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What's New Backfiles [January-June 2006]

June 2006

• DATABASE: Music in Print
  The Music-in-Print series series is a searchable database of published music in print from U.S. and foreign publishers. Features: Includes Sacred Choral, Secular Choral, Classical Vocal, Orchestral, String, Classical Guitar, Woodwind, Piano, and Organ Music In Print. "Miscellaneous Music In Print" includes categories coming soon to The Music-In-Print Series: Band, Brass, Handbell, Percussion, Harp, and more. Includes a Publisher Directory that contains the names and addresses of publishers, U.S. agents who distribute the publications, and websites for publishers.
  
  
• Excellent!
  Excellence Award winners Gloria Henning and Ann Marie Mesco were announced at the 2006 Library Appreciation Party.
  

• REPORT: Scholarly Use of Information
  In Information Research 12, 4 (July 2006). Study explored Carnegie Mellon graduate student information-seeking behavior.
  

May 2006

• Call for Nominations
  Members of the Carnegie Mellon community are invited to nominate library faculty or staff for EXCELLENCE in any of the following categories: Satisfying Customers, Increased Productivity, Library Citizenship, Forwarding Instruction and Research, or Innovation. Awards will be announced at the annual Library Appreciation Party in late June.
  
  Award Nomination (form) Nominations must be received by June 9.
  Previous Excellence Award Winners, 2000-2005 These employees are ineligible for nomination in 2006.
  Library Awards Program and Procedures
  
  
  
• DATABASE: Play Index
  A citation index to plays from 1949 to the present published individually or in collections. Includes one-act plays, pageants, plays in verse, radio and television plays and classic drama. Search for plays by title, author, subject, style, genre, cast type and more. Includes plot summaries, musical, cast and scenery requirements. Links to full-text plays on the web.
  
  
• Study breaks hit the spot
  Margaret Cyert sponsored a welcome respite for students during finals.
  
  
• DATABASE: Homeland Security Digital Library
  Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Office of Grants and Training and the Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security. The Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) is the nation's premier collection of homeland security policy and strategy related documents. HSDL provides quick access to U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents as well as specialized resources such as theses and reports from various universities, organizations and local and state agencies.
  
  
• DATABASE: CQ Researcher Plus Archive
  CQ Researcher, in CQ Library, now goes back to 1923.
  
  
• Shhh! Don't slurp: New café to open in Hunt Library
  Maggie Murph Café is front page news in The Tartan, May 1. Article by Patrick Pettibon.
  
  
• OPENING RECEPTION: Friday May 5, 5-7 pm. Posner Center.
  Protean Probability: How A Mathematical Theory of Probability Wrestled Answers from Randomness [pdf]
  Exhibit researched and created by Doctor of Philosophy candidate and Posner Center intern Benjamin C. Jantzen. For information, call 412-268-7272. Exhibit continues through October.
  

April 2006

• DATABASE: Colour Index International
  This is the definitive guide for anyone who needs to know details of which companies manufacture and distribute dyes and pigments, or for anyone looking for technical details of these products. Colorants are listed according to the system of Colour Index Generic Names and Colour Index Constitution Numbers. A detailed record of products available on the market is presented under each Colour Index reference. Against each product name is listed the manufacturer, physical form, principal usages and comments supplied by the manufacturer to guide prospective customers. This title requires an ID and password. Call the Engineering and Science Library reference desk (268-2427) or email sciref@andrew.cmu.edu for the ID and password. Register once to create an individual login ID and password.
  
  
• DATABASE: Twentieth Century North American Drama
  Twentieth Century North American Drama is a growing full-text database, currently containing 850 plays by major and emerging playwrights. It is searchable by keyword, author, play title, characters, scenes, subjects, years, productions, theaters, and companies. Additional information on playwrights, theaters, companies, productions and performances is included along with a selection of playbills, posters and other ephemera.
  
  
• FULLTEXT: SIAM Journals (backfiles) via Locus
  
  
• EXHIBIT: Envisioning Robotics
  Select items of the Takeo Kanade Collection (Carnegie Mellon University Archives). Dr. Kanade is a distinguished faculty member at Carnegie Mellon and a world-renowned pioneer in the field of robotics. His research on improved human/robotic interaction continues to advance computer vision, multimedia, autonomous mobile robotics, and sensors. Envisioning Robotics showcases Dr. Kanade's contributions to: Image Understanding & Computer Vision, Virtualized Reality & Eye Vision, Autonomous Robotics, Direct Drive Robotic Arms, and Medical Robotics.
  
  
  
• ARCHIVE: Joseph F. Traub Collection
  Joseph F. Traub, former Head of the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University (1971-1979), is currently Edwin Howard Armstrong Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University. In 1959 he began his pioneering work in what is now called information-based complexity. His current research focus is on quantum computing. Both his research and administrative work have had a major impact on the field of computer science.
  
  
• DISPLAY: In Memory of Dr. James Tomayko [PDF]
  Exhibit at the Engineering & Science Library through spring 2006.
  
  
• TALK: The Million Book Digital Library Project: Research Problems in Text Mining
  Dr. Raj Reddy will speak on Friday, April 21, at 4:45 pm, in McConomy Auditorium, University Center.
  ABSTRACT: Creating a universal, free to read, digital library containing all the books ever published is technically feasible today. Google, Yahoo and Microsoft have all announced their intention to scan and make available books of interest to public. Unfortunately many of these will be in languages inaccessible to over 80% of the world's population. Even when books in non-native languages become available online, their content will remain incomprehensible to most people. Natural Language Processing Technology is not yet perfect but promises to provide a way out of this conundrum. In this talk, we will discuss some unique research problems in text mining and discovery that arise in large digital libraries and other online content, such as multi-lingual search, translation and summarization.
  

• ARCHIVE: Clifford G. Shull Collection
  Dr. Clifford Glenwood Shull, a 1937 graduate of Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University), shared the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in the development of neutron diffraction with colleague Ernest Wollan. Dr. Shull's pioneering efforts in this field laid the groundwork for use of neutrons to study the structure and dynamics of matter. While best known as a Nobel Laureate, Dr. Shull also received the Buckley Prize from the American Physical Society in 1956, the Humboldt Senior Scientist Award in 1980, and was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
  

March 2006

• EVENT: Traveling Library
  Science librarians 'take the show on the road' Wednesday, March 1, in Doherty Hall, 1-4:30 pm. Enter to win an 8" Toshiba portable DVD player!
  
  
• LECTURE: Muses in the Library [pdf poster]
  Environmental artist/poet and professor of art Lowry Burgess will speak Wednesday March 1, from noon-1 pm, in Rangos 3, University Center.
  
  
  ABSTRACT It is my contention that as the 'cyber-ization' of information provides more and more disembodied information access, the physical library becomes eroticized (a place of direct social and sensory contact) and more a 'muse-eum' where the various muses dwell -- those companions of Apollo, guardian of boundless human inspiration. The new library becomes a 'Wunderkammer,' a place for 'musing' and wonder, a place of direct contact and interaction with people, ideas, and multiple library objects and systems. However, existing information systems are generally blind to human factors and exhibit a preponderance of 'geek-dumb.' I propose that multimedia and integrated media projects and interfaces could effectively interact with and enhance the actuality of a library, creating an ideal new library. The challenge is to envision such a library and to build test projects to inform future library systems and physical design at Carnegie Mellon. BIO Lowry Burgess is an internationally renowned environmental artist/poet and educator. He is Professor of Art and former dean of the College of Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon. He is a distinguished fellow in the Studio for Creative Inquiry that supports advanced research in the interdisciplinary arts and a member of the Center for the Arts and Society, both at Carnegie Mellon. Among other distinguished academic appointments, he was a fellow and senior consultant at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology for 25 years. His artworks and documents are in museums, archives and collections in the US , Europe and Japan . He is a staunch library supporter and patron.
  
  
  This talk concludes the 2006 Digital Libraries Colloquium series, presented each year by Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Library System, and Carnegie Mellon University Libraries.
  
  

February 2006

• LECTURE: Progress Towards the Digital Future [ppt]
  Carnegie Mellon Dean of University Libraries Gloriana St. Clair spoke in the Digital Libraries Colloquium series on February 22
  
  Abstract: Journals and books continue to be the mainstays of communications among scholars across the disciplines. In both areas, some new developments offer hope that the digital future will be more effective and convenient for students and scholars. The National Institutes of Health Open Access initiative, Google Print, the Open Content Alliance, and the Million Book Project will be reviewed. Questions and comments will be welcome.
  
  The Digital Libraries Colloquium Series is presented by Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Library System, and Carnegie Mellon University Libraries.
  
  

• DATABASE: ACD/Labs Online
  ACD/Labs Online is an Internet-based service for instant access to chemical databases and property predictions programs. With I-Lab access, you can obtain NMR spectra, get systematic chemical names, and predict properties such as pKa, logP, or solubility for the chemical structures drawn either directly within your Internet browser or using ACD/ChemSketch, a powerful structure drawing tool that can be downloaded free from ACD/Labs.
  
  
• Celebrate Darwin Day 2006
  Discussion and controversy continue almost 150 years after publication of Origin of Species.
  EXHIBIT: Charles Darwin's Impact on Science and Society, 1-4 p.m. weekdays at Posner Center.
  

• DATABASE: Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
  From Web of Science: JCR is a comprehensive and unique tool for evaluating journals or periodicals. The Science edition provides information on over 6000 scientific and technical journals produced by over 3000 publishers in 60 different countries. The Social Sciences edition provides data on approximately 1700 journals in the social sciences. Use JCR to identify the highest-impact journals in your research field, the most frequently used journals, the largest journals, and the most prestigious journals.
  

January 2006

• LECTURE: Medical Informatics and Security Informatics in Digital Libraries
  Hsinchun Chen, professor of Management Information Systems, University of Arizona, 1:30-2:30 pm., Thursday, January 19. School of Information Sciences, Room 501, 135 N. Bellefield, University of Pittsburgh.
  
  
• HOMEPAGE: Posner Center
  New website includes access to the Posner Collection in fulltext, information about using Posner Center for meetings, and more.

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