Oliphant: Unpacking the Archive
Celebrating the recent acquisition of editorial cartoonist Patrick Oliphant’s voluminous archive.
September 23, 2019 - May 30, 2020
Josh Thorud
Josh Thorud designs and teaches audio/video and digital art instructional sessions, including software, equipment, media literacy, and digital storytelling, as well as consults with instructors about course design for media. He also creates instructional materials such as video tutorials and step-by-step handouts on technical and content-related topics. Josh also occasionally teaches courses as instructor of record.
Information Ethics and Citations
This tutorial provides foundational knowledge of the importance of information ethics in scholarship as well as the necessity of proper attribution in the form of citation of sources.
The estimated time to complete this tutorial and imbedded exercises is 10-15 minutes.
Weekend Big Deal Long Read: a 2014 perspective on big deal bundles
Library Director of Information Policy Brandon Butler posts retrospective look at 2014 pathbreaking article, "Evaluating Big Deal Journal Bundles" by Ted Bergstrom, et al, in The Taper.
Weekend Big Deal Long Read: Two Pieces from the Scholarly Kitchen
This week's Long Read features two shorter pieces from the Scholarly Kitchen blog, a venue that publishes analysis of scholarly publishing that is often from a more industry-friendly perspective, but with contributions from librarians and neutral analysts as well.
Kim Cull
Kim creates and edits metadata for printed and published material for Special Collections, including the McGehee Miniature Book Collection and various backlogged printed materials.
Liz Rapp
Elizabeth maintains key e-resource information systems and is responsible for the production and dissemination of statistics related to resource acquisition and usage.
Elyse Girard
As a member of the Library’s Senior Leadership Team, Elyse leads the Assessment, Communications, and User Experience (ACE) department, overseeing the Assessment and UX Research Team (AUX), the Communications Team (COMMS), the UX Design Team (UX), and managing the University’s Academic Captioning Program. Their work is rooted in human-centered storytelling, evidence-based decision-making, and studying human behavior patterns to enhance user experiences, engagement, and accessibility.
Mechem, Caleb
Caleb oversees the LEO (Library Express On-Grounds) and Document Delivery teams. These teams manage the physical retrieval and delivery of library materials for patrons and the on-demand digitization of articles and book chapters for researchers and for instructional use.
UC faculty will pressure Elsevier, walk away from editorial boards
A group of prominent University of California faculty say they will step away from the editorial boards of scientific journals published by Elsevier until the publishing giant agrees to restart negotiations, which stalled in February and left the 10-campus system without subscriptions to some of the world’s top scholarly journals.