Pub Date : 2015-05-01DOI: 10.21061/VALIB.V61I1.1328
Molly Keener
Intersections between scholarly communication and information literacy are increasingly being explored by librarians, both on campuses and in conversations with colleagues. 1 Traditional information literacy instruction topics are related to the core issues in scholarly communication, although often instruction librarians and scholarly communication librarians address these issues from different directions. An over-arching theme to these issues is one of openness: who can access what, from where, for how long, to what end. As a scholarly communication librarian at a mid-size liberal arts university that in the past two decades has strengthened its research profile, I view faculty as my primary constituency. Nevertheless, through our credit-bearing library instruction program, and close ties to the Graduate School in support of our Electronic Theses and Dissertations program, I frequently interact with students. Through guest lectures and targeted support, I have opportunities to instruct students on copyright, author rights, open access, and the scholarly publishing system. In so doing, I help them understand their roles as creators and contributors to the knowledge ecosystem.
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Pub Date : 2015-05-01DOI: 10.21061/VALIB.V61I1.1327
C. Arthur
The number of gold open access journals, freely available journals sometimes supported by article processing charges, has steadily increased over the past decade. According to a recent report roughly eight percent of journals with impact factors are open access. With hundreds of identified existing predatory publishing companies, it is difficult to fault our teaching partners and/or students if they fall for a predatory publisher’s solicitation. Academic librarians are arguably any campus’ best-suited guides to the quickly changing academic publishing landscape and have much to gain from leading the discussion. Library sponsored workshops on open access publishing opportunities and hazards provide an excellent opportunity to further strengthen outreach to both faculty and graduate students. While open access publishing opportunities cannot be described as a simple duality, there are definite indicators that an opportunity may not be what it claims. Librarians must consider the nuance and grey area of academic publishing as the models of publishing continue to evolve. This article will (re)familiarize librarians with helpful tools that empower us to serve as effective advocates for members of our campus communities as they evaluate options for publishing their research.
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Pub Date : 2014-10-01DOI: 10.21061/valib.v60i3.1306
Tami C. Back
It wasn’t long ago that Jerome Waller was a fixture on the campus of The College of William & Mary. Waller, who graduated in 2013, attended classes, studied in the library, and relaxed in the college’s iconic Sunken Garden. While keeping his focus on his studies — lest he disappoint his mother — he always found time to attend hip hop events on campus, even performing at a few. In April, Waller returned to his alma mater as a hip hop performer, joining over 100 students in Swem Library’s 2nd Annual Hip Hop Collection Celebration.
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Pub Date : 2014-08-01DOI: 10.21061/VALIB.V60I2.1296
Cy Dillon
In spite of early concerns about the quality of its metadata, best summarized by Geoffrey Nunberg in the August 31, 2009 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education , librarians have come to appreciate Google Books for its power to search millions of books and its potential as a “big data” source for the study of language and culture. Thus, the suits filed against Google by the Authors Guild and five publishers in 2005, which were soon consolidated, were viewed by many librarians as a threat to an irreplaceable resource. The suits asserted that Google’s scanning, maintaining a database for searching, and offering searchers short “snippets” of the text of books infringed on copyright. A proposed settlement failed in 2011, and the publishers dropped their litigation in 2012.
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Pub Date : 2014-08-01DOI: 10.21061/VALIB.V60I2.1297
Martha M. Hutzel, Janice A. Black
t the beginning of each year, a committee at the Central Rappahannock Regional Library (CRRL) meets to select a book for its annual community wide read. This book title, together with the programs and events associated with it, have come to be known as “Rappahannock Reads,” which plays off the name of the library and the river that runs through Fredericksburg, Virginia. After deciding that this year’s book selection would have something to do with creative people who either make wonderful things or transform their community with their creative energy, the committee selected Made by Hand: My Adventures in the World of Do -It -Yourself, by Mark Frauenfelder. As the editorinchief of Make Magazine and also an editor of the popular boing, boing blog, Frauenfelder is recognized as a leader and role model
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Pub Date : 2014-04-01DOI: 10.21061/VALIB.V60I1.1287
T. H. Ray
My obsession with collecting cookbooks for the Library of Virginia began after a very savvy book dealer offered me a collection of Virginia cookbooks of “genealogical significance and import.” The fellow is a very good salesman and made a convincing argument, but his prices were more than I wanted to pay. He did, however, inspire me to begin looking for cookbooks in the aforementioned thrift stores and estate sales, where I usually pay from fifty cents to a couple of dollars for a book. Once in a while I am tempted to pay retail for a particularly good regional cookbook or a very unusual collective work. But usually I spend no more than $5. I seldom spend Library funds for cookbooks, but there are exceptions. For example, a few months ago a rare book dealer “offered” the Library a copy of the 1921 Hampton Institute cookbook, A Book of Recipes for the Cooking School, by Carrie Alberta Lyford, for about $275. However, after a bit of research I discovered that very edition still available at the Hampton Museum for $40. I’m sure the dealer’s copy has character, but the Library was able to acquire a pristine example for a very reasonable price. Considering fewer than 25 OCLC libraries hold the book, it can be considered scarce (though perhaps not rare).
我对为弗吉尼亚图书馆收集烹饪书的痴迷始于一位非常精明的书商给了我一本“具有家谱意义和重要性”的弗吉尼亚烹饪书。这个家伙是一个很好的推销员，他的论点很有说服力，但是他的价格超出了我的意愿。然而，他确实激励我开始在前面提到的旧货店和房地产销售中寻找烹饪书，在那里我通常花50美分到几美元买一本书。偶尔，我忍不住想以零售价格购买一本特别好的地区食谱或一本非常不寻常的集体作品。但通常我的消费不超过5美元。我很少花图书馆的钱买烹饪书，但也有例外。例如，几个月前，一位珍本书商“向”图书馆“提供”一本1921年出版的汉普顿学院烹饪书，嘉莉·阿尔伯塔·莱福德(Carrie Alberta Lyford)的《烹饪学校食谱》(a book of Recipes For the Cooking School)，售价约275美元。然而，经过一番研究，我发现在汉普顿博物馆还能以40美元的价格买到那个版本。我相信经销商的复制品是有特色的，但图书馆能够以非常合理的价格获得一个原始的例子。考虑到只有不到25个OCLC图书馆拥有这本书，它可以被认为是稀缺的(尽管可能并不罕见)。
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Pub Date : 2014-04-01DOI: 10.21061/valib.v60i1.1289
B. D. Sun
While more than 85 million visitors have descended upon George Washington’s Mount Vernon home since it first opened to the public in 1860, few tourists have seen the new National Library for the Study of George Washington, which remains nearly hidden from public view but within a short sheep’s bleat of the Mount Vernon estate. Chief Librarian and Archivist Mark Santangelo explains that the Library ‘s founders wanted to build a serious research facility, off the main tour, that would inspire scholarship and advance education. Although the facility is open to “the people” (and not restricted to academic-pedigreed patrons), visits are by appointment only.
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Pub Date : 2014-04-01DOI: 10.21061/valib.v60i1.1288
M. Clifford
My father told me stories about his father Almon, who was a drummer boy during the Civil War. At age 14, Almon ran away from home to follow an Indiana regiment marching off to war. The second time he ran away, he changed his name to Albert Walton so his mother couldn’t find him. He was mustered into the Seventy-fifth Indiana Infantry Volunteers regiment, was captured at the Battle of Chickamauga, and survived Andersonville prison.
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Pub Date : 2013-12-31DOI: 10.21061/valib.v59i4.1281
Theresa Doherty
T he Leadership Development Forum of the Virginia Library Association is sponsoring the 3rd Virginia Library Leadership Academy (VALLA), facilitated by nationally recognized speaker, Dr. Robert Burgin, who will discuss leadership in the library environment. Registration opened in November for interested library staff and faculty in Virginia, and membership in the Virginia Library Association (VLA) is not required. VALLA will be held May 5–6, 2014, at the Stonewall Jackson Hotel and Conference Center in Staunton. The cost for each participant is $350, which includes registration for the workshop, one night’s lodging, meals, and workshop materials. Conference rates at the hotel are available for two nights prior and two nights following the workshop.
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Pub Date : 2013-10-01DOI: 10.21061/VALIB.V59I3.1272
J. Connolly
For the past 20 years, a project at the Library of Virginia in Richmond has been laboring to find and preserve a form of media communication that has been waning: Virginia’s newspapers. Under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Virginia Newspaper Project (VNP) was established at the Library of Virginia in 1993 and continues its work today though it has evolved in order to take full advantage of the latest technology.
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