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January 23rd, 2025
Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies invites you to its second annual “A Celebration of Books” on Monday, April 7, 2025, 3:00–5:00 PM in the HSSE Library in Stewart Center to honor Purdue faculty who published books throughout the past academic year.
Last year’s event featured over 30 authors across various academic disciplines in attendance, resulting in more than 80 individuals in total to support and learn from them. We are excited to again celebrate the remarkable achievements of Purdue faculty members who have dedicated their time and expertise to the publication of scholarly books this academic year.
Please stay tuned as additional information becomes available. In the meantime, contact Mandi Gramelspacher, senior operations manager, with questions and for additional information.
Filed under: general, News and AnnouncementsOctober 22nd, 2024
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.—Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies is pleased to recognize Dr. Donald R. Lynam, distinguished professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, with the 2024 Leadership in Open Access Award.
Dr. Lynam is a tireless advocate for open access, open data, and open science. His advocacy and leadership led the university to join OSF Institutions, resulting in open and wider visibility of Purdue research and scholarship in the Open Science Framework.
Dr. Lynam collaborated with Purdue Libraries to develop and organize the Open Science Talk Series—eight lectures associated with open science conducted throughout the 2023–2024 academic year. He is also part of the nationwide HELIOS project that provides opportunities for the Purdue community to participate in open scholarship.
The Leadership in Open Access award has been given annually since 2010 in recognition of exceptional commitment to broadening the reach of scholarship by making Purdue research freely accessible online. The award is granted to nominees who have worked in collaboration with one or more repositories supported by Purdue Libraries, such as Purdue e-Pubs, Purdue University Research Repository (PURR), or Purdue e-Archives.
Open Access Week
October 21–27, 2024 was International Open Access Week. This year’s theme, Community over Commercialization, sought to encourage approaches to open scholarship that prioritize the best interests of the public and the academic community.
Open Access publishing provides free, immediate access to scholarly literature, removing paywalls and reuse restrictions. For more than 20 years, Open Access publishing has paved the way to greater transparency in scientific research, providing a model for other open scholarship endeavors including open data, open peer review, and open science.
Purdue Libraries and Open Access
Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies remains an avid advocate for open access publishing, aligning with the institution’s land-grant mission of learning, discovery, and engagement. Purdue’s commitment to open access began with Open Access Day in 2008, and the university has actively participated in International Open Access Week since its establishment in 2009.
In 2020, Purdue Libraries, with support from the Dean’s Advisory Council and generous donors, established an endowment to promote a sustainable and transparent system of scholarly research. This endowment has enabled Purdue Libraries to contribute to innovative open access publishing initiatives, further solidifying Purdue’s commitment to open scholarship.
Purdue Libraries negotiates with publishers to provide free Open Access publishing opportunities—its current Open Access Publishing Partnerships are a result of these negotiations. When publishing in journals that qualify under these agreements, Purdue authors can select Open Access publishing options at no cost.
Authors have access to additional services and support, including support for posting works to Purdue e-Pubs, Purdue’s institutional repository for scholarly documents. As an open access service, scholarly works posted to Purdue e-Pubs are freely available to a global audience and benefit from wide availability and discovery.
Most publishers allow authors to post a version of their scholarship to an institutional repository. Purdue Libraries offers a free CV review service, and authors who wish to participate need only to share a list of publications or their ORCID iD. Purdue e-Pubs staff will review publisher sharing policies and inform authors that their works can be made openly available at no cost.
For more information, contact openaccess@purdue.edu.
Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies
Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies, a unit of Purdue University, aims to create and provide equitable access to diverse resources, outstanding services, and innovative spaces by pioneering new methods in information science and advancing knowledge to meet the evolving information needs of the future.
To learn more, visit lib.purdue.edu.
October 18th, 2024
One course, offered through Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies, influenced three former students to pursue graduate degrees in library science and museum studies and aspire to work in those fields upon completion of their programs.
Former students and now Purdue graduates Emily Lewis, Sophia DeWitt, and Grace Kuhlman were enrolled in ILS 495 with instructors Adriana Harmeyer and Kristin Leaman during the spring 2023 semester.
ILS 495: Research Methods for Rare Books is a course offered through Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies. The course introduces students to the world of rare books and the endless research possibilities they provide, and covers the methods necessary in understanding and successfully researching rare books primarily published between the 15th and 19th centuries.
As a result of their newfound passion found through the course, Lewis, DeWitt, and Kuhlman each enrolled in a virtual seminar offered through the Newberry Library—a renowned research library in Chicago specializing in the humanities, particularly American history, literature, and rare books—that took a deep dive into rare books and discussed how to analyze, classify, and interpret them. Lewis, DeWitt, and Kuhlman earned Purdue ILS course credit through the seminar as a result of the university being a Newberry Consortium member.
ILS 495 demonstrates the impact academic programs can have in shaping student success, sparking a passion that inspires the next wave of leaders in library science and museum studies; Lewis, DeWitt, and Kuhlman were asked to reflect on their experience in the course and how it inspired their future aspirations.
Emily Lewis
Lewis majored in history as an undergraduate and is now enrolled in the Master of Library and Information Science program at Simmons University. She does not have a set career path after graduation, but aims to work with rare books, particularly early modern books, and special collections.
When reflecting on her experience, Lewis said the course was one of her favorite courses she took at Purdue and inspired her to pursue library science as a future career.
“I was mostly inspired after taking ILS 495 since it was essentially the first place I learned anything in depth about library science. I had a general idea going into undergrad that it would be nice to do something involving some sort of archives position with my history degree, but I did not actually have any idea how to go about that or that library science was even a field until then.”
Lewis enjoyed the hands-on aspect of the course and getting to use original materials in the Purdue archives to conduct research for assignments.
“I think that one of the most important parts of the class was simply being able to get our hands on a lot of very cool rare books as opposed to something like an online class where you can only see pictures of something and not see and/or handle them in person. Being able to see real life examples of things we’d read or discussed was very helpful.”
She also mentioned that the course taught her various aspects of library science, such as how to use library databases for research and the different career paths in the field.
“Our one big assignment was a research paper on a topic of our choice revolving around some aspect of rare books. I believe most, if not all of the people in the class were able to work with material from Purdue’s archives for that. As a result, the hands-on research experience was quite useful and fun.”
Sophia DeWitt
DeWitt has undergraduate majors in anthropology and classical studies and is now enrolled in the Master of Museum Studies program at Indiana University Indianapolis. She plans on working in a museum or archival collections after graduation.
DeWitt mentioned her initial excitement about registering for the course, as she is a self-described “avid reader,” and how her excitement remained strong as the course integrated hands-on opportunities with a number of rare books.
“I’m an avid reader and book lover so when this course was advertised, I jumped at the opportunity. I thought we were just going to talk about rare books, but getting to have hands-on experience with any book from the archives was a dream come true.”
DeWitt enjoyed the topics discussed in the course as it progressed through the semester.
“Each week we discussed different aspects of the rare book world. We also touched on other career paths that either involve rare books or work together with rare collections. I loved getting to find new ways to connect rare books with my interests and career opportunities.”
DeWitt also gave a shoutout to Harmeyer and Leaman, and said “I wouldn’t be here without either of their support. Whether it was about school, or you just needed someone to talk to, either one of them was always there when you needed them.”
Grace Kuhlman
Kuhlman has an undergraduate major in literature and is now pursuing a Master of Library Science at IU Bloomington.
ILS 495 solidified Kuhlman’s educational journey, as she was originally at a crossroads before taking the course.
“The ILS 495 undergrad course at Purdue is what really did it for me. I was at a crossroads in my education until I took this course. On the very first day, we walked into the tiny classroom to the most beautiful books I’d ever seen. We got to pass them around while instructors Leaman and Harmeyer explained that we were getting a glimpse of what the semester would look like. We spent the weeks learning the basics of ‘book talk’ and got a grasp on the core ideas that make up the world of books.”
Kuhlman then enrolled in the Newberry seminar to get a sharper sense of what a graduate program and future career would look like—she described it as a “wonderful and fruitful” experience.
“I’ve loved books ever since I can remember and had no idea that being a librarian didn’t have to mean at a school or public library. This field is so broad, and I feel so lucky to have had the resources at Purdue show me what I never knew I always wanted,” she said.
She also commented on the Reading Room in Archives and Special Collections.
“The Reading Room was one of my favorite places on campus. You can request any book at Purdue [Archives and Special Collections], make an appointment to see it in the Reading Room, and spend all the time you want with it. Once you realize the vast array of books Purdue has to offer from the archives it becomes a really beneficial resource.”
Purdue University Archives and Special Collections (ASC), housed within Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies, aims to support the discovery, learning, and engagement goals of Purdue University by identifying, collecting, preserving, and making available research records and papers of enduring value created or received by the university and its employees. Purdue Libraries is proud to offer ILS 495 to students and provide hands-on opportunities with rare books that they cannot get elsewhere.
Filed under: general, News and AnnouncementsOctober 9th, 2024
Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies invites you to attend Purdue GIS Day 2024: Exploring GeoAI on Thursday, November 7, 2024 in STEW 214.
Join us in learning from and networking with GIS experts from academia and industry regarding groundbreaking GIS research, tools, and techniques. Purdue GIS Day provides an international forum for users of geographic information systems (GIS) technology to demonstrate real-world applications that are making a difference in our society.
The conference will also feature keynote speakers Gregory Brunner and Michael Johns; please view the schedule for additional conference details.
Gregory Brunner is an experienced scientist, award-winning professor, and principal data scientist at Esri—global market leader in GIS software, location intelligence, and mapping. He will be speaking about the rapid growth of the AI model ecosystem and the potential impact it has and will have on GIS in his talk titled, “The Burgeoning AI Model Ecosystem and Its Potential Impact on GIS.”
Michael Johns is a lead geospatial product specialist at Databricks, a global data, analytics, and artificial intelligence company. He will focus on how to use Databricks to perform scaled spatial analysis while retaining full visibility and control over all of the underlying processes, code, models, and data lineage in his talk titled, “Any-Scale Spatial Analysis on Databricks.”
Please register by October 18, 2024 to ensure your place in this year’s GIS conference, receive a free T-shirt, and attend the career panel lunch. For more information, check out the GIS Day page.
Filed under: general, News and AnnouncementsOctober 4th, 2024
On Thursday, September 26, eight Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies faculty members received awards at the teaching excellence awards banquet hosted by the Office of the Provost. Libraries faculty remain dedicated to advancing the field of information literacy through their curriculum and teaching, and we are proud to celebrate those who have gone above and beyond in doing so.
Teaching Academy membership
The Teaching Academy strives to bring together the best teaching faculty and graduate students across campus to create a collective voice for teaching excellence. Members are nominated and selected by their peers, and membership recognizes outstanding and scholarly teaching in graduate, undergraduate, or engagement programs of Purdue University.
New members: Pete Pascuzzi and Dave Zwicky
Teaching for Tomorrow Fellowship Awards Program
The Teaching for Tomorrow Fellowship Awards Program fosters continued excellence of teaching and learning, and facilitates the development of faculty members’ teaching potential. Junior fellows’ goals are to improve their teaching and develop mentorship skills in the program, and senior fellows are tasked with mentoring junior fellows and working with them to craft a plan that will help them to grow as educators.
Junior fellows: Annette Bochenek, Melissa Chomintra, Kristin Leaman
Senior fellow: Heather Howard
Teaching Leadership Award
The Teaching Leadership Award aims to foster a culture of teaching excellence and leadership by supporting instructors in designing and implementing developmental activities within their respective departments.
Recipients: Jing Lu and Zoe Mayhook
Filed under: general, News and AnnouncementsSeptember 27th, 2024
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.—Purdue University Archives and Special Collections (ASC) is pleased to announce the digitization of paper transcripts used by Neil Armstrong for his public addresses and select speeches. The nearly 500 transcripts—totaling 7,700 pages—were generously donated by his wife, Carol Armstrong, in 2011. The speeches are available for public viewing, text-searchable, and accessible on Purdue’s online archives platform, e-Archives.
The speeches are annotated by Armstrong with comments, quips, and jokes, or with arrows in the margins suggesting changes to word or phrase order. Jo Otremba, Barron Hilton Archivist for Flight and Space Exploration and clinical assistant professor at Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies, said Armstrong frequently added information that provides readers with additional context of the speech.
“He often added notes on the speeches sharing the date and location the speech was given, which is an interesting feature for the readers to consider,” Otremba said.
Some of the most notable speeches were given at Purdue University events such as the dedication of Grissom and Chaffee Halls and Armstrong’s acceptance of an honorary doctorate degree in 1970. The halls are named after two Purdue astronauts who both lost their lives in a NASA pre-launch fire at Cape Kennedy in 1967—the late Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, one of the original NASA Project Mercury astronauts and the second American to fly in space, and Roger B. Chaffee, a Navy pilot and NASA astronaut.
The Neil Armstrong papers continue to be one of the most accessed collections for research requests and instructional usage through ASC. Increasing ease of access to the archival collection through digitization has been a goal since the acquisition of the speeches in 2011. Work to digitize the speeches, funded by the Purdue Research Foundation and Carol Armstrong, began in 2022. The digitization process itself is lengthy and requires that each speech be described, vetted for third-party copyright, and uploaded to e-Archives.
“This project highlights the continuous effort required to make these resources accessible, and it’s wonderful to celebrate the speeches’ public availability through our e-Archives,” said Otremba.
Building this digital collection would not have been achieved without the detailed and steady collaboration between ASC’s Otremba; graduate assistant Camryn Beeman; Neal Harmeyer, Archivist for Digital Collections and Initiatives, Interim Head of Archives and Special Collections, and clinical associate professor; Sammie Morris, former Head of Archives and Special Collections and former director of the Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center; and members of Purdue Libraries’ Digital Programs team—Cliff Harrison, operations manager; M Lewis, digital collections photography assistant; and Samuel Wilson, digitization project assistant.
Purdue University Archives and Special Collections
Purdue University Archives and Special Collections, housed within Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies, aims to support the discovery, learning, and engagement goals of Purdue University by identifying, collecting, preserving, and making available research records and papers of enduring value created or received by the university and its employees.
To learn more, visit lib.purdue.edu/spcol.
Filed under: Archives and Special Collections, general, News and AnnouncementsSeptember 27th, 2013
Welcome to Database of the Week. This feature from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics is intended to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know. These weekly snapshots will have only basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources, and hopefully tempt you to explore. Feedback is always welcome. If you have a suggestion for a database or research topic that should be covered, please let us know.
This Week’s Featured Database: WARC, from World Advertising Research Center Ltd.
Find it: www.lib.purdue.edu/parrish, Under the column with the header Collections, click on List of Business Databases.
Description/focus: WARC is a marketing and advertising information service used by media and market research agencies.
Try this: WARC has the familiar box to do a key word search, but you can also use the pulldown menus to search by type of content: case studies, trends, news, data, forecasts. If you click on one of the fields along the top, you’ll see the options for further breakdown. The Topics list includes consumers, marketing, industries, and profiles of global brand owners. For example, the industry Topic Page for Travel & Tourism shows case studies, trends, and company profiles. See here for a short demonstration of a basic WARC search.
Why you should know this database: Content in WARC includes news stories, case studies, research papers, conference papers, best practice guides, speeches, data, and WARC’s own reports. The subjects covered include communications, media research, market research, trends, and more.
Why students should know this database: Searching in WARC is easy to do so even students who are unfamiliar with database searching will be able to find marketing or consumer information.
Tags: articles, communications, consumers, countries, datasets, industries, market research, media, news, products, scholarly journals
Cost: Paid by the Libraries annually.
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Filed under: database, general, MGMT