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a newsletterfrom thelibrariesto thefaculty ofIbeClarrmumtColleges
FALL 1996 Volume 7 Number 1
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR
NurturingLibraryPartnersbips- What's in itforfaculty?
During rhe last year, library staff members developed a series of stat ments articulating our Mission, Customers, ~ rocesses, Yalues, and Yision. This MCPVV is reproduced as an insert with this Ne sl ter, and we invite your comments and suggestions. Within theViSionstatement, oneparticularly 19nificant prindple is that k we will develop and nurture partnership' both on and off our campuses in order to create opportunities for enhancing our services and resources:
It is important to note, ofcourse, thar such partnerships are not new to e lib es. In fact, we have a lOng history of agreements with other libraries which bro den the services and resources we are able to offer faculty members in support oflearning d teachingat The Colleges. Avirtualcornucopiaofacronymsidentifiesthe variousconsortia to which W belong. On the most basic level, several of these partnerships enable us to offer you the opportunity to enjoy borrowing privileges at many area and even a large number ofout of tate academic Ubrarles. For example, our membership in G4 allows us tooffertheseprivilegesatCaltech, CalPoly Pomona, andOcddentalCollege. Oneofour oldest parmerships, IPALS, includes borroWing privil ges at he state universities at Fullerton and San Bernardino as well as at UC Riverside and Loma Linda University, while SCRC includes the University of South m California d most other private academic . institutions in this region. Furthermore, the University ofCalifornia librarie ave as part of their mission to serve faculty members ofaccredited institutions of higher education, and our membership in the OCLC RFBP ( Reciprocal FacuJty Borrowing Program) fuciUtates thJs as well as prOViding access to the collections of mar tban 150 major universities throughout the United States and Canada. H you antidpate a sabbatical or research that will take you away from Claremont, contact me or any of the libraries' service poin to determine ifyour d tination lndudes one of our partner libraries d to obtain the ne essary paperwork.
A correlated benefit is that many of the increasing array of electronic resources offered by the Libraries are brought to you at considerable savings to the Librari ' budget by ourparticipation in consortia purchasing. For example, our ubscription to Britannica Online was negotiated through G4, and we save baIt the cost of subscriptions to Project Muse, the Johns Hopkins University Press electronlc journals, as a result of our member hip in tbe Oberlin Group. In addition, our costs for access to FirstSearch databases have been re uced considerably by t e combined purchasing power ofSCELC.
In addition a allowing you crowing privileges at other academic libraries and leveraging our buying power for lectronic resources, our cooperative arrangements provide you with expedited delivery ofinformation from other libraries. For example, G4 negotiated and is in the fourth year f a contract for electronic delivery ofjournal articles and courier deli ery of books from the collections at UCLA. Other libraries prOVide us with reciprocal no cost) loans and article delivery via telefacsimile or electronic means.
Closer to home, the cooperative relationships witb the libraries of School of Theology and Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden provide our community with direct borrOWing of items from STC and with access to the collections at RSA. We have recently worked out an arrangement which will allow us to borrow materials from RSA for your use.
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DENISO OID/ MUDD SEELEY G. MUDD SCIENCE SPRAGUE SSAGE continued
These are only some f the tangible r suIts of or partnerships with librarie' of other eademi institutions. This colle tion of agreements is indicative of the fael that librarie can no longer stand 00 their own in providing all the information ce oucees needed locally. These
perative agreements are made with the goal of enhancing our ability to provide you and your students with the resources which facilitate learning and teaching atThe Colleges. If you have uestions or id s about other
arto rship which would be benefiCial, I would be pleased to hear from ou. m
Bonnie Clemens
ext. 18045
bcJemens@ rocky. claremonl. edu
Ahmanson Foundation
Grant
A generous grant of $ 1 million from th Ahmanson Foundation toward e Colleges' $ 7 milllon goal of Creating a library for theYear 2000 has enabled us to greatly improve the libraries' network infrastructure, add new computing eqUipment and furniture for tbe search centers, and make server upgrades and load new enhanc meots and capabilities. The money is read out over three years and is divided into th e categories: 1) network installation, 2) network resources, and 3) licenses and upgrades.
We have been able to expand lais, OVid, and Vo libri , our w b erv r • using Ahman on money and
hope to begin plori g other innovative uses ofde tronic resources and information technologies such as subscriptions to m re electronic journals, image data a es, and multimedia appli tioos.
Over 650 nod in H nnol / Mudd Library wereinstalled uring the summer for use in staff, seard center and public areas. If yOur laptop computer i uitably eqUipped for network applications, you will be able to connect to the internet from the library.
An in · libraries only CD- ROM LAN was installed to rovide ac ess to database not et available t r ugh Ovid or FirstSearch. Through this servi e you can earcb databases in luding America: History aTzd Life, HistorlcalAbslracts, Women's tudies, Black Studies, Ethnic Newswatch, CIS and Statistical MasterFile. LAN databases are currently available io Honnold/ Mudd, Seeley G. Mudd, and Sprague libraries.
Wiring Denison Library and upgrading and replacing search center workstations as eU as upgrading and installing new modules and enhancements to our ex! . g servers will take place next year thanks to the
generosity
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Ahmans
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Foundation.
Kimberly Mossbart
Systems, ext. 18014
kmosshart@ rocky. claremont. edu
Your Libraries
on the Web
The Libraries' 3 web Servers
The World Wide Web ha dramatically altered and greatly enbanced access to electronic resou es. The libraries now maintain thre eparate web servers that hav three ' stinct purposes. Blais, our online catalog, now has a eb inter­face
( http:// blals. claremont. edu). You can seardl tbe catalog, vi your circulation record, request new materials you would like the libraries to 0 sider pur basing, send ther sugge ti ns, and link to internet resources we subscribe to such as Project Mu e ele tronic journal and the Britamlica Online. Of co rse, Blais is still available through cha. cree­based
searching via the Library Service' Menu ( relnet library. daremont. edu, login as library, choose v for vt100 emulation, and then b for Blais off the menu), Another notable Blals e ancement i our a llity to send circulation notic s like recalls, hold pi kup ootices, nd renewal reminders via email if you choose to receive library notic s that way. For mor information on this you can contact Circulation at ext. 18372 or send email to linda Gunter, H ad of Access Services ( lgunter@ rocky. claremont. edu).
Ovid, our main database server, also has a web server running as one of its components ( http:// library. claremont. edu). From this serverwe have set up pointers to a myriad of electronic resources to which we subscribe. Specialized resources like
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the Engineering Index or the full text of electronic journals from the American Mathematical oclery ace here, as well as one of our fie t web resources, the Brltanntca Online. One of our most heavily used rvice, FirstSearch, which provides access to moce than 30 journal citation databases, now also has a web interfdce that you can link to rom our web server. We are prob Iy mo t excited about web ac ess to the Ovid databases including ABIllnform f, r busine ' and management informati fl, Current Contents ( Agricultural, Biological and Environmental SCiences; Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences;
linical Medicine, and Life Sciences editions), MIA for Uterature and llnguistics, PsycLit for p ycbol gy and related research and four of theWilson databases: Readers GUide, General
Science Abstracts, Humanities Index and Social Sciences Index. Try out these and other ele troruc r ources now available to students, faculty and staff of the Claremom Colleges by pointing your browser to http:// IIbrary. claremont. edu.
Our original web servee, Voxlibris
( hUp: llvoxllbrls. claremont. edu),
provide information about the servi es and resources ofthe Libraries. You can read about the vast array of Special Collections in the foue Libraries, find reference desk hours, download a list of databases and how to access them, view a schedule of cia es n library and database searching, and dl ever a wealth of other information you may never have known about what we have and what we do here. Three research gUi es intended to direct our users to select d electronic and print resources are available on the subjecl" S of Chicano Studies, History, and Women's Studies. Additional research guides will be added as they are develope . Tbe Government ublications home page
designed to aid in navigating the overwhelming amount of information the government now makes accessible on the web. This page also includes information on the holdings in our Government Publication. Department and provide pointers to web ires and internet resources of local. state. U. S. and international organization .
Enhancements to all of oue web servers are ongoing. Presently we are woeking to load a search engine that will allow foe keyword searching of our web files. And Interlibrary Loan forms may be available early in the Spring semester. Be watching for a new 100 to Voxlibris soon! m
Kimber~ y Mossharl Systems, ext. 180] 4 kmosshart@ rocky. claremont. edu
Web Projects at the Libraries
Sev raj proje ts involving collaboration between faculty an Iibeary ta f exemplify the WWW's pos: ibilitles for teaching and learning.
Last spring, rofessorJeffGroves' ( lIMC) class, Tracing the History of the Book worked wIth SpeCial Conections staff on pcoj cts using material in
peci I collections from three of our Ubrarie and then made a web exhibit
( http:// www4. hmc. edu: 800i/ humanltle I hum2gl) about their projects.
At Sprague Library, staff are scanning incourse reserve material for Math 5 and loading it on a web site at HMC ( http:// www2. hmc. edu/ - prague/ ereserves. htm), making available materi: l\ that students used to bave to come into tbe building to either read or photoc py. N w, with Math 5 homework assignments and test keys on the web, students can check their homework in their rooms at 3: 00 a. m. if they want to!
lIr Government Publications Department staff has written an American Government Resource Guide
( http:// voxi brls. claremont. edul govdocsl ello i. html) for CMC Gov 20, designed with faculty from that program, to prOVide information on r evant library material and pointers to pertinent web sit .
' l1lis semester students orking with CMC Professor David Yoo are using Special oUections material on the Japanese- American Internment duringWorld Wac IT and have prepared traditional exhibits for mowlting in the Iibr'dry and digitized materials for the web. Be looking for that web site to come online perhaps later tbis semester · m
Kimberly Mossbart Systems, ext. 18014 kmosshar/@ mcky. claremont. edu
Government Publications on the Web
It is a Brave New World Wide
W" eb, and government publications are leading the way_ Data, reports and some very handy publications from
h state an federal gov mment are now available on theWWW as well as on papee from within the library. For instance, did you know that you can get a copy of the DMV Driver'. Handbook at http:// www. dmv. ca. gov?
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Contribut r5: Gale urrow, Bonnie Clemens, uth iebert, Carrie Marsl , Kimberly Mosshart, Adam osenkranz, Martha Smith.
Editors: Gale Burrow an
Glenda Ebersole.
Su gestions/ co ments, ontact: Glenda Ebersole, Administrative Assistant, The Honnold/ Mudd library, ext. 18046, gebersole@ rocky. daremont.. edu.
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SinceThe Claremont Colleges is an academic instit ion, our Government Publications web page
( http:// voxllbrls. cl remont. edul govdocs/ maln. html) is tructored to facilitate acces to information pertinent to faculty and tudent reo earch needs. As the amount of information grows, we ke p track of changes, and update our pages to get cu lomers to their information as effidently as possible.
In addition, we have added a special ection, Web Site for Coursework, where taff h3, ve compiled pointers to web ite that have particular interest for Claremont classes. Check out the American Government esearch Guide for Government, Politics & Law Classes; the Center for Politics and Economics Page; and especially the hypertext ver ion of the U. S. Constitution, complete - with a clickable table of contents and glossary.
The web b s made man pi es of government information instantly accessible to any web · capable computer. For instance, if you go to
http:// www. census. gov/ cg - binI gazett er, you can enter your zip code and the U Censu. Bureau will display a map of your community. Think about it next time you throw a party and need a map to your house! A few m re cUcks, and you can find out the 1990 census information for the acea-- number of peopl , aggregate details for housing, income, ethnicity, and more.
Although search engines like Yahoo andAltaVista help students find relevant . lnfonnation on the web, you may want to give your tuden more guidance as they explore the web for your class. ' brary taft will be happy to work with y n to epaweb page with just what you need.
Ruth Hiebert Govt. Publications, ext. 77122 rhiebert@ rocky. claremont. edu
Journal Review
1996- 97
In 1988, the Library Review
recommended a regular five year cyde
f review for journal collection to a se the adequacy and rdevancy of the collections to the programs taught atThe Claremont Colleges.
10 addition, the inflation rate continues to ea away at our budgetfor Journals and necessitate dose scrutiny of what we do receive. The last
omprehen ive review took place in
990- 91. While dence journals haV'e been regularly reviewed since then, the journal collections in social science and humanities have not. We have sent out lists of journals to aU faculty in the social denc s and the humanitie . You may have received one Or mOre Ii ts relevant to your tea hing and research interests in October. Based on the evaluation you and others provide, and an assessment by the bibliographer in each discipline, <: andidat . for cancellation will be determined. Inthe spring of 1997, that list of potential cancellations will be circulated to all faculty for flnal comment. Cancellations will be imple­mented
during fiscal year 1997- 98.
Faculty input is essential in this process, and we thank those ofyan who have already taken the time t reply to this first phase. Please continue to contribute your time and thoughts to the nextphase. Ifyou have qu tiOD or need more information, contact Meg Garrett, ext. 77101, mgarren@ rocky. cla. remont. edu · m
Martha Smith Reference, ext. 73997 msmitb@ rocky. claremontedu
What's Newly Cataloged for the Ltoraries?
We now have available on our
web server ( http:// voxllbrls. cl a remo nt. ed u/ newbooksl newbooks. html) a list of materials recently add d to Blai . Each month w will generate a H t for wbat wa cataloged in the previou month. We have mad separate documents fur the ampus libraries- D Dison, Sedey G. Mudd and pragoc- s well a a
eparate Usting for Honnold/ Mudd general collections, Government Publications, Special olJections, and Asian Studies. Some ofthese materiaJs are new to the Libraries; others, especially materials in Special Collections and Government Publication , may be part of ongoing retrospective conversion project" which add long- held material 10 Blais for the fir ' t time.
Each list is arranged in call number ( subject) order except for the new materials list for U. S. Government Publications which is arranged in the
uDoc classification corresponding to
U. S. G vernmcnt Agencies and Departments.
These lists will allOw you t see those newly cataloged materiaJ . of Interest to you. Itis still a good idea to check Blais before coming over to get a new book just to make sure it has not been checked out.~
Kimberly Mosshart Systems, ext. 18014 kmossbart@ rocky. claremont. edu
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Establishing partnerships with facully to create exhibition enable' the Libraries to integrate llbrary resources into teach1ng and leamIng at The Claf1 mont Colleges, Exhibitions prOVide faculty the opportunity of reaching from primary ources, and allow students to experience working with original, historical materials, During the spring semester, several exhibitions which e emptify partnership among faculty, students, and the libraries' staffwill be on view.
DavidYoo ( CMC History), Bruce Coars ( cripp Art History), and Judy Harvey Sahak ( Librari s), are coordinating a group of students who have volunteered to mount an exhibition on the experiences of Japanese Americans duringWorld War n, The exhibition will be on display in Honnold/ Mudd library, January 27­March
21,1997, Using a number of collection including the Carey McWilliams War Relocation Authority Papers at Honnold/ Mudd Special CoUections and the NationalArchives, the exhibition will highlight the lives ofJapaneseAmeri ans from emigration through th 1930s, life in the Internment camps, and the aft rmath of tb war. For information on events planned in conjunction with the exhibition, contact ProfessorYoo.
" Peoples and Places: A Selection of Photographic Work from the
laremont Colleges Collections, · curated by students in ARTHI 185, Hi tory of Photography, taught by NaomiSawelson ( pomonaArt), will be on view at Monrgomery Gallery, January 21 - February 16, 1997. The items in the exhibition, researched and chosen by th cl SS, include many photograph from Denison and Honnold/ Mudd pecial Collections. Example' of several different photographic processes, photos by welt- known photographers, documen­tary
and ethnographic images, as well as campus views from the College ' archives will be displayed. Contact Pr fes or Sawel on for more infoTlnatloo,
Mongolian art and culture will be the focus of the first exhibition at Denison Library in 1997. Original papercuLS by Mongolian arti t
N. Baatartsog which il1u. trate Mongolian Folktales edited by Scripp alumna H. i. mry Roe Metternich, ( S' 72), will be on view January 20 ­March
I -. The exhibition will al 0 include artifacts collected by Mettcrnich, a scholar of Mongolian culture, while she was living in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. This exhibition will be a source for coursework for several Claremont Colleges clas es. A talk by Ms. Metternich i being planned. Contact Denison library ( ext. 7394 ) for mor information.
From March 21 throughApril 12, 1997, visitors t Denison Library can vlew an exhibition linked to the Scripps- Huntington Library sympos­ium,
" Formalism in the Garden," to be held April I 1- 12. Students from two Scripps classes, Humanities 178 and Art History 155, will mount the exhibition using materials from the rare book colle lions at De i on Library. Contact Denison Library ( 73941) for more info mation.
Seniors at Scripps will have an opportunity to exhibit their personal book collections Ii r the SlocumAwaro for Student Libraries at Deni on, April 14- May 18,1997. Established in 1936, the Slocum Award recognizes the senior who, during her four years at S ripp , bas formed the most meaningful collection of books in her field of interest. Past award- winning collections have in bIded '' Ulw, Justice, and Morality," " APanorama ofHispania and Its Culture," and " ATaste of Book Marlnes ." Contact Denison Library ( ext. 7394 ) for more information.
Wi> invite i cas from aU faculty for future exhibitions, and we look forward to more projec ' like these. m
Carrie Marsh Denison, ext. 73942 cmarsh@ rocky. claremont. edu
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Perspective
Aftmd chlldbood memory is the library
bookmobile. We lived In a smaUcountry
town with no library. Our daily trip
illto t city for school fry Greyhound
81' S affOrded us the opportunity to visit
the city library. There were puppet
shou's and story bours, and we alWays
l~ e( l our smallest voices. During the
summer l}{ lcation from school, the
hookmobile was our link to the big city
library; it was eagerly awaited. I now
woril In a library, but if1 was not so
privileged, it would srill be one ofmy
favorite places- to lISe my smaJlest voice
(, md to learn.
Henrietta Braxton
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December 7, 1941. Memories fade and unless recorde In oral, written or visual orm, do nOl survive their po r . it is tbe job ofhistory to eep memory alive. Just in time for the 51 t anniver ary of the artack on Pearl Harbor, th Pearl Harbor urvivorsAss<> ciation ofcalifornia Statt: is presenting the libraries with a check. for $ 400. The money will help buy books about the attack. and published accounts by those who survived. In 1995, members oftheAssodationworked With ProfessorArthurRosenbawn andDr. Enid Douglass of CMC to offer a course on the oral history of Pearl Harbor. The gift t the Ubrarles is, in a sense, anextension ofI: he work done in that course at CMC, m
N w Staff atThe Libraries
Yee- Wah Chow accepted ber position as a science reference librarianat the Ubraries after graduating from UClA with an MUS. Her specialization in libraryschool information access, which provided her with. training in expert system pro- gramming, search engine efficiency evaluation and users' behavior aoaly is. While a graduate student, Yee- Wah researched the differences in online search strategies between ch lar of sciencesand scholars f Ilberal arts. Excited about heroppor- tunity to serve the science
· tudents at The Claremont Colleges, she j currently working on designing library research guides for the tw sciencelibraries using her knowledge ofthe infonnatio needs and search behavior among science students. Yee- Wah is perienced in w page publishing. She completed a legal research web p ge for the UCLA College Library and is assisting the California State Library in developing a
AdamRosenkmt1Z Refi , ext 73986 arosenkran: z@ ro. claren- wnt. edu
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web page on California history.
Besidesherinterestsas anacademic librarian, Ye - Wah likes re ding aod discussing in the area of comparative, historkal linguJ tic. efore enterin library school, she graduated from U with a13A in German. Additionally, she is profi ientin . e e. Her intellectual curiosity Iles in the area of finding a correlation between word hi,<; tory, culture and translationproblems.
Yee- Wah en­joys
the Southern California un and the beaches. he lJkes water actiVi · ties and has recently picked up weight lifting to stay in shape. Because she lifts weightat odd hours­late
at oight- he does oOt go to the gym. 10 read, he
ses her own
umb ell and bar bell sets at home. She has fouod lifting free weights quite addicti~ and tends to spend over 2 hours on lifting session.
Eileen Cunningham undertakes a variety of tasks as a part- time library Assistant in the Collection Main- tenance Department. When e is not labelling, tattletaping. or repairing books in Honnold/ Mudd, she is being a full- time wife and mother. Eileen, her husband ( a policeman in Glendora), and their three­year-
old daughter are avid campers and " four- wheelers." Favorite places to camp are in Colorado and Utah. Eileen says her family has a particularaffection for Utah where her da ghter surprised them on one camping trip by being born seven weckseady.
Joey Emmett, a member of the Systems Department, is the oetworkINT manager for the Ubraries. setting up and maintaining the libraries' dows95 network is one ofsevern. l responsibilities that have kept him busy this full. Before coming [ 0 work at the Ubrarie , Joey worked for Mi~" Uba. ODe of the large t computer manufacturers in ulhem CalifomJa. In order toinstall n tworks at the Lo Angeles Air Force Base. the c mmand center for all the military's satellites, he had " top secret" dearan e.
Joey graduated from Cal Poly Pomona with a degree in bu lness law. He is an avid sports fan, especially where the Dodgers are concerned. But the Libraries com first. Recently, he mi d his pay- per- view seat for the Holyfield­Tyso
fight in order t solve a problem wlth on ofthe Ii rary workstation 00 the netw rk. 1hat' dedication!
Linda Kmzg, who just joined the libraries staffin October, is a part- time Library Assistant in Honnold/ Mudd Special Collections. Besides providing clerical support for the department, Linda is learning about their many
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resources and c llections so he staff
the desk in Special Collections.
linda graduated fro UClA with a degr e in public service and has worked for various gave ent offices.
inc year' ago, when she, her hu band
( who works at City fHope), and their bee childr n moved t Claremont, he left her job with the ocial curl Administration to become a full · time
om. ince her teenage daughter plays club soccer, inda says her weekends are very occ pied with!: b t during m st of !: be year.
Juan StbatlSte, anArmy veteran, works in the Systems Department. He
h . primary responsibility for installing and maintaining library staff pc's and workstations and for research in new pc hardware and software technologies. New library pc's are built accordin toJuan's hardware and software pecifications. After e left the army, he began working as an apprentice computer as embler and realized he wanted a areer in the
mputer ld. Beto e e o !: be libraries, he worked " a technician for two omputer manufacturmg firms in the Los Angeles area.
Juan was born in Panama City and has lived in Florida, Oregon, and California. In the Army Re. erve, as an Adm. lnistrative Specialist, he traveled lO Germany and KOrea.
When he i' not working with computers, juan enjoys spending time with his two daughters, aged seven and nine. He is very proud of the and they have fun together, e. pecially on their visits to the neighborhood Chuck
E. Cheese's.
Gale Burrow Editor/ Instruction, ext. 73987 gburrow@ rocky. claremont. edu
Ins dio aI S rvices
The libraries fThe Claremont
Colleges offer many opportunities for
stu ents, faculty, and st f to learn to
th ide range 0 library res urces available both within the Ubrari s d in dorms, offi es, and co puter
enter through the camp network. The following are deScriptions ofsome of those oppo ities.
1. library research instruction sessions for particular ses can be scheduled in y of the four libraries. The Ubrarian ho lead t e session will p stratcgie for onstructing effecti a. r h s u log arious rcference tool , both tradition I and dec rue, show students how to interpret and evaluate their search results. in Honnold/ Mudd we often teach in our c1as room where everyone cao se s r h trategie demonstrated in relevant databases.
Library re carch instruction s Ions are tailored to me t the ee ofthedas . If thed s is reading or working on an a ' signment with a particular focu , the librarian gears materials and examples to that focus. When you schedule a session, the librarian who will teach the class will meet wl!: b you prior to the session to planwhat should be covered. Toge!: ber you may deCide to focus on a single database ( PsycLit for a p ychology cia s), a variety of databa es ( Blais, Humanities Index, and the MLA Bibliography for a humanities seminar), a comb lion of print and electronic res urces- which most faculty request, or hateverlibrary and information res urces you and the librarian determine will be most useful.
2. Sessions for first year undergrad tes are offer d for each of the coIl gcs through first year programs such as Pomona's IDI seminars and HMC's Humanities 1 classes. These sessions sometimes focus on a particular assignment, similar to the research instruction sessions; sometimes they provide students with a more g era! overview of the Iibrarie and library r sources and servi es. When you schedule a session, th librarian who will teach th class w' meet with you prior to the session Ian what f< rmat will best uit the need of your stu ents.
3.
Orientation tours are sch duled during the first few weeks of fall semester. They can also be scheduled by appointment t ughout the year.
4.
Classe. on use ofthe Libraries' electr nic resources are offered each semester. The " chedule is available in each of the libraries an on the libraries'WorldWideWeb site ( http://
o: xllbris. claremont. edu). These cia ses focus on databa e search strategies and oth r concepts an skills neces ary for effective use of eI ctronic resources.
5.
Appointments for individuals or m groups 0 focusonap i uIar information, research, r database need can be scheduled in any of the four Ubraries.
6.
Campus sessions can be scheduled to d onstrate and provide hands- on practice with databases. We regularly coordinate with Academic Computing Center staff on the campu es to t h sessions focusing on acces to aOd u e of electroni resources.
We enc urage you to take advantage of these opportunities t leam about and use the wide variety of re urces and tec ologies available to you and your students. For more iofonnation bout library instruction opportunities r ifyou would like to schedule a session for yourself, your students, or your colleagues, contact Gale Burrow, Coordinator of library Instruction ext. 73987), or contact the library subject specialist for your subject area.,
Gale Burrow Editor/ Instruction, ext. 73987 gburrow@ rocky. claremont. edu
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The Libraries o/ The Claremont Colleges participate in the learning and teaching venhires o/ The Colleges by building coli clions, establishing links to an increasingly global body o/ knowledge, and providing users with guidance to a wide range a/ resources. The Libraries are a shared asset 0/ a diverse academic community dedicated to fostering achievement. leadership, and hfe- Iong critical thinking. With a welcoming environment that encourages personal enrichment. the Libraries tie the academic cOlnmunity to varied cultural and scholarly traditions.
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Students ofThe Claremont Colleges Paculty and staff ofThe Claremont Colleges
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Retired faculty and staff Family members of students, faculty, and staff of The Claremont Colleges Members of the Libraries friends group Per on d ignated by the Presidents Trustees of The Claremont Colleges Alumni ofThe Claremont Colleges Faculty, staff, and students of institutions a tliated with e Claremont Colleges Outside scholars Residents of local and regional communities faculty and students of institutions with reciprocal library agreements
PROCESSES
Promoting knowledge about and use a/ the Libran'es- publish brochures, new letters, catalogs, and flyers; maintain presence on the World Wide Web; moun exhibits; give tours; participate in intercollegiate, professional, and community activities.
Facilitating access to and use ofin/ ormation resourc s both from within the libraries and from remote locations via electronic means- arrange ollections in a logical manner; cata! g mat rials; provide software, hardware, and databases necessary to locate information; circulate materials; participate in interlibrary cooperative agreements.
Developing and maintaining collections- select and acquire materials' bind, repair, and preserve materials; communicate with faculty about collection options; weed unneeded materials; provide appropriate housing/ shelving/ security.
Providing reference and inst11ictional services-- answer questions; make referrals; teach the use of information resources; work with faculty and staff to integrate library resources and services into learning and teaching.
Staffing the Libraries- recruit, hire, develop, and retain a diverse. knowledgeabl~ and competent staff.
Pmviding safe, accessible, and comfortable library buildings- monitor public ar as; maintain appropriate temperature, lighting, and humidity; provide adequate furniture; maintain infrastructure.
Managing the Libraries-- anticipate, plan for and coordinate expenditures from the various budgets; establish and maintain effective inter- and intra- functional communication channels; allocate staff for effective customer services; design and plan for efficient pace utilization. VALUESı
Learning- we will cultivate intellectual curiosity of our users and colleagues. ı Intellectualfreedom- we will preserve and uphold th right ofaccess t library resour d will resist all attempts at censorship. ı Confidentiality- we will protect each library user's right to privacy and confidentiality with respect to information sought orı
received and resources consulted, borrowed, acquired, or transmitted.
Cordiality- we will assist users with a positive and helpful attitude an will create a harmonious and agreeable envir nment forı library users and colleagues. ı Responsibility- we will assume personal responsibility and ac ouota ility in our work. ı Leadership- we will encourage and reward initiative, creativity, and innovation. ı Respect- we will value individual human dignity and be considerate 0 the needs of ur users and colleagues. ı Professionalism- we will demonstrate competence, integrity, and pad in our work. ı Cooperation- we will work together effectively with ur user and colleaguesı
17lese values. especially illtelleClUalfreedom alld corifidenliality. have en informed by the American Library Association Code ofElhics.
As we enter the 21 st Century, the Libraries of The Clarem nt Colleges will be a model for effective provision of information services and resources and for the integration of traditional and innovative forms of scholarship into the academic programs of our community. Our missi n will b recognized as essential to leami g and teaching, and the Libraries will be valued as integral to The C liege. In pursuit of this vision for the ' uture, we commit to the following operating principles.
As members of a professional and caring educational institution, we will strive to understand fulIy and creatively fulfill the needs of our community.
Our management decisions will be informed by recognition of their effect n learning and teaching. The e decisions will ensure educational equity for the students we erve as well as fair treatment and appreciation for all members of our Libraries staff.
We will provide both traditional and technologically advanced services and resources.
We wilI welcome change for the opportunities it provides to achieve our mission with flexibility and creativity and wilI continue to adapt our organization to en ure congruence with the educational missions of The College.
We will develop and nurture partnerships both on and ff our campuses in order to create opportunities for enhancing our services and resources
11/ 15/ 96 LtDrary Council Mem ers for 1996/ 97
POMONA COLLEGE
Wayne Steinmetz ( Chair)
wsteinmetz@ pomona. edu
Kevin Platt
kplatt@ pomona. edu
CLAREMONT GRADU
TE SCH
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Thomas Borcherding
borcbert@ cgs. edu
SCRIPPS COLLEGE
John Geerken
jgeerk# Jn@ scripps. claremont. edu
Patricia Dillon
pdlllon@ Scripps. ctaremont. edu
CLAREMONT MC KENNA COLLEGE
Audrey Bilger ( Vice Cbair) James Rogers
HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE
Richard Parker
Darryl Wright
PITZER COLLEGE
Stephen Glass Daniel ega]
ACADEMIC DEANS
MllrnlY SChwartz
Uiut3 Mays Hoopes
STUDENT DEAN
Barbara Bush
STUDENT REP
Andrew Fleck
EX OFFICIO
Bonni Clemens, Di. rector Mitch Dorger, Exec. VP.
abllger@ mckenna. edr~
jrogers@ nukenna. edu
rlcbard- parker@ bmc. edu darryCwrlgbt ® hmc. edu sglaSS@ pitz- er. edlt
dsega/@ pttzer. edu
cbwartm@ cgs. edu lboopes@ pomo, w. edu
bbusb@ ad. scrlppsro! edu
CGS/ Jkcka@ cgs. ed,~
bciemens@ rock) tclaremont. edu mlJcbd@ cuc. claremont. edu
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