University Libraries Newsletter
July 2020
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Library Resources & Events
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McCall Library Co-sponsors Campus Workshop on Social Movements
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During this unprecedented time in history, when racial issues are drawing a response from those who might otherwise be silent, we are seeing many people taking action, often for the first time. When there is social unrest, it is important for the community to be equipped with knowledge and resources.
We invite all community members--students, faculty, and staff--to participate in a Workshop on Social Movements. The purpose of this workshop series is to provide historical and contemporary context of social movements responding to anti-Blackness, and an education about the Movement for Black Lives. It will offer context, options, reflexive questions and activities via facilitator presentations, group exercises, reflection, and feedback.
The workshop will meet for a total of four 45 minute sessions. Please learn more and express your interest at this link:
This workshop is free to participants, and is funded jointly by the Honors College, the Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, the Department of History, and the Office of Community Engagement.
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Baugh Biomedial Library reopening for the Fall on August 3rd, 2020
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The Charles M. Baugh Biomedical Library Circulation Department prepared the library building for its opening on Monday, August 3rd. Changes to the library and its procedures include shortened hours,
9 am to 6 pm Monday through Friday
, all study rooms are limited to one person and the library will lend out tables and chairs to the College of Medicine for study use. The Royal Cup Coffee machine was discontinued, but the Keurig coffee machine is still available for use in the student break room; please bring your own coffee pods. Finally the JAGVet study area is open and access is limited to 2 people in the area.
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Chronicle of Higher Education
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Have you ever gone to Chronicle.com and wished you could just read the articles you’re interested in instead of just getting a message that the content is premium and you need to pay for it? Well, now you can access that content! In order to make the
Chronicle of Higher Education more readily available to the USA community, the University Libraries have subscribed to the online edition. The site license includes access to the premium content, daily news, and data. Articles and essays are searchable back to 1989, and special issues such as
The Almanac of Higher Education and
The Trends Report are also available.
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To access
The Chronicle of Higher Education
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Enjoy your access to the Chronicle of Higher Education. If you have any issues with logging in, please contact your liaison librarian.
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Kristina Polizzi, LTA II, appointed to the Society of American Archivists Diversity Award Subcommittee
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Kristina Polizzi, Library Technical Assistant II in the McCall Library, was recently appointed to the Diversity Award Subcommittee of the Society of American Archivists. Her term of service is three years and Kristina will serve as chair in the 3rd year.
The Diversity Award Subcommittee of the SAA Awards Committee reviews nominees for SAA's Diversity Award, selects and presents the award at the SAA Annual Meeting.
Of the three remaining members, one shall be appointed each year by the SAA President-elect to serve a three-year term. The senior member of the subcommittee in years of service shall serve as its chair and shall present the award during the Awards Ceremony at the SAA Annual Meeting.
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Beth Rugan Shepard, Instruction Coordinator Librarian, Graduates from SPARC
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Congratulations to Beth Rugan Shepard who recently graduated from the
SPARC Open Education Leadership Fellows program
. The class of 27 represents SPARC member libraries from 17 states and provinces, and includes a diverse range of backgrounds and experience levels. As a member of the third cohort, she completed an intensive two semester professional development program, attended the 16th Annual Open Education Conference in Phoenix, AZ in October 2019, and completed her capstone project in June 2020.
Beth’s capstone project,
Knowing is Half the Battle: A Librarian OER Needs Assessment
, focused on creating a needs assessment project to provide insights into the needs of academic librarians regarding OER, their attitudes to OER, and, finally, how we teach librarians about OER and Open Education. Her hope is that this needs assessment will influence the curriculum that the Open Community uses to teach information professionals about OER. The
community resources
of her capstone include a data collection instrument (survey), the raw data, and 10 Key Takeaways.
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Temporarily Available Resources
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In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, many library and textbook vendors have been either expanding access to subscriptions already owned by libraries, or they've been making their resources available to libraries for free for a limited time. Some of these resources require you to create a free account to access them.
Available resources include textbooks, streaming video, databases, journal content, reference material, course material, and a data visualization tool.
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USA Libraries Social Media Links
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