980 resultados para library and information science
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Page 2 - The vice provost for University Libraries writes about the many efforts underway to archive electronic resources for future use. • The director of the Tri-Campus Libraries comments on freedom of speech & the academic library. Page 3 - Manuscripts from Archives & Special Collections record the recollections of a Civil War nurse, a Connecticut naturalist, and a prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials. Page 4 - A WPA mural by James Daugherty is rescued and installed in the Jeremy Richard Library. • Access Services finds new ways to improve services for library users. Page 5 - A renovated UConn Health Center Library is transformed from a warehouse for print into an information commons. Page 6 - Staff news
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Page 2 – A is for Access. The librarian’s role is changing from manager of materials to manager of access to materials. Where Will Your Research Be Tomorrow? Institutional repositories hope to preserve research created on-campus. Page 3 - An Ideal Collaboration. Librarians provide research support for UConn/Stamford Author Nechama Tec Page 4 - In Brief. Naxos is a new online music collection. A new method for binding paperback books saves the cover information. Archives & Special Collections add new collections. Page 5 - In Brief. ARTstor is a major new collection of online art images. Human Rights Internet Archives are donated to the Dodd Center. The annual RBS Greenwich Capital Economic Seminar focuses on the next four years. A delegation from China visits Babbidge Library. Users tell us what they think. Page 6 - Staff News
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Page 2 The Vice Provost for University Libraries contends the library’s new organizational structure, which aligns with the University’s Academic Plan, will improve services to users. Page 3 UConn alumna and former UConn librarian Nancy Mattoon Kline ’59 pledges seed money to establish the Earl and Dora Mattoon Ward Fund for Human Rights Photojournalism Collections at the Dodd Research Center. Page 5 The new director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies traces its 35 year history and future plans.
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Page 2: Vice Provost for University Libraries recounts the Libraries' accomplishments made in the face of a challenging economy. Page 3: Veteran writer and editor Alexander Gavitt Jr. from UConn's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources donates his papers to the Dodd Research Center. Page 5: The late animal cloning pioneer Jerry Yang is remembered by a former graduate student.
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The author describes her experiences as a librarian and an adjunct professor at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. She enjoys teaching students about library science, and loves her job. She says it can be difficult balancing two jobs, but that the reward of helping create new librarians makes it worth it. It also helps her keep her own skills current.
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These Data Management Plans are more comprehensive and complex than in the past. Libraries around the nation are trying to put together tools to help researchers write plans that conform to the new requirements. This session will look at some of these tools.
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Geneva Henry, Executive Director of the Center for Digital Scholarship, Rice University. Data rights and ownership of digital research data can impact how you use data, how others use data you've collected, and how rights are determined in collaborative research. Copyright rules governing data vary from one country to the next, making data ownership in international collaborations particularly murky. Licensing the use of data sets from the start is one way to address these issues early and provide a means for easily sharing datasets that can be cited and properly attributed. This talk with introduce issues associated with digital research data governance and how to protect your rights with data you work with.
