News for General news https://library.princeton.edu/news-index/30408 en Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation launches Geologic Field Trip Guidebooks Web Archive https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2019-09-09/ivy-plus-libraries-confederation-launches-geologic-field-trip-guidebooks-web <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p><div class="caption caption-right"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 314px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="Geology and Scenery Guidebook Cover" class="image-large" height="480" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/news/images/Geologic-Field-Trip-Guidebooks.png?itok=BpEjHXFD" width="314" /><p class="caption-text">The Geologic Field Trip Guidebooks Web Archive preserves web-based geoscience field trip guidebooks, which document local geologic information.</p></div></div></div></p> <p>The Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation, a consortium between 13 leading academic research libraries including Princeton University Library, is pleased to announce the launch of the <a href="https://archive-it.org/collections/12576" rel="nofollow">Geologic Field Trip Guidebooks Web Archive</a>. Curated by Emily Wild from Princeton University, Amanda Bielskas from Columbia University, Brittany Wofford from Duke University, and Jane Quigley from Dartmouth College, the Geologic Field Trip Guidebooks Web Archive aims to preserve web-based geoscience field trip guidebooks, which document local geologic information and are often ephemeral.</p> <p>Web archives preserve vulnerable information that may disappear from the live web and capture the ways in which selected websites have evolved over time.</p> <p>The Confederation is a partnership between Brown University, the University of Chicago, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Duke University, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Stanford University, and Yale University. The Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation’s Web Collecting Program is a collaborative collection development effort to build curated, thematic collections of freely available, but at-risk, web content in order to support research. The program is an initiative of the Confederation's Collection Development Group, under the direction of the Web Advisory Committee and Samantha Abrams, the Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation's Web Resources Collection Librarian. <a href="https://archive-it.org/home/IvyPlus" rel="nofollow">Learn more about the program and explore additional collections here</a>.</p> <p>More information about the individual guidebooks included in the archive can be found in the <a href="https://www.americangeosciences.org/information/geologic-guidebooks-north-america-database" rel="nofollow">Geologic Guidebooks of North America Database</a>. </p> <p><strong>Written by </strong>Samantha Abrams, Columbia University Libraries, with <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/sjr5">Stephanie Ramírez</a>, Princeton University Library Communications</p> <p><strong>Media contact: </strong><a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/bvalenza">Barbara Valenza</a>, Director, Library Communications</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/Geologic-Field-Trip-Guidebooks-1%20graphic.png"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/Geologic-Field-Trip-Guidebooks-1%20graphic.png" width="552" height="381" alt="Geology and Scenery Guidebook Cover" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>The web archive aims to preserve web-based geoscience field trip guidebooks, which document local geologic information and are often ephemeral.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/Geologic-Field-Trip-Guidebooks.png"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/Geologic-Field-Trip-Guidebooks.png" width="552" height="843" alt="Geology and Scenery Guidebook Cover" /></div></div></div><div class="field 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Archive" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Mon, 09 Sep 2019 16:54:02 +0000 sjr5 41769 at https://library.princeton.edu Princeton University Library and Campus Dining open Tiger Tea Room in Firestone Library https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2019-09-05/princeton-university-library-and-campus-dining-open-tiger-tea-room-firestone <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p><div class="caption caption-center"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 5760px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="Tiger Tea Room, Firestone Library, first floor" height="3840" src="/sites/default/files/news/images/SMS_5868%20LQ.jpg" width="5760" /><p class="caption-text">The new Tiger Tea Room, launched by Princeton University Library and Campus Dining, is located on the first floor of Firestone Library. Photo by Shelley Szwast, Princeton University Library</p></div></div></div><br /> </p> <p><strong>Back by popular demand: the Tiger Tea Room at Firestone Library!</strong> On September 9, Princeton University Library (PUL) and <a href="https://dining.princeton.edu" rel="nofollow">Campus Dining</a> opened the doors to a new campus venue, the Tiger Tea Room. Located on Firestone's first floor, the venue, which serves coffee, tea, and assorted bakery items, will also present a new and unique service: afternoon tea. </p> <p><div class="caption caption-right"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 480px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="Tiger Tea Room, Firestone Library, first floor" class="image-large" height="320" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/news/images/SMS_5878%20LQ.jpg?itok=Ef6LvAeW" width="480" /><p class="caption-text">The Tiger Tea Room. Photo by Shelley Szwast</p></div></div></div>Open Mondays through Fridays 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., the Tea Room serves Peet’s coffee and espresso beverages, Mighty Leaf hot and iced teas, hot chocolate, and pastries including croissants, scones, muffins, bagels, cookies, brownies, and biscuits and jam. Payments accepted include student charge (such as Tiger card), debit, and credit cards. <br /> </p> <p>In 2017, before the Firestone Library renovation was completed, PUL and Campus Dining piloted the Tea Room in Firestone’s first floor north area (then known as the DeLong Room) to high acclaim from students, faculty, and staff. Feedback gathered from the pilot project was instrumental in developing the permanent Tea Room. </p> <p>Afternoon tea service will be available for Princeton University students, faculty, and staff on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2 to 4 p.m., beginning September 17, with seatings on the hour. University members may invite a guest to their reservation, including those unaffiliated with the University, and the service price will be 15 dollars per person.</p> <p><div class="caption caption-left"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 480px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="The afternoon tea service set up" class="image-large" height="320" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/news/images/SMS_5953%20LQ.jpg?itok=1wy_dkcK" width="480" /><p class="caption-text">At afternoon tea, patrons can enjoy a personal pot of tea along with a tiered tray of tea sandwiches, fruit tarts, butter cookies, and scones. Photo by Shelley Szwast</p></div></div></div>Available by reservation only, the afternoon tea service will offer patrons an opportunity to enjoy a personal pot of tea along with a tiered tray of tea sandwiches (egg and cucumber), fruit tarts, butter cookies, and scones, all accompanied by jam and clotted cream. But coffee aficionados, fear not. At afternoon tea, personal French presses will also be available in place of tea.<br /> </p> <p>To make a reservation for afternoon tea service, visit <a href="http://wase.princeton.edu" rel="nofollow">wase.princeton.edu</a> and search “Tiger Tea Room.”</p> <p>For more information about the Tiger Tea Room, visit the <a href="https://dining.princeton.edu/where-eat/locations/tiger-tea-room" rel="nofollow">Campus Dining website</a>. </p> <p><strong>Written by</strong> <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/sjr5">Stephanie Ramírez</a>, Library Communications Specialist and Staff Writer</p> <p><strong>Media contact:</strong> Barbara Valenza, Director, Library Communications </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/SMS_5868%20LQ%20graphic.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/SMS_5868%20LQ%20graphic.jpg" width="5568" height="3840" alt="Tiger Tea Room, Firestone Library, first floor" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>Located in Firestone Library's first floor, the new Tea Room will offer a new and unique service: afternoon tea.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/SMS_5868%20LQ.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/SMS_5868%20LQ.jpg" width="5760" height="3840" alt="Tiger Tea Room, Firestone Library, first floor" /></div><div class="field__item odd" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/SMS_5878%20LQ.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/SMS_5878%20LQ.jpg" width="5760" height="3840" alt="Tiger Tea Room, Firestone Library, first floor" /></div><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/SMS_5953%20LQ.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/SMS_5953%20LQ.jpg" width="5675" height="3783" alt="The afternoon tea service set up" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-libraries field--type-entityreference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Libraries:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Firestone Library</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/general/2019-09-05/princeton-university-library-and-campus-dining-open-tiger-tea-room-firestone" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="Princeton University Library and Campus Dining open Tiger Tea Room in Firestone Library" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Thu, 05 Sep 2019 19:48:51 +0000 sjr5 41761 at https://library.princeton.edu In collaboration with local community, Princeton University Library starts high school summer internship program https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2019-07-22/collaboration-local-community-princeton-university-library-starts-high <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p><div class="caption caption-center"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 5760px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="Three students working in Firestone Library this summer" height="3840" src="/sites/default/files/news/images/SMS_4855%20LQ.jpg" width="5760" /><p class="caption-text">This summer, three students from Princeton and Lawrenceville high schools - Jayvee Lam, left, Nabia Evans, center, and Toniyah Harris, right - are interning at Princeton University Library in the Library's first-ever summer internship program, learning more about library work and research as well as preparing for their professional and academic futures. Photo by Shelley Szwast, Princeton University Library</p></div></div></div><br /> </p> <p>Throughout the summer, many high school students might enjoy their spare time away from school playing sports in the park, swimming at local community pools, or lounging at home. But this summer, three students from Princeton and Lawrenceville high schools are spending much of their break interning at Princeton University Library (PUL), learning more about library work and research as well as preparing for their academic and professional futures.</p> <p>Nabia Evans, Toniyah Harris, and Jayvee Lam joined PUL this year as part of a pilot summer internship program in collaboration with <a href="https://community.princeton.edu/" rel="nofollow">Princeton University’s Office of Community and Regional Affairs</a> and the summer youth employment programs in Princeton and Trenton. For seven to eight weeks, working closely with their PUL mentors and supervisors, the students are tasked with a number of responsibilities and projects, from digital mapping and preparing course reserves for University faculty and staff to shelving and cataloging.</p> <p>“When [Associate Director] Erin Metro from the Office of Community and Regional Affairs asked if we were interested in hosting summer interns, we were delighted to have this unique opportunity to connect with the local community,” said <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/anuv">Anu Vedantham</a>, Assistant University Librarian for Research Services. “Our interns will gain not only professional experience but also a stronger understanding of academic libraries, whether as a potential career path for them or as a partner in their future research. In turn, we gain insight into our rising students’ needs and interests, as well as the ways they might perceive our library – its buildings, its history, and its services. We can learn as much from the students as they learn from us.”</p> <p>In addition to their everyday tasks, each student is also required to complete a research project of their choice, a fact that excites them all as they prepare for college-level research. Evans, who will soon start her first year at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, said learning about the key components of the library, such as searching and scanning materials or creating a bibliography, will really help her in college. </p> <p>While Evans, 18, and Harris, 16, are still working on their project themes, Lam, 16, is studying how early American wars impacted society through an art history lens using the collections in the <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/marquand">Marquand Library of Art and Archaeology</a>.</p> <p>“Art is a major part of culture,” he said. “I’m looking at the art history books on America and [observing when and how the style] changes. . .” He’s currently researching how paintings became more patriotic after the Revolutionary War and how art expanded, from portraits to scenes.</p> <p>“It was a lot of portraits before, but then they began painting scenes, particularly scenes of war to glorify the country," Lam said. "This shows that America as a society was very unified after the war for a small period of time, because of national pride.” </p> <p>While the high school interns gain experience in research and scholarly work, they also view their experience at the library as one beyond academics. “Honestly, I think I want to take away something about myself, being that I am working in African American studies [with Librarian <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/staff/sak2">Steve Knowlton</a>]," said Harris. "I want to learn something about me, maybe, my culture, my background, where my people came from, [their] great accomplishments. . . I’m hoping to find something in either <a href="http://rbsc.princeton.edu" rel="nofollow">Rare Books [and Special Collections]</a> or the [African American Studies] Reading Room.”</p> <p>Evans said “learning the history behind [the library collections] is really interesting." A recent graduate from Notre Dame High School in Lawrenceville, she works mornings in the <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/stokes">Donald E. Stokes Library</a> and afternoons in Firestone Library in the Research Services Division. She learned about the internship through the Millhill Child and Family Development Center, which partners with the city of Trenton and the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce to offer students ages 16 through 21 summer employment with a local organization or city government, to provide them job experience and prepare them for the workforce.</p> <p>Harris and Lam, rising juniors at Princeton High School (PHS), found the opportunity through Princeton’s Summer Youth Employment Program, which empowers students ages 14 through 18 living in Princeton or attending PHS with professional experience, job readiness, and career development training. Harris works mornings in <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/lewis">Lewis Science Library</a> and afternoons in Firestone Library in the Collection Development Division, while Lam works mornings in Marquand and afternoons in Firestone's Information Services.</p> <p>"This is a superb opportunity for these youth to learn about Princeton University, working on a college campus, and in particular, the many interesting jobs and opportunities that are available in the area of Library Science," said Kristin Appelget, Director of the Office of Community and Regional Affairs. "We are thankful for the Princeton University Library leadership and staff who are managing the student employees this summer in this pilot program. We hope to learn from the experience, and take feedback from participants in the program this summer, and to perhaps expand to other departments on campus in future years."</p> <p>Evans, who started the internship on July 1, will work through August 16. Harris and Lam, who started the internship on July 18, will work through August 30.</p> <p><strong>Written by</strong> <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/sjr5">Stephanie Ramírez</a>, Library Communications Specialist and Staff Writer</p> <p><strong>Media contact: </strong><a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/bvalenza">Barbara Valenza</a>, Director of Library Communications</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/SMS_4855%20graphic.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/SMS_4855%20graphic.jpg" width="5568" height="3840" alt="Three students interning this summer, in front of shelves in Firestone Library" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>This summer, three students - Sun-Yat 'Jayvee' Lam, Nabia Evans, and Toniyah Harris - from Princeton and Lawrenceville high schools are interning at Princeton University Library, learning more about library work and research as well as preparing for their professional and academic futures.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/SMS_4855%20LQ.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/SMS_4855%20LQ.jpg" width="5760" height="3840" alt="Three students interning this summer, in front of shelves in Firestone Library" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-libraries field--type-entityreference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Libraries:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Firestone Library</div><div class="field__item odd" property="">Lewis Science Library</div><div class="field__item even" property="">Marquand Art Library</div><div class="field__item odd" property="">Stokes Library</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/general/2019-07-22/collaboration-local-community-princeton-university-library-starts-high" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="In collaboration with local community, Princeton University Library starts high school summer internship program" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Mon, 22 Jul 2019 19:31:30 +0000 sjr5 41266 at https://library.princeton.edu Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation launches Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union Web Archive https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2019-05-27/ivy-plus-libraries-confederation-launches-eastern-europe-and-former-soviet <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p><img alt="Stock image of monument in Ukraine" height="711" src="/sites/default/files/news/images/kiev-2746822_1280.jpg" width="1280" /></p> <p>The Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation, a consortium between 13 leading academic research libraries including Princeton University Library, is pleased to announce the launch of the <a href="https://archive-it.org/collections/11360" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union Web Archive</a>, an archive comprised of captured website content from Eastern Europe and the territories of the Former Soviet Union. In recent years, this area of the world has produced a significant volume of websites likely to be of value to contemporary and future humanities, social science, and history projects. The collection is curated by Thomas Keenan from Princeton University, Robert Davis from Columbia University, Anna Arays from Yale University, Erik Zitser from Duke University, Alla Roylance from New York University, and Bogdan Horbal from the New York Public Library, and represents an effort to preserve research-valuable web content from Eastern Europe and the territories of the Former Soviet Union by a group of research librarians responsible for that part of the world. The thematic and generic scope of the archive is deliberately broad, and includes websites published by political parties, non-governmental organizations and activist groups, artists and cultural collectives, and historians, philosophers, and other intellectuals.</p> <p>Web archives preserve vulnerable information that may disappear from the live web and capture the ways in which selected websites have evolved over time. </p> <p>The Confederation is a partnership between Brown University, the University of Chicago, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Duke University, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Stanford University, and Yale University. The Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation’s Web Collecting Program is a collaborative collection development effort to build curated, thematic collections of freely available, but at-risk, web content in order to support research. The program is an initiative of the Confederation's Collection Development Group, under the direction of the Web Advisory Committee and Samantha Abrams, the Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation's Web Resources Collection Librarian.</p> <p><a href="https://library.columbia.edu/find/web-archives/Ivy_Plus_Libraries.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Learn more about the program or explore the collections here.</a></p> <p><strong>Written by </strong>Samantha Abrams, Columbia University Libraries, with <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/sjr5">Stephanie Ramírez</a>, PUL Communications Specialist</p> <p><strong>Media contact: </strong><a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/bvalenza">Barbara Valenza</a>, Director, Library Communications</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/kiev-2746822_1280%20graphic.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/kiev-2746822_1280%20graphic.jpg" width="1031" height="711" alt="Stock image of monument in Ukraine" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>The Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union Web Archive comprises of captured website content from Eastern Europe and the territories of the Former Soviet Union, which likely to be of value to contemporary and future humanities, social science, and history research projects.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div 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field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/general/2019-05-27/ivy-plus-libraries-confederation-launches-eastern-europe-and-former-soviet" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation launches Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union Web Archive" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Mon, 27 May 2019 19:51:33 +0000 sjr5 41207 at https://library.princeton.edu A milestone submission: Interlibrary Loan receives 1,000,000th request https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2019-05-23/milestone-submission-interlibrary-loan-receives-1000000th-request <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p><div class="caption caption-center"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 5760px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="Student checking out books at Firestone circulation desk" height="3840" src="/sites/default/files/news/images/5D3_0756%20LQ.jpg" width="5760" /><p class="caption-text">The Resource Sharing unit at Princeton University Library, which oversees Interlibrary Loan, Article Express, and Borrow Direct, recently received its millionth Interlibrary Loan and Article Express request. Photo by Shelley Szwast, Princeton University Library</p></div></div></div><br /> </p> <p>A million and counting! The Resource Sharing unit at Princeton University Library (PUL) recently received its millionth ILLiad (Interlibrary Loan and Article Express) request. From books to musical scores and digitized articles or chapters, interlibrary loan provides academic materials not currently available in PUL to students, faculty, and staff, while Article Express provides electronic delivery of locally held items. The millionth request, a submission for Agnes Callard’s “Aspiration: The Agency of Becoming,” includes all requests made via ILLiad, the ILL request system, lending, borrowing, and document delivery combined.</p> <p>“As a service, what it does is that when patrons need something that is not readily available in our library, whether we do not have it or the item is checked out to another person, we will get it for them,” said Peter Bae, Assistant University Librarian for Scholarly Collections Services. “We borrow it from other libraries [domestically and internationally].”</p> <p>The Resource Sharing unit at PUL, a staff of eight full-time employees, receives thousands of requests a year from all the systems they manage: ILL, Borrow Direct, and Article Express. In particular, Borrow Direct, a partnership between 13 Ivy Plus academic institutions, receives around 50,000 requests annually, borrowing and lending combined, and the service’s fill rate is an impressive 95 percent.</p> <p><div class="caption caption-right"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 480px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="Students working in Resource Sharing" class="image-large" height="430" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/news/images/office%20scanning-cropped.jpg?itok=kXPOmgDh" width="480" /><p class="caption-text">Student employees help field the thousands of requests received annually. Photo by Liza Scherff-Nesarikar, Princeton University Library</p></div></div></div>“The volume of requests is what speaks to the service,” said Liza Scherff-Nesarikar, Reserves and Resource Sharing Manager. “We see how many items are needed by people, so it’s clearly an essential service.”<br /> </p> <p>Each service serves its own purpose: Via BorrowDirect, patrons can borrow mostly printed materials from the 13 consortium libraries while PUL lends same type of materials to the 13 consortium libraries; via Article Express, patrons can request an electronic copy of articles, book chapters, or any print resource; and via ILL, patrons can request virtually any academic material from any location in any language and in turn, domestic and international libraries can request items from PUL.</p> <p>“Just as we borrow all over the world, we lend all over the world as well,” said Scherff-Nesarikar.  </p> <p>Requests for Resource Sharing services can be made directly through the <a href="https://catalog.princeton.edu/" rel="nofollow">PUL catalog</a> or through each service’s individual request systems. While guest borrowers cannot use the services, they can request items held at PUL through their local public libraries.</p> <p>Resource Sharing “plays a vital role” for students and researchers, Bae and Scherff-Nesarikar added, and the unit’s staff are often acknowledged on Princeton students’ dissertations and theses. In a recent PUL student spotlight for instance, Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Oregon and Ph.D. graduate from the Princeton Department of Economics, <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2018-10-08/meet-ioannis-branikas-recent-phd-graduate-department-economics">Ioannis Branikas said that without Interlibrary Loan, his research project would not have been possible</a>. </p> <p>ILLiad has been in place since 2002, and the million requests were made over the course of 17 years.</p> <p>For more information about Resource Sharing, please visit their <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/services/interlibrary-services">page</a>. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib4evY6Kj2I" rel="nofollow">See a time lapse of a day in Borrow Direct.</a></p> <p><strong>Written by</strong> <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/sjr5">Stephanie Ramírez</a>, Library Communications Specialist and Staff Writer</p> <p><strong>Media contact:</strong> <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/bvalenza">Barbara Valenza</a>, Director of Library Communications</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/5D3_0756%20graphic.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/5D3_0756%20graphic.jpg" width="5568" height="3840" alt="Student checking out books at circulation desk" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>The Resource Sharing unit at Princeton University Library recently received its millionth Interlibrary Loan request. From books to musical scores and digitized articles or chapters, ILL provides academic materials not currently available in PUL to students, faculty, and staff. </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/5D3_0756%20LQ.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/5D3_0756%20LQ.jpg" width="5760" height="3840" alt="Student checking out books at Firestone circulation desk" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/general/2019-05-23/milestone-submission-interlibrary-loan-receives-1000000th-request" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="A milestone submission: Interlibrary Loan receives 1,000,000th request" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Thu, 23 May 2019 16:04:52 +0000 sjr5 41071 at https://library.princeton.edu New campus-wide service will enhance access to research data https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2019-05-14/new-campus-wide-service-will-enhance-access-research-data <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p><div class="caption caption-center"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 4256px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="Student working with data" height="2832" src="/sites/default/files/news/images/20150602_SK_PSY_Details_0072%20LR.jpg" width="4256" /><p class="caption-text">The new Princeton Research Data Service will enable University researchers to organize, store and make accessible research data. Photo by Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy</p></div></div></div><br /> </p> <p>With the goal of making the results of research and scholarship more accessible, Princeton will launch a new service to provide infrastructure and training to University researchers on how best to format and curate data in ways that facilitate long-term storage and discovery.  </p> <p>The <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/prds">Princeton Research Data Service</a>, anticipated to be underway in fall 2019, will offer resources for the management of and access to data that support findings published in peer-reviewed venues. The ability for researchers outside the University to access the data underlying peer-reviewed studies could stimulate additional experiments and scholarly work.</p> <p>“Providing broader access to research data accelerates scientific progress, advances innovation and has the potential to provide benefit to society,” said Dean for Research <a href="https://research.princeton.edu/about-us/about-dean" rel="nofollow">Pablo Debenedetti</a>, the Class of 1950 Professor in Engineering and Applied Science and professor of chemical and biological engineering. “Our hope is that researchers — whether at Princeton, at institutions worldwide, or in society at large — will eventually be able to obtain research data with which to conduct new analyses.”</p> <p>The service will be available to University researchers across all disciplines, from the humanities and social sciences to science and engineering. The service originated as a collaborative initiative of the Dean for Research, University Librarian, and Vice President for Information Technology, and is supported by the Office of the Provost.</p> <p>The <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/">Princeton University Library</a> will host the service and is assembling a team of research data specialists to advise Princeton scientists and scholars on all aspects of the data lifecycle, from planning and gathering to cataloging and storing data.</p> <p>“Our goal is to provide consultations and guidance to researchers throughout the research cycle,” said <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/staff/ajarvis">Anne Jarvis</a>, the Robert H. Taylor 1930 University Librarian. “We are building a team that will implement initiatives across campus on how to organize, manage, retain, curate and ultimately make accessible research data.”</p> <p>“The service will also aid the Library’s mission to train the next generation of scholars, especially graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, on how to work with data, especially given data’s mounting importance in nearly every area of study,” Jarvis said.</p> <p>To lead the service, the University in April appointed Wind Cowles as director, reporting to the University Librarian. Cowles comes to Princeton from the National Institutes of Health where she served as a scientific review officer with a focus on language and communication research. Prior to NIH, Cowles was an associate professor in linguistics at the University of Florida and the director of the Language and Cognition Lab. Read a <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/news/research-data-service/2019-05-01/qa-wind-cowles-director-princeton-research-data-service">Q&amp;A with Cowles</a>.</p> <p>The <a href="https://oit.princeton.edu/" rel="nofollow">Office of Information Technology</a> will provide the storage and network infrastructure in partnership with the <a href="https://researchcomputing.princeton.edu/about/about-picscie" rel="nofollow">Princeton Institute for Computational Science and Engineering (PICSciE)</a>. The data will be stored at Princeton’s High-Performance Computing Research Center as well as in commercially available cloud storage.</p> <p>Until now, faculty requests to store data were handled on a case-by-case basis, but the new repository creates a systematic and institution-wide method for storing data, at no charge to the researcher, said <a href="https://oit.princeton.edu/about-oit" rel="nofollow">Jay Dominick</a>, Princeton’s vice president for information technology and chief information officer.</p> <p>“The strong investment we’ve made in computational infrastructure here at Princeton makes this new data service relatively easy to implement technologically and reduces the burden on the faculty,” Dominick said. “For us, it was a chance to provide the technological support to address a need that benefits not only our researchers but also the global community.”</p> <p><strong>Written by </strong><a href="https://research.princeton.edu/people/catherine-zandonella" rel="nofollow">Catherine Zandonella</a>, Office of the Dean for Research</p> <p><strong>Originally posted </strong>on the <a href="https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/05/14/new-campus-wide-service-will-enhance-access-research-data" rel="nofollow">Princeton University homepage</a></p> <p><strong>Media contact: </strong><a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/bvalenza">Barbara Valenza</a>, Director of Library Communications</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/20150602_SK_PSY_Details_0072%20LR.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/20150602_SK_PSY_Details_0072%20LR.jpg" width="4256" height="2832" alt="Stock photo of student working with data" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>The new Princeton Research Data Service will enable University researchers to organize, store and make accessible research data.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/20150602_SK_PSY_Details_0072%20LR.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/20150602_SK_PSY_Details_0072%20LR.jpg" width="4256" height="2832" alt="Stock photo of student working with data" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/general/2019-05-14/new-campus-wide-service-will-enhance-access-research-data" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="New campus-wide service will enhance access to research data" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Tue, 14 May 2019 18:17:18 +0000 sjr5 41174 at https://library.princeton.edu PUL announces 2019 Adler Book Collecting Prize winners https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2019-05-13/pul-announces-2019-adler-book-collecting-prize-winners <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p><div class="caption caption-center"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 997px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="Winners of the Elmer Adler Book Collecting Prize" height="665" src="/sites/default/files/news/images/minjie-1.jpg" width="997" /><p class="caption-text">The Friends of the Princeton University Library recently gathered at Prospect House and announced the winners of the 94th annual Elmer Adler Undergraduate Book Collecting Prize, pictured above. From left to right: Katarzyna (Kasia) Krzyzanska '22, Marina Finley '19, Ryan Ozminkowski '19, Sergio De Iudicibus '20, and Julia Ilhardt '21.</p></div></div></div><br /> </p> <h3>Congratulations to Marina Finley '19, Ryan Ozminkowski '19, Julia Ilhardt '21, Sergio De Iudicibus '20, and Katarzyna (Kasia) Krzyzanska '22!</h3> <p><img alt="" class="image-thumbnail" height="100" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/news/images/picture-439-1483592974.jpg?itok=-ToqdY64" width="75" /> </p> <p><br />Written by <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/staff/minjiec">Minjie Chen</a>, Metadata Librarian, Non-Roman Collections, Cotsen Children's Library</p> <p><br />The Friends of the Princeton University Library gathered at Prospect House on Sunday, April 28 for their spring dinner and for the announcement of the winners of the 94th annual Elmer Adler Undergraduate Book Collecting Prize.</p> <p>Among this year’s submissions, the most noticeable feature is an unusually diverse range of subject and format that have fueled the youthful passion of budding collectors. In addition to regular books on various topics and genres, this year’s contest has also attracted collectors of miniature books, Blue ray movies, music box discs, vinyl records, and other types. The judging committee had great joy learning so much from this eclectic range of essays.</p> <p>A second feature that emerges from these essays is how often collecting is about human relationship. Interwoven with their history of collecting “curios” is frequently a story about their treasured relationship with family members, shared memories, experiences, and interests with parents and grandparents, and friendship with like-minded peers and teachers.</p> <p>The 94th Elmer Adler Undergraduate Book Collecting Prize is awarded to five student collectors this year for their essays that, in the opinion of the judges, have “shown the most thought and ingenuity in assembling a thematically coherent collection of books, manuscripts, or other material normally collected by libraries.”</p> <p><a href="https://graphicarts.princeton.edu/2019/05/08/congratulations-student-collectors-2/" rel="nofollow"><strong>READ MORE on the Graphic Arts Collection blog.</strong></a></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/minjie-1%20graphic.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/minjie-1%20graphic.jpg" width="965" height="665" alt="Winners of the Elmer Adler Book Collecting Prize" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>Congratulations to Marina Finley '19, Ryan Ozminkowski '19, Julia Ilhardt '21, Sergio De Iudicibus '20, and Katarzyna (Kasia) Krzyzanska '22!</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/minjie-1.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/minjie-1.jpg" width="997" height="665" alt="Winners of the Elmer Adler Book Collecting Prize" /></div><div class="field__item odd" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/picture-439-1483592974.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/picture-439-1483592974.jpg" width="150" height="200" alt="Minjie Chen" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-libraries field--type-entityreference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Libraries:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Rare Books and Special Collections</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/general/2019-05-13/pul-announces-2019-adler-book-collecting-prize-winners" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="PUL announces 2019 Adler Book Collecting Prize winners" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Mon, 13 May 2019 15:21:56 +0000 sjr5 41162 at https://library.princeton.edu Nancy Burns, Senior Bibliographic Specialist II, receives President's Achievement Award https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2019-04-19/nancy-burns-senior-bibliographic-specialist-ii-receives-presidents <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p><div class="caption caption-center"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 2880px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="Photo of President Eisgruber and award recipients" height="1620" src="/sites/default/files/news/images/PAA2019Group_0001-by-Sameer-A.-Kahn_Fotobuddy_banner.jpg" width="2880" /><p class="caption-text">Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber, center, honored recipients of the President's Achievement Award at the annual Service Recognition Luncheon on March 21. From left to right: Marna Seltzer, Theodore Lewis Jr., Gale Sandor, President Eisgruber, Angela Francis, and Nancy Burns. Photo by Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy</p></div></div></div><br /> </p> <p><a href="https://library.princeton.edu/staff/nburns">Nancy Burns</a>, Senior Bibliographic Specialist II on the Library's Serials and E-Resources Team, received the President's Achievement Award on March 21 in the Jadwin Gymnasium for her dedication and service to Princeton University Library and the University. </p> <p>President Christopher L. Eisgruber recognized Burns and four other award recipients at the annual Service Recognition Luncheon. Established by the Office of Human Resources in 1991, the award honors exemplary support and administrative staff with five or more years of service whose exceptional commitment and outstanding performance contributes significantly to their departments and the University. Recipients are awarded a framed certificate, an inscription of their name on a plaque displayed in the Office of Human Resources, and $2,500.</p> <p>At the recognition luncheon, President Eisgruber recognized Nancy's achievement with the following remarks: </p> <blockquote><p>Nancy is a senior bibliographic specialist who has served the Princeton University Library with distinction for 37 years. In this role, she works tirelessly to improve the experience of accessing the library’s vast resources. For example, much of Nancy’s day-to-day work involves troubleshooting access to electronic journals. She receives reports, meticulously follows up with each user, and provides clear instructions every step of the way. Her extraordinary attention to detail and creative problem-solving make a profound difference in the user experience. <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/staff/pmgreen">Peter Green</a>, cataloging and metadata technology specialist, says that Nancy’s “deep institutional knowledge, brilliant analytical skills and reliable efficiency are truly unmatched, and her quiet and understated demeanor make her a pleasure to work with and an example to uphold.”</p> <p>Nancy is also involved in an effort to better represent electronic journal titles in the library’s catalogue. Nancy has provided invaluable feedback and detailed documentation to <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/staff/mzelesky">Mark Zelesky</a>, the primary developer of this new system. He says that Nancy “is a tireless worker with a keen eye for detail,” qualities that have made her the “go-to [person] for analyzing data.”</p> <p>Amidst a rapidly evolving digital age, Nancy ensures that the library’s curation of printed serials and periodicals keeps pace as well. According to Engineering Librarian <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/staff/wdressel">Willow Dressel</a>, “It is not just that Nancy helps keep all these constantly changing things in order, but she is prompt, fastidious and pleasant while she does it.”</p> <p>Nancy, through your generosity, attention to detail and extraordinary commitment, you have made a tremendous contribution to the University’s mission. I am pleased to recognize your outstanding service with this award.</p> </blockquote> <p>For more information on the President's Achievement Award recipients and other staff recognitions, please visit the <a href="https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/04/19/service-recognition-luncheon-honors-princeton-employees-dedication-and-service" rel="nofollow">Princeton University story</a>. </p> <p><strong>Written by</strong> <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/sjr5">Stephanie Ramírez</a>, Library Communications Specialist and Staff Writer</p> <p><strong>Media contact:</strong> <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/bvalenza">Barbara Valenza</a>, Director, Library Communications</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/PAA2019Group_0001-by-Sameer-A.-Kahn_Fotobuddy_banner%20graphic.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/PAA2019Group_0001-by-Sameer-A.-Kahn_Fotobuddy_banner%20graphic.jpg" width="2880" height="1986" alt="Photo of President Eisgruber and award recipients" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>Nancy Burns was recently recognized for her commitment to excellence, exceptional performance, and outstanding service to the University.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/PAA2019Group_0001-by-Sameer-A.-Kahn_Fotobuddy_banner.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/PAA2019Group_0001-by-Sameer-A.-Kahn_Fotobuddy_banner.jpg" width="2880" height="1620" alt="Photo of President Eisgruber and award recipients" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/general/2019-04-19/nancy-burns-senior-bibliographic-specialist-ii-receives-presidents" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="Nancy Burns, Senior Bibliographic Specialist II, receives President&#039;s Achievement Award" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Fri, 19 Apr 2019 15:28:46 +0000 sjr5 41104 at https://library.princeton.edu Now published: Catalogue of the Cotsen Children's Library nineteenth century collections https://library.princeton.edu/news/rare-books/2019-03-26/now-published-catalogue-cotsen-childrens-library-nineteenth-century <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p><div class="caption caption-center"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 3977px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="19th Century Catalogue endpapers" height="2724" src="/sites/default/files/news/images/Endpapers2.jpg" width="3977" /><p class="caption-text">More than 6,370 books in the Cotsen Children’s Library are now catalogued in the Library's newest publication, <em>Catalogue of the Cotsen Children’s Library: The Nineteenth Century</em>. Above are the endpapers from the 19th-century catalogue, designed by Mark Argetsinger. Photo by Princeton University Library staff</p></div></div></div><br /> </p> <p>A two-volume, folio-size descriptive catalogue of more than 6,370 books in the <a href="http://cotsen.princeton.edu" rel="nofollow">Cotsen Children’s Library</a>, “Catalogue of the Cotsen Children’s Library: The Nineteenth Century” is now available from Oak Knoll Press. Arranged both topically and alphabetically, the new catalogue joins a previous installment in the series, “Catalogue of the Cotsen Children’s Library: Twentieth Century.”</p> <p>“It’s a virtual visit to this library for a panoptic look at the 19th-century children’s books in [Cotsen],” said Stephen Ferguson, Acting Associate University Librarian for Rare Books and Special Collections. “This is a structured, organized body of knowledge that you can page through and get a sense of the content of these books and their physical characteristics. . . You’ll get a sense from the illustrations of the different artistic styles of the period, the kinds of topics covered.” </p> <p><div class="caption caption-right"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 338px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="19th Century Catalogue" class="image-large" height="480" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/news/images/covers.jpg?itok=2xmOIZS7" width="338" /><p class="caption-text">The new catalogue was published in two volumes, folio-size. Photo by Princeton University Library staff</p></div></div></div>Designed by Mark Argetsinger, the new catalogue consists of entries giving full bibliographic particulars, from detailed notes on contents, to bindings and previous owners, and includes over 270 color-printed illustrations, many full size. Despite both catalogues’ length, each volume (now a total of four) only includes a fraction of the books in Cotsen’s research collection, according to Curator of Cotsen Children’s Library Andrea Immel.<br /> </p> <p>The larger project – to compile a multi-volume book catalogue of the Cotsen research collection – began as early as 1996 as the vision of Lloyd Cotsen, 1950 Princeton University alumnus and Charter Trustee Emeritus, Neutrogena CEO, and the benefactor and namesake of the library. “I think he had a real desire to educate people and show them through these books – these lavishly illustrated books – why he was passionate about education through pictures,” said Immel.</p> <p>“We regard this as a contribution to historical bibliography,” Ferguson commented. “It’s a collection onto itself, and these descriptions are of interest to scholars, other collectors, and other owners of these books.”</p> <p>In 2000, after the publication of the 20th-century catalogue’s first volume, Lloyd Cotsen addressed a letter to Ferguson, Immel, and others involved in the project in which he wrote, “You really made my dream a reality. It came out even better than I could have hoped. So, thank you on behalf of the Cotsen Family and myself.”</p> <p>Since his passing in May 2017, his legacy continues through Cotsen Children’s Library, the extensive research collection, and these catalogues. “It started with Lloyd and what he wanted done with his collection,” said Ferguson. “Of course, he had the imagination to even start the collection and to take it from there.” The team will now begin working on the next installment: a catalogue of Cotsen’s books published pre-1801. </p> <p>For more information, visit <a href="https://www.oakknoll.com/pages/books/133665/catalogue-of-the-cotsen-childrens-library-the-nineteenth-century-vols-i-ii?utm_source=Cotsen+19th+Century+Catalogue&amp;utm_campaign=Cotsen&amp;utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow">Oak Knoll Press’s website</a>. </p> <p><strong>Written by</strong> <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/sjr5">Stephanie Ramírez</a>, Library Communications Specialist and Staff Writer</p> <p><strong>Media contact: </strong><a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/bvalenza">Barbara Valenza</a>, Library Communications Manager</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/Covers%20-%20graphic.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/Covers%20-%20graphic.jpg" width="1484" height="1024" alt="Cotsen 19th-century catalogue" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>A two-volume, folio-size descriptive catalogue of more than 6,370 books in the <a href="http://cotsen.princeton.edu" rel="nofollow">Cotsen Children’s Library</a>, “Catalogue of the Cotsen Children’s Library: The Nineteenth Century” is now available from Oak Knoll Press.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/Endpapers2.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/Endpapers2.jpg" width="3977" height="2724" alt="19th Century Catalogue endpapers" /></div><div class="field__item odd" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/covers.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/covers.jpg" width="800" height="1137" alt="19th Century Catalogue" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-libraries field--type-entityreference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Libraries:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Rare Books and Special Collections</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/rare-books/2019-03-26/now-published-catalogue-cotsen-childrens-library-nineteenth-century" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="Now published: Catalogue of the Cotsen Children&#039;s Library nineteenth century collections" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Tue, 26 Mar 2019 13:57:27 +0000 sjr5 41070 at https://library.princeton.edu A new era begins at Princeton University Library; Firestone Library transformed into state-of-the-art space after 10-year renovation https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2019-03-07/new-era-begins-princeton-university-library-firestone-library-transformed <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p><div class="caption caption-center"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 4701px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="William Elfers '41 Reading Room" height="3840" src="/sites/default/files/news/images/5D3_0573%20cropped.jpg" width="4701" /><p class="caption-text">William Elfers '41 Reading Room. Photo by Shelley Szwast, Princeton University Library</p></div></div></div><br /> </p> <p>What better time than spring to celebrate the beginning of a new era? With the season just days away, Princeton University has completed the 10-year renovation of its main campus library, the Harvey S. Firestone Memorial Library, and ushered in a new era for research and scholarship at Princeton.</p> <p>Firestone Library, one of nine locations within Princeton University Library (PUL), opened in 1948 as the first large American university library constructed after World War II. <a href="http://libblogs.princeton.edu/renovations/" rel="nofollow">Guided by 11 principles</a>, the goal of the Firestone renovation was to redefine, rethink and revitalize this hub of campus life. </p> <p><div class="caption caption-right"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 480px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="" class="image-large" height="320" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/news/images/SMS_9694_1.jpg?itok=w0SUaOu7" width="480" /><p class="caption-text">First floor north area. Photo by Shelley Szwast, Princeton University Library</p></div></div></div>The project focused on creating a building that is well-suited to support modern library services and contemporary approaches to scholarship, while also providing inspiring, flexible study and work spaces. The renovation also incorporated a number of sustainable features, greatly improving the energy-efficiency of the building.<br /> </p> <p>In short: The goal was to transform Firestone Library into an innovative 21st-century library.</p> <p>“Firestone Library is undoubtedly one of the world’s great research libraries, but for me, and for many others on this campus, it is also a defining part of the Princeton experience,” Princeton President Christopher L. Eisgruber said. “I have been personally involved with the renovation project since its planning stages, when I travelled with [former] University Librarian Karin Trainer and various faculty members to visit other recently renovated university libraries. On those trips, I learned that libraries express the scholarly character of individual campuses. That is very true of Firestone, which attracts faculty, graduate students and undergraduates united by a shared mission of research and learning.”</p> <p>Firestone Library is one of the largest open-stack libraries in existence. It assumes primary responsibility for Princeton’s humanities and social sciences collections and specialized research support services. The building also houses Rare Books and Special Collections, the Cotsen Children’s Library, the Scheide Library, and public exhibition galleries, as well as the new Center for Digital Humanities.</p> <p>“Our Firestone has always been a powerful laboratory for the humanities and social sciences; it is now also a beautiful and inspiring home for scholars and the books they love,” Eisgruber said. “I am grateful for the vision of the architects, builders, staff and faculty who brought this renovation to life, and to all members of our community who supported this vital project. I hope that alumni will take the opportunity to visit Firestone when they return to campus; they will find spaces that bring back memories of their time on campus and evoke new appreciation for the wonders of learning.”</p> <p>While the classic collegiate Gothic exterior of Firestone has been maintained, the renovation vastly changed the 430,000-square-foot interior. (Additions to the original building were previously made in 1971 and 1988).</p> <p><div class="caption caption-left"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 480px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="Exterior of Firestone Library" class="image-large" height="270" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/news/images/20170509_FirestoneLibraryPlaza_crop__DJA_009.jpg?itok=s-W8ew6y" width="480" /><p class="caption-text">Exterior of Firestone Library. Photo by Denise Applewhite, Princeton University</p></div></div></div>Stepping inside Firestone Library today, visitors and patrons are now greeted with natural light cascading into open spaces where glass walls reflect students studying in small groups, tucked away in favorite hideaway spots, or sprawled on comfortable couches.<br /> </p> <p>Multiple floors above and below offer many more unexpected and unique spaces for research, studying, and group work—all of which have been thoughtfully designed to accommodate the needs of today’s scholars.</p> <p>“This is an exciting time to be at the helm of one of the world’s greatest research libraries,” said Anne Jarvis, the Robert H. Taylor 1930 University Librarian. “The speed and scale of change facing academic libraries in recent years has been unprecedented. We are moving beyond the concept of a library as a finite place with traditional collections to that of a library as a partner in research, teaching, and learning. Having state-of-the-art facilities is essential to providing expert guidance, discoverability and access to the world’s rapidly-evolving knowledge resources.”</p> <p>Since joining the Library in fall of 2016, Jarvis has spearheaded the creation of <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/about">PUL’s first-ever mission and vision statements and five key strategic priorities</a>. The new facilities are supporting PUL’s strategic priorities in myriad ways. Highlights include:</p> <p><div class="caption caption-right"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 336px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="Rare Books and Special Collections Reading Room" class="image-large" height="480" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/news/images/5D3_0497%20cropped.jpg?itok=TUPkYGGv" width="336" /><p class="caption-text">Rare Books and Special Collections Reading Room. Photo by Shelley Szwast, Princeton University Library</p></div></div></div></p> <ul><li>Rerouted navigation and compact shelving, allowing for additional study and work spaces while maintaining the same number of books available at Firestone Library<br /> </li> <li>Technologically-equipped classrooms with e-learning capabilities, which offer places for faculty to teach using collections and allow library specialists to hold workshops on topics from information literacy to research data management<br /> </li> <li>High-level security and environmentally-controlled storage facilities in Rare Books and Special Collections, which provide secure access to materials that range from an Egyptian Book of the Dead (circa 1250 BCE) to the papers of Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, Princeton’s Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus<br /> </li> <li>A digital imaging studio that enables expanded digitization of book and other library materials, making it possible for people around the world to access library materials online for free <br /> </li> <li>A conservation lab which supports the stewardship of collections, carefully maintaining and preserving materials for today’s scholars and future generations<br /> </li> <li>Reconfigured service areas to support shared collections initiatives<br /> </li> <li>Centralized librarian office locations to support providing interdisciplinary research guidance to scholars at all levels<br /> </li> <li>Graduate study rooms located near core subject collections<br /> </li> <li>A new gallery, the Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery, that provides museum-quality exhibition spaces (including moving walls and interactive digital capabilities); the Milberg Gallery provides visitors an opportunity to explore library collection items first-hand</li> </ul><p><div class="caption caption-right"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 480px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery" class="image-large" height="320" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/news/images/7D2_7057%20LQ_0.jpg?itok=ETYaaimq" width="480" /><p class="caption-text">Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery. Photo by Shelley Szwast, Princeton University Library</p></div></div></div>The Milberg Gallery and the Cotsen Children’s Library are both open to the public. During the renovation, the Cotsen Children’s Library underwent system upgrades while maintaining its popular and imaginative decor.<br /> </p> <p>In addition to Princeton faculty, graduate students and undergraduates, Firestone’s collections are used by scholars and researchers all over the world. Princeton University Library’s holdings include ten million printed volumes, two million located in Firestone, as well as five million manuscripts, 400,000 rare or significant printed works, thousands of journals, and two million non-print items in over 200 languages. PUL also provides onsite and remote access to extensive collections of databases, digital text, data, and images. </p> <p>Given Firestone’s centrality to teaching and research at Princeton, renovation work was done in multiple phases so the building could remain open.</p> <p><div class="caption caption-right"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 480px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="Trustee Reading Room" class="image-large" height="320" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/news/images/SMS_9732%20LQ.jpg?itok=Df-Quq7O" width="480" /><p class="caption-text">Trustee Reading Room. Photo by Shelley Szwast, Princeton University Library</p></div></div></div>“One of the greatest challenges during this renovation was undergoing construction while patrons continued to use the library,” said Director of Library Finance and Administration Jeffrey Rowlands. “As PUL’s main library of nine campus locations, keeping Firestone open during the renovation was important to provide continuous research services to our patrons. It required extensive detailed planning and the ability to be flexible.”<br /> </p> <p>Rowlands said one of the most rewarding parts of the renovation was Princeton’s commitment to making Firestone more energy efficient. Throughout the building, new systems include lighting sensors for dimming lights, thermally insulated windows with UV control glazing, chilled beam technology for energy efficient heating and cooling, a green roof, LED light fixtures, and more. Overall these measures have assured that PUL’s energy use has been significantly reduced.</p> <p><div class="caption caption-right"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 480px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="First floor north area" class="image-large" height="360" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/news/images/IMG_4199%20copy.jpg?itok=U4Z3jti3" width="480" /><p class="caption-text">First floor north area. Photo by Peggy Kehrer, Princeton University Library</p></div></div></div>Former University Librarian Karin Trainer, Jarvis, Rowlands and other library colleagues worked closely with numerous campus partners throughout the project: the Office of the President, Capital Projects, Office of the University Architect, Facilities, and many others. They also worked closely with Massimino Building Corporation, the national architecture firm Shepley Bulfinch and design architect Frederick Fisher and Partners.<br /> </p> <p>“The Firestone Library renovation project has been a monumental effort,” said Princeton University Architect Ron McCoy. “It is more than a renovation; it is a recommitment to the themes that inspired the original building, which are no more than to encourage access to the use of books and, as time has changed, the broad range of technologies that support a liberal arts education. The original building, and the renovation, are dedicated to creating an atmosphere of a ‘humanistic laboratory’ that provides spaces of comfort and delight and support opportunities for inspiration and contemplation.”</p> <p><div class="caption caption-right"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 480px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="Cheng Family History Reading Room" class="image-large" height="320" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/news/images/5D3_0667.JPG?itok=zxbDD8Ba" width="480" /><p class="caption-text">Cheng Family Reading Room. Photo by Shelley Szwast, Princeton University Library</p></div></div></div></p> <p>One measure of success for the renovation project, Rowlands said, is increased usage of patrons. During the past five years, Firestone has experienced a 62.5 percent growth in the number of people coming to the library.</p> <p>Princeton University Library is now uniquely positioned to embrace the future. </p> <p>“In doing so, we will need to embrace a continuing process of creative evolution,” Jarvis said. As technology evolves and pedagogy changes, she added, “we are called upon to work with colleagues from around the world to find solutions for the organization and dissemination of information—especially as we work with new generations of students.”</p> <p><strong>Written by </strong>Barbara Valenza, Library Communications Manager, with Emily Aronson, Office of Communications</p> <p><strong>Media contact: </strong><a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/bvalenza">Barbara Valenza, Library Communications Manager</a>, and <a href="https://communications.princeton.edu/people/director-of-media-relations" rel="nofollow">Mike Hotchkiss, Deputy University Spokesperson</a></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" 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class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/7D2_7057%20LQ_0.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/7D2_7057%20LQ_0.jpg" width="5472" height="3648" alt="Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery" /></div><div class="field__item odd" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/SMS_0023_1.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/SMS_0023_1.jpg" width="5760" height="3840" alt="Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery" /></div><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/Milberg%20Gallery%20collage.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/Milberg%20Gallery%20collage.jpg" width="4200" height="1500" alt="Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery" /></div><div class="field__item odd" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/Milberg%20Gallery%20collage%20wo%20border.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/Milberg%20Gallery%20collage%20wo%20border.jpg" width="4200" height="1500" alt="Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery" /></div><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/SMS_9732%20LQ.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/SMS_9732%20LQ.jpg" width="5760" height="3840" alt="Trustee Reading Room" /></div><div class="field__item odd" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/IMG_4199%20copy.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/IMG_4199%20copy.jpg" width="1345" height="1009" alt="First floor north area" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-libraries field--type-entityreference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Libraries:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Firestone Library</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/general/2019-03-07/new-era-begins-princeton-university-library-firestone-library-transformed" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="A new era begins at Princeton University Library; Firestone Library transformed into state-of-the-art space after 10-year renovation" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Thu, 07 Mar 2019 20:22:10 +0000 sjr5 41013 at https://library.princeton.edu Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation launches Latin American and Caribbean Contemporary Art Web Archive https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2019-02-05/ivy-plus-libraries-confederation-launches-latin-american-and-caribbean <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p><div class="caption caption-center"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 1167px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="" height="575" src="/sites/default/files/news/images/guatemala-1971374_1920%20v2.jpg" title="Artist's display at Guatemalan market" width="1167" /><p class="caption-text">Artist's display, Guatemalan market</p></div></div></div></p> <p> </p> <p>The Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation, a consortium between 13 leading academic research libraries, is pleased to announce the launch of the Latin American and Caribbean Art Web Archive. Spearheaded by the Art &amp; Architecture Group, the collection aims to preserve, for researchers, the personal and official websites belonging to notable contemporary Latin American and Caribbean artists in order to assure the continuing availability of the important content they contain. The Collection is an extension of an existing effort focused on collecting publications in all formats that document contemporary art and artists of Latin America and the Caribbean, and defines contemporary art as it refers to 'developments in the visual arts from 1975 to the present.'</p> <p>You can access and browse the collection on Archive-It <a href="https://archive-it.org/collections/11576" rel="nofollow">here</a>. </p> <p>The Confederation is a partnership between Brown University, the University of Chicago, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Duke University, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Stanford University, and Yale University. The Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation's Web Collecting Program is an initiative of the Confederation's Collection Development Group, under the direction of the Web Advisory Committee and Samantha Abrams, the Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation's Web Resources Collection Librarian. If you have questions about the Latin American and Caribbean Contemporary Art Web Archive, or the larger Web Collecting Program (or you'd like to get involved by proposing one of your own collections), please reach out to <a href="mailto:ivyplusweb@library.columbia.edu">ivyplusweb@library.columbia.edu</a>.</p> <p><strong>Written by</strong> Samantha Abrams, Columbia Libraries</p> <p><strong>Media contact:</strong> <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/bvalenza">Barbara Valenza</a>, Library Communications Manager</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/cartagena-935220_1920.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/cartagena-935220_1920.jpg" width="1440" height="1294" alt="mural Cartegena, Columbia" title="Mural, Cartegena, Columbia" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>The Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation, a partnership between 13 leading academic research libraries including Princeton University Library, has officially launched the Latin American and Caribbean Art Web Archive, which aims to preserve the personal and official websites belonging to notable contemporary Latin American and Caribbean artists in order to assure their continuing availability. </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" 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field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/general/2019-02-05/ivy-plus-libraries-confederation-launches-latin-american-and-caribbean" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation launches Latin American and Caribbean Contemporary Art Web Archive" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Tue, 05 Feb 2019 19:02:35 +0000 sjr5 40944 at https://library.princeton.edu For ten years, a course led by PUL and OIT explores the connection between geographic data and public policy https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2019-01-31/ten-years-course-led-pul-and-oit-explores-connection-between-geographic-data <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p><div class="caption caption-center"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 2896px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="" height="1944" src="/sites/default/files/news/images/DSC_0769.JPG" width="2896" /><p class="caption-text">For ten years, Tsering Wangyal Shawa, Geographic Information Systems and Map Librarian, and Bill Guthe, Senior GIS Visualization Analyst, have co-taught a course on geographic data to students in the Woodrow Wilson School of International and Public Affairs. Above, Guthe, far left, and Shawa, far right, with their students during fall 2018. Photo by Ma. Florevel Fusin-Wischusen, Princeton Institute for Computational Science and Engineering (PICSciE)</p></div></div></div><br /> </p> <p>For <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/staff/shawatw">Tsering Wangyal Shawa</a>, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Map Librarian at Princeton University Library, and <a href="https://researchcomputing.princeton.edu/people/william-guthe" rel="nofollow">Bill Guthe</a>, Senior GIS Visualization Analyst at <a href="https://researchday.princeton.edu" rel="nofollow">Research Computing</a> (within the Office of Information Technology), geographic data lies at the heart of public policy. From gerrymandering to health issues or crime, “almost all policy questions involve some sort of geographic data,” said Shawa. That is why, for the last ten years, he and Guthe have co-taught “GIS for Public Policy” to graduate students in the <a href="http://wws.princeton.edu" rel="nofollow">Woodrow Wilson School of International and Public Affairs</a>. </p> <p>A six-week course designed as a practical introduction to computer mapping, “GIS for Public Policy” introduces students to all aspects of geographic data through a policy lens with Shawa and Guthe closely guiding students through a project related to a policy issue of their choice. Beginning with data collection (and cleaning, if needed) and ending with data analysis and visualization, the students see the project through completion, utilizing the data to recommend a policy outcome. In the past, projects have included recommendations on how Michigan could redraw its district lines, the availability of voting booths in Kenya, and the number of health care facilities in Punjabi, India.</p> <p>“Our goal with this particular class,” Shawa said, “is [for students] to understand the nature of geographic data itself and how you can analyze [it], how you collect [it], how you integrate [it], and then also [to try] to formulate the policy outcome of your analysis.”  </p> <p><div class="caption caption-right"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 322px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="Noah Koerper and Matej Jungwirth" class="image-large" height="480" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/news/images/DSC_0773.JPG?itok=DmwLp4ti" title="Noah Koerper and Matej Jungwirth" width="322" /><p class="caption-text">Noah Koerper and Matej Jungwirth, Wilson School graduate students, were enrolled in 'GIS for Public Policy' this past fall. Photo by Ma. Florevel Fusin-Wischusen, Princeton Institute for Computational Science and Engineering (PICSciE)</p></div></div></div>Ultimately, according to Shawa, the course helps students become “spatially literate,” which in the end makes them better decision makers as future policymakers and/or analysts. “They have to be critical in thinking,” he said. “The policymaker has to deal with a lot of data. . . but they may not be familiar in geographic data.”  </p> <p>The course aims to show students the different possibilities of using geographic data in public policy, including its limitations. For instance, Guthe noted, students should never accept maps at face value as maps can and historically have been used as political propaganda. To understand the right questions and analyze their decisions, they must understand the background and creation of the map. </p> <p>In terms of limitations, Shawa also added, “The importance of making data publicly available, we’re trying to inject [that idea] slowly, so that they understand these important things can have a big policy implication. So, we’re hoping that students who graduate from our class who will become policy makers and managers, when they have to make a decision, they will think about these issues, the impact [in not sharing data publicly].” </p> <p>“The Library and OIT. . .are becoming much more integrated together in terms of how we support students and faculty. That’s really exciting to me,” Guthe said. Outside of the classroom, Shawa and Guthe host recurring workshops for students, faculty, and staff to learn more about collecting, organizing, and analyzing geographic data, including how to use geographic information systems. </p> <p>For more information, visit the <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/collections/pumagic">Maps and Geospational Information Center page</a>.</p> <p><strong>Written by </strong><a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/sjr5">Stephanie Ramírez</a>, Library Communications Specialist and Staff Writer</p> <p><strong>Media contact: </strong><a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/bvalenza">Barbara Valenza</a>, Library Communications Manager</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/DSC_0769-graphic.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/DSC_0769-graphic.jpg" width="2818" height="1944" alt="Tsering Wangyal Shawa, Bill Guthe, and students in GIS for Public Policy" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>For Tsering Wangyal Shawa, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Map Librarian at PUL, and Bill Guthe, Senior GIS Visualization Analyst at Research Computing, geographic data lies at the heart of public policy. That is why they have co-taught "GIS for Public Policy" to graduate students in the Woodrow Wilson School of International and Public Affairs.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/DSC_0769.JPG"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/DSC_0769.JPG" width="2896" height="1944" alt="Tsering Wangyal Shawa, Bill Guthe, and students in GIS for Public Policy" /></div><div class="field__item odd" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/DSC_0773.JPG"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/DSC_0773.JPG" width="1944" height="2896" alt="Noah Koerper and Matej Jungwirth" title="Noah Koerper and Matej Jungwirth" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-libraries field--type-entityreference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Libraries:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Lewis Science Library</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/general/2019-01-31/ten-years-course-led-pul-and-oit-explores-connection-between-geographic-data" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="For ten years, a course led by PUL and OIT explores the connection between geographic data and public policy" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Thu, 31 Jan 2019 18:55:56 +0000 sjr5 40926 at https://library.princeton.edu Research Collections and Preservation Consortium (ReCAP) expands scope and membership https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2019-01-24/research-collections-and-preservation-consortium-recap-expands-scope-and <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p dir="ltr"><img alt="" height="2832" src="/sites/default/files/news/images/recap%2001_0.jpg" width="4256" /></p> <p dir="ltr">ReCAP, the <a href="https://recap.princeton.edu/" rel="nofollow">Research Collections and Preservation Consortium</a>, founded by Columbia University, The New York Public Library, and Princeton University in 2000 to preserve and make accessible the collections of its members, has expanded its scope and membership, transforming its original mission from serving as a shared physical repository to becoming a model for shared collection building and management.  </p> <p dir="ltr">In January 2019, Harvard University joined the consortium with the aim of implementing strategies for collaboration in building, sharing, and preserving physical and digital collections in the coming years. An associate member since 2016, Harvard has relocated over 1 million books to the Princeton facility, which is growing at the rate of 1 million volumes annually. In the two decades ReCAP has existed, its shared repository on Princeton’s Forrestal Campus has grown to hold 16 million items. The consortium members annually fulfill approximately 250,000 requests from researchers and libraries around the world.<br /><br />“Through this collaboration, we are giving new life to the collections each institution has invested in over centuries,” said Ann Thornton, Chair of the ReCAP Board of Governors and Vice Provost and University Librarian at Columbia University. “Our respective research communities now enjoy significantly broader access to crucial resources that support their work. This collaboration increases the impact of collection building, and we are thrilled to expand that impact with Harvard as our newest member.”<br /><br />In 2017, with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the consortium launched its <a href="https://recap.princeton.edu/collections-services/shared-collections" rel="nofollow">Shared Collection Service</a>, which currently enables users at Columbia, NYPL, and Princeton to experience increasingly seamless access to the extraordinary holdings accessioned over centuries. The project goals were twofold: to better manage and preserve the shared collection, and to create the technical infrastructure necessary to allow cross-partner borrowing between institutions. Upon its completion, the project enabled each organization to provide its patrons with seamless discovery and direct request of the ReCAP materials of all partners, thus empowering its users with a more diverse selection of resources than ever before. Harvard’s eventual integration into this service will enable users at Columbia, Princeton, and NYPL to access millions more volumes currently held in the Harvard Depository in Southboro, MA.</p> <p dir="ltr">The Shared Collection Service allows users to request items directly from local catalogs of each consortium member for 24-hour delivery. Initial implementation of the service resulted in access to more than <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2017-09-25/princeton-university-library-expands-catalog-5-million-records">5 million items added to the Princeton online catalog</a>, more than <a href="https://library.columbia.edu/news/libraries/2017/2017-09-29_ReCAP.html" rel="nofollow">7 million items to the Columbia online catalog</a>, and <a href="https://www.nypl.org/research/collections/shared-collection-catalog/" rel="nofollow">more than 7 million items to The New York Public Library online shared collection catalog</a>. Since its launch, patrons' use of the shared holdings across each partner institution has risen between 30 and 70 percent over the previous year, demonstrating the value of seamless access to distributed collections.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Membership in ReCAP represents a new era in collaboration for Harvard and research libraries,” said Sarah Thomas, Vice President for the Harvard Library and University Librarian; Roy E. Larsen Librarian for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. “Working with our peers at Columbia, NYPL, and Princeton will enable us to break new ground in access to knowledge and the management of information for the immediate benefit of our students and scholars.”</p> <p dir="ltr">In addition to improved access and increased efficiency already achieved through the Shared Collection Service, the ReCAP consortium is exploring collaborative collection building and joint digital initiatives to improve the user experience. Librarians at Columbia, Harvard, NYPL, and Princeton are developing shared preservation approaches and plans for enhanced electronic document delivery. In addition, the ReCAP consortium will be able to speak with one voice in national level endeavors to coordinate print repositories.</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Written by </strong>Allison Morrow, Columbia University Libraries Communications</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Media contact: </strong>Barbara Valenza, Library Communications Manager</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/recap%2001.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/recap%2001.jpg" width="4256" height="2832" alt="Staff member working at ReCAP" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>The Research Collections and Preservation Consortium, otherwise known as ReCAP, will expand its scope and membership to include Harvard University. </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/recap%2001_0.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/recap%2001_0.jpg" width="4256" height="2832" alt="Staff member working in ReCAP" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-libraries field--type-entityreference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Libraries:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">ReCAP</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/general/2019-01-24/research-collections-and-preservation-consortium-recap-expands-scope-and" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="Research Collections and Preservation Consortium (ReCAP) expands scope and membership" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Thu, 24 Jan 2019 16:36:44 +0000 sjr5 40905 at https://library.princeton.edu Now Published: Seth Porter's book https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2018-12-04/now-published-seth-porters-book <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p><img alt="&quot;Engaging Design&quot; cover" class="image-large" height="480" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/news/images/IMG_3635-edited.jpg?itok=Pqob0r7-" width="314" />"<strong>Engaging Design: Creating Libraries for Modern Users</strong>," a new book written by <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/staff/smporter">Seth Porter</a>, Head of <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/stokes">Stokes Library</a>, is now available from ABC-CLIO and is heralded as "innovative," "timely," and "a must read for [library] staff and campus constituents before embarking on a collaborative project to make the university library more responsive to faculty teaching, research, and student learning."</p> <p>Co-authored by Emy Nelson Decker, NextGen Public Services Manager at the Georgia Institute of Technology Library, "Engaging Design" introduces readers to basic design techniques and frameworks, or engaging designs, that enhance library spaces, services, outreach, programs, and initiatives, as well as engage and appeal to all users. The book utilizes a three-prong approach – aesthetics, design thinking, and service design – to provide readers a guide for design choices. </p> <p>The guide, the core focus of the book, creates an experience of education which assists in information retention and transfer, i.e. learning. One approach to that is the adoption of design thinking and service design. A systematic process of thought, design thinking diverges from linear, analytical thinking to allow for the development of new, innovative solutions to the problem at hand. The book provides an overview on the convergent and divergent processes involved and the step-by-step process that makes up the agile methodology. Readers are be able to see how the innovative design-thinking methodology can be applied throughout the library. Service design refers to the designing of services, perhaps even independently of spaces, to best anticipate and serve the needs of the user.</p> <p>Altogether, Porter and Nelson Decker worked on the project for nearly two years. The co-authors not only shared a passion for aesthetics and design principles, but they had previously worked together as project managers to redesign the services and space at the Georgia Institute of Technology Library. They witnessed the strength and weaknesses of several project management methodologies and design techniques, including the effects of those designs on staff and users in real time. </p> <p>“In the course of a lively and interesting narrative,” the publisher described, “’Engaging Design’ introduces basic concepts of aesthetics and good design thinking and explores examples of its successful uses in the academic, public, and special library. It provides simple steps for implementing subtle, but powerful, techniques to improve instruction, instructional design, [...] e-learning, public services spaces, [...] and all manner of library programs, events, and services. In addition, the authors recommend easy-to-implement best practices that will help librarians to enhance library-goers' experience. Library administrators will also look to this book for assistance in best addressing the needs of the modern library user.”</p> <p>In particular, Porter brings to the book an academic and professional background in instructional design and the scholarship of teaching and learning (including e-learning), as well as experience as an instruction coordinator and project manager. He hopes readers will use the book “as a compass, not a roadmap. . . to embed in their work where appropriate. I think libraries should think about this as a strategy to move forward with the diffusion of ideas from outside the discipline. It is important to drive innovative ideas from interdisciplinary sources and to embed this in academic librarianship.</p> <p>“A library is both space and services,” he added, “so librarians, designers, and administrators should try to create programs and design spaces that are a bridge between the two.” </p> <p>For more information about the book, visit <a href="https://www.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOCorporate/product.aspx?pc=A5425P" rel="nofollow">ABC-CLIO’s website</a>.</p> <p><strong>Written by</strong> <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/sjr5">Stephanie Ramírez</a>, Library Communications Specialist &amp; Staff Writer</p> <p><strong>Media contact:</strong> <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/bvalenza">Barbara Valenza</a>, Library Communications Manager </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/IMG_3635-graphic_0.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/IMG_3635-graphic_0.jpg" width="801" height="553" alt="&quot;Engaging Design&quot; cover, cropped" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>"Engaging Design: Creating Libraries for Modern Users," a new book written by Seth Porter, Head of Stokes Library, is now available from ABC-CLIO.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/IMG_3635-edited.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/IMG_3635-edited.jpg" width="735" height="1123" alt="&quot;Engaging Design&quot; cover" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-libraries field--type-entityreference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Libraries:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Stokes Library</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/general/2018-12-04/now-published-seth-porters-book" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="Now Published: Seth Porter&#039;s book" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Tue, 04 Dec 2018 19:21:50 +0000 sjr5 40739 at https://library.princeton.edu PUL librarians Fernando Acosta-Rodríguez and Brenna Campbell help preserve irreplaceable Puerto Rican collections damaged by Hurricane Maria https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2018-08-28/pul-librarians-fernando-acosta-rodr%C3%ADguez-and-brenna-campbell-help-preserve <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p dir="ltr"><div class="caption caption-center"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 4032px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="Staff working on preserving collections" height="3024" src="/sites/default/files/news/images/IMG_4794_0.JPG" width="4032" /><p class="caption-text">At University of Puerto Rico at Humacao, PUL librarians Fernando Acosta-Rodríguez and Brenna Campbell worked closely with the Águedo Mojica Marrero Library staff to develop a plan of action for stabilizing and preserving portions of the Library's most endangered rare archival collections. From left to right: Milagros Rodríguez, UPRH staff; Fernando Acosta-Rodríguez; Liz M. Pagán, UPRH staff; Luis Rodríguez Morales, UPRH staff; and Sergio Rodríguez Sosa, UPRH staff. Photo by Brenna Campbell, Princeton University Library</p></div></div></div></p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico. From extensive damages on homes and buildings to the longest blackout in the United States' history, the catastrophic storm devastated the island. Nearly a year later, Puerto Ricans are still recovering from the aftermath, and Puerto Rican libraries and archives, in particular, struggle to preserve collections critically endangered by mold and significant water damage. </p> <p dir="ltr">In the past months, PUL librarians <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/facosta">Fernando Acosta-Rodríguez</a> and <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/brennac">Brenna Campbell</a> visited the Águedo Mojica Marrero Library at the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao, which archives remarkable collections in Puerto Rican history, to assess the condition and consult on the preservation of materials damaged by the storm. </p> <p dir="ltr">"What we learned from librarians and faculty in Puerto Rico [shortly after the hurricane]," said Acosta-Rodríguez, PUL's Librarian for Latin American Studies, Latino Studies and Iberian Peninsular Studies, "was that much of the damage to library collections did not occur during the storm, but during the weeks and months that followed. With water leaking profusely and with months without electricity, environmental conditions within library facilities propitiated the rapid growth of mold that damaged library collections and threatened the health of students and library employees. Extensive reference collections were lost. Unique collections of incalculable historical value remain to this date most seriously endangered."</p> <p dir="ltr"><div class="caption caption-right"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 360px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="" class="image-large" height="480" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/news/images/IMG_4777-edited%202.jpg?itok=4PMKbs1V" width="360" /><p class="caption-text">Acosta-Rodríguez and Campbell focused their efforts on stabilizing the most critically damaged archives. Photo by Brenna Campbell, Princeton University Library</p></div></div></div>At UPR Humacao, Acosta-Rodríguez and Campbell, PUL's Preservation Librarian, focused their efforts on stabilizing the most critically damaged archives, housed in the Library's Centro de Documentación Obrera Santiago Iglesias Pantín (Santiago Iglesias Pantín Workers' Documentation Center). The Center includes unique collections documenting the history of the Puerto Rican labor movement in the 20th century and the movement's connection to the sociopolitical and economic development of the island. It holds the archives of a key figure in the labor movement, and the Center's namesake, Puerto Rican Senator and Resident Commissioner, Santiago Iglesias Pantín. In total, the Center contains more than 1,200 boxes filled with letters, documents, manifests, photos, publications and other materials from the movement.<br /> </p> <p dir="ltr">During their initial visit to the Library in April 2018, the top floor of the building, where the rare collections are housed, remained closed due to substantial damage. "The losses to the roof that occurred during Hurricane Maria mean that collections throughout the Library are at risk of water damage each time it rains," said Campbell. She and Acosta-Rodríguez worked with the UPR Humacao staff to secure the temporary use of two freezers to freeze the documents, preventing further mold growth. </p> <p dir="ltr">Campbell returned to Puerto Rico in late June to co-teach a two-day seminar, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, on Collections Emergency Preparedness and Response with Miriam Centeno, the Collections Care Coordinator at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. While there, BELFOR Property Restoration offered, free of charge, space for the collections in their air-drying facility in Carolina, Puerto Rico and subsquently transported the documents to their facility where they await approval for further cleaning and conservation treatment. </p> <p dir="ltr">At Princeton, Acosta-Rodríguez, native to Puerto Rico, has worked vigorously to provide additional support to his home island. As a member of the <a href="https://www.princeton.edu/news/2018/03/06/princetonians-provide-post-hurricane-support-puerto-rico" rel="nofollow">Princeton Task Force on Puerto Rico</a>, he helped establish the <a href="https://www.princeton.edu/news/2018/08/02/scholars-artists-puerto-rico-visit-princeton-research-collaboration" rel="nofollow">Visiting Scholars and Artists from Puerto Rico (VISAPUR)</a> program, which invited scholars, students and artists affected by the aftermath of hurricanes Irma and Maria to the University to continue their work and research on a temporary basis. The initiative, one of the task force's many, was sponsored by the <a href="https://plas.princeton.edu/" rel="nofollow">Program in Latin American Studies</a> and the <a href="https://provost.princeton.edu/who-we-are" rel="nofollow">Office of the Provost</a>. </p> <p dir="ltr">He also co-organized, along with Arcadio Díaz Quiñones, the Emory L. Ford Professor of Spanish, Emeritus, a two-part colloquium titled, "Bankruptcy and Citizenship: Puerto Rico, A 21st Century Colony?" which examined the sociopolitical and human consequences of the Puerto Rican debt crisis in the context of the hurricane. </p> <p dir="ltr">Going forward, the pair continue to work closely with the UPR Humacao Library staff to develop a plan of action for stabilizing and preserving portions of the most endangered rare archival collections. </p> <p dir="ltr">Written by <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/sjr5">Stephanie Ramírez</a>, Library Communications Specialist &amp; Staff Writer</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Media contact: </strong><a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/bvalenza">Barbara Valenza</a>, Library Communications Manager</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/IMG_4794-graphic.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/IMG_4794-graphic.jpg" width="4032" height="2781" alt="Acosta-Rodríguez and UPRH staff" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>In the past months, Acosta-Rodríguez and Campbell visited the Águedo Mojica Marrero Library at the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao, which archives remarkable collections in Puerto Rican history, to assess the condition and consult on the preservation of materials damaged by the storm.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/IMG_4794_0.JPG"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/IMG_4794_0.JPG" width="4032" height="3024" alt="Staff working on preserving collections" /></div><div class="field__item odd" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/IMG_4777-edited%202.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/IMG_4777-edited%202.jpg" width="3024" height="4032" alt="Critically damaged materials at UPRH" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-libraries field--type-entityreference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Libraries:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Firestone Library</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/general/2018-08-28/pul-librarians-fernando-acosta-rodr%C3%ADguez-and-brenna-campbell-help-preserve" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="PUL librarians Fernando Acosta-Rodríguez and Brenna Campbell help preserve irreplaceable Puerto Rican collections damaged by Hurricane Maria" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Tue, 28 Aug 2018 15:09:35 +0000 sjr5 40258 at https://library.princeton.edu Transforming a Princeton Icon: The Firestone Library Renovation Project https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2018-08-08/transforming-princeton-icon-firestone-library-renovation-project <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p><div class="caption caption-center"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 5118px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="" height="3412" src="/sites/default/files/news/images/SMS_6108%20LR_0.jpg" width="5118" /><p class="caption-text">The newly renovated southeast area at Firestone Library, including the Scribner Reading Room (above), opened in spring 2018.<br />Photo by Shelley Szwast, Princeton University Library</p></div></div></div> </p> <p>The once dimly lit, labyrinth-like corridors of Firestone Library - known for sending new visitors on Odyssean wanderings - have been transformed into open, easy-to-navigate spaces with natural light and smart, sustainable design features. </p> <p>The Firestone Library Renovation Project, which began in 2010, is now nearly complete. For the past eight years, extensive work has created a modern facility that gracefully incorporates the iconic characteristics of the original 1948 building. The project goals aim to improve reader and study spaces; upgrade Rare Books &amp; Special Collections areas; introduce sustainable building features; update HVAC, plumbing, electrical and life-safety systems; and renovate graduate study rooms, exhibit spaces and shelving areas in the library, according to the <a href="http://libblogs.princeton.edu/renovations/the-vision/" rel="nofollow">project website</a>. </p> <p>"The project is now approximately 85 percent complete," said Library Facilities Manager, Margaret Kehrer. "We should be done by the end of the year and ready to celebrate its completion." </p> <p>Firestone's recent renovations, which improve the navigability and comfort of the library, are completed with a sustainable future in mind. Among the most notable design elements of the project is an emphasis on allowing more natural light to flow into the building. Offices that previously ringed the perimeter of the building were moved inward, allowing for unobstructed views through energy-efficient windows. In what the architect calls "light harvesting," skylights have been strategically added to the first floor spaces. </p> <p>To make the library easier to navigate, the brightly lit main corridor on each floor has been oriented on a north/south axis with a designated color unique to each floor. For patrons lost among the stacks, this will serve as a compass point. The end panels of the bookshelves facing north are painted a darker shade, while the south end panels are lighter shades. </p> <p>Additionally, a new "chilled beam" cooling system routes chilled water throughout the building and quietly cools the return air using a convection system, providing energy-efficient climate control by cooling the surrounding air. This system is also paired with new energy-efficient air handlers. </p> <p>Further increases to efficiencies and space optimization include the library's bathrooms, equipped with low-flow plumbing fixtures and relocated near the center of the building as part of a "stacked core" design. (Tip: If you're looking for a bathroom, head toward the middle.) </p> <p>One of the most prominent changes is the library's "intelligent" lighting. As patrons walk down a long row of bookshelves, the lights (a combination of energy-efficient LED and CFL lighting) brighten to illuminate just the portion of the row they're browsing, and then dim down once there is no activity present. </p> <p>The redesign does, however, according to design architect Fred Fisher, preserve and enhance the "architectural fabric" of Firestone Library, which first opened in 1948. Many of the iconic elements of the original library design have been reused and repurposed, including chandeliers, curtains, tapestries, stonework and flooring, as well as a few of the cherished heavyweight metal study carrels. The drawer faces of the analog card catalog, now retired, have become wall art that greets visitors off the main lobby as they enter the newly opened southeast areas of the library's first floor. </p> <p>When Firestone opened in 1948, it was the first large American university library constructed after World War II. Today, it is one of the world's foremost research libraries, serving thousands of students, faculty and scholars from around the world. The renovation project is scheduled to be completed by late 2018. </p> <p>Written by Jared Flesher, Office of Sustainability, <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/staff/sjr5">Stephanie Ramírez</a>, Library Communcations, and <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/staff/bvalenza">Barbara Valenza</a>, Library Communications</p> <p><strong>Media Contact: </strong>Barbara Valenza, Library Communications Manager</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/SMS_6108%20LR.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/SMS_6108%20LR.jpg" width="5118" height="3412" alt="Scribner Reading Room" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>Extensive work on Firestone Library has created a modern facility that features open, easy-to-navigate spaces with natural light and smart, sustainable designs, as well as the iconic characteristics of the original 1948 building.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/SMS_6108%20LR_0.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/SMS_6108%20LR_0.jpg" width="5118" height="3412" alt="Scribner Reading Room" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-libraries field--type-entityreference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Libraries:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Firestone Library</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/general/2018-08-08/transforming-princeton-icon-firestone-library-renovation-project" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="Transforming a Princeton Icon: The Firestone Library Renovation Project" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Wed, 08 Aug 2018 18:14:14 +0000 sjr5 40144 at https://library.princeton.edu Eric White awarded DeLong Book History Prize from SHARP for "Editio Princeps" https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2018-07-23/eric-white-awarded-delong-book-history-prize-sharp-editio-princeps <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p><img alt="" class="image-large" height="480" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/news/images/EditioPrinceps-HR-cover.jpg?itok=HTLcWMmJ" width="350" /></p> <p>Eric White, PUL's Curator of Rare Books, won the DeLong Book History Prize from the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP) on July 12, 2018 for his recently published book, "<strong>Editio princeps: A History of the Gutenberg Bible</strong>" from Harvey Miller Publishers (2017).<strong> </strong>SHARP annually awards the prize to the <a href="http://www.sharpweb.org/main/delong-book-history-prize/" rel="nofollow">"author of the best book on any aspect of the creation, dissemination or uses of script or print published in the previous year." </a></p> <p>White’s "pathbreaking" book, "Editio princeps"<em> </em>details an unparalleled historical account of all surviving copies and fragments of the book widely regarded as Europe's first printed book, the Gutenberg Bible. In over three parts covering more than 450 pages, White writes not only the history behind every copy, including PUL's own at Scheide Library, but the book's foundation, effect, eventual decline and rediscovery.</p> <p>"This book is breathtakingly erudite, combining archival sleuthing on early business and trade practices with traditional scholarship about provenance and printing," SHARP judges commented. "White builds upon and gathers the known facts and myths about the genesis of 'the Gutenberg bible.' The study's tour de force, however, lies in the tracing of ownership history from Mainz in the 15th century to today's libraries and collectors for every single known copy - using each copy's unique binding, illuminations, or marginalia as evidence for geographical movement from place to place. White approaches every extant copy like a crime scene investigation, allowing the features of surviving books to tell a narrative about their individual history. After several hundred years of Gutenberg scholarship, White has in the 21st century suddenly given us so much more, and with his book centuries of disparate and divergent evidence are brought together and re-evaluated. This handsomely-illustrated book is deft of touch and can be read or perused by any reader interested in the world's most famous printed book, while displaying an impressive depth of scholarship. It is a triumphant study." </p> <p>About "Editio Princeps," Harvey Miller Publishers wrote, “Combining close analysis of material clues within the Bibles themselves with fresh documentary discoveries, the book reconstructs the history of each copy in unprecedented depth,” the publisher described, “from its earliest known context through every change of ownership up to the present day. Along the way it introduces the colorful cast of proud possessors, crafty booksellers, observant travelers, and scholarly librarians who shaped our understanding of Europe’s first printed book. Bringing the ‘biographies’ of all the Gutenberg Bibles together for the first time, this richly illustrated study contextualizes both the historic cultural impact of the 'editio princeps' and its transformation into a world treasure.”</p> <p>In his acknowledgements, White expressed deep gratitude to his colleagues at the University. For their invaluable help, he thanked <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/needham">Paul Needham</a>, Scheide Librarian; <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/ferguson">Stephen Ferguson</a>, Acting Associate University Librarian for Rare Books and Special Collections; <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/ddreyer">Darlene Dreyer</a>, Assistant to the Acting Associate University Librarian for Rare Books and Special Collections; <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/gswift">Gabriel Swift</a>, Reference Librarian for Special Collections; <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/sw21">Squirrel Walsh</a>, Special Collections Assistant for Public Services; and <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/rmunoz">Roel Munoz</a>, Library Digital Imaging Manager. Additionally, he thanked the Department of Art and Archaeology, which underwrote "a great deal" of illustration and production through a Barr Ferree Foundation Fund for Publications grant.</p> <p>Altogether, White's book was roughly twenty years in the making. Although he first thought of writing a book in 2011, his work and research with the Gutenberg Bible dates back to 1997. "At Princeton, I experienced enthusiasm and support for my research like I had never experienced elsewhere," White said. "I'm truly pleased that the words 'Princeton University Library' are among the first to greet the reader's eyes as they open the book's cover," he said.</p> <p>For more information on the book, visit the <a href="http://www.brepols.net/Pages/ShowProduct.aspx?prod_id=IS-9781909400849-1" rel="nofollow">publisher's site</a>.</p> <p><span>Scheide Librarian Needham wrote a </span><a href="https://harveymillerpublishers.com/2017/12/06/paul-needham-on-editio-princeps-a-history-of-the-gutenberg-bible/" rel="nofollow">contribution</a> for the publisher.</p> <p>Written by <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/sjr5">Stephanie Ramírez</a>, Library Communications Assistant</p> <p><strong>Media Contact:</strong> <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/bvalenza">Barbara Valenza</a>, Library Communications Manager</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/EditioPrinceps-HR-cover%20-%20graphic.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/EditioPrinceps-HR-cover%20-%20graphic.jpg" width="2630" height="1814" alt="Editio princeps" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>Eric White, Curator of Rare Books, recently won an award for his recently published book, "Editio princeps: A History of the Gutenberg Bible."</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/EditioPrinceps-HR-cover.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/EditioPrinceps-HR-cover.jpg" width="2630" height="3610" alt="Editio princeps" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/general/2018-07-23/eric-white-awarded-delong-book-history-prize-sharp-editio-princeps" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="Eric White awarded DeLong Book History Prize from SHARP for &quot;Editio Princeps&quot;" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Mon, 23 Jul 2018 16:30:29 +0000 sjr5 28661 at https://library.princeton.edu PUL names Firestone Reading Room in honor of William Elfers '41, who established the Herman Elfers Collection of Ralph Waldo Emerson https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2018-06-14/pul-names-firestone-reading-room-honor-william-elfers-41-who-established <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p><div class="caption caption-center"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 5472px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="Elfers '41 room unveiling" height="3648" src="/sites/default/files/news/images/Elfer%27s%20Dedication-0132.jpg" width="5472" /><p class="caption-text">The Elfers family and Anne Jarvis, Robert H. Taylor 1930 University Librarian, unveil the William Elfers '41 Reading Room in Firestone Library. From left to right: Anne Jarvis, Katherine Elfers '18, Amelia Elfers, Deborah Elfers, and William Elfers '71.</p></div></div></div><br /> </p> <p>The Firestone Library third floor reading room now honors the contributions of Princeton alumnus William Elfers, who established the Herman Elfers Collection of Ralph Waldo Emerson at Princeton University Library. A graduate of the Princeton Class of 1941, Elfers donated more than 75 rare books and manuscripts by and about renowned writer, Ralph Waldo Emerson, to PUL’s Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. </p> <p>Named in honor of Elfers’ father, Herman, the collection began with his earliest gift in 1955 and most notably contains first edition copies of all of Emerson’s published essays. Additionally, it includes the original copy of “Wealth,” an essay initially published in Emerson’s 1860 book, <em>The Conduct of Life</em>. </p> <p>A dedicated volunteer at the University, Elfers supported many Princeton activities, including securing significant funding for the Department of Molecular Biology as director of the Sherman Fairchild Foundation.</p> <p>Following his undergraduate career as a history major at Princeton, Elfers earned his MBA at Harvard University, and in 1965, he founded his own leading venture capitalist firm, Greylock Partners. Harvard Business School awarded him the Alumni Achievement Award in 2003. </p> <p>Outside of Princeton, Elfers dedicated his time to the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut, where he served as a trustee and treasurer. In 1979, the Hotchkiss School named him Alumni of the Year. Elfers also served as the trustee of the Museum of Fine Arts and of Northeastern University, both in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1989, Northeastern awarded him an honorary degree.</p> <p>On June 21, 2005, Elfers died while on vacation in Oysterville, Washington. His family – son, William “Bill” Elfers, Class of 1971; daughter-in-law Deborah Elfers; and granddaughters Katherine Elfers, Class of 2018, and Amelia Elfers – joined <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/staff/ajarvis">Anne Jarvis</a>, Robert H. Taylor 1930 University Librarian, for a ribbon cutting ceremony at Firestone Library on Monday, June 4.</p> <p>For more information about the Herman Elfers Collection of Ralph Waldo Emerson, visit the Rare Books and Special Collections <a href="https://rbsc.princeton.edu/rare-books-83" rel="nofollow">website</a>.</p> <p>___________________________________________________________________________________________________________</p> <p>Written by <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/sjr5">Stephanie Ramírez</a>, Library Communications Assistant</p> <p><strong>Media contact: </strong><a href="https://library.princeton.edu/staff/bvalenza">Barbara Valenza</a>, Library Communications Manager</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/Elfer%27s%20Dedication-0137-graphic%202.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/Elfer%27s%20Dedication-0137-graphic%202.jpg" width="4210" height="2904" alt="William Elfers &#039;41 Reading Room unveiling" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>The third floor reading room in Firestone Library now honors Elfers' many contributions, which include donating 75 rare books and manuscripts by and about Ralph Waldo Emerson to PUL's Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/Elfer%27s%20Dedication-0132.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/Elfer%27s%20Dedication-0132.jpg" width="5472" height="3648" alt="Elfers &#039;41 room unveiling" /></div><div class="field__item odd" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/Elfer%27s%20Dedication-0137.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/Elfer%27s%20Dedication-0137.jpg" width="5472" height="3648" alt="William Elfers &#039;41 Reading Room unveiling" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-libraries field--type-entityreference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Libraries:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Firestone Library</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/general/2018-06-14/pul-names-firestone-reading-room-honor-william-elfers-41-who-established" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="PUL names Firestone Reading Room in honor of William Elfers &#039;41, who established the Herman Elfers Collection of Ralph Waldo Emerson" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Thu, 14 Jun 2018 14:03:54 +0000 sjr5 40033 at https://library.princeton.edu PUL and HBCUs join forces to launch inaugural archives student program https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2018-06-13/pul-and-hbcus-join-forces-launch-inaugural-archives-student-program <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p><strong>How do archives, historical narratives, and social justice work hand-in-hand?</strong> As part of the Library’s inaugural Archives Research and Collaborative History (ARCH) Program, 12 undergraduate students and two graduate students from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) across the nation will explore this connection at Princeton University Library from July 9 to July 13, 2018.</p> <p>A partnership between <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/">Princeton University Library</a> and five participating <a href="https://articles.niche.com/list-of-hbcu-schools-in-america-2/" rel="nofollow">HBCUs</a>, the ARCH program will introduce students to the archival field, the importance of diversity in archival collections, how to use primary-source documents, and potential career opportunities. During their week on the Princeton campus, students will be engaged to think critically about how archives form historical narratives, particularly the connections between the archives and social justice.</p> <p>“The program is an outgrowth of the <a href="http://slavery.princeton.edu/" rel="nofollow">Princeton and Slavery Project</a>,” said Dan Linke, University Archivist, PUL’s <a href="https://rbsc.princeton.edu/mudd" rel="nofollow">Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library</a>. “Research during that project brought a focus on the University’s archives and how the narrative history of slavery in Princeton has been shaped by which materials archivists choose to preserve.”</p> <p>He is grateful to Michele Minter, Princeton University’s Vice Provost for Institutional Equity and Diversity, who was an early supporter of the Princeton and Slavery Project. Minter connected Linke with Caryl McFarlane, who spearheaded a pilot program for art preservation in 2017 at Yale University which served as a model for Princeton’s ARCH program.</p> <p><div class="caption caption-center"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 5760px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="students working with University Archives" height="3840" src="/sites/default/files/news/images/SMS_3775%20LR.jpg" title="" width="5760" /><p class="caption-text">Students working with archival material from PUL's University Archives</p></div></div></div></p> <p>Each of the participating HBCUs--Lincoln University, Howard University, Texas Southern University, Tougaloo College, and Tuskegee University--is slated to send a staff professional who is responsible for their archives and who will serve as a mentor. Not only will the professional support their institution’s student during the program, they will also maintain that connection after they return to their respective institutions, allowing the student to build on their interest in preserving our cultural heritage.</p> <p>The students will receive instruction from over a dozen PUL professionals and learn how to conduct research with paper and digitized historical materials; navigate archival repositories and their holdings, including understanding archival description and preservation for both paper and digital records; promote archival materials through outreach and exhibitions; work with finding aids and other aspects of archival public services functions; and learn basic archival concepts and survey and description practice for both paper and electronic records.</p> <p>“We are very much looking forward to having these dedicated students and academic colleagues join us this summer. Archives play a crucial role in our understanding of our history,” said <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/ajarvis">Anne E. Jarvis, Robert H. Taylor 1930 University Librarian</a>. “We need to cultivate ways to support diversity within Archives and also within the profession. Otherwise, we risk preserving only a fraction of history. This initiative is just the beginning of what building collegial partnerships can do to jointly support inclusivity in collections and archives.”</p> <p>Included in the program are also a series of lectures and group discussions. Planned visits and tours include the Smithsonian's National Museum on African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., the reading rooms in the PUL Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, the PUL Preservation Lab, the PUL Digital Imaging Studio, and the Princeton University Art Museum, as well as a tour of the Library’s digital forensics equipment.</p> <p>The program covers all related expenses--meals, lodging, round-trip travel to the University and Washington, D.C.— as well as a stipend for attending students.</p> <p>The program is generously funded by Princeton University Library, the Department of African American Studies, the Princeton History Fund, the Humanities Council, the Center for Collaborative History, and the Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities.</p> <p>___________________________________________________________________________________________________________</p> <p>Written by Barbara Valenza and Stephanie Ramírez, Library Communications</p> <p>Media contact: <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/bvalenza">Barbara Valenza, Library Communications Manager</a></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/SMS_3775%20LR.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/SMS_3775%20LR.jpg" width="5760" height="3840" alt="students working with archival material, PUL University Archives" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>During the week of July 9 to July 13, 2018, 12 undergraduate students and 2 graduate students from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) across the nation will visit Princeton University to explore archives, historical narratives, and social justice.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/SMS_3775%20LR.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/SMS_3775%20LR.jpg" width="5760" height="3840" alt="students working with University Archives" title="Students working with archival material from PUL&#039;s University Archives" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/general/2018-06-13/pul-and-hbcus-join-forces-launch-inaugural-archives-student-program" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="PUL and HBCUs join forces to launch inaugural archives student program" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Wed, 13 Jun 2018 18:13:51 +0000 bvalenza 40031 at https://library.princeton.edu Dana Sheridan, Cotsen Children's Library Education & Outreach Coordinator, wins first place in Princeton Writes essay contest https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2018-06-12/dana-sheridan-cotsen-childrens-library-education-outreach-coordinator-wins <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p><div class="caption caption-center"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 2639px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="John Weeren, Dana Sheridan, and Anne Jarvis" height="2893" src="/sites/default/files/news/images/IMG_0520-cropped%202.jpg" width="2639" /><p class="caption-text">Dana Sheridan, center, receives her first place award for the 2017-2018 Princeton Writes Staff Essay Contest. From left to right: John Weeren, Princeton Writes Program Director, Dana Sheridan, and Anne Jarvis, Robert H. Taylor 1930 University Librarian.</p></div></div></div><br /> </p> <p>On Wednesday, June 6, Princeton Writes awarded the 2017-2018 Princeton Writes Prize to <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/staff/directory/s">Dana Sheridan</a>, Education and Outreach Coordinator at Cotsen Children’s Library, for her submission, "She Still Hasn't Told Me Her Name" in the staff essay contest. Established to encourage and recognize outstanding writing from University staff, the Princeton Writes staff essay contest annually invites submissions from academic professional, administrative, and support staffs.</p> <p>A collaboration with the Office of Alumni Affairs and the Humanities Council, the contest invited staff this year to “describe an encounter or relationship that has given you a new perspective” in 750 to 1,250 words. The initiative draws inspiration from Princeton alumnus, William Zinsser, Class of 1944, who wrote the lauded writing guide, <em>On Writing Well</em>. </p> <p>The Princeton Writes Prize selection committee awards one winner and three honorable mentions based on "how clearly, creatively, and compellingly" staff address the pre-selected topic and subject of their writing. Sheridan’s essay was selected from a pool of 58 submissions, representing 38 University departments. She and other honorees were recognized at a celebratory reception at Maclean House on June 6 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. In 2015, Sheridan was also awarded an honorable mention for her essay, "<a href="https://pwrites.princeton.edu/5-a-m-by-dana-sheridan/" rel="nofollow">5 a.m.</a>"</p> <p>Her 2017-2018 essay submission reads as follows: </p> <blockquote><p><strong>She Still Hasn’t Told Me Her Name</strong></p> <p>I would like to write about my relationship with my dining room table. It’s alive, you see.</p> <p>Before, furniture was just furniture. I mean, I liked most of the things in my home. But the relationships were rather utilitarian. I needed to sit. Thus, a couch. Other furnishing relationships consisted of affectionate superficialities: I like the color of those shelves. Or, that rug fits well in this space. Even buying a writing desk was more like purchasing a 19th-century cab horse. Size, confirmation, soundness, all balanced under the almighty god of price range.</p> <p>Then divorce, which necessitated a new dining room table for myself and my two children. It needed to be inexpensive, and hefty enough to withstand scores of kiddie art projects. But most importantly, it needed to be round. At a round table, there are no sides. Everyone is sitting next to someone. No one is gone.</p> <p>The task was surprisingly difficult. As I soon learned, seventy-five percent of the world’s tables boast corners. I searched Tiger Trade, Craigslist, eBay, Amazon. In the slivers of time between work and kids, I stopped by thrift stores, secondhand stores, consignment shops. The tables were always too expensive, too tall, too short, too wide, too small, too beat up, and too late, sold.</p> <p>I started panicking. Which left me dumbfounded. All the changes in my life, and I was panicking about a table? I prodded my anxiety and extracted the cause: my dining room is located in the center of my apartment. And sitting in the center of the dining room? A table, anchoring the world in place, the household drifting around it like a compass needle. Without the right table, I would be unmoored.</p> <p>Finally, success. I found myself waiting outside a stranger’s home, hopeful. A woman arrived with her two daughters. This had been her mother’s home, she explained. She had recently passed away, and some of her furniture was being sold.</p> <p>We proceeded into the house, through the living room, and into the kitchen. There. Forty-eight inches in dimeter, single pedestal, solid wood. The table had glitter scattered across its surface (one of the granddaughters recalled the basket of decorative eggs responsible for it). Under the canopy, radiating from that single, sturdy base were four feet, each ending in a curved griffin’s paw. Sold. Sold. Sold. It would be delivered to me that weekend.</p> <p>I went home and told my kids…that I had just been to a wizard’s workshop and bought a magic table. It had been previously owned by a very accomplished witch. It still had some sparkly spells clinging to the top. I could hardly wait for them to meet it, but cautioned that enchanted tables are alive and we needed to show her (for it was a female table) proper respect.</p> <p>What?</p> <p>I honestly don’t know what shocked me more. The sudden arrival of the story from my subconscious, or the fact that a part of me believed every word I was saying.</p> <p>They say you can take a goldfish, freeze it, thaw it, and it will live again. The end of my marriage was like a goldfish in an ice cube. Numb, brittle, and airless. The divorce was the slow, painful melt as the temperature ticked upwards, rivulets sweating down the sides of the slumping ice.</p> <p>But the table and her story? That was the first thumping shove of blood into my crystalized chest.</p> <p>Here was something completely unnecessary, unapologetically whimsical, and ferociously imaginary. It evoked a feeling that existed long before my life was tamped down by marriage, work, family, bills. A time when I believed—really believed—in magic. Suddenly, here was an enchanted table with a history, personality, voice. A friend, arriving during the ugliest, greyest, most grindingly adult period of my entire life. This was not a nostalgic rewarming of my childhood beliefs. This was plunging my hands back into the creative universe, feeling its silky current tugging and playing over my fingers.</p> <p>Alas, there was still plenty of leg left in the divorce. All told, eleven ragged months of misery I hope never to repeat. At times, I would put my head on the table’s uneven surface and feel her slow breathing. I would stand in the center of my house and borrow her solidity. I would despair and tell her I couldn’t do it, and she would calmly insist I could. She made me believe again.</p> <p>One mystery, however, remains between the two of us. She still hasn’t told me her name. I respect this decision. In the magical realm, names wield power—a fact that should never be taken lightly. I do know a few things about her autonym. It’s not a name I’ve heard before, it’s not English, and it’s three syllables. One day, I will hear someone utter it, or I will come across it in a book, or it will simply unfold in my mind like reversed origami. It will be a gift she sends the very moment I need it. That’s what our magic is.</p> </blockquote> <p>For more information about Princeton Writes, visit their <a href="https://pwrites.princeton.edu" rel="nofollow">website</a>.</p> <p>______________________________________________________________________________________________________</p> <p>Written by <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/staff/sjr5">Stephanie Ramírez</a>, Library Communications Assistant</p> <p><strong>Media Contact: </strong><a href="https://library.princeton.edu/staff/bvalenza">Barbara Valenza</a>, Library Communications Manager</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/IMG_0520-graphic.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/IMG_0520-graphic.jpg" width="2640" height="1821" alt="Weeren, Sheridan, and Jarvis" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>Sheridan received the award for her personal essay, "She Still Hasn't Told Me Her Name." </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/IMG_0520-cropped%202.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/IMG_0520-cropped%202.jpg" width="2639" height="2893" alt="John Weeren, Dana Sheridan, and Anne Jarvis" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-libraries field--type-entityreference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Libraries:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Rare Books and Special Collections</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/general/2018-06-12/dana-sheridan-cotsen-childrens-library-education-outreach-coordinator-wins" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="Dana Sheridan, Cotsen Children&#039;s Library Education &amp; Outreach Coordinator, wins first place in Princeton Writes essay contest" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Tue, 12 Jun 2018 13:41:02 +0000 sjr5 40026 at https://library.princeton.edu Professor emeritus Stanley J. Stein visits Brazilian collection acquired in honor of him and Barbara Hadley Stein https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2018-05-17/professor-emeritus-stanley-j-stein-visits-brazilian-collection-acquired <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p><div class="caption caption-center"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 4032px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="RBSC visiting group" height="3024" src="/sites/default/files/news/images/IMG_2392.JPG" title=" Mauricio Acuña, Andrea de Castro Melloni, Gabrielle Winkler, Alma Concepción, Arcadio Díaz-Quiñones, Michael Stone, Stanley J. Stein, Don Skemer, Jeremy Adelman, and Fernando Acosta-Rodríguez." width="4032" /><p class="caption-text">From left to right: Mauricio Acuña, Andrea de Castro Melloni, Gabrielle Winkler, Alma Concepción, Arcadio Díaz-Quiñones, Michael Stone, Stanley J. Stein, Don Skemer, Jeremy Adelman, and Fernando Acosta-Rodríguez.</p></div></div></div><br /> </p> <p>Princeton University professor emeritus Stanley J. Stein visited <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/firestone">Firestone Library </a>on Thursday, May 10 and viewed the collection Princeton University Library recently acquired in honor of him and his wife, Barbara Hadley Stein, PUL's first Bibliographer for Latin America, Spain, and Portugal.</p> <p>The collection, acquired by the <a href="https://rbsc.princeton.edu/" rel="nofollow">Department of Rare Books and Special Collections</a>' Manuscripts Division, documents historical manuscripts about African slavery and the plantation economy in colonial and imperial Brazil. Divided into two parts, it includes insight into the slave trade, plantation economy, and the lives of Afro-Brazilian slaves and their families; transcribed financial accounts of the Ribeiro de Avellar family, owners of a slave plantation; and 144 letters written by Domingos Alves da Silva Porto, manager of Avellar &amp; Companhia, an agricultural export business in Rio de Janeiro, to Joaquim Ribeiro de Avellar. The acquisition honors Stanley and Barbara Stein's contributions to the library's Latin American collections and to Latin American studies at Princeton.</p> <p><div class="caption caption-right"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 480px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="Acosta and Stein" class="image-large" height="360" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/news/images/IMG_2364.JPG?itok=3iIAtKbs" width="480" /><p class="caption-text">Fernando Acosta-Rodríguez and Stanley Stein view items from the collection in honor of Stein and his wife, Barbara.</p></div></div></div> Stanley J. Stein, the Walter Samuel Carpenter III Professor in Spanish Civilization and Culture, emeritus, and Professor of History, emeritus, at the University, wrote extensively on Latin American economic and social history, including <em>Vassouras: A Brazilian Coffee County, 1850-1900: The Roles of Planter and Slave in a Plantation Society </em>(1957), <em>Apogee of Empire: Spain and New Spain in the Age of Charles III, 1759-1789 </em>(2003), and <em>Edge of Crisis: War and Trade in the Spanish Atlantic, 1789-1808</em> (2009). Together with Barbara Stein, Stein also wrote <em>The Colonial Heritage of Latin America: Essays on Economic Dependence in Perspective </em>(1970).<br /> </p> <p>His wife, Barbara Stein, who served at the library from 1966 to 1977, established the foundations of what is today one of the greatest Latin American library collections in the world. Among her many accomplishments was the inception of the Latin American Ephemera collection. She recognized a need to document items related to major political changes in Latin American countries, such as the rise of military dictatorships, the Cuban Revolution, and the popular responses to these developments. Under her successors, Peter T. Johnson (1977-2003) and Fernando Acosta-Rodríguez (2003-present), the collection has grown significantly, expanding the geographic and thematic scope, systematizing the process of organizing, cataloging, and preserving, and moving towards open, digital access.</p> <p>Also present during the RBSC visit were Fernando Acosta-Rodríguez, Librarian for Latin American, Latino, and Iberian Peninsular Studies; Mauricio Acuña, graduate student in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese; Jeremy Adelman, Henry Charles Lea professor of history; Alma Concepción, independent artist and scholar; Andrea de Castro Melloni, Lecturer for the Department of Spanish and Portuguese; Arcadio Díaz-Quiñones, Emory L. Ford professor of Spanish, emeritus; Don Skemer, Curator of Manuscripts; Michael Stone, Executive Director of Princeton in Latin America (PiLA); and Gabrielle Winkler, Special Collections Assistant for the Latin American Ephemera collection.</p> <p>For more information on the recent acquisition, visit the <a href="https://blogs.princeton.edu/manuscripts/2018/04/24/brazilian-acquisitions-honor-stanley-j-stein-and-barbara-hadley-stein/" rel="nofollow">Manuscripts Division blog</a>. </p> <p>_________________________________________________________________________________________________</p> <p>Written by <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/sjr5">Stephanie Ramírez</a>, Library Communications Assistant</p> <p><strong>Media Contact: </strong><a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/bvalenza">Barbara Valenza</a>, Library Communications Manager</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/IMG_2364-graphic.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/IMG_2364-graphic.jpg" width="4032" height="2781" alt="Stein and Acosta-Rodriguez" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>The collection, which honors Stanley and Barbara Stein's contributions to the library's Latin American collections and to Latin American studies at Princeton, documents historical manuscripts about African slavery and the plantation economy in colonial and imperial Brazil.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/IMG_2392.JPG"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/IMG_2392.JPG" width="4032" height="3024" alt="RBSC visiting group" title="From left to right: Mauricio Acuña, Andrea de Castro Melloni, Gabrielle Winkler, Alma Concepción, Arcadio Díaz-Quiñones, Michael Stone, Stanley J. Stein, Don Skemer, Jeremy Adelman, and Fernando Acosta-Rodríguez." /></div><div class="field__item odd" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/IMG_2364.JPG"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/IMG_2364.JPG" width="4032" height="3024" alt="Acosta and Stein" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-libraries field--type-entityreference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Libraries:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Rare Books and Special Collections</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/general/2018-05-17/professor-emeritus-stanley-j-stein-visits-brazilian-collection-acquired" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="Professor emeritus Stanley J. Stein visits Brazilian collection acquired in honor of him and Barbara Hadley Stein" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Thu, 17 May 2018 15:00:36 +0000 sjr5 33239 at https://library.princeton.edu PUL announces 2018 Adler Book Collecting Prize winners https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2018-04-30/pul-announces-2018-adler-book-collecting-prize-winners <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p><div class="caption caption-center"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 3648px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="Elmer Adler Prize winners" height="5472" src="/sites/default/files/news/images/1DX_5297%20-%20edited.jpg" title=" Lavinia Liang '18." width="3648" /><p class="caption-text">From left to right: Grace Masback '21, Annabel Barry '19, Alexander Gottdiener '19, Rasheeda A. Saka '20, and Kiara Gilbert '21. Not pictured: Lavinia Liang '18.</p></div></div></div><br /> </p> <h3>Congratulations to Annabel Barry, Class of 2019; Grace Masback, Class of 2021; Alexander Gottdiener, Class of 2019; Kiara Gilbert, Class of 2021; Lavinia Liang, Class of 2018; and Rasheeda A. Saka, Class of 2020!</h3> <p><img alt="" class="image-thumbnail" height="100" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/news/images/picture-603-1445280937.jpg?itok=nMozz184" width="75" /> <br /> </p> <p><br />Written by Julie Mellby, Graphic Arts Librarian</p> <p>Princeton University Library and the Friends of the PUL announced the winners of the 93rd annual Elmer Adler Undergraduate Book Collecting Prize on Sunday, April 22 at the newly opened Lewis Arts complex.</p> <p>Congratulations to our first prize winner: Annabel Barry, Class of 2019, for her essay, "The Emigrant's Dilemma: Collecting Books About Ireland," which unravels her act of collecting books about and from Ireland as an intimate journey of discovering selfhood, a journey that eventually brought her to Ireland, merging a literary island with its physical landscape. </p> <p>Annabel receives a check for $2,000, a certificate from the Dean, and a book donated by Princeton University Press to complement her collection, <em>Ireland's Immortals </em>by Mark Williams (2016). Annabel's essay has been submitted to the <a href="https://www.abaa.org/ncbcc/the-national-collegiate-book-collecting-contest" rel="nofollow">National Collegiate Book Collecting Competition</a>, representing Princeton University. </p> <p><a href="https://graphicarts.princeton.edu/2018/04/24/congratulations-student-collectors/" rel="nofollow"><strong>READ MORE on the Graphic Arts Collection blog</strong> </a>about the second and third prize winners as well as honorable mentions.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/1DX_5297%20-%20graphic.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/1DX_5297%20-%20graphic.jpg" width="3648" height="2516" alt="Elmer Adler Prize winners" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>Congratulations to Annabel Barry, Class of 2019; Grace Masback, Class of 2021; Alexander Gottdiener, Class of 2019; Kiara Gilbert, Class of 2021; Lavinia Liang, Class of 2018; and Rasheeda A. Saka, Class of 2020!</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/1DX_5297%20-%20edited.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/1DX_5297%20-%20edited.jpg" width="3648" height="5472" alt="Elmer Adler Prize winners" title="From left to right: Grace Masback &#039;21, Annabel Barry &#039;19, Alexander Gottdiener &#039;19, Rasheeda A. Saka &#039;20, and Kiara Gilbert &#039;21. Not pictured: Lavinia Liang &#039;18." /></div><div class="field__item odd" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/picture-603-1445280937.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/picture-603-1445280937.jpg" width="150" height="200" alt="Julie Mellby" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-libraries field--type-entityreference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Libraries:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Rare Books and Special Collections</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/general/2018-04-30/pul-announces-2018-adler-book-collecting-prize-winners" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="PUL announces 2018 Adler Book Collecting Prize winners" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:43:21 +0000 sjr5 33199 at https://library.princeton.edu ReCAP accessions 15 millionth item! https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2018-04-27/recap-accessions-15-millionth-item <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p><img alt="ReCAP" height="2832" src="/sites/default/files/news/images/recap%2001.jpg" width="4256" /><br /> </p> <p>The country’s largest offsite library shelving facility, <a href="https://recap.princeton.edu/" rel="nofollow">the Research Collections and Preservation Consortium (ReCAP),</a> now holds over 15 million items.</p> <p>ReCAP, a consortium jointly owned by Columbia University, the New York Public Library (NYPL), and Princeton University, was created in 2000 to preserve and share items from the institutions’ library and archival collections. Along with associate member Harvard University, the consortium members annually fulfill approximately 200,000 requests from researchers and libraries around the world for materials from ReCAP, which is located in Princeton University’s Forrestal Campus.</p> <p>To provide a sense of ReCAP’s significant milestone: if each item at ReCAP were an average of one inch think and stood on a single long shelf, the items together would stretch from Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey to Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.</p> <p>Executive Director Ian Bogus said, “These collections comprise a significant portion of the printed record held nationally and the conditions at ReCAP will preserve them for researchers far into the future. Over 80% of the items stored here are now seamlessly available to users at Princeton, Columbia, and New York Public Library.”</p> <p><div class="caption caption-center"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 3844px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="Ed Cleary and Ian Acker, ReCAP staff" height="1908" src="/sites/default/files/news/images/IMG_20180427_125531.jpg" title=" the University of Michigan museums, libraries, &amp; collections 1817-2017.&quot;" width="3844" /><p class="caption-text">Ed Cleary (right) and Ian Acker (left), ReCAP staff members, accession the 15th million item, Object lessons &amp; the formation of knowledge : the University of Michigan museums, libraries, &amp; collections 1817-2017.</p></div></div></div><br /> </p> <p>In September, <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2017-09-25/princeton-university-library-expands-catalog-5-million-records">the consortium members launched a Shared Collection Service</a>, expanding PUL’s catalog by <a>5 million records</a>. The service allows Princeton’s patrons to search the Library catalog and seamlessly discover and request items from Columbia and NYPL’s ReCAP holdings in addition to Princeton’s own holdings. This program is the first of its kind and scale.</p> <p>Sharing resources is one of the many ways in which academic libraries are transforming to meet the research needs of today’s scholars. As a member of the Ivy Plus Libraries, Princeton has been central to discussions as to how to “collectively collect” with its peer institutions. These strategies, which require concerted communications between institutional subject experts, allow for the reduction of redundancies, cost savings, and a greater expansion of the richness and uniqueness of collections.</p> <p>ReCAP’s 15 millionth item is "Object lessons &amp; the formation of knowledge : the University of Michigan museums, libraries, &amp; collections 1817-2017," accessioned April 27, 2018.</p> <p>For more information about ReCAP, visit their <a href="https://recap.princeton.edu/" rel="nofollow">website</a>, or contact Executive Director <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/staff/ibogus">Ian Bogus</a>.</p> <p>_______________________________________________________________________________________________________</p> <p><strong>Media contact: </strong><a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/bvalenza">Barbara Valenza</a>, Library Communications Manager</p> <p>Written by Library Communications Office</p> <p>Photo credit: Princeton University Library</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/ReCap%2002.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/ReCap%2002.jpg" width="3295" height="2464" alt="ReCAP Storage Stacks" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>The Research Collections and Preservation Consortium (ReCAP), jointly owned by Columbia University, the New York Public Library, and Princeton University, recently accessioned its 15 millionth item. </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/recap%2001.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/recap%2001.jpg" width="4256" height="2832" alt="ReCAP" /></div><div class="field__item odd" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/IMG_20180427_125531.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/IMG_20180427_125531.jpg" width="3844" height="1908" alt="Ed Cleary and Ian Acker, ReCAP staff" title="Ed Cleary (right) and Ian Acker (left), ReCAP staff members, accession the 15th million item, &quot;Object lessons &amp; the formation of knowledge : the University of Michigan museums, libraries, &amp; collections 1817-2017.&quot;" /></div><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/IMG_20180427_095648.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/IMG_20180427_095648.jpg" width="3024" height="4032" alt="ReCAP&#039;s 15th million item" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-libraries field--type-entityreference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Libraries:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">ReCAP</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/general/2018-04-27/recap-accessions-15-millionth-item" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="ReCAP accessions 15 millionth item! " class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Fri, 27 Apr 2018 16:35:56 +0000 sjr5 33198 at https://library.princeton.edu Now Published: David Hollander's Award-Winning Book https://library.princeton.edu/news/reference/2018-04-20/now-published-david-hollanders-award-winning-book <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/news/images/Legal%20Scholarship%20Cover_0.jpg?itok=VshKi5N-" alt="" width="320" height="480" class="image-large" /></p> <p><strong>Legal Scholarship in Jewish Law: An Annotated Bibliography of Journal Articles</strong>, David Hollander's new book, is now available from William S. Hein &amp; Co. and is heralded as a "first source of its kind" and "a must-have for scholars of Jewish Law." </p> <p>On April 18, Hollander was awarded the Judaica Bibliography Award by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) for his distinguished work. He will receive the award at the annual AJL conference in Boston, MA on June 19. </p> <p>The publication of Hollander's comprehensive book marks a unique and significant milestone for this continually growing scholarly area: "Jewish law courses, scholarship, and collections have been increasing in frequency and size in American law schools for several decades. Today several law schools house institutes and centers for the study of Jewish law. This bibliography documents the history and content of the Jewish law scholarship that is at the foundation of these institutes and collections. Entries come mostly from American law reviews, but some articles published in other countries, mainly Britain, Canada, and Israel, are also included. The literature featured in this bibliography demonstrates that Jewish law scholarship in the legal academy is rich, varied and complex, made up of multiple strands and streams<span>—some connecting to each other, some independent, and some related to areas of treatment beyond Jewish law. The title will cover a broad range of issues: commercial law, constitutional law, criminal law, family law, medical ethics law, and many more.</span>"</p> <p>Hollander, PUL's Law and Legal Studies Librarian and U.S. Documents Librarian, has been working on the project for three years. When asked how his background uniquely shaped this project, he shared, "I believe that librarians offer a valuable outlook about the bibliography of a topic that cannot be captured by a database search.  Anyone can search a database of Jewish law articles and get a list with abstracts. But a librarian can take a look at that set of articles, even if it's hundreds of articles, and make connections among lines of scholarship, identify scholarly trends, evaluate the scholarly value in context of the whole set of research, and take a view of a broad area of scholarship from a high elevation. So in addition to being a resource for someone looking for legal scholarship, this book aims to assess this scholarship area as a whole."</p> <p>"Hollander’s annotations of the articles go beyond mere summaries," the publisher described, "offering both helpful digests and thoughtful comments, thereby providing the researcher with invaluable guidance as to the relevance and utility of an article toward a given research project.” </p> <p>With this major accomplishment achieved, Hollander expressed gratitude to his colleagues: "I could not have completed this without the support of David Magier and Patty Gaspari-Bridges. Also, Janet Sinder, the Library Director of Brooklyn Law School offered invaluable editing advice, and I was honored that Prof. Samuel Levine, director of the Touro Law Center Jewish Law Institute wrote an introduction to the book."</p> <p><a href="https://www.wshein.com/media/brochures/1005886.pdf?d=20170605">Publisher's brochure</a> for <strong>Legal Scholarship in Jewish Law</strong></p> <p>Publisher's short listing: <a href="https://www.wshein.com/catalog/1005886/">Hein catalog</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/980907981">WorldCat Record</a></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/Legal%20Scholarship%20Cover%20v2.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/Legal%20Scholarship%20Cover%20v2.jpg" width="1800" height="1352" alt="Legal Scholarship book cover" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p><strong>Legal Scholarship in Jewish Law: An Annotated Bibliography of Journal Articles</strong>, David Hollander's new book, is now available from William S. Hein &amp; Co and was recently award the Judaica Bibliography Award by the Association of Jewish Libraries. </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-rel-audiences field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Audiences:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="/faculty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Faculty</a></div><div class="field__item odd"><a href="/students" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Students</a></div><div class="field__item even"><a href="/alumni" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Alumni</a></div><div class="field__item odd"><a href="/visitors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Visitors</a></div><div class="field__item even"><a href="/staff" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Library Staff</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/Legal%20Scholarship%20Cover_0.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/Legal%20Scholarship%20Cover_0.jpg" width="1800" height="2698" alt="Book Jacket: Legal Scholarship in Jewish Law" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/reference/2018-04-20/now-published-david-hollanders-award-winning-book" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="Now Published: David Hollander&#039;s Award-Winning Book" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Fri, 20 Apr 2018 16:56:03 +0000 bvalenza 28227 at https://library.princeton.edu Jessica Hoppe Dağcı, Marquand Library Operations & Special Collections Coordinator, receives President's Achievement Award https://library.princeton.edu/news/marquand/2018-04-03/jessica-hoppe-da%C4%9Fc%C4%B1-marquand-library-operations-special-collections <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p><div class="caption caption-center"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 2880px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="President Eisgruber and award recipients" height="1620" src="/sites/default/files/news/images/20180316_HR-recognition-luncheon_MC_0702_d.jpg" title="At the Staff Recognition Luncheon on March 16, Princeton President Christopher L. Eisgruber, center, honored recipients of the President's Achievement Award, from left, Keller Taylor, Albert Rivera, Jessica Hoppe Dağcı, Penna Ann Rose, David M. Usa, and Kathleen Locke Mannheimer. (Photo by Mark Czajkowski)" width="2880" /><p class="caption-text">At the Staff Recognition Luncheon on March 16, Princeton President Christopher L. Eisgruber, center, honored recipients of the President's Achievement Award, from left, Keller Taylor, Albert Rivera, Jessica Hoppe Dağcı, Penna Ann Rose, David M. Usa, and Kathleen Locke Mannheimer. | Photo by Mark Czajkowski</p></div></div></div></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://library.princeton.edu/staff/jhoppe">Jessica Hoppe Dağcı</a>, Marquand Library Coordinator of Operations and Special Collections, received the President's Achievement Award for her dedication and service to Princeton University Library and the University. </p> <p>Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber recognized Jessica and five fellow award recipients at the annual Service Recognition Luncheon on March 16 in Jadwin Gymnasium. The award, established by the Office of Human Resources in 1997 as part of the University's Staff Recognition Program, honors exemplary support and administrative staff with five or more years of service whose exceptional commitment and outstanding performance contributes significantly to their departments and the University. Recipients are awarded a framed certificate, an inscription of their name on a plaque displayed in the Office of Human Resources, and $2,500.</p> <p>At the recognition luncheon, President Eisgruber made the following remarks about Jessica: </p> <blockquote><p>According to Rebecca Friedman, the acting head of Marquand Library, “Jessica plays a central and indispensable role in almost every significant decision, policy or initiative that occurs in Marquand.” Jessica’s expansive portfolio as the coordinator of Marquand Library Operations and Special Collections includes managing all day-to-day operations of the library and maintaining the extraordinarily valuable items in the rare book vault. Photographer and Digital Imaging Specialist John Blazejewski attests to the remarkable dedication Jessica brings to all of her responsibilities. Whether she is efficiently coordinating facility upkeep or masterfully supervising the work of four support staff members, John calls her “one of the most diligent and organized people that I have had the pleasure to work with here at Princeton.”</p> <p>Jessica is also responsible for hiring, training and supervising 30-35 students per year, and ensuring excellent and reliable staffing at all times that the library is open. Her students laud the passion and compassion she exhibits in this capacity. Dominique Fahmy, Class of 2017, says, “Jessica is one of the most thoughtful, supportive, reflective and respectful people I know. … She pushes everyone around her to be the best version of themselves they can be.” Amanda Leavall, Class of 2017, is inspired by “the level of excellence Jessica displays in all areas of her work.” She says, “Because [Jessica] is so deeply passionate about her work, she excels unlike anyone else.”</p> </blockquote> <blockquote><p>In the words of Professor Esther da Costa Meyer: “Jessica is one of our treasures.” Jessica, we agree! Through your keen intelligence, strong work ethic and innovative problem-solving, you have made a tremendous contribution to the mission of Marquand Library. I am pleased to recognize your outstanding service with this award. </p> </blockquote> <p>For more information on the President's Achievement Award recipients and other staff recognitions, please visit the <a href="https://www.princeton.edu/news/2018/04/03/princeton-employees-honored-dedication-and-service" rel="nofollow">University story</a>. </p> <p>Written by <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/sjr5">Stephanie Ramírez</a>, Library Communications Assistant</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/20180316_HR-recognition-luncheon_MC_0702_d-edited.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/20180316_HR-recognition-luncheon_MC_0702_d-edited.jpg" width="2349" height="1620" alt="President Eisgruber and award recipients " /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>Jessica Hoppe Dağcı was recently recognized for her commitment to excellence, exceptional performance, and outstanding service to the University.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/20180316_HR-recognition-luncheon_MC_0702_d.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/20180316_HR-recognition-luncheon_MC_0702_d.jpg" width="2880" height="1620" alt="President Eisgruber and award recipients" title="At the Staff Recognition Luncheon on March 16, Princeton President Christopher L. Eisgruber, center, honored recipients of the President&#039;s Achievement Award, from left, Keller Taylor, Albert Rivera, Jessica Hoppe Dağcı, Penna Ann Rose, David M. Usa, and Kathleen Locke Mannheimer. | Photo by Mark Czajkowski" /></div><div class="field__item odd" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/JessicaDagci_0004.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/JessicaDagci_0004.jpg" width="2973" height="4460" alt="Jessica Hoppe Dağcı" title="Jessica Hoppe Dağcı" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-libraries field--type-entityreference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Libraries:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Marquand Art Library</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/marquand/2018-04-03/jessica-hoppe-da%C4%9Fc%C4%B1-marquand-library-operations-special-collections" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="Jessica Hoppe Dağcı, Marquand Library Operations &amp; Special Collections Coordinator, receives President&#039;s Achievement Award" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Tue, 03 Apr 2018 19:28:59 +0000 sjr5 33183 at https://library.princeton.edu Delegation from the National Central Library in Taiwan visits PUL https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2017-11-30/delegation-national-central-library-taiwan-visits-pul <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p><div class="caption caption-right"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 480px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="Jarvis and the NCL Delegation" class="image-large" height="360" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/news/images/EAST%20ASIAN%20-%20NCL%20Visit.jpg?itok=5tsSIj4c" width="480" /></div></div></div></p> <p>The Director General of the National Central Library (NCL) in Taiwan (ROC), Dr. Tseng Shu-hsien, recently visited the East Asian Library and the Research Collections and Preservation Consortium (ReCAP) to learn more about Library operations, particularly in ReCAP. Joining Dr. Tseng were Ms. Li-chun Keng, Director of International Cooperation Division; Ms. Tzu-ling Leu, Director of Special Collections Division; Mr. Yun-fen Poh, Director of General Affairs and Secretariat Office; and Mr. Ji-Tian Jeng (Robin), Editor for the International Cooperation Division.</p> <p>The NCL delegation visited ReCAP to hear in detail about how the consortium runs and operates as a reference for their own proposition to establish a southern branch, shared repository library in Taiwan (ROC). At ReCAP, they met with <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2017-09-18/ian-bogus-appointed-new-executive-director-recap">Ian Bogus</a>, recently appointed Executive Director for ReCAP, and <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/staff/mgibbons">Michael Gibbons</a>, Manager, ReCAP Operations.</p> <p>Before their ReCAP visit, the delegation toured the <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/eastasian">East Asian Library</a>, where they met with Anne Jarvis, Robert H. Taylor 1930 University Librarian; David Magier, Assistant University Librarian for Collection Development; and Martin Heijdra, East Asian Library Director, as well as other Library staff members. The Library and the NCL delegation held a ceremony during which the NCL delegation presented Jarvis with gift for the Library: a copy of a facsimile of one of their most prized possessions, the <em>Annotated Poetry of Su Dongpo (Zhu Dongpo xian sheng shi)</em>, published more than 800 years ago. The Library in turn presented the NCL delegation with facsimiles of two volumes of the famous <em>Yongle Encyclopedia </em>(<em>Yongle da dian</em>), a 15<sup>th</sup>-century handwritten encyclopedia in originally 22,000 volumes. Only a few volumes of the encyclopedia survive today, and the NCL currently holds eight in their collections. Additionally, the Library presented the delegation with recent <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/news/eastasian/2017-07-27/new-catalog-princeton’s-chinese-rare-books-published">catalogues of the Chinese and Korean rare book holdings of Princeton</a>.</p> <p>The visit took place on Friday, November 17.</p> <p>Written by <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/staff/sjr5">Stephanie Ramírez</a>, Communications Assistant, and <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/staff/mheijdra">Martin Heijdra</a>, East Asian Library Director</p> <p>Media Contact: <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/staff/bvalenza">Barbara Valenza</a>, Communications Manager</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/EAST%20ASIAN%20-%20NCL%20Visit%204%20-%20edited_0.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/EAST%20ASIAN%20-%20NCL%20Visit%204%20-%20edited_0.jpg" width="1881" height="1408" alt="Dr Shu-hsien, Jarvis, and Magier" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>The delegation recently visited Princeton University Library to learn more about Library operations, particularly in ReCAP.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/EAST%20ASIAN%20-%20NCL%20Visit%203.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/EAST%20ASIAN%20-%20NCL%20Visit%203.jpg" width="3264" height="2448" alt="Jarvis and the NCL Delegation" /></div><div class="field__item odd" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/EAST%20ASIAN%20-%20NCL%20Visit.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/EAST%20ASIAN%20-%20NCL%20Visit.jpg" width="3264" height="2448" alt="Jarvis and the NCL Delegation" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-libraries field--type-entityreference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Libraries:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">East Asian Library</div><div class="field__item odd" property="">ReCAP</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/general/2017-11-30/delegation-national-central-library-taiwan-visits-pul" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="Delegation from the National Central Library in Taiwan visits PUL" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Thu, 30 Nov 2017 16:07:05 +0000 sjr5 28576 at https://library.princeton.edu Princeton University Library expands catalog by 5 million records https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2017-09-25/princeton-university-library-expands-catalog-5-million-records <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p><img alt="ReCAP storage facility" class="image-large" height="359" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/news/images/ReCap%2002.jpg?itok=n3VPUHn5" width="480" /></p> <p>An extraordinary expansion of searchable content is now available on Princeton University Library’s catalog.  Five million new records have been added through the launch of a Shared Collection Service developed by the partners of ReCAP (the Research Collections and Preservation Consortium), a collections preservation facility jointly owned and operated by Princeton, Columbia University, and the New York Public Library.</p> <p>Starting this September, Princeton’s patrons will be able to search Princeton's library catalog and seamlessly discover and request items from Columbia and NYPL’s ReCAP holdings in addition to Princeton’s own holdings. The launch of the Shared Collection Service is the culmination of a cooperative initiative to integrate the records of borrowable portions of the partners’ collections, stored separately at ReCAP. The three institutions worked togethter to develop a shared software system that allows for up-to-the-minute live information on the availability of ReCAP holdings. Funding for this project was made possible through a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.</p> <p>Integrated shared discovery and request systems are a growing trend in academic libraries services. “This is the wave of the future,” said David Magier, Associate University Librarian for Collection Development at Princeton University Library. “Access to these integrated records adds a powerhouse of content to support our researchers and scholars.”</p> <p>As a member of the Ivy Plus Libraries, Princeton has been central to discussions as to how to “collectively collect” with its peer institutions. These strategies, which require concerted communications between institutional subject experts, allow for the reduction of redundancies, cost savings and a greater expansion of the richness and uniqueness of collections.</p> <p>Sharing resources is one of the many ways in which academic libraries are transforming to meet the research needs of today’s scholars. Commenting on the launch, Anne Jarvis, Robert H. Taylor 1930 University Librarian, said, “The launch of the ReCAP Shared Collection Service is just the beginning of what’s possible for Princeton and our peer institutions when we work collaboratively to share our diverse and distinctive collections. This kind of innovative cross-institution library initiative is what allows us to remain at the forefront of meaningful content expansion.”</p> <p>----------------------------</p> <p>A note for Princeton University Library patrons:</p> <p>The five million new records will be accessible through the Library’s “New Catalog.” The catalog titled “Main Catalog” will not include these titles. This 20-year-old catalog will be retired in late January 2018, allowing for a consolidation and streamlining of online search services.  By the start of the spring 2018 semester, PUL will offer a single Catalog.</p> <p>--------------------------------</p> <p>Above image: ReCAP storage facility, Forrestal Campus, Princeton University</p> <p>Contact: <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/staff/bvalenza">Barbara Valenza</a>, Communications Manager</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/559.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/559.jpg" width="4256" height="2832" alt="ReCAP storage facility 2" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>Princeton University Library expands catalog by 5 million records through launch of shared collections software</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/ReCap%2002.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/ReCap%2002.jpg" width="3295" height="2464" alt="ReCAP storage facility" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/general/2017-09-25/princeton-university-library-expands-catalog-5-million-records" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="Princeton University Library expands catalog by 5 million records" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Mon, 25 Sep 2017 20:35:00 +0000 bvalenza 28390 at https://library.princeton.edu Ian Bogus appointed new Executive Director of ReCAP https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2017-09-18/ian-bogus-appointed-new-executive-director-recap <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p><img alt="Ian Bogus, new Executive Director of ReCAP" height="184" src="/sites/default/files/news/images/Ian%20Bogus.jpg" width="183" /></p> <p>Ian Bogus, MacDonald Curator of Preservation at University of Pennsylvania Libraries, has been appointed by the board of <a href="https://recap.princeton.edu/" rel="nofollow">Research Collections and Preservation Consortium (ReCAP)</a> as the new Executive Director. He will start on November 13.</p> <p>ReCAP, formed by Columbia University, Princeton University and the New York Public Library, is the country’s largest offsite library shelving facility, preserving and sharing over 14 million items from the consortium members’ library and archival collections. Located in Princeton, New Jersey, the consortium members, along with associate member, Harvard University, fulfill approximately 250,000 requests for materials each year from researchers and libraries around the world.</p> <p>“Ian brings depth of knowledge about library preservation as well as extensive experience with processes and digitization operations that will be indispensable for shaping the future of this growing state-of-the-art facility and service,” stated Ann Thornton, University Librarian, Columbia University Libraries.</p> <p>ReCAP serves as the members’ representative for several national projects related to cooperative library services, including HathiTrust Shared Print Program, BorrowDirect and the Ivy+ Libraries’ shared collections initiatives, and the Print Archives Network, among others.</p> <p>During the past eight years as the MacDonald Curator of Preservation at University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Bogus provided leadership for all preservation activities, including two years as the interim Director of the Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Image, the Penn Libraries’ digitization program. He developed a comprehensive strategy for advancing preservation practices and designed a digital forensics system to assess and ingest born-digital archival materials. Before working at UPenn, Bogus was head of Yale University Libraries’ General Collection Conservation, where he developed and implemented policies and procedures governing preservation and conservation of general collections materials and expanded their digital repository. Bogus has also worked in preservation at Rutgers University Libraries.</p> <p>He holds a Master’s in Library Information Science from Rutgers University, a Certificate in Preservation Management from the Preservation Management Institute, and a B.A. in Fine Arts from Rutgers University, Livingston College Honors Program.</p> <p> </p> <p>For further information, please contact: <a href="https://library.princeton.edu/staff/bvalenza">Barbara Valenza</a>, Communications Manager</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/Ian%20Bogus_1.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/Ian%20Bogus_1.jpg" width="896" height="596" alt="Ian Bogus, new Exec. Director of ReCAP" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>Ian Bogus, University of Pennsylvania Libraries, MacDonald Curator of Preservation, named Executive Director, Research Collections and Preservation Consortium</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/Ian%20Bogus.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/Ian%20Bogus.jpg" width="183" height="184" alt="Ian Bogus, new Executive Director of ReCAP" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/general/2017-09-18/ian-bogus-appointed-new-executive-director-recap" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="Ian Bogus appointed new Executive Director of ReCAP" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:10:56 +0000 bvalenza 28415 at https://library.princeton.edu New catalog of Princeton’s Chinese rare books published https://library.princeton.edu/news/eastasian/2017-07-27/new-catalog-princeton%E2%80%99s-chinese-rare-books-published <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p>July 20, 2017. Staff in the East Asian Library celebrated on July 20 the arrival of copies of the new <em>Pulinsidun Daxue Tushuguan cang Zhong wen shan ben shu mu</em>. In English: <em>Catalog of Chinese Rare Books Held in the Princeton University Library.</em></p> <p><div class="caption caption-center"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 731px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img alt="Princeton Chinese Rare Books Catalog" height="975" src="/sites/default/files/news/images/ealCHRBnews1_0.png" title="" width="731" /><p class="caption-text">Tom Ventimiglia, Martin Heijdra and Cao Shuwen proudly present the fruits of their labor</p></div></div></div></p> <p>The 2 volumes (1134 pages, 2261 entries; published by the National Library of China Press in their “Series of Overseas Chinese Ancient Book Catalogs”) are the culmination of a final concentrated effort from July to October 2016 by various staff members within and without the East Asian Library. There is a wide demand in China for printed catalogs of this kind.</p> <p>The core of the volumes describes rare books in the world-famous Gest Collection, collected mainly between 1928 and 1936, and held at Princeton since 1937. Since then, at various points in time up-to-date catalogs exemplary for their time were created, including the printed “Qu” (Qu Wanli) and “Chang” (Chang Bide) catalogs. An introduction in this new catalog gives an account of this earlier history of cataloging. However, criteria for in- or exclusion in the former catalogs were rather vague, the distinction between them was subjective (the Qu catalog ostensibly containing “rare books”, the Chang one “ancient books”), and call numbers were lacking or outdated. Value judgements resulted in the fact that certain “non-serious” works, such as those on divination or physiognomy could be excluded, even if they were unique.</p> <p>The record creation for this new catalog can be said to have started with the RLG International Union Catalog of Chinese Rare Books Project, organized to bridge the realms of traditional Chinese rare book scholarship and library computer technology. Officially launched in September 1991, its central editorial office was located at Princeton and headed by Sören Edgren until 2011. The project established guidelines for the creation of machine-readable records for Chinese rare books, and the vast majority of the records in the new catalog go back to this project. The project also adopted a new strictly temporal definition for “rare books”: books published until the end of the Qianlong period (1736-1796), and this new catalog has also adopted this definition.</p> <p>An important difference of this new publication with the earlier catalogs is that <em>all</em> Chinese rare books held in Princeton are included, not only those of the original Gest Collection: thus also those in the Cotsen Children’s Library, in the Marquand Library of Art and Architecture, in various collections in the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, and also those in the East Asian Library which do not belong to the original Gest Collection. As a result, more than 200 items were newly cataloged for this work in 2016.</p> <p>Another new aspect of this catalog is that it translates for the first time the hybrid Chinese-English MARC records as created for the CHRB project into human-readable records for Chinese users, resulting in detailed records of a quality as rarely encountered hitherto. Thus, the names of many individuals associated with a work, including where available all writers of prefaces, collators, or even carvers of the woodblocks, are included in these records, providing invaluable information to book historians.</p> <p>Many individuals helped with these particular volumes. The original agreement between the Princeton University Library and the National Library of China Press resulted from talks between Ma Tai-loi, the previous Director of the East Asian Library at Princeton, and Zhang Zhiqing, a Deputy Director of the National Library of China, and Deputy Director of the Office of China National Center for Preservation and Conservation of Ancient Books. Martin Heijdra directed and oversaw the actual project, going through more than 4,300 records to decide which were to be updated for the present catalog. Cao Shuwen dedicated three months to the cataloging of the 200 new items (and updating countless others). Thomas Ventimiglia was crucial in the process of converting the MARC data into an almost camera-ready Chinese draft. Other staff within and without the EAL were involved in other aspects, including Wenqi Wang, Chen Minjie and Kim Wishart; their supervisors enthusiastically allowed all these employees to devote time to this collaborative project. At the National Library of China Press, Lin Rong guided the process along, despite all kinds of inevitable hurdles, delays and misunderstandings. And final thanks are due to all the users of our collections during the past decades: they taught us to know and appreciate the special joys Chinese rare books can give us. It is hoped that with the publication of this catalog, once again scholars will have access to the latest knowledge accumulated over the years by an impressive array of library professionals.</p> <p>What remains to be done is to give similar detailed attention to the Chinese works published between 1796 and 1911: Princeton has also thousands of those works, many rare, quite a few unique. However, the reality at Princeton and many other institutions is that such an endeavor would require several years, and more specialists and resources than currently are available; thus that will be a project for the future.</p> <p>The catalog can be acquired from <a href="https://www.amazon.cn/%E6%99%AE%E6%9E%97%E6%96%AF%E9%A1%BF%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6%E5%9B%BE%E4%B9%A6%E9%A6%86%E8%97%8F%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87%E5%96%84%E6%9C%AC%E4%B9%A6%E7%9B%AE/dp/B06Y2K5VNL/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1501007888&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=%E6%99%AE%E6%9E%97%E6%96%AF%E9%A0%93+%E5%9C%96%E6%9B%B8%E9%A4%A8" rel="nofollow">Amazon China</a>.</p> <p> </p> <p>Written by Martin Heijdra, Director, East Asian Library</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/ealCHRBnews1%20cropped_0.png"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/ealCHRBnews1%20cropped_0.png" width="731" height="583" alt="East Asian staff with recently published catalog" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-library-contact field--type-entityreference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Library Contact:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="schema:accountablePerson">mheijdra</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-rel-audiences field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Audiences:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="/faculty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Faculty</a></div><div class="field__item odd"><a href="/students" typeof="skos:Concept" 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class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/ealCHRBnews1.png"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/ealCHRBnews1.png" width="731" height="975" alt="Princeton Chinese Rare Books Catalog" title="Tom Ventimiglia, Martin Heijdra and Cao Shuwen proudly present the fruits of their labor" /></div><div class="field__item odd" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/ealCHRBnews2.png"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/ealCHRBnews2.png" width="975" height="731" alt="Staff celebrating with cake the long-awaited arrival of the new Chinese rare book catalog" title="Staff celebrating with cake the long-awaited arrival of the new Chinese rare book catalog" /></div><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/ealCHRBnews1_0.png"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/ealCHRBnews1_0.png" width="731" height="975" alt="Princeton Chinese Rare Books Catalog" title="Tom Ventimiglia, Martin Heijdra and Cao Shuwen proudly present the fruits of their labor" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-libraries field--type-entityreference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Libraries:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">East Asian Library</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/eastasian/2017-07-27/new-catalog-princeton%E2%80%99s-chinese-rare-books-published" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="New catalog of Princeton’s Chinese rare books published" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Thu, 27 Jul 2017 18:04:38 +0000 mheijdra 28270 at https://library.princeton.edu Anne Jarvis: Inaugural Robert H. Taylor 1930 University Librarian https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2017-06-27/anne-jarvis-inaugural-robert-h-taylor-1930-university-librarian <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/news/images/20170329_JarvisA_DJA_011_1.jpg?itok=3GVqLZOy" alt="Anne Jarvis, Robert H. Taylor 1930 University Librarian" width="209" height="220" class="image-medium" /></p> <p>Anne Jarvis has become the inaugural Robert H. Taylor 1930 University Librarian. Princeton's Office of Development formally announced a generous bequest from Robert H. Taylor '30 which establishes the endowed title for the Princeton University Librarian. Taylor, a passionate book collector, has provided more than $71 million in gifts to Princeton, "making him one of the most generous supporters in the University's history."</p> <p>President Christopher L. Eisgruber said, "Mr. Taylor has made a magnificent contribution to our world-renowned library, enhancing its collections and supporting its overall mission. The personal legacy he has created at his alma mater by including the University in his estate plan will have a tremendous impact on generations of students, scholars, and all who share his love of literature."</p> <p>"Robert H. Taylor provided decades of generous support to Princeton and the library, and created an abiding legacy in sharing his extraordinary collection with students, faculty, and scholars from around the world," said Anne Jarvis. "It is an honor to be the inaugural Robert H. Taylor 1930 University Librarian."</p> <p>To read more about this story, visit Giving to Princeton: <a href="http://giving.princeton.edu/impact-stories/bequest-robert-h-taylor-’30-supports-princeton-university’s-library">Bequest from Robert H. Taylor '30 Supports Princeton University's Library</a>.</p> <p> </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/Jarvis%20Home%20page.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/Jarvis%20Home%20page.jpg" width="3428" height="2367" alt="Anne Jarvis, Robert H. Taylor 1930 University Librarian" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>A generous bequest from Robert H. Taylor '30, establishes endowed title for University Librarian: The Robert H. Taylor 1930 University Librarian.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-rel-audiences field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Audiences:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="/faculty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Faculty</a></div><div class="field__item odd"><a href="/students" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Students</a></div><div class="field__item even"><a href="/alumni" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Alumni</a></div><div class="field__item odd"><a href="/visitors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Visitors</a></div><div class="field__item even"><a href="/staff" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Library Staff</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/20170329_JarvisA_DJA_011_1.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/20170329_JarvisA_DJA_011_1.jpg" width="3428" height="3608" alt="Anne Jarvis, Robert H. Taylor 1930 University Librarian" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-libraries field--type-entityreference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Libraries:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Firestone Library</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/general/2017-06-27/anne-jarvis-inaugural-robert-h-taylor-1930-university-librarian" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="Anne Jarvis: Inaugural Robert H. Taylor 1930 University Librarian" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Tue, 27 Jun 2017 20:07:33 +0000 bvalenza 28244 at https://library.princeton.edu 2017 Adler Prize Winners Announced https://library.princeton.edu/news/rare-books/2017-05-10/2017-adler-prize-winners-announced <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The winners of the 2017 Elmer Adler Undergraduate Book Collecting Prize were announced at the Friends of the Princeton University Library’s dinner that took place on Sunday April 30th. The jury awarded first, second, third prize, and honorable mention.</p> <p>First prize was awarded to Matthew Kritz, class of 2018, for his essay, “Books Unforgotten: Finding the Lost Volumes of My Tradition.” Matthew discusses what he describes as his “textual crusade” to collect books on subjects of Jewish interest. Specifically, he explains how he has applied the Jewish law of met mitzvah to locate and care for rare and oft-forgotten religious texts and other works of the Jewish canon. Matthew received a prize of $2000, and the book <em>Skies of Parchment, Seas of Ink: Jewish Illuminated Manuscripts</em>, edited by Marc Michael Epstein. Matthew’s essay will represent Princeton in the <a href="https://www.abaa.org/ncbcc/the-national-collegiate-book-collecting-contest" title="National Book Contest">National Collegiate Book Collecting Competition</a>, which is sponsored by the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America.</p> <p>Second Prize was awarded to Nandita Rao, class of 2017, for her essay “Of Relationships: Recording Ties through My LP Collection.” Nandita discusses how her eclectic album collection has been a source of relationship building, and how her “vinyl teachers” have fostered a love of music and her desire to pursue a graduate degree in this area. Nandita received a prize of $1500, and a copy of the book, <em>Shaping Jazz: Cities, Labels, and the Global Emergence of an Art Form</em> by Damon J. Phillips.</p> <p>Third prize was awarded to Katherine McClain Fleming, class of 2019, for her essay, “Paperback Princess,” in which she discusses her collection that centers on women authors and strong female characters, particularly those who reside within the British literary tradition. She explains how much these women have had an impact on her own development, noting that “They serve as my frames of reference for looking at the world, but more fundamentally, they have built, and continue to build, me.” Katherine received a prize of $1,000, and Elaine Showalter’s book<em>, A Literature of Their Own: British Women Novelists from Bronte to Lessing</em>.</p> <p>Honorable mention was awarded to Kyle Lang, class of 2019, for his essay, “Runner’s High: A Collection of Books about Running.” Kyle discusses how his collection has helped inform, inspire, and sustain his passion for long-distance running, which most recently has included a heightened sense of awareness of “the transcendence of running beyond a personal level.” Kyle received a prize of $500, and Alan Gewirth’s book, <em>Self-Fulfillment</em>.</p> <p>The book prizes, chosen to complement each student’s collecting focus, were donated by the Princeton University Press. Each of the winners will also receive a certificate from the Dean of the College.</p> <p><div class="caption caption-center"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 391px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/news/images/faith-768x943.jpg?itok=Z8IgSFj9" alt="" title="" width="391" height="480" class="image-large" /><p class="caption-text">Matthew Kritz ‘18 and Katherine McClain Fleming ‘19</p></div></div></div></p> <p>Thanks to this year’s judges for their congenial service: Claire Jacobus, member of the Friends; John Logan, Literature Bibliographer; Eric White, Rare Books Curator; Kent Cao, Department of Art and Archaeology PhD candidate and member of the Student Friends; and Minjie Chen, East Asian Project Cataloger for Cotsen Children’s Library.</p> <p>Congratulations to our winners!</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/AdlerPrize_2_0.png"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/AdlerPrize_2_0.png" width="150" height="187" alt="Adler Prize Winners Announced " /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-more-information field--type-link-field field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Link to More Information:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="https://graphicarts.princeton.edu/2017/05/09/congratulations-to-the-winners-of-the-2017-elmer-adler-undergraduate-book-collecting-prize/">More Information</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-library-contact field--type-entityreference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Library Contact:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="schema:accountablePerson">faithc</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>The winners of the 2017 Elmer Adler Undergraduate Book Collecting Prize were announced at the Friends of the Princeton University Library’s dinner that took place on Sunday April 30th. The jury awarded first, second, third prize, and honorable mention.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-rel-audiences field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Audiences:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="/faculty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Faculty</a></div><div class="field__item odd"><a href="/students" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Students</a></div><div class="field__item even"><a href="/alumni" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Alumni</a></div><div class="field__item odd"><a href="/visitors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Visitors</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/faith-768x943.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/faith-768x943.jpg" width="768" height="943" alt="Matthew Kritz ‘18 and Katherine McClain Fleming ‘19" title="Matthew Kritz ‘18 and Katherine McClain Fleming ‘19" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-libraries field--type-entityreference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Libraries:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Rare Books and Special Collections</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/rare-books/2017-05-10/2017-adler-prize-winners-announced" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="2017 Adler Prize Winners Announced" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Wed, 10 May 2017 13:54:22 +0000 kr2 28177 at https://library.princeton.edu Adler Prize Winner Receives 2016 National Collegiate Book Collection Contest Essay Award https://library.princeton.edu/news/rare-books/2016-08-30/adler-prize-winner-receives-2016-national-collegiate-book-collection <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Congratulations to recent alum, Samantha Yosim (nee Flitter), Class of 2016, who became the first Elmer Adler Undergraduate Book Collecting Prize winner to receive an award in the <a href="http://www.abaa.org/Blog/post/4766" target="_blank">National Collegiate Book Collection Contest</a>. Sponsored by The Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America (ABAA), the Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies (FABS), the Grolier Club, and the Center for the Book and the Rare Books and Special Collections Division, the contest, which recognizes outstanding book collecting efforts by college and university students, includes the essays of the top prize-winners of officially sanctioned American collegiate book collecting contests across the country.</p> <p>This past Spring, Yosim was awarded first prize in Princeton’s Rare Books and Special Collections Library-sponsored <a href="https://graphicarts.princeton.edu/category/adler-book-collecting-competition/" target="_blank">Elmer Adler Undergraduate Book Collecting Prize</a> for her essay, “The Sand and the Sea: An Age of Sail in Rural New Mexico,” in which she discussed her collection of books on British maritime history and the Age of Sail that, as she explained, allows her to “experience another world as viscerally as if it were my own.”</p> <p>The <a href="https://graphicarts.princeton.edu/2015/10/12/attention-princeton-students/" target="_blank">Adler Prize</a> is awarded annually to an undergraduate student, or students, who, in the opinion of a committee of judges, have shown the most thought and ingenuity in assembling a thematically coherent collection of books, manuscripts, or other material normally collected by libraries as outlined in a personal essay.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/ncbcc.png"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/ncbcc.png" width="343" height="301" alt="National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-libraries field--type-entityreference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Libraries:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Mudd Manuscript Library</div><div class="field__item odd" property="">Rare Books and Special Collections</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/rare-books/2016-08-30/adler-prize-winner-receives-2016-national-collegiate-book-collection" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="Adler Prize Winner Receives 2016 National Collegiate Book Collection Contest Essay Award" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Tue, 30 Aug 2016 16:27:59 +0000 aliauw 27799 at https://library.princeton.edu Adler Prize Winners Announced https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2016-04-26/adler-prize-winners-announced <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The winners of the <a href="https://graphicarts.princeton.edu/category/adler-book-collecting-competition/" target="_blank">2016 Elmer Adler Undergraduate Book Collecting Prize</a> were announced at the <a href="http://fpul.princeton.edu/" class="liexternal">Friends of the Princeton University Library’</a>s winter dinner that took place last Sunday (April 24). The jury awarded first, second, and third prize.</p> <p>First prize was awarded to Samantha Flitter, Class of 2016, for her essay, “The Sand and the Sea: An Age of Sail in Rural New Mexico” in which she discusses her collection of books concerning British maritime history and the Age of Sail that, as she explains, allows her to “experience another world as viscerally as if it were my own.” Samantha received a prize of $2000, and Peter T. Leeson’s book <em>The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates</em>. Samantha’s essay will represent Princeton in the National Collegiate Book Collecting Competition, which is sponsored by the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America.</p> <p>Second prize was awarded to Preston Lim, Class of 2017. Preston’s essay, entitled “From Burma to Baku: Travel and the Art of War” is about his interest in military history, specifically the South African War and the First and Second World Wars, that began upon learning of his grandfather’s experiences as a partisan fighter in China during World War II. Preston received a prize of $1500, and a copy of <em>Reluctant Accomplice: A Wehrmacht Soldier’s Letters from the Eastern Front</em> edited by Konrad H. Jarausch.</p> <p>Third prize was awarded to Alex Cuadrado, Class of 2016, for his essay, “Memories and Itineraries: The Pilgrim’s Guide to the World,” in which Alex discusses his collection of pilgrimage itineraries and narratives that includes personal artifacts from his own travels. Alex received a prize of $1,000, and Roxanne L. Euben’s book,<em> Journeys to the Other Shore: Muslim and Western Travelers in Search of Knowledge.</em></p> <p><em><div class="caption caption-center"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 165px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/news/images/AdlerWinners.jpg?itok=Hb_e5ofp" alt="Adler Prize Winners" title="" width="165" height="220" class="image-medium" /><p class="caption-text">Preston Lim and Alex Cuadrado</p></div></div></div></em></p> <p>Each of the winners will also receive a certificate from the Dean of the College. The book prizes, chosen to complement each student’s collecting focus, were donated by the Princeton University Press.</p> <p>Thanks to this year’s judges for their congenial service: Claire Jacobus, member of the Friends; John Logan, Literature Bibliographer; Louise Marshall Kelly, member of the Friends; Eric White, Rare Books Curator; and Melissa Verhey, Department of French and Italian PhD candidate and member of the Student Friends.</p> <p><em>Congratulations to our winners!!<br /></em></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/AdlerPrize_2.png"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/AdlerPrize_2.png" width="150" height="187" alt="shelves of books" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>The winners of the 2016 Elmer Adler Undergraduate Book Collecting Prize were announced at the <a href="http://fpul.princeton.edu/" class="liexternal">Friends of the Princeton University Library’</a>s winter dinner that took place last Sunday (April 24). The jury awarded first, second, and third prize to Samantha Flitter, Preston Lim, and Alex Cuadrado.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/AdlerWinners.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/AdlerWinners.jpg" width="500" height="668" alt="Adler Prize Winners" title="Preston Lim and Alex Cuadrado" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/general/2016-04-26/adler-prize-winners-announced" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="Adler Prize Winners Announced" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Tue, 26 Apr 2016 17:29:49 +0000 abaruzzi 27325 at https://library.princeton.edu Anne Jarvis becomes Princeton University Librarian https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2016-04-19/anne-jarvis-becomes-princeton-university-librarian <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Anne Jarvis, who has been university librarian at the University of Cambridge since 2009, become the University librarian at Princeton on Oct. 1.</p> <p>"Anne Jarvis is one of the world's premier librarians," Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber said. "Her proven track record of exceptional service, technological innovation and responsive management at Cambridge makes her an ideal leader for Princeton's library system."</p> <p>Princeton University Library, consisting of the Harvey S. Firestone Library and nine special libraries, is one of the world's most prestigious research libraries. It serves a diverse community of 8,000 students, 1,200 faculty members and many visiting scholars with collections of more than 8 million printed volumes, extensive digital holdings, and distinguished collections of rare books, prints and archives. </p> <p>"I am absolutely delighted that we have been able to recruit Anne Jarvis to be the next University librarian," said Provost David Lee, to whom Jarvis will report. "Anne comes to us with a deep appreciation of the importance of an extraordinary and established collection to a community of world-class scholars and students. She has a reputation for creatively and energetically reaching out to library users, whether they are faculty or students, to understand the many ways the library can best serve their interests."</p> <p>Jarvis will oversee a staff of more than 350 employees, complemented by a large student workforce.<span style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 1.538em;"> </span></p> <p>"I am delighted to be joining such a wonderful university as its librarian," Jarvis said. "I look forward to working with the Princeton Library staff, and to building on the library's reputation of exemplary services and world-renowned collections."</p> <p>Jarvis has a bachelor's degree from Trinity College Dublin, a diploma in library and information studies from University College Dublin, a master's degree in communication and cultural studies from Dublin City University and a master of arts from Cambridge.</p> <p>Her library career began in special libraries and included posts in Ireland and the United Kingdom. She began working in academic libraries in 1992 and spent some years at Dublin City University and Trinity College Dublin. In 2000 she was appointed deputy librarian at Cambridge. At Princeton, Jarvis will succeed Karin Trainer, who is retiring.</p> <p>The University is in the midst of a 10-year comprehensive renovation of Firestone Library, scheduled for completion in September 2018. The renovation will create a building well-suited to support modern library services and contemporary approaches to scholarship while also providing the proper environment for one of the world's great book and manuscript collections.</p> <p><div class="caption caption-center"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 320px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/news/images/Anne%20Jarvis_Apr2016.jpg?itok=wgHA0dHy" alt="Anne Jarvis, New University Librarian at Princeton" title="" width="320" height="480" class="image-large" /><p class="caption-text">Photo Courtesy of Anne Jarvis</p></div></div></div></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/Anne-Jarvis_Apr2016_324v2.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/Anne-Jarvis_Apr2016_324v2.jpg" width="420" height="272" alt="Photo of Anne Jarvis, new University Librarian" title="Photo Courtesy of Anne Jarvis" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-more-information field--type-link-field field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Link to More Information:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S46/10/60G54/">More Information</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>Anne Jarvis, who has been university librarian at the University of Cambridge since 2009, will become the University Librarian at Princeton effective Oct. 1.</p> <p>"Anne Jarvis is one of the world's premier librarians," Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber said. "Her proven track record of exceptional service, technological innovation and responsive management at Cambridge makes her an ideal leader for Princeton's library system."</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-rel-audiences field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Audiences:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="/faculty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Faculty</a></div><div class="field__item odd"><a href="/students" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Students</a></div><div class="field__item even"><a href="/alumni" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Alumni</a></div><div class="field__item odd"><a href="/visitors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Visitors</a></div><div class="field__item even"><a href="/staff" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Library Staff</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/Anne%20Jarvis_Apr2016.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/Anne%20Jarvis_Apr2016.jpg" width="1500" height="2250" alt="Anne Jarvis, New University Librarian at Princeton" title="Photo Courtesy of Anne Jarvis" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/general/2016-04-19/anne-jarvis-becomes-princeton-university-librarian" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="Anne Jarvis becomes Princeton University Librarian" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Tue, 19 Apr 2016 14:37:55 +0000 kr2 27310 at https://library.princeton.edu Princeton Joins International Image Interoperability Framework Consortium https://library.princeton.edu/news/2015-08-04/princeton-joins-international-image-interoperability-framework-consortium <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong><img alt="iiif.org logo" height="108" width="108" class="media-element file-default" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/styles/story_-_small/public/news-images/IIIF.png?itok=GOtfPXUB" />Global consortium forms to standardize and improve sharing and displaying of image-based scholarly resources </strong></span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>on the web</strong></span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>Leaders from eleven </em></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>research libraries, national libraries, and nonprofit image repositories met at Oxford University to form the International Image Interoperability Framework Consortium. </em></span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Access to image-based resources is fundamental to research, scholarship and the transmission of cultural knowledge. Until now, much of the Internet’s image-based resources have been locked up in silos, with access restricted to custom-built applications.  The </span><a href="http://iiif.io" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">International Image Interoperability Framework</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> (IIIF) </span><span style="font-size: medium;">supports uniform display of </span><span style="font-size: medium;">images of books, maps, scrolls, manuscripts, musical scores and archival material from participating institutions for display, manipulation, measurement and annotation </span><span style="font-size: medium;">by scholars and students working individually or in groups around the world. </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The IIIF initiative was conceived on the back of a napkin at a Cuban restaurant in Palo Alto, California at a dinner of technologists from the Bodleian Libraries at Oxford University, the British Library and Stanford University Libraries.  Yesterday, eleven institutions committed resources and officially formed the International Image Interoperability Framework Consortium (IIIF-C), which will oversee the ongoing development of the IIIF technology as well as the growth of the community. </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Joining Oxford, the British Library and Stanford as part of the IIIF-C are </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Artstor, Die Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (The Bavarian State Library), Cornell University, La Bibliothèque nationale de France (The National Library of France), Nasjonalbiblioteket (The National Library of Norway), </span><a href="https://owa.princeton.edu/owa/redir.aspx?SURL=cGakaG2ezKlQWn-piRo2O98cUzxKFQfMlWm4cIoxchNg4gI54pzSCGgAdAB0AHAAOgAvAC8AbABpAGIAcgBhAHIAeQAuAHAAcgBpAG4AYwBlAHQAbwBuAC4AZQBkAHUALwA.&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2flibrary.princeton.edu%2f" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: medium;">Princeton University Library</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;">, </span><a href="http://wellcomelibrary.org" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: medium;">Wellcome Trust</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> and the </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Yale University (Yale Center for British Art</span><span style="font-size: medium;">, Beinecke Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library). </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The IIIF-C aims to reduce inefficiency and needless redundancy born from incompatibility in the current image delivery ecosystem. The framework includes two application program interfaces (APIs). The Image API provides access to the image content and technical descriptions. The Presentation API gives just enough structural and descriptive information about the image's context to appropriately render it in an arbitrary, web-based, viewing environment. </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">While IIIF’s origins are in libraries, the community is rapidly expanding to include museums, archives and image services of all types, creating new opportunities for exchange and collaboration across sectors. In addition to the founding IIIF-C members, 20 other institutions are contributing to discussions on specifications for interoperability and providing both open source and commercial implementations of the APIs currently available. </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">By adopting the IIIF and becoming part of the community, institutions gain access to well supported and sustainable technologies, and enrich scholarly use of their materials.  For more information, visit </span><a href="http://iiif.io" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://iiif.io</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>About IIIF | </strong></span><a href="http://iiif.io" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://iiif.io</span></a></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">The IIIF is driven by a group of research libraries, national libraries, and nonprofit image repositories committed to opening access to cherished image resources. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">IIIF (International Image Interoperability Framework) has the following goals:</span></span></div> <ul><li><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">To give scholars an unprecedented level of uniform and rich access to image-based resources hosted around the world.</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">To define a set of common application programming interfaces that support interoperability between image repositories.</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">To develop, cultivate and document shared technologies, such as image servers and web clients that provide a world-class user experience in viewing, comparing, manipulating and annotating images.</span></span></li> </ul></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/IIIF.png"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/IIIF.png" width="108" height="108" alt="logo for IIIF.org" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><div><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Leaders from eleven </span><span style="font-size: medium;">research libraries, national libraries, and nonprofit image repositories met at Oxford University to form the International Image Interoperability Framework Consortium.</span></span></div> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/2015-08-04/princeton-joins-international-image-interoperability-framework-consortium" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="Princeton Joins International Image Interoperability Framework Consortium" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Tue, 04 Aug 2015 15:46:19 +0000 abaruzzi 14734 at https://library.princeton.edu Princeton University Library joins Perma.cc https://library.princeton.edu/news/2015-04-20/princeton-university-library-joins-permacc <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The Princeton University Library has recently become a partner of the <a href="http://perma.cc/">Perma.cc</a> service.  Developed by law school libraries, and used by academics in many disciplines, as well as courts, the <a href="http://perma.cc/">Perma.cc</a> service allows users to create citation links that will never break.  When a user creates a <a href="http://perma.cc/">Perma.cc</a> link, <a href="http://perma.cc/">Perma.cc</a> archives a copy of the referenced content, and generates a link to an unalterable hosted instance of the site. Regardless of what may happen to the original source, if the link is later published by a journal using the <a href="http://perma.cc/">Perma.cc</a> service, the archived version will always be available through the <a href="http://perma.cc/">Perma.cc</a> link.  To learn more about <a href="http://perma.cc/">Perma.cc</a>, please visit <a href="https://perma.cc/">https://perma.cc</a>/. If you’d like to create an account to begin preserving your citations to websites, please email David Hollander at <a href="mailto:dholland@princeton.edu">dholland@princeton.edu</a></p> <p><div class="caption caption-center"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 493px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img src="/sites/default/files/news/images/create-links.png" alt="Perma.cc is a new service available to Princeton University Library Users" title="Perma.cc allows researchers to create links to archived versions of web pages cited in your work." width="493" height="337" /><p class="caption-text">Perma.cc allows you to create links to archived versions of web pages cited in your work.</p></div></div></div></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/citation-small.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/citation-small.jpg" width="280" height="168" alt="Perma.cc is a new service available to Princeton University Library Users" title="Perma.cc allows researchers to create links to archived versions of web pages cited in your work." /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-more-information field--type-link-field field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Link to More Information:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="https://perma.cc/">More Information</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-library-contact field--type-entityreference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Library Contact:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="schema:accountablePerson">dholland</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>The Princeton University Library has recently become a partner of the <a href="http://perma.cc/">Perma.cc</a> service.  Developed by law school libraries, and used by academics in many disciplines, as well as courts, the <a href="http://perma.cc/">Perma.cc</a> service allows users to create citation links that will never break.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-rel-audiences field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Audiences:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="/faculty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Faculty</a></div><div class="field__item odd"><a href="/students" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Students</a></div><div class="field__item even"><a href="/staff" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Library Staff</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-tags field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/tags/permacc" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">perma.cc</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/create-links.png"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/create-links.png" width="493" height="337" alt="Perma.cc is a new service available to Princeton University Library Users" title="Perma.cc allows researchers to create links to archived versions of web pages cited in your work." /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/2015-04-20/princeton-university-library-joins-permacc" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="Princeton University Library joins Perma.cc" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Mon, 20 Apr 2015 19:32:20 +0000 kr2 14555 at https://library.princeton.edu Duke Joins Borrow Direct https://library.princeton.edu/news/2015-04-10/duke-joins-borrow-direct <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p>On April 10th, Princeton University Library welcomes Duke University to Borrow Direct. Soon, patrons may borrow circulating materials from Duke University through the Borrow Direct network. The Borrow Direct service enables PUL patrons to search the library catalogs of Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, MIT, University of Chicago, and Yale, a collection of more than 60 million volumes, and directly request expedited delivery of circulating items.</p> <p><div class="caption caption-center"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 288px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img src="/sites/default/files/news/images/Borrow_Direct.jpg" alt="Borrow Direct Logo" title="Borrow Direct is a Rapid Lending Network" width="288" height="157" /><p class="caption-text">Borrow Direct is a Rapid Lending Network of Research Libraries.</p></div></div></div></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/Borrow_Direct_0.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/Borrow_Direct_0.jpg" width="288" height="157" alt="Borrow Direct is a Rapid Lending Network of Research Libraries" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>Duke University has joined the Borrow Direct Network. Borrow Direct allows rapid borrowing from the research collections of 12 peer libraries.  </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/Borrow_Direct.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/Borrow_Direct.jpg" width="288" height="157" alt="Borrow Direct Logo" title="Borrow Direct is a Rapid Lending Network" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/2015-04-10/duke-joins-borrow-direct" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="Duke Joins Borrow Direct" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Fri, 10 Apr 2015 15:39:45 +0000 kr2 14546 at https://library.princeton.edu Princeton University Library Acquires Jacques Derrida's Personal Library https://library.princeton.edu/news/2015-03-31/princeton-university-library-acquires-jacques-derridas-personal-library <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p><div class="caption caption-left"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 400px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img src="/sites/default/files/news/images/141009%20Unpacking%20Derridas%20Library_Poster.jpg" alt="A view of part of Jacques Derrida's library in his home in Ris Organgis." title="A view of part of Jacques Derrida's library in his home in Ris Organgis. Used with permission. © Andrew Bush, 2001" width="400" height="310" style="float: right;" /><p class="caption-text">A view of part of Jacques Derrida's library in his home in Ris Orangis. Used with permission. © Andrew Bush, 2001</p></div></div></div></p> <p>The Princeton University Library is very pleased to announce the acquisition of the personal working library of Jacques Derrida.</p> <p>Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) was an Algerian-born French Jewish philosopher who is considered one of the most influential thinkers, writers and critics in the fields of literary criticism, philosophy, art and architecture, linguistics and political theory among others. He is most widely known for "deconstruction"—a strategy for apprehending texts and political institutions.</p> <p>Derrida's library, consisting of about 13,800 published books and other materials, represents a lifetime of reading. But for Derrida, the act of reading was not a passive process: he engaged—even grappled—with what he read, covering pages with notes and cross-references, inserting other handwritten materials, quoting and adapting what he read into what he wrote. As Derrida himself said in an interview later in his life, his books bear "traces of the violence of pencil strokes, exclamation points, arrows, and underlining."</p> <p><div class="caption caption-right"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 400px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img src="/sites/default/files/news/images/Sur%20Racine%20annotated%20greyscale.jpg" alt="Derrida's annotations on a page from Sur Racine by Roland Barthes (Paris: Editions du Seuil, 1963)." title="Derrida's annotations on a page from Sur Racine by Roland Barthes (Paris: Editions du Seuil, 1963)." width="400" height="297" /><p class="caption-text">Derrida's annotations on a page from <em>Sur Racine</em> by Roland Barthes (Paris: Editions du Seuil, 1963). Photo: J. L. Logan</p></div></div></div></p> <p>Anthony Grafton (Henry Putnam University Professor of History, Princeton University) explains that the great libraries of original and influential scholars "<em>show us those writers at their desks, responding to other minds. Reading marginal notes, we stand at the scholar's shoulder and listen in on the discussion between scholar and author, as it takes place. It is wonderful—in an ironic way that would have appealed to no one more than Jacques Derrida—that scholars and students will be able to reconstruct his part in this great humanistic tradition in Firestone Library.</em>"</p> <p>Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (University Professor, Columbia University) considers this collection "<em>an inestimable treasure; working materials from the most important philosopher of reading of our times.</em>"</p> <p>Hal Foster (Townsend Martin, Class of 1917, Professor of Art and Archaeology, and Co-Director, Program in Media and Modernity, Princeton University) says that "<em>Derrida developed his own thought through a meticulous engagement with other thinkers, past and present, thinkers who at once constitute the Western traditions of philosophy and literature and defy them (indeed they constitute them in part because they defied them). What a boon it is for us at Princeton to have his notes on these thinkers and writers, to see the master of textuality perform, as it were, on other master texts.</em>"</p> <p>After more than a year of discussions and complex arrangements co-ordinated by the <a href="/collections-and-collection-development">Collection Development Department</a>, and an examination of the collection in Paris by an expert team from Princeton, the Princeton University Library took physical delivery of Derrida's library on Thursday March 19, 2015. The unpacking, sorting, describing, organizing, preserving, and housing of the books and other materials in this collection will proceed as quickly as possible. As they are processed, these materials will be made available to scholars through the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections in Firestone Library.</p> <p>"<em>It is so exciting to be able to bring the entire reading world of Jacques Derrida to Princeton, to make these works which were so central to the development of his thinking accessible for new explorations in the archaeology of reading, digital humanities, and other research and pedagogical endeavors of scholars and students,</em>" says David Magier (Associate University Librarian for Collection Development).</p> <p><em>"The acquisition of Jacques Derrida's personal library… makes available to scholars worldwide for the first time the foundational materials of deconstruction—Derrida's reading materials—and the 'traces' of his singular encounter with them,</em>" says Katie Chenoweth (Assistant Professor of French and Italian, Princeton University).</p> <p><em>"How satisfying that [Derrida's] library should come to Princeton… The presence of these books in Princeton not only enriches the archive, it suggests something of the intense, ongoing life an archive may have,"</em> Michael Wood (Charles Barnwell Straut Class of 1923 Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Emeritus, Princeton University).</p> <p>For more information, please contact David Magier (Associate University Librarian for Collection Development) at dmagier@princeton.edu.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/Derridas_Library_Poster_sm.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/Derridas_Library_Poster_sm.jpg" width="200" height="155" alt="A view of part of Jacques Derrida&#039;s library" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-library-contact field--type-entityreference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Library Contact:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="schema:accountablePerson">dmagier</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>The Princeton University Library is very pleased to announce the acquisition of the vast personal working library of the famous—and famously controversial—philosopher, Jacques Derrida, whose ideas have profoundly influenced scholarship in many disciplines. His library of more than 13,000 books represents a lifetime of intensive reading, while the extensive annotations they contain reveal the ways in which he integrated what he read into his evolving philosophical structures and methodologies.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-rel-audiences field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Audiences:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="/faculty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Faculty</a></div><div class="field__item odd"><a href="/students" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Students</a></div><div class="field__item even"><a href="/alumni" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Alumni</a></div><div class="field__item odd"><a href="/visitors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Visitors</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-tags field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/tags/jacques-derrida" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Jacques Derrida</a></div><div class="field__item odd" rel=""><a href="/tags/acquisitions" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Acquisitions</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/Derrida%20report%20with%20images_Page_07_Image_0001.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/Derrida%20report%20with%20images_Page_07_Image_0001.jpg" width="755" height="1296" alt="Derrida Report" title="Derrida Report" /></div><div class="field__item odd" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/Derrida%20report%20with%20images_Page_25_Image_0001.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/Derrida%20report%20with%20images_Page_25_Image_0001.jpg" width="1084" height="961" alt="Derrida Report" title="Derrida Report" /></div><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/141009%20Unpacking%20Derridas%20Library_Poster.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/141009%20Unpacking%20Derridas%20Library_Poster.jpg" width="3300" height="2554" alt="A view of part of Jacques Derrida&#039;s library in his home in Ris Organgis." title="A view of part of Jacques Derrida&#039;s library in his home in Ris Organgis. Used with permission. © Andrew Bush, 2001" /></div><div class="field__item odd" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/Sur%20Racine%20annotated%20greyscale.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/Sur%20Racine%20annotated%20greyscale.jpg" width="2363" height="1752" alt="Annotated Sur Racine" title="Annotated Sur Racine" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/2015-03-31/princeton-university-library-acquires-jacques-derridas-personal-library" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="Princeton University Library Acquires Jacques Derrida&#039;s Personal Library" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Tue, 31 Mar 2015 16:23:57 +0000 kr2 14520 at https://library.princeton.edu University Archives Launches Digital Repository of Senior Theses https://library.princeton.edu/news/2014-09-03/university-archives-launches-digital-repository-senior-theses <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Through a joint project of the University Archives, the Office of the Dean of the College, and the Office of Information Technology, senior theses for the Classes of 2013, 2014, and all future classes will be collected and made accessible to the campus community via Princeton University’s digital repository, <a href="http://dataspace.princeton.edu/jspui/" class="liexternal">DataSpace</a>.</p> <p>The University Archives made the transition from collecting paper theses to theses in digital format (PDFs) to broaden accessibility of senior theses within the Princeton community. The Senior Thesis Collection is the most frequently used collection at the University Archives and, as such, are consulted by Princeton students at a rate of about 1,000 per year to explore topics, gather ideas for possible faculty advisers, find sources, gain familiarity with disciplinary writing styles, develop research methodologies for their own theses, and to generally understand what makes a good thesis. The <a href="http://dataspace.princeton.edu/jspui/" class="liexternal">DataSpace</a> repository also has the capability to capture and deliver multiple file formats including text, video, audio, and image files.</p> <p>“The senior thesis has <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyhoRdg4PLs" class="liexternal">a long history at Princeton</a>,” said University Archivist Dan Linke. “This is just the next chapter for this important aspect of a Princeton education.”</p> <p>While most theses will be available in full-text on all Princeton-networked computers, a small number will only be available at computer terminals in the Mudd Manuscript Library, and none will be directly accessible to the general public. Senior theses submitted in 2012 and before will continue to be available in paper format at the Mudd Manuscript Library.</p> <p>A direct link to the Senior Thesis Collection in DataSpace is available here: <a href="http://dataspace.princeton.edu/jspui/handle/88435/dsp019c67wm88m" class="liexternal">http://dataspace.princeton.edu/jspui/handle/88435/dsp019c67wm88m</a>.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/thesistypewriterFOU768.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/thesistypewriterFOU768.jpg" width="450" height="440" alt="Stock photo" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-more-information field--type-link-field field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Link to More Information:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="http://dataspace.princeton.edu/jspui/handle/88435/dsp019c67wm88m">More Information</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-library-contact field--type-entityreference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Library Contact:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="schema:accountablePerson">ldurgin</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>Through a joint project of the University Archives, the Office of the Dean of the College, and the Office of Information Technology, senior theses for the Classes of 2013, 2014, and all future classes will be collected and made accessible to the campus community via Princeton University’s digital repository, <a href="http://dataspace.princeton.edu/jspui/" class="liexternal">DataSpace</a>.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-rel-audiences field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Audiences:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="/students" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Students</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-tags field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/tags/senior-theses" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">senior theses</a></div><div class="field__item odd" rel=""><a href="/tags/undergraduates" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">undergraduates</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/senior%20theses.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/senior%20theses.jpg" width="873" height="453" alt="Senior theses" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/2014-09-03/university-archives-launches-digital-repository-senior-theses" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="University Archives Launches Digital Repository of Senior Theses" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Wed, 03 Sep 2014 15:58:00 +0000 abaruzzi 13114 at https://library.princeton.edu Johns Hopkins Joins Borrow Direct https://library.princeton.edu/news/2014-06-12/johns-hopkins-joins-borrow-direct <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p><img src="/sites/default/files/news/images/borrow%20direct%20full.jpg" alt="" width="290" height="79" />On July 2, Princeton University Library patrons may borrow circulating materials from Johns Hopkins University through the Borrow Direct network. The Borrow Direct service enables PUL patrons to search the library catalogs of Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, MIT, University of Chicago, and Yale, a collection of more than 60 million volumes, and directly request expedited delivery of circulating items. </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/Borrow_Direct.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/Borrow_Direct.jpg" width="288" height="288" alt="BorrowDirect logo" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-more-information field--type-link-field field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Link to More Information:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="http://library.princeton.edu/services/borrowdirect">More Information</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-library-contact field--type-entityreference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Library Contact:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="schema:accountablePerson">lscherff</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>The Borrow Direct network now consists of ten partner libraries.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-rel-audiences field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Audiences:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="/faculty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Faculty</a></div><div class="field__item odd"><a href="/students" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Students</a></div><div class="field__item even"><a href="/alumni" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Alumni</a></div><div class="field__item odd"><a href="/visitors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Visitors</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-tags field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/tags/borrow-direct" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Borrow Direct</a></div><div class="field__item odd" rel=""><a href="/tags/johns-hopkins" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Johns Hopkins</a></div><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/tags/interlibrary-loan" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">interlibrary loan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/borrow%20direct%20full.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/borrow%20direct%20full.jpg" width="290" height="79" alt="BorrowDirect logo" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/2014-06-12/johns-hopkins-joins-borrow-direct" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="Johns Hopkins Joins Borrow Direct" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Thu, 12 Jun 2014 21:25:52 +0000 abaruzzi 12792 at https://library.princeton.edu Deep Dives Reveal Greater Detail in Library Treasures https://library.princeton.edu/news/2014-05-29/deep-dives-reveal-greater-detail-library-treasures <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p>We are pleased to announce enhancements to the image viewing experience in the <a href="http://pudl.princeton.edu/">Princeton University Digital Library</a> (PUDL).  Users will notice a significant increase in speed of image rendering in general.  In addition, we have introduced a new deep-zoom feature which not only improves the overall quality of images and the viewing experience, but also has allowed us to double our zoom depth on most images. <div class="caption caption-center"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 636px;"><div class="caption-inner"><a href="http://pudl.princeton.edu/sheetreader.php?obj=cn69m426n"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/news/images/dragon_0.jpg?itok=E2FpC5I3" alt="A finished preparatory drawing (hanshita-e) of Urashima Tarō riding a mythical turtle by Utagawa Shigetoshi (Japanese, active ca. 1850-ca. 1860)" width="636" height="542" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" class="image-large" /></a><p class="caption-text">A finished preparatory drawing (hanshita-e) of Urashima Tarō riding a mythical turtle by Utagawa Shigetoshi (Japanese, active ca. 1850-ca. 1860) from the Graphic Arts Collection.</p></div></div></div></p> <p><strong>Examples</strong>:</p> <ul><li><a href="http://pudl.princeton.edu/scrollreader.php?obj=d791sg26s">Scrolls</a></li> <li><a href="http://pudl.princeton.edu/viewer.php?obj=7w62f826z&amp;vol=phys1&amp;log=log1#page/1/mode/2up">Bound Volumes</a></li> <li><a href="http://pudl.princeton.edu/boundart.php?obj=jq085k01b">Bound Art</a></li> <li><a href="http://pudl.princeton.edu/sheetreader.php?obj=w3763685g">Sheet and Default View </a></li> </ul><p><br /> We are able to provide these improvements through the implementation of two emergent technologies:  LORIS, an open source image server developed and released at the end of 2013 by our very own Jon Stroop; and OpenSeadragon, an open source Javascript library for creating a "slippy" deep-zoom experience in web browsers.<br /><br /> An interesting anecdote about OpenSeadragon: This technology was originally developed in Princeton by Blaise Aguera y Arcas, who also worked at Princeton University Library in the early 2000's. The Seadragon technology Blaise created <a href="http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2002767280_seadragon28.html">was acquired by Microsoft in 2006</a>, and later released to the open source community in 2009. Jon collaborated with other OpenSeadragon contributors to ensure compatibility with the <a href="http://iiif.io/api/image">IIIF Image API specification</a> and LORIS.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/dragon_face.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/dragon_face.jpg" width="563" height="230" alt="drawing (hanshita-e) of Urashima Tarō riding a mythical turtle by Utagawa Shigetoshi" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-library-contact field--type-entityreference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Library Contact:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="schema:accountablePerson">shaune</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>Princeton University Digital Library (PUDL) Zooms in with New Feature</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-rel-audiences field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Audiences:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="/faculty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Faculty</a></div><div class="field__item odd"><a href="/students" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Students</a></div><div class="field__item even"><a href="/alumni" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Alumni</a></div><div class="field__item odd"><a href="/visitors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Visitors</a></div><div class="field__item even"><a href="/staff" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Library Staff</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-tags field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/tags/pudl" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">pudl</a></div><div class="field__item odd" rel=""><a href="/tags/digitization" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">digitization</a></div><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/tags/tools" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">tools</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/dragon_0.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/dragon_0.jpg" width="922" height="788" alt="drawing (hanshita-e) of Urashima Tarō riding a mythical turtle by Utagawa Shigetoshi" title="A finished preparatory drawing (hanshita-e) of Urashima Tarō riding a mythical turtle by Utagawa Shigetoshi (Japanese, active ca. 1850-ca. 1860)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/2014-05-29/deep-dives-reveal-greater-detail-library-treasures" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="Deep Dives Reveal Greater Detail in Library Treasures" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Thu, 29 May 2014 15:41:32 +0000 abaruzzi 12785 at https://library.princeton.edu ReCAP has New Executive Director https://library.princeton.edu/news/2013-12-15/recap-has-new-executive-director <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p><img src="/sites/default/files/news/images/jnadal.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></p> <p>The New York Public Library, Columbia University and Princeton University appointed Jacob Nadal as Executive Director of The Research Collections and Preservation Consortium (ReCAP), the country’s largest offsite library shelving facility jointly owned and operated by the three institutions.</p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">He will succeed founding Executive Director Eileen Henthorne, who will be retiring after 12 years of leadership at the facility, during which she helped build the facility from its early beginnings into a collaborative service organization with more than 10 million volumes dedicated to preserving information for the many thousands of researchers, students, and scholars who rely on the libraries’ collections every day.</span></p> <p> <span style="line-height: 1.538em;">“ReCAP is an incredible institution. It addresses a critical need among 21st century libraries and archives, which require massive capacity to collect and preserve research materials for future generations,” said Nadal. “It is an honor to follow in the footsteps of Eileen, who led a visionary effort by the ReCAP members to build a facility that has dramatically improved the preservation outlook for their collections. In my work, both in the States and internationally, I have had poignant reminders of what happens when society's records and cultural heritage are placed in jeopardy or lost to their communities. ReCAP is a bulwark against that for three of the world's great library collections, and it is poised to take a leading role in an emerging network of preservation repositories that will make sure that our nation's library and archival collections remain available to the people who need them. I am thrilled to continue this work with The New York Public Library, Columbia University and Princeton University."</span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">Nadal – who will start on January 1 - will be responsible for the management of the facility: planning and operational issues, as well as service improvements; overseeing the technology system and website; managing construction and renovation projects; and ensuring that ReCAP’s operation meets the expectations of the three partner libraries and their users.</span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">“Jake has a deep background in preservation and combined with his sophisticated experience of print and digital collections, he has a developed a thorough understanding of the interplay that exists within collections,” said James Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian at Columbia University.</span></p> <p> <span style="line-height: 1.538em;">“It is imperative that libraries avail themselves of new opportunities that allow greater interaction with patrons and increase the availability of materials through strategic and progressive methods. Jacob has long been a staunch advocate for libraries and the accessibility of their collections. We are fortunate to have him at the helm,” said Ann Thornton, Andrew W. Mellon Director of the New York Public Libraries.</span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">“Jake demonstrated great leadership at the UCLA Library and throughout University system. He is well-versed in managing the needs of a diverse collection, while supervising and developing a talented staff.  Under his thoughtful leadership, ReCAP will continue to prosper as an exceptional example of library collaboration and facility,” said Karin Trainer, Princeton University Librarian</span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">Before joining ReCAP, Nadal – a leader in the preservation field - served as Director of Library and Archives at the Brooklyn Historical Society.  He is the past chair of the American Library Association’s Preservation and Reformatting Section and has led preservation programs at University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA), Indiana University, as well as The New York Public Library in the organization’s preservation department.</span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">ReCAP was designed and constructed to provide an optimal environment for preserving items and maintain an efficient inventory and retrieval system for access to items for library users. Comprised of five state-of-the-art modules, the facility can accommodate approximately ten million volumes, including monographs, journals, archives, music recordings, microfilm, maps, photos and negatives, videos and three-dimensional objects, and more.</span><span style="line-height: 1.538em;"> </span></p> <p>ReCAP currently holds more than 10 million items from the three institutions.</p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">Nadal received his master’s degree in Library Science from Indiana University at Bloomington and received his bachelor’s in degree in music at the University of Puget Sound. </span></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/photo_20173_wide_large.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/photo_20173_wide_large.jpg" width="600" height="300" alt="ReCAP" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-more-information field--type-link-field field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Link to More Information:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="http://recap.princeton.edu">More Information</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>The New York Public Library, Columbia University and Princeton University Appoint Jacob Nadal as Executive Director of The Research Collections and Preservation Consortium (ReCAP).</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-rel-audiences field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Audiences:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="/faculty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Faculty</a></div><div class="field__item odd"><a href="/staff" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Library Staff</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-tags field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/tags/recap" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">ReCAP</a></div><div class="field__item odd" rel=""><a href="/tags/staff" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">staff</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/jnadal.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/jnadal.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Jacob Nadal" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/2013-12-15/recap-has-new-executive-director" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="ReCAP has New Executive Director" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Sun, 15 Dec 2013 18:03:51 +0000 abaruzzi 12242 at https://library.princeton.edu Class of 2013 Senior Theses Now Available on DataSpace https://library.princeton.edu/news/2013-10-10/class-2013-senior-theses-now-available-dataspace <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The Class of 2013 senior theses are now available on <a href="http://dataspace.princeton.edu/jspui/handle/88435/dsp019c67wm88m" target="_blank" class="liexternal">DataSpace at Princeton University</a>. Senior theses are accessible in full-text, digital format from any Princeton-networked computer.</p> <p><img src="/sites/default/files/news/images/Screen%2520Shot%25202013-10-10%2520at%252010.12.08%2520AM.jpg" alt="" width="1060" height="988" /></p> <p>Theses can be searched using text (such as the author’s name, advisor’s name, or words in the title), or browsed by author, department, or title. Searching and browsing can happen at the collection level (<a href="http://dataspace.princeton.edu/jspui/handle/88435/dsp019c67wm88m" target="_blank" class="liexternal">Senior Thesis collection</a>) or at the department level (e.g. <a href="http://dataspace.princeton.edu/jspui/handle/88435/dsp01qf85nb35s" target="_blank" class="liexternal">English Department</a>).</p> <p>Researchers will still need to come to the Mudd Manuscript Library to view theses created before 2013. In the coming weeks, however, the data from the <a href="http://libweb5.princeton.edu/theses/index.htm" target="_blank" class="liexternal">Princeton University Catalog of Senior Theses</a> will be migrated to DataSpace so all of the theses can be searched from a single interface.  In due course, senior theses will be searchable in <a href="http://library.princeton.edu/#quicktabs-homepage_search_tabs=1" target="_blank" class="liexternal">Books+</a>. There are no plans to systematically digitize 2012 and earlier theses at this time.</p> <p>Access to senior theses for researchers outside of Princeton University remains unchanged regardless of when the thesis was created or its format—a copy may be ordered by submitting a <a href="http://libweb5.princeton.edu/theses/index.htm" target="_blank" class="liexternal">written request</a> to the University Archives.</p> <p>The creation of the digital archive of senior theses is a joint project between the Office of the Dean of the College, the University Archives at the Mudd Manuscript Library, and the Office of Information Technology.  Its intent is to broaden accessibility to senior theses within the Princeton community, as Princeton seniors consult them at a rate of about 1,000 per year to explore topics, gather ideas for possible faculty advisers, find sources, gain familiarity with disciplinary writing styles, develop research methodologies for their own theses, and understand what makes a good thesis. The archive also has the capability to capture and deliver multiple file formats including text, video, audio, and image files.</p> <p> </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/SeniorThesis_12.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/SeniorThesis_12.jpg" width="450" height="300" alt="Stock photo" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p><span>The Class of 2013 senior theses are now available on </span><a href="http://dataspace.princeton.edu/jspui/handle/88435/dsp019c67wm88m" target="_blank" class="liexternal">DataSpace at Princeton University</a><span>. Senior theses are accessible in full-text, digital format from any Princeton-networked computer.</span></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-rel-audiences field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Audiences:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="/students" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Students</a></div><div class="field__item odd"><a href="/alumni" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Alumni</a></div><div class="field__item even"><a href="/visitors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Visitors</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/Screen%2520Shot%25202013-10-10%2520at%252010.12.08%2520AM.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/Screen%2520Shot%25202013-10-10%2520at%252010.12.08%2520AM.jpg" width="1060" height="988" alt="Class of 2013 Senior Thesis Collection" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/2013-10-10/class-2013-senior-theses-now-available-dataspace" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="Class of 2013 Senior Theses Now Available on DataSpace" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Thu, 10 Oct 2013 22:43:06 +0000 abaruzzi 11958 at https://library.princeton.edu PUL Archive Team Wins Finding Aid Award https://library.princeton.edu/news/2013-05-06/pul-archive-team-wins-finding-aid-award <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Princeton University Library is very pleased to announce that the PUL's Archival Description working group has been awarded the 2012 <a href="http://www.marac.info/finding-aids-award" target="_blank" title="MARAC Finding Aid Awards" class="liexternal">Frederic M. Miller Finding Aid Award</a> by the Mid Atlantic Regional Archives Conference(<a href="http://www.marac.info/" title="MARAC website" class="liexternal"><span class="caps">MARAC</span></a>). The award recognizes outstanding finding aids and finding aid systems in the Mid Atlantic region. Submissions are evaluated in the areas of content design, innovation, and adherence to descriptive standards. </p> <p><div class="caption caption-right"><div class="caption-width-container" style="width: 300px;"><div class="caption-inner"><img src="/sites/default/files/news/images/Screen-shot-2013-02-17-at-1.05.59-PM-300x196.png" alt="" title="" width="300" height="196" /><p class="caption-text">Example Page from New FInding Aid Site</p></div></div></div></p> <p>Princeton’s archival descriptive working group includes two Mudd staff members: Maureen Callahan and Dan Santamaria, who serves as chair of the group. Former Mudd staff member Regine Heberlein is also a key mem­ber of the group, as are Don Thornbury and John Delaney from Firestone Library’s Department of Rare Books and Special Collections and Jon Stroop and Shaun Ellis of the library’s digital initiatives group.</p> <p>The group was awarded first prize in the 2012 com­pe­ti­tion for <a href="http://findingaids.princeton.edu/">findingaids.princeton.edu</a>, the redesigned find­ing aids inter­face for descrip­tions of Princeton’s archives and man­u­scripts col­lec­tions. The new inter­face was the result of more than a year of close col­lab­o­ra­tion between Depart­ment of Rare Books and Spe­cial Col­lec­tions and Dig­i­tal Ini­tia­tives staff.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-featured-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Graphic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/Screen%20shot%202013-05-13%20at%2010.42.18%20PM.png"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news-images/Screen%20shot%202013-05-13%20at%2010.42.18%20PM.png" width="396" height="163" alt="Finding Aids" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-more-information field--type-link-field field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Link to More Information:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="http://blogs.princeton.edu/mudd/2013/04/princeton-wins-marac-finding-aid-award/">More Information</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-article-snippet field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Article Snippet:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""><p>Mudd Library's Archival Description Working Group was recently awarded the Mid Atlantic Regional Archives Con­fer­ence's Frederic Miller Finding Aid Award at the MARAC spring meeting. </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-rel-audiences field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Audiences:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="/faculty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Faculty</a></div><div class="field__item odd"><a href="/staff" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Library Staff</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-category field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel=""><a href="/news/categories/general-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General news</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-news-images field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Images:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" rel="" resource="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/Screen-shot-2013-02-17-at-1.05.59-PM-300x196.png"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://library.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/Screen-shot-2013-02-17-at-1.05.59-PM-300x196.png" width="300" height="196" alt="Finding Aids" title="Example Page from New FInding Aid Site" /></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-display-on-news-page field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Display on News Page:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property="">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-feat-collection field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Featured Collection:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-homepage-spotlight field--type-list-boolean field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Homepage Spotlight:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even" property=""></div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/news/2013-05-06/pul-archive-team-wins-finding-aid-award" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="PUL Archive Team Wins Finding Aid Award" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Tue, 07 May 2013 03:40:05 +0000 abaruzzi 7839 at https://library.princeton.edu
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