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Enhanced navigation The site now provides enhanced navigation features designed to help you better orient yourself within the site and find what you need faster than ever before. Menus with tabs for each of the major sections, section menus, and the " brcadcrurnb'' bar show you where you are within the site's hierarchy. Many pages have a right- hand " Also see" menu that points out other items of interest rel: lled 10 the content of the current page. " Also see" menus give you short cuts to other parts of the site without alway »
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In my Fall 2002 Con nections column, ( hnps/ / libmries. clare monl. euu/ abollt/ libpubs/ conoecrions/ faI12002/ index. hlml) I wrote about the External Review of the Libraries to be conducted under the auspices of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges ( WASC>. The Visiting Team, comprised of five distinguish ed librarians, is scheduled to visit Claremont
on October 15- 15, 2003. This is not a review for accreditation because the Claremont University Co nsortium, of which the Libraries is a unit, is not a degree- granting institution and thus not eligible for accreditation. However, the Visiting Team Report may be appropriate for documentation for future accreditation visits to The Colleges.
In the last several months, a Self Study Steering Committee chaired by Alberta Walker, Associate Director of Libraries, has been hard at work preparing for this visit. As a first step, they docume nted our capacity for providing services and resources that meet your needs. Additi onally. the Committee, with assistance from faculty and others, p roduced reflective essays on the topics we regard as critical to the future of the Libraries. Drawn from our Strategic Plan ( http:// libraries. claremonl. edu/ ah out/ mission! stfatcgicplan.: lspJ, these essays address four topics- collaborating with faculty to enhance student learning; developing our collections, with an emphasis on journals; preparing for further de elopment of a Claremont digital library; and using our library spaces.
The capacity study and the four essays along with supporting documentation are presented in a web portfolio developed by the Self Study Team. You can review the portfolio at http:// lihraries. clarern ont. edu/ sdfstudv. In addition, Wl' will ]! luvide opporlunities for lllc llll; c rs of Th~' Clarem ont Colleges community to meet and talk with members of the Team. As planning for the Visit proceeds, we will keep you apprised of the Visiting Team's schedule.
Writing the Self Study has been a learning experie nce for us, and we expect lO learn even more from the Report of the Visiting Team. Even if you arc not involved in the Visit, I hope that you will take the opportunity to send me any comments you may have on the Self Study. Information we continue to gather throu gh this procc: ss and afterward will Ill' used to make any necessary improvements to our resou rces and services. Furthermore, what we learn will have a major impact on the reformulation of our Strategic Plan. That new Planwillshapethe futureof library services. traditionaland digital, for the next several years. We look forward to your response to the Self Study documents and to other comments you may have that will assist us in our efforts to e nsure that we provide the best possible resources and services to The Claremont Colleges community.
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This year marks the centennial of the Wright brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903, where Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first successful sustained powered flight in a heavier- than- air machine. The flight has been called twelve seconds that changed the world ( httpi// www. flrstfl ightceruennial. org/).
To honor the achievements of that first flight, the Libraries of The Claremont Colleges will feature exhibits in Honnold/ Mudd Library including items from the Carruthers Aviation Collection' November 1, 2003 - January 30, 2004. Aviators and aviation technologies will be showcased using drawings, photographs, personal corres pondence, books, and aviation sheet music. On view will be items such as prints depicting early experiments in ballooning from the 18th century, photographs of Charles Lindbergh during his heyday, and original letters from early women aviators.
The display will complement an online exhibit and an event co- sponsored by the Libraries of The Claremont Colleges and Harvey Mudd College ( HMO featuring Professor Fred Culick from the California Institute of Technology . Dr. Culick will speak about the evolution of the Wright Flyer as part of HMC's Nelson Lecture series on \ V'ednesday, November 5, at 7pm at Galileo Hall on Hl'vIC's campus.
Dr. Culick is a professor of aerodynamics and has taught courses in both physics and engineering. In addition he is a consultant to several industrial and government agencies concerned with combustion instability in propulsion systems. Currently he is the chief engineer for a group of aerospace engineers who have built and conducted wind- tunnel tests of a real- size replica of the original Wright flyer in order to reenact the Wrights' historic night.
The Libraries arc honored that Dr. Culick will also be a speaker at the grand opening of the library aviation exhibits and the opening of the rounders Room on Wednesday, November 5, 3: 45- Spm, in Honnold/ Mudd, second floor. This is a free event and anyone interested is welcome to attend. For more information on this event contact Government
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sIJeri. iroil/@/ ibra nes. cla remont. edu The Appeal of Librarianshipı
\ Vhy do Ifindlibrariansbip so appealing? Information.
According to David Thornburg, Educational Futurist, the amount of information available in the world doubles every two years. Librarians, who collect, organize, archive, and facilitate access to information, are more interested in quality rather than quantity. An overabunda nce of information does n ot assure information literacy- the ab ility to identify an information need, to locate, evaluate, use and communicate information in response to that need. What's more, information has also increased exponentially in price. As an academic librarian involved in the process of scholarly communication, I have a vested interest in the pricing practices of academic journal publishers.
Scholarly communication includes the participation of faculty, publishers, libraries, and readers. Professors, chief producers of scholarship , believe in the free - now of information; while commercial publishers, aggregators and conduits or information, profit from assembling, packaging and distributing information. Such contrasting values and expectations have left librarians, who seek open and cost- effective scholarly publications, at the mercy of publishers' increa: ing journal price subscriptions ( print and electronic).
in point, according to a study conducted by the Association of Research Libraries ( Al{ L), between 1986 and 1998: unit cost of scholarly journals increased 175 percent; libraries spent 152 percent more ami acqu ired 7 percent fewer journals; journal prices increased approximately 10 percent per year during this period.
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Libraries serving as scholarly communication builders. The library as publisher has only existed in the model of HighWire Press ( Stanford University) where the library has provided the means of electronic publication.
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Libraries looking outside the profession and outside the United States in an effort to build global library consortiums .
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Libraries participating in the ongoing dialog regarding the establis hment of a nationa l information policy.
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Libraries building and sharingı institutional digital repositories. ı
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Libraries leading digital publishing enterprises, which include learned societies, consortia, computing centers, university presses, and commercial publi shers.
When publishers' pricing practices alter the scholarly communication process, librarians have an opportunity to forge new roles as advocates, coalition- builders, and educators for the benefit of their most important constituents: studen ts, faculty, and staff.
Pedro Reynoso
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Periodicals Review: A New Opportunity for You to Guide Our Decision- making
The Libraries are in the thick of planning a major periodicals review to take place in Spring 2004. We arc long due for this review: the last time the Libraries undertook such a project was 1996. Now, as then, we are faced with exponential rises in subscription pricesunfortunately
nothing uncommon as subscription inflation has been a burden on library budgets for years, with some titles jumping as much as 20% one year and 50% the next, Of course, increased cost isn't the only reason---{) r even the most important reason- for a review. As always, in order to remain relevant for learning, teaching, and research, our journal collections need to change as curriculum changes. Your input is vital in identifying the im portance to learning, teaching, and research at The Colleges of specific journal titles.
The main financial challenge currently is a consequence of the revolution in electronic publishing- a revolution that has expanded greatly both service to and expectations hy our users. \" Vith expanded access and better service to our users, however, comes even more strain on the periodicals budget. Large electronic periodical collections such as JSTOR, Project Muse, and Lcxis- Nexis enrich our library collections enormously- and also take large chunks of the materials budget every year. Databases have become more and more expensive as they move from simple citations and abstracts to full text. Strain on the periodicals budget doesn't end with these new or refurbished products. Most publishers charge additionally for electronic access to individual titles to which the Libraries subscribe in paper- and as we're just beginning to discover, these electronic access fees are themselves subject to inflation. And publishers often penalize libraries for canceling the paper and keeping the electronic subscription by exacting higher rates for the electronic subscription. As a result, the Libraries don't have the resources to continue to subscribe to all the journals in all the formats we currently receive nor to add new journals.
The Libraries have already identified and canceled many duplicate subscriptions. Our next step is to have subject specialist librarians identify low use paper periodicals. In the case of Honnold/ Mudd, we will be aided by period icals reshel ving statistics. Once the low use periodicals have been identified, we will ask you to review them. The review will be web- based to make it simple for you to respond and for us to review your responses along with those of your colleagues. On the web form, titles of journals identified as low use will be arranged by subject; faculty will be able to offer input on individual titles. As you review titles, keep in mind that occasional use of specific journals may be better addressed through Interlibrary Loan, allowing the Libraries to allocate those subscription funds more effectively. We hope you will focus especially on your subject area, but your comments will be welcome on titles in any subject of interest to you and for as many titles as you wish. Journals with electronic versions ( those that can be cancelled without any significant rise in subscription cost for the electronic edition) will also be identified .
When the review web site is ready, you will receive a letter and an email providing the URi of the periodicals review web form, along with detailed instructions on how to use the form. You will also receive email reminders during the review and as the deadline approaches. Subject specialist librarians will use your input to guide them in making final dec isions about low use periodicals. All faculty will be notified of any cancellations when these decisions have been made.
Adam Roscnhrani: Hon nold/ Mudd
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TAMER HALCI, the newest member of the Honnold/ Mudd Circulation staff, has the position of Weekend Circulation Assistant. From Turkey, Tamer is a student at Claremont Graduate University working
on his PhD in history. His dissertation focuses on Turkish nationalism during the Cold War.
KATIIY K YLE is the new Administrative Assistant in the Libraries Administration office in Honnold/ Mudd Library. She answers telep hone calls coming into the office, receives student applications for employment, and handles a variety of different assignments for the Directors. Kathy, who is a native of Southern California, says she is " elated to be working again for the Directors and the Libraries."
Dissertations Now Available in FuB. Text
The Libraries now provide access to Digital Dissertations, which indexes 1.6 million dissertations and masters theses, 1861- present, from academic institutions in the US, Canada, Great Britain, and Europe. Digital Dissertations includes full text for dissertations written 1997- present.
CONNE CTIONS" if We have lived in the digital :. Ige long enough that we readily usc- s- and perhaps have come to take for granted--- online citation databases and full- text journal articles. Government publications, business, and statistical sources are available. Less
often, we llIay think of looking online for book length works, especially those generally found only in special collections. I think one of the most exciting developments in availability of online resources in the past couple of years is the growing number of those special, rare, and often dilflcult- to- get materials. Haven't many of us been thwarted when trying to get access to primary documents held in only a very few collections?\ Vouldn't we relish being ahlc to see Shakespeare's First folio of 1< l23, read Mark Twain's writings as they appeared when first published in nineteenth century magazines, di. sCOV<.. T what life was like in Colonial America through the letters a nd diaries of worn n who lived at that time, see photographs of Claremont during its first 50 years?' 11I<: se and many more oppo rt unnics for research and study across disciplines present themselves through hypertext and scanned images. Grant funds have allowed the Libraries to add several collections of primary documents to our online resources. Additionally, we have identified materials from our own Special Collections holdings for digiti za tion : one project has b ' e n completed, a second is underw ay, and more are in the queue.
Selected primary resources available from the Libraries' web site are listed below. Unless a URI. is provided, they are accessible from the Databases page ( http:// Iibmries. daremo nt. ed u! research! darahases! ) in the alphabetical list by title.
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African - American Newspapers: The 19thCentury: Full- text ofarticles from major African American newspapers published in the United Stares in the 19th ce ntury.
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American Periodical Series ( APS) Onlin e: Full- text access to more than 1') 0 years of American magazine journalism, from 17( i I- l 900. Coverage for some titles ext nels into the mid- 20th century.
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CGU Descartes Web Site: Provides searchable English and French editions of the last published work of Rene Descartes, Passions de l'arnc, 1649 ( Passions of the Soul, 16') O).
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The Craftsman: Full- text of all Iii5 issues of The Craftsman. < 1 leading publication for people interested in the mcri can Arts and Crafts move ment at the turn of the century. ( Availa] lIe only to users in the search centers of the Lihrarics.)
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Early English Books Online: More than 96,000 early printed works in English, listed in Pollard & Rcdgrave's Short- Title Catalogue 1475- 1640, Wing's Short- Title Catalogue 1641- 1700, and the Thomason Tracts 16401()<
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Editions & Adaptations of Shakespeare: Contains eleven major ed itions from the First Folio of 1() 23 ro th e Cambridge edition of 186.3- 6, and much more.
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Evans Digital Edition: Provides full- text access to Evans Early American Imprints, Series I 0 639- 1HOO).
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HarpWeek: 1857- 1889, Civil War Years, Reconstruction, and Beginning of the GildedAge: Full- text of Harper's W'eekly, one of the most im portant general news and culture magazines of mid to late 19th
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Landmark Histortcal Documents: ı Selected full- text documents in Americanı hi story, ( Available only in the Honnold! ı Mudd search ccnter.) ı
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Matrimonial Investiga tion Reco rds: ı From .\ ilission San Gabriel orthe periodı 17HH- IH< lI, these records offer a uniqueı insight into the pre- statehood activities ofı the Misxion. The records are jX1l1 o f theı McPherson Collection, housed in Specialı Collections, Honnold/ Mudd Library. ı ( http:/ / libr.: ui es . c1arerno nt. ed u/ scico llectio ns/ ı marrinves matinvest. asp) ı
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North American Women's Letters andı Diaries: Full- text collection of letters, ı diaries, and unpublished manuscripts writtenı by women from Colonial times to 1950. ı
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Past Masters: Full- text philosophy andı theology classics online in scholarly editions, ı The Women W'riters GHegory includes lettersı and journals of jane Austen. Charlotteı Bronte:- F: lI1ny Burney, and Kut hcrincı Mansfield. ı
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The Wheeler Scrapbooks: Theseı scrapbooks, from Special Collections. ı Honnold/ Mudd Library, chronicle life atı Pomona College and in the city ofı Claremont from 1813' 1 to 193H. ı ( htl( 1: 1/ lilmloes. clare lllonl. ed u! sc/ cnllt: ctio rls! ı whee ler/ default. asp) ı
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Women Writers Online: Full- text aL'cessı to important books by and about womenı published from 1400 toı
Science libraries Updateı
The Claremont Colleges' t\ VO science libraries, Seeley G. Mudd Science Library on the Pomona camp us and Sprague Library on the Harvey Mudd campus, experienced a collections move this summer due to the loss of a floor at Sprague Library ,
As a result of this mo ve, subject co llections are better consolidated, with the majority of mat erials grouped by building by subject. Math, computer science, and engineering are now located at Sprague. Biology, c hemistry, physics, geology, and general science subjects are now located at Seeley G. Mudd. There are some exceptio ns, of course. Sprague Library c ontains approximately thirty shelves each of physics and chemistry books to act as a supple ment to the rese arch done by users of that building. Likewise , Seeley G. Mudd Science Library will have thirty shelves of math books to complement research there. Both science libraries have full reference collectio ns. services, and staff.
Duplicate mat erials are being withdrawn from the science libraries in order to make space for what we have and for future purchases. \ Vithdrawn books will be made available for our library users to lake free of charge for their personal or departmental collecti ons. \ Vithclra wn math books are now available at Sp rague; bi ology, physics, chemistry, geology, and general science bo oks will soon be available at Seeley G. Mudd.
Please contact Je zmynne Amergin or Brian Ebersole ( hrian. eh r oIe@ librari' s. laremont. e III or ext. 1892 · 4) for further informati on.
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Pomona College: Archives. A graduate: of Pomona College in 1981, ı Price first learned to print as a student : It the Scripps College Press. ı In the exhibition, till" growlh of her talent and exp erience :. IS a printer be Sllo'" vc lsed including photographs, personal correspondence, ı arc followed through stints working with various presses on to her hooks, and sheet music. Along with ( his exhibition, rIurvcy Muddı
own productions. I- lt- r latest works explore the notions of randomness College and ( he Libraries are cosponsoring a talk by Fred Culickı and serendipity in till' creative process. The: range: of subjects. forms, from Cal Tech who will be speaking on the: evolution of the \ Vrightı and materials in her work highli ghts Price ' s versatility and Flyer. ı inventive ness. ı
The Ca rruthers Auiation Collection , :. I gift ro CMC and housed in
tp, Up, and Aumy! Special Collections, Honnold/ Mudd l. ihrary. has a strong emphasis in November 1. 2003:/ a llllal}' 30, 2004 World War I aeronautical history, balloon flight, and pioneer women Honnold/ Mudd Library. 2 11d Floor aviato rs. This exhibition honors the Wright brothers and the centennial of flight ar Kilty Hawk, North Carolina, December 17, 1903. Items on aviators For more information, contact Special Collections, Honn old/ Mudd and aviation technologies from tile CarruthersAuiation Collection will Library, ( 909) 607- 3977
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