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February 24, 2005
Copyright and Fair Use Workshop
Friday, March 4, 1-3 p.m.
How do I know if something is under copyright protection? Can I use the same reserve materials every semester? How much can I use under fair use? How much of a book can I photocopy? I found it on the web, so it's not under copyright, right? Please join us for help with these and other questions.
Instructors: Alesia McManus, Head of the Science Library; Abigail Bordeaux, Electronic Resources Librarian
Location: Technology Training Center
To register, please visit the Technology Training Center's website.
Posted by bordeaux at 03:15 PM
Invitation to a Webcast
The Binghamton University Libraries invite you to attend the live webcast of
Teaching, Learning, & Research:
Libraries and Their Role in the Academic Institution
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
3:00 pm - 4:30 p.m. EST
Lecture Hall 10
About the Webcast
The past several decades have witnessed unprecedented change in libraries and higher education. New technologies have led to new ways of creating and sharing scholarly information. There has also been a growing focus on assessment, an increasingly diverse range of students and library users, and tightening constraints on resources. Libraries and academic institutions are adapting to these changes with a variety of solutions, such as campus portals, course management systems, federated search engines, and chat reference. Over the years, librarians have served as gatekeepers to campus information resources and ensured that users learn how to identify, select, and value resources in research, learning, and teaching. As we move ahead in this evolving environment, we find ourselves recognizing the vast role that libraries play in research and education. But how best to proceed? How can our libraries and staff most effectively engage in the transformations affecting their institutions and users? How do we ensure that we coordinate our work with that going on in classrooms on the other side of campus or projects across the continent? Duane Webster of ARL will introduce the webcast, followed by Julia Blixrud of ARL, who will look more closely at this issue as it has been playing out in the academic library community and highlight some possible future directions for ARL libraries. Stanley Wilder of the University of Rochester will then share some of his own thoughts on the role of a librarian in teaching, learning, and research. Barbara Dewey will then tell us about the approach to this environment at the University of Tennessee and introduce The Teaching Library @ UT. We will end with questions from the audience.
Panelists:
Introduction: Duane E. Webster, Executive Director Association of Research Libraries
· Moderator & Presenter: Julia Blixrud, Assistant Executive Director, External Relations Association of Research Libraries
· Presenter: Stanley J. Wilde, Assistant Dean for Information Management Services
River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
· Barbara I. Dewey, Dean of Libraries, University of Tennessee
Resources
Links to additional readings, websites, as well as the PowerPoint Presentation and Participant Questions from the live event.
If you have any questions, please contact Beth Kilmarx at bkilmarx@binghamton.edu or 7-3403.
Posted by mulligan at 01:27 PM
RLG Databases Unavailable Friday-Monday
The following RLG databases will be unavailable from 9 p.m. Friday, February 25 through 2:59 a.m. Tuesday, March 1 due to vendor maintenance:
Anthropological Literature
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Bibliography of the History of Art
English Short Title Catalogue
RLIN Bibliographic File
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Posted by bordeaux at 11:34 AM
February 23, 2005
New Hours for Map Room
The map room in the Science Library has new hours. Collections are now accessible Monday to Thursday, 8:30 am – 12 am and Friday, 8 am - 8 pm. On weekends, please inquire at the Circulation Desk on the main floor for access to the map room.
Posted by erushton at 10:57 AM
February 22, 2005
Health Care for Books Exhibit
In support of the Libraries' new Food and Drink Policy, a "Health Care for Books Exhibit" was created. Read more...
Posted by mulligan at 04:30 PM
February 04, 2005
Amnesty Day
Binghamton University Libraries would LOVE to have you return your overdue books on Valentine’s Day!
February 14th is Library Amnesty Day
Bring in your overdue material and all fines will be waived!
Fine Print:
Return any library item (except Reserve materials) directly to Science or Bartle Circulation desk anytime February 14th. Do not put material in book return bins. Books must be in good condition. Replacement fees for damaged material will not be waived.
Posted by mulligan at 12:49 PM
February 01, 2005
ICPSR Revises File Naming System
On January 10, 2005, ICPSR made major changes to the way it identifies data and documentation files.
Users who download files should note the following changes:
All files will include Windows-style suffixes
Files will have simple text names, rather than acronyms or codes
Files will include the study number and dataset number (where appropriate) in the file name
Files will be bundled into study- and dataset-level folders
File-level information is now recorded in a separate document called the file manifest, instead of within the Readme file.
The goal is to make the file labels meaningful for to users, and to use a file naming system that does not force users to rename files in order to use them with their preferred statistical packages.
For more information visit ICPSR Direct
ICPSR data can be downloaded by BU researchers that access ICPSR through the campus network or remotely by authenticating for resources from the Libraries' web pages.
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is an integral part of the infrastructure of social science research. ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction, and offers training in quantitative methods to facilitate effective data use.
Posted by dvose at 10:50 AM