. Using Student current industry Employees insider resources of its type in North America and one and working together with the Johnson School Career Man- Recognizingof just a few collections the in the world agement Center, the Library was involved throughout the en- focusing on the workplace. The po- tire job-seeking process. sition is only the fourth named library position in Cornell University “I can’t tell you how grateful I am,” one MBA student said. Library. “From the perspective of a student, it’s great to see how sup- portive the staff is here.” “Harriet is an educator, and books and knowledge and preserving cultural heritage are important to her,” Law said. “The library is an expression of those values that she holds— and I hold them as well.”

Gordon Law, The Harriet Morel Oxman Director, Martin P. Catherwood Library

Exceptional Student Employees Guidance for a New Guideline Among the 500 student workers that the Library employs, six were A new reporting requirement from the National Institute of Health honored this year with the Fuerst Outstanding Student Employee (NIH) affected researchers receiving funding this year, and the Library Award. played a key role in helping Cornell grantees understand the new rules. Principal investigators must enter peer-reviewed manuscripts This year's winners, pictured above from left, are all from the Class into NIH's digital archive, Pub-Med Central, which will then provide of 2008: Lisa Liebherr, Mann Library; Shianne Beer, Mathematics Li- free, full-text access to the articles within a year of their publication. brary; Erin Brasch, Olin/Kroch/Uris Collection Maintenance; Kathryn The new rule affected hundreds of Cornell researchers on the Ithaca Kalaf, Engineering Library; (Anne R. Kenney, Carl A. Kroch University and Weill Medical College campuses. Librarian); David Rosen, Law Library; and Laura Santamaria, Manage- ment Library. Information sessions and a Web site were among the ways that the Library reached out to faculty impacted by the new guidelines. William F. Fuerst Jr. ‘39, created the annual award in 1995 to recognize outstanding student employees for their exceptional perfor- mance, leadership, and library service to the campus. Each winner re- ceives $500, the campus’ most generous monetary award for student employees.

4444 4545 Reference Librarians, Plugged In Questions from the Ask a Librarian Blog: How do I find historians’ views on controversies involving the Interna- tional Red Cross and the treatment of POWs in WWII? How do I im- The tagline for the Ask a Librarian blog reads, “See what others are port JSTOR citations into RefWorks? Where can I look for the most asking,” and the continually updated question-and-answer forum used credit card companies in New Jersey? How do I find boiling point allows users to do just that. When a patron e-mails a question to the and melting point info for isomers of esters with molecular formula Library, he or she can check a box granting permission to display it C33H66O2? What is the history of auto emissions standards in the on the blog. U.S.? Do you have any information on South African specific symbols used to represent philosophies and concepts? I’m looking for maga- After the question and a librarian’s answer are posted, students, fac- zine articles on the 1999 Woodstock Festival. I need five sources deal- ulty, staff, and the general public can access it, along with the entire ing with the topic of sexuality in the Epic of Gilgamesh. How do I archive of past questions. find legal cases regarding misuse of patients’ confidential information. I’m looking for information on current issues involving Seneca Indians and land claims. Do we have electronic access to the Journal of Mass Reference librarians continually update the nascent blog, which Media Ethics? I need studies of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra launched in February 2008. So far, it has gathered hundreds of ques- that focus on how the main characters served as metaphors for Rome tions in dozens of categories and addressed topics from copyright and Egypt. I need to find a United Nations General Assembly docu- queries to a hunt for the entire Sears Catalog. ment from 1964. I’m looking for a print copy of Malcolm X’s “Ballots or Bullets” speech. How can I get a list of Private Equity Companies Blogging supplements the existing Ask a Librarian services, including that invest in non-control portion of companies? I need information 24/7 chat, phone calls, drop-in hours, and more. on premodern (up to 1400 A.D.) Malaysian culture and society. I need primary election statistics by state going back 20 years. I want to find blogs.cornell.edu/askalib a book that was in the library of an 18th-century Italian economist named Custodi. I’m looking for magazine articles on “anti-fouling ma- rine paint.” Where can I find information on Alpha Phi Alpha, the first Black fraternity founded on Cornell’s campus in 1906? I am conduct- ing research on food advertisements targeted towards children. I was ‘Reach Beyond the Library Walls’ wondering if Cornell maintains any sort of advertisement database and if ads are at all collected and archived. I need to find images of contem- porary furnishings designed by architects and made of recyclable ma- A new blog from the staff of the Nestlé Library is making it easier terials. Do you know of any resource with images of many, many dif- for students, faculty, and staff at the School of Hotel Administration ferent individual feathers? Can graduates students organize a union? I to stay up-to-date with the library and the wider hospitality world. need tables of optical band gaps for oxide materials. What name was Martin Luther King, Jr., originally christened with? Could you please Hospitality Insights offers a mix of current industry news and devel- help me find a state-by-state listing of peanut production, etc. in the opments in the hospitality field, including research from Cornell Ho- US? I am looking for solubility curves for various salts especially for sub- tel School faculty. zero temperatures. I would like to find out if Vladimir Nabokov viewed the painting Castle on Bluff above Village (1878), by Philadelphia artist “We wanted to reach beyond the library walls a bit,” said Carl Philipp Weber, in Berlin in 1930. What is the median check for dif- Ken Bolton, public services librarian. “We already have sever- ferent segments of the restaurant industry? Where can I find informa- al subscribers from other universities, and we hope to see the tion about Lyme disease in animals? What do librarians do exactly? blog grow and evolve as an effective current-awareness tool.”

nestleblog.com

4646 4747 Lincoln at Gettysburg—and at the Library

The Library once again played a a blog—“GettysBlog”—about crucial role in Cornell Universi- the project. Librarians also ty’s annual New Student Read- led several of the small group ing Project, which took on Gar- discussions. ry Wills’ Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Lincoln at Gettysburg. In conjunction with the New Student Reading Project, the Di- The project not only introduced vision of Rare and Manuscript incoming students to their first Collections exhibited Cornell’s college-level academic discus- copy of the Gettysburg Address sion, it offered an introduc- in Kroch Library during Orien- tion to the Library’s resources as tation Week. Hundreds of stu- well. Library staff, working with dents, faculty, staff, and local a team from the Provost’s office, residents turned out to see the created the project posters and famous document, which is one bookmarks, mounted displays, of only five copies that Lincoln provided design and content for wrote out in his own hand. the Web site, and co-authored

New Student Reading Project: reading.cornell.edu GettysBlog: cornellreading.typepad.com/gettysblog Gettysburg Address: rmc.library.cornell.edu/gettysburg

4848 4949 Going Green, by the Numbers

288: Number of different signs on the digital display at Olin Library’s entrance (in six months)

300: Approximate number of pounds of paper saved by the digital sign

27: Number of cents saved on a small coffee if you bring a reusable mug to Libe Café

2: Number of shared-use bicycles available to library employees, parked outside Uris and Mann libraries

154: Approximate number of short-distance car trips saved by the bicycles

171: Number of library staff who participated in CUL Wellness Month

0: Number of disposable water bottles provided at library functions

300+: Number of library computers donated to Iraq, His- torically Black Colleges and Universities, and more

Providing Food for Thought Outreach and Impact

50 51 Building Ties with China

Declassified diplomatic documents from China are still rare in this country. With the exception of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., Cornell University Library is the only U.S. institution where the Chinese Foreign Ministry Ar- chives will allow certain documents to be housed and accessed for research purposes.

A Chinese government delegation, led by Deputy Foreign Min- ister Qiao Zonghuai and Foreign Ministry Archives Director Zong Chongli, visited the Library in September. During its visit, the delegation presented Cornell with 67 declassified documents from the U.S.-China ambassadorial talks in Geneva in 1955. The delegation also viewed historical artifacts and documents in the Wason Col- lection and other items from the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections.

5252 5353 Manndible Takes a Star Turn with Rachael Ray Mann Library plays host to a world-famous eatery—a culinary “class act,” according to Rachael Ray—in its lobby.

Manndible Café was profiled in the October issue ofEvery Day with Rachael Ray, the celebrity chef's monthly print magazine. Calling the Ag Quad eatery a "study in eco-friendly eating," the article noted the use of local produce delivered by bike from Dilmun Hill, Cornell's student-run organic farm, as well as the campus favorite: overstuffed burritos. Innovative food joints at Penn State, University of Wisconsin, and Brown Uni- versity were also cited.

5454 5555 “Any way to keep the computers out of a land- fill and get them to people who need them is fantastic.” Cross-Campus Collaboration John Hoffmann Cornell Univeristy Library’s goals of increased transparency and cross-cam- Cornell University Library Director of Facilities Planning pus access between libraries served a new purpose this year: tuberculosis Library Computers Go Global research. About a quarter of the Library’s computers become obsolete during the Two joint-instruction sessions between the Physical Sciences Library and course of a school year. In 2008 alone, the endowed library buildings the Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC) in New York City used video- and units turned over 230 of their 870 total active computer systems. conferencing facilities in the Mann and WCMC libraries. Dr. Carl Nathan and his summer graduate students at the WCMC received training on A good number of those computers wound up at an Iraqi university, two scientific databases—Beilstein and SciFinder Scholar—from Leah Sol- due to the Library’s technology services staff and a student group called la, chemistry librarian at the Physical Sciences Library. the Cornell Computer Reuse Association (CCRA) that sends computers to far-flung places in need of technology. The session was part of a series of workshops supporting the researchers’ participation in the TB Drug Accelerator initiative, funded by the Bill & The Library is the biggest donor to the program. Al Heiman, who leads Melinda Gates Foundation. Helen-Ann Brown Epstein, head of education the group and works in Cornell Information Technology’s Academic and outreach at Weill Cornell Medical Library, organized four information- Technology Support and User Services, estimates that the Library has resource workshops throughout the summer. provided more than half of the 600 computers that have been shipped during the course of the program. Solla was set to do the final session for the group; by popular demand, Ep- stein said, Solla conducted a second session for further instruction. “Without the Library, we wouldn’t even have been able to do half of what we’ve done,” Heiman said. In November, the first installment of 25 computers from Cornell was sent to al-Anbar University’s library in Ramadi, Iraq. Access will be avail- Taking Cornell to the Canary Islands able to about 10,000 students, faculty, and staff of the Agriculture Col- Eric Acree, director of the John Henrik Clarke Africana Library, traveled to lege, which reopened in 2007, after Coalition Forces had occupied it the Canary Islands to participate in the country’s first annual meeting of li- for a year and a half. brary professionals and archivists from Africa. The conference host, Casa Africa, is a public consortium run by the Spanish government that aims to The Iraq shipment also marked an important milestone in extending the promote cultural awareness and strengthen the relationship between Spain Library’s reach. Included with the computers were materials from TEE- and Africa. AL, The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library. TEEAL is a Mann Library program that provides an extensive journal database to developing Acree gave a presentation on the goals of the entire Cornell University Li- countries and other places in need. The Ramadi shipment was the first brary system, the mission of the Africana Library, and cataloguing processes time that TEEAL materials were boxed up with the hardware on which at the Library. His presentation was simultaneously translated into Spanish they’ll be used, as well as instruction manuals in English and Arabic. and Portuguese to reach librarians attending from various parts of Africa.

“It’s important to make our imprint in other places,” Acree said, noting More Traveling Computers that the conference links to the Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative co- chaired by Cornell President David Skorton. Some of the Library's recycled computers were distributed throughout the country this year, when shipments went out to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). West Virginia State University received 20 computers from the Library, and various other HBCUs received 15 more.

5656 5757 Destination: Cornell Brazil, Botswana, China, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia, and South Afri- ca came to Ithaca, N.Y. in October 2008 for the Starr Foundation Con- ference held at the Law Library. International law librarians joined their American counterparts from Cornell University, Duke University, New York University, and Campbell University to discuss modern practices and challenges in foreign and international legal research.

Muna Ndulo, professor of Law and director of the Institute for African Development, gave the keynote address on “The Integration of Electron- ic Research into Teaching.” Librarians gave presentations on the status of electronic legal research and available legal resources in their countries, resulting in a revealing comparative analysis. The conference was funded by the Starr Foundation and sponsored by Cornell Law Library and New York University Law Library.

Spearheading Agricultural Education in Asia and Africa

How can new information technologies help some of the poorest farm- ers in the world?

Cornell University, with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foun- dation, addressed that question by organizing two WorldAgInfo Proj- ect workshops. The project aimed to produce strategies for investing in Extending Tools for Animal Research new information technologies to aid small-scale agricultural producers. Multimedia assets from the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) that Mary Ochs, interim director of Mann Library, co-chaired the core orga- were once scattered throughout the Web are now gathered in a single nizing design team. The group brainstormed ways of improving access place, thanks to the newly developed CVM Media Archive. to agricultural information with people in India, Sri Lanka, Mali, Zam- bia, and other countries. The new format makes it easy for resources to be used as education- al tools and to create instructional Web sites and informational docu- Cornell hosted the first workshop in October 2007. Agricultural re- ments. The archive resulted from collaboration between the Veterinary searchers, educators, and practitioners met to identify the information Library, the Department of Library Information Technology, and Partners needs of African and Asian producers and those who support them. in Animal Health, a program co-sponsored by the Library that provides Ochs, Janet McCue, John Fereira, and Jaron Porciello—all members of Web-based information for pet owners and veterinarians alike. the library staff—also traveled to Zambia in November 2007 for the second workshop. In this innovative partnership, the Veterinary Library extends its traditional role of gathering, storing, and providing access to print-based “I genuinely believe this endeavor is critical to all of our futures,” said and audio-visual information including digital images, video clips, and Cornell President David Skorton. audio files. In this way, the Library finds itself deeply integrated into the worldaginfo.org mission and goals of the Veterinary College. partnersah.vet.cornell.edu 5858 5959 Full version of CUL’s 2007/2008 Annual Statistics: “The Library is a constant, but it is always ecommons.library.cornell.edu/handle/1813/9968/browse-title working to make things new and innovative, Unless otherwise stated, data are for July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008, and to make things easier for students. The and include the Weill Medical College in New York City. Library allows me to access information from anywhere and it provides a place to go when I need to get work done.” Heather Levy ‘10 ILR School Martin P. Catherwood Library

Sowing the Seeds of Thought Statistics, Grants, and Donors

60 61 Cornell University Library at a Glance The Library is among the top 10 research libraries in North America. With 20 Cornell community we serve: 34,935 unit libraries on the Ithaca, New York City, and Geneva, N.Y. campuses, The Library serves a Cornell population of 34,935 as well as a broader state, national, and international audience, in accordance with its land grant mission. 16,000

14,000 13,510 Collections Print volumes: 7,943,148 12,000 11,522 E-books: 392,855 10,000 Current journals and other serial titles: 93,000 (55,000 electronic; 48,000 non-electronic) 8,000 Microforms: 8,521,365 7,136 Maps: 253,439 6,000 Videos/DVDs/films: 41,958 2,767 Sound recordings: 122,062 4,000 Archival and manuscript materials: 72,511 cubic feet 2,000 Electronic collections created/maintained locally: 62 0 Facilities Undergrads Grads Faculty Staff User seats: 5,685 Public computers: 742 Laptops for loan: 182 Others with borrowing privileges: Cafés: 3 (Mann, Olin, Uris) Retired, temporary, visiting, and affiliated faculty and staff; staff spouses; Library hours during the academic year: 146 per week SUNY students, faculty, and staff, and New York State non-student residents (Uris open 24 hours/day Sunday-Thursday) (state libraries); Ithaca Public School teachers; and eligible local and regional non-Cornell individuals who have purchased library cards. Services Library visits: 3,940,155 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Sessions on core library Web pages: 7,435,457 Library Investment Index Circulation checkouts and renewals: 1,266,144 (Ithaca/Geneva only) Reference sessions: 78,566 ARL’s 2006/2007 Library Investment Index In 2006/2007, the Library Instruction sessions and tours: 1,745 Top 20 ranked 10th out of 113 Items borrowed from other libraries for Cornell users: 37,678 university libraries in ARL’s 1 Harvard 11 New York On-campus, library-to-library delivery: 25,772 Library Investment Index. Faculty office delivery: 4,873 2 Yale 12 Princeton This index is based on: to- 3 Columbia 13 Illinois, Urbana tal library expenditures; salaries and wages for profes- Expenditures 4 Toronto 14 Washington Collections: $17,745,343 sional staff; total materials Salaries, wages, benefits: $30,619,417 5 UC Berkeley 15 Wisconsin expenditures; professional Operating: $8,345,802 6 Michigan 16 Minnesota plus support staff FTE. 7 UCLA 17 Duke Staff (FTE) 8 Penn State 18 North Carolina Librarians: 126 Staff: 335 9 Texas, Austin 19 Alberta Student assistants: 121 10 Cornell 20 Pennsylvania

Source: ARL at www.arl.org/stats/annualsurveys/arlstats/index.shtml 6262 6363 Unit Libraries Up Close: Hours, Visits, and Services Library Hours Library Visits per Public Laptops Circulation Library- Faculty Reference Instruction open visits* hour* computers for loan checkouts & to-library office sessions sessions renewals delivery delivery Adelson (Lab of Ornithology) 39 4,467 2.3 3 0 962 51 1 322 26 Africana 75 27,823 7.4 6 2 11,591 371 32 171 26 Annex 35 489 0.3 1 0 42,955 10,548 766 n/a n/a Asia Collections 114 with Olin with Olin 10 with Olin with Olin with Olin with Olin 897 38 Engineering 104 339,883 65.4 111 9 46,651 461 44 1,697 27 Fine Arts 87 88,658 20.4 16 3 65,390 1,055 165 2,185 4 Geneva Experiment Station 44 u/a u/a 16 13 2,121 374 3 588 14 Hotel 93 240,084 51.6 30 22 68,708 294 22 2,711 24 Industrial & Labor Relations 83 384,568 92.7 49 0 25,833 620 63 5,819 107 Law 80 u/a u/a 14 0 20,968 416 78 8,058 134 Management 102 237,516 46.6 16 0 31,666 473 29 2,561 64 Mann/Entomology 102 306,801* u/a 148 50 165,699 2,421 259 10,654 209 Mathematics 85 83,206 19.6 9 3 24,257 262 32 567 n/a Medical College 108 232,199 43.0 39 10 48,963 n/a n/a 3,261 158 Medical Archives 43 580 0.3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 475 n/a Music 78 40,414 10.4 45 3 46,524 267 17 1,710 2 Olin 114 1,197,062 210.0 70 30 490,865 6,140 2,971 20,390 356 Physical Sciences 87 78,987 18.2 14 2 15,795 200 36 479 31 Rare & Manuscript 44 with Olin with Olin 3 0 24,952 n/a n/a 10,079 134 Collections Uris 139 614,372 88.4 130 32 120,565 1,683 346 5,020 with Olin Veterinary 94 63,046 13.4 12 3 11,679 136 9 650 22 Total 146* 3,940,155 539.7 742 182 1,266,144 25,772 4,873 78,294** 1,376

* Combined total longest hours a user could physically access at least one library during a typical academic week. See full report for measure caveats. ** This chart does not include central services. The total reference sessions count is Wide range of electronic services: available on page 62. Electronic services and software range from the more traditional servic-

es, such as electronic reserves, electronic document delivery (MyDocu- ment Delivery), and an electronic table of contents service (MyContents), to those on the horizon such as VIVO (a research-focused discovery tool) Citations added, 647,990: and CUL Labs (a site that allows users to test and provide feedback on The number of references users added to RefWorks (citation management newly developed technology tools that make it easier to research and software). Through RefShare, users can dynamically share their RefWorks share information). folders with anyone on the Web.

6464 6565 Unit Libraries Up Close: Holdings, Facilities, Expenditures, and Staffing

Library Volumes Seating Linear feet of Net square Collections Total Staff (FTE) shelving footage expenditures expenditures excl. students Adelson (Lab of Ornithology) 13,568 23 1,508 1,939 $16,883 $85,570 1.5 Africana 22,927 29 2,476 3,078 $27,948 $195,503 2.5 Annex 2,683,562 9 335,722 79,454 n/a $239,506 6.0 Asia Collections 816,890 179 74,542* 36,619 with Olin with Olin 9.2 Engineering 244,886 215 27,757 23,815 $920,748 $1,588,588 8.3 Fine Arts 125,799 168 15,325 20,657 $203,390 $594,099 6.1 Geneva Experiment Station 52,410 17 8,997 4,396 $223,840 $363,179 3.0 Hotel 28,911 102 3,189 8,094 $236,744 $725,174 7.6 Industrial & Labor Relations 180,562 261 42,754 67,903 $483,047 $1,985,806 23.5 Law 542,912 430 91,702 68,700 $1,452,158 $3,158,244 21.9 Management 53,524 138 5,181 9,710 $367,821 $887,592 7.5 Mann/Entomology 469,562 1,139 70,399 127,505 $2,366,451 $8,656,777 50.6 Mathematics 67,117 104 8,617 9,438 $333,840 $564,484 2.0 Medical College 190,806 236 6,155 26,633 $1,743,515 $4,270,513 31.1 Medical Archives 2,458 6 6,548 4,769 n/a $86,680 2.0 Music 148,256 161 16,655 22,674 $141,525 $468,812 2.9 Olin 1,784,568 1,092 252,529* 187,227 $7,049,592 $13,385,740 72.7 Physical Sciences 74,160 154 13,004 14,584 $806,687 $1,372,487 8.1 Rare & Manuscript 226,326 26 66,470 26,372 $735,872 $2,429,462 19.6 Collections Uris 170,744 1,005 20,306* 56,769 with Olin with Olin with Olin Veterinary 43,200 191 7,607* 11,728 $453,360 $985,835 6.7 Total 7,943,148 5,685 1,077,443 812,064 $17,563,419**.. $42,044,052** 293**

*Includes shelving dedicated to print materials only. ** This chart does not include central services (e.g. administration, technology, technical services, etc.). Total expenditure and FTE counts are available on page 62.

Behind the scenes: Over 7 million Web sessions: In 2007/2008, the Library added 128,624 new volumes, cataloged CUL provides access to many of its resources and services through its main 112,751 titles, provided 58,613 in-house conservation treatments, and Web presence (library.cornell.edu). There are consistently over 7 million bound 22,639 volumes. sessions per year on the Library’s core Web pages.

6666 6767 Circulation Up Close Web Site Usage Snapshots

Total checkouts and renewals by type, 1,266,144: 893,290 general collections, 146,448 course reserves, 101,184 laptops, and 125,222 other equipment (such as laptop peripherals, cam- eras, polling devices, etc.) One month’s sessions on the Library’s central Web site: 1,727,044 Checkouts by user group (Ithaca/Geneva only): 730,645

Licensed resources via Library Library Catalog Web site 4% Other (manual, carrels, 12% department): 53,099 Faculty: 56,115 Core Library Web pages Loans to other institutions: 64% 49,483 20% Digital collections Library card holders: hosted by Library 7,894

Staff: 49,412 Grads: 170,167

One day’s sessions on the Library’s central Web site by location of Undergrads: 344,475 viewer

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6868 6969 Interlibrary Lending and Reference Collection Growth and Material Expenditures Borrow Direct enables Cornell faculty, staff, and students to search the Rate of growth: Media items, printed volumes, manuscripts, and combined library catalogs of Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, microforms Penn, Princeton, and Yale universities—a collection of over 40 million volumes—and directly request expedited delivery of circulating items. 14% The loan period has been increased to 42 (from 28) days. 12%

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2% 15,000 0% 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 10,000 Media pieces Printed volumes Archival and manu- Microform pieces 5,630 script materials

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20,000 14,089 0% 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 10,000 All electronic resources Full-text e-journals E-books, indexes, Web 2,558 sites, etc. 0 In person, via phone, snail mail E-mail Online chat Material expenditures: The Library spent an estimated $7,041,326 on electronic materials and Note: Excludes counts that could not be reported separately by type. $8,801,921 on non-electronic materials in 2007/2008 (Ithaca/Geneva only).

Serial titles: The Library provides access to an estimated 93,000 current journal and serial titles, more than half of which are available electronically to the Cornell community. 7070 7171 User Satisfaction The Library has consistently received high user satisfaction ratings from both students and faculty, as exemplified by the following surveys.

Best 368 Colleges’ Best College Library Princeton Review In Princeton Review’s 1 Harvard College 2009 Best 368 Colleg- 2 Princeton University es’ Rankings, Cornell Li- 3 Duke University brary is rated 5th based on 2005 Cornell University Faculty Work-Life Survey students’ responses to the 4 College of New Jersey Mean satisfaction with aspects of work and qualities of work life by question, “How do you gender (Ithaca/Geneva only) 5 Cornell University rate your school’s library 3 = neither satisfied nor dissatisfied; 4= somewhat satisfied; 5 = very satisfied 6 Brigham Young University facilities?” 3.00 3.50 4.00 4.50 5.00 7 Loyola University Being a faculty member 8 College of William & Mary Aspects of appointment Current rank 9 University of Chicago Current salary 10 Columbia University Benefits Source: Office space www.princetonreview.com/college/college-rankings.aspx Clerical support Library 2006 Quadrennial Cornell Senior Survey Computer resources Cornell seniors rate the quality of library facilities and resources: Access to quality grad students Satisfaction with quality of campus services and facilities (Ithaca/Geneva only) Advising responsibilities Very satisfied Generally satisfied Committee responsibilities Library facilities and resources 59.3 38.4 Qualities of work life Computer facilities and resources 43.1 49.6 Intellectual stimulation of work Classrooms 25.4 66.8 Opportunities to immerse oneself Food services 35.8 52.0 Opportunities for collaboration in unit Registrar’s office 18.9 65.1 Opportunities for collaboration around Cornell Computer services and support 31.4 52.5 Opportunities for collaboration outside Cornell Student housing facilities 16.8 62.7 Opportunities to affect students’ lives Financial services (bursar, etc.) 15.7 60.6 Men Women Lab facilities and equipment 23.6 50.1 Career services 24.3 47.1 Source: Institutional Research and Planning (2005), Campus security office/campus police 19.6 51.1 dpb.cornell.edu/IP_E_Faculty_Work_Life.htm Student health services 17.2 49.9 Athletic facilities 19.5 45.6 Student housing office/services 11.3 53.3 Student employment offices 18.0 38.8 Administration’s responsiveness to concerns 9.3 47.1 Financial aid office 10.8 34.8 Foreign language facilities 13.5 31.1 Your financial aid award 14.1 26.0 Psychological counseling services 10.2 15.9 % of Seniors reporting: 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Source: Institutional Research and Planning (2006), dpb.cornell.edu/IP_E_Senior_Survey.htm

7272 7373 Grants

L’Année Philologique Online: $22,425 from the American Philological New York State Archives Digitization: $44,594 from the New York Association to enhance electronic access to its Web site by improving the Open State Department of Education to scan photos, slides, manuscripts, URL linking. broadsides, and other materials in the New York State Archives collections.

Digitization and Indexing of the Donovan Nuremberg Trials collection: Protecting Future Access Now: Developing a Prototype Preservation $15,000 from the Nathaniel Lapkin Foundation to expand access through Model for Digital Books: $50,000 from Portico to collaborate in the digitization and indexing to the Donovan Nuremberg Trials collection, development of a prototype service that will provide a practical model for consisting of nearly 150 bound volumes of Nuremberg trial transcripts and the preservation of digitized books. documents from the personal archives of General William J. Donovan (1883- 1959). Provision of The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library (TEEAL) for Local Area Networks: $162,500 from the Alliance for a Green Revolution Digitizing and Cataloging the Vicos Collection: $10,000 from the Herman in Africa to provide the Alliance with upgraded local area network versions Goldman Foundation to expand access through digitization and cataloguing of TEEAL for distribution to African institutions, along with training and of material from the Vicos Collection, consisting of photographs, maps and support. documentation from the Cornell-Peru Project conducted by the Cornell Anthropology Department in Vicos, Peru, in the 1950s. Special Legislative Project: $12,500 New York State Legislative Grant sponsored by Senator Michael Nozzolio ’73, to support the acquisition of DISCOVER: $622,415 from the Office of the Vice Provost for Research to research materials in the area of industrial and labor relations. establish the DISCOVER Research Service Group to facilitate data-driven science at Cornell by developing cross-disciplinary data archival and discovery Towards Interoperable Preservation Repositories (TIPR): A tools. The Library and the Department of Astronomy, in partnership with the Demonstration Project: $179,941 from the Institute of Museum Cornell Center for Advanced Computing will work closely with DISCOVER and Library Services to develop a proof of concept for the exchange of research groups from multiple disciplines along with core data management information between digital preservation repositories, in partnership with and curation staff to provide accessible paths for the curation, preservation, the Florida Center for Library Automation and the New York University and mining of scientific data. Libraries.

East Asia: Challenges of Complex Realities in an Era of Globalization Updating Cornell University Library’s Serial Holdings in OCLC: and Digitization: $29,235 from 15 donors to support the conference, $9,100 from the South Central Regional Library Council to correct and “East Asia: Challenges of Complex Realities in an Era of Globalization and update Cornell University Library’s holdings in the Online Computer Library Digitization,” held at Cornell Nov. 7-9, 2008, in conjunction with the 90th Center’s WorldCat database. This will enhance bibliographic access to anniversary celebration of the Library’s Wason Collection on East Asia. Cornell’s collections for regional, national, and international users.

7474 7575 Far Above…The Campaign for Cornell Far Above…The Campaign for Cornell will empower the university to lead and be a model for higher education in the 21st century. To maintain the depth and excellence of the collections and services that sustain Cornell’s outstanding academic and research programs, Cornell University Library must:

Provide students, faculty, and researchers with easy access to outstanding collections, often through innovative digital solutions.

Acquire new material and deepen existing collections to support new faculty members and emerging areas of teaching and research.

Teach students to develop information competency as they explore, analyze, and use extensive print, digital, and multimedia resources.

Remain a time-honored place where students, faculty, and visitors come every day to dig deeper, make discoveries, and give birth to new ideas and thoughts.

7676 7777 Cornell University Library thanks its donors for their extraordinary financial support.

$100,000+ $5,000-$9,999 The Estate of Lorna Bennett ‘31 Eleanor S. Applewhaite ‘59 Nicholas H. Noyes Jr. Memorial Foundation Ann E. Berman ‘74 & Samuel S. Spektor China International Book Trading Corporation $50,000-$99,999 Prof. James R. Cooke Marilyn F. Friedman ’66 & Thomas Block Stephen G. Eckhaus ‘72 Herbert J. Hawley ‘46 Dr. Amy Fendrich-Graff ‘81 Pauline S. Lee ‘79 & Daniel J. Zubkoff ‘79 Bernard Gartlir ‘38 & Shirley Gartlir ‘40 Stephan M. Loewentheil JD ’75 & Beth M. Farber ‘77 Jeffrey A. Gelfand ‘72 The Estate of Margaret B. Rice Babak Ghalili Harry M. Gittelson ‘77 $10,000-$24,999 Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Stephen B. Ashley ’62 & Janice G. Ashley Denison H. Hatch ’71 & Wendy A. S. Hatch Dorothy Sarnoff Raymond Charitable Foundation IBM Corporation Lida Greenburg Exstein ’81 & Michael B. Exstein Mary S. Jaffe ‘37 Stuart B. Goldman ‘57 & Alice Goldman L. William Kay ’51 & Brit L. Kay Joyce G. Jordan ‘49 Dr. Cheryl F. Newman ’70 & Leon S. Newman Jr. Luxury Catalogs.Com, Inc. Joel I. Picket ‘60 & Joan Picket Fred W. McLafferty ’50 & Elizabeth C. McLafferty William B. Provine Stephen E. Milman ’58 & Evalyn E. Milman ‘60 Robert A. Rosevear ‘37 Marjorie G. Neuwirth Gail G. Rudin ’56 & Stephen I. Rudin Jonathan K. Poe ’82 & C. Anne Vitullo ‘77 Dr. Hussain Shaukatullah ‘78 Rhoda Rappaport MA ’58, PhD ‘64 Michael T. Sillerman ‘68 Dorothy Sarnoff ‘35 Alex M. Steinbergh ‘62 Specialty Consultants, L.P. Dr. Thomas E. Talpey ‘47 & Elizabeth A. Talpey ‘48 Robert C. Stevens Arnold B. Tofias ‘44 & Gloria Tofias Bernard West ’53 & Joyce L. West Washington Mutual Foundation Winthrop Wetherbee III & Andrea K. Wetherbee Gurdon B. Wattles ‘57 & Kathleen K. Wattles Harvey M. Young ‘57 Howard J. Weg & Karlene K. Weg Dr. Ian R. Wetherly ‘61 & Janet C. Wetherly $25,000-$49,999 Peter F. Baranay ‘74 & Nancy N. Baranay ‘75 Barry M. Cass ’70 & Eileen M. Cass The Estate of Margaret F. Knox ‘43 Dr. George E. Reed ’43 & Elizabeth A. Reed

7878 7979 Images and Photos

Cover and section divider illustrations, Carla DeMello Inside front cover. Anne R. Kenney, Carla DeMello 7. Afrika Bambaataa and Grand Wizzard Theodore, Joe Conzo 8. Charles Wason, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections (RMC) 9. Image from LaFayette Exhibition, RMC 10. Padmapani Lokesvara, painting courtesy of Bronwen Bledsoe 12. Shock, © 2009 Jupiterimages Corporation 13. Lead Belly, © 2009 Jupiterimages Corporation 14. Hoy Field, RMC 16. Eastern Wine and Grape Archive, RMC 17. From the Phillips Beekeeping Collection, Mann Library 18. Bohemian Waxwings, Lab of Ornithology 19. Itmad-Ud-Daulah Agra, Professor Robert D. “Scotty” MacDougall 23. Illustration, Carla DeMello 24. Book Scanner in DCAPS, Carla DeMello 25. Liberty Hyde Bailey, Apple-Jonathan, ca. 1901 Cyanotype photograph, RMC 27. Jenny Shen, Gwen Glazer 32. Olin Library, Carla DeMello 34. Kenneth Bissett Center, Howard Raskin 38. Camille Andrews, Carla DeMello 40. Cornell University Library Leadership, Carla DeMello 44. Fuerst Outstanding Student Employees, Lyndsi Prignon 48. 2008 New Student Reading Project Poster, Carla DeMello 52. Cornell Librarians and Visiting Chinese Delegation, Carla DeMello 54. Manndible Café, Carla DeMello 59. Bovine Divine, © 2009 Jupiterimages Corporation 76. McGraw Tower, Carla DeMello

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