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December 2005

• LECTURE: Copyright in a Networked Society: Creative Commons and Machine-Readable Law [videorecording]
  Michael Carroll, Associate Professor of Law at Villanova University and member of the Board of Directors of Creative Commons, spoke in the Digital Libraries Colloquium series on December 6.
  
  
• "Traveling Library" visits Baker Hall
  One lucky student won an iPod... watch for the traveling library in your area soon!
  
  
  

October 2005

• Homecoming Happenings
  You are all University Libraries alumni ... Welcome Back!
  
  
• EXHIBIT:Where the Atoms Are: A Tribute to Clifford Shull [brochure PDF]
  LOCATION: E&S Library, Wean Hall, 4th floor, through fall 2005
  
  Presented by Carnegie Mellon University Archives and the Engineering & Science Library.
  
  Professor Shull, a Carnegie Tech alumus (E'37), was the recipient of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physics. After a career that included work at The Texas Company (now Texaco), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Clifford Shull died in Lexington, Massachusetts, at the age of 86.
  
  Citing their father's early influences at Carnegie Tech and his subsequent lifelong commitment to Carnegie Mellon University, Dr. Shull's sons bequeathed the Nobel Laureate's papers to Carnegie Mellon University Archives in 2003. The exhibit provides a sampling of this unique collection.
  
  The American Institute of Physics awarded Carnegie Mellon University Archives an $8,000 grant to preserve and catalog the papers for research use. The family gave an an additional gift to fund digitization of Dr. Shull's papers, which will enable access to the collection in full-text online.
  
  

• EXHIBIT:100 Years of Student Work [exhibit poster PDF]
  LOCATION: Hunt Library, 4th floor, through fall 2005
  
  An exhibit of work by students of the Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture, 1905-2005. Presented by the Carnegie Mellon University Architecture Archives.

  The nature of architectural education has changed continually since Carnegie Mellon's School of Architecture was founded in 1905; but continuity may be found in the production of student work. The content of that work and the means of representation have also changed significantly over time; but architectural drawings have served for a century as a primary medium for student expression. Lines on trace (bumwad), drawing paper, or a computer printout capture the developing skills of the architect, and give visual form to architectural ideas.

  This exhibit includes a sampling of drawings that have survived to become representative of their time. These drawings are exhibited in the form of reproductions made by the office of Photography and Graphic Services at Carnegie Mellon. The work is pinned up on the walls, much as it might be in an architecture studio.

  The Carnegie Mellon University Architecture Archives selectively collects drawings and other architectural records, and welcomes gifts of student work from alumni of the Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture.
  

• APPLICATION: Posner Internship
  Apply for a paid 15-week Spring 2006 internship to research and create an exhibit of Posner Collection materials. Deadline: Nov. 11.
  
  
• Digital Library Colloquium
  Anthony J. DiMaso will present "[Verizon Perspectives on] The Emerging Telecommunications Environment and Implications for the User Experience." October 12, 3305 Newell-Simon Hall, 1:30-3 p.m. The Colloquium series is co-sponsored by Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science, University Libraries, University of Pittsburgh SIS, University of Pittsburgh Library System, and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. ABSTRACT: “The next five to ten years will solidify the dominance of three major paradigms—the Internet Paradigm, the Mobile Paradigm, and the Broadband Paradigm—that are rapidly re-defining the telecommunications environment. As these paradigms and their underlying technologies converge, we will see fundamental changes in user perceptions and expectations relative to their interaction with information, entertainment and with other human beings.” BIO: Tony DiMaso is Vice President for Strategy and Development at Verizon Communications. He is responsible for corporate business strategy, the develop-ment of major business partnerships, negotiation of agreements that support key corporate objectives, and identification and assessment of industry and technology trends, issues and opportunities. Tony was previously Vice President, Global Sales for Verizon’s Enterprise Solutions Group. His career began in the New York Telephone Company, and included strategic marketing positions in AT&T Information Systems; NEC America; TeleSciences Inc. (a developer/integrator of telecommunications support systems); NYNEX; and Bell Atlantic’s Enterprise Business Group. He received his Master’s of Business Administration from C.W. Post and his Bachelor’s degree from the Johns Hopkins University.
  

September 2005

• EXHIBIT: Charles Darwin's Impact on Science and Society
  Opening reception, Friday, September 30, from 6 to 8 p.m. All are welcome. Remarks at 6:30 p.m. by the Dean of University Libraries Gloriana St. Clair, Executive Director of the Posner Fine Arts Foundation Anne Molloy, and Summer 2005 Posner Intern Rachel Gougian. More: Charles Darwin's Impact on Science and Society [website]
  
  Rachel Gougian is a senior biological sciences major in the Mellon College of Science. She sought and earned the opportunity to do individual research in the Posner Memorial Collection as intern sponsored by the Posner Fine Arts Foundation. She enjoyed the flexibility of creating this exhibit, as it allowed her to continue another undergraduate research project and also manage time for weekend travel. After her final year at Carnegie Mellon, her future plans include a graduate degree in pharmacy.“I learned a lot while researching these rare books. As a biology major, I’ve had most of my classes focus on pure science, so making this exhibit was a bit different. It allowed me to understand and appreciate the impact that scientists like Darwin, Mendel and other early geneticists have had for contemporary research and discovery.” Rachel thanks the Posner Fine Arts Foundation for the opportunity to have this internship, and appreciates the support of her family,friends, and the library staff.



• Internet2's Klingenstein to speak
  Ken Klingenstein will speak about "Federated Digital Libraries and Middleware" on Thursday, September 22, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Connan Room, University Center. Pizza and beverages. Open to the public.
  
  Ken Klingenstein is senior staff of Internet2 and project director of the Internet2 Middleware and Security Initiatives. He coordinates activities intended to build a secure network and interoperable infrastructure that will enable inter-institutional resource sharing. He is on loan to Internet2 from the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he was director of Information Technology Services for 14 years, responsible for overall management of media, networking, and computing at the university. Active in national networking beginning in 1985, Ken has served as chair of the Federal Networking Council Advisory Committee and given presentations to the House Subcommittee on Technology, the Kennedy School of Government, and the National Research Council. He received his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley.
  
  
  
• Eden Hall Contributes to the University Libraries
  The Eden Hall Foundation has approved two contributions to the University Libraries at Carnegie Mellon totaling almost $680,000. The foundation is supporting efforts to expand the university's digital library collections and promote information literacy region-wide.
  
  The first grant, of almost $180,000, is for the Information Literacy for the Region project. The foundation's support--for the development of tools to assess and teach information literacy and for outreach partnerships between Carnegie Mellon and several regional libraries--will help a broad population of students and library patrons become skilled and successful life-long learners. "It is a great honor to embark on this work on behalf of our own students and for the benefit of the many students and patrons of the academic and public libraries with which we are creating an important new partnership," Carnegie Mellon President Jared L. Cohon wrote to the foundation in acknowledgment of this gift.
  
  The second award is a challenge grant for the University Libraries' endowed Knowledge Renewal Fund. This pledge facilitates the development of a $1 million fund for ongoing acquisition of digital library resources. To that end, once additional contributions to the fund reach $500,000, the Eden Hall Foundation will provide a matching $500,000. The fund's outcomes will include enhanced resources for students and faculty as well as financial savings for the libraries via advance subscription discounts and other purchasing incentives for high-quality and high-demand digital materials.
  
  
  
• SPECIAL DISPLAY: Bill of Rights
  In honor of Constitution Day (September 17), an original publication of the Bill of Rights with the states' ratifications (1792) will be on display in Posner Center, Thursday and Friday, September 15-16. Exhibit hours are 1-4 p.m. daily.
  
  A public reception on Thursday, September 15, 4-6 p.m., will feature remarks by Professor Peter M. Shane at 4:30 p.m., "The Living Constitution in the Information Age." Professor Shane is the Distinguished Service Professor (Adjunct) of Law and Public Policy, H. J. Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management. He specializes in U.S. constitutional and administrative law and the law and social impacts of cyberspace. He is chair of the Advisory Board of Carnegie Mellon's Institute for the Study of Information Technology and Society (InSITeS). Professor Shane was the founding Director of InSITeS from its inception in April, 2001 until the summer of 2003. The reception is supported by the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs, the History Department, and the Vice Provost for Education.
  
  
• Hurricane Katrina: Information and Resources
  The University Libraries have compiled Hurricane Katrina information and resources, including news and information, charities and relief agencies, missing persons and survivor information, emergency agencies, blogs, and images. Missy Harvey, computer science librarian at the Engineering and Science Library, spearheaded the information gathering effort.
  

August 2005

• Welcome back, students and faculty! [PPT]
  Have a great year -- in or out of the University Libraries.
  
  
  Welcome from the Dean [PDF]
  Gloriana St. Clair welcomes students.
  
  
• Library photocopy & printing changes
  Effective August 15, the University Libraries are introducing a new payment system for photocopying and microform printing, and will be using the new Computing Services system for public printing. NOTE ABOUT PRINTING: Library catalog citations printed from CAMEO-ONLY workstations in the library are free. NOTE ABOUT PHOTOCOPYING: If you have a Copicard, you will be able to use it for photocopying in any library until December 18, 2005. Most library copiers now operate with CampusXpress or a new rechargeable PlaidCa$h debit card. As before, some copiers take cash/coins.
  
  MORE:
  Beginning the week of August 15 ... (about public printing) [pdf]
  Printing & Photocopying: Frequently Asked Questions [2 pp pdf]
  
  
  

July 2005

• To Blog and Let Blog
  Information Ethics Problem of the Month, contributed by Gail Fireman. Ms. Fireman is a part-time librarian at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and was a temporary part-time librarian in Hunt Library Reference from March through May 2005.
  
  
• UPDATE: Library Copicard phase out
  During the week of August 8, the University Libraries will begin a complete phaseout of the Copicard system, and introduce a new copier payment system that uses rechargeable cards.
  
  Beginning the week of August 8, rechargeable cards will be available from vending machines at Hunt Library and the University Center, and from the circulation desks at Engineering & Science Library and (spring 2006) Mellon Institute Library.
  
  
  • Copicard holders: ONE Copicard-operated machine will be available IN EACH LIBRARY through finals.
  • Rechargeable card holders: Effective in August, MOST library copiers will operate with rechargeable cards.
  • Coin-op: SOME coin-operated copiers are available at Hunt and E & S libraries.

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