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May 29th, 2013
Purdue University Libraries seeks a highly motivated, intellectually curious, and reliable Digital Repository Specialist to support the creation of unique digital collections in Purdue University Libraries. Responsibilities of the Digital Repository Specialist will be split between the development of Human-Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI) Central, (a grant-funded online resource focused on the health benefits of the human/animal bond—H/AB) and, to a lesser extent, the licensing and upload of content to the Purdue e-Pubs institutional repository.
HABRI Central represents a unique collaboration between a library, a publisher, and a disciplinary center. It is comprised of a bibliography of published and unpublished literature relevant to H/AB studies, a repository of full text and data resources, an online publishing venue, and digital community workspace built on the HUBzero software “platform for scientific collaboration” developed at Purdue University. The Digital Repository Specialist will be responsible for maintaining the repository component of the project, including licensing content from publishers and describing and uploading previously unpublished materials, both visual and textual.
Purdue e-Pubs is the University’s institutional repository and contains almost 30,000 documents of Purdue scholarship with over one million downloads annually. It is built on the Digital Commons platform. The Digital Repository Specialist will assist the manager of Purdue e-Pubs with the deposit of Purdue scholarship, checking rights, creating metadata, and uploading materials with some student and part-time staff support.
The Digital Repository Specialist will collaborate with other Purdue Libraries and Press staff to establish repository guidelines, including policies and procedures and metadata standards. He or she will provide regular reports on progress and status and maintain both internal and user documentation. This position will be funded for a period of three years from the date of hire with possibility of extension.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required:
Preferred:
APPLICATION PROCESS:
To be considered for the position, applications must be made through Purdue University’s employment web site at: www.purdue.edu/hr/employment and reference Job Number 1300804. Please include a cover letter with your application outlining your qualifications for this position. Review of applications will begin June 3, 2013 and will continue until the position is filled. Questions can be directed to: libhr@purdue.edu. Resumes or CV’s sent to this email address cannot be considered. Please put “HABRI/e-Pubs” in the title of all email correspondence.
Purdue University is an equal opportunity/equal access/affirmative action employer fully committed to achieving a diverse workforce. A background check is required for this position.
Filed under: faculty_staff, general, press_release, scholcomm, Uncategorized
May 29th, 2013
On May 9, Richard L. Funkhouser was the recipient of a 2013 Purdue University President’s Council Pinnacle Award. The award was given in recognition of a gift to the Purdue University Libraries of a million dollars or more. The gift consisted of farmland purchased by his great-great grandfather William Whistler in 1853 and was owned by five generations of the Whistler-Funkhouser family.
Funkhouser retired from Purdue University Libraries in August 2001, after serving for over 44 years. He grew up on the family farm and attended Delphi Community Schools. He began his Purdue career as an assistant in the Reference Unit of the General Library on June 11, 1957, the day after he received his graduate degree from Indiana University. In 1958, he became the Engineering Librarian and later took on responsibilities for the Mathematical Sciences and Aviation Technology Libraries. He was the Science Librarian from 1975 until his retirement. He also served as the Coordinator of Physical Sciences and Engineering Libraries for several years. He held a two-year appointment as Visiting Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India where he advised on the development of the new university’s library, especially in collection development and the architectural design of its new library building. Upon retirement, the University granted Funkhouser professor emeritus status in recognition of his distinguished career.
In June 2002, Funkhouser was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Special Libraries Association (SLA). He served on the SLA Board of Directors, as treasurer and chair of the Physics-Astronomy-Mathematics (PAM) Division, and as chair of the Science-Technology Division. In addition, he was a member and chair of several national committees and was treasurer, vice-president, and president of the Indiana Chapter.
During his career he received the John H. Moriarty Award from Purdue Libraries, the John H. Moriarty Award from the Indiana Chapter of the Special Libraries Association, and the Achievement Award from the PAM Division of SLA. He was named a Sagamore of the Wabash by the Governor of Indiana in 2001.
Funkhouser continues to be a guest at many of the Libraries events and activities and is a great resource for stories about the Libraries’ history. Now in his eightieth year, he continues to travel, having gone to China last year and to China and Canada this year. He does research on his family’s history and recently wrote a book on a cousin who died on the ill-fated, 1881-1884 “Greely Expedition” to the Arctic. He is now working on a book on this cousin’s brother who was the world champion Greco-Roman wrestler in the 1880s.
Filed under: events, faculty_staff, general, press_release, UncategorizedMay 16th, 2013
Purdue University Libraries has launched a new library management system, Alma to replace both Voyager and SFX. This includes functions associated with an integrated library system (ILS) and an electronic resources management system (ERM).
The benefits of Alma will include:
· Streamlined workflows resulting in efficient and effective processes.
· Elimination of silos between print and electronic resources
· Improved collection analysis through Alma Analytics and Oracle Business Intelligence
Purdue University Libraries is not only an early adopter of this new system; but it was a co-developer of Alma with Ex Libris, Princeton University, Boston College and University of Leuven (Belgium).
Many Purdue University Libraries faculty and staff have been involved in the planning and implementation of Alma over the last few years to ensure a successful launch.
Further information regarding Alma’s key features will be communicated in the coming weeks.
In the meantime, if you have any questions, please contact: Paul Bracke, Associate Dean for Digital Programs and Information Access, Associate Professor of Library Science, Purdue University Libraries at (765) 496-3606 or pbracke@purdue.edu or George Stachokas, Assistant Professor & Head of Resource Services, Purdue University Libraries at (765) 494-2812 or gstachok@purdue.edu.
Filed under: ADM, CIRC-SERV, collections, DIGIT, facilities, faculty_staff, general, press_release, services
May 13th, 2013
Have you heard of PURR but want to find out more information on the key functions of this Purdue University Libraries repository?
Check out PURR’s latest video, which has also been launched on YouTube and learn the four main ways the Purdue University Research Repository (PURR) can help you manage your data and research:
Filed under: D2C2, DIGIT, general, MGMT, scholcomm, services
May 7th, 2013
Purdue University Libraries is very pleased to welcome Rey Junco to our Libraries staff. Rey is an associate professor and First Year Experience and Emerging Technologies Specialist Rey will be temporarily located in HSSE 347 this summer, and will move to Hicks after the renovation. He can be emailed at: rjunco@purdue.edu. Welcome to Purdue Libraries, Rey!
Filed under: ADM, faculty_staff, general, HSSE, press_release, RSRCH, scholcommMay 7th, 2013
Purdue University Libraries seeks an energetic, outgoing, and innovative individual to join a collaborative, dynamic team of information professionals who carry out a robust program of integrated information literacy, data services, scholarly communication, and collaborative research, and, as a faculty member, contribute to the research and scholarship in these areas.
Duties and Responsibilities: As a member of the Physical Sciences, Engineering, and Technology Division of the Libraries, the person in this position will have primary liaison responsibilities for the departments of Mathematics, Statistics, and Physics, and depending on the interests and abilities of the successful candidate may also liaison with other departments in the Colleges of Science, Engineering, and Technology; Make connections between disciplinary faculty and different units of the Libraries to enable greater research productivity, sustainable publication and dissemination of scholarship and data; Participate in the development of informed learning activities in support of the University’s new core curriculum that requires both foundational and embedded information literacy outcomes for all undergraduates; Contributes to Libraries-wide initiatives and participates in faculty governance of the libraries; Participates in interdisciplinary research initiatives as appropriate.
Requirements: MLS from an ALA-accredited library school or a PhD in a relevant discipline; experience providing information services for a technical clientele; evidence of a proactive, user-centered vision for services; strong interpersonal and communication skills; demonstrated ability to work collaboratively; familiarity with current trends in instructional best practices and data curation services. Commitment to engage in research and scholarship, and ability to achieve promotion and tenure.
Desired: Experience developing and implementing active learning techniques in a curricular setting; record of scholarly achievement; Knowledge of statistical applications and technology. For applicants with MLS degrees a degree in science or engineering is also desired.
Environment:The Purdue University Libraries system (http://www.lib.purdue.edu/) includes the divisions of Archives and Special Collections (ASC); Health and Life Sciences (HLS); Humanities, Social Sciences, Education, and Business (HSSEB); and Physical Sciences, Engineering and Technology (PSET). Other areas include Collections Management, Circulation and Repositories, Resource Sharing, Resource Services, Instruction and Digital Program Services, the Research Division/Distributed Data Curation Center (D2C2), and Scholarly Publishing Services. The Purdue University Press and the University Copyright Office report to the dean of libraries, and the work of these units is integrated with and into the operations of the Libraries. The staff of 175 includes 70 faculty and professionals.
At Purdue, the Libraries faculty is redefining its role within the learning, discovery, and engagement initiatives of the University, through involvement in information literacy instruction, re-defining of learning spaces, scholarly communication, e-science and data management, and global outreach. Members of the Libraries faculty can either have as preparation a professional degree in library/information/archival sciences or the appropriate terminal degree in another discipline, typically a doctorate. Libraries faculty are full members of the Purdue University faculty with professorial rank and tenure and therefore must achieve and meet the requirements for promotion including published scholarship.
The Purdue Libraries has embarked upon a comprehensive information literacy program, including the creation of the first endowed chair in information literacy in the country in 2008 and the expansion of collaborative endeavors with disciplinary faculty culminating in 2012 with a core campus curriculum that includes information literacy as a required core requirement. Libraries faculty collaborate with disciplinary faculty to develop methodologies and repositories for discovering, accessing, and sharing of research publications and data. A reconceptualization of spaces is taking place throughout the Libraries. The Roland G. Parrish Library of Management and Economics, created through a major renovation completed in early 2012, (http://www.lib.purdue.edu/adv/newsletters/LibNews_F10.pdf) is a natural extension of the classroom, where students work in teams or individually, using smart boards, image capture equipment, and computer pod workstations, and are able to choose from a variety of space and furniture configurations, including a self-service café. The Hicks Undergraduate Library has had a phased beginning in 2011 and culminating in 2014 through the creation of three active learning classrooms to support Purdue’s innovative course-redesign initiative, IM:PACT. The renovations in 2013/14 will create spaces where students will find seating for quiet individual study, collaboration stations for team learning, and a café area, all open 24/7. In the planning stages in 2013, the Active Learning Center will bring together six of the science and engineering libraries into a facility that will seamlessly integrate learning and classroom spaces in a $100M facility at the center of the campus.
Purdue Libraries is an active member of state, regional, national, and international associations and consortia, including the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), SPARC, the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), the Digital Library Federation (DLF), the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), and the International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries (IATUL). Purdue Libraries is a founding member of both HathiTrust and DataCite. Purdue was one of four universities that collaborated with Ex Libris, Inc., on its Alma library system, the next generation library management system. Collaboration and partnerships are hallmarks of Purdue Libraries both on and off campus, including partnership with ITaP (Information Technology at Purdue) and the Purdue Office of Research to provide assistance with funder data requirements.
Purdue Libraries is a leader in the area of data curation, including development of the Data Curation Profiles which provide information professionals a means of investigating, uncovering, and capturing the data needs of faculty researchers. The Purdue University Research Repository (PURR), a Libraries initiative, provides an online, collaborative working space and data-sharing platform to support the data management needs of Purdue researchers and their collaborators. Since 2005, Purdue Libraries has collaborated in interdisciplinary sponsored research on campus with over 100 faculty, as well as off campus with other libraries and institutions and is in its 9th year of a partnership with the ARL Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce to provide ARL Diversity Scholars with a behind-the-scenes look at the advanced operations of research libraries. Purdue Libraries, in concert with five other academic libraries, is partnering with CLIR to offer fellowship placements in the Postdoctoral Fellowship in Academic Libraries program. http://www.clir.org/fellowships/postdoc
Purdue University (http://www.purdue.edu/), located in West Lafayette, Indiana, in the historic Wabash River valley, is one hour from Indianapolis and two hours from Chicago. Renowned for its programs in engineering, science, agriculture, and business, the University has over 39,500 students and 15,000 employees. Purdue is a member of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), the Association of American Universities (AAU), and the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC). Purdue has the second highest enrollment of international students among public U.S. universities, with over 8,000 undergraduate, professional, and graduate students in Fall, 2012, including over 20% of the first year class. The greater Lafayette area (http://www.homeofpurdue.com/) provides diverse cultural, social, and recreational activities.
Salary and benefits: Salary commensurate with experience in the context of Purdue University’s salary structure. Faculty tenure-track position with a twelve-month appointment. Rank of assistant or associate professor depending on qualifications. Purdue provides a generous fringe benefit package that includes retirement benefits as well as health, disability and life insurance, 22 annual vacation days, and tuition support for employee, children, and spouse/same sex domestic partner.
Application process: To apply, please send a resume, cover letter, and the names and contact information of at least three references via email to Carla Heuss, Libraries Human Resources Assistant, at green113@purdue.edu Please place “Physical and Mathematical Sciences” in the subject line of the email. Nominations for the position will be accepted and should be sent to the same email address. Review of applications will begin on June 7, 2013, and will continue until the position is filled. Questions may be directed to Carla Heuss at 765-494-2899 or the above email address. A background check will be required for this position.
Filed under: ADM, faculty_staff, general, MATH, PHYS, press_release
May 3rd, 2013
Welcome to Database of the Week, a feature from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. These weekly snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources.
This Week’s Featured Database: Digital Commons Network, from Bepress.
Link:www.lib.purdue.edu/libraries/mgmt, under Collections, click on List of Business Databases.
Description/focus: Digital Commons Network is an open access database.
Start with this hint: The search tools in Digital Commons Network work best in updated web browsers. The landing page looks different from any other database, featuring a wheel that expands or contracts depending on your choices. Law is the largest subject segment, with other disciplines, such as business and social sciences, also well represented. See here for a short video tutorial on the basics of searching Digital Commons Network.
Why you should know this provider: As an open access database, this new resource includes scholarship from hundreds of universities and colleges, including peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly works, which are freely available without a subscription. We encourage you to submit your publications to Digital Commons Network through Purdue’s contributions from Purdue e-Pubs www.purdue.edu/epubs. Find out more by contacting Dave Scherer at dscherer@purdue.edu.
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: The unique search interface makes Digital Commons Network databases accessible to students. The database does not require an account or student status, so even as alums, your students will have access to quality, scholarly articles.
Tags: articles, full text, grey literature, open access, scholarly journals
Cost: No cost.
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Database of the Week comes to you from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. Our intent is to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact parrlib@purdue.edu. Database of the Week is archived at https://blogs.lib.purdue.edu/news/category/MGMT/. For more Purdue Libraries news, follow us on Twitter (@PurdueLibraries).
If you would like us to promote your favorite database, send an email to mdugan@purdue.edu.
Filed under: collections, database, general, HSSE, MGMT, scholcomm
May 2nd, 2013
Welcome to Database of the Week, a feature from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. These weekly snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources.
This Week’s Featured Database: EBSCO databases: Applied Science & Technology, Business Source Premier, EconLit, Hospitality & Tourism Complete, Newspaper Source, Omnifile Full Text Mega, psychINFO, Social Sciences Full Text
Link:www.lib.purdue.edu/libraries/mgmt, under Collections, click on List of Business Databases.
Description/focus: EBSCO is the provider of the subject-specific databases named above.
Start with this hint: The main page for searching any EBSCO database has a link to let you search one, many, or all of the databases that it hosts, and the search options and tools are consistent throughout. Try, for example, EconLit. Search for a topic of your choice and results can be limited to Academic Journals; they can also be refined by date. Try Advanced Search for more options. See here for a short video tutorial on the basics of searching any EBSCO database.
Why you should know this provider: Although we have selected the 8 databases that are most relevant to the subject areas covered by the Parrish Libraries, EBSCO hosts scores of databases covering subjects from gerontology to women’s studies.
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: The easy interface makes EBSCO databases especially accessible to students. The databases include the most important academic journals as well as industry news and international newspapers.
Cost: Varies by database.
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Database of the Week comes to you from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. Our intent is to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact parrlib@purdue.edu. Database of the Week is archived at https://blogs.lib.purdue.edu/news/category/MGMT/. For more Purdue Libraries news, follow us on Twitter (@PurdueLibraries).
If you would like us to promote your favorite database, send an email to mdugan@purdue.edu.
Filed under: collections, database, general, HSSEB, MGMTMay 2nd, 2013
Welcome to Database of the Week, a feature from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. These weekly snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources.
This Week’s Featured Database: Checkpoint, formerly RIA Checkpoint, from Thomson Reuters.
Link:www.lib.purdue.edu/libraries/mgmt, under Collections, click on the List of Business Databases.
Description/focus: Checkpoint is the database for tax research.
Start with this hint: The link from Parrish to Checkpoint lands at the basic search page where tax and accounting professionals can search rulings, IRS publications, SEC filings, or accounting standards and regulations. These can be searched by keyword, code, case, or by clicking on the Thesaurus/Query Tool to bring up specific search templates. Non-professionals will find documents and forms by clicking the link to Form/Line Finder under Go To, and publications of interest in the News tab. See here for a short video tutorial on the basics of searching Checkpoint.
Why you should know this database: Tax and accounting professionals can use Checkpoint to research supporting cases. The Tools tab has calculators for working out payments for autos, mortgages, credit cards, and other business and personal financial concerns.
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: Students studying tax and accounting can find cases to support answers to tax questions and can use the handy Citator button to find related cases. The Home tab has links to Training and Support
Cost: Paid annually by the Libraries.
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Database of the Week comes to you from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. Our intent is to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact parrlib@purdue.edu. Database of the Week is archived at https://blogs.lib.purdue.edu/news/category/MGMT/. For more Purdue Libraries news, follow us on Twitter (@PurdueLibraries).
If you would like us to promote your favorite database, send an email to mdugan@purdue.edu.
Filed under: collections, database, general, HSSEB, MGMT