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Volunteer at HPNL

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Looking to gain practical experience in a busy departmental academic library?

The History, Philosophy and Newspaper Library (HPNL) is seeking volunteers to provide support for our projects and services.  This is a perfect opportunity for current GSLIS students.

Volunteers at HPNL are expected to commit to a mutually agreed-upon schedule (minimum 5 hours/week) during regular business hours (M-F, 9am-5pm). Assigned duties will be commensurate with background, skills, and time commitment, and may include:

  • Shelving of books and microfilm
  • Providing circulation desk support
  • Assisting patrons with finding materials or using library equipment
  • Providing support for newspaper digitization activities and other digital library initiatives (e.g. OCR correction)
  • Assisting with stacks maintenance (e.g. cleaning, shelf reading)
  • Assisting with special projects

Required Qualifications:

Strong service orientation; ability to communicate effectively; ability to work in a team environment; Current GSLIS student status

To apply:

Please send a resume and short cover letter via email to hpnl@library.uiuc.edu .

New Library Catalog Interface Coming June 1

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After June 1, the I-Share joint catalog interface will be based on a system called VuFind. To request items from the University of Illinois Library or other I-Share libraries using VuFind, you must create a user account in the VuFind system.   You will need your 14-digit Library ID to setup a new account; however, once the account has been created, you will login with a user name and password of your own choosing.

Full announcement:

Effective June 1, 2010, the Library’s I-Share Union Catalog — the catalog that enables you to search the collections belonging to the University of Illinois and 74 other academic libraries around the state — will have a new user interface and a new look.  The new joint I-Share catalog interface is based on a system called VuFind.   The URL for the new catalog interface is https://vufind.carli.illinois.edu/all/vf/.

Between now and June 1, the traditional catalog interface is still available for searching the joint I-Share catalog.  The new Vufind interface is also available.   You can use either one during this period.  Beginning on June 1, only the new interface will be available, and you will be automatically re-directed to VuFind if you try to connect to the traditional catalog.

The traditional catalog interface for local collections only will continue to be available after June 1.   You will be able to search local collections using either the traditional catalog or VuFind.

To request items from the University of Illinois Library or other I-Share libraries using VuFind, you must create a user account in the VuFind system.   You will need your 14-digit Library ID to setup a new account; however, once the account has been created, you will login with a user name and password of your own choosing.

For Library catalog help, contact the Library directly by:

Email: reflib@library.uiuc.edu
Chat: U of I Library Live Chat
IM: http://www.library.uiuc.edu/askus
Phone: 217-333-2290
In Person: visit the Information Desk or a departmental library

Farm, Field and Fireside Agricultural Newspapers Collection

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The History, Philosophy and Newspaper Library is pleased to announce the launch of the Farm, Field and Fireside collection.  This freely-available locally developed project contains digitized versions of historically significant U.S. farm newspapers published in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.


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Illinois Digital Magazine and Yearbook Collection

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The University of Illinois Library announces the availability of the Illinois Digital Magazine and Yearbook Collection featuring digital versions of UIUC’s yearbook, the Illio for the years of 1970-1989.  Other titles include Arts for America (1894-1900), the Illinois Chemist (1915-1921), and the Illinois Society of Architects Monthly Bulletin (1916-1932).


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African Module of World Newspaper Archive Released

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The Center for Research Libraries has announced the launch of African Newspapers, as part of the World Newspaper Archive available through Readex. In addition to 30 historical Latin American titles, 13 historical African titles are now included, with more titles slated to be added later this year.

Read CRL’s press release


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National Digital Newspaper Program Grant Award

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The Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has received a $397,000 two-year grant from the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) for its Illinois Digital Newspaper Project.  The award will support the digitization of 100,000 pages of historically significant Illinois newspapers dating from 1860 to 1922.

NDNP is a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Library of Congress to provide online access to U.S. newspapers.  It is part of the “We the People” program at NEH designed to promote the study and teaching of American history and culture.  The University Library received the grant for Illinois on behalf of a coalition of major cultural heritage institutions in the state, including the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Illinois State Library, Chicago History Museum, University of Chicago, Newberry Library, and Chicago Public Library.  There are now 22 states participating in the National Digital Newspaper Program.

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New Directions in Digital Humanities Scholarship

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New Directions in Digital Humanities Scholarship

Sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), the University of Illinois Library, the Illinois Informatics Institute, the Department of History at the University of Illinois, and the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities (IPRH), this symposium aims to promote digital humanities scholarship at the University of Illinois through discussion of opportunities and obstacles and by showcasing digital humanities projects.

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Sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), the University of Illinois Library, the Illinois Informatics Institute, the Department of History at the University of Illinois, and the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities (IPRH), this symposium aims to promote digital humanities scholarship at the University of Illinois through discussion of opportunities and obstacles and by showcasing digital humanities projects.

Join us on February 26-27, 2009 in Room 126 GSLIS Building. There is no fee to attend and no advance registration required.  For more information contact Mary Stuart (m-stuart@illinois.edu).

Program

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Keynote Address, 5:00 p.m.

MP3| Real Audio
John Unsworth
Dean, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois

Friday, February 27, 2009

Morning Session

Opening Remarks (8:45-9:30)
MP3 | Real Audio

  • Welcome and Introductions: Paula Kaufman and Antoinette Burton
  • Brief statement of goals of symposium: Ray Fouche and Mary Stuart
  • Presentation and discussion of CLIR project – Scholars’ Evaluation of Mass Digitization
  • Presentation of conclusions from CLIR’s recent seminar on promoting digital humanities scholarship
    Chuck Henry

Project profiles, (9:30-11:30):
MP3 |Real Audio

  • Jefferson’s Travels: Scot French, Director of Virginia Center for Digital History, and Bill Ferster, Director of Technology, VCDH
  • Rethinking Timelines: Modeling Historical Narrative in Time and Space (Silk Road Atlas, China)
    Ruth Mostern, University of California – Merced
  • The Roots of Modern America: Technology, Culture and Social Change
  • The Difference Slavery Made: Will Thomas, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
  • Digital Iam: History of Mobility in Russia: John Randolph, Department of History, University of Illinois

Lunch break (11:30-1:00)

Afternoon Session (1:00-4:45)

Project profiles continued (1:00-2:30): MP3 | Real Audio

  • Emancipating Digital Data: The Lincoln Digitization Project: Kevin Franklin, Executive Director, Illinois Center for Computing in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (I-CHASS), University of Illinois; Peter Bajcsy, Associate Director for Data Analytics, I-CHASS, and Research Scientist, NCSA, University of Illinois (http://isda.ncsa.uiuc.edu/lpapers/index.html)
  • Sean Takats, Director of Research Projects, Center for History and New Media, George Mason University
  • Map of Early Modern London: Janelle Jenstad, University of Victoria,  (CHE article: http://chronicle.com/weekly/v54/i47/47b01001.htm)
  • Cartography of American Colonization Database: Max Edelson, Department of History, University of Illinois

Panel discussions (2:30-4:30):

  • Part 1 (2:30-3:30): MP3 |Real AudioWhat projects have worked, and what accounts for their success?  Why have historians been slow to adopt the tools of digital scholarship compared to their colleagues in other humanities disciplines, such as literary studies?  What are the lessons for historians from literary scholars? Moderator:  John Unsworth. Panelists:  Craig Koslofsky, Josh Greenberg, Mark Kornbluh, Sean Takata, Amy Friedlander, Scot French.
  • Part 2 (3:30-4:30): MP3 |Real AudioWhat is the role for libraries in creating and supporting the cyberinfrastructure for humanities research?  What do researchers need from libraries to enable digital humanities scholarship?  (short-term, medium-term, and long-range). Moderator: Chuck Henry. Panelists: Deanna Raineri, Sarah Shreeves, Kevin Franklin, Betsy Kruger, Scott Walter, Beth Sandore, John Randolph, Max Edelson.

Wrap up (4:30-4:45):  Chuck Henry

Panelists, Presenters, Moderators:

  • Chuck Henry, President, Council on Library and Information Resources (chenry@clir.org)
  • Amy Friedlander, Director of Programs, Council on Library and Information Resources (AFriedlander@clir.org)
  • Paula Kaufman, University Librarian and Dean of Libraries, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (ptk@illinois.edu)
  • Antoinette Burton, Professor and Chair, Department of History, Chatherine C. and Bruce A. Bastian Professor of Global and Transnational Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (aburton@uiuc.edu)
  • Peter Bajcsy, Associate Director for Data Analytics, Illinois Center for Computing in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (I-CHASS), Research Scientist, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (bajcsy@illinois.edu)
  • S. Max Edelson, Associate Professor of History, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (edelson@illinois.edu)
  • Bill Ferster, Director of Technology, Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia (bferster@virginia.edu)
  • Kevin Franklin, Executive Director, Illinois Center for Computing in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (I-CHASS),  University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (kevinf@ncsa.uiuc.edu)
  • Scot French, Director, Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia (http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/index.php?page=VCDH) (sfrench@virginia.edu)
  • Joshua Greenberg, Director of Digital Strategy and Scholarship, New York Public Library (Joshua_Greenberg@nypl.org)
  • Janelle Jenstad, Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Victoria (jenstad@uvic.ca)
  • Mark Kornbluh, Director, MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online, Professor of History and Computer Science, Michigan State University (Mark.Kornbluh@matrix.msu.edu)
  • Craig Koslofsky, Associate Professor of History,  University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (koslof@illinois.edu)
  • Betsy Kruger, Head, Digital Content Creation, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (betsyk@illinois.edu)
  • Ruth Mostern, Assistant Professor, School of Humanities, Social Science and the Arts, University of California Merced (rmostern@ucmerced.edu)
  • Deanna Raineri, Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Associate Director, Illinois Informatics Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (raineri@illinois.edu)
  • John Randolph, Associate Professor of History, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (jwr@illinois.edu)
  • Beth Sandore, Professor of Library Administration and Associate University Librarian for Information Technology Policy and Planning, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (sandore@illinois.edu)
  • Sarah Shreeves, Associate Professor of Library Administration and Coordinator, Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (sshreeve@illinois.edu)
  • Sean Takats, Director of Research Projects, Center for History and New Media, and Assistant Professor of History, George Mason University (stakats@gmu.edu)
  • William G. Thomas, III, John and Catherine Angle Chair in the Humanities and Professor of History, University of Nebraska – Lincoln (wthomas4@unl.edu)
  • John Unsworth, Dean, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Director, Illinois Informatics Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (unsworth@illinois.edu)
  • Scott Walter, Professor of Library Administration and Associate University Librarian for Services, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (swalter@illinois.edu)

Organizers:

  • Ray Fouche, Assistant Professor of History, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (rfouche@illinois.edu)
  • Clare Crowston, Associate Professor of History, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (crowston@illinois.edu)
  • Mary Stuart, History, Philosophy and Newspaper Librarian, Professor of Library Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign  (m-stuart@illinois.edu)

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Introducing the ScanPro 1000 Microform Scanners

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Viewing and scanning microforms at the library just got easier with the recent addition of two ScanPro 1000 microform scanners.  Both devices feature lightning fast high resolution scanning for all types of microforms including microfilm, microcards, and microfiche.   To further enhance the viewing experience, the scanners are also outfitted with 24 inch wide screen monitors.  Check out our user guide (no longer available) or contact us for more information.