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Collections Amplifying Diverse Voices, Dom M. Bortruex

Library Staff Publications

This article explores the creation, implementation, and maintenance of American University Library's Collections Amplifying Diverse Voices.

An Insider’S Framework Of Inclusive Excellence, Dom M. Bortruex

Library Staff Publications

Over the past few years, there has been an increase in libraries recruiting positions such as DEI Librarian, Librarian for Inclusion, and Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Organizational Excellence. The positions are often vague about the job responsibilities but specific about the expectations of promoting EDI- whether in collections, staff, or culture. This article explores this DEI work through an interview with Ione Damasco, the Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence, Engagement, and Operations at the University of Dayton.

Maximizing The Discovery Of Data Sets In The Yale University Library Catalog.”, Rowena Griem, Yukari Sugiyama, Tachtorn Meier

Library Staff Publications

Yale University Library’s Dataset Cataloging Task Force was formed in spring 2019 to address issues raised by the inclusion of data set holdings in the institutional catalog. The paper describes the group’s assessment of existing cataloging practices and the current integrated library system environment; the process of developing cataloging guidelines in the absence of authoritative resources to optimize the discoverability and accessibility of data sets in the online library catalog; and proposed next steps to discuss, establish, and document national guidelines for cataloging data sets so that these increasingly important resources are treated in a consistent manner in institutional, consortial, …

Artists’ Studio Archives Managing Your Studio Practice & Building A Creative Legacy Revised Edition (2022): A Comprehensive Guide For Artists & Their Assistants, Heather Gendron, Neal Ambrose-Smith, Joane E. Beaudoin, Eumie Imm-Stroukoff

Library Staff Publications

This guide is based on real-life scenarios and best practices in managing an art studio archive. It will aid artists in every career stage, from emerging artists to late-career artists; the yet-to- be-discovered and the well-established. Increasing productivity in the studio with good documentation helps artists better prepare to sell work and secure grant funding, as well as manage better the legal and financial aspects of an artistic practice.

Modeling Black Literature: Behind The Screen With The Black Bibliography Project, Brenna Bychowski, Melissa Barton

Library Staff Publications

The Black Bibliography Project (BBP) plans to produce a bibliographic database of printed works by Black writers from the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries. With the support of the Beinecke Library and a grant from the Mellon Foundation, project co-PIs and codirectors Jacqueline Goldsby and Meredith McGill collaborated with a team of librarians from Yale to develop the data model for their database. Drawing on Beinecke’s James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection to pull case studies, the team of librarians developed a Linked Data model for BBP in an instance of Wikibase and trained and supported a group of graduate student …

Support Services At Yale University For Teaching With Primary Sources: An Exploration Of Instructor Rationales And Needs, Melissa Grafe, David Hirsch, Bill Landis, Sara Powell

Library Staff Publications

Between October and December 2019, investigators participating in an Ithaka S+R study interviewed fifteen Yale instructors who teach with primary sources in humanities and humanities-leaning social science disciplines. The conversations focused on the interviewees’ background, training, and experience utilizing primary sources in their undergraduate teaching at Yale, as well as their pedagogical goals, strategies, successes and challenges, and perceived needs as practitioners of primary source-based instruction.

Interviewees were eloquent in articulating the wide variety of pedagogical goals that motivate their work to incorporate primary sources in all formats into their syllabi and teaching practice. Very few cited any formal training …

Data Informed Stewardship Of Search & Discovery : A Yale University Case Study, Sarah J. Tudesco, Angela Sidman

Library Staff Publications

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Jean-Étienne Despréaux, Bibliophile, Dominique Bourassa

Library Staff Publications

This paper delves into the life and career of Jean-Étienne Despréaux (1748-1820), as read through a catalogue of his library. The catalogue, the earliest known detailed record of books owned by a dancing master, was printed after Despréaux’s death to announce the sale of his library in a 3-day auction. It reveals Despréaux’s wide-ranging reading interests and his desire to build a comprehensive collection of books about dance—a collection that would anticipate the modern notion of a canon of historical dance monuments. The most interesting book in the collection is a copy of the 1589 edition of Thoineau Arbeau’s Orchésographie …

Nota Bene: News From The Yale Library, Summer/Fall 2018, Patricia Carey

Nota Bene

The Summer/Fall 2018 Nota Bene newsletter includes articles on Yale University Library's current and planned renovations; the library's participation in internships programs sponsored by New Haven Promise and the HBCUs; a grant to preserve Street Corner Stories, a documentary film by Warrington Hudlin '74; the launch of the Archives at Yale collection discovery tool; a memorial for William S. Reese '77; the death of Dori Laub, co-founder of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies; the planned renovation of Bass Library; the phasing out of the Yale Classification system in Sterling Memorial Library, and fall events and exhibits.

Nota Bene: 2016-17 Annual Report Issue, Patricia Carey

Nota Bene

Yale University Library annual report for fiscal year 2016-17 includes articles on digital preservation, renovation of Manuscripts and Archives, student-curated exhibits, Gates Globe collection, the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, and the Digital Humanities Lab. Also included are the library's 2016-17 income and expenditures, and a list of major gifts and grants.

A Ux Research Space At Yale University: Proposal, Jennifer Nolte, Taber Lightfoot, Sylvia Perez

Library Staff Publications

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Nota Bene: News From The Yale Library, Fall 2017, Amanda Patrick

Nota Bene

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Nota Bene: News From The Yale Library, Amanda Patrick

Nota Bene

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Creating A Framework For Comprehensive Collection Assessment, Galadriel Chilton

Library Staff Publications

From The Library Assessment Cookbook, edited by Aaron W. Dobbs (http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=12238, ISBN: 9780838988664), this recipe outlines the objectives, project management framework, and deliverables created to enable a comprehensive review and assessment of the library's e-resources.

Maping Collection Use: Using Massive Analysis Projects For Collections Analysis, Galadriel Chilton, Joelle Thomas, Alice Fairfield, Arta Dobbs, Elisabeth Umpleby, Dawn Cadogan

Library Staff Publications

From The Library Assessment Cookbook, edited by Aaron W. Dobbs (http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=12238, ISBN: 9780838988664), this recipe outlines the assessment of resources that are similar in size, scope, coverage, and typical user population. While this recipe was first used at an academic institution, it could be adapted for public, state, school, or special libraries.

A Study Of Faculty Research Practices In Religious Studies @ Yale University, Graziano Kraetli, Suzanne Estelle-Holmer, Christine Richardson

Library Staff Publications

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Nota Bene: News From The Yale Library, Amanda Patrick

Nota Bene

Nota Bene is published during the academic year to acquaint the Yale community and others with the resources of the Yale Library.

Nota Bene: News From The Yale Library, Spring 2016, Amanda Patrick

Nota Bene

Nota Bene is published during the academic year to acquaint the Yale community and others with the resources of the Yale Library.

Of The People, By The People, For The People: Critical Pedagogy And Government Information, Melanie Maksin

Library Staff Publications

This chapter focuses on pedagogical frames and techniques that encourage student engagement and problematize the process-and-product model of government information. These strategies reflect four interconnected ideas, namely

• that government information is political,

• that access to government information is political,

• that government information has value both in scholarly contexts and in individuals’ daily lives, and

• that we can intervene in the production and dissemination of government information.

Library E-Book Platforms Are Broken: Let's Fix Them, Joelle Thomas, Galadriel Chilton

Library Staff Publications

E-books promise users convenience and accessibility, but library e-book platforms contain so many barriers to use and access that patrons often turn away in frustration. In addition, aggregators’ e-book platforms often include intrusive, onerous digital rights management (DRM) restrictions. The traditional solution of DRM-free e-books are generally only available only in large and expensive publisher packages. One approach to solving these problems is an evidence-based selection of e-books program; it not only offers access to hundreds of DRM-free, unlimited simultaneous-user e-books that are integrated with similar e-journal content, but also includes an agreement that libraries will only purchase titles with …

Artist' Studio Archives: Managing Personal Collections & Creative Legacies, Heather Gendron, Eumie Imm Stroukoff, Joan E. Beaudoin, Neal Ambrose-Smith

Library Staff Publications

A guide for artists, their assistants, and others managing and preserving an artist's studio archives.

Nota Bene: Annual Report Issue, Winter 2016-17, Amanda Patrick

Yale University Library Annual Reports

Nota Bene is published during the academic year to acquaint the Yale community and others with the resources of the Yale Library.

Nota Bene: News From The Yale Library Summer/Fall 2015 Issue, Yale University Library

Nota Bene

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Nota Bene: Annual Report Issue 2014-15, Amanda Patrick

Yale University Library Annual Reports

Nota Bene is published three times during the academic year to acquaint the Yale community and others with the resources of the Yale Library.

Futures For Library Research, Andrew Abbott

Library as Laboratory: A Symposium on Humanities Collections and Research

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Nota Bene: News From The Yale Library, Yale University Library

Nota Bene

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The Center Of Excellence Model For Information Services (Clir Pub 163), Heather Gendron, Joy Kirchner, Jose Diaz, Susan Fliss, Geneva Henry, John Culshaw, Jon E. Cawthorne

Library Staff Publications

In 2013, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded a group of librarians from ARL's Research Library Leadership Fellows program a planning grant to examine the center of excellence (CoE) model for information services. Used in a variety of industries, CoEs are designed to attract the most talented researchers in a particular field, enhance collaboration, and improve access to the resources needed for their research. The planning grant was awarded to determine whether the CoE model could serve as a means to provide the new services required for the effective use of digital information.

This report describes the team's approach to …

Dancing By Numbers: Dance's Expanding Presence In Library Classifications Of The Progressive Era, Dominique Bourassa

Library Staff Publications

Library classifications are artificial systems that use numbers, letters, and symbols to map knowledge as the basis for organizing the contents of libraries. Inevitably influenced by social forces and cultural values, the Dewey Decimal, Cutter Expansive, and Library of Congress classification systems offer a unique perspective to study the status and identity of dance between 1876 and 1930. From the standpoint of library taxonomies, dance evolves during this period from an indoor amusement with moral implications to a recognized art form and discipline.

Usage Data And Humanities Collections: What Is The Data Telling Us?, Sarah Tudesco

Library as Laboratory: A Symposium on Humanities Collections and Research

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Nota Bene: News From The Yale Library, Annual Report Issue, Fall 2014, Yale University Library

Nota Bene

No abstract provided.