UW Libraries - News Around the Libraries

"Strength in What Remains" Book Discussion

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:00:00 -0800

Fri Dec 11, 2009 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Book discussion of "Strength in What Remains" by Tracy Kidder. The story of Deogratias, a young man from the central African nation of Burundi, who is forced onto a terrifying journey which splits his life in two.

"Flow: How Did a Handful of Corporations Steal Our Water" Global Health Film

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0800

Tue Dec 8, 2009 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Investigates the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply and its effects.

"Hold Your Breath" Global Health Film

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0800

Tue Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Poignant story of an Afghan immigrant's disturbing experience with the American healthcare system ultimately leading to his premature death.

"Haba Na Haba" (Little by Little) Global Health Film

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0800

Tue Nov 24, 2009 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | University of Washington I-TECH (International Training & Education Center for Health) production that looks at the relationship between traditional culture and community health in Kenya.

"Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health" Exhibit

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Mon Nov 23, 2009 - Mon Jan 4, 2010 | The Health Sciences Library will be hosting an award-winning exhibit, "Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health", from the National Library of Medicine focusing on some of the challenges and opportunities in improving health worldwide. In addition to the exhibit, the library will also be hosting a film series and book group discussion.

Foster Library Thanksgiving Holiday Hours

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:01:58 -0800

Next week all University Libraries units, including the Foster Business Library, will be closed Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holidays. We will also close at 5pm on Wednesday, November 25. Regular library hours resume on Saturday, November 28.
http://www.lib.washington.edu/about/hours/

You can renew materials you have checked out and access licensed databases/e-journals via the Foster Business Library webpage. Remember that when using library resources from home you’ll need to first click on the “off-campus access” button in the upper right corner of any library page and enter your UW NetID to authenticate as a current UW faculty, staff or student.
http://www.lib.washington.edu/business/

Have a safe and happy holiday weekend.

Thanksgiving Holiday Hours

terryj — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:33:21 -0800

Hours for the Health Sciences Libraries will be:
Health Sciences Library:
~ Weds, Nov. 25 - 7:30am - 5:00 pm
~ Thurs, Nov. 26 & Fri, Nov. 27 - CLOSED
~ Sat, Nov. 28 & Sun, Nov. 29 - 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Social Work Library:
~ Weds, Nov. 25 - 9:00am - 5:00 pm
~ Thurs, Nov. 26 & Fri, Nov. 27 - CLOSED
~ Sat, Nov. 28 - 1:00pm - 5:00 pm
~ Sun, Nov. 29 - 1:00pm - 5:00 pm

Electronic resources will remain available.

Against the Odds - Exhibit & Film Series at HSL

terryj — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:47:21 -0800

"Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health", a traveling exhibit created by the National Library of Medicine, will be on display at HSL Nov 23, 2009 through Jan 3, 2010. In addition to the exhibit, HSL will also be hosting a film series and book group discussion.

This award-winning exhibit focuses on some of the challenges and opportunities in improving health worldwide. The NLM exhibit will be supplemented with a variety of health technologies on loan from PATH (a local international nonprofit organization dedicated in improving the health of people around the world).

"Haba Na Haba" (Little by Little) Film Presentation
Tuesday, Nov 24 | 12:00-1:00pm | Health Sciences Library Teaching Lab
University of Washington I-TECH (International Training & Education Center for Health) production that looks at the relationship between traditional culture and community health in Kenya.

"Hold Your Breath" Film Presentation
Tuesday, Dec 1 | 12:00-1:00pm | Health Sciences Library Teaching Lab
Poignant story of an Afghani immigrant's disturbing experience with the American healthcare system. After fleeing Afghanistan in 1979, Mohammad Kochi settled in Fremont, California, to raise his family, but just as life seems to be getting easier, he is diagnosed with an aggressive, life-threatening cancer. Despite the good intentions of his medical practitioners, the interactions between them and Mr. Kochi and his family are fraught with misunderstandings about language, religion and customs, ultimately leading to his premature death.

"Flow: For Love of Water" Film Presentation
Tuesday, Dec 8 | 12:00-1:00pm | Health Sciences Library Teaching Lab
Investigates the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply from the perspective of politics, economics, pollution and environmental issues, human rights, public health, and the effects of corporate greed and apathetic governments.

"Strength in What Remains" Book Discussion
Friday, Dec 11 | 3:00-4:00pm | Health Sciences Library Teaching Lab
"Strength in What Remains" by Tracy Kidder is the story of Deogratias, a young man from the central African nation of Burundi who is forced onto a terrifying journey which splits his life in two. First he made a six-months-long escape, on foot, from ethnic violence in Burundi and from genocide in Rwanda. Then, in a strange twist of fate, he was, as it were, transported to New York City, where it sometimes seemed that his travails had only just begun.

New Italian Cinema at SIFF

Deb Raftus — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:55:00 -0800

I'll be there tomorrow for the opening film and reception. Will you?

CALENDAR

Tuesday, November 17
New Itailan Cinema Festival Opening Night
Fortàpasc
7:30 PM

Wednesday, November 18
Lecture 21
7:00 PM

Sea Purple
9:15 PM

Thursday, November 19
Different from Whom?
7:00 PM

The House in the Clouds
9:30 PM

Friday, November 20
Pa-ra-da
7:00 PM

Fortàpasc
9:30 PM

Saturday, November 21
The Sicilian Girl
5:30 PM

Ex
8:00 PM

[full details]

"New Italian Cinema" Festival Nov. 17-21 at SIFF Cinema is Packed with Winners ~ Seattle PostGlobe

Can't make it? Borrow Italian films from UW Libraries' Media Center.

Image: Fortàpasc, SIFF

South Asian Oral History Project

Angie — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:50:00 -0800

The SAOHP represents one of the first attempts in the U.S. to record pan-South Asian immigrant experiences in the Pacific Northwest using the medium of oral history.

South Asian Oral History Project

UWeek Article: Explore beautiful old world, regional maps

Angie — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:57:00 -0800

Need help at 2am? No problem, ask us!

Deb Raftus — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:56:00 -0800

Great promo of Chat Reference featuring our librarians Dottie and Nancy!

Komo News story: Got a research question? Why, ASK-WA

UWers, try it out yourself: Ask Us

Non-UWers: Ask WA

Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Courage Display

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Fri Nov 6, 2009 - Sat Dec 19, 2009 | Eight UW alumni hold the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest award for military valor, and the university is honoring them with a memorial near the heart of campus. To tell the tales behind the men, Odegaard is hosting a display of letters, photographs, medals and other material lent by the medal recipients and their families.

New books: October

Deb Raftus — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:49:00 -0800

UW Libraries' October acquisitions have been posted:

New Arrivals: Romance Languages & Literatures

Please feel free to contact me if there are books, dvds, etc., that you would like the libraries to own.

Image: NOTES from the UNDERGROUND… No.143

New Books in the Foster Business Library for October 2009

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:53:17 -0800

Lists for new books received in the Foster Business Library for October 2009 are available from the links below:

New Business Books – October 2009

New Business Reference Books – October 2009

October New Books

Theresa M — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:46:00 -0800

30 Years of U.S.-China Relations Exhibit

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Mon Nov 2, 2009 - Fri Dec 25, 2009 | Content provided by the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in San Francisco. Also included: materials from the Anna Louise Strong papers held in Libraries Special Collections.

Careers in Libraries Display

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Mon Nov 2, 2009 - Tue Dec 1, 2009 | This month's Libraries Focus On display is on library careers. The traditional concept of a library is being redefined from a place to access paper records or books to one that also houses the most advanced electronic resources, including the Internet, digital libraries, and remote access to a variety of information sources. There are a wide range of career opportunities in an array of library settings. All books on display are available for check-out.

The Robert Hitchman Collection: A Lifetime of Pacific Northwest History

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Mon Nov 2, 2009 - Tue Dec 1, 2009 | Robert Hitchman was a Seattle historian, bibliophile, and collector. This exhibit presents a selection of books, historical documents, artifacts, and ephemera.

H1N1 Flu Information

terryj — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:13:30 -0800

Looking for reliable information about the H1N1 flu? The following links may be of interest:

Web Find: Miss America Programs 1945-1967

Theresa M — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:36:00 -0700

Chinese Film Week

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:55:11 -0700

The East Asia Library and the China Studies Program will host a Chinese film week October 26-31, 2009, in celebration of the 30th anniversary of US-China relations. The theme of the film week is “Shanghai Women Film Directors,” featuring PENG Xiaolian of the renowned 5th generation of Chinese film directors.

For more information…

Online access to UW dissertations, 1997 - 2008

Deb Raftus — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:55:00 -0700

PDF copies of UW dissertations from 1997-2008; are now available to current students, staff, and faculty through ResearchWorks. In addition to the 1997-2008 collection, there is sporadic coverage of dissertations prior to 1997; these are copies of dissertations made by ProQuest when someone purchased a copy of a dissertation. The Libraries is also negotiating for copies of 2009 dissertations. At this time, our collection does not include master's theses.

There are currently 38 Romance Languages & Literatures dissertations in the collection. More on finding UW and non-UW dissertations.

Author's Rights at the UW

amwhit24 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:27:36 -0700

Resources from Open Access Week 2009:

Podcast of Access to Research and Your Rights as an Author presentation held 10/21/2009.

Tips for Retaining the Rights to Your Work handout from the Author's Rights presentation.

For more information, visit our Scholarly Communication and Publishing page on Healthlinks.

World and Regional Maps from the 16th -19th centuries

Deb Raftus — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:46:00 -0700

Explore the latest addition to the UW Libraries Digital Collections: World and Regional Maps from the 16th -19th centuries

Over 170 large-scale, color maps from the Special Collections Rare Map Collection. Coverage spans the world but emphasizes the Pacific Northwest and exploration in this region from the 17th to 18th centuries. Click on the "detailed view" in the metadata of each map to zoom in for details and to pan around the large image. View maps grouped by Cartographer, Publisher, Area Depicted and more.

For an introductory tour of the features in this collection, view a short video.

Image: Tabula Americae Specialis Geographica Regni Peru Brasiliae. UW Libraries Special Collections.

Web Find: Ad Views

Theresa M — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:15:00 -0700

Desktop Document Delivery!

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:53:07 -0700

While these days a lot of journal articles can be found online through the UW Libraries’ many full-text databases, there are still quite a few journals, often older issues, that are still only available in print. Rather than having to come into the library to track down, check out and scan or photocopy a journal article you need, why not have us do it for you?

For the past year, the UW Libraries’ have been taking article requests from our print journal collections, scanning the articles, and delivering them as PDFs via our website to faculty, student and staff.

Interested in finding out more about the program or requesting and article right now? Check out our Document Delivery Services webpage.

Renovation Project Update 10/13

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:25:37 -0700

This summer the first part of a renovation project was completed at the Foster Business Library. The goal is to re-orient the library and create a new entrance on the mezzanine level that opens into PACCAR Hall. Two sets of temporary construction walls were built on the mezzanine and ground levels to contain the loud noise and dust resulting from cutting through the concrete wall and mezzanine floor. These temporary walls will remain in place through the academic year and some library seating has been displaced. The contractors will continue working behind the construction walls during the school year, some days may be a little noisy. The contractors stop work at 3pm each weekday, so the late afternoons, evenings, and weekends should be relatively quiet.

The rest of the work will be completed during the summer of 2010. At that time we’ll close the BOAEEC side of the library for three months, turn it over to the contractors so they can complete their work, and operate library services temporarily out of the Balmer side. We’ll open the new renovated library space in time fall quarter 2010. The renovated space will include more seating, a new carpet, more group study rooms, and a new entrance and Circulation Desk.

If you have questions or concerns about the renovation project, please
contact buslib@uw.edu or 206-543-4360.

New Collection of Rare Maps

Angie — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:46:00 -0700

Explore the latest addition to the UW Libraries Digital Collections: World and Regional Maps from the 16th -19th c.

http://content.lib.washington.edu/mapsweb/index.html

New NIH Tool Replaces CRISP

terryj — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:59:37 -0700

NIH's funding information tool, previously known as CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects), has been changed to RePORTER. Along with the name change, new search functionality has been added. Take a look!

RePORTER combines NIH project databases and funding records, PubMed abstracts, full-text articles from PubMed Central, and information from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with a robust search engine, allowing users to locate descriptions and funding details on NIH-funded projects along with research results that cite the NIH support.

September New Books

Deb Raftus — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:13:00 -0700

UW Libraries' September acquisitions have been posted:

New Arrivals: Romance Languages & Literatures

Please feel free to contact me if there are books, dvds, etc., that you would like the libraries to own.

Cerise Press: New online journal of literature, arts, and culture

Deb Raftus — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:53:00 -0700

Cerise Press, an international online journal based in the United States and France, builds cross-cultural bridges by featuring artists and writers in English and translations, with an emphasis on French and Francophone works. Co-founded by Fiona Sze-Lorrain, Sally Molini, and Karen Rigby in 2009, Cerise Press hopes to serve as a gathering force where imagination, insight, and conversation express the evolving and shifting forms of human experience.

Current issue: Summer 2009. Volume 1, Issue 1.

Michelangelo podcast series

Deb Raftus — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:31:00 -0700

Art historian William Wallace speaks here on major works of Michelangelo’s career. This 10-part audio podcast series provides fascinating insights into the individual works of the most celebrated artist of all time, from the world’s foremost Michelangelo expert.

Part I: Bacchus
Part II: St. Peter’s Pieta

[Cambridge University Press]

Building Maintenance Alert

terryj — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:00:16 -0700

From 2:30 pm Mon Nov 9 to 2:30 pm Tue Nov 10, heat will be turned off in the Health Sciences Library while needed repair work takes place. Please consider wearing layers that day. Thank you for your patience.

Veteran's Day Hours

terryj — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:23:51 -0700

On Wednesday, 11 November 2009, the Health Sciences Library will be open 9 am - 5 pm. The Social Work Library will be closed on that day. Electronic resources will remain available. See the Libraries Hours page for a library-wide listing.

September New Books

Theresa M — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:52:00 -0700

New Faculty Book

Theresa M — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:47:00 -0700

PubMed Redesign

lstanna — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:09:41 -0700

The PubMed interface has been redesigned. While retaining the robust functionality, the interface has changed with the intent of making it easier to use. The Health Sciences Library will be updating our searching guides in the next month. Work with your library liaison to master the new system.

* You can preview the redesigned interface before it goes live at preview.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed.

* PubMed has a new look! summarizes the changes and includes a table of where things have moved

* For a complete listing of changes see the September 30 NLM Technical Bulletin article.

Web Find: Vica Nazi Propaganda Comics

Theresa M — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:31:00 -0700

New Economics Books - September 2009

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:33:54 -0700

The list of new economics books added to the library in September 2009 is available at:

http://guides.lib.washington.edu/aecontent.php?pid=59535&sid=545116

New Books in the Foster Business Library for September 2009

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:40:01 -0700

Lists for new books received in the Foster Business Library for September 2009 are available from the links below:

New Business Books – September 2009

New Business Reference Books – September 2009

Now online: Michel Foucault Audio Archive

Deb Raftus — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:19:00 -0700

The Media Resources Center at the University of California, Berkeley has made available the most comprehensive collection to date of online audio recordings of lectures and courses by the renowned French philosopher and historian, Michel Foucault... (more).

Dawg Prints has now gone Green

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:52:38 -0700

Labs and libraries that use the Dawg Prints system have begun to roll out changes in order to make Dawg Prints more green. In addition to using 100% recycled paper in our printers and copiers, labs have also begun to change their default queues to print 2-sided, saving paper. These changes will occur throughout the quarter so keep an eye out for default 2-sided printing in your favorite lab.

Paintings & Poems of the Southwest Deserts

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:50:17 -0700

"Paintings and Poems of the Southwest Deserts", an exhibition by Steve DoBell who is a member of the Access Services staff at Odegaard Undergraduate Library.

The exhibit can be found in the first, second, and third floor display areas, and will run until October 28, 2009.

For more information…

Sergio Leone Film Tribute, Sept. 24 & 25

Deb Raftus — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:02:00 -0700

Festa Italiana presents Sergio Leone’s First Two Spaghetti Westerns:

A Fistful of Dollars and For A Few Dollars More.

Can't make it? Check out these and other Leone films at UW Libraries.

Other festival activities include a wine tasting, a prosciutto & salami curing contest, a photo exhibition, and more.

Roméo et Juliette at the Pacific Northwest Ballet

Deb Raftus — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:55:00 -0700

Music: Sergei Prokofiev (Op. 64, 1935–1936)
Choreography: Jean-Christophe Maillot
Scenic Design: Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Costume Design: Jérôme Kaplan
First performance: December 23, 1996; Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo

Sold-out performances and glowing reviews followed PNB's West Coast premiere of Jean-Christophe Maillot's Roméo et Juliette. Praised as "seamlessly fusing the vocabularies of ballet and modern dance... an astonishing and absorbing view of an old world with all the impetus of the new" (Seattle Post-Intelligencer), the ballet's stylized movement and avant-garde design narrow focus to the core of Shakespeare's tragedy with intensity that equals Sergei Prokofiev's passionate score...(more)

Image: PNB Company dancers in Roméo et Juliette. Photo © Angela Sterling

History of Sicily in one hundred seconds

Deb Raftus — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:54:00 -0700

The Storia della Sicilia in Cento Secondi, compresses the history of Sicily into 100 seconds (English version).

Narrazione ipercompatta del gran numero di conflitti, guerre, monarchie, dominazioni, martiri e delinquenze che hanno sventrato l'isola nei millenni.

Created by Sicilian Salvatore Scandurra

Last building from 1909 moves

Angie — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:27:00 -0700

Cunningham Hall - one of the last remaining buildings from the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition that took place on the UW campus was moved yesterday. How often do you get to see a 100 year old building move? Actually, how often do you see any building move? Two of Digital Initiatives' student workers were interviewed while they watched.

French Ministry of Culture commissions study of e-books

Deb Raftus — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:22:00 -0700

Le ministère de la Culture confie à Françoise Benhamou, à l’Idate et à MCG une étude sur les perspectives des modèles économiques du livre numérique en France et à l’étranger.

Un rapport intermédiaire devrait être présenté à la fin de l’année, et les résultats définitifs au printemps 2010 : après appel d’offre, le département des études, de la prospective et des statistiques (Deps) du ministère de la Culture a confié une vaste étude sur les modèles économiques du livre numérique, en France et sur les marchés étrangers les plus développés...[more]

Journal Cancellations List

Theresa M — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:38:00 -0700

Journal Cancellations

amwhit24 — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:23:53 -0700

Health Sciences librarians have reviewed our subscriptions and prepared a list of proposed cancellations for Health Sciences and Social Work. We focused primarily on print subscriptions to titles for which we also have online access and low use print subscriptions. To take a look at the list and submit comments, click here or email us at HSLcancel @ u.washington.edu.

Hispanic Heritage Month Display in Allen Library

Deb Raftus — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:59:00 -0700

In Celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15), UW Libraries is exhibiting works related to the Hispanic American experience in the United States and in the Pacific Northwest; Latino culture, history, and language; and works of literature and art.

The "Focus On...Hispanic Heritage Month" exhibit is located in the Allen Library North Lobby (Sept. 8 - Oct. 4). You may also browse a recommended reading list for these featured titles and other materials.

Fashion + plate = fashion plate

Deb Raftus — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:13:00 -0700

Now available via ARTstor: Early 20th century French fashion plate images from Gazette du Bon Ton (Minneapolis College of Art and Design).

This first release includes 65 images from La Gazette du Bon Ton, the magazine published from 1912 through 1925 chronicling contemporary developments in fashion, lifestyle, and beauty and advanced fashion illustration... (more).

To view Gazette du Bon Ton (Minneapolis College of Art and Design) collection: go to the ARTstor Digital Library, browse by collection, and click "Gazette du Bon Ton (Minneapolis College of Art and Design)" or enter the keyword search: "gazette du bon ton".

While you're at it...check out UW Libraries' Fashion Plate Collection.

Image: Blouse and skirt. Journal des dames et des modes, supplement, vol. 4, no. 64 (March 1, 1914)

HSL Fall Hours Begin

terryj — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:33:28 -0700

Autumn Quarter Hours begin on Tuesday, Sept 8, 2009.

August New Books

Deb Raftus — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:24:00 -0700

UW Libraries' August acquisitions have been posted:

New Arrivals: Romance Languages & Literatures

Please feel free to contact me if there are books, dvds, etc., that you would like the libraries to own.

WorldCat Local Maintenance

terryj — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:37:14 -0700

Starting Saturday, Nov 7, WorldCat Local will be unavailable from 11 pm through 3 am Sunday, Nov 8 while the system is updated.

August New Books

Theresa M — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:43:00 -0700

Europeana, Europe's digital library

Deb Raftus — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:00:00 -0700

4.6 million digitised books, maps, photographs, film clips and newspapers can now be accessed by internet users on Europeana, Europe’s multilingual digital library (www.europeana.eu). The collection of Europeana has more than doubled since it was launched in November 2008 (IP/08/1747). Today the European Commission, in a policy document declared as its target to bring the number of digitised objects to 10 million by 2010. The Commission also opened a public debate on the future challenges for book digitisation in Europe: the potential of the public and private sector to team up and the need to reform Europe’s too fragmented copyright framework.

Access the Complete News Release

Source: EU
From : http://www.resourceshelf.com/2009/08/31/next-steps-for-europeana/

Google agreement with the Central National Library of Florence in Italy and the National Library of France

Deb Raftus — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:46:00 -0700

Google is reported to be close to signing deals to digitise the collections of two eminent public libraries in Europe.

Both the Central National Library of Florence in Italy and the National Library of France are said to be close to finalising an agreement to let the web giant scan millions of pages from their historically important collections.

[more...]

PCs and PQs moved to Suzzallo 2nd

Deb Raftus — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:53:00 -0700

Romance linguistics titles (found in the PC call number range) and PQs (Romance literatures) have moved from Allen South 3rd floor to Suzzallo 2nd. This includes books and journals.

Current location information is posted at library help desks and by the elevators.

Catch the play-by-play on Twitter.

Google-BNF, le pacte des sous

Deb Raftus — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:48:00 -0700

Numérisation. L’annonce de négociations avancées entre la bibliothèque nationale et le moteur de recherche provoque de vives réactions.

Libération.fr

Le Figaro

UW Libraries Menu Collection

Angie — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:36:00 -0700

UW Libraries Menu Collection

Foster Library Interim Hours and Libraries Clean-Up Day

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:00:09 -0700

During the coming interim the Foster Business Library will be open 9am-5pm Monday through Friday and closed weekends.
http://www.lib.washington.edu/about/hours/foster.html

Also – please note that all UW Libraries, including the Foster Business
Library, will be closed the first day of interim (Monday, August 24) for
our second annual Clean-Up Day. Foster Library staff will be here working on cleaning public and office spaces, recycling, organizing files, and
other clean-up projects.

Access to online library services (ejournals, databases, online renewals,
etc) will still be available.
http://www.lib.washington.edu/business/

Freshwater and Marine Image Bank

Angie — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:05:00 -0700

Digital Initiatives wants to acknowledge the fabulous work that Wayne Gloege accomplished over the years while creating the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank. Wayne digitized over 20,000 items including maps, photographs and engravings of freshwater and marine fish, shellfish and mammals and their habitats. This comprehensive resource also includes items on sport fishing, the Panama Canal, polar exploration, commercial fisheries and dams.

This database is accessed by people around the world and many of his images have been included on blogs and other social networking sites to illustrate ideas or because the images are interesting; in addition, hundreds of libraries around the world link directly to this database. The Freshwater and Marine Image Bank is an amazing resource. Thank you Wayne for all your hard work!

View the collection at http://content.lib.washington.edu/fishweb/index.html

Two Words: New Blog from the Center for the Art of Translation

Deb Raftus — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:08:00 -0700

The Center for the Art of Translation launched a blog, Two Words, with exclusive interviews with translators of literary fiction and poetry, as well as original articles, news, and more. You can already listen to audio clips from translator Esther Allen and novelist Jose Manuel Prieto in conversation.

A few posts of interest:

On Translating [Jose Manuel Prieto's] Rex

Becoming a Translator of Latin American Poetry

Appearing Elsewhere: Lawrence Venuti on Catalan Poet Ernest Farres

New Collection: UW Student Newspapers Archive

Angie — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:07:00 -0700

This is a pilot project to provide access to digital facsimiles of the student newspapers published at the University of Washington's three campuses over time. These papers are the historical records of each campus as seen through the eyes of the students, faculty, and staff who contributed to each issue.

At this time we have digitized:

* Independent— November 1993 to February 1996
* Ledger— November 1996 to December 2005
* Daily— September 1967 to February 1968
* Commons— October 1995 to April 1997

Browse the newspapers by date or search by keyword across articles, advertisements, and photo captions. http://content.lib.washington.edu/dailyweb/index.html

Cashier Office Closure

amwhit24 — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:17:42 -0700

The Health Sciences Library cashier window will be closing down permanently on Friday, August 14th at 2:00 pm as part of the change to the Dawg Prints printing and copying service. A Dawg Prints card vending machine will be located on the lower level of the library. You may continue to call the cashier number (206) 221-7481 if there are any questions.

July New Books

Deb Raftus — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:48:00 -0700

UW Libraries' July acquisitions have been posted:

New Arrivals: Romance Languages & Literatures

Please feel free to contact me if there are books, dvds, etc., that you would like the libraries to own.

New Economics Books - July 2009

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:09:29 -0700

The list of new economics books added to the library in July 2009 is available at:

http://guides.lib.washington.edu/content.php?pid=59535&sid=437354

New Books in the Foster Business Library for July 2009

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:07:11 -0700

Lists for new books received in the Foster Business Library for July 2009 are available from the links below:

New Business Books – July 2009

New Business Reference Books – July 2009

Spanish digital library launches print-on-demand

Deb Raftus — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:25:00 -0700

Web surfers all over the world can now buy printed copies of 85 works from among the 18,000 available at the Biblioteca Digital Hispanica (Hispanic Digital Library) thanks to a new print-on-demand service.

(more)

July New Books

Theresa M — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:43:00 -0700

We Are Open!

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:32:51 -0700

The loud concrete demolition is done! The Foster Business Library is now open and will be returning to our normal Summer hours.

New Books

Deb Raftus — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:33:00 -0700

UW Libraries' May and June acquisitions have been posted:

New Arrivals: Romance Languages & Literatures

Please feel free to contact me if there are books, dvds, etc., that you would like the libraries to own.

Foster Business Library Renovation Update

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:56:26 -0700

The work in the ceiling above the reading area is finished and the huge curtain of sheet plastic that has enclosed it since mid-June has been removed by the contractors. The noisy beam breaking work on the mezzanine continues and is expected to be completed by the end of the week.

Innocence (DVD IEF 226) By Lucile Hadzihalilovic

juliana — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:54:00 -0700

This film by director Lucile Hadzihalilovic is a stunning example of contemporary symbolist fiction. Based on the novella by Frank Wedekind (author of Spring Awakening), the story follows the daily routine of an unusual all-girls school located in an isolated forest. I was pulled in by the extreme vividness of the cinematography; the green of the forest and the colored ribbons in the girls’ hair is completely saturated amongst crisp pastels and high contrasts. A very sparse soundtrack of classical music is supplimented by heightened ambient noise, adding an eeriness to the other-worldly environment. I recommend it if you liked Picnic at Hanging Rock (DVD CRIT 053), La mala educación (DVD SONYHE 057), and Palindromes (DVD WELL 027).

HALF JAPANESE: THE BAND THAT WOULD BE KING (DVD VANF 001)

juliana — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:05:00 -0700

Half Japanese is a band you want to love. Like the Shaggs, Daniel Johnston and Gary Wilson, Half Japanese earned their cred from their eccentric personalities and unconventional yet honest musical style. The great thing about watching a well made music documentary about this band, is that you don’t actually have to listen to the fifteen or so albums they produced before they knew how to play their instruments (arguably). The live and studio footage is enough to give you a feel of the band’s aesthetic and progression, and, thanks to a great editor, are all surprisingly enjoyable. Band members David and Jad Fair are fantastic eccentrics, who explain their inspirations and diligence with a seriousness that is both endearing and honorable. Footage of the band is interspursed with interviews with legend Mo Tucker of the Velvet Underground, and music critic Byron Coley, among others. This film is an homage to music nerds everywhere.

Other music documentaries I suggest for kids who never got any good at sports: American Hardcore (DVD SONYHE 036), The Devil and Daniel Johnston (DVD SONYHE 038), and Joy Division (DVD GENI 047).

Visiting Spanish filmmaker helps students tell their own screen stories

Deb Raftus — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:21:00 -0700

By Nancy Wick
University Week

"The forum was doing a festival focused on 'New Cinema from Spain,' and Felix [Viscarret] was the featured director," said Tony Geist, chair of Spanish and Portuguese Studies at the University. "He did a master class, and I was very impressed not only with his work, but also with him as a person -- with his energy and potential as a teacher. And since we are a department focused on Spanish studies, not just on the language, I thought it would be a great opportunity for our students to have him here."

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Are you "Building Social Skills in the Preschool Child"?

John Vallier — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 02:12:00 -0700

Need expert help? Then watch this seminal UW film:
http://bit.ly/TyzEc (part 1) &
http://bit.ly/1bmuaL (part 2)

Foster Library opening late during the week of July 27

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:22:13 -0700

Part of the renovation work going on this summer involves sawing a large hole in our mezzanine floor for what will eventually be a new stairway leading into the library from PACCAR Hall. A large concrete beam in the mezzanine floor is too big to saw and will need to be broken out in chunks. This beam breaking work will start at 4am during the week of July 27 and continue until around noon.

Because we expect the beam breaking work to be too noisy and disruptive to allow normal library operations, we will open the Foster Library at 11am Monday through Friday of next week – July 27 to July 31.

We apologize in advance for any inconvenience these shorter hours may cause. If you have any questions or concerns please send a note to buslib@u.washington.edu or call 543-4360.

Thanks.

-Gordon

Bastille Day VHS Party

John Vallier — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:18:00 -0700

Can't get enough of the Bicentennial Celebration of Bastille Day? Watch all 4 volumes on VHS, now, while it's here: http://bit.ly/WmZvQ

Global Financial Data no longer requires login

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:51:26 -0700

Global Financial Data has changed back and once again no longer requires a login. Yay!

Suzzallo Shuffle -- Books on the Move

Theresa M — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:16:00 -0700

Lost and found films at the Library

Angie — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:16:00 -0700

The UW Audio Visual Services Materials Library has more than 1,200 reels of film from the late 1940s through the early 1970s, documenting life at the University through telecourses, commercial films and original productions. Some of the short films are easily identifiable, but many more remain mysteries. Who shot these films and why? Can you help answer those questions?

Read the full UWeek article at http://uwnews.org/uweek/article.aspx?id=50783.

Global Financial Data now requires login

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:24:19 -0700

Global Financial Data now requires all students and faculty to create their own account in order to access Global Financial Data. Access is still through the University’s IP range, but users are now also required to log in each time they access the database. This change will enable you to personalize your access to the database.

Go to the Sign Up page to create an account.

New Database: Empire Online

Theresa M — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:13:00 -0700

UW Libraries Closed Labor Day Weekend

terryj — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:36:04 -0700

All UW Libraries, including HSL will be closed Sept 5-7, 2009 in recognition of Labor Day. Electronic resources will remain available.
Autumn Quarter Hours begin on Tuesday, Sept 8, 2009.

New Media - July 2009

cecilia — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:52:00 -0700

We've some great new media for July. Check it out ...

June New Books

Theresa M — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:03:00 -0700

Top 10 Journals in Biology and Medicine

amwhit24 — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:52:53 -0700

The Biomedical and Life Sciences Division of the Special Libraries Association has chosen the top 10 journals in biology and medicine from a 2008 poll conducted to determine the top 100 most influential journals over the last 100 years.

For a listing of the top 10 journals go to http://units.sla.org/division/dbio/publications/resources/topten.html. For the full report on the top 100 journals go to http://units.sla.org/division/dbio/publications/resources/dbio100.html

Young's Effects Online Closed

terryj — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:15:32 -0700

On June 30, 2009 the web site for Young's Effects Online shut down. AACC (the publisher) states that "...recognizing the value of the information provided in the database, has made a genuine effort to support the web site for several years, but unfortunately we have not been able to attract a sufficient number of subscribers to continue to maintain the operation of the site."
Print copies of the publications remain available at the Health Sciences Library.

UW Welcomes Afghan Visitors

John Vallier — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:34:00 -0700

Three esteemed visitors from Radio Kabul/Afghanistan arrived in Seattle this past Monday for a 3-week audio archiving workshop sponsored by the UW Libraries and the UW School of Music.

They are:
• Zafar Jan Daqiq, American Institute of Afghanistan Studies;
• Abdul Jamil Wardak, Radio Afghanistan;
• Abdul Wahed Popal, Radio Afghanistan.

The workshop, which is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), has been developed to complement a larger NEH Preservation and Access grant that has enabled Radio Kabul/Afghanistan staff to digitize and preserve nearly 1500 hours of unique music recordings. In addition to providing the participants with hands-on training in audio preservation, the workshop is intended to connect the Radio Kabul/Afghanistan Archives to a larger community of international archives and archivists.

The workshop is co-instructed by Laurel Sercombe (UW Ethnomusicology Archives), and myself, along with help from John Gibbs (UW Libraries), Gary Louie (UW School of Music), Colin Todd (UW School of Music, and others. The Principal Investigator for the workshop and the larger NEH grant is Hiromi Lorraine Sakata, former UW ethnomusicology professor and UCLA Professor Emerita.

Following their 3 weeks in Seattle, Prof. Sakata will accompany the participants to Bloomington for a visit to Indiana University’s Archives of Traditional Music, where Mr. Wahid Nazari (President of Radio-Television Afghanistan) is scheduled to join the group. The group then flies to Washington DC where they will meet with representatives from the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, and the Smithsonian until their return to Kabul in late July.

More information about Radio Kabul/Afghanistan can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Kabul

A BBC story about the archive and how its staff members (Abdul Jamil Wardak and Abdul Wahed Popal among them) helped save it, can be found here:
http://tinyurl.com/kr4fhf

And if you see our honored guests around UW please make them feel welcome by saying “Salaam Alekum” (Dari for “Hello” / “Peace and blessings be upon you”).

-John Vallier

New Media - June 2009

cecilia — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:30:00 -0700

We’re finishing up the academic year with some great additions to our collection. As for DVDs, we’ve just got in a nice little DIY documentary on Red House, a punk venue in Olympia, Washington. There are also some new Criterion films: Science is fiction, The curious case of Benjamin Button, L’età di Cosimo de’ Medici, Ariel, Blaise Pascal, Cartesius, The love parade, Monte Carlo, One hour with you, and Varjoja paratiisissa. We also got a bunch of new television shows (Battlestar Galactica, SesameStreet, HBO’s Carnivale) as well as new seasons to some shows we already carried.

As for VHS, we've added 260 this month. That's a lot for a dying format -- heh. This is largely due to cataloging videos from the recently acquired EMC collection. A lot of classic education titles in there. And, of course, we are still plodding through a large donation of VHS tapes -- we're up to D's so this month we have a lot of new day and death titles this month

As for CDs, a lot of great new additions to the Puget Sounds collection, including a bunch of titles from Hardly Art Records.

Check them all out here: DVDs, VHS, CDs

Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Centennial

Theresa M — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:45:00 -0700

New Economics Books - May 2009

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:01:45 -0700

The list of new economics books added to the library in May 2009 is available at:

http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/economics/newbooks/new_econ_09_05.html

May New Books

Theresa M — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:53:00 -0700

Women's Work at the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Mon Jun 1, 2009 - Wed Nov 25, 2009 | World fairs were places where women converged and convened for conferences, for leisure and also for work, whether it was conferencing around issues of suffrage or temperance or coming to the fairs to be fair workers. This exhibit will focus particularly on the iconography of women and will feature some beautiful materials from one of the Alaska Building Collections curated in 1909 by Mary Hart (on loan from Burke Museum).

Three AYPE exhibits open June 1 at Suzzallo/Allen Library

Angie — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:29:00 -0700

The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: When the World Came to Campus will be in the Suzzallo Exhibit Room, 102, Women's Work at the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in the lobby outside Special Collections in the south Allen basement and Capturing the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: Frank H. Nowell, Exposition Photographer in the balcony above the north Allen lobby. All three will open June 1.

UWeek has more information about the exhibits at http://uwnews.org/uweek/article.aspx?visitsource=uwkmail&id=50023. You can also view many of the featured images in the Libraries Digital Collections at http://content.lib.washington.edu/extras/ayp100.html

Singgalot Exhibit in Odegaard

Theresa M — Tue, 19 May 2009 05:57:00 -0700

Singgalot: The Ties That Bind Exhibition

Fri, 15 May 2009 10:09:04 -0700

The exhibition includes nearly 100 images that trace the Filipino presence in North America from the first transoceanic trade missions between Manila and Acapulco in the mid-16th century to the 19th century.

Included are rare photographs, illustrations and historical documents from the National Archives, the Library of Congress and private collections.

The traveling exhibition is developed by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program and organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) Smithsonian tour is made possible by Farmers Insurance.

For more information…

Prizewinners!

Angie — Mon, 11 May 2009 06:06:00 -0700

Smith Family Day prize winners at the AYP Expo for Fattest Smith, Thinnest Smith, Prettiest Smith, Homliest Smith. Can you imagine such a contest today?

http://content.lib.washington.edu/u?/ayp,1254

New Media - May 2009

Brendan — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:55:00 -0700

Lots of great local music and hip hop added to out collection this month, including Black Moon, Jeru the Damaja, Sleater-Kinney, Prkr, Starfucker, Portugal. The Man, Pharcyde, and a whole lot of Bill Frisell! Check out all of our new music this month here.

New additions to our DVD collection include 30 Rock (Season 1), Twilight, The Reader, Changeling, Farewell My Concubine, Spaced (Season 1 and 2), and the Prisoner of Shark Island! Check out all of our new DVDs here.

And, of course, we're continually adding VHS to our collection from a large gifts donation, including Darkman 1, 2, and 3, the entire Die Hard series, Cloak and Dagger, the Dakota Incident, the Dark Crystal, and Dante's Peak! Check out all of our newest VHS acquisitions here.

ResearchWorks at Washington

Angie — Tue, 05 May 2009 06:40:00 -0700

Colleges, Schools, Departments and Research Centers can easily present their scholarly work to prospective students, faculty, granting institutions, as well as colleagues and other interested individuals around the world resulting in higher visibility for their work. https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/

New History-Related Databases

Theresa M — Mon, 04 May 2009 02:02:00 -0700

New loan period for videos: 7 days!

cecilia — Fri, 01 May 2009 10:03:00 -0700

The loan period for DVDs and VHS increased today from 3 days to 7 days. And still with unlimited renewals!

The loan period for CDs is still 3 days. And videos on course reserve will have shorter loan periods.

New Economics Books - April 2009

Fri, 01 May 2009 10:59:59 -0700

The list of new economics books added to the library in April 2009 is available at:

http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/economics/newbooks/new_econ_09_04.html

April New Books

Theresa M — Fri, 01 May 2009 01:44:00 -0700

New Faculty Book

Theresa M — Fri, 01 May 2009 01:41:00 -0700

Chronicling American Demo

Theresa M — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:30:00 -0700

Jazz Music Library - Free until May 1

John Vallier — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:58:00 -0700

Are you a cool cat who digs swing, free jazz, bop, or? Check out ASP's Jazz Music Library for free through May 1. Let us know if you like this database o' sound recordings and we'll consider subscribing.

URL: http://jazz.alexanderstreet.com

username: jazz

password: sneakpeek

UW Ethnomusicology Concert - Tonight (4/28)

John Vallier — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:41:00 -0700

The UW School of Music, Division of Ethnomusicology's annual recital by visiting artists spotlights music of Mongolia and South Africa. Visiting artist Li Bo, a master of the Mongolian morin khuur (a two-stringed horse-head fiddle), presents a virtuoso solo program. Mudzunga Junniah Davhula, visiting artist from the Venda region of South Africa, leads an ensemble of singing, drumming, and reed pipes.

DATE AND TIME
Tuesday, April 28, 7:30 p.m.
Meany Theater

TICKETS
$15 ($10 students and seniors)

PROGRAM DETAIL/BACKGROUND
The School of Music's Division of Ethnomusicology has been hosting visiting artists from around the world since the mid-1960s. Each year, the division invites two master musicians to join the faculty as artists in residence. Artists have come from numerous countries in Africa, North and South America, Asia and Europe. Li Bo and Mudzunga Junniah Davhula are the division's artists in residence for the 2008-09 academic year.

BIOS

Li Bo, born in Inner Mongolia in 1955, is a distinguished performer on the morin khuur, the horse-head fiddle known in Chinese as matouqin. He has been a professional musician since the age of 15, when he joined a local performing arts troupe and began to travel across the steppes. Later he was a featured soloist with a national troupe, and eventually became the lead morin khuur player with the Inner Mongolian Radio/Television network. In the mid-1980s, he taught in the School of Music at the Inner Mongolia Normal University and, at the same time, studied composition.

Li Bo has lived in Japan since 1995, but he has not lost touch with his roots. In 1996, he founded the Morin Khuur Fund Association and raised $20,000 for the 1st Annual Inner Mongolia Folk Music Competition. In 2001, he donated 140 sheep to people of his native region.

He brings the same spirit to his international performances. When Li Bo came to the United States to perform at the Northwest Folklife Festival in 2004 and 2005, he volunteered to work with students in local primary and secondary schools.

Mudzunga Junniah Davhula is a highly revered performer, teacher, and community leader from the Venda area of the Limpopo Province, South Africa. As a visiting artist at the University of Washington, she has introduced her students to Venda music traditions, focusing on the traditional reed pipe ensemble. This ensemble includes reed pipes, Venda drums, singing, and dancing. Her students have learned to play a variety of instruments and to sing traditional songs in several languages.

Mrs. Davhula's appointment as a visiting artist at the University of Washington School of Music marks the first time that a visiting artist from the Venda culture has been appointed to such a position at a North American university.

Program detail
Li Bo will perform solo works for morin khuur and will also be joined by pianist Sachi Hirakouji, dancer Xiaoyan Ban, and students Erin Maloney, April Nishimura, and Leah Pogwizd for several selections.

Mudzunga Junniah Davhula will perform with a student ensemble.

Warner Archive Collection

John Vallier — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:14:00 -0700

Have you been looking for a film that hasn't been released on DVD? Check out the following from Slate's Mark Harris and then let us know which titles will support your research and teaching needs: "The recent launch of the Warner Archive Collection could well portend a revolution; it's DVD on demand, a way for Warner (and, one hopes, for every other studio) to make movies available without spending the $75,000 to $100,000 it costs to release an old title into an ominously contracting marketplace. Here's how it works: Go to the archive and browse the titles. Click on the ones you want, and for $19.95 apiece, they'll burn a DVD-R and ship you the movie in a standard plastic case with cover art. There are no extras except the trailer, if it's available; there isn't even scene-by-scene chaptering. But you will get the film, shown in the correct aspect ratio and with a picture and soundtrack of mostly high quality. Virtually none of the movies in this collection has been available on DVD before. Many never even made it to VHS." http://www.slate.com/id/2216522/

Database Trial: Pacific Northwest Historical Newspaper Archive

Theresa M — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:32:00 -0700

Serials and Electronic Resources Review 2009

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:10:29 -0700

In preparation for anticipated reductions to the University Libraries information resources budget, we are undertaking a comprehensive review of our serial subscriptions (including print and electronic journals, databases, and microforms) in spring 2009.

A letter went out to all faculty, deans, directors and chairs describing the review process and the extent of the anticipated budget reduction. A copy of this letter and more information about the Review is available on the Libraries web site at:

http://www.lib.washington.edu/cms/serialsreview2009/

Kudos to Lizabeth Johnson

Theresa M — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:25:00 -0700

Recent economics articles by UW Faculty

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:49:14 -0700

Alexis, Marcus, Thaddeus Spratlen, and Charles Wilson. 2008. Robert Browne and the Caucus of Black Economics. The Review of Black Political Economy 35, no. 2: 61-66.

BEGUN, JEFFREY, and THEO S. EICHER. 2008. In Search of an Environmental Kuznets Curve in Sulphur Dioxide Concentrations: A Bayesian Model Averaging Approach. Environment and Development Economics 13, no. 06: 795-822.

Bejan, Camelia, and Juan Camilo Gomez. 2009. Core extensions for non-balanced TU-games. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GAME THEORY 38, no. 1 (March): 3-16.

Cecilia García-Peñalosa, and Stephen J. Turnovsky. 2009. THE DYNAMICS OF WEALTH INEQUALITY IN A SIMPLE RAMSEY MODEL: A NOTE ON THE ROLE OF PRODUCTION FLEXIBILITY. Macroeconomic Dynamics 13, no. 2 (April): 250-262.

Duarte, Jefferson, and Lance Young. 2009. Why is PIN priced?
JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS 91, no. 2 (February): 119-138.

EICHER, THEO S., and ANDREAS LEUKERT. 2009. Institutions and Economic Performance: Endogeneity and Parameter Heterogeneity. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 41, no. 1: 197-219.

Fletschner, Diana. 2009. Rural Women’s Access to Credit: Market Imperfections and Intrahousehold Dynamics. World Development 37, no. 3 (March): 618-631.

Fudenberg, Drew, and David K Levine. 2009. REPEATED GAMES WITH FREQUENT SIGNALS. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS 124, no. 1 (February): 233-265.

Kim, Chang-Jin. 2009. Markov-switching models with endogenous explanatory variables II: A two-step MLE procedure. JOURNAL OF ECONOMETRICS 148, no. 1 (January): 46-55.

Liao, Pei-Cheng, and Kar-yiu Wong. 2009. R&D subsidy, intellectual property rights protection, and North-South trade: How good is the TRIPS agreement?
JAPAN AND THE WORLD ECONOMY 21, no. 2 (March): 191-201.

Schmitz, Andrew, and Richard O. Zerbe. 2008. Scitovsky Reversals and Efficiency Criteria in Policy Analysis. Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization 6, no. 2 (Special Issue).

Wong, Kar-yiu. 2008. Economic Growth and Resource Allocation: The Case of China. Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies 1, no. 2: 105-121.

Xiao-Ping Chen, Madan M. Pillutla, and Xin Yao. 2009. Unintended Consequences of Cooperation Inducing and Maintaining Mechanisms in Public Goods Dilemmas: Sanctions and Moral Appeals. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 12, no. 2 (April): 241-255.

New items for April 2009!

cecilia — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:53:00 -0700

Hi -- we're experimenting this month with making our "new" lists available through WorldCat local. Check them out and let us know what you think of the new format!
New DVDs, VHS, and CDs for April 2009

New Economics Books - March 2009

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:26:18 -0700

The list of new economics books added to the library in March 2009 is available at:

http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/economics/newbooks/new_econ_09_03.html

March New Books

Theresa M — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:37:00 -0700

New Database: Ancestry

Theresa M — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:18:00 -0700

Crocodile Re-Opens | Crocodile Collection in the Works

John Vallier — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:33:00 -0700

From KOMO: At a time when local night spots are falling victim to the struggling economy, one club is making a comeback. The Crocodile Café was a dingy nightclub that became a second home for local musicians during grunge rock's heyday. Many of Seattle's most famous bands, including Nirvana and Pearl Jam, played there during its 16-year life. Money troubles shut down the Croc in December 2007, but the live music venue reopened on Thursday night, thanks to nothing short of a miracle.

While the Crocodile Cafe re-opens, UW Ethnomusicology Archvies and UW Libraries continue to process the Crocodile Cafe Collection—a series of some 3,000 hours of live recordings made by soundman Jim Anderson. Watch this blog for news about a listening and release party.

Washington Film Works - Viral Video Campaign

John Vallier — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:42:00 -0700

Attention Washington based filmmakers! Help WFW establish Washington State as the premier west-cost filming location. They're seeking five local filmmakers to create dynamic and entertaining viral videos. These viral videos will promote the state's diverse locations and topography as well as the seasoned local talent and crew. $1000 grants will be given to the five selected filmmakers to put towards production. Visit this site for more info.

New Database: Social Explorer

Theresa M — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:09:00 -0700

250+ Killer Digital Libraries and Archives

Angie — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:05:00 -0700

We are on this list in several places: 250+ Killer Digital Libraries and Archives.

We are part of #139 King County Snapshots and #166's American Memory Project under American Indians of the PNW.

We are also under #174 Northwest Digital Archive, #180 Western Waters Digital Library, and of course #228.

You can also get to our collections via #269 OAIster. WOW!

The best 100 rap albums are here

Brendan — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:13:00 -0700

The Media Center is proud to present a new collection of the best one hundred hip-hop albums of all time. Spanning from the early greats (Erik B. & Rakim, Grandmaster Flash, the Ultramagnetic MC's) through the 1990's (2Pac, Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang Clan) to some of most prominent voices in rap today (Kanye West, Lil' Wayne, Jay-Z), we have gathered a collection together that will both educate on the history of hip-hop and entertain the ears. View the list of the 100 greatest albums - as well as see snippets of reviews from various publications - at out website here.

Digital television is coming. Are you ready?

cecilia — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:36:00 -0700

The folks over at Reclaim the Media have put together some useful information on the switch to digital television. Check it out here.

First Data from the 2007 Economic Census Released

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:36:10 -0700

“The U.S. Census Bureau today released preliminary data from the 2007 Economic Census. This advance report is the first in a series of industry and geographic area data, including information for more than 1,000 communities not available from previous censuses.”

See the full press release.

Or, go to the 2007 Economic Census site.

Goodbye Seattle PI: 1863-2009

Angie — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:52:00 -0700

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer printed its final edition today, becoming the nation's largest daily newspaper to shift to an entirely digital news product. Take a look at MOHAI's collection of archival photographs at http://tiny.cc/SeattlePI

Free Smithsonian Folkways Podcasts

John Vallier — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:53:00 -0700

Songs of protest. Spoken word. Traditional musics. Sound FX. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings has it all. As a UW community member you can access these recordings online @ Smithsonian Global Sound. Now you can also download (free to everyone) 24 one-hour programs that explores the history of this collection: click here.

More about the podcasts: The music of modern day giants like Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, and Ani Difranco is interwoven with original Folkways recordings to demonstrate the lasting legacy that Folkways Records has on popular music. Recent and archival interviews with Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, Mickey Hart, Studs Terkel, and others help reveal the remarkable human stories behind this equally remarkable collection. The series was produced by CKUA Radio in Alberta, Canada and originally aired in 1999.

Explore by Topic

Angie — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:19:00 -0700

A great way to discover what we have in Digital Collections is to browse through our topic lists. Here you will find subject categories, essays, curriculum packets and more. Go to http://content.lib.washington.edu/cdm4/topics.php

New Media - March 2009

Brendan — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:25:00 -0800

Lots of great local music and hip hop added to out collection this month, including Burning Hearts, Tribe Called Quest, Cut Copy, Hercules and Love Affair, DJ/rupture, Raekwon, Sonando, Thanaton, and Ultramagnetic MC's. Check out all of our new music this month here.

New additions to our DVD collection include The Best of the Colbert Report, Burn After Reading, Dali in New York, Paris Je'Taime, Man on Wire, Step Brothers, and The Wackness. Check out all of our new DVDs here.

And, of course, we're continually adding VHS to our collection from a large gifts donation, including City Slickers I and II, The Cisco Kid, Class Action, Conan the Barbarian, Congo, Stakeout, and Coming to America. Check out all of our newest VHS acquisitions here.

February New Books

Theresa M — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:58:00 -0800

Jewish Archives Collection goes live

Angie — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:34:00 -0800

Washington State has a large and active Jewish community that has been part of its history for over 150 years. It is notable for its large Sephardic component (Jews who trace their ancestry back to Spain and Portugal) that enjoys a culture distinct from that of Ashkenazic Jews (those from Central and Eastern Europe).

The University of Washington Libraries has placed online a growing collection of photographs dating from the mid 1800s to present day, that relate to Jewish life and history in the Pacific Northwest, as well as nationally and internationally. Represented are only a selection of the thousands of images in the Washington State Jewish Archives Photograph Collection.

Visit the online collection

Pitchfork Media's Best Albums of 2008

Brendan — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:51:00 -0800

Just in at the Media Center are the best ten indie albums of 2008, as decided by Pitchfork Media. Pitchfork is the barometer of what's cool, as well as a prime example of how erudite music journalists can be. In either case, its a great selection of music that the Media Center is proud to offer as part of their collection:

1. Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant EP/Fleet Foxes
2. Portishead - Third
3. New Age - Nouns
4. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
5. Deerhunter - Microcastle
6. TV On The Radio - Dear Science
7. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
8. M83 - Saturdays = Youth
9. Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair
10. DJ/rupture - Uproot

The Pitchfork Media top ten lists can be accessed here.

New Feb lists

cecilia — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:09:00 -0800

Check it out ... the "new" lists for February are up:
DVD
VHS
CD

Milo Ryan Phonoarchive @ NARA

John Vallier — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:37:00 -0800

Requests for material from the Milo Ryan Phonoarchive (KIRO-CBS collection of broadcasts from the World War II years and after) should be directed to mopix@nara.gov. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) owns the original recordings and makes access copies so long as permission is granted by KIRO-CBS. To search the Milo Ryan Phonoarchive access NARA's Archival Research Catalog: http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/

Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Centennial Celebration

Angie — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:18:00 -0800

In 1909, the A-Y-P put Seattle on the map, celebrating the culture, industry and innovation that still define our region today. Visit the UW Libraries portal to view many images, maps and documents from this city's first world's fair.

http://content.lib.washington.edu/extras/ayp100.html

More press for Early Advertising Collection

Angie — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:36:00 -0800

Windows in time: Advertisements of the old West on display in new digital collection

By Peter Kelley
University Week

Beer as a healthful family tonic? Cigarettes you can "smoke all day" long with no ill effects? Asbestos that does triple duty as a furniture polish, insect repellent and carpet cleaner?

http://uwnews.org/uweek/article.aspx?visitsource=uwkmail&id=46899

Inaugural Words: 1789 to the Present

Jessica Albano — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:25:00 -0800

The New York Times presents "Inaugural Words: 1789 to the Present," an interactive chart that looks at the "most-used words" in each inaugural address. The words appear in the chart, sized by number of uses.

Another Digital Library collection featured in the Internet Scout Report

Angie — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:25:00 -0800

The UW Libraries Digital Collection - Early Advertising of the West, 1867-1918 -
was featured in the January 9th issue of the Internet Scout Report

http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/ScoutReport/2009/scout-090109-re.php#2

Inauguration Watch in OUGL 220

John Vallier — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:41:00 -0800

When:	1/20/09 8:00 AM - 1/20/09 12:00 PM
Where:	Odegaard Undergraduate Library, Room 220; Health Sciences Libraries, 3rd floor learning/teaching lab
Description:	Join the campus community to watch Barack Obama become the 44th President of the United States. Odegaard Undergraduate Library, Room 220. And Health Sciences Libraries, 3rd floor learning/teaching lab.
Sponsor:	University Libraries Phone: 206-543-0242
Categories:	Libraries Special Events Television

MC Search Box Defaults to "All UW Libraries"

John Vallier — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:10:00 -0800

We have modified the Media Center search box @ http://www.lib.washington.edu/media/ so that by default it searches for movies and videos across all 3 UW campuses. Previously the default was to search for movies and videos only in the Media Center in Odegaard Library. This option is now listed in the second position on the drop-down menu.

As always, let us know if you have any suggestions or would like any individualized assistance in accessing the Media Centers resrouces and services.

New Media - January '09

Brendan — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:20:00 -0800

Lots of great local music added to our Puget Sounds collection this month including: 3 records by Calvin Johnson, Bronze Fawn's Lumber, Dyme Def's Space Music, 2 albums from the Fastbacks, Grand Hallway's Yes Is the Answer, Lunch Buddy Program's Rest stops and Roadmaps, Optimus Rhyme's He Dies in Rocket School, 3 albums from Johanna Kunin, and many more. Check out all of our new music this month here.

New additions to our DVD collection include Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Corpse Bride, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Hercules: The Legendary Journey (Season 1), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Planet B-Boy, Qui Etes Vous Polly Magoo?, Lost (Season 4), and WALL-E. Check out all of our new DVDs here.

And, of course, we're continually adding some VHS to our collection from a large gifts donation, including Child's Play 1-3, Chasing Amy, Champagne for Caesar, 5 new Charlie Chan titles, Change of Habit, 3 versions of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (almost in time for the holidays!), and Chopper Chicks in Zombietown. Check out all of our newest VHS acquisitions here.

Blackwell International Encyclopedia of Communication

Jessica Albano — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:09:00 -0800

Online access is now available to the Blackwell International Encyclopedia of Communication. A special thanks goes to the librarians at the UW Tacoma Library for purchasing the e-encyclopedia for researchers at all three UW campuses. Thanks to librarians in OUGL and Suzzallo Reference for paying the annual access fee.

*Be sure to use the Off-campus proxy bookmarklet before using this database from home.

12 titles added to Oxford Digital Reference Shelf

Jessica Albano — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:04:00 -0800

12 encyclopedias were added to our subscription to Oxford Digital Reference Shelf. Some titles may be of interest to students and faculty in Communication:

Oxford encyclopedia of rhetoric
Oxford encyclopedia of women in world history
Oxford encyclopedia of the modern world
Black women in America
Grove encyclopedia of materials and technology in art

Access will be available over the next few months. Until then, most of these are available in paper in a UW Library.

*Be sure to use the Off-campus proxy bookmarklet before using this database from home.

Spotlight: ProQuest Dissertations

Jessica Albano — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:49:00 -0800

ProQuest dissertations & theses full text (formerly Dissertation Abstracts, ProQuest Dissertations) provides citations to 2.4 million dissertations and theses written at U.S. universities from 1861 to the present. More than 1 million full text dissertations are NOW available to download in PDF format.

*Be sure to use the Off-campus proxy bookmarklet before using this database from home.

Media Re:public, News and Information as Digital Media Come of Age

Jessica Albano — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:25:00 -0800

Berkman Publication Series presents Media Re:public News and Information as Digital Media Come of Age, a series of papers exploring the potential and the challenges of the emerging networked digital media environment.

Download these papers in pdf form:

- News and Information as Digital Media Come of Age
- International News: Bringing about the Golden Age
- Principles for a New Media Literacy
- Public Broadcasting and Public Affairs: Opportunities and challenges for public broadcasting's role in provisioning the public with news and public affair
- Digital Media, Democracy and Diversity: an Imperfect Discourse
- Pride of Place: Mainstream Media and the Networked Public Sphere
- Editors - the best is yet to come?
- A Typology for Media Organizations
- iReport: Participatory Media Joins a Global News Brand
- The Gothamist Network: Gateway to Local News?
- The Forum, Deerfield, NH: Seeking Sustainability in Hyperlocal Journalism
- The Chi-Town Daily News: Creating a New Supply of Local News

UW EMC consolidated with the Media Center

Jessica Albano — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:53:00 -0800

To better serve the University of Washington community, the Educational Media
Collection is being consolidated with the University Libraries Media Center
collection. Starting January 1, 2009, please forward all requests for titles to
the Libraries Media Center (ULMC) at medialib@u.washington.edu or via phone at
206-543-6051. Due to the fragility of 16mm films these formats will no longer be
available for viewing. Please contact the ULMC at the above email/phone for
other options for viewing 16mm film content.

The Educational Media Collection (EMC) web site will remain active as the EMC titles
are consolidated into the ULMC. If the title you are seeking is no longer
found at this site, please check the ULMC catalog at:
http://www.lib.washington.edu/media/
The ULMC is located on the mezzanine level of the Odegaard Undergraduate Library.

Hours of operation for Winter Quarter 2009 (January 5-March 20, 2009) excluding
holidays* are:
 Monday-Thursday: 8 am-Midnight 
 Friday 8 am-9 pm 
 Saturday 11 am-9 pm
 Sunday 1 pm-Midnight

*See the ULMC website for holiday hours:
(http://www.lib.washington.edu/about/hours/media.html)

New additions to Ethnomusicology Collection

Angie — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:55:00 -0800

Lots of new additions to the Ethnomusicology Musical Instrument Collection: Geographical region of Zimbabwe added, ensemble type list added to browsing, new videos added, and much more to come...
http://content.lib.washington.edu/ethnomusicweb/index.html

Early Advertising of the West, 1867-1918

Angie — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:53:00 -0800

Over 450 print advertisements published in local magazines, city directories, and theater pamphlets from 1867 to 1918. Themed groupings include health care and hygiene products, liquor, tobacco, machinery, manufacturing, transportation, fashion, food and household goods and local tourism.

This is a very interesting and fun collection - check it out at
http://content.lib.washington.edu/advertweb/index.html

The collection was publicly featured on December 1.

Charles Pearson Added To Modern Photographers Collection

Angie — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:49:00 -0800

http://content.lib.washington.edu/hupyweb/index.html

Charles Pearson was born in Pecos, Texas in 1920. He is mainly a self-taught photographer except for a short apprenticeship with his uncle, Alfred Knight, a photographer in Vancouver, British Columbia. He worked as a freelance photographer in Vancouver, B.C. then enlisted in the Army Signal Corps for three years during World War II where he served as a photography lab supervisor and combat photographer. Starting in 1946, he specialized in food and architectural photography. He documented work of many of the major northwest architects. His work has been shown in a number of group and one-man exhibitions and published in many magazines and books. He also taught classes at Edmonds Community College and North Seattle Community College.

The quality and high level of his work was noted by a number of architects in a 1980 AIA nomination for "Recorder of Architectural Accomplishments." He was noted as "investing countless hours on site waiting for just the 'right sun angles' to describe a building 'architecturally' and then make flawless prints with the architectural sense of space. This, Mr. Pearson has been most successful in accomplishing." "His photographs have warmth, interest, and the magic of capturing your eye. Charles is one of the few real talents."

Northwest Historical Annual Reports Collection Goes Online

Angie — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:43:00 -0800

Corporate annual reports are a unique historical document that not only
chronicles the life of the company but changes in industrial and graphic
design and the evolution of the economic structure of a region. The
Northwest Historical Annual Reports Collection is a growing digital
collection of annual financial reports of companies currently or
historically based in the Pacific Northwest. The collection includes annual
reports dating from the 1930s and provides a continuous run of annual
reports for most of the companies up to the 1990s.

http://content.lib.washington.edu/reportsweb/index.html

The companies and annual reports presented here are just a small part of
Foster Business Library annual reports collection that includes reports from
over 800 U.S. and international companies.

New Civil Rights Web Site features Media from UWL Collections

Angie — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:46:00 -0800

The recently developed Civil Rights Digital Library (www.civilrightslibrary.org) features two collections from the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections. The Civil Rights Digital Library Initiative represents one of the most ambitious and comprehensive efforts to date to deliver educational content on the Civil Rights Movement via the Web.

The initiative promotes an enhanced understanding of the Movement through its three principal components: 1) a digital video archive of historical news film allowing learners to be nearly eyewitnesses to key events of the Civil Rights Movement, 2) a civil rights portal providing a seamless virtual library on the Movement by connecting related digital collections on a national scale, and 3) a learning objects component delivering secondary Web-based resources - such as contextual stories, encyclopedia articles, lesson plans, and activities--to facilitate the use of the video content in the learning process.

The initiative receives support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Direct link to UW contribution
http://crdl.usg.edu/voci/go/crdl/contributingInstitutions/viewColl/6162

LIFE photo archive hosted by Google

Jessica Albano — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:19:00 -0800

Search millions of photos in the LIFE Photo Archive from the 1750s to today through Google. Add "source:life" to any Google image search and search only the LIFE photo archive. For example: television source:life

Summit Changes: Update

Jessica Albano — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:53:00 -0800

Exciting news: We just learned that the loan period in the new Summit has been changed from 4 weeks to 6 weeks. Renewals are still not possible, but that is a high development priority.

If you would like to stay informed, check for updates.

Obama to give weekly address via YouTube

Jessica Albano — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:41:00 -0800

The Washington Post reports that President-elect Obama will broadcast his weekly address in the traditional way - on the radio - but will also post video of each address on YouTube. Obama will begin this week, airing and posting the weekly Democratic address.

Summit Catalog Changes Coming

Jessica Albano — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:57:00 -0800

The price of the software running the Summit system that allows you to borrow from academic libraries in Washington and Oregon increased substantially, making it impossible for the Summit member libraries to afford. The contract with the software vendor expires on 31 December and the Libraries will switch to a new product.

If you use Summit, you need to know:

Beginning November 21, material checked out in the current system will have a progressively shorter loan period or renewal.
All material checked out in the current system must be returned by December 12.
Requesting through the new Summit system will begin December 1, 2008. These books will have a four-week loan period. There will continue to be shorter loans for some materials, such as CDs and DVDs.
Renewals are not yet possible in the new system. If you need an item longer than four weeks, you will need to place a request for another copy, or return the item and re-request it. Enabling renewals is a high development priority for the new system.
Materials you have requested will not appear in your library account until they are received by the library.
You will still be able to visit member libraries to check out books in person (e.g., Seattle University, Seattle Pacific University, Portland State University, etc.). This will require verifying your UW status at the other library. This verification process will also enable you to request that books from other member libraries be delivered to the member library of your choice (for example, books from the UW can be delivered to Portland State for pickup by a UW student).

We recognize that the ability to request items through Summit is a service that is valued very highly by UW users. UW Libraries and Summit staff are working to ensure a smooth transition between the old and new systems, but there may be a few bumps along the way. If you have problems or questions, please contact the Libraries through this link.

Get updates on the system through this link.

PLATFORM: Journal of Media and Communication

Jessica Albano — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:46:00 -0800

PLATFORM: Journal of Media and Communication is a new, biannual open-access online publication founded by the Media and Communications Program, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne. It is refereed by an international board of scholars.

Student newspapers going digital

Jessica Albano — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 06:38:00 -0800

Going Digital: If student newspapers are to remain vital as both news providers and keepers of their colleges' historical records, they must digitize, writes Brian Farkas.

Do newspaper endorsements help candidates?

Jessica Albano — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 04:56:00 -0800

I don't know the answer to that question, but I still find it interesting to know which candidates the Seattle papers, The New York Times, and even my home state of Idaho's newspapers endorse. Here are a few interesting newspaper endorsement resources concerning the 2008 election:

Christian Science Monitor ends daily print edition

Jessica Albano — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 02:10:00 -0800

The Christian Science Monitor is the first national newspaper to cancel their daily print subscription and move to an almost entirely online presence. This cost-cutting measure will begin in April 2009. For more information, read "Monitor shifts from print to Web-based strategy".

Video news content added to Access World News

Jessica Albano — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 05:38:00 -0700

The complete video package from respected media distributor Voxant includes the following sources: The Associated Press, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, local affiliates of ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox, as well as coverage from Canadian Broadcasting, Agence France-Presse and more.

Highlights:

Play news videos within the NewsBank interface, in the same space used to display text articles
Select specific videos from a comprehensive results list that also includes news articles, or limit your search to "video only"
Email links of specific videos to friends, or embed them in a presentation

This new content will be added in stages. A short advertisement that can be immediately closed by users will appear prior to each video. Please note that a free Flash plug-in is required
to play these videos. It can be downloaded at http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer. Your default settings will not be affected in any way.

*Be sure to use the Off-campus proxy bookmarklet before using this database from home.

LexisNexis now has a Twitter channel

Jessica Albano — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:22:00 -0700

The LexisNexis Twitter channel will provide status updates for all of the academic products such as Academic, Congressional, Statistical, DataSets, and our UPA Collections. Our "tweets" will include items such as favorite searches, important links, new wiki articles, tips, and general product news. These updates will be much more frequent, shorter, and more casual than listserv messages.

Visit https://twitter.com/LNAcademic and click the "Follow" button below our icon to get the latest news on all of your LexisNexis subscriptions.

Questions? Email me and I'll connect you with the LexisNexis rep.

Hand cleaner available in UW Libraries

Jessica Albano — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:55:00 -0700

With the flu and cold season approaching, it’s a good idea to clean your hands regularly. For your health and convenience, there is now a public Purell® dispenser available for users in uzzallo/Allen Library near the reference desk on the first floor and near the Access Plus workstations in the Microforms & Newspapers Collection on the ground floor. Purell® dispensers are also available in the other libraries on campus.

"Just a little longer" image courtesy of the Pacific Northwest Sheet Music collection, UW Libraries Digital Collections.

Mellon helps NCA study publishing options

Jessica Albano — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:51:00 -0700

The National Communication Association (NCA) and eight other society publishers in the social sciences and humanities have received Mellon grants to explore open access (OA) publishing options for their journals.

From the American Anthropological Association announcement (October 13, 2008):

The American Anthropological Association (AAA) is pleased to announce today that it has been awarded a $50,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to conduct preliminary research on the economic issues faced by scholarly society publishers in the humanities and social sciences as consequence of the demand for open access to their peer reviewed journals.

The grant, will provide support for an examination of the publishing programs of nine social science and humanities societies and the development of an information base from which publishing model options might be derived to assure ! societies of the ability to sustain their publishing programs in an open access environment.

Work on the effort will begin immediately, with a final report expected to be released in the first quarter of 2009.

"This study is another step in AAA's effort to better understand the conditions under which the future of our journal publishing program must operate, to learn from the experiences of other social science and humanities journal publishers and to carefully examine the issues, opportunities and problems presented by open access," AAA Executive Director Bill Davis said in a statement released today.

AAA Director of Publishing Oona Schmid commented today, "Current open access models were developed within the Scientific, Technical, and Medical publishing communities. However, scholarly publishing in the social sciences and in the humanities differs in substantial ways. This study is our first step in understanding these differences, in! order to locate a model that
supports our discipline fully."

AAA is joined in this effort by the Modern Language Association, the American Sociological Association, the American Historical Association, the American Economic Association, the National Communication Association, the American Statistical Association, the Political Science Association and the American Academy of Religion, under the auspices of the National Humanities Alliance Task Force on Open Access and Scholarly Communication.

LexisNexis Web Seminars

Jessica Albano — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:46:00 -0700

LexisNexis offers free online seminars to help you research using their products - LexisNexis Academic, Congressional Record, business research, finding sources, legal research, and datasets.

View the seminar schedule and register now for the series of seminars that begin next week. You must register 24 hours in advance of the seminar that you want to attend.

Presidential debates and Google searches

Jessica Albano — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:47:00 -0700

Google observes search patterns during the Presidential Debates. People searched for the meanings of words, info about Meg Whitman and Warren Buffett, "but the biggest rising query was Senator McCain's paraphrasing of Theodore Roosevelt's motto.

NewsFilm Online

Jessica Albano — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:09:00 -0700

NewsFilm Online is a growing online resource for news footage drawn from collections managed by ITN/Reuters. Access is currently free to users at UK colleges and universities. If you're traveling to the UK, stop by an academic library and ask to see footage from 1920 through 2007 on a variety of topics including art & culture, environment, politics, and sports.

For those of us on the other side of the pond, we can browse footage. Email me if you think the UW Libraries should subscribe to this product. While our budget is tight, I'm always willing to consider a product that fills the research needs of the UW Department of Communication.

Need more news transcripts and videos? See more on my Finding news images, stories, transcripts, and videos page...

Humor and Hard Facts: Are you ready to vote in the 2008 Presidential election?

Jessica Albano — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:53:00 -0700

Are you ready to vote for President in November? Do you know the facts? Do you know where to find accurate information? Discover library databases and websites that provide current news and candidate information that will help you think about your 2008 decision.

See the display of information sources - candidate info, news, political cartoons, campaign ads, debate video, and more - located in Microforms & Newspapers, ground floor of Suzzallo Library.

See the web version of the display, "Election 2008: Are you ready to vote?"

Event: Celebrate Constitution Day

Jessica Albano — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:27:00 -0700

You won't want to miss the annual public reading of the U.S. Constitution on Friday, October 10, at noon outside the Suzzallo Main Reading Room. Hear a nine-year old girl read the 19th Amendment! Bring your own kids and their pals to this educational event (Seattle Schools are closed that day). Sign up online to be a reader. Full event details are also available.

JibJab -Time for Some Campaigning

Jessica Albano — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:52:00 -0700

Try JibJab Sendables® eCards today!

Library Research Award for Undergraduates

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:29:11 -0700

Will you complete a research project during the academic year? If so, consider applying for the Library Research Award for Undergraduates.

All undergraduate students enrolled at the University of Washington are encouraged to submit research projects for the award competition.

For more information…

Sabah Al-Dhaher

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:29:11 -0700

The sculpture of Sabah Al-Dhaher is on display on the first and second floors of Odegaard in conjunction with the Unembedded photo exhibit.

Al-Dhaher was born in Nasriyah, Iraq. At the age of fifteen he was accepted to the Institute of Fine Arts in Basra, Iraq, where he lived and received his training in classical art, graduating first in his class in 1989. Al-Dhaher fled Iraq in 1991 due to his involvement in a failed uprising against the regime of Saddam Hussein at the end of the first Gulf war.

Website: http://www.aldhaher.net/

iPoll Databank

Jessica Albano — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:14:00 -0700

iPoll Databank @ the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research is now available through the University of Washington Libraries. This is good news for those who have missed the Roper data that is no longer available in LexisNexis.

To access iPoll, you will need to input your email address, register with the databank, and accept a usage agreement. These steps are required of all UW students, faculty, and staff.

For more public opinion resources, visit my Public Opinions webpage on the Communication subject page.

A special thanks to Emily, the UW Political Science librarian for gathering the funding necessary to subscribe to iPoll.

*Be sure to use the Off-campus proxy bookmarklet before using this database from home.

Welcome to the UW Libraries

21 libraries on the Seattle, Bothell and Tacoma campuses. In Seattle, the Odegaard Undergraduate Library (OUGL) and Suzzallo and Allen Libraries face Red Square.

The library provides a place to access the Internet, research and write your papers, reserve a study room, check out DVDs, or meet up with friends. We invite you to come to any and all UW Libraries. We look forward to seeing you.

For more information…