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January 10th, 2012
On November 21, 2011, the University Resources Policy Committee (URPC) recommended to the Academic Senate that it adopt a resolution that supports that peer-reviewed, scholarly articles published by Purdue faculty be deposited in Purdue ePubs digital repository. Deposit of the research article into Purdue ePubs does not replace the publication of record in the scholarly journal, citation is still to the publication in the scholarly journal. The pre-print deposited into Purdue ePubs increases the eyes on the publication, and will direct the reader to the publication of record for citation, etc.
The Senate will vote on the proposal at the January 23 meeting. For further information about the open access movement of leading institutions including Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Princeton, Duke, and Penn and Kansas, please click here. (Information related Open Access comes from the 2011 Open Access Week speakers from the University of Kansas.) If you have questions about the resolution before the Academic Senate contact Beth McNeil, associate dean for Academic Affairs, at memcneil@purdue.edu or (765) 496-2261.
Currently, several departments and units from around the university have collections in Purdue ePubs. The Birck Nanotechnology Center (BNC), uses Purdue ePubs to collate and display hundreds of articles and proceedings papers published by BNC faculty and staff.
With Purdue ePubs a simple online submission form makes uploading files easy. Information about copyright and tools provided by the Libraries ensure that authors retain the rights necessary to deposit their work. Discoverability tools embedded in Purdue ePubs facilitate indexing by Google Scholar among other specialized search engines. Stable, citable, openly accessible collections of papers help departments and centers promote their research output not only to academic colleagues, but also to policy makers and media outlets. As Timothy Sands, Provost and former director of the BNC notes, “Purdue ePubs greatly enhances access to the scholarly works of our faculty, students, and postdoctoral fellows. We now have a very robust and impressive record of the Center’s scholarship and impact that has proven to be invaluable for recruiting and for solidifying our reputation as one of the top nanotechnology centers in the world.”
Why Purdue ePubs? Purdue ePubs is an open access repository and depositing into Purdue ePubs means the full-text of your publications is in Google Scholar, giving scholars around the world access to your work. Purdue ePubs tracks usage of publications, issues monthly download notifications to authors, and with Google Analytics allows authors to demonstrate global access and impact of their scholarship. Self-deposit in Purdue ePubs is at no additional cost to members of the Purdue community. Another benefit to the Purdue community Purdue ePubs offers is sustainable access, because when servers move or websites are reorganized a scholarly article accessible from a faculty members webpage may become inaccessible
Click here for more information about contributing to, or partnering with, Purdue ePubs.
Browse Purdue ePubs at www.purdue.edu/epubs.
January 10th, 2012
The Purdue Libraries Information Literacy Program is making substantial progress in its campus-wide approach to information literacy (IL) consistent with the expectation that information literacy will be a core competency of the curriculum. The Libraries’ first Information Literacy Specialist, Clarence Maybee, assistant professor of library science, arrived in September from Colgate University to assume this important role.
How does Professor Maybee’s work differ from work of the Professor Sharon Weiner, Booker Chair in Information Literacy? The focus of Maybee’s work is primarily in the Libraries and on campus, whereas the Booker Chair has a strong external element as well as a leadership role in information literacy research. Maybee provides leadership for the Libraries’ Information Literacy Program; is working to integrate information literacy in courses, programs, and curricula; collaborates with campus partners to support information literacy initiatives; will design and implement a program of assessment of library-based instructional programs; and will assess and provide leadership in theory, pedagogy, and practice related to information literacy.
With Maybee in this new leadership role, the Libraries are positioned to work together to better develop information literacy (problem solving, critical thinking) competencies in Purdue students and thus contribute to their success as students, as our future workforce, and as informed citizens.
If you have questions about information literacy please contact the liaison librarian for your department or contact Clarence Maybee at cmaybee@purdue.edu or (765) 494-7603.
Filed under: faculty_staffJanuary 10th, 2012
The Purdue community has access to over three million books through the Libraries website, lib.purdue.edu. For the past few years the Libraries has also been adding electronic books, or “e-books,” to the collection. The e-books include over 750,000 digital versions of recent print books, from publishers like Elsevier, Wiley, Springer, and many other academic publishers, as well as older materials in Early English Books Online (EEBO) and the Eighteenth Century Collection Online (ECCO). Some of the e-books are purchased as individual titles, selected by library faculty members or suggested by campus faculty and students. Others come as packages from major academic publishers, steeply discounted as part of CIC consortial deals. While many of the e-books are facsimiles of traditional academic monographs, the collection also includes full text access to tens of thousands of US government documents and even more documents available through databases such as ERIC and ProQuest Dissertations and Theses. All are available in full-text through the Libraries catalog. And, Purdue’s e-Pubs is a full-text repository of Purdue publications, and includes over 20,000 full-text technical reports
This year, Purdue is participating in two projects with two major e-book vendors, providing access to an additional 80,000 new e-books.
And, finally, as a member of the HathiTrust, a partnership of major research libraries, Purdue has access to the 2.6 million items in the public domain, all of which available through the Purdue Libraries website.
For help with using e-books on the most popular commercial e-book readers, such as the Kindle, Nook, and Sony Reader, click here. To recommend an e-book purchase, please contact the liaison librarian for your department.
Filed under: faculty_staffJanuary 10th, 2012
Many library resources in support of coursework, scholarship, and research are now provided electronically to the campus community, through the Libraries website. Libraries continues also to host print reserve materials across campus and has recently standardized its reserve policy for print reserves to lessen confusion for those using the reserve system and ensure that reserves are available to all students as equitably as possible. (Effective date: January 9, 2012)
Print reserves will continue to be held by request, behind the circulation desk and available for only a limited loan period. Submit print course reserve materials for spring semester by completing the form at www.lib.purdue.edu/coursereserves. Materials can be designated to a specific library, at either the two hour (standard) or one week loan period.
Reserve: 2 Hour Loan – These items can now leave the library where they are checked out, but must be returned to the circulation desk of the lending library. No reserve items can be kept overnight and all reserves must be returned before the lending library closes for the day, even if this means the loan period is shortened.
Reserve: 1 Week Loan – Will circulate for 1 week.
Also, please use the reserve form to have an item ordered to be placed on reserve that is not owned by the Libraries or is marked as “lost” or “missing” in the catalog www.lib.purdue.edu; be sure to include the ISBN.
Review of process for other reserve materials
Photocopies of Articles: Bring photocopied articles with complete citation information to the service desk of the library where you would like them to be on reserve. If an electronic version of the article is available, we can assist you with linking this to your course management system. All articles are subject to federal copyright law compliance.
Personal Copies: Libraries accepts personal copies to put on reserve, but due to copyright compliance, cannot accept items stating that it is an instructor or examination copy. Please bring personal copies of books or media to the service desk of the desired library. Print and complete the form at www.lib.purdue.edu/coursereserves and submit with personal copies.
Media: Media items can be placed on reserve at the Hicks Undergraduate Library using this form www.lib.purdue.edu/coursereserves. Media viewing equipment is available in Hicks. Media may be scheduled for classroom viewing at www.lib.purdue.edu/ugrl/mediasched2.html or contact Roger Strater at schedule@lib.purdue.edu or 49-5431.
For questions, contact Laurie Sadler sadlerl@purdue.edu or 49-46238.
Filed under: faculty_staffJanuary 9th, 2012
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University’s first full-time dean of women who went on to become the first female commissioned officer in the United States Coast Guard will be celebrated with an archival exhibit at Purdue.Purdue Libraries’ Division of Archives and Special Collections will feature “Behind the Mast of Women’s Leadership: Celebrating the Legacy of Dorothy Stratton.” The exhibit will be displayed through March 30 at the Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center. The center is located on the fourth floor of the Humanities, Social Science and Education Library in Stewart Center.
Stratton died in 2006 with a remarkable list of pioneering accomplishments for women.
In 1933 she became the university’s first full-time dean of women, overseeing the construction of three new women’s residence halls on campus. During her time at Purdue, a liberal science program for women in the School of Science was created, as well as an employment placement center. She helped establish the Housemother Training School that gave intensive training to fraternity and sorority housemothers from across the United States, and her office hired Amelia Earhart as Counselor in Careers for Women. A scholarship named in Stratton’s honor supports women’s participation in Purdue’s Naval ROTC program.
In 1942 – during World War II – Stratton took a leave of absence from Purdue to create and direct the Women’s Reserve of the Coast Guard, also known as SPARS. She was promoted to captain in 1944 and was awarded the Legion of Merit medal for her contributions to women in the military upon retirement in 1946. She is credited with the acronym SPARS, which the Women’s Reserve was called.
In July 2010, first lady Michelle Obama christened the Coast Guard Cutter Dorothy C. Stratton to honor her accomplishments.
Stratton also served as the first director of personnel at the International Monetary Fund, followed by service as executive director of the Girl Scouts of the USA. She was the United Nations representative of the International Federation of University Women and chair of the women’s committee within the President’s Commission on Employment of the Handicapped.
“This exhibit is a testament to the woman who used her own strong abilities to help develop in others the humanistic spirit to fight fascism, sexism, and discrimination wherever possible,” said Jonathan McConnell, graduate assistant for Archives and Special Collections and curator of the exhibit.
The display will showcase documents and photographs from Stratton’s time as a Purdue dean in the 1930s and ’40s and also from her role as first director of SPARS during World War II.
“We have many interesting photos from the SPARS training camp and deployments, as well as recruiting pamphlets and posters,” McConnell said. “Captain Stratton became the highest-ranking woman officer in the Coast Guard and was the subject of many public relations photos and press releases, which will be on display.”
Speeches and articles written by Stratton on the importance of liberally educated women in the fight against the forces of fascism and inhumanity also will be exhibited, he said.
Writer: Jim Bush, 765-494-2077, jsbush@purdue.edu
Sources: Jonathan McConnell, jmcconn@purdue.edu
Stephanie Schmitz, 765-494-2904, sschmit@purdue.edu
www.purdue.edu/newsroom/events/2012/120109LibrariesStratton.html
January 9th, 2012
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University’s first full-time dean of women who went on to become the first female commissioned officer in the United States Coast Guard will be celebrated with an archival exhibit at Purdue.Purdue Libraries’ Division of Archives and Special Collections will feature “Behind the Mast of Women’s Leadership: Celebrating the Legacy of Dorothy Stratton.” The exhibit will be displayed through March 30 at the Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center. The center is located on the fourth floor of the Humanities, Social Science and Education Library in Stewart Center.
Stratton died in 2006 with a remarkable list of pioneering accomplishments for women.
In 1933 she became the university’s first full-time dean of women, overseeing the construction of three new women’s residence halls on campus. During her time at Purdue, a liberal science program for women in the School of Science was created, as well as an employment placement center. She helped establish the Housemother Training School that gave intensive training to fraternity and sorority housemothers from across the United States, and her office hired Amelia Earhart as Counselor in Careers for Women. A scholarship named in Stratton’s honor supports women’s participation in Purdue’s Naval ROTC program.
In 1942 – during World War II – Stratton took a leave of absence from Purdue to create and direct the Women’s Reserve of the Coast Guard, also known as SPARS. She was promoted to captain in 1944 and was awarded the Legion of Merit medal for her contributions to women in the military upon retirement in 1946. She is credited with the acronym SPARS, which the Women’s Reserve was called.
In July 2010, first lady Michelle Obama christened the Coast Guard Cutter Dorothy C. Stratton to honor her accomplishments.
Stratton also served as the first director of personnel at the International Monetary Fund, followed by service as executive director of the Girl Scouts of the USA. She was the United Nations representative of the International Federation of University Women and chair of the women’s committee within the President’s Commission on Employment of the Handicapped.
“This exhibit is a testament to the woman who used her own strong abilities to help develop in others the humanistic spirit to fight fascism, sexism, and discrimination wherever possible,” said Jonathan McConnell, graduate assistant for Archives and Special Collections and curator of the exhibit.
The display will showcase documents and photographs from Stratton’s time as a Purdue dean in the 1930s and ’40s and also from her role as first director of SPARS during World War II.
“We have many interesting photos from the SPARS training camp and deployments, as well as recruiting pamphlets and posters,” McConnell said. “Captain Stratton became the highest-ranking woman officer in the Coast Guard and was the subject of many public relations photos and press releases, which will be on display.”
Speeches and articles written by Stratton on the importance of liberally educated women in the fight against the forces of fascism and inhumanity also will be exhibited, he said.
Writer: Jim Bush, 765-494-2077, jsbush@purdue.edu
Sources: Jonathan McConnell, jmcconn@purdue.edu
Stephanie Schmitz, 765-494-2904, sschmit@purdue.edu
www.purdue.edu/newsroom/events/2012/120109LibrariesStratton.html
December 29th, 2011
Purdue Libraries has made some changes to reserve policies across the libraries to lessen confusion for those using the reserve system and ensure that reserves are available to all students as equitably as possible. These will be in effect beginning January 9, 2012. Reserves will continue to be held by request of the instructor behind the circulation desk and available for only a limited loan period. Instructors may designate the library where a reserve is held and select either the two hour (standard) or one week loan period.
Reserve: 2 Hour Loan – These items can now leave the library where they are checked out, but must be returned to the circulation desk of the lending library. No reserve items can be kept overnight and all reserves must be returned before the lending library closes for the day, even if this means the loan period is shortened.
Reserve: 1 Week Loan – Will circulate for 1 week.
Penalties – Items that have a circulation period of less than one day will be subject to fines after the item is overdue for one hour. For current list of fees, visit www.lib.purdue.edu/access/circserv/policy.
To request reserves, fill out the form found at www.lib.purdue.edu/coursereserves. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Laurie Sadler lsadler@purdue.edu or 49-46238.
Filed under: AVTE, CHEM, CIRC-SERV, EAS, ENGR, general, HLS, HSSE, LIFE, MATH, MGMT, PHAR, PHYS, UGRL, VETMDecember 17th, 2011
The Purdue University Board of Trustees ratified James Mullins as the Esther Ellis Norton Professor of Library Science on Dec. 17.
Mullins has been dean of Libraries and professor of library science at Purdue since 2004. Before that he was associate director for administration at MIT Libraries, and prior to MIT was university librarian at Villanova University. He also held administrative positions at Indiana University while serving as a part-time faculty member in the Indiana University School of Library and Information Science.
At Purdue, Mullins has helped create a vision for the Purdue Libraries to meet the challenge of the 21st century by redefining the role of Libraries and its faculty (librarians), integrating them more into the university’s instruction and discovery efforts. He was instrumental in creating the Distributed Data Curation Center at Purdue, which has secured grants to study data management.
Mullins just completed an elected term on the board of directors of the Association of Research Libraries and is currently on the board of directors of the Center for Research Libraries. He also serves on the Science and Technology Section of the International Federation of Library Associations and as a member of the board of directors of the International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries. He is on the editorial board of College and Research Libraries, the official scholarly publication of the Association of College and Research Libraries. He has contributed to professional literature through his research and has given numerous national and international presentations.
He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Iowa and his doctorate from Indiana University.
Writer: Greg McClure, 765-496-9711, gmcclure@purdue.edu
Filed under: faculty_staff, general, press_releaseNovember 8th, 2011
In Spring 2011, the Libraries Orientation Committee worked with a group of student leaders from Student Access, Transition, and Success (SATS) to turn a set of learning objectives into viable concepts and then actual scripts for four videos that were unveiled at Boiler Gold Rush (BGR) and to the Purdue community.
The student leaders took the Orientation Committee’s goals and returned with ideas for commercial spoofs. They provided actual scripts that became the basis for the videos. The Libraries contracted with ITaP’s Video and Multimedia Production Services (VMPS) to create the videos.
“Our student staff of 500 loved them! They were laughing and cheering! I can’t tell you how many comments I heard like ‘those videos are awesome!’ I feel like they are great for both BGR and the Libraries!” said Corey Thoss, assistant director of SATS, after the videos were previewed to students involved with BGR.
Several freshmen also noted how much they enjoyed the videos when attending the BGR Resource Fair. One young man even quoted the videos with “Is that where I can find a credible resource that’s not Wikipedia?”
To view the videos, click on them individually below:
Roommate Distraction
BFF Distraction
Like a Good Library…
Database vs. Google
November 8th, 2011
Over the summer the Hicks Undergraduate (HIKS) and Siegesmund Engineering (ENGR) Libraries each converted large reading rooms into cutting edge classrooms and group collaborative study spaces for students.
In HIKS, room B848 has become the Hicks Learning Studio; a classroom for four classes as part of the Instruction Matters: Purdue Academic Course Transformation (IMPACT). IMPACT’s goal over the next three years is to incorporate in up to sixty courses an enhanced student-centered approach to learning with the aim of increased student success and retention.
Tomalee Doan, head of the Libraries’ Humanities, Social Sciences, Education and Business (HSSEB) Division, has served on the IMPACT steering committee, and it is through her knowledge of learning spaces that B848 has been selected as a classroom for IMPACT courses. As part of the active learning and innovative teaching and technologies that will be integral to the IMPACT courses, the room is equipped with thirteen movable round tables (seats 117) and three high tech projectors with accompanying mobile Smart Boards. Also, in the planning stages for evenings in Learning Studio is supplemental instruction offered through Student Access, Transition and Success Programs (SATS). When the classroom is not in use it is available for general use.
The Informed Learning Studio, POTR 141, is modeled after the LearnLab in the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management and Economics. It features three projectors; a Smart Board, several white boards and tables arranged in a way to encourage active learning (seats 60) and small group work.
During the2011 fall semester four classes committed to working in the new classroom, two of which are design courses that require extensive small group work, one Great Issues course and a blended learning course, where students listen to lectures before class and spend their time in class working problems and presenting solutions to their peers. The collaborating instructors have expressed appreciation for the Libraries proactive approach to incorporating new learning techniques and are looking forward to having the library resources handy, especially for the design classes, to encourage students to better incorporate authoritative information in their projects.
Filed under: ENGR, general, HSSE