LIBRARY IMPROVEMENTS

Recent NOTES FROM RAMSEY have shared information on formative plans to create more user-friendly library space and provide for a “Collaborative Learning Commons” (see http://facstaff.unca.edu/sinclair/spaceplan/). Most recently we invited you to see the more open current periodicals area which is one step along the path of converting that space to the “Collaborative Learning Commons.” Last week we took a next step by moving current newspapers from current periodicals to what I think of as the far, left-hand corner of the library’s main floor. This was done to afford our newspaper readers with a quieter, less-trafficked environment in what will be the eventual new home for all current periodicals, probably by next summer. In the meantime, check out the new newspaper reading area which will soon include a new package of popular magazines. From the old newspaper reading area, check out the two, new plasma screen work areas for students. Each will allow students to project work from a laptop or fixed station computer or to view instructional web sites.

NEW INFORMATION LITERACY/OUTREACH LIBRARIAN

NOTES FROM RAMSEY is delighted to announce the library’s newest colleague, Heather Stewart Harvey, who has accepted the position of Information Literacy & Outreach Librarian who started 4 August. Heather comes to us from AB Tech where she has been working as a Reference and Instructional Librarian. Before that, she had a wide array of experiences working as a public librarian, a paralegal, a translator in Madrid, and a teacher in Barranquilla, Colombia, to name just a few. She holds a B.A. in Anthropology from University of California, Davis, and earned her M.L.I.S. degree from San Jose State University. Please join us in welcoming Heather to our community.

Heather Stewart Harvey
Ramsey Library 128
e: hharvey@unca.edu
v: 251.6632

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LIBRARY IMPROVEMENTS
You’ll recall from the previous NOTES FROM RAMSEY our plans to improve the appearance of the current periodicals area while beginning the evolution of that area into a Collaborative Learning Commons. We very much appreciate your patience with any disruption or inconvenience the work may have caused you, but are very pleased to invite you by the library to see the results. With a tremendous amount of hard work and creativity, Bryan Sinclair, Laurie Edwards, Sammy Hughes, Noel Jones, and Jason Reed planned the project and put a lot of physical effort into moving periodicals and even ranges of shelving. NOTES FROM RAMSEY congratulates and thanks them for a job very well done!

When you get a chance, be sure to stop by and see what you think. For more on future planning, check out Bryan Sinclair’s “space planning project” page at http://facstaff.unca.edu/sinclair/spaceplan/.

NEW ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE
Ramsey Library is very pleased to announce the availability of a new electronic data base. GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records. From the library home page, you can find GreenFILE under the “sciences” listing of electronic resources.

GreenFile

“MY READING HISTORY”
In collaboration with our WNCLN partners (the libraries at ASU & WCU) we have enabled a new function on the online catalog, 'My Reading History'. If you choose to use this feature, after you enable your Reading History, the system will start collecting a list of items you check out from the library from the that time. Items currently checked out at the time of opting in will not be added to your reading history. Please note that Reading History is set so that you must log into your library account and enable Reading History by clicking the Opt In link. You may then opt out at any time by choosing that option. The system will not let you opt out until you have deleted your entire reading history list. You may also delete selected circulation history entries at any time by checking the entry in the *mark* column and clicking the "Delete Marked" link or delete all circulation history entries by clicking this "Delete all" link.

PLEASE NOTE: Deliberately, the library currently does not retain a record of materials you’ve checked out beyond the record when you were the last person to check an item out. The next time it circulates, your information is permanently separated from the item record. We do this to ensure the greatest feasible privacy for our patrons. While all circulation data is confidential, it is always subject to disclosure in response to legally executed search warrants or subpoenas, and, in some cases, requests for information under the Patriot Act. If you do choose to take advantage of the “My Reading History” feature, its contents will be subject to the same legal requests for records.

See “my account” in the right block on the catalog search screen.

GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS REPORT
For those of you who have been waiting, the 2007 / 2008 edition of the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report has finally arrived and is available in Reference under the call number REF/HF114.G559.

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LIBRARY IMPROVEMENTS

During the week of June 23 we expect to begin a project to improve the appearance of the current periodicals area while beginning the evolution of that area into a Collaborative Learning Commons. A construction company will be assisting in lowering the current periodical shelving to create a more open feeling in the area while providing a sight line to plasma screens for use by students working collaboratively with laptops. We apologize in advance for the associated noise and inconvenience while this work proceeds in this area and in the bound periodicals area while the company helps us to reinforce damaged shelving. For current thinking on library space planning, check out Bryan Sinclair’s “space planning project” page at http://facstaff.unca.edu/sinclair/spaceplan/.

READER RATINGS

The WNCLN libraries recently agreed to implement the "Patron Ratings" feature has been turned on in the online catalog. The rating will appear in both the Browse screen display and in the full bibliographic record resulting from searches. In the latter it appears under the "Additional Info" option. To input your rating, clicking on the word "Rating" will take you to http://wncln.wncln.org/screens/ratings.html which provides the options. The Rating option is just that -- the ability to pick one of the options available. It does not include any option for inputting comments, etc.

When you click on the stars, you will be prompted to login. You can rate the material by clicking one of the five indicators to rate it on a scale of one to five, with one being the lowest and five being the highest rating. If you not logged in to My Millennium cannot change the rating of the material. However, once logged in, you can delete or change their own rating.

I’m on my way right now to provide my highly impartial rating to The Pencil : A History of Design and Circumstance by Henry Petroski. Check it out and then have fun!!

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GREENWOOD DIGITAL COLLECTION

Ramsey Library is very pleased to announce the availability of the Greenwood Digital Collection provided under the auspices and funding of NC LIVE. This is a collection of complete e-books all searchable by keyword, subject, author, title, or any Boolean search method. It includes the series Daily Life Through History, Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Authors, Historic Events of the 20th Century, Literature in Context, as well as American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography. This is brand new. I haven’t even found out how many titles are available and have barely played with it, but give it a try at:
http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/scripts/redirect.pl?db=www.nclive.org/cgi-bin/nclsm?rsrc=229.
At present, ACCESS IS LIMITED TO ON-CAMPUS, ONLY.

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MORE ON ELECTRONIC BOOKS

In most recent issue of its “practitioner’s journal,” EQ: Educause Quarterly, the preeminent association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology addresses the evolution of electronic books in relation to higher education. In a brief essay, Charles Edward Smith, a computer administrator, argues in favor to Google’s library scanning project in spite of the associated complexities including copyright and indexing. He concludes that “. . . the successful transfer of knowledge is the task that lies before us,” and that “Any effort that responsibly furthers the task benefits all of us.”

Smith, Edward Charles. “A Few Thought on the Google Books Library Project.” EQ, 31:1 (2008), 10-11.

On another and intriguing front, an Associate Professor of Information Technology Leadership explores “E-Texts in the Classroom.” You may not realize it, but several UNC Asheville faculty are using electronic texts as their textbook already giving their students the opportunity to “rent” these e-texts for the semester at very competitive rates. Opportunities are likely only to improve as does the technology. Check out EQ’s take and information about the new Kindle reader at:

Hannon, Charles. “E-Texts in the Classroom.” EQ, 31:1 (2008), 12-13.

AMAZON.COM ~ The Kindle

Levy, Steven. “The Future of Reading.” Newsweek, November 26, 2007, pp. 58-64.

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My Antonia: The Story in Sign
The Friends of Ramsey Library and Ramsey Library are very pleased to announce our support of a very special event which is free and open to the public. Acclaimed actress and American Sign Language practitioner Barbara Bates Smith will perform passages of My Antonia in sign and spoken word with Marilyn Edwards, Telecommunications Specialist, Asheville office, N.C. Division of Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. This program is a component of the region’s celebration of the National Endowment of the Arts THE BIG READ, which is featuring Willa Cather’s My Antonia under the auspices of Western North Carolina’s Together We Read.

My Antonia: the Story in Sign (poster)
Sunday, March 16
2:30 PM
Reuter Center
UNCA Campus

AUDUBON’S BIRDS ONLINE
In its 4 March issue, the Chronicle’s “The Wired Campus” reported that Pitt’s Digital Research Library “. . . used a high-resolution scanner to create the digital set (of Audubon’s 435 birds) for the Web, along with reprints from Audubon’s Ornithological Biography, his five-volume text describing each of the birds.” “The naturalist John James Audubon attempted, in the 19th century, to paint every species of North American bird. He got through 435 of them before running out of time and money.” Only 120 sets of the large, hand-colored works are known to exist. To view the plates and text directly, go to the University of Pittsburgh’s beautiful Audubon’s Birds of America.

Audubon's 435 Birds Mounted Online at Pitt

AND FROM THE SHADIER SIDE OF ACADEME
The Chronicle’s “Today’s News” of 6 March reported that a researcher at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has been suspended for fabricating data which “. . . appear in two papers about ways to manipulate human cells that were published in highly influential journals. The articles by the scientist, Tae Kook Kim, appeared in 2005 and 2006 in Science and Nature Chemical Biology, and had both already been cited several times by authors of other articles, an indication of their importance.”

Biology Papers in Prominent Journals May Be Frauds

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Negro Baseball League: Sounds and Voices of an Era

Tuesday, March 11, 2008, 12:30-1:30
Lipinsky Hall 018 (UNC Asheville Music Department)

Ramsey Library takes great pleasure in inviting you to "Negro Baseball League: Sounds and Voices of an Era," a celebration of the athletes who broke baseball's color barrier and the contributions of African Americans to sports, the arts, and culture. This event will feature music, poetry, spoken word, and history of the Negro Baseball League set to jazz accompaniment. Featured performers will include the UNC Asheville Big Band, directed by Dr. David Wilken, and the spoken word talents of UNC Asheville students, faculty, and staff. Lunchtime refreshments will be served. Contact event coordinators Anita White-Carter (whitecar@unca.edu; 251-6436) and Bryan Sinclair (sinclair@unca.edu; 251-6636) for more information.

This event is part of a week-long series of community events, "Spring Training: Baseball in Black and White," March 11-15, 2008, celebrating the Negro Baseball League and involving the Asheville Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Guild, UNC Asheville, Asheville High School, Asheville Middle School, Asheville Tourists, Lake Eden Arts Festival, Reid Center, YMI, Stephens-Lee Alumni Association, North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement, Center for Diversity Education, and a broad cross section of our Asheville community. The culminating event will feature a performance of “Pastime,” a new composition by Richard Danielpour based on a poem by Michael S. Harper, as part of the Asheville Symphony Orchestra’s program on Saturday, March 15th. Both the poem and music honor the Negro League and three of its biggest stars: Josh Gibson, Jackie Robinson, and Henry Aaron.

OPEN ACCESS

A recent item in the Chronicle of Higher Education’s News Blog noted that “Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (has) adopted a policy . . . that requires faculty members to allow the university to make their scholarly articles available free online.” In a news release following the vote, “Stuart M. Shieber, a professor of computer science at Harvard who proposed the new policy, said . . . that the decision ‘should be a very powerful message to the academic community that we want and should have more control over how our work is used and disseminated.’” Check out the article and comments at “Harvard Faculty Adopts Open-Access Requirement.”

In other news from the world of “open access,” on February 15 the Chronicle reported that “The American Anthropological Association's journals will be disseminated through a for-profit publisher for at least the next five years, but scholars are still debating the merits of open access.” See “Some Anthropologists Continue the Slow Push Toward Open Access.”

And finally, in a landmark announcement, the Chronicle of Higher Education recently announced that “Columbia University Press has radically restructured its high-profile experiment with history monographs (and that) . . . Its books are being made available in two online forms, one of them open access.” See “Landmark Digital History Monograph Project Goes Open Access.”

Did you notice my theme?? J

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From all in Ramsey Library we hope that you and yours enjoyed a safe and wonderful holiday season, and we wish you the very best of new years!!

STREAMING VIDEO ACCESS TO PBS PROGRAMS

As we begin an exciting new semester, Ramsey Library is very pleased to announce the availability of some of the best and most popular PBS educational and documentary programming from accessible via the Internet. Provided by NC LIVE -- North Carolina’s virtual library cooperative -- students, faculty, and staff can view these programs via computer on campus, in classrooms, from home, or wherever you have access to the Internet (off campus users please note that a high speed internet connection and Flash Media Player 9.0 or higher are required to use this resource) . The collection offers nearly 250 PBS programs including the Emmy award winning series “American Experience” and “Frontline,” as well as groundbreaking programs such as Ken Burns’ “The Civil War, “ “Baseball,” and “Jazz.” We anticipate that a second group of videos will be available later in January 2008 that will include children’s programming from the highly acclaimed “Cyberchase” and “Liberty Kids” series.

The NC Live PBS Video Collection is accessible via the Ramsey Library web site. Choose Research Databases and find the NC Live PBS Collection listed under General Indexes, Audio/Video Resources or the title list.

Check them out at:

NC LIVE Media Collection
http://0-media.nclive.org.wncln.wncln.org/

RAMSEY OFFERS RSS FEEDS

Hard at work toward the end of the fall semester, Ramsey Library and the WNCLN network now offer RSS (really simple syndication?) feeds. Check it out at http://wncln.wncln.org/screens/feeds_example.html or go to any WebPac search screen and click on 'Our RSS feeds' in the right-hand (crème colored) box. If you have any suggestions for additional feeds, please contact Janet Ferguson (jferguso@unca.edu) or Brandy Bourne (bbourne@unca.edu) in Ramsey Library.

SCIENCE & JSTOR

Good news! Our friends at JSTOR (http://www.jstor.org/) have just announced that the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and JSTOR reached an agreement at the end of 2007 under which Science will continue its participation in JSTOR (read online availability via Ramsey Library). Science will be available with a 5-year moving wall. In addition, JSTOR officials expect to introduce more opportunities within the JSTOR site for users to link directly to Science's website from Science legacy content (backfiles) located in JSTOR.

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THANKSGIVING HOURS ~ RAMSEY LIBRARY

Tuesday, November 20 8 a.m. – 9 p.m.

Wednesday, November 21 8 a.m. -- 6 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 22 -- Saturday, Nov. 24 CLOSED

Sunday, Nov. 25 1p.m. – midnight

NEW DISTANCE LEARNING TECHNOLOGY

Greg Dillingham reports that UNCA’s Distance Learning Services has been selected as one of nine NCREN locations (out of 24) to receive new Polycom High Definition (HD) video conferencing systems this fall. Greg will deploy the units in our RBH 136 teleconference room and the camera and microphones associated with this unit will actually be controlled from within the room via remote control. Look for this, soon.

A BIT MORE DEPRESSING NEWS

Today’s eChronicle notes that a report scheduled for release today by the National Endowment for the Arts finds that “Americans aren't just reading fewer books, but are reading less and less of everything, in any medium.” Dana Gioia, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, writes in the report’s preface, that "Most alarming . . . both reading ability and the habit of regular reading have greatly declined among college graduates." Read all about it, if you can, at:

Americans Are Closing the Book on Reading, Study Finds
http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/11/742n.htm

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NC COPY OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS
This is “Bill of Rights Week” at UNCA featuring the exhibit of North Carolina’s copy. Be sure to check out history, resources and campus events at http://www.unca.edu/bill-of-rights/. Lindsay Hearn and many on campus have put in a lot of work and arranged stimulating programming for the campus and the Asheville community. Be sure to join in and encourage your students to take advantage of this unique local opportunity.

UNCA ON THE RIGHT TRACK
An article in yesterday’s eChronicle reports that this year’s National Survey on Student Engagement shows that “Special experiences like study abroad and undergraduate research make a real difference . . . .” Check it out. Many thanks to Bruce Larson for spotting this!!

“Helicopter Parents Help Students, Survey Finds: Study abroad, research, and big projects are said to improve learning”
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v54/i11/11a00104.htm

ON THE GLOOMIER SIDE
Say it ain’t so ~ especially about UNCA students, but a recent note in the Chronicle’s “Wired Campus” reports that “Michael L. Wesch, an assistant professor of cultural anthropology at Kansas State University, has posted another YouTube video about how students learn. This latest one was produced with 200 of his students and is more provocative than his first video, uploaded to YouTube eight months ago, since it seems to indicate that higher education—-or perhaps just Kansas State University—-is failing to engage students.”

Kansas State U. Students Read Half of Class Material
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/2462/kansas-state-u-students-read-half-of-class-material?at

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IMPROVED ELECTRONIC RESOURCE

The library is very pleased to announce the availability of a new version of Infotrac, long one of our most useful and popular sources for journal articles in all disciplines. The new version, Academic OneFile, has nearly twice the content, indexing Over 8,000 academic journals, the majority in full-text, available in HTML and PDF formats. Covered subject areas include the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, and literature. Other features: Persistent urls so you can add an article link to an email or web page (TIP: use the "bookmark" link to do this), Email & RSS search alerts and Direct links to JSTOR & Web of Science content. Read more about it at:

Ramsey Library News
http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/mt/2007/09/new_eresource_infotrac_onefile.html

OneFile Web Site
http://gale.cengage.com/pdf/facts/AcademicOneFile.pdf

NEW BOOK ABOUT ASHEVILLE

Helen Wykle, Curator of Special Collections, is very pleased to announce an exciting program!!

EVENT: Nan K. Chase, author Reads from her new book "Asheville: A History"
WHERE: D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections
WHEN: October 22, 2007
TIME: 6:00 p.m.

RECEPTION AND BOOK-SIGNING TO FOLLOW

Nan Chase’s exciting new book published by McFarland & Co., a North Carolina publishing company, uses a substantial number of images from the UNCA Special collections and is one of the first well-researched books to look at Asheville's urban development with a fresh and critical eye. See http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-3176-2 and also the recent note regarding her reading at Malaprops, Saturday Oct. 6th. http://www.malaprops.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp?s=storeevents&eventId=358219

For more information, visit the Special Collections web site at:
http://toto.lib.unca.edu/WNC_women/chase_nan_k.htm

NOT THAT ANYONE THOUGHT COMPUTERS MADE THINGS EASIER, BUT . . .

From the 17 August Chronicle of Higher Education ~ “Shakespeare didn't have a word processor, but almost all writers today do. Scholars must play a major role in deciding how to preserve and study the various electronic versions of literary works, writes Matthew Kirschenbaum, an associate professor of English at the University of Maryland at College Park.”

“Hamlet.doc? Literature in a Digital Age”
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i50/50b00801.htm

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GOOGLE – READ ALL ABOUT IT!!
Want to know more about GOOGLE than you can find out by “Googling?” Check out Ramsey Library’s blog and Brandy Bourne’s posting “NEW READINGS on Google.” You’ll find everything from The Google Story and Google Hacks to the more sociological The Search: How Google ant Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Changed our Culture!

NEW READINGS on Google
http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/mt/2007/09/google.html

IMPORTANT NEW SOURCE FOR SPORTS & HEALTH
Ramsey Library recently added the electronic resource SPORTDiscus, “the world's leading database in sport, health, fitness and sports medicine … providing access to fulltext and bibliographic references in such areas as sport medicine, physical education, coaching and training, arts and history, corporate wellness, engineering and health and safety.” This electronic and remotely accessible database “has over 700,000 qualified references from thousands of international periodicals, books, e-journals, conference proceedings, theses, dissertations, and websites as well as has direct links to fulltext articles.”

SPORTDiscus
http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/scripts/redirect.pl?db=0-search.epnet.com.wncln.wncln.org/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=s3h

NEW WEB RESOURCES
In separate articles, the Chronicle of Higher Education recently announced the advent of two new web resources that are of significant interest to higher education:

* On August 27 the Chronicle reported that “NASA’s storehouse of historic photographs, film, and video will be digitized and made available free on the Internet with the assistance of the Internet Archive, a nonprofit digital library, according to a written statement released Thursday by the two organizations.” See more at:

http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/scripts/redirect.pl?db=chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2335?=atwc.

* A bit earlier, on August 6, the Chronicle announced the debut of the online “Open Library” ~ “. . . a vast digital card catalog, (where) Web surfers will be able to edit entries, much like in Wikipedia . . . (and which) will also collect books in the public domain, a mission that will bring the library into competition with Google’s much-publicized book-scanning service.” Read more at: http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2235?=atwc.

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FRIDAY HUMOR

A treat for the end of your week ~ this week’s Chronicle of Higher Education reports that the editors of Motto magazine have come up with a list of “the 10 best college mottos” while casting critical aspersions towards the selection of Stanford’s “The wind of freedom blows” for being somewhat vulnerable to mockery. Following in the tradition of light night talk shows, the Chronicle then speculates on those that might not have “made the cut?” My personal favorites:

"Catering to 'C' students since 1987"
"Where the ill informed become somewhat-less-doltish"
"Now with fewer books!"

Check it out at:

“Dept. of Bad Ideas”
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v54/i03/03a00701.htm

“The Top Ten College Mottos”
http://www.whatsyourmotto.com/Blogs/2007/08/08/college_mottos/

RESEARCH ON UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH

If you haven’t seen it, you’ll want to check out “What Good Is Undergraduate Research, Anyway” in the 17 August Chronicle of Higher Education. Author Lila Guterman notes that “In the past few years, a small cadre of social scientists have, with grants from some of the largest supporters of undergraduate science research, begun systematically studying the effects on students. Three large studies verified some widely held notions about undergraduate research but challenged other assumptions.”

What Good Is Undergraduate Research, Anyway?
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i50/50a01201.htm

Research on Undergraduate Research
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i50/50a01401.htm

AROUND THE STATE

The 7 September Chronicle reports that a “major biotechnology center in a downtrodden North Carolina mill town (Kannapolis) will test supporters' beliefs about economic renewal. Read all about it at:

Building a New Economy With Biotechnology
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v54/i02/02a00101.htm?=attw

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All the folks in Ramsey Library extend a warm welcome to all the new members of our community, welcome back those who were away over the summer, and congratulate all who stayed around for all their hard work. We wish you all the most fulfilling and joyful year.

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CITS

You’ll recall that late last spring Distance Learning Services (Greg Dillingham & Emily Ellis) as well as John Myers (Instructional Technology Consultant) moved organizationally though not physically to become part of the Library’s Media Services under the able leadership of Rudy Moorrees. Recognizing the broadening of mission and following an agonizing search for just the right name, we’re pleased to announce that this new grouping of old friends and reliable professionals is now known as CLASSROOM & INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT (CITS). Be sure to visit their web site.

http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/library/about/cits.html

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DISTANCE LEARNING CHAMPIONS

As one of the smaller campuses served by NCREN, the North Carolina academic internet system, you wouldn’t necessarily expect us to be among the leaders in the number of total video hours. Nevertheless, Greg Dillingham reports that UNCA’s Distance Learning Services was among the top two institutions for fiscal 2007 with 1,774 hours second only to UNC Wilmington’s 1,798. And we’ve been among the top two nine years running! Many thanks and congratulations to Greg, Emily Ellis, and their student workers. Check out the numbers:

Total Video Hours by Site FY 2007
http://facstaff.unca.edu/kuhlman/2007_site_hours_%20by_month.XLS

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NEW READINGS ON ACADEMIA

The previous issue of NOTES FROM RAMSEY proudly announced the library’s new blog and news section featured in the lower left corner of the library main page < http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/library/>. As we begin the new year, you’ll want to check out the recent listing of new readings on academia. Who knows? We may find just the thing to make us even better?

New Readings of Academia
http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/mt/2007/08/new_readings_on_academia.html

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LIBRARY BLOG & NEWS

If you haven’t already seen it, you’ve GOT to take a look at the library’s new blog and news section featured in the lower left corner of the library main page < http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/library/>. Brandy Bourne, the library’s Web Services Librarian, has worked hard in perfecting this significant addition to the library page and her library colleagues are endeavoring to populate the service with new, useful, and interesting information. When you click on “NEWS” you’ll find yourself in the most recent issue of NOTES FROM RAMSEY LIBRARY and access to an archive preserving all of my mistakes (see especially my having left the sport out of Leigh Svenson’s recent BRONZE MEDAL at the NATIONAL SENIOR GAMES – badminton for those of you who may not know Leigh well). You’ll also find more exciting content such as listings of NEW READINGS posted by Brandy and complete with book jackets and hot links to the catalog record. Brandy’s recent suggestions have included New Readings on American History, American Life, Immigration, and Men & Fatherhood. You’ll also find links to other features such as UNCA student Sasha Hussey’s animated film featured on UNC-TV’s North Carolina Visions and “Bluets & Wilma Dykeman” in Special Collections.

Many thanks to Brandy for all her work and congratulations on a job very well done. We’re very proud of her achievement.

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RAMSEY’S LEIGH SVENSON CONQUERS AGAIN
Continuing his celebrated career, Ramsey Library’s own LEIGH SVENSON and his partner recently claimed the BRONZE MEDAL for their age group at the NATIONAL SENIOR GAMES in Louisville, KY. Congratulations Leigh!!

ARTSTOR EXPANDS ACCESS TO IMAGES
Looking to spruce up your manuscripts?) ARTstor and The Metropolitan Museum of Art began a new collaboration, Images for Academic Publishing (IAP) that allows scholars at ARTstor participating institutions (including UNCA) to download and use, free of charge, high-resolution digital images for academic publications. Initially, nearly 1,700 images representative of the renowned Metropolitan Museum's encyclopedic collection became available through the ARTstor interface to users at all ARTstor participating institutions. For more information and to register see:
http://www.artstor.org/info/tools/tools_iap.jsp

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE
Students of the life sciences will want to check out the remarkably ambitious ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE, an amazingly ambitious web venture that the CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION has described as planning to catalog over the next 10 years all 1.8 million species of plants and animals known to reside on earth. Better start reading early or you’ll never catch up!!
An Awfully Ambitious Encyclopedia
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2055

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PROPOSED WITHDRAWAL OF BOUND JOURNALS

You’ll recall a mid-April email (http://facstaff.unca.edu/kuhlman/Bound_Journals.pdf) describing emerging and evolving plans for Ramsey Library and, most immediately, the library’s recommendation that we withdraw bound journals to make space for future development. You’ll also recall that these bound copies of paper journals and microforms duplicate “. . . holdings that we currently and will continue to subscribe to in a stable electronic format (JSTOR) and for which there is a duplicate and readily available hard-copy at either ASU or WCU (in some instances, both).”

Many thanks for your thoughtful responses. As a result, the library will retain the bound, paper copies of the following titles:

Art Journal

Bound: v. 32, 1972/73 - v. 64, 2005

Classical Journal
Bound: v. 52, 1956/57Bound: v. 55, 1959/60 - v. 71, 1975/76

Once again, many thanks for your help.

Related Links:
Proposed Withdrawal of Bound Journal (email of 4/17/07)
http://facstaff.unca.edu/kuhlman/Bound_Journals.pdf

Proposed Journal Backfile Withdrawals (Microform and Bound)
http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/library/collections/journal_withdraw07.html

Library Space Planning Project
http://facstaff.unca.edu/sinclair/spaceplan/

Collaborative Learning Commons Proposal
http://facstaff.unca.edu/sinclair/spaceplan/clc.html

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EXTENDED LIBRARY HOURS

Based on student interest and library night supervisor Jon Wheeler's willingness, Ramsey Library extended evening hours to 1 A.M. beginning Sunday, April 29. Updated library hours for the end of semester are as follows:

Sunday, April 29
1 pm - 1 am
Monday, April 30 - Thursday, May 3
8 am - 1 am
Friday, May 4
8 am - 9 pm (Final exams begin)
Saturday, May 5
10 am - 9 pm
Sunday, May 6
11 am - 1 am
Monday, May 7 - Wednesday, May 9
8 am - 1 am
Thursday, May 10
8 am - Midnight (Last day of final exams)
Friday, May 11
8 am - 6 pm

Many thanks to Jon and the Public Services staff serving our students in this way.

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DON'T MISS THIS EXHIBIT

It's worth a special trip. The next time you're near Ramsey Library stop by opposite the circulation desk and spend some time with Biology's Professor Micael Stuart exquisite wood carvings. He's only been carving for four years, but you'll be amazed by his artistic representations fo wildlife carved in local woods. And, don't miss his sense of humor, either!!

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WOMEN’S HISTORY RESOURCES

Well, I’ve managed to miss Women’s History Month (March), but better late than never, I hope. You and your students will want to visit new slide show on Ramsey Library’s “Women's History Resources in D. Hiden Ramsey Library's Special Collections” page. Many thanks to Brandy Bourne, Web Services Librarian, Helen Wykle, Curator of Special Collections, and Jamie Patterson, Special Collections Assistant, for another job very well done in sharing the collections’ contents with us!

Women's History Resources in D. Hiden Ramsey Library's Special Collections

See also:

The National Women's History Project (NWHP)

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RENOVATION UNDERWAY!

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS CLOSED MARCH 26-30

Ramsey Library Special Collections is transitioning to new shelving which will better accommodate our archival boxes and will expand and refine our available space to better accommodate the new collections we have received over the last half-decade. Unfortunately, for what is a large project we were unable to schedule our vendor during spring break or after classes. We very much regret any inconvenience you or your students may experience and will make every effort to accommodate students and faculty seeking reference assistance. We expect to have our collections back on the new shelves by March 30, but will still have limited time to serve walk-in patrons. It is expected that we will be in full operation by the week of April 9. For an appointment or further information, please call 251-6645.

Please note and remind your students that well over three-quarters of our finding aides are available online at http://toto.lib.unca.edu and http://www.wncheritage.org. Many of the online collections contain full-text and images and access may be satisfied by the electronic surrogate.

Thank you for your patience with this process during a busy semester. We invite all to come see us when the move is completed and re-familiarize yourself with the depth of primary source material that is available for research by students, faculty, and the general public.

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TEXTBOOKS IN THE UNC SYSTEM

In an article titled “Who Controls Textbook Choices?” in the March 16 edition of INSIDE HIGHER ED (http://insidehighered.com/) reports that the “U. of North Carolina may adopt system wide rules limiting faculty options (with respect to textbooks)...” and that it “...is considering adopting a plan that would require all its campuses to create a guaranteed rental or buyback program for large, lower-division courses.” Read more at http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/03/16/unc.

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INFORMATION LITERACY

An article in the 9 March CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION describes the academe’s growing emphasis on the importance of information literacy and reflects much of UNCA’s current philosophy and practice. You will find an important discussion of current developments in assessing to what extent institutions successfully equip their students for a life of continuing and independent discovery enabled by information literacy – a topic UNCA will need to confront.

“Information Navigation 101”

http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i27/27a03801.htm

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OUR CHANGING INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT

Two essays in THE CHRONICLE REVIEW of 9 March grapple with issues of our current information age. In “The Intellectual in the Infosphere,” Peter J. M. Nicholson. president and chief executive officer of the Council of Canadian Academies, asks if “In the rapidly growing infosphere, has the wisdom of crowds left no room for the sagacity of experts?” In the following article, Edward Tenner argues that “Books, newspapers, and other printed media have enduring advantages, even in the digital age . . .” – especially because they’re more difficult to produce.

“The Intellectual in the Infosphere”

http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i27/27b00601.htm

“The Prestigious Inconvenience of Print”

http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i27/27b00701.htm

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AS STUDENTS BEGIN THOSE PAPERS . . .

In the "long ago past," before the Web at any rate, instructors combated student use of encyclopedia articles and other non-scholarly resources in papers. A common admonition was that student authors could only use materials from "refereed journals." Today's internet-enabled student often poses an even greater challenge. You might want to check out a recent report in the Chronicle of Higher Education that notes that "THIS SPRING, STUDENTS IN HISTORY COURSES at Middlebury College will find a new disclaimer on syllabi warning them that, while Wikipedia is fine for some background research, it is not to be used as a primary source."

SEE http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/02/2007020101t.htm
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HISTORICAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES ONLINE

When you're students are looking for just the right source for that historical data to verify what they've found on Wikipedia, send them to Ramsey Library's Historical Statistics of the United States, Millennial Edition (Cambridge University Press). There they'll find the hard data on population, work and welfare, economic data, government and international relations from colonial times to the present.

http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/scripts/redirect.pl?db=hsus.cambridge.org

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STUDENT RETENTION

First among UNC system priorities approved by the Board of Governors in May 2006 is "Student Success: Access, Retention, Graduation, and Affordability." An ad in Presidency, a publication of the American Council on Education, describes the contents of a relatively new book by stating that "In spite of all of the programs and services to help retain students, only 50 percent of those who enter higher education actually earn a bachelor's degree, according to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Enrollment management and the retention of students remain top priorities of federal and state government, colleges, universities, and parents of students who are attending college and of students themselves. This book offers a formula for student success intended to assist colleges and universities in retaining and graduating students." College Student Retention: Formula for Student Success Edited by Alan Seidman is available in Ramsey Library under the call number LC148.2 .C65 2005. You may also be interested in:

Retaining African Americans in higher education: challenging paradigms for retaining students, faculty, and administrators / edited by Lee Jones Publisher Sterling, Va.: Stylus Pub., 2001, ASU/LC148.2 .R48 2001

Changing student attendance patterns: challenges for policy and practice / Jacqueline E. king, Eugene L. Anderson, Melanie E. Corrigan, editors. San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2003, UNCA/LB2331.72 .N48 no.121 2003

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RESEARCH RESTRICTIONS

On March 2, the electronic Chronicle of Higher Education reported that "PUBLIC ACCESS TO PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS came under scrutiny in the U.S. House of Representatives as a panel of archivists, historians, and lawyers told a subcommittee about threats to access, and lawmakers introduced two bipartisan bills that would reform key aspects of how presidential documents are preserved and controlled." For more, see

http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/03/2007030201n.htm

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The Information Commons and the Future of Innovation, Scholarship, and Creativity

Please excuse the late invitation. If interested and if time permits, I hope you will all be able to join in an EDUCAUSE online seminar entitled “The Information Commons and the Future of Innovation, Scholarship, and Creativity.” The program will be from 1 to 2 pm, Thursday, 2/15 in the Kimmel Lab (behind the Reference Desk on the main floor) in Ramsey Library.

This seminar will discuss how intellectual property law and communications policy affect competition, innovation, creativity, and free speech. Gigi B. Sohn, cofounder and president of Public Knowledge, a nonprofit organization that addresses the public’s stake in the convergence of communications policy and intellectual property law, will discuss current policy debates before Congress, the Federal Communications Commission, and the U.S. Copyright Office that could impact these values and the higher education community.

For more information see http://www.educause.edu/LIVE073.

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH AT RAMSEY LIBRARY

Take just a moment to visit a very special new web page featuring Black History Resources in D. Hiden Ramsey Library's Special Collections. You’ll find an excellent slide show crafted by the library’s Web Services Librarian Brandy Bourne drawing on Special Collections’ images and the expertise of Curator of Special Collections Helen Wykle.

http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/library/projects/slideshow.html

Collection: Heritage of the Black Highlanders
photographs, oral histories, and ephemera (late 1800s - 1970s)

Lucy S Herring Collection
personal correspondence, photographs and papers of educator Lucy S. Herring

Voices of Asheville Oral History Collection
abstracts and transcripts of recordings held in Special Collections

"Making Congregation out of Segregation: the African American Culture and Community in Asheville, early 20th century" research conducted by student, Jenny Wallace

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THE HIGHLAND MESSENGER

The next time you're by Ramsey Café for a coffee and Danish, or if you just need a break, be sure to stop by the current newspaper area on the main floor of Ramsey Library. There you’ll find four pages of the Highland Messenger newspaper of 1841, vol. II, issue 15, an early Whig newspaper published in Asheville, North Carolina, representing one of the earliest newspapers to be printed in western North Carolina. Only the North Carolina Spectator and Western Advertiser and the Carolina Gazette, both Rutherfordton, NC newspapers, appear to be earlier. The pages (two, front and back), in remarkably good condition, contain a prospectus of the newspaper, want ads, local information on slaves, education, women's rights (or non-rights), medical practice, political commentary, humor, and other topics of current interest and entertainment. The early newspaper, published weekly, was priced at two dollars and fifty cents per annum in advance (or "THREE dollars if payment be delayed of the receipt of the 10th number from the time of subscribing.") The circulation is unknown, but it is known that the city of Asheville around 1841 had a population of approximately 500 people. In 1860 the population had more than doubled to approximately 1,100. The newspaper, which began in 1840 and apparently persisted until 1848, when it ceased, would have been published during a time of rapid growth and change in the city. During its brief life the newspaper was also published as the Asheville Messenger, later to be called, simply, The Messenger, from July 22, 1842, to February 3, 1843. The last known issue of the paper was on August 17, 1848.

The newspaper was donated in a matted and framed condition which was not archival. The decision was made to remove the paper from its original housing and to place it in a better archival housing that would allow for the two sides of each of the pages to be seen. Little regarding the provenance of the newspaper is known. Andrew Fischel, nephew of Richard Richards passed the framed paper to his uncle and Richard "Dick" Richards presented the item to the university in September of 2006. Small tears and holes had been repaired with archival tape, but other than these minimal degradations and the loss of pages [?], the newspaper is in remarkable condition for its age. Fragments were removed from the original frame, enclosed in museum glass, framed so that both sides of the two pages might be viewed, and the whole frame, mounted for public viewing by the UNCA facilities staff.

http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/richards/richards_highland_messenger.htm

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ENDNOTE WEB

Before the Holidays, Ramsey Library was very pleased to announce the availability of the bibliographic software package EndNote Web for free use by UNCA students, faculty, and staff. We want to repeat at the risk of sending you too much mail because this can of such great assistance to you and your students.

Provided as a complement to the citation database WEB OF KNOWLEDGE (i.e., WEB OF SCIENCE), EndNote Web is a Web-based reference organizer, and, as the company claims, "It is the ideal, time-saving solution for students and researchers." With EndNote Web you can:

* Search ISI Web of Knowledge, PubMed and hundreds of library OPACs directly
* Import references from hundreds of online bibliographic databases
* Store up to 10,000 records per user account
* Edit reference detail — add notes and keywords, modify any field
* Use over 2,300 publishing styles to format in-text citations and bibliographies
* Cite While You Write™ in Microsoft Word (requires plug-in)
* Format papers in other word processors using RTF (rich text format) files
* Simplify collaboration with colleagues — share EndNote Web folders
* Use EndNote Web toolbars in Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla® to access your reference library in one click, and capture citation data easily (requires plug-in)
* Transfer references between EndNote Web and EndNote X seamlessly (desktop to Web or Web to desktop)

To find more information about
EndNote Web, click on / or follow the EndNote Web link under "Spotlight" on the Library home page
http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/library/. Be sure to check the "For More Information" block on the right of the page. There you'll find a link to follow to "Learn more via recorded presentations." The 8 minute "Introduction to EndNote Web" is very useful and provides instructions on how to set up your account.

I (Jim) did set up an account so it is possible for the near illiterate. It can be confusing. If trying from on campus:

1. Click on "start using EndNote Web today" under "For more information" on the EndNote Web information page http://www.isiwebofknowledge.com/endnoteweb. That will take you to the ISI Web of Knowledge home page.
2. On the Web of Knowledge home page, look to the RIGHT where you'll find "Please Register for More Features." If you have not registered previously, click on "Sign in to access EndNote Web."
3. The next screen will ask for your full email address (e.g., kuhlman@unca.edu) which become your user name to access EndNote and for you to create an 8 character password. Be sure to click on the rules for password construction. This password must contain at least one of a certain set of characters.
4. That should do it.

If signing up from off campus you must access the ISI Web of Knowledge home page by going through the library page so that the proxy server will recognize that you're an authorized user. If you simply click the link under spotlight, you won't see the part of the page that let's you create an account. try these steps:

1. Go the the library home page, http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/library/.
2. Click on "Research Databases."
3. On the next screen, click on "Browse the Title List."
4. On the next screen, click on "S-Z".
5. On the next screen, click on "W."
6. On the next screen, finally, click on "Web of Science."
7. From here on out, it's the same as on campus access.

Please let us know if you have any questions or need any assistance. We hope that your semester is off to a great start.

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ENDNOTE WEB

Ramsey Library is very pleased to announce the availability of the bibliographic software package EndNote Web for free use by UNCA students, faculty, and staff. I wanted to let the bibliographically enthused members of our community know of EndNote's availability as soon as I could in case you find yourselves sated with holiday feasting and looking for a project far from the madding crowd.

Provided as a complement to the citation database WEB OF KNOWLEDGE (i.e., WEB OF SCIENCE), EndNote Web is a Web-based reference organizer, and, as the company claims, "It is the ideal, time-saving solution for students and researchers." With EndNote Web you can:

* Search ISI Web of Knowledge, PubMed and hundreds of library OPACs directly
* Import references from hundreds of online bibliographic databases
* Store up to 10,000 records per user account
* Edit reference detail — add notes and keywords, modify any field
* Use over 2,300 publishing styles to format in-text citations and bibliographies
* Cite While You Write™ in Microsoft Word (requires plug-in)
* Format papers in other word processors using RTF (rich text format) files
* Simplify collaboration with colleagues — share EndNote Web folders
* Use EndNote Web toolbars in Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla® to access your reference library in one click, and capture citation data easily (requires plug-in)
* Transfer references between EndNote Web and EndNote X seamlessly (desktop to Web or Web to desktop)

To find more information about
EndNote Web, click on / or follow the EndNote Web link under "Spotlight" on the Library home page
http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/library/. Be sure to check the "For More Information" block on the right of the page. There you'll find a link to follow to "Learn more via recorded presentations." The 8 minute "Introduction to EndNote Web" is very useful and provides instructions on how to set up your account.

I (Jim) did set up an account so it is possible for the near illiterate. It can be confusing. If trying from on campus:

1. Click on "start using EndNote Web today" under "For more information" on the EndNote Web information page http://www.isiwebofknowledge.com/endnoteweb. That will take you to the ISI Web of Knowledge home page. 2. On the Web of Knowledge home page, look to the RIGHT where you'll find "Please Register for More Features." If you have not registered previously, click on "Sign in to access EndNote Web." 3. The next screen will ask for your full email address (e.g., kuhlman@unca.edu) which become your user name to access EndNote and for you to create an 8 character password. Be sure to click on the rules for password construction. This password must contain at least one of a certain set of characters. 4. That should do it.

If signing up from off campus you must access the ISI Web of Knowledge home page by going through the library page so that the proxy server will recognize that you're an authorized user. If you simply click the link under spotlight, you won't see the part of the page that let's you create an account. try these steps:

1. Go the the library home page, http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/library/. 2. Click on "Research Databases." 3. On the next screen, click on "Browse the Title List." 4. On the next screen, click on "S-Z". 5. On the next screen, click on "W." 6. On the next screen, finally, click on "Web of Science." 7. From here on out, it's the same as on campus access.

Actually, I hope your holidays are too interesting and too filled with joy for you to bother with this, but . . . .

From all of us at Ramsey Library, the HAPPIEST OF HOLIDAYS!!

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USING HUMANITIES LECTURE HALL
A reminder from the stalwart folks in Media Services – when you book the Humanities Lecture Hall for any kind of a program, please be sure to schedule media tech support with Media Services (media_request@unca.edu) (6996 or 6540). The new equipment requires trained support and your reservation via Will White do not complete the arrangements.

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HISTORY & THE BURGEONING USE OF DIGITAL MAPS

Historian and Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at U. of Virginia Edward L. Ayers confesses that when he announced that he was going to grad school in history his mom, a 5th grade teacher, asked "What for, honey? We already know what happened.” So you know this guy has to be believed!? Anyway, take a look at Dean Ayers’ article on the use of digital maps and GIS to make historical data more visual. There’s much here for the application of technology and visualization techniques for UNCA.

From the Chronicle dated November 10, 2006

With Digital Maps, Historians Chart a New Way into the Past
A push to make historical data more visual could yield a better understanding of events

“While other disciplines have found ways to represent complex phenomena using illustrations that overlay many types of information, Mr. Ayers says, history has for the most part focused on written narratives, linear stories that set forth an overriding argument. But since life is messy, and the lives of so many individuals are sure to be influenced by a variety of forces in ways that are hard to describe, pictures might prove to be history's next frontier.”

http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i12/12a03301.htm

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UNIVERSITY PRESSES SET STANDARD FOR USE OF RECYCLED PAPER

As universities in general, and UNCA in particular, work ever harder to preserve and enhance our environment while serving as exemplars to our wider society, it’s good to note that scholarly publishing is helping to lead the way. This one you might want to share with your students.

From the Chronicle dated October 6, 2006

University Presses Set the Standard in Use of Recycled Paper

University presses are opting for recycled paper in their books, finding that they can do good while doing well.

http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i07/07a01901.htm

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NEW REFERENCE SOURCES FROM NC LIVE

You'll recall that Ramsey Library provides access to electronic products paid for by NC LIVE -- a collaboration of UNC system, public, community college, and private college libraries largely funded by the legislature.
These include some mainstays such as WorldCat, InfoTrac, and ABI-Inform and frees funds so that we can buy other materials you and your students need.
NC LIVE recently purchased some additional electronic reference sources which are available via the libraries web site . You'll find some of the titles in the Gale Virtual Reference Library more appropriate for K-12, some may be of particular interest to you or your students. The latest edition of the COLLEGE BLUE BOOK is available in this collection as well as several encyclopedias under "History." You'll also find the 9th edition of the AFRICAN AMERICAN ALMANAC, the 3rd ed. of the ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOETHICS, and the 2004 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ISLAM AND THE MUSLIM WORLD. You'll find these and more listed under GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY at:

http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/library/eres/erestitle.html

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CQ WEEKLY REPORT ONLINE

Another precious and important gift from our friends at NC LIVE is online, full-text access to the CQ (Congressional Quarterly) WEEKLY REPORT. The paper version and its annual cumulations into the CQ ALMANAC have long offered basic news and insiders' insights into goings on in the federal government. Give the online version a try if you're at all interested in national politics. Don't let your political science buddies use it up!

CQ WEEKLY REPORT: http://library.cqpress.com/index.php

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