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University of librarians ACRL OA policy statement available discover long-lost concerto draft for comment Librarians at the ’s Fac- The ACRL Research and Scholarly Environ- ulty of Music Library have discovered Nor- ment Committee is seeking input on a pro- wegian composer ’s violin posed ACRL policy statement about open concerto that was believed lost for over a access to scholarship by academic librarians. century. Violinist Henning Kraggerud will The proposed policy statement is available perform the 21st-century premiere of the online at https://goo.gl/AghfXW. Please sub- concerto under the direction of Bjarte Eng- mit comments directly in the online docu- eset in Stavenger, , in July 2016 as ment by February 28, 2016. part of the Inter- national Musico- Oberlin Group, logical Society’s partners launch annual confer- Lever Press ence. The Oberlin Halvorsen Group, a consor- (1864–1935) dedi- tium of 80 librar- cated his violin ies in America’s concerto to the top liberal arts world-renowned colleges, togeth- Canadian violinist er with partners Kathleen Parlow Amherst College (1890–1963). Cover of the newly discovered concerto manuscript. Press and Michi- Photo credit: Jessica Lewis. Parlow gave its gan Publishing, first performance on August 14, 1909, in recently announced the impending launch of Scheveningen, Holland. Later that year, she Lever Press, a collaborative open access (OA) gave two more performances of the concerto scholarly publishing enterprise driven by the with the Nationaltheatret Orchestra in Oslo values, ambitions, and imagination of the na- (then Christiania) under the baton of the tion’s top liberal arts colleges. composer himself. It is believed that there Lever Press is committed to editorial align- have been no further performances of the ment with the mission and ethos of liberal concerto since. arts colleges, a “platinum” approach to OA Following her successful career as a in which the pledging institutions rather than soloist, Parlow continued her involvement authors pay all publishing costs, and digitally with the violin as a teacher and chamber native production processes designed to sup- musician. She lived in Toronto from 1941 to port innovative projects that go “beyond the the end of her life in 1963. Throughout this book.” period, she was involved in the chamber As of December 2015, nearly 40 liberal arts music scene of the city and taught many college libraries—most of them members of distinguished Canadian violinists. the Oberlin Group, with Allegheny College Parlow’s papers, including her correspon- and Ursinus College participating from outside dences, photographs and music scores, were the group’s membership—have committed to donated to the Faculty of Music Library, but contribute more than $1 million to the work the Halvorsen violin concerto was separated of Lever Press over the next five years. Sup- from the rest of the collection and housed in ported by these pledges, Lever Press aims to the library’s performance collection. acquire, develop, produce, and disseminate a

C&RL News February 2016 58 Resources from the Framework for Information Literacy Advisory Board The ACRL Framework for Information Literacy and presentations on the Framework; and Advisory Board, appointed in July 2015, has the Framework “Executive Brief,” a two-page been actively working in collaboration with introductory handout. the ACRL Visiting Program Offi cer for Infor- • The new Framing the Framework mation Literacy to develop initiatives and ACRL e-Learning series (www.ala.org/acrl resources to support librarians in their under- /framingtheframework) initiated with a two- standing and evolving use of the Framework. part webcast on how librarian-faculty teams are With the formal adoption of the Frame- collaborating to connect information literacy work by the ACRL Board of Directors at the and writing instruction (January 5 and Febru- 2016 ALA Midwinter Meeting, the Board also ary 10, 2016), with other offerings to follow. affi rmed its full support for the creation of Upcoming projects for spring/summer professional development resources and 2016 include: opportunities related to the Framework, and • The Framework “sandbox,” a collabora- this is a priority for the Framework Advisory tive space for librarians to share examples of Board (FAB). More information on the Board Framework use and practice, with develop- action is available on the ACRL Insider blog at ment underway and an anticipated launch www.acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/archives/11232 . by late spring/early summer 2016. Resources available for you from FAB • Additional blog features, including the include: “Framework Example of the Week” and a • The Framework document in HTML and “Featured Framework Practitioner.” PDF form is available on the ACRL website at • New webinar and interactive profes- www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework. It is sional development offerings. also available for ppurchase as a print booklet • A calendar of Information Literacy Con- ($15 per packet of 10). ferences and Events, cosponsored with the • The Framework listserv (http://lists.ala. Student Learning and Information Literacy org/sympa/info/acrlframe) is an active and Committee. collegial environment for sharing questions, What other Framework-related professional ideas, and related resources. development resources and activities would • The Framework WordPress website help you in your practice and research? Please (http://acrl.ala.org/framework/) serves as the send your input to Sharon Mader, ACRL visit- central point for news, resources, and updates ing program offi cer for information literacy at from FAB, including a weekly feature, Spotlight [email protected] or to any FAB member. A listing on Scholarship, which highlights scholarly of FAB members is available online at www. literature related to the Framework; an ar- ala.org/acrl/aboutacrl/directoryofl eadership chive of FAB and ACRL-sponsored webinars /committees/acr-tfframe.

total of 60 new OA titles by the end of 2020. title on the MUSE platform. A peer-reviewed For further information about Lever Press, journal designed to promote cross-disciplin- including a full list of participating institutions, ary collaborations on timely issues of interest visit www.leverpress.org. to academics, policymakers, and the public at large, RSF offers thematic journal issues fo- Project Muse launches fi rst fully open cusing on specifi c research questions or areas journal of interest. Project MUSE recently announced the launch While MUSE currently hosts selected OA of RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal articles for its participating journals, RSF is the of the Social Sciences as a fully open access fi rst fully OA title on the platform. Its release

February 2016 59 C&RL News will be followed by the launch of another fully sources (CLIR) is now accepting applications OA title later this spring, Palapala: A Journal for 2016 Digitizing Hidden Special Collections for Hawaiian Language and Literature. and Archives awards. The national competi- In addition to offering OA journals, MUSE tion, funded by The Andrew W. Mellon is currently conducting research under a Mel- Foundation, supports digitizing collections of lon Foundation planning grant towards the rare and unique content in cultural memory development of MUSE Open, a vehicle for institutions. Grants of between $50,000 and the distribution of OA monographs via the $250,000 for a single-institution project, or be- MUSE platform. MUSE Open hopes to lever- tween $50,000 and $500,000 for a collaborative age new OA monograph funding models project, may be sought for projects beginning in combination with MUSE’s discoverability between January 1 and June 1, 2017. The initial and usability features to provide an enriched proposal round is open, and proposals are reader experience and wide dissemination of due by 5 p.m. Eastern time on April 5, 2016. important scholarship. Information for applicants, including a link to the online application form, is available at CLIR invites applications for 2016 www.clir.org/hiddencollections/applicants. Digitizing Hidden Special Collections Awards 2016 Western Archives Institute The Council on Library and Information Re- The 30th annual Western Archives Institute

Putting Assessment into Action ACRL announces the publication of Putting As- learning, fi rst year experience, graduate stu- sessment into Action: Selected Projects from the dent information literacy, technology facilities, First Cohort of the Assessment in Action Grant, assessing outreach services and space, and edited by Eric Ackermann. more. The cases feature 25 U.S. and two Cana- Are you new to library assess- dian institutions representing ment? Are you tasked with con- a wide range of institutional ducting an assessment project types from doctoral/research and don’t know what methods universities to baccalaure- to use, or which ones are the ate/master’s granting institu- most effective (or practical)? The tions to a tribal college and a methodological issues addressed community college. Putting in Putting Assessment into Ac- Assessment into Action is tion are based on the real world, appropriate for professional practical experience of librarians Library and Information Sci- who participated in the first ence collections in all types cohort of the ACRL Assessment of libraries. in Action program. Putting Assessment into Unlike many books on this Action: Selected Projects from subject, this volume allows the the First Cohort of the As- selection of an appropriate as- sessment in Action Grant is sessment method(s) based on the activity or available for purchase in print, as an e-book, program being assessed without requiring ex- and as a print/e-book bundle through the ALA tensive previous knowledge of research design, Online Store; in print and for Kindle through methods, or statistics. Amazon.com; and by telephone order at (866) Twenty-seven cases are presented in arenas 746-7252 in the United States or (770) 442- as varied as assessing fourth year undergraduate 8633 for international customers.

C&RL News February 2016 60 will be held at Santa Clara University Tech Bits . . . from July 10–22, 2016. The Western Archives Institute is an intensive, Brought to you by the ACRL ULS Technol- two-week program that provides in- ogy in University Libraries Committee tegrated instruction in basic archival practices to individuals with a vari- Need to create a professional-looking digital fl yer ety of backgrounds, including those or newsletter, disseminate it through e-mail and whose jobs require a fundamental social media, and track its impact? If so, Smore is understanding of archival skills, but a tool that can meet your needs. Smore provides who have little or no previous ar- a variety of professionally designed templates chives education; those who have that can be easily customized to your specifi ca- expanding responsibility for archival tions. With one click, you can add video, audio, materials; those who are practicing pictures, and web links. Through Smore, your archivists but have not received for- completed fl yers can be quickly shared and mal instruction; and those who dem- promoted through e-mail and a variety of social onstrate a commitment to an archival media applications. Smore’s user-friendly analyt- career. ics dashboard allows you to track the impact of The institute also features site visits your fl yer by reader stats, including traffi c source to historical records repositories and a (e.g., Twitter, Facebook, e-mail), sections read, diverse curriculum that includes his- and readers’ locations. Smore is free with limited tory and development of the profes- options, and pricing starts at $12/month with sion, theory and terminology, records advanced features. management, appraisal, arrangement, —Marwin Britto description, manuscripts acquisition, University of Saskatchewan archives and the law, photographs, preservation administration, refer- . . . Smore ence and access, outreach programs, www.smore.com and managing archival programs and institutions. The application deadline is Friday, March 4, 2016. For additional program riculum vita or resume (if self-nominating, you information, visit www.calarchivists.org/WAI. may include these materials with your nomina- tion). LRNC will request statements of interest Nominations sought for ACRL Board of from selected individuals prior to developing a Directors slate of candidates. ACRL is dedicated to enhancing the ability of library and information professionals to dream RBMS candidates for 2016 big and shape our new future. Be a part of The candidates for vice-chair/chair-elect of shaping that future. The ACRL Leadership Re- the ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts Sec- cruitment and Nominations Committee (LRNC) tion (RBMS) in the 2016 ALA/ACRL elec- encourages members to nominate themselves tion have changed since the publication or others to run for the position of ACRL vice- of the slate in the January 2016 issue of president/president-elect and director-at-large C&RL News. The candidates are as follows: in the 2017 elections. The deadline for nomi- nations is February 15, 2016. Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Danielle Cul- To nominate an individual or to self-nomi- pepper, director of budget and fi nance, nate, send the nominee’s name and institution Rare Book School, University of Virginia- to LRNC Chair Erika Linke of Carnegie Mellon Charlottesville; Athena N. Jackson, asso- University at [email protected]. Once nominated, ciate director, Special Collection Library, individuals will need to submit a two-page cur- University of Michigan.

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