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August 29th, 2023
Copyright issues continue to perplex librarians and educators. The difficulties and confusion in applying the U.S. Copyright Act became especially apparent during the Covid-19 pandemic when many universities turned to remote learning as their primary method of instruction. Librarians and educators struggled with applying the law for both remote learners and those students present on campus. A new book written and edited by Donna Ferullo, director of the University Copyright Office, and Dwayne Buttler of the University of Louisville, provides advice on how to analyze and apply the copyright law to specific areas encountered by librarians and instructors.
“Copyright: Best Practices for Academic Libraries” is published through Rowman & Littlefield Publishers and will be available in print and e-book versions in September. Contributors include experts from Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, the Library of Congress, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Michigan, the University of Minnesota, the University of Virginia, Yale University, and more. The hardback version is available for pre-order.
The book also offers best practices for the application of copyright law to new technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and non-fungible tokens (NFT). New technologies pose unique challenges in ways that have never been envisioned before. AI, which is becoming increasingly sophisticated, simulates human intelligence, making it difficult to distinguish between what was created by human beings versus what was created by a machine. Ferullo examines software applications such as ChatGPT, which is widely used by students as an accelerator for their homework creation and then passing it off as their own work. For such scenarios, the book offers advice on how much human input is needed for works created by AI to be eligible for copyright.
“’Copyright’ finally offers a plain-language guide to best practices for the complex world of copyright management in academic libraries that will help facilitate the work of librarians nationwide. Dwayne Buttler and I had the honor to collaborate with a number of other experts on topics such as remote learning do’s and don’ts, the application of copyright to music, data and text mining, and open access initiatives. In the book, we examine these issues and provide step-by-step guidelines and options for their implementation in academia,” explained Ferullo, who has been advising Purdue on copyright law since 2000.
To place a pre-order, visit: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538168219/Copyright-Best-Practices-for-Academic-Libraries
Filed under: faculty_staff, general, News and Announcements, press_release, UCOAugust 29th, 2023
Parrish Library’s Featured Database will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of our specialized subscription databases. This time we’re featuring Plunkett Research, brought to you by Plunkett Research, Ltd.
Plunkett Research offers business intelligence, industry trends, statistics, market research, and company lists. Detailed industry reports and company profiles are also available.
The List of Business Databases is the alphabetical list of the databases specially selected for those in a business program of study. Access the databases off-campus with your Purdue Career Account.
Click Getting Started with Plunkett Research to watch the basics of using this database or check out our interactive tutorial to try it out yourself!
Some other resources you might want to explore are:
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Featured Database comes to you from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. 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. Also let us know if you know of a colleague who would benefit from this, or future Featured Databases.
Since usage statistics are an important barometer when databases are up for renewal, tell us your favorite database, and we will gladly promote it. Send an email to parrlib@purdue.edu.
Filed under: database, general, MGMTAugust 25th, 2023
Purdue Archives and Special Collections presents a new online exhibition on women’s suffrage. “Not Given but Earned: Women’s Fight for the Vote” is an inspirational collection of materials from the Archives’ vault, showing how Purdue women, students, and faculty participated in this historic movement.
Did you know that it took more than 70 years for women to gain the right to vote in the United States? Hoosier women were active participants in the women’s suffrage movement from its early days and some even went on to lead national and international women’s rights organizations. Purdue students, staff and faculty organized and advocated for women’s suffrage both on and off campus.
However, when the 19th Amendment passed, it only guaranteed white women the right to vote and left many African Americans, Indigenous, and other people of color, who had fought alongside white suffragists, disenfranchised for years to come.
Visit the online exhibition to learn how the women’s suffrage movement left a lasting legacy in the history of the United States and how it continues to have an impact today.
Filed under: Archives and Special Collections, events, general, News and Announcements, UncategorizedAugust 24th, 2023
Humanities, Social Science and Education Library’s Featured Database will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of our specialized subscription databases. This time we’re featuring Rock’s Backpages.
Link: https://guides.lib.purdue.edu/db/rocksbp
Access the databases off-campus with your Purdue login and password.
Focus: This database is an archive of popular music journalism for the last 60 years. It features more than 50,000 articles on various genres, including punk, rock & roll, R&B and more. These articles are fully searchable by author, artist, publication, genre, and keywords. There is also a vast collection of audio recordings.
Tutorial: Click here see the basics of using the Rock’s Backpages database.
Quick tip: The Rock’s Backpages also hosts a podcast that is released every two weeks that highlights new items added to the archives and an excerpt from a recently added audio interview. This is a great way to keep up to date with the resources being added to the database.
Related Resources:
Other databases you might want to explore are:
Rolling Stone Archive: https://guides.lib.purdue.edu/db/rsa
Music Magazine Archive: https://guides.lib.purdue.edu/db/mma
August 24th, 2023
Beginning this fall semester, Libraries locations and services will be available to students, faculty and staff during updated hours:
The Wilmeth Active Learning Center (WALC) will be open 24/7 with PUID swipe access. Located in the heart of campus, WALC serves as a central location for classroom and library space, housing the Library of Engineering and Science, the Mullins Reading Room, the Knowledge Lab, and 27 classrooms designed for active learning.
The Library of Engineering & Science is open Monday through Thursday from 7:00 AM until 2:00 AM, as well as Friday from 7:00 AM until midnight and Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 AM until 2:00 AM.
The Aviation and Transportation Technology Library is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM.
The Black Cultural Center Library is open Monday through Thursday from 9:00 AM until 9:30 PM, as well as Friday from 9:00 AM until 6:00 PM.
The Hicks Undergraduate Library as well as the Humanities, Social Sciences and Education Library in Stewart Center and the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics are open Monday through Thursday from 8:00 AM until midnight, as well as Friday from 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM, Saturday from 1:00 to 5:00 PM and Sunday from 1:00 PM until midnight.
Renovations of the second and third floors of the Humanities, Social Science and Education Library (HSSE) in Stewart Center are moving along and will continue through the beginning of the fall semester, with second and third floors remaining inaccessible until remodeling is complete. We are excited to add more inviting study spaces with comfortable seating to one of our most frequented libraries on campus.
The Mathematical Sciences Library, as well as the Veterinary Medical Library are open Monday through Thursday from 8:00 AM until 8:00 PM, as well as Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Saturday from 1:00 to 5:00 PM and Sunday from 1:00 to 8:00 PM.
To check library hours daily, visit: lib.purdue.edu/hoursList.
The Knowledge Lab is a rapid prototyping space where the Purdue community can use a variety of materials, equipment, and software to experiment with the exploration and presentation of their ideas. Celebrating the Boilermaker spirit of imagination and innovation, the space offers low-stakes resources such as sewing machines, Riso printer, a podcast booth, heat press, yarns, cardboard, fabrics, and more. It serves as a first stop in a pipeline of opportunities on campus to fully actualize an idea. Located in WALC 3007, drop-ins welcome, no appointment necessary. Check the schedule or follow their Instagram page to learn about upcoming workshops and events.
IT support along with wide-format printing assistance will be offered to Boilermakers at our HIKS and WALC Purdue IT Service Desks locations:
The wide format printers are geared for research presentation, blueprints and coursework, and are accessible during library hours, including evenings and weekends. Purdue IT staff at these locations are available to help users configure their files to print correctly.
Additional IT support is available on the first floor of the Humanities, Social Sciences and Education Library in Stewart Center.
The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) houses free writing resources and instructional material as well as on-campus consultations to assist students in their development as writers—regardless of their skill levels. In addition to their regular service hours in KRACH, they offer tutoring services in WALC 3049, Monday through Friday from 12:30 to 6:00 PM.
August 3rd, 2023
Purdue Libraries and Libraries Speakers Consortium have partnered to present a series of free virtual talks featuring bestselling and award-winning authors from around the world. The featured writers and thought leaders will cover a wide range of fiction and nonfiction genres. Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions and discuss the author’s work in more detail.
August 1st, 2023
In collaboration with the university presses and libraries of the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA), Purdue University Press has launched the Big Ten Open Books project. Big Ten Open Books creates e-book collections that aspire to the highest standards of discoverability, accessibility, durability, and flexibility, all while being made available to read and download at no cost.
This project furthers Purdue’s long-standing commitment to make information and research widely accessible and the university has contributed a dozen of its open access titles to the initiative. “Purdue University Press is thrilled to join this important collaboration. Our goal is to not only publish high-quality scholarship, but to ensure that scholarship is widely available and easily accessible. We firmly believe knowledge is a public good. The BTAA partnership recognizes that and generously provided the funding to make 100 books open access,” said Justin Race, director of Purdue University Press.
The first 100-title collection is now published and is centered on Gender and Sexuality studies. Many of the works in this collection are being released digitally for the first time. Each title has undergone a rigorous selection and quality certification process that allows readers and users to trust the veracity of the content made available.
The Big Ten Open Books first collection brings to the reader a wide variety of materials in arts, humanities, and social science disciplines that are centered on gender and sexuality themes. The collection’s impact will be seen through its broad sharing of knowledge and high quality scholarship.
Big Ten Open Books creates open content that is immediately and universally available, on open infrastructure, Fulcrum, hosted by the University of Michigan, using open distribution models (including Project Muse, JSTOR, and OAPEN) to envision a robust programmatic future for open monograph publishing.
About Purdue University Press: Founded in 1960, Purdue University Press is dedicated to the dissemination of scholarly and professional information. We publish books in several key subject areas, including Purdue and Indiana, aeronautics/astronautics, the human-animal bond, Central European studies, Jewish studies, and other select disciplines. Learn more about Purdue University Press at press.purdue.edu.
About the Big Ten Academic Alliance: The Big Ten Academic Alliance is the nation’s preeminent model for effective collaboration among research universities. For more than half a century, these world-class institutions have advanced their academic missions, generated unique opportunities for students and faculty, and served the common good by sharing expertise, leveraging campus resources, and collaborating on innovative programs. Governed and funded by the provosts of the member universities, Big Ten Academic Alliance mandates are coordinated by a staff from its Champaign, Illinois headquarters. The fifteen world-class libraries of the Big Ten Academic Alliance members include Indiana University, Michigan State University, Northwestern University, Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University, Rutgers University–New Brunswick, University of Illinois, University of Iowa, University of Maryland, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, University of Wisconsin–Madison, and the University of Chicago.
Learn more about the project and access the first collection here: bigtenopenbooks.org
Filed under: faculty_staff, general, News and Announcements, PurduePress, UncategorizedJuly 28th, 2023
Beth McNeil, dean of Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies, has assumed the role of president of the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL). ACRL, a division of the American Library Association, is committed to advancing learning, transforming scholarship, and creating diverse and inclusive communities—values Dean McNeil has also embodied at Purdue.“It is my great honor and privilege to serve as the next president of ACRL. Throughout my career, ACRL has consistently provided me with professional growth opportunities and I have valued the chances to learn from ACRL programs and networking experiences that have led to invaluable mentoring relationships and life-long friends. Having served on several committees and the Board, ACRL has long been my professional home. I look forward to this new opportunity to give back to an organization that has given me so much, while listening and ensuring that all members find their own sense of belonging, community, professional growth, and success through their involvement with ACRL.”
Since becoming a member of ACRL in 1989, McNeil has held a variety of roles within the organization, most recently she served as vice-president. Building on her predecessors’ achievements, McNeil aims to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion in the association and its member libraries as well as recognize and promote sustainable and open scholarship during her one-year tenure. “The move to open science/open scholarship will lead to fundamental changes for higher education and our libraries, and I believe that college and university librarians have a role and a responsibility in changing the model. I trust ACRL can continue to build its support and advocacy in this area, and I look forward to the challenge of helping to shift academic culture towards a more equitable, open future.”
“I am pleased to welcome Beth McNeil to the ACRL Board of Directors,” ACRL interim executive director Allison Payne said. “ACRL is grateful for her many years of service and her valuable contributions to the association, including her service as a past Board member. ACRL members and the profession will benefit from her deep knowledge of our institution, academic librarianship and higher education. I look forward to working with McNeil in the coming years.”
About the Association of College & Research Libraries: The Association of College & Research Libraries is the higher education association for academic libraries and library workers. Founded in 1940 and representing more than 8,500 individuals and libraries, ACRL develops programs, products, and services to help those working in academic and research libraries learn, innovate, and lead within the academic community.
Filed under: faculty_staff, generalJuly 27th, 2023
Humanities, Social Science and Education Library’s Featured Database will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of our specialized subscription databases. This time we’re featuring World’s Fairs and Expositions: Visions of Tomorrow, brought to you by Gale.
Link: https://guides.lib.purdue.edu/db/wfe
Access the databases off-campus with your Purdue login and password.
Focus: This database contains primary sources about these landmark exhibits from 1834 to 1940, archiving the spirit, technology, design, and innovations that influenced the modern world. Sources include organizational and administrative records, postcards, Books of the Fairs, watercolors of the exhibitions and more.
Tutorial: Click here see the basics of using the World’s Fairs and Expositions database.
Quick tip: If you look to the top right of the screen, you see a button called Cite. You can use this button to cut and paste the citation to your bibliography or export it to a citation management software. Always make sure to double check the citation. There are occasional errors.
Related Resources:
Other databases you might want to explore are:
World’s Fair: A Global History of Expositions: https://guides.lib.purdue.edu/db/wf
JSTOR: https://guides.lib.purdue.edu/db/jstor
July 13th, 2023
Parrish Library’s Featured Database will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of our specialized subscription databases. This time we’re featuring Morningstar Investment Research Center, brought to you by Morningstar, Inc.
Morningstar Investment Research Center offers up-to-date information on 20,000 stocks and mutual funds, including Morningstar Ratings, allows screening using a variety of criteria, and includes Morningstar Analyst Reports on 1,000 stocks and 2,000 mutual funds.
The List of Business Databases is the alphabetical list of the databases specially selected for those in a business program of study. Access the databases off-campus with your Purdue Career Account.
Note: This database has a five concurrent user limit. Please log off when you are finished.
Click Getting Started with Morningstar Investment Research Center to see the basics of using this database.
Some other resources you might want to explore are:
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Featured Database comes to you from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. 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. Also let us know if you know of a colleague who would benefit from this, or future Featured Databases.
Since usage statistics are an important barometer when databases are up for renewal, tell us your favorite database, and we will gladly promote it. Send an email to parrlib@purdue.edu.
Filed under: database, general, MGMT