Connections
a newsletter from the library to the faculty of The Claremont Colleges
Fall 1991
From the Director's desk...
After one year as Director of the Libraries, I continue to be pleasantly surprised at the strengths of this library system. However, I am also aware that we can do better. One of my goals during the coming year is to increase my contacts with faculty in an effort to learn more about your assessment oflibrary resources and services and about how we might better meet your information needs. I am always happy to meet with you individually or in groups and would like to hear your ideas on how communication between us can be improved. With this semi annual newsletter, we hope to keep you up to date on the latest news from the Libraries.
During this year one of our most important goals will be to improve our ability to provide information resources for instruction and research. As a result of Library Council action last Spring, undergraduates are no longer required to have faculty approval for their Interlibrary Loan requests. Elsewhere in this newsletter you will find details of our memberships in the Center for Research Libraries and in the OCLC ( Online Computer Library Center, Inc.) Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program. We also have a special arrangement with the University of Southern California for borrowing materials and obtaining photocopies. As the year proceeds, we will be investigating other means for expeditiously obtaining materials you need.
Another major goal for the coming year is to enhance instruction in the use of information resources. A number of workshops on using electronic resources have been scheduled
for faculty under the auspices of the Knight Foundation Grant received by Claremont McKenna College and Pomona College. Any of our reference staff will be happy to talk with you about these workshops or about other ways we can assist you and your students in taking advantage of the vast array of bibliographic and text resources we now have available either on CD- ROM ( Compact Disk- Read Only Memory) or through online databases as well as the more traditional sources of information. Again, additional information is available in this newsletter.
From a budgetary standpoint, our news is not all good. Our library materials budget has been adversely affected by the price increases that are plaguing all libraries. As a result of that and the application, for the first time, of the sales tax
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to periodical subscription costs, we have had to carry out a
series of journal cancellations as outlined in my memo of
September 9, 1991 to you. We will need to continue to be
vigilant about reviewing subscription and other library
material costs with an eye toward making the best use of
our resources.
I hope that you will find this newsletter informative
and interesting. Please let us hear from you with your
suggestions, comments, and ideas on how we can strengthen
our library programs and services.
Bonnie Clemens, Director
Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program
The Libraries of The Claremont CoUeges recently accepted
an invitation to join the Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program ( RFBP sponsored by OCLC. The members of this program hav as their goal " to promote and facilitate scholarly research and ommunication among members of their faculties." The RFBP membership list of more than 150 institutions includes most of the largest university and research libraries in the United States and Canada.
Faculty ofThe Claremont Colleges who are interested in visiting and using the facilities of other major research libraries should check with rd renee staff in any of our libraries to determine if the institution of interest is a member. Interlibrary Loan in Honnold / Mudd can usually
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Contents
Director's Message 1 Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing 1 Knight Foundation Grant 2 Bibliographic Instruction 2 Honnold / Mudd Library Renovation 2 The Center for Research
Bibliographers 4
Library Events & Exhibits 5
Library Hours 6
Library Council 6
1 provide more specific information aboutlhe extent of privileges offered at Lhe other instituti n. These may range [ rom closed stack acee s to borrowing privileges.
Additional information on Lhe Program and/ or a Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program card can be obtained by stopping by the Administrative Office on the second Ooor of Honnold Library or by t telephoning xS045.
Knight Foundation Grant
In falll. 199O, the Knight Foundation awardedachalJenge grant to Pomona College and Claremont McKenna College, of which a portion was allocated to enhance library services on the campuses. Over the two - year period of the grant, the Libraries are using the Knight allocalion to provide ethernet cabling and connections within the Libraries; to acquire several CD- ROM databases and increase access to the Knowledge index databases; and to purchase, install, test and implement a CD - ROM network accessible within and outside the libraries. In addition, the grant has enabled
everal Honnold Mudd librarians to present to faculty and students programs of instruction in the use of the new electronic resources. These presentations will continue through the 1991- 92 academic year and will be offered at each campus of The Claremont Coleges.
FALL 1991
Advanced Network Database Workshops ( 4: 15- 6pm)
Sciences 12 · 3 · 91
social sciences 12- 4 · 91
Humanities 12 · 5- 91
LOCATED: COMPUTER lab POMOnA 8150
Lindo Gunter, Sprague
The proliferation of electronic research tools available
through the Librarian makes choosing and using the most
appropriate resources more challenging than ever. To help
meet the challenge for students and of the TheClaremont
Colleges community, librarians in all four libraries, including
the departments or Special Collection and Government
Publications, provide library orientation and instruction.
Faculty regularly schedule library instruction sessions
for both their introductory and advanced classes. Class
sessions can usually be scheduled within a week after they
are requested. Library instruction is not just for students:
several presentations have already been scheduled to
familiarize faculty with the Libraries' many electronic
resources. Faculty, students, or students can make appointments
with librarian for advice and instruction on finding and
using library resources.
If you have any questions about library instruction, call
Gale Burrow, x3987; if you want to arrange a session in a
particular library, call that library extension. We encourage
you to take advantage of these opportunities for yourself and
for your students. Gale Burrow, Reference Librarian
Honnold / Mudd Library Renovation
Reference This summer, the Reference Department moved - but only next door. Though the Reference desk is still located in the same place, just up the stairs from the main entrance, the Reference / Bibliography office is now located in the south
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wing of the second floor of the Seeley Mudd building. an area previously containing the periodial indexes and abstracts. The indexes are now located just behind the Reference Desk. Other items that bave been moved are the telephone directories, now on the wall opposite the Reference desk, tbe Books in Print sources, now in Lhe south hall of Seeley Mudd, opposite the elevator. The encyclopedias and other REF/ A books, are now in the northwing ofthe second floor of Seeley Mudd. The move was necessary to provide more desk and work space for the Reference department staff. Th Reference phone numbers are the same as before; you should still call x8150 with your reference questions.
Circulation
In order to accommodate need for greater work space, the Circulation Deparlmeot expanded operations into Lhe north wing, 2nd floor, Seeley Mudd. The McKenna Browsing ColJcction, previously housedin the north belvedere, moved to the souLh belveder of Seeley Mudd. Our new return book area is located adjacent to the CD · ROM stations.
Meg Garrett, Reference Librarian Sheri In,; n, Head, Circulation
Connections will be published and distributed at the
beginning of the Fall and pring Semesters.
Editors: Barl Racloe, Susan Allen, Glenda Ebersole
Contact: GlendaEbersol , AdministrativeAssistant The Honnold/ Mudd Library, x3721
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Collection Development Action J 1990/ 91: The Center For Re earch Libraries
One of the Library's important initiatives in the past year has been to improve the Library's ability to provide supp rt for advanced research atClaremont. Toward this end, The Libraries ofTheClaremontCollegeshavejustj ined eCenter ( or Research Libraries ( CRL). CRL is a membership- based organizationwhose purpose is to make available to the scholarly research community in- depth research materials that are rarely held by North American libraries.
The Center has over 3.5 million volumes in priot and 1.1million microforms. Collection highlights include the following: _. The largest collection of foreign doctoral dissertations in the world ( 600,000 +) -- 13,000 currently received serials, including aU the serials published by the Academy of Sciences of th U. S. S. R. -- Over 200 major microform and reprint sets covering a wide variety of topics in the social sci nces and humanities. -- Area Studies collecLions including extensive holdings of materials that support r search in the following areas:
Africa, Latin America, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia.
As part of our ffort to provide enhanced access, the bibliographic records representing the holdings of CRL will be added to the library's online catalog this Fall ( see example below). All CRL materials will be available to Claremont faculty and students through our Interlibrary Loan Department.
AUTHOR Sinha, Nlrmal Chandr•• TITLE How ChInese was China'. Tibet region?: essays & notes on Tlbet
31 the neighbouring countries / Nlrmal C. SInha. IMPRINT Calcutta: Arma KLM, 1981. DESC~ IPT ' 46 p., 9 P. of plate.: III.; 23 cm.
Available from (; enter ror ResearCh ubrarles. ASk Interlibrary Loan for OCLC# 08729823 NOTE Includes blbllographlc: el references. Includes Index. SUBJECT Tibet ( China) - Civltlz8t1on.
Other Collection Development Action : As part of the Library's effort to build a quality collection for The Claremont Colleges, the following actioll5 were taken in 1990/ 91:
New Approval Plan: An approval plan is a crucial mechanism for building a core b ok collection according to a detailed subject profile that malche the academic programs offered by a university or college. Claremont's appr val plan has just beeoreviewed and a decision taken to select a new vendor to provide its ervice. After a thorough evaluation of competing book jobbers, Claremont has hired Yankee Book Peddler of New England to supply ooks that meet the core needs of our programs here. For more information on the approval plan and bow it work , consult your bibliographer or call Bart Harloe at x8045.
New Holdings List for Books: Beginning tbis fall, the Library will distribute to interested faculty a monthly New H. / dings List for recently acquired b oks. For more information, caU Bart Harloe at x8045.
Journal Review: For all academic libraries, the past year was a real disaster insofar as journal budgets were concemed. Massive cancellation projects were initiated all across the United States as academic libaries sought to cope with 20%- 30% increases in the cost of Europeanproduced
scientific journals. CJaremont suffered a $ 60,000 deficit in its science journal budget lines and we therefore had to initiate a cooperative effort with Claremont faculty to address t. h. is problem. As a result of our own journal cancellations, we will be able to survive for another year. But the recently passed California sales tax on periodicals means that the savings we have made this year will most likely be consumed by the new tax.
JournaJ Access and Selection Committee: Eternal vigilance is the price of maintaining a good journ I collection in limes of economic instability. In order to provide for a more coberent process, the Library will establi h this year a new Joumal Access and Selection committee. Composed of th famlty and hbrarians, the task ofthisgroup will be to develop guidelines and procedures for the provisionofjoumal- based information at Claremont Part of our strategy for the comingyear includes the allocation of monies for newjournals to acquired and held at Claremont as w II as the provision ofjournal articles by means of electronic access and document delivery from sources outside Claremont.
Gift Book Donations: Tbe Library frequently receiv s valuable gift donations from faculty and patrons at Claremont. Unfortunately, the IRS oes not allow us to provide for onors a dollar estimate as to the value of the donation. We can supply potential donors with assistance on how best to obtain this information. For assistance with your donation 0 Honnold, please contact Ray Martinez at 976.
Barl Har/ oe, Assistant Director
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BIBLIOGRAPHERS
Below, you will find a list of Claremont bibliographers who serve as your selectors of Jjbrary materials. Bibliographers have academic backgrounds and experience that allow them to be effective in specific subject areas. Please utilize the skills
f these librarians! They can assist you with the ordering of materials; they can provide you with information on the acquisitions budget and with information on the strengths and weaknesses of the collections. Often they remain a hidden resource. Take advantag f th ervice that they can provide and give them a call allhe number indicated. Good colIections wilI best be built as a result of the active collaboration of th bibliographers and the faculty.
Subject Area
Bibliographer
Library
Extension
Anthropology
Meg Garrett
Honnold
3987
Art
Carrie Marsh
Denison/ Honnold
3942/ 3987
Black Studies
Martha Smith
Honnold
3997
Business & Economics
Linda Gunter
Honnol
3986
Chicano Studies
Martha Smith
Honnold
3997
Classics
Susan Allen
Honnold
3977
Criminal Justice
Linda Gunter
Honnold
3986
Drama
Meg Garrett
Honnold
3987
Education
Judy Mo er
Honnold
3973
Engineering
Linda Gunter
Sprague
3921
English & American Li erature
Gale Burrow
Honnold
3987
Government & In!' l Relations
Adam Rosenkranz
Honnold
3986
Government Publications
Mary Martin
Honnold
3861
Hist ry
Adam Rosenkranz
Honnold
3986
Humanities & Fine Arts
Judy Harvey Sahak
Denison
3953
Languages & Linguistics
Martha Smith
Honnold
3997
Ufe S ience'
Brian Ebersole
Pomona Science
3492
Microforms
Mary Martin
Honnold
3861
Mu ic
Betty Roleder
Honnold
3955
Philosophy
Adam Rosenkranz
Honnold
3986
Psych01 gy
Meg Gauett
Honnol
3987
Public Policy
Mary Martin
Honnold
3861
Reference
Martha Smith
Honnold
3997
Religion
Michael Boddy
Honnold/ STC
3955
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263
Sciences
Brian Ebersole
Pomona Science
3492
Linda Gunter
Sprague
3921
Sociology
Bart Harloe
Honnold
8045
Special Collections
Susan Allen
Honnold
3977
Jean Beckner
Honnold
3977
Western Americana
Jean Beckner
Honnold
3977
Women's Studies
Gale Burrow
Honnold
3987
Judy Harvey Sahak
Denison
3953
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Asia Online
The Library recently received information regarding the development of a new online service created by the Institute of Governmental Affairs, University of California, Davis. The system features a public service " news system~ providingaccess to information about Asia- related research activitieswiLhintheUCsystem. Thi partofASIAONLINE provides information on:
-- Announcements of relevant evenls ( lectures,
seminars, conferences, etc.)
-- Information on funding sources for Asia- related
research
- Publication lists from numerous institutes and
research programs on the UC campuses
-- Inqniries from chol. ars
- Holdings of specialized computer files and research
resources in campus libraries and data archives.
Two additional components should be available in the late Fall of 1991: 1) Statistical data rues developed by the East Asian Business and Development Research Archive;
2) Bibliographic records from the United Nation's ASIAN BmUOGRAPHY as well as records from Research Archive holdings at the Institute of Governmental Affairs, UC, Davis.
CJ. aremont Asian Studies faculty may be interested to know that ASIA ONLINE will be available to them via direct Lntemet connection as well as through the UC ystem online catalog - MELVYL.
If you are interested in finding out more about ASIA ONLINE, give Bart Harloe a call at x8045. We can provide more information on this potentially very valuable infonnation service.
Bart Harloe, Assistant Director Collection Development
Library Events & Exhibits
The art afwood engraving will be the theme of exhibitions opening in late October at Deni on and Honnold/ Mudd ( Special Collections) Libraries as well as an F. W. Goudy Lecture and workshop on October 29 sponsored by the
Scripps College Press.
Fealured at the Denison [ jbnuy ( Scripps College campus) from October 25- December 20 will be 17le Solitary Art: Womell Wood Engravers ofthe 20th Century. The xhibition will focus primarily on the work of English and American women who have illustrated book with wood engravings. The tools and process of wood engra ing will b shown along with the work itself.
The Special Collections Department, Honnold Library, will offer from October 21- Dccember 21 a companion exhibition: From Thomas Bewick to Edward Gordon Craig: 150 Years of English Wood Engraving. The exhibit will examine the techniques distinguishing a wood engraving from a woa< J. CU1, focusing on the English artists who perfected the craft prior to the 20th century. For further information, call x3941 or x3977.
The William W. Clary Oxford Collection in Honnold/ Mudd Library is now open to readers from l: 30- 4: 30pm everyThursdaythroughoutthe Fallsemester ( Thanksgiving excepted).
The collection ofnearly five thousand items about the world of Oxford University, the city of Oxford, England. their men and women and their influence on the outside world grew from donor William W. Clary's " respect for learningandaveneration ofage." Healsobelieved" thatthe importance of Oxford as an education institution and the simiJ. arity ofour plan oforganization at Claremont tothat of Oxford ought Lo make a study of Oxford's history and methods of direct and immediat value to us."
Authorized identification must be presented when vi9ting the Oxford Room. The Libraries orThe Claremont Colleges librarycard is adequate ifyouarea memberofTheColleges community. Visitors must present a valid driver's license or passport.
lrldy Harvey Sahak, Assistant Director Librarian, Denison Library Susan AI/ ell, Head, Special Col/ ections
Staff News
Honnold/ Mudd Library
KeUey Aagen joined the Reference Departmentstaffin June 1991 as Database Technical Assistant. This is a temporary appointment associated with the project supported
by the Knight Foundation grant. Ms. Aagen is a student at Pitzer College, majoring in fme arts.
MicheUe Black was appointed Library Assistant II ( Cataloging Services) in April 1991. Ms. Black altended San Bernardino Valley CoDege and bas held previous positions with General Dynamics and Pep Boys.
Donald Carpenter was appointed Information Desk Supervisor ( Reference Department) in May 1991. Mr.
Carpenter is a graduate of the University of California, Riverside and is currently attending TheClaremont Graduate School.
DianeLaFavei thenewest memberoftheAcquisitions Department. hewasappointedLibraryAssistant 11inMay 1991. Ms. LaFave was previously employed by the Chaffey High School District, Ontario.
Raymond Martinez was appointed Administrative Services Coordinator in July 1991. Mr. Martinez originally joined the stalI of the Libraries as a member of the Acquisitions Deparlmenl in 1986. In 1987, he was appointed Head of Pr cessing and Delivery Services and was subs quenlly named Head of Central Support Services.
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Honnold / Mudd Library
Adam Ro enkranz was appointed Reference Librarian in July 1991. Mr. Rosenkranz is a graduate of the Columbia University chool of Library Service. He received is
M. A. in Internation I Relations fr m the University of hicago and a B. A.. in German from New York University. Prior to joining our staff, Mr. Rosenkranz held positions in
the precalaloging and re~ rence departments at the Columbia Univer ityLib aries.
Tn September 1991, N" ma Tober accepted a full- Lime position as Library Assistant n in the Circulation epartment. Ms. Tober previously held a part- time Library
Assistant position in the same department.
Dan Wilson, Library Assistant II, joined the staff of the Periodicals Department in April 1991. Mr. Wilson is a graduate of Wheaton College. He has held staff positions with the Missouri Repertory Theatre and the Kansas SympbonyjLyric Opera Company.
en Benesh ( Reference Department) returned in August 1991 from a military leave of absence. His leave was related to " Open- lion Desert Storm."
Patrick Rogers ( Cataloging Services) re ived the Fletcher Jones Foundation Research FeUowship ( in music) from the Huntington Library, Pasadena, and is on a lhreemonth
leave of absence that began Sept. 16, 1991.
Denison Library
Carrie Marsh was appointed Reference Librarian in July 1991. Ms. Marsh received the M. L. S. from the University of Arizona. She holds an MA. in English literature and a BA. in English and art history from Central Michigan University.
Ms. Marsh's previous library experience includes positions with the Special Collections Library at the
University of Arizona. In 1990, she completed a reference internship at Central Michigan University.
Pomona Science Library
Sheila Harris joined the staff as Library Assistant III in April 1991. Ms. Harris attended the University of La Verne and Citrus Community College. Prior to joining the Pomona Science Library staff she was Office Manager with Harris/ Brown in Montclair.
Sprague Library
Linda Gunter was appointed Acting Librarian of prague Library. NancyWaldman, thepreviousLibrarianatSprague, retired in June 1991. During this temporary appointment, Ms. Gunter ' 11 continue in her capacity as Assistant Head of the Reference Department t HonnoldfM dd Library.
Alberta Walker, Associate Director
Library Hours Library Council Re& Ular Schedule Members
FALL 1991 ( Sept5- Dec 21) 1991/ 92
Honnold / Mudd
Hans Palmer- POM
M- Th Bam- midnt
Scott Warren- POM
Fri Bam- 10pm
Sam Tanenbaum- HMC
Sat 9am- 10pm
Robert KeUer- HMC
Sun 11 am- midnt
Chuck Young- CGS Murray Schwartz- CGS
Denison & Sprague
Kenneth Inman- CMC
M- Th Bam- midnt
James Rogers- CMC
Fri Bam- 5pm
Stephen Glass- PIT
Sat 9am- 5pm
Daniel Segal- PIT
Sun 11am- midnt
Ronnie Brosterman- SCR Wayne Sandholtz- SCR
Pomona Science
Ex- Officio:
M- Th Bam- 1am
Bonnie Clemens,
Fri Bam- 10pm
Director of Libraries
Sat 9am- 10pm
Eleanor Montague,
Sun 11am- 1am
Vice President for Administration
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