Connections Volume 3, Number 1, Fall 1993

              a newsletter from the library to the faculty of The Claremont Colleges
Fall 1993 Volume 3 Number 1
Message From
Welcome back to the campuses for a new academic year. You will find a number of changes in the Libraries.
With the approval of the Council of Presidents, a new access policy was implemented by all four libraries on September 1, 1993. This policy is consistent with policies of other area private academic libraries and emphasizes our desire to serve the information and research needs of The Claremont Colleges community more effectively than we have been able to in the past. Your family members ( spouse, domestic partner, or son or daughter between the ages of 16 and 22) qualify for library privileges. They should apply at the Honnold/ Mudd Circulation desk.
As part of being a good citizen to the community, we have made special provisions for access and borrowing privileges for adultClaremont residents and are oifering a new program which includes borrowing privileges for high school students. Special provisions have also been made for students and faculty of institutions with which we have special relationships, and we co tinue to serve the users of our depository collections of U. S. and California documents as well as users of our special collections. Because
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this is a new policy, I expect to review it before the end of the academic year to determine if recommendations for changes should be made. Your comments are welcomed.
Beginning ith the Spring 1994 semester, we will implement the next phase of the policy by installinga card access gate system. This system will require a new type of library card which has a magnetic stripe. Some of the colleges have already begun making these photo identification cards. If you don't yet have a new college identification card, watch for notification of times and places your college will have these made.
While buildingaccess issues have been on our minds during the past few weeks, other exciting things are happening in the electronic access arena. Elsewhere in this newsletter, you will find information on a new electronic resource- Ethnic Newswatch ( p. 8) and on specially designed presentations for faculty on electronic resources ( p. 3). The article on our review of electronic/ print resources will update you on changes
( p. 9). I hope that the article on the library menu ( p. 6) will spur your curiosity about what you will find when you sign on from your home or office- and that you'll keep watch as we add new featur during this semester. We are also entering an experimental phase of delivering copies of joumal articles from remote locations di rectto faculty offi ces. That Keck funded grant is described on page 2.
We are especially excited about a symposium on " Transfiguring the Book" which we will sponsor on November 13th. See flyer insert for more information.
You may note that much of what you find in this newsletter relates to non- traditional information resources. The nature of information delivery is undergoing exciting and dramatic changes. Cognizant of this, we are beginning to examine the changing information role of libraries in the networked scholarly community of the future. I expect to appoint a ta k force shortly to begin planning for how our role can complement that of other resources on the campuses and contribute to the missions of the Colleges.
We hope that you'll keep watch on our changes and will challenge us to keep pace with your changing information needs for instruction and
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Denison Honnold/ Mudd Pomona Science Sprague xhi i Mar sthe Re- Opening of Los Angeles Publi Library
CLAREMONT, CA--" What
Happened On the Way To Today: A
Historical Ramble Through Los
Angeles," an exhibit of books,
pamphlets, maps, photographs and
manuscripts relating to Los Angeles
from the 1770s to the 1940s, is on
display at the Honnold/ Mudd library
of The Claremont Colleges.
Celebrating the October 3 reopening
of the rehabi Iitated Los Angeles Central
Library, the exhibit will run through
October 31.
Thedisplay, which reveals various aspects of Los Angeles from the missions era through the war years, may be viewed in the library's Bibliographic Control Center and in the North Reading Room during regular library hours. Honnold/ Mudd " Library is located at 800 North Dartmouth Avenue inClaremonL Call
( 909) 621- 8000, ext. 3977, for more information.
w. M. Keck Foundation Funds Doc ment
Delivery Project at
The C aremont olleges
PASADENA- The W. M. Keck Foundation has granted $ 155,000 to an association of five Los Angeles area university and college libraries that will allow them to install a high- quality electronic telecommunication system to overcome barriers of time and distance and rapidly share journal articles that are vital to research in the fields of engineering and science.
The electronic network will link the libraries of The Claremont Colleges, Occidental College, California State Polytechnic University at Pomona, and the California Institute of Technology with the library system at the University of California, Los Angeles ( UCLA). The network will be the last step in a four- part project formulated by the five schools to expedite requests for books, journal articles, and other materials from UCLA.
The project grew out of a consortium, in which the Libraries of The Claremont Colleges, Occidental, Cal Poly Pomona, and Caltech banded together to broaden the range of materials available to their users and to explore the use of new technology to contain skyrocketing jou rnal costs. Each of the four libraries has its own excellent collection, but they share a concern that science journals are eating up rapidly growing portions of their budgets with costs up 20 percent last year alone.
The UCLA library, with its 6.23 million volumes and 95,000 journal subscriptions, is a gold mine of information for local colleges. But in the face of staff reductions, it is eager to curtail in- house use of its collections by external users, such as students from other schools. The key to a mutually satisfying relationship for all five institutions is the abi lity to share materials among libraries without any sacrifice of time or quality.
The libraries have already taken three steps toward that goal: loan requests to the UCLA library are made electronically using UCLA's ORION Express system; the consortium Iibraries have made advance payments to UCLA to cover future requests; and requesting libraries ceive journal articles by fax, and books by ups. The fourth step, to be funded by the Keck grant, will replace fuzzy faxes with advanced " maging technology that produces copies of the highest quality.
The libraries will use Ariel microcomputer software, designed to be faster, more reliable, and less expensive than fax machines for scanning, storing, and printing text, including photos, charts, formulas, and tables. Ariel software interacts with the Internet to provide rapid, error- free transmission of these images.
The grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation will allow the participating libraries to acquire 13 powerful microcomputer workstations equipped with scanners, laser printers, and Ariel software, and to connect them to the Internet. At Claremont, we expect to involve selected faculty in this new venture by providing for the del ivery of articles to faculty offices during the 93/ 94 academic year.
The W. M. Keck Foundation, oneofthe nation's largest foundations in tenns of annual grants, was established in 1954 by the late William M. Keck, founder of the Superior Oil Company. The foundation's primary focus is on grants to universities and colleges throughout the United States, with particular emphasis in the fields of science, engineering, and medical research. It also provides limited support, focused on programs serving southem California, in the areas of community services, health care, precollegiate education, and the arts.
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Ubrary Instru Ion
The libraries offer weekly classes in the use of electronic resources. Some classes provide basic informa­tion
and search strategies, others focus on databases in selected subject areas. All classes are held in the Honnold/ Mudd Library classroom. Sign up for classes at the Honnold/ Mudd Reference Desk or call ext. 3959.
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During the fall semester, the Libraries will offer several presentations of electronic resources in selected subject areas.
Humanitie.
Thurs., Oct. 21 4: 30- 6: 00 p. m.
Demonstrations of databases such as
MLA Bibliography, America: History and Life, RILA, Music Index, Arts and Humanities Citation Index
Busines. and Economic.
Wed., Oct. 27 4: 30- 6: 00 p. m.
Demonstrations of databases such as Lexis/ Nexis, AB/ llnform ( business), EconLit, National Trade DataBank, National Economic, Social, and Environmental Database
Social Sciences
Wed., Noy. 3 4: 30- 6: 00 p. m.
Demonstrations of databases such as Lexis/ Nexis, SocioFile ( sociology), PsycLit, Ethnic Newswatch, ERIC
( education)
Science and Technology Thurs., Nov. 11 4: 30- 6: 00 p. m.
Demon trations of databases such as BIOSI5 ( biology), ACM Computing Archive, Chemical Abstracts, Science Citation Index
Gov't DocumentalStatistlcs Tues., Noy. 16 4: 30- 6: 00 p. m.
Demonstrations of databases such as
Lexis/ Nexis, Congressional Masterfile, Statistical Masterfile, National Trade DataBank
All sessions will be held in the Honnold/ Mudd Library classroom, If you are interested in attending one or more of these sessions, please register by calling the Reference Desk at Honnold/ Mudd Library, ext. 3959.
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3 I CONNECTIONS a newsletter { rom the library to the faculty of The Claremont Colleges EW JOUR AL TITLES IN THE UMA NO SOCIAL SCIENCES
As a result of the journal review conducted in 1992/ 93, the library has been able to add over 150 new titles in humanities and social sciences disciplines at Claremont ( see list below). For information on how to request new journal
titles, contact your bibliographer ( for a current list of Claremont bibliographe
Academic Questions
Aera
Afterimage
Applied Financial Economics
Asian American Policy Review
Asian Art News
Behavior Science Research
Bungei ShunJu
Cato Journal
Central America ewspak
Ching Chi Yen Chiu Chuan Kuo Hsin Shu Mu Chung- kuo Ku Tai Chin Tai Wen Hsueh Yen Chiu
Chuo Koron
Cognizer eport
Committee on South Asian Women Bulletin
Common nowledge
Communication Arts
Constitutional Political Economy
Constitutional Reform: The Quarterly Review
Contemporary European History
Contemporary Policy Issues
Contention: Debates in Society, Culture, and Science
Criminal Justice Ethics
Crosscurrents; Newsmagazine of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center Database Decision Support Systems Disability Rag Disability Studies Quarterly: DSQ
Early Medieval Europe he Eastern Buddhist Eastern European Politics and Societies: EEPS Econometric Reviews Economic Theory Economics Politics Education &. Treatment of Children Eighteenth- Century Fiction Ellipsis European Journal of Information Systems European Journal of Political Economy Exquisite Corpse Feminist Issues Feminist Review Feminist Teacher Gay Community News Gender &. History Grand treet Harvard Review Health Psychology History of Photography Hsin Hua Wen Chai Human- Computer Int raction Human Development Human Rights Quarterly
Independent Newspaper from Russia:
Nezavisimaia Infant Behavior & Development Information Processing Letters International Economic Insights International Economic Journal The International Economy International Joumal of Forecasting International Migration Review: IMR International Trade Journal jeT: Journal of Curriculum Theorizing Japanese Journal of Religious Studies Journal of Applied Econometrics Journal of Behavioral Medicine Journal of Business and Economic Statistics Journal of California and Great Basin
Anthropology Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience Journal of Criminal Justice Journal of Democracy Joumal of Economic Behavior 8. Organization Journal of Economic Development Journal of Energy and Development Journal of Forecasting Joumal of Information Systems Journal of Information Systems Management Journal of Institutional & Theoretical Economics Journal of International Economic Integration Journal of law, Economics & Organization Journal of legal History Journal of Management Information Systems Journal f Medl I istory Journal of Men's Studies Journal of Orange County Studies Journal of Organizational Computing Journal of Pediatric Psychology Journal of Product & Brand Management 100 aI of Public Policy Journal of Real Estate Research Journal of Re Jatory Economics Joomal of Social and Clinical P ychology Journal of Social and Per al Relation hips Journal of Strategic Infor ation Technology Journal or the History of Sexuality Journal of Time Series Analysis Journal of World His ry Jump Cut Korea Times ( Daily) Korea Times ( Weekly- English ed.) LR ' s Ec nomic oles Legacy ( A newsletter of nineteenth century
American Women writers) Lesbian & Gay Studies Newsletter liao Wang lingua Franca: The ReView of Academic life literature Film Quarterly Margin
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Mathematical Finance
MELUS ( Society for the Study of Multi- Ethnic
literature of the U. S. )
Memory
Merrill Palmer Quarterly
Millennium
Minerva
Modem Language Studies
NACLA Report on the Americas
New Directions for Women
Nezavisimaia- see Independent Newspaper
from Russia
Nihon Zenkoku Shoshi
NOnprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
Off Our Backs
Ogonek
Ploughshares
Prairie Schooner
Psychological Science
Race & Class
Rehabilitation Psychology
Religion and American Culture
Renaissance Studies: Journal of the Society for
Renaissance Studies
Research on Aging
Review of Political Economy
Rhetorica
Rural History: Economy, Society, Culture
Russian History
Science in Context
Science of Computer Programming
Screen: the Journal of the Society for Education
in Film and Television
Social Analysis
Social Science Computer Review
Social Text
eaching Education
Teaching Music
T aching of Psychology
Telecommunications Policy
Tikkun
T 0 Business Today
Tribe: An American Gay Journal
Ut Reader
Variety
Visions
Wen Hsueh I Ch'an
Yomiuri Shimbun
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BIBllO APHERS
Below you will find a list of Claremont bibliographers who serve as your selectors of library materials. Bibliographers have academic backgrounds and experience that allow them to be effective in specific subject areas. Please utilize the skills of 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 advantage of the service that they can provide and give them a call at the number indicated. Good collections will best be built as a result of the active collaboration of the bibliographers and the faculty.
Subject Area BibliggraPher Library ExtensigD
Anthropology Meg Garrett Honnold 3987 Art Carrie Marsh Denison 3942 Asian Studies Isamu Miura Honnold 8916
Grace Chen Honnold 3970 Black tudies Cindy Snyder Honnold 3722 Business Mart a Smith Honnold 3997 Chicano Studies Cindy Snyder Honnold 3722 Classics Carrie Marsh Denison 3942 Computer Science Kim Mosshart Sprague 8920 Criminal Justice Cindy Snyder Honnold 3722 Dance Judy Harvey Sahak Denison 8973 Drama Meg Garrett Honnold 3987 Economics Bart Harloe Honnold 8045 Education Judy Moser Honnold 8919 Engineering Kim Mosshart Sprague 8920 English & American Literature Gale Burrow Honnold 3987 Government & Int'l Relations Adam Rosenkranz Honnold 3986 Government Publications Mary Martin Honnold 8923 History Adam Rosenkranz Honnold 3986 Humanities & Fine Art/ Denison Judy Harvey Sahak Denison 8973 Information Science Linda Gunter Honnold 3979 Languages & Linguistics Martha Smith Honnold 3997 Life Sciences Brian Ebersole Pomona Science 8924 Microforms Mary Martin Honnold 8923 Music Betty Roleder Honnold 3722 Philosophy Adam Rosenkranz Honnold 3986 Psychology Meg Garrett Honnold 3987 Public Policy Mary Martin Honnold 8923 Reference Martha Smith Honnold 3997 Religion Michael Boddy Honnold/ STC 3722
STC Library ( 626- 3521) ext. 263 Sciences Brian Ebersole Pomona Science 8924
Kim Mosshart Sprague 8920 Sociology Cindy Snyder Honnold 3722 Special Collections Judy Harvey Sahak Denison & Honnold 8973
Jean Beckner Honnold 3977 Western Americana Jean Beckner Honnold 3977 Women's Studies Gale Burrow Honnold 3987
Judy Harvey Sahak Denison 8973
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ELECTRONIC ACCESS TO THE IBRARIES
We're pleased with the acceptance that our new LIBRARY menu has received. The menu makes it easy to access many of our electronic services from local network- connected desktop computers and by both dial- in and telnet connections from anywhere in the world.
The menu mediates access by all types of callers: " public", Claremont Colleges persons, and library staff. Special versions of the menu are even being phased into our search centers. Uniform presentation of the library services makes it easier for everyone to communicate with us when they have problems and shortens learning time for new users.
Put most simply, you can connect to our LIBRARY menu by dial- in to 621­8361,
bytelnettingto LIB ARY. CLAREMONT. EDU, orbyselecting " Claremont library Services" from the LIBRARY section of the campus GOPHER. Then, once you've logged on as " LIBRARY," you'll see this menu:
LIBRARIES of the CLAREMONT COLLEGES ---------- versionr1--------- ­>
Main menu
A About this menu
B Connect to BLAIS Online Catalog
P Services to Claremont Faculty, Staff and Students S Services to LibraIY Staff only
M Message to library systems dept
K Kermit Download Public Files
X Exit
Option?
The menu works somewhat like COMPUSERVE and other public information utilities in that it gives - free" access to some public services ( like The Claremont Colleges online catalog), and restricts access to others ( like FirstSearch, for which we pay per use and which we're contractually required to provide only to our own faculty, staff, and students.)
As a Claremont Colleges faculty member, upon selecting " Services to Claremont Faculty, Staff and Students" and providing yourlibrary card number and last name, you can get access to aJ I these gateway services:
Melvyl, the library catalog of the University of Califomia
FirstSearch, 20,000,000 record OClC Union Catalog, plus many other databases
Research li raries Information Network, over 40,000,000 cataloging records
Occidental College Library Online Catalog
UnCover, 1,000,000+ journal article citations
our COROM tower
You don't have to remember complicated gateway commands and other technical details when using the menu. It provides automatic online guidance in situations where you need special terminal emulation orwhenever
Ifyou should encounteraproblem, or want to make a suggestion relative to the services, the menu offers a way to send technical access questions directly to our systems department; they'll trytosolveyour problems within 24 hours, during the normal work week.
In general, except where a technical orcontractual reason prevents it, we'll make all new services available through this menu. We have plans to incorporate online requests for Interlibrary Loan materials, reporting lost or stolen library cards, and other new services.
You can find the full particulars in our handout titled " Electronic Access to the Libraries", available in all search centers. We'll be glad to send you a copy of the handout by campus mail.
CONN CTIONS Is pUblished and distributed during the Fall and Spring semesters.
Conlnbutors: Gale Burrow. Bonnie Clemens. Jay German. linda Gunter. Bart Harloe. Judy Harvey Sahak. Kim Mosshart. Cindy Snyder. Bill Spivey. Alberta Walker
Editors: Bart Hartoe. Gale Burrow. and Glenda Ebersole ( This newsletter was produced using Aldus PagemaI< er for the Mac.)
Contact: Glenda Ebersole. Adninlstrattve ~ ant. Honnold/ Mudd Ubrary. ext. 8046
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THE LIBRARIES OF THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES
invite you to participate in a Symposium on
Saturday, November 13, 1993
" Transfiguring the Book"
Have you plugged in a really good book lately? men is the last time you read a fascinating binding? Have readers and book lovers fallen into a modern rabbit hole? As electronic technology transforms the traditional book, fresh approaches to old and new are emerging. Innovative views on the relationship ofimage and text along with a growing interest in book history have created new ways of reading and interpreting books. We now " read" a book's pictures and bindings. The new electronic book allows readers to " write" their own texts. join our stimulating group of scholars, educators and authors as they probe the past, discover the present, and catch a glimpse into the future of the book.
10: 00 am
SESSION I: " Reading Pictures, Viewing Texts"
2: 00 pm
SESSION II: " Wired for Thought:
Humanities Auditorium, Scripps College
Electronic Poetry and Prose"
Davidson Lecture Room, Adams Hall,
Elizabeth N. Goodenough, Session Chair
Claremont McKenna College
Assistant Professor of Literature,
Claremont McKenna College
Ariella Lehrer, Session Chair
Michael Winship, Associate Professor of
President, Legacy Software
English, University of Texas at Austin
Jim Rosenberg, Hypertext Poet
" Printed Texts and Publishing History:
" Intergrams: Hypertext Poetry"
Exploring Content and Form"
Eric T. Haskell, Professor of French and
Brian Stonehill, Professor of English, Pomona College
Humanities, Scripps College
" Leftbrain Rightbrain CD- ROM"
" Illustration as Interpretation:
Transfiguring Carroll's Alice"
3: 30 pm
Exhibits and Demonstrations:
Founders Room, Honnold/ Mudd Library;
12: 00 pm
Lunch at Faculty House: by reservation only
Denison Library, Scripps College campus;
Demonstrations of multimedia technology &
Scripps College Press
electronic books: Founders Room,
Honnold/ Mudd Library
5: 15 pm
Reception, Clark Humanities Museum,
Scripps College
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The Frederic W. Goudy Lecture, sponsored by the Scripps College Press
Symposium attendees are cordially invited to the lecture
Humanities Auditorium, Scripps College
" Contemporary French Bookbinding and the Reassessment of Book Decor" John Anzalone and Ruth Copans, Skidmore College
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Registration is limited. The registration fee of $ 10 is waived for students at The Claremont Colleges. Everyone must register. For a detailed brochure and registration form, telephone the Libraries Administration Office, Honnold/ Mudd Library, ext. 8045 ( 621- 8045). Registration deadline is November 1. NEW ACQ ISITIONS
Ethnic Newswatch now available at HonnoldlMudd
The Libraries of The Claremont Colleges have added several new CD- ROM databases recently. One title stands out as being particularly unusual and very useful. That title is Ethnic NewsWatch.
Ethnic News Watch is the SOurce to use when you want to get a different perspective, or " the other side ofthe story," on recent social or pol itical events. This database contains full- text articles from over 60 newspapers and magazines published by minority presses in America.
The database is searchable, both in English and in Spanish, by keyword, subject, or name.
For xample, check this database for the Black community's views on the Rodney King decisions, or the Hispanic community's views on AFTA, or the Asian community's views on the Los Angeles mayoral race. Other sear hable ethnic groups include European/ Eastern European, JeWish, Arab/ Middle Eastern, and Native American.
The database is updated quarterly and isavailable from the Honnold/ Mudd Reference Desk.
STAFF NEWS
C arIes Campbell was appointed Assistant to the Librarian ( Library Assistant IV) at Sprague Library in June 1993. Mr Campbell has held previous positions with the Los Angeles County Public Library and Loyola Law School. He brings to this position eight years of progressively responsible experience in the area of public services.
It is once more unto the breach for Kirk Davis who has joined the Libraries staff as Library Assistant II in the Interlibrary Loan Department at Honnold/ Mudd Library. Two years ago, Mr. Davis was employed in the Libraries' Government Publ ications and Microforms Department. He is a graduate of the University of La Verne, received an
M. A. in English from Claremont Graduate School and is currently enrolled in the Ph. D. program at CGS. He speaks Greek ( he lived in Athens for two years) and is very well traveled- over fifty countries visited.
The Circulation Department has undergone the process of reorganization following the resignation of the head of the department. Linda Gunter, formerly the Assistant Head of Reference, was appointed the new department head in August 1993. This position, which now has the title Head of Access Services, has all management and administrative responsibilities forcirculation and interlibrary loan services.
Sheila Harris recently became a part- ti me staff member with the Periodicals Departmentat Honnold/ Mudd Library. She is replacing Dan Wotherspoon who transferred from the Periodicals Department to take the position of tudent Coordinator in the Circulation Department. Ms. Harris continues in herotherpart- time position at Pomona Science Library where she has been employed since April 1991. She graduated recently from the University of La Verne with a major in education.
Salima Lemelle has joined the Libraries staff as Library Assistant II in the Circulation Department at Honnold/ Mudd Library. Prior to coming to the The Libraries, Ms. Lemelle was employed at Huntley Bookstore. Ms. Lemelle has held positions as receptionist, translator, and interpreter. She is fluent in Swahili and speaks some Arabic. In 1984 she worked as a volunteer host/ interpreter at the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Gail Martin was hired as Library Assistant II in the Acquisitions Department at Honnold/ Mudd Library. Ms. Martin was previously employed in that department from
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Elect onicl rin esources Review
The libraries of The Claremont Colleges have been very fortunate over the course of the past three years to be able to purchase an ever~ xpanding array of electronic resources for use by Claremont students and faculty. Much of the funding for these recent acquisitions has come from external sources, such as the Knight Foundation grant received in 1990 by Claremont McKenna and Pomona Colleges. The power and flexibility of such databases as Psyclit and SocioFile has resulted in the migration of increasing numbers of users away from prin indexes and toward the computer workstations available in Honnold/ Mudd and the campus Iibraries at Claremont.
This academic year we have undertaken a critical review of print indexes and abstracts that are also available in electronic formats at the Library. The context for this review is formed by the following factors:
- The end of the funding from the Knight grant means that the Library has approximately $ 30,000 les" S to spend in 93/ 94 on electronic resources.
- The increasing demand for new electronic and print resources me ns that the Libraries must continue to find ways to fund new resources, whether those resources be full- text or bibliographic and/ or electronic or prin .
- In many instances, as the use of the electronic resources has increased dramatically, there has been a corresponding drop in the use of some of he print titles that are d plicated electronically.
- In 1992/ 93, the Library spent over $ 40,000purchasing many duplicate print versions of titles that we now have available in electronic form, usually on the network.
In light of this situation, the Library has tentatively identified the foil wing PRI T indexes and abstracts for cancellation in 1993/ 94. The electronic versions of these titles will continue to be made a ilable:
Business Periodicals Index Sociological Abstracts Psychological Abstracts C rrent Contents: Be avioral and Social Sciences Education Index Dissertation Abstracts PAIS Index to legal Periodicals FBIS ( Foreign Broadcast Information Service) Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature ( Denison copy American Statistics Index ( ASI) CIS Congressional Masterfile Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Applie Scie ce and Te hnology Index
Metals Abstracts
Pollution Abstracts
Electrical and Electronics Abstracts
All of the titles listed above will continue to be made available at Claremont; online access will be subsidized by the Library. We will monitor the situation carefully during the course of the 93/ 94 academic year and review the impact of this substitution process at the end of the year. Please feel free to contact your bibliographers and to express your views on the matter. The kind of review described here will most likely continue as an ongoing processoverthenextfewyears. WewiII doourbesttokeep you informed and to include your views of particular titles in the decision- making process.
SCIEN E LIB ARI S EVIEW COLLEC 10
The two science libraries at the Colleges are undertaking a review of collection strengths at ach location. Partofthisreviewinvolvesweedingthecollections of outdated materials, textbooks and multiple copies of titles. We've started on the 2nd floor of Sprague Library which houses the collections in general science, computer science and mathematics. We have put slips in books noting whether we believe they should be withdrawn from theIibrariesortransferred toHonnold/ Mudd orthe Pomona Science Library. We encourage interested faculty to voice their opinions on these Withdrawals/ transfers by reviewing our review and letting us know what you think. There is a place on each slip to put your comm nts.
Space in the libraries is always a concern and with the mathematics collection continuing to increase and the new emphasis placed on computer science materials, shelf space has become especially precious. In the mathematics fieldwe arecon entratingonmuItiplecopiesandtextbooks. By using Library Recommendations for Undergraduate Mathematics, compiled and published by he Mathematics Association of America, as a gauge for what we should not withdraw, we believe that our decisions are just and necessary. But if you don't agree, we want to know that too! We will leave the slips in the books until the end of November, so please come by before then and review what we've done. If you have any questions about the project, contact Kim Mosshart, ext. 8920.
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the on- call pool. I addition to paying the bills, searching online and maintaining meticulous files she provides the most delectable comestibles for our tired, poor huddled masses yearning to eat free.
Plctur standing( from letttorlght): SCottRosen, Stuart sanders, Leslie Sharp. Gall Martin, Ina Thomas. Charles Campbell; Seated: Jen Shih and sallma Lemelle.
leanne Rankin ( not pictured) was appointed to the temporary part- time position of Reference Librarian at Honnold/ Mudd Library. Ms. Rankin received a B. A. in political science from the University of Washington and her M. L. S. from Simmons College. She has had extensive experience in public libraries in Southem California and performed volunteer services in libraries in Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Syria.
Scott Rosen was appointed to the temporary part- time position of Science Reference librarian at Pomona Science and Sprague libraries. He has held previous positions at the Callfomia State University, FulIerton library, the Los Angeles County Office of Education and the Rand Corporation. Mr. Rosen is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara where he majored in religious studies. He received an M. A. in history from the University of California, Los Angeles and the M. L. S. from San Jose State University.
Stuart Mark Sanders is the n west member of the Libraries' Systems Department. As Operations Specialist Stuart performs the daily computer operations function on VMS and UlTRIX machines. He is a graduate of the University of Redlands with a B. S. in computer science in May 1993.
Leslie Sharp replaced Ervin Krajecki in May 1993 as Library Assistant I, part- time, in Central Support Services. She added to her responsibilities in June 1993 when she accepted a second part- time position as Collection Management Assistant. Ms. Sharp is currently enrolled at Claremont Graduate School and plans to study business administration.
len Hsiung Shih has joined the Asian Studies Department staff as Library Assistant III. Mr. Shih replaces Jean Yao who retired in February. He has a degree in law from Taiwan University and has a library technology certificate from Citrus College. Mr. Shih speaks, reads, and writes Chinese and Japanese.
Ina Thomas is now the Interlibrary Loan Coordinator at Honnold/ Mudd library. Ms. Thomas, who is enrolled in the education program at Claremont Graduate School, has had several years of experience in the Interlibrary Loan Department as a student assistant. Prior to coming to The Claremont Colleges, Ms. Thomas taught English and reading at schools in the Pomona and Los Angeles Unified School Districts. She received the B. A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a B. F. A. in theater arts from Howard University.
Richard D'Souza now holds the position of Network/ Systems Specialist in the Systems Department following his reclassification from Programmer III to Systems Programmer. This position has responsibilities related to advising staff in the use of computer resources and planning, establishing and maintaining the network infrastructure.
Shaun Padgett ( Processing Department) has been reclassified from Library Assistant I to Library Assistant II. Mr. Padgett, whose primary responsibility is book repair, has studied for approximately wo years with book conservators at the Hu tington Library. He has been employed part- time in the Processing Department at Honnold/ Mudd Library since 1990.
As part of the reorganization of the Circul tion Department, Daniel Wotherspoon was reclassified from Library Assistant II to library Assistant III. His position, Student Coordinator, has all responsibilities related to the hiring, training, and supervision of the student assistants in the Circulation Department.
On September 10, Sheila Harris participated in the fourteenth annual Office of Black Student Affairs retreat at Arrowhead Springs. There were approximately seventy students, faculty and staff members and their families in attendance. She shared information about the exciting developments at the Libraries and encouraged the students to visit the Libraries and leam more about our services. Ms. Harris extends her thanks to all who were instrumental in making the retreat a success.
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