Connections Volume 2, Number 2, Spring 1993

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a newsletter from the library to the faculty of The Claremont Colleges
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The telephone conversatioo above is typical of ones we have received in increasing numbers ver tne past few moolhs as other institutions in the area have shortened their library hours and reduced the resources readily available to their own communities. As this has happ ned, tnere has been a dramatic increase in the number of visitors to our libraries, thus creating frustration for library users from The Claremont Colleges community.
faculty and students have complained about not being able to find seating space in tne evenings as well 35 being unable to use Blais and/ or CD- ROM terminals because of an influx of persons not affi liated with The Colleges. Our own observations bore out the val idity of those comments. Not only were there large numbers ofpersons in the buildingwho were notaffiliated with the Colleges but, many of them flaunted their " right" to be in the building and refused to comply with simple library policies regarding SlJch things as noise control and restrictions concerning food and dri k.
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Message F om The Director
Asyouknowfrommymemo ofMarch10, 1993, wehavebegunmonitoring the entrance to Honnol / Mudd Li brary. During the past three years, we added library Service Officers in the hopes that their presence would control some of the abuses of the building, library materials, and rights of others which were occurring. When it became clear that more drastic measures were needed, we obtained the approval of the Library Council and the Council of Presidents to begin monitoring persons entering Honnold/ Mudd by requiring everyone to show a photo I. D. and visitors to sign a log.
What has een our experience thus far? During the periods monitored in the first nine days after this change in policy, visitors signing the log accounted for between 26 percent and 34 percent of the persons entering Honnold/ Mudd. WhilemanyofthesearefromClaremontandthesurroundingarea, personsfrom as far away as Germany have signed the log. Many of the visitors, including those from Claremont, are affi Iiated with an area college; and large numbers are from area high schools. Azusa Pacific University, Chaffey College, Citrus College, Mt. San Antonio College, University of La Verne, Cal State San Bernardino, Cal State Fullerton, and Cal Poly Pomona are well- represented as are Claremont High School, Alta Loma High School, Upland High School nd Centennial High School. Visitors are also here from Stanford University, USC, UCLA, UC- Riverside, and other UC campuses.
The Library Service Officers responsible for monitoring the entrance note that there is interest in why we made this change. An explanation from them generally elicits acceptance and approvaJ of the policy. Indeed, many Claremont Colleges students have expressed hope that services to them, such as access to Blais terminals, will improve as a result. One student took time to write, '' The new library rules are great. ( They havel greatly reduced problems and improved access to library materials."
We sincerely hope that this is the case for all our users. As we get more experience with the new system, we wi II evaluate its effectiveness and seek other ways that we can truly improve the services and resources that we offer to The Claremont Colleges faculty, staff, and students. At the same time, we remain committed to resource sharing programs with other area libraries as a way to offer ourresources to the broader community as well as to provide our own users with access to other libraries.
Your observations concerning this issue and suggestions for other changes
for improving services will be welcomed.
In this issue
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Library Exhibits, Library Instruction
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Journal Cancellation List
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Campus Libraries
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Library Hours
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Denison Honnold/ Mudd Pomona Science Sprague
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Students, Professor, and Librarians Collaborate
If you noticed the companion library exhibitions in March and April of illustrated books illuminatingsoci I history through the interpretation of gardens, y u may not have realized that you were viewing student assign ents for the Scripps College course " Power or Pleasure: Aesthetic Contexts oftheFren h Garden," taught by Professor Eric Haskell. Student groups of three or four worked in
onsultation with librarians to develop exhibition themes, to select rare books for display, to mount the exhibitions, and to write and produce exhibition captions and descri tive brochures. The resu Its include " Paradises on Paper," which ay be viewed through April 8 at Denison Library. A second exhibition, " Horticulture and Culture: Books from the Francis Bacon Library will beon display atthe Bacon Library until April 14. Finally, " English Landscapes from TheWilliam W. Clary Oxford Collection of The Honnold Library: Academi sand Esthethics in the Gardens of Oxford," will be on exhibition until May 16 In the North Reading Room at Honnold.
Through this enterprise, the students involved have had the opportunity to work with asmall group to produce a tangible ' ollaborative product. They havehad the experience of publication by writing and producing their captions and brochures. Furthermore, they have had to face public crutiny by exposing their exhibit choices to the view ofthe entire Claremont academic community as well as the general public.
Special Collections at all four libraries of The Claremont Colleges offer the resources for m, my such collaborative projects between students, faculty, and librarians. Please telephone extension 3977 or e- mail SALLEN@ ROCKY to request A
Guide to Special Collections at The Claremont Colleges and to inquire about exhibition s heduling in the North Reading Room at Honnold. The campus librari ns may be contacted bout exhibition schedul i g in their respective buildings.
Library Instruc io
The Iibr ries offer weekly classes in the use of electronic resources. Some classes provide basic informa­tion
and search strategies, others focus on databases in elected su bjectareas. All classes are held in the Honnol / Mudd Library classroom. To register for a class, call the Honnold/ Mudd Reference Desk, ext. 3959.
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If you want to schedule an instruction session on the use of electronic resources for any of your classes, please contact Gale Burrow, ext. 3987.
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2/ CONNECTIONS a newsletter from the library to the faculty of The Claremont Collexes Social Sciences a H manities Journal Col ecf0 S: ı 1992/ 3 eview Updateı
In 1992/ 93 the Library working in concert with Claremont faculty fi Id groups has initiated a process of critical examination of journal collections in the social sciences and human ities. For the most part, a g neral evaluation has not been conducted in these disciplines in many years; yet we know that cademic programs have evolved and change . Our goal is to pdat and improve our journal collections. Toward this end, we have asked bibliographers and faculty to work together by effectively using the new Serials Selection and Review Policy that was developed in 1991/ 92. ( For a copy of the S rials Selection and Review Policy, contact your bibliographeror Bart Harloe at x8045).
Given current tech nolo ical advances in the realmofelectronicac essanddocumentdelivery, now is the time to think anew about the role of core collections, i. e., about what we need to have locally available as a physical item versus what we might be abl to provide easily through resource sharing and document delivery mechanisms ( for example, CARL Uncover, our agreement with UCLA, and The C nt r for Research Libraries, etc.). Ourimmediateobjective is to increase the rei vance of our local holdings to the current academic offerings t Claremont.
As a result of these ongoing d liberations, the Library I asalrea yapprov dover90newjournal titles in the social sciences and humanities this year. ( FOR A LIST OF THE TITLES APPROVED CONTACT BART HARLOE AT HONNOLD LIBRARY x8045). Insofar as possible, these titles wi II be approved for subscription start- up as of 1/
93. Our goal is to have the subscriptions in the Library by Fall 1993. At that point, we will al 0 publish a mplete list of " Titles Approved" in the F II i ue of " Connections"
WHAT CA CLAREMONT FACULTY DO?
On the back y u will find a list of social sciences and humanities titles that are under consider tion forCANCELLATION. In most cases, specific titles have been r commended for cancellation by the appropriate field group at Claremont. As the Serials Policy states, " Related journals will be considered at the same time a new serial itle i requested in an effort to keep the most important titles in a subject area, and to drop hose that are no longer useful." However, we realize that many journals have interdisciplinary applications and therefore we would like to circulate this list to you so that those outside a par icular discipline may see the entire list.
Factors considered in idenitfying a title for cancellation include the following:
~ Faculty rankings ~ Use Factor ~ Indexing and Abstracting of the title ~ Availability through resource sharing
or document delivery.
We would like Claremont faculty to review this list and communicate any problems and/ or questionstoyourbibliographerordirectlyto Bart Harloe at Honnold Library ( xB045).
The deadline for final review this Spring will be May 14, 1993.
After this date. action will be taken to initiate cancellation of the titles listed. Thanks for your attention to this matter.
3/ CONNECTION a newsletter from the library to the faculty of The Claremont Colleges 1992/ 93 SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIESı
Humanities
OActa Baltica OAmerican Heritage OArabica OArarat OASECS News Circular OAustralian Historical Studies OBoletin de la Real Academia de la
Historia OCarolina Comments OThe Fiddlehead OFornvannan OGateway of theHeritage: Quarterly
Journal/ Missouri Historical
Society OThe Glendoran Magazine OThe Hollins Critic OJournal of Musicological Research OJournal of Psychohistory OKansas History OLocal Population Studies OMariner's Mirror OMedical History OMedieval Archaeology OMissouri Historical Review ONorth Dakota Quarterly OPalimpsest OPoet Lore OPrism International ORE Arts & Letters: REAL ORevue beige de philologie et
d'histoire OTennessee Historical Quarterly OTransactions Newcomen Society
for the Study of the History of Engineering 2nd Technology Owisconsin Magazine of History
JOURNAL CANCEL
OAFL- 10 News OThe Air Force Law Review
Air Power History OAir power Journal OAnnals of Public &
Co- operativeEconomy OAppalachian Journal OApplied Statistics OThe Appraisal Journal OArchives europeenes de
sociologie OArab News OBehavior Today Ol3ritish Journal of
Industrial Releations OBritish Journal of Mental Subnormality
Ol3ulletin of European Communities/ ECSC, EEC & EAEC
Ol3ulletin of the Menninger Clinic
OCEP Research Report! Council on Economic Priorities
OCalifornia School Boards Journal OCanadian Journal of African Studies DCanadian Psychology.
Psychologie Canadien ne OCanadian Tax Journal OCanadian Tax Papers DChina Business Review DChinese Economic Studies OCommonwealth DConstruction Review DCorporate Management
Tax Conference OPrague Economic:. Papers DDevelopment and Change ODevelopmental Brain
Research DEarly American Life OEastern European
Economics OEconomia Internalionale OEconomic & Industrial
Democracy OEconomie Appliquee OElectroencephalography
and Clinical
Neurophysiology OEuropean Trends OExperimental Neurology OFellowship
TION LIST Social Sciences
OFinancial Post Financial Review: The Official Publication of the Eastern Finance Association
OForces OAgExporter OForo Internacional OHitotsubashi Journal of
Economics Ol'Homme etla Societe OHuman Mosaic Olndex of Economic
Articles in Journals & Collective Volumes Olndian Journal of Argricultural Economics Olndian Journal of
Economics Olndian Trade Journal Olndividual Psychology Olndustrial Relations Dinforme Economico Olnteravia Olntercollegiate Press
Bulletins Olnternational Journal of Man- Machine Studies Olnternational Labor & Working Class History Olnternational Statistical Review Olnternational Trade Forum
OTransnational Associations: Associations transnationales
OJahrbucher fur Geschichte Oseuropas OJapanese Economic Studies OJapanese Psychological Research
OJournal of Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, and Sociometry
OJournal of Intellectual Disability Research: JIDR OJournal of Reprints for Antitrust Law & Economics
OJournal of Russian and East European Psychology RUSI
DJournal of Transport Economics & Policy OLaw Quarterly Review OLegislative Series OLink OMaghreb, Machrek OMerkur OMetroeconomics; rivista
internationale di economlca OMidstream; a monthly Jewish review ONational Right to Work Newsletter o orth Central Association Quarterly OOcean & Coastal Management
DOfficial Bulletin­International
Labour Office
00mega OPacific Coast Archae­ological
Society Quarterly OParliamentarian OPerspective OPolitical Psychology OProblemes politiques et
sociaux DProvincial Finances Quality and Quantity
DRecent Economic Developments Recueil des Cours
OLa Recherche DRegional Science and Urban Economics ORegional Studies Review of Social Economy ORevue d'economie
politique ORevue Economique OScandinavian Journal of
Psychology
Scholastic Update OSiempre OSouth African
Archaeological Bulletin OSoviet Sociology OTax Memo OTheory and Decision OTokyo Business Today DEI Trimestre Economico OUnited Mine Workers
Journal OWest African Journal of Archaeology OZeitschrift fur National­okonomie
4I CONNECTIONS a newsletter from the library to the faculty of The Claremont Coliexes aa. nL " a _ from page 2
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Alternative Pleasures: The Campus Libraries
Faculty and students at the CI remontColleges reap rich rewards in seeking outthe Campus Libraries­Denison,
Pomona Science, and Sprague. Tucked away as they are on the campuses of Scripps, Pomona, and Harvey Mudd Colleges, respectively, these Libraries offer services and collections often best kn wn to a specialized ommunity. As component librariesofthe Libraries of The Claremont Colleges system, each of the Campus Libraries welcomes and encourages use by the constituencies of all the Colleges.
What follows is a brief summary of some of the special or unique services offered by the Campus Libraries. Telephone the Librarian listed at the end of this article at each of the Libraries for further details.
With their specialized collections, theCampus Libraries have as their highest priority publ ic services and teaching. All of the staff are strongly committed to helping students and faculty effectively navigate through the increasing body of knowledgeavailabIetoscholars. Each librarian/ bibliographer can offer in­class
or at the library instru tion sessions to groups or individuals.
At Sprague, staff help students discover collections in mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science, engineering, and the history of science. At Pomona Science, students are guided through resources in biology, mathematics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, and geology. Students using Denison's collections in areas of the humanities and liberal arts find special help using materials in literature, dance, art, psychology, religion, women's studies, history of the book, and the book arts.
Although scattered around the campuses, the Campus Libraries are linked to each other and to Honnold/ Mudd by the automated catalog system andtheLibraries' network ofelectronic data bases. Available at each library are OPAC's wi h the BLAIS database and network PC's with acc s 0 the CD- ROM tower and the external data bases prOViding holdings of a number of distan libraries and centers. Additionally, located at Sprague is Math Reviews on CD- ROM. Located at Denison is an lnfotrac station opening access to humanitie and social science sources. Specific data bases at Pomona Science are MedLine, Science Citation Index, and Current Contents. Researchers can have documentdelivery ofarticles identified through SCI and Current Contents not held in Claremont. Ordered electronically, the articles are sent directly to the requestor.
Collections at the Campus Libraries reflectthe spectrum ofcourses offered at the Colleges although each library has special or unique qualities. Forexample, Denison Library collects In the interdisciplinary humanities and
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CONNECTIONS is published
and distributed during the Fall
and Spring semesters.
Contributors: Susan Allen, Gale
Burrow, Bonnie Clemens, Bart
Harloe, Judy Harvey Sahak
Editor : Bart Harloe and Glenda Ebersole ( This newsletter was produced using Aldus Pagemaker4.2a for the Mac and MicrotekTrueLaser.)
Contact: Glenda Ebersole,
Administrative Assistant,
Honnold/ Mudd Library, ext. 8046
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arts with strengths in art, literature, women's studies, rei igion, and dance. Special collections are strong in the history of printing and books, American women and their history, and the Scripps College Archives. A collection of approximately 000 spoken ( poetry, drama, prose) and musical recordings and tapes are not on BLAIS.
Sprague supports teaching and research in the applied sciences including chemistry, engineering, physics, computer science, and mathematics. The Carruthers Aviation Collection widely attracts scholars as does the ( Herbert) Hoover Collection of metals and metallurgy.
Pomona ( Seeley Mudd) Science actively collects in areas of science taughtatPomona, ineludingbiology, chemistry geology, physics, and mathematics. The Woodford Collection is distinguished by rare editions in the history of geology.
The Campus Libraries offer alternative locations for meetings, group and individual study, and classes in a small college setting. At Sprague, aclassroomcan bereserved. Five seminar rooms at Pomona are available for groups of three or more. Reservations can be made at Den ison forthe occasional use of the Holbein and Conference Rooms. Other comfortable areas lend th mselves to group study.
The Campus Librarians urge you to seek them out, to use their services an facilities, and to browse in their rich and distinguished collections. The following list is only a starting point for your visit.
Denison Library, ScrippsCollege campus, 11 th and Columbia. Judy Harvey Sahak, Librarian and Assistant Director of Libraries, ext. 3953.
Pomona ( Seeley Mudd) Science Library, Pomona College campus, 7th andCollege. Brian Ebersole, Librarian, ext. 3492.
Sprague Library, H rvey Mudd College, center of campus between Dartmouth and Columbia. Kimberly Mosshart, Librarian, ext. 3921.
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