Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery

Announcements

Graphic Design I Student Exhibit in Special Collections

Posted on: 13 November 2009, 2:26 pm

Special Collections is pleased to announce a new exhibit, mounted by Professor Kathryn Bell, highlighting work from her Spring 2009 GD I students. The exhibit, Pictorial to Typographical Form, is on display in Special Collections, Library Room 104. Students whose work is featured include: Kelley Kepley, Erica Shin, Maria McAllister, Sarah Fillmore, Brenna Miller, Jessica Gonzalez, David Lee, Nahyung Han, Kim Thompson, Phillip Jacoby, and Kemron Senhouse.

Students viewed and selected photographs from the Special Collections Photography Collections and Bafford Photography Book Collection to study the graphic and geometric forms "hidden" in the images. They then translated these forms into typographic compostions and forms. The students studied both organic and architectural subjects, choosing work by several artists, including Robert Mapplethorpe, David Plowden, and Lucien Clergue.

All are invited to view the Pictorial to Typographical Form exhibit Monday through Friday from 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm, and Thursday 1:00 pm - 8:00 pm. We are located on the first floor of the Library, through the main gallery, in Special Collections (Rm 104).

Special thanks to Professor Bell for creating the exhibit, hanging the pieces, and contributing supplies.

Historical Statistics of the United States - trial

Posted on: 3 November 2009, 3:40 pm

UMBC now has trial access to Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition Online.

The Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition Online is the online edition of the print set available in the Reference collection (REF HA202 .H57 2006) providing access to statistics on population, work & welfare, the economy, foreign affairs and more.
Note: Trial access to the HSUS site allows you to access the HTML tables and essays of all Parts (Volumes) of the site -- but you can access PDF files for Part A only. For tables and essays on other parts of the site, a price will display next to the PDF link -- but you should be able to access the table or essay itself by clicking its name.

This trial will run through December 2, 2009.

For off-campus access, please login via VPN first (http://vpn.umbc.edu). Then follow the link under "News & Events" on the library homepage. For more info on remote access, please see http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/services/remoteaccess.php

Please let us know what you think.

New Database: Sage Reference Online

Posted on: 23 October 2009, 10:46 am

The library is pleased to announce that we now have access to Sage Reference Online. This reference package includes 80 encyclopedias and handbooks in the following subject areas:

• Aging & Gerontology


• Business & Management


• Communication & Media Studies


• Counseling & Psychotherapy


• Criminology & Criminal Justice


• Economics


• Education


• Environment


• Family Studies


• Gender & Sexuality Studies


• Geography


• Health & Social Welfare


• History


• Politics & International Relations


• Psychology


• Public Policy & Public Administration


• Research Methods & Evaluation


• Social Issues


• Social Work & Social Policy


• Sociology


• Urban Studies & Planning

For more info on remote access, please see http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/services/remoteaccess.php

British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries - Trial

Posted on: 21 October 2009, 12:41 pm

UMBC now has trial access to the Alexander Street collection "British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries."

British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries includes the immediate experiences of approximately 500 women, as revealed in over 100,000 pages of diaries and letters. Particular care has been taken to index this material so that it can be searched more thoroughly than ever before. The collection now includes primary materials spanning more than 300 years. Each source has been carefully chosen using leading bibliographies. The collection also includes biographies and an extensive annotated bibliography of the sources in the database.

This trial will run through December 21, 2009. For off-campus access, please login via VPN first (http://vpn.umbc.edu). Then follow the link under "News & Events" on the library homepage. For more info on remote access, please see http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/services/remoteaccess.php

Please let us know what you think.

A-to-Z Journal List - Trial

Posted on: 16 October 2009, 11:12 am

UMBC now has trial access to EBSCO's A-to-Z Journal List.

The A-to-Z Journal List is your one-stop search tool for all of our print and electronic journal subscriptions. With this easy-to-navigate, searchable list of journals you can quickly find any journal or resource, even those buried in a database. You can search the list by journal title, publisher, and subject area.

This trial will run through December 31, 2009. For off-campus access, please login via VPN first (http://vpn.umbc.edu). Then follow the link under "News & Events" on the library homepage. For more info on remote access, please see http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/services/remoteaccess.php

Please let us know what you think.

Current Awareness Using RSS Feeds and Email Alerts

Posted on: 9 October 2009, 10:51 am

Monday, November 9, 2009
12 Noon – 1 pm; Library Room 259

Save time by having the latest articles in your research area automatically delivered to one convenient location. RSS feeds and email alerts simplify the process of keeping up-to-date with information from your favorite blogs, news-based Web sites, e-journals, and more.

This hands-on workshop will explain RSS feeds and email alert services and help you to set them up from your preferred databases and web sites.

Register at http://asp1.umbc.edu/newmedia/oit/training/

Questions? Contact Katy Sullivan (sullivan@umbc.edu) or Janet Hack (jhack@umbc.edu).

Journal Citation Reports - Faculty/Staff Workshop

Posted on: 9 October 2009, 10:45 am

Wednesday, November 4, 2009
12 Noon – 1 pm; Library Room 259

Participants in this Library workshop will learn how to employ this user-friendly evaluation tool to help make decisions in selecting scholarly journals for professional reading or publishing.

This workshop will introduce the search features of the JCR database and will explain important metrics such as impact factor. Hands-on practice will be included to help reinforce what is taught.

Register at http://asp1.umbc.edu/newmedia/oit/training/

Questions? Contact Katy Sullivan (sullivan@umbc.edu) or Janet Hack (jhack@umbc.edu).

EBSCO Databases - technical difficulties

Posted on: 7 October 2009, 11:20 am

Our EBSCO databases are currently experiencing technical difficulties. You may experience the following problems: errors when saving/emailing citations, errors when emailing records and articles, broken links, reported journal coverage not matching the actual coverage.

This problem has been reported and we hope to have it resolved soon. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Affected databases include:
Academic Search Premier
America: History & Life
Art Abstracts
Business Source Premier
CINAHL
Communication & Mass Media Complete
Computer Science Index
Computer Source
Computers & Applied Science Complete
EconLit
ERIC
Health Source Plus
Historical Abstracts
Humanities International Complete
Information Science & Technology Abstracts
INSPEC
Internet and Personal Computing Abstracts
MAS Fulltext Ultra
MasterFILE Premier
Medline (EBSCO)
Mental Measurements Yearbook
Military & Government Collection
MLA International Bibliography
Philosopher's Index
PsycINFO
Regional Business News
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
SocIndex with Full Text
SPORT Discus

EndNote Web Workshop - for Faculty and Staff

Posted on: 19 September 2009, 4:32 pm

Tuesday, October 20 & Wednesday, October 28
12 Noon - 1 PM; Library, Room 259

In this Library workshop, you will learn how to utilize the full range of features included in this free (to UMBC affiliates) web-accessible citation manager.

This one hour workshop will explore creating an EndNote Web account, collecting and editing references, organizing and sharing references, formatting a bibliography, and using the Cite While You Write™ plug-in.

Register at http://asp1.umbc.edu/newmedia/oit/training/

Questions? Contact Katy Sullivan (sullivan@umbc.edu) or Janet Hack (jhack@umbc.edu).

Web of Science/Web of Knowledge Workshop - for Faculty and Staff

Posted on: 19 September 2009, 4:24 pm

Thursday, October 22 & Monday, October 26
12 Noon - 1 PM; Library, Room 259

In this Library workshop, you will learn how to use the full capabilities of this multidisciplinary database that provides literature access to the highest-quality journals across the arts, humanities, sciences and social sciences.

This hands-on, one hour workshop will focus on cited and citing reference searching, filtering and analyzing search results and setting up search alert emails or RSS feeds.

Register at http://asp1.umbc.edu/newmedia/oit/training/

Questions? Contact Katy Sullivan (sullivan@umbc.edu) or Janet Hack (jhack@umbc.edu).

Fall Book Sale - Faculty preview

Posted on: 18 September 2009, 5:07 pm

September 28 - October 2, 2009
8:15am - 4:30pm
Library Room 158 (Collection Management)

In recent years the Library has offered various weeded or duplicate-donated-materials to academic departments for their own departmental libraries. In order to broaden the review of both types of materials the Library invites faculty to a review week of these weeded and booksale books. During this time materials may be reviewed and requested for departmental libraries, or may be purchased for your own use.

The review will take place from September 28 - October 2, 2009, 8:15am - 4:30pm, or by appointment. Please come to room 158, Collection Management, in the Library during this time. For appointments or questions please call x5-2341. Payment for purchased materials during this review week must be by check or exact cash, as we will have no way to make change.

Please alert your colleagues to the review and hope to see you soon!

Launch of UMBC's Digital Collections

Posted on: 9 September 2009, 3:12 pm

The Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery is proud to announce the launch of UMBC's Digital Collections. Featuring images and publications from across campus, this new resource will increase access to our unique holdings and expand the possibilities of use by faculty, staff, students, alums, and external researchers.

The Digital Collections website includes images from the Special Collections Photography Collections including Lewis Hine's child labor photographs, George Bretz's coal mining photographs, Civil War photos, and other important collections; selections from UMBC publications and photographs; electronic theses and dissertations starting in 2007; promotional materials from the Theatre Department productions (1967-2009); and the digital archive of The Retriever Weekly. New collections and images will be added throughout the year.

Access to the Digital Collections is available from the Library homepage or directly at http://contentdm.ad.umbc.edu. Training sessions for faculty and staff are scheduled for October 5th and October 13th; please sign up through the UMBC Training registration calendar. A student training session will be held October 14th. Librarians are also available for department or class focused instruction sessions.

Library staff would like to thank Linda Seguin, Janet Lee-Smeltzer, Sharon Favaro, Michael Johnson, Kenneth Huether, Gordon Potter, Terry Cook, Chris Corbett and The Retriever Weekly staff, Amy Houghton, and Amy Ciesielski for their assistance in the development and planning of this project.

Fall Book Sale

Posted on: 8 September 2009, 1:06 pm

The Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery Fall Book Sale will be held in the rotunda of the Library on Wednesday, October 7, 2009 (9 am to 7 pm) & Thursday,October 8, 2009 (9 am to 5 pm).

Items sold include books, CDs, LPs and more! Prices generally range from $.25 to $5 with some individually priced items. We accept cash or checks - sorry, no credit cards. Proceeds will be used to purchase new library materials and equipment.

The book sale is open to the public. Contact (410) 455-2341 for further information.

New Database - Ambrose Video Shakespeare Collection

Posted on: 28 August 2009, 1:53 pm

The library is pleased to announce that we now have access to the Ambrose Video Shakespeare Collection

The Shakespeare Collection provides streaming video of BBC productions of of 12 Shakespearean plays:

As You Like It
Richard II
Henry IV, Part 1
Henry V
Twelfth Night
Hamlet
The Tempest
Merchant of Venice
Othello
King Lear
Pericles
Much Ado About Nothing

For off-campus access, please use research port, or login via VPN first (http://vpn.umbc.edu).

For more info on remote access, please see http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/services/remoteaccess.php

Library Basics - Workshop for Students

Posted on: 26 August 2009, 4:06 pm

This workshop is designed to provide undergraduate students with the basic knowledge of a university library's resources and services in order to help them succeed at UMBC. It covers topics such as managing your library account, using catalogusmai and journal databases, reading LC call numbers, and the various ways to get assistance. The September 15 workshop will be delivered in person in the Library instruction room, while the September 23 workshop will available as an online workshop in which participants can login from any computer with internet access. Participants will also be able to get personal assistance from a librarian during the sessions.

September 15, 2009; 4:30-5:30 – In person workshop in LIB 259
September 23, 2009; 4:30-5:30 – Online workshop (participants will receive instructions upon registering)

Participants can register for either workshop at:
http://aok2.lib.umbc.edu/informationliteracy/workshops/index.php

For more information, contact Shu Qian in the Reference Department at
410.455.1783 or qian@umbc.edu.