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Brian Vetruba posted an update in the group
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 2 months agoMore info about travel stipends for New Directions for Libraries, Scholars, and Partnerships” being held on October 13, 2017 at the German National Library in Frankfurt, Germany is available at https://www.crl.edu/news/travel-stipends-frankfurt-symposium
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Brian Vetruba posted an update in the group
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 2 months agoRegistration has opened for the symposium “New Directions for Libraries, Scholars, and Partnerships” being held on October 13, 2017 at the German National Library in Frankfurt, Germany. The symposium website is http://www.crl.edu/events/frankfurt2017symposium. Additional travel stipends are available for LIS professionals.
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Tea Rokolj replied to the topic ACRL WESS Research Forum at ALA Annual Conference in the discussion
Libraries and Research in Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 2 months, 1 week agoEuropean Studies Research Forum at ALA Annual Conference in Chicago.
Saturday, June 24<sup>th</sup>, 4:30-5:30pm
Chicago Hilton, Stevens Center, Salon A-5
Sponsored by the WESS Research and Planning Committee (Nickoal Eichmann, David Lincove, Tea Rokolj).
PRESENTATIONS:
Gordon B. Anderson (University of Minnesota)
Books under S…[Read more]
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Marlene Manoff deposited Archival Silence in the Age of Trump in the group
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 4 months, 2 weeks agoThe Trump presidency has fueled growing apprehension about a media landscape rife with lies, bogus news, and conspiracy theories. These concerns can be situated within a discourse of archival silence which questions the ways in which knowledge may be concealed, misappropriated and exploited in the service of governments, corporations and…[Read more]
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Nicky Agate started the topic Practicing Freedom for the Post-Truth Era— a presentation by Barbara Fister in the discussion
Libraries and Research in Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 5 months agoHello!
I thought members of this group might be interested to know that Barbara Fister has shared the text of her Marjorie Whetstone Ashton Annual Lecture, “Practicing Freedom for the Post-truth Era,” with the Library and Information Science group. You can find the text in CORE at http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6H35Q. Here’s the abstract:
Why do we…
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Kathleen Fitzpatrick started the topic Literary Research Guide in the discussion
Libraries and Research in Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 7 months, 1 week agoHi, all. The office of scholarly communication is thinking about the future of the Literary Research Guide, and we would benefit from your input.
Simply put, we’d like to know more about how you, your faculty members, and/or your students use the LRG. Anything you’d be willing to share, either here or via direct message to me, would be e…[Read more]
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Brian Vetruba started the topic CFP New Directions for Libraries, Scholars, & Partnerships: 10/13/17, Frankfurt in the discussion
Libraries and Research in Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 7 months, 2 weeks agoThe Center for Research Libraries and its Collaborative Initiative for French Language Collections (CIFNAL) and German-North American Resources Partnership (GNARP) international programs, together with French and German partners, invite proposals for papers, presentations, and posters to be presented at an international symposium. New Directions…[Read more]
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Robert H. Kieft replied to the topic Session at Philly convention and doc for review in the discussion
Libraries and Research in Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 7 months, 3 weeks agoColleagues, I’m sending this reminder as you pack your bags to travel to Philly. My task force colleagues and I look forward to seeing you to discuss this document.
Thanks.
Bob
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Patricia M. Hswe edited the blog post Boundary Conditions and the (Still) Black Box of Digitized Collections in the group
TM Libraries and Research: on MLA Commons 7 months, 3 weeks agoIt’s 2017. Do you know how digitization happens at your library? How collections are selected to be digitized? Who decides on the interface?
Please join the Libraries and Research Forum at its panel, Session 347, “Acknowledging Boundary Conditions: Opening the Black Box of Creating Access to Digitized Collections,” on Friday, January 6, at…[Read more]
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Robert H. Kieft started the topic Session at Philly convention and doc for review in the discussion
Libraries and Research in Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 8 months agoColleagues, hello. I am writing today to call your attention to a newly released document of potential interest as posted to Humanities Commons at https://printrecord.mla.hcommons.org/ and to a discussion session about the document from 1:45-3:00 PM Fri, 6 January, Marriott 401-403. The meeting immediately precedes the Libraries and Research Fo…[Read more]
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Jacob Heil started the topic A down-to-the-wire EC Candidate Bio in the discussion
Libraries and Research in Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 8 months, 2 weeks agoJust in time for the last-minute voters who’ve been thoroughly researching all candidates, please see my bio and “candidate statement” below. You can (a little) read more about me here. See you in Philly!
Biography: I am the College of Wooster’s Digital Scholarship Librarian and the Director of its Collaborative Research Environment (CoRE).…[Read more]
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Jacob Heil started the topic A down-to-the-wire EC Candidate Bio in the discussion
Libraries and Research in Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 8 months, 2 weeks agoJust in time for the last-minute voters who’ve been thoroughly researching all candidates, please see my bio and “candidate statement” below. You can (a little) read more about me here. See you in Philly!
Biography: I am the College of Wooster’s Digital Scholarship Librarian and the Director of its Collaborative Research Environment (CoRE).…[Read more]
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Kathleen Fitzpatrick deposited Peer Review in the group
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 9 months agoPeer review’s importance in academic research and scholarship suggests that it may present a particularly challenging and useful design problem for the digital humanities. How might scholars who are particularly engaged with the challenges presented by networks for the gathering, structuring, and analysis of data work together to develop flexible…[Read more]
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Marlene Manoff deposited Mapping Archival Silence: technology and the historical record in the group
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 9 months, 4 weeks agoRecent theorizations of archival silence signal a heightened and expanding concern with information that is lost, concealed, destroyed or simply not available for scholarly use. As our access to the archive becomes more dependent upon technologies of the interface, scholars exhibit increasing concern about the impact of digital affordances and…[Read more]
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Carol DeGrasse deposited MLA 8 Documentation Presentation (with Creative Common License) in the group
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 9 months, 4 weeks agoThe presentation is a Powerpoint slide show that covers the new MLA 8 documentation for classroom use. The presentation covers the nine core elements, with brief explanations and examples of how to properly use them in writing citations.
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Alex Mueller deposited Social Networking in the Scriptorium in the group
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 10 months agoThis course examines the literary, cultural, and material life of written correspondence from the poetic epistle to the snarky tweet. And while we will read and analyze epistolary literature (both fiction and nonfiction) such as Ovid’s Heroides, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and
Alice Walker’s A Color Purple, we focus our efforts on “real” letters o…[Read more] -
David Oberhelman started the topic ACRL WESS/SEES DeGruyter European Librarianship Study Grant. in the discussion
Libraries and Research in Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 10 months, 1 week agoPlease pardon the cross-postings!
If you have a research project relating to the acquisition, organization, or use of library resources from or relating to Europe, either historical or current, please consider sending in a proposal. It is open to all members of ACRL.
The DeGruyter Foundation will offer €2500 to the recipient to cover ai…[Read more]
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Patrick Williams deposited Doing It Yourself: Special Collections as a Springboard for Personal, Critical Approaches to Information in the group
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 10 months, 1 week agoThis chapter documents the collaboration between a curator of special collections, a subject specialist librarian, and a writing instructor to develop a different kind of instructional approach for undergraduate research and writing. We sought to use special collections as a springboard to create an environment in which students could investigate…[Read more]
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Patrick Williams deposited What is Possible: Co-exploration & Critical Learning in Archives & Special Collections in the group
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 10 months, 1 week agoChapter Twelve in Pagowsky, N. & McElroy, K. (2016) Critical Library Pedagogy Handbook, Volume 1: Essays and Workbook Activities. ACRL Press.
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Tanya E. Clement started the topic MLA Session 2017: Acknowledging Boundary Conditions: Opening the Black Box in the discussion
Libraries and Research in Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 10 months, 1 week agoPlease join us!
Friday, 6 January
347. Acknowledging Boundary Conditions: Opening the Black Box of Creating Access to Digitized Collections
3:30–4:45 p.m., 405, Philadelphia Marriott
Program arranged by the forum TM Libraries and Research
Presiding: Brian Rosenblum, Univ. of Kansas Libraries
Speakers: Hannah Alpert-Abrams, Univ. of Texas, A…[Read more]
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