ACRL College & Research Libraries News

College & Research Libraries News

News from the Field

Stephanie Orphan

“Guidelines Regarding Thefts in Libraries” makes literary debut

ACRL’s “Guidelines Regarding Thefts in Libraries” is referenced in The Maltese Manuscript(Poisoned Pen, 2003), a murder mystery written by Fordham University English professor Joanne Dobson. At the heart of the story is the theft of a number of rare books from a university’s library. This puts the ad- ministration in a quandary, as they know they should adhere to ACRL’s guidelines, which “mandate prompt and frill disclosure of stolen rare books and manuscripts,” but want to “buy a little time” as they work on getting an alumnus to donate a collection (p. 54). The plot thickens.

An updated version of “Guidelines Regarding Thefts in Libraries” was approved by the ACRL Board at the Midwinter Meeting and will be pub- lished in an upcoming issue of C&RL News.

CLIR surveys audio collections

The Council on Library and Information Re- sources (CLIR) has undertaken a survey of the state of audio recordings in academic libraries. The goal of the survey is to inform decision makers in libraries and funding agencies about the significant barriers to access to the collections. Survey findings will be the basis of a report that will discuss these barriers. The report will help position institutions with important audio holdings to find support for them. The Communications Office, Inc. of Alexan- dria, Virginia, was selected by CLIR to design and conduct the survey.

WilsonWeb expands art and social sciences databases

WilsonWeb’s Art Full Text and Social Sciences Full Text databases are being enhanced with increased journal cover- age, new treatment of key specialties, and broader international scope. Fifty-one new periodicals have been added to ART Full Text (beginning with January 2003 issues), bringing new coverage of crafts, costumes and textiles, non-westem art, contemporary art, and feminist criticism. Social Science Full Text is adding 32 journals (beginning with June 2003 issues), which will more than double its coverage of mass media and communications titles.

Webcasts of ACRL National Conference programs available

If you weren’t able to attend the ACRL National Conference in Charlotte last month, or if you attended and found yourself in the “so many programs, so little time” predicament, ACRL is offering another chance to experience select conference programs. The e-Leaming Webcasts series has expanded to include Webcasts of six National Conference programs. Webcasts featuring streaming audio of speakers’ presentations, synchronized with PowerPoint slides, and links to supplemental information have been created for the following:

• Socializing Information: Research Libraries from Print to Packets (opening keynote session with Paul Duguid)

• Scholarly Communication: Taking Stock, Charting Next Steps

• Connecting the Dots: Using the Assessment Cycle to Foster Student Success

• Information Literacy for Educators

• Where Do We Go From Here? Usability Testing and Library Service Assessment

• Books and Budgets: A Guide to Survival (closing keynote session with Belle Wheelan)

Individual and institutional rates are available; reduced pricing is offered for ACRL members, ALA members, and students. Visit http:// acrl.telusys.net/webcast/ for complete information. research, teaching, and curriculum development. The goals of the renovation are to strengthen the intellectual community at HBS; to create a place where faculty, students, alumni, and outside scholars can come together to build knowledge; and to stimulate interaction and collaboration by increasing access to each other and to sources of information. The facility is expected to open for the fall 2003 semester.

Univ. of Pittsburgh launches eprint archive

The University Library System of University of Pittsburgh has launched its second Open Archives Initiative compliant eprint service, Archive of European Integration (AEI). AEI will hold noncommercial, nongovernmental full-text publications, such as short monographs, working or policy papers, and conference papers dealing with some aspect of Euro pean integration. The archive is hosted by the library system and cosponsored by the European Union Studies Association and the Center for West European Studies/European Union Center at Pitt. It is also in partnership with the European Integration online Papers in Vienna, Austria. Pitt’s first eprint archive is PhilSci Archive, which began in 2001. The university intends to launch an institutional repository during summer 2003.

Sirsi selected by Bibliocentre

Biblioœntre, a consortium of Ontario, Canada, community colleges, has selected Sirsi’s Unicorn Library Management System to bring its myriad resources to its users. Bibliocentre’s prime mandate is to support college learning and resource centers as a unique cost-saving enterprise through consortium purchasing of library materials, centralized cataloging and processing, and supporting a province-wide integrated library system.

Burke Library to join Columbia

The Burke Library at the Union Theological Seminary will become part of the Columbia University Libraries in July 2004. Under the agreement signed in March between Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary, Union’s library will retain the name Burke Library as well as its basic theological character. Burke’s collections, services, and technology programs will be fully integrated into the Columbia Libraries. As part of the Columbia Libraries, Burke’s collection will continue to expand and new information services, such as digital library, electronic publishing, and online education resources, will be available to the seminary’s students, faculty, and researchers.

The Burke Library is in the process of completing a $2.5 million renovation of its facility. Through funds from an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant, the library is converting its catalog records to electronic format. The collection of more than 700,000 items will become the property of Columbia University and the records of the Burke Library will be converted into Columbia’s online catalog. The library building itself will remain the property and responsibility of the seminary.

Music literature abstracts available through IDS

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature, published by Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM), is now available via the Internet Database Service from Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. The database covers all areas of music research, including interdisciplinary studies of music in its relation to various other fields. All types of media are abstracted and indexed in RILM from books to periodicals to electronic media.

Dynix and YBP Library Services enter partnership

Dynix has entered a product development and technology-sharing partnership with YBP Library Services that will streamline the acquisition process for joint customers using the Horizon Information Management System. Under the partnership, YBP customers using Horizon will be able to place EDIFACT orders directly from the acquisitions module of their Horizon system. Dynix and YBP are also working to streamline acquisition workflows through the use of local data embedded in MARC records. ■