The Younes And Soraya Nazarian Library, University of Haifa: Israel's Northern Star

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-42
Author(s):  
Cecilia Harel ◽  
Yosef Branse ◽  
Karen Elisha ◽  
Ora Zehavi
Keyword(s):  
Academic Library ◽  
Reference Services ◽  
Public Events ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
Multicultural Community ◽  
Online Tools ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
History Of ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The University

The Younes and Soraya Nazarian Library of the University of Haifa is the largest academic library in northern Israel, providing information services to a multicultural community of more than 20,000 students and staff. Since the 1980s, the library has pioneered the use of computers for the provision of services, by means of commercial products and in-house software development, most notably the Index to Hebrew Periodicals. Emphasis is placed on developing information literacy by means of instruction, reference services, and online tools. The library attempts to make the user community aware of its offerings through the use of social media and hosting public events. This article traces the history of the library and describes its special collections, innovative services and projects. The appendix includes suggestions for further reading.

scholarly journals Expanding digital academic library and archive services at the University of Calgary in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

IFLA Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 034003522110230
Author(s):  
James E Murphy ◽  
Carla J Lewis ◽  
Christena A McKillop ◽  
Marc Stoeckle
Keyword(s):  
Academic Library ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Transformative Experiences ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
University Of Calgary ◽  
Remote Services ◽  
Online Library ◽  
The University ◽  
Models Of Service Delivery

Despite the uncertain challenges facing libraries of all types during the COVID-19 pandemic, new best practices and innovative ways of approaching services have emerged. Including the groundbreaking Taylor Family Digital Library in 2011, the University of Calgary Libraries and Cultural Resources has been contributing towards the ongoing development of the digital academic library. The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated a rapid leveraging of digital skills, platforms, expertise, and models of service delivery to continue providing exceptional and transformative experiences for the University of Calgary community. The initiatives discussed in this article include online work teams, virtual 360-degree tours, the online library chat service, digital collections agreements, and remote services for archives and special collections.

scholarly journals Preserving the History of Diversity: One University’s Efforts to Make Boston’s History More Inclusive

2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-132
Author(s):  
Joan D. Krizack
Keyword(s):  
Catalog Number ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
Swing Era ◽  
University Archives ◽  
History Of ◽  
Manuscript Collections ◽  
The University ◽  
Freedom House ◽  
Community Activist

In 1994, on the eve of its centennial, Northeastern University, located in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, hired its first professional to head the University Archives and Special Collections Department. What I inherited was an archivist’s nightmare. Every document had been cataloged like a book, with a unique catalog number. None of the manuscript collections had been processed. There was no collecting policy. The papers of a Massachusetts governor existed alongside those of an individual who was instrumental in developing insurance education; the records of an early swing-era orchestra resided next to those of Freedom House, a community activist organization: . . .

Privacy and Access in the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Records

2020 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-90
Author(s):  
Jessica Holden ◽  
Ana Roeschley
Keyword(s):  
Child Abuse ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
University Archives ◽  
History Of ◽  
University Of Massachusetts ◽  
The University

Archival collections that include records about victims and survivors of child abuse present unique challenges regarding privacy, access, and representation. With a long tenure of collecting on the history of social welfare, University Archives and Special Collections (UASC) in the Joseph P. Healey Library at the University of Massachusetts Boston had to address these challenges before processing and making available the historic inactive records of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC). UASC and the MSPCC took steps to ensure that the MSPCC collection would be accessible to the survivors represented in the records and to their descendants, while also providing appropriate access to the collection for the wider public. To protect the privacy of any former MSPCC clients who may still be living, the MSPCC and UASC collaborated to establish a set of policies that can be adapted by archives working with similar collections.

THE NINA VANCE ALLEY THEATRE PAPERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LIBRARIES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

2008 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-128
Author(s):  
Tammy Ravas
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Performing Arts ◽  
The United States ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
University Of Houston ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University ◽  
Artistic Director

The University of Houston (UH) Libraries' Special Collections possesses several groups of papers and other items related to theatre and the performing arts, one of which is the Nina Vance Alley Theatre Papers. These items were donated to Special Collections in 2000. What follows is a brief biography of Nina Vance and history of the Alley as well as some highlights of items contained within this collection. Nina Vance was the Alley's first artistic director, from 1947 until her death in 1980. Along with Margo Jones and Zelda Fichandler, she helped shape the American regional-theatre movement in the later twentieth century. During her tenure at the Alley she directed 102 plays, produced 245 shows, and was awarded major grants, including significant funding from the Ford Foundation. Despite Vance's achievements in these areas, as well as in establishing the Alley as a respected theatre in the United States and across the world, few works of scholarship exist on her career. This could be partially due to the fact that many primary sources on the Alley Theatre and its founder, such as those found at the UH Libraries' Special Collections, have not been well publicized.

Resurrecting Images from the Morgue: A Case Study of the London Free Press Collection of Photographic Negatives

Collections ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 381-392
Author(s):  
Tom Belton
Keyword(s):  
Free Press ◽  
Current Collection ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
Digital Resource ◽  
Visual Evidence ◽  
Form Part ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University ◽  
Management Issues

This paper is a case study of the ongoing transformation of the London Free Press Collection of Photographic Negatives from a physical archive to a digital one. This Collection is a typical medium-sized newspaper photographic negative morgue dating between 1938 and 1992. These morgues possess enormous value as visual evidence of the development of communities, and society in general. The London Free Press serves a market of around a million people in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. The Collection’s current custodian, the University of Western Ontario Archives and Special Collections, is in the process of transforming it from a purely physical entity to a digital resource of great research potential. To place the case study in a broader context, the author reviews some of the recent literature on the topic of newspaper photograph morgues. He then delves into a detailed description of the custodial history of the Collection as well as details about current collection management issues, including metadata and digitization. The author concludes that the digitized body of tens of thousands of unique images will be more than enough to satisfy many visual researchers and could form part of a North American digital photojournalism archive of immense historical value.

scholarly journals From Bricks and Mortar to Bits and Bytes: Examining the Changing State of Reference Services at the University of Toronto Libraries During COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Madeline Gerbig ◽  
Kathryn Holmes ◽  
Mai Lu ◽  
Helen Tang
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Reference Services ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
Online Tools ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Reference Service ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Rapid Transition ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University

Before the pandemic, the University of Toronto was predominantly an in-person experience. The closure of physical libraries and shift to remote learning required library staff and users to adapt to new modes of supporting teaching, learning, and research. A survey was conducted about reference service delivery, staffing models, resources and tools, which asked the respondents to describe reference services at their libraries before and during the pandemic. The objectives of this survey were to capture the state of reference services at the University of Toronto Libraries (UTL), and to compare data about reference practices during the pre-pandemic and pandemic periods with the goal of identifying challenges and opportunities for the future of reference services at UTL. 70% of libraries surveyed used reference desks for reference services pre-pandemic, and during the pandemic, 75% of libraries used virtual reference appointments by video conferencing. The survey results show that reference service staffing and service hours in most surveyed libraries were reduced during the pandemic. Many respondents reported that while they offered fewer reference service hours during the pandemic, they continued to provide assistance outside of scheduled hours. Online tools and platforms that were already familiar to librarians remained popular during the pandemic, allowing service providers to quickly adapt to the virtual environment and ensure seamless service continuity. While the rapid transition in services at the University of Toronto was not without its challenges, it has also offered many new opportunities for re-envisioning reference services at the University of Toronto Libraries.

Uncovering the early history of the Georgia Museum of Natural History, 1785–1900

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan McPherson ◽  
Byron J Freeman ◽  
Suzanne E Pilaar Birch
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Natural History ◽  
The United States ◽  
Early History ◽  
University Of Georgia ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
State Museum ◽  
History Of ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
The University

Abstract Although it holds one of the largest university-based natural history collections in the United States, little has been known historically about the early development of the Georgia Museum of Natural History at the University of Georgia in Athens. Formally established in 1978, it was recognized as the state museum of natural history in 1999, but the findings presented here reveal that the origins of the museum’s collections date to much earlier: the early 1800s. Research conducted at the Richard B. Russell Special Collections Library tells the previously unknown story of the museum’s founding and growth during the nineteenth century. This paper details key aspects of the development of the collection, its changing location on campus, and the museum’s relationship with the university’s library and botanical gardens; it also identifies researchers in charge of the collections in the early and pivotal years of the institution.

scholarly journals Writing, archives and exhibits: Piloting partnerships between special collections and writing classes

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 145-173
Author(s):  
Katherine Crowe ◽  
Robert Gilmor ◽  
Rebecca Macey
Keyword(s):  
Academic Library ◽  
The United States ◽  
Writing Studies ◽  
Archival Theory ◽  
Writing Program ◽  
Writing Classes ◽  
University Of Denver ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
The University

The University of Denver (DU) Libraries has been producing exhibitions for close to a decade and has recently increased its efforts to partner with classes, campus units and community organizations to integrate exhibit practices and resources into curricular and co-curricular opportunities. Student- and class-curated exhibitions feature prominently in the DU Libraries’ strategic plan, and the long-term partnerships between the Libraries and the DU Writing Program are central to the library’s agenda. Through an interdisciplinary lens of critical information literacy, archival theory, museology and Writing Studies, this article explores the 5-year collaboration and exhibition project between DU Special Collections and Archives and a faculty member of the DU Writing Program. The authors cover the background of the partnership, the evolution of the instructive and creative elements of the course, with a particular focus on the integration of archival research and exhibition practice, and examples of various iterations of the student-curated exhibits produced as part of the coursework. The article concludes with a discussion of the cross-disciplinary outcomes and challenges of initiating and managing a collaborative university writing and research course incorporating archives and exhibition in an academic library in the United States.

scholarly journals We just aim to print well: The University of Sydney Library Printer in Residence

2021 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 70-77
Author(s):  
Celia Brown
Keyword(s):  
Group Work ◽  
Word Processing ◽  
Electronic Publishing ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
First Century ◽  
Printing Press ◽  
Shelf Space ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
Letterpress Printing ◽  
The University

At a time when space in any academic library is at a premium, when we sometimes need to argue for shelf space rather than computers and group work pods, the University of Sydney Library has decided not only to keep and maintain its nineteenth century printing press, but to feature it through a printer in residence program.Now in its third year, the program brings together a printmaker and a letterpress for eight weeks during semester. The intent is to engage with the library and its users, to bring the print workshop to life, to draw inspiration from the library's collection and to create a publication for the Artists’ Book Collection within Rare Books & Special Collections.In an era of instant layout, digital word processing and electronic publishing what does the slow and laborious process of letterpress printing bring to a twenty-first century academic library? This residency demonstrates that understanding the process of making a publication can be just as vital and alive as the content of that publication - one letter at a time.

The Constitution and Black America

1984 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 23-26
Author(s):  
E. Wally Miles
Keyword(s):  
Black Community ◽  
Black History ◽  
Black America ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
History Of ◽  
Atlanta University ◽  
The University ◽  
The City ◽  
Rich History

During the week of June 20, 1983 twenty-five historians and political scientists gathered for a seminar concerning “The Constitution and Black America.” Most of the participating faculty were very positive in their evaluations of the program; many, in fact, stated that its usefulness exceeded their expectations.The location of the seminar at Atlanta University, in Georgia was described by one of the participants as “perfect” in light of the themes which were to be discussed. The university and the city provided both an appropriate environment and relevant resources for the faculty who attended.The Atlanta University complex has a rich history of contributions to the black community and possesses a repository of special collections concerning black history and the quest for equality.

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