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Imsa Royalty: Celebrating Students’ Long History Of Inclusion, Christian D. Nøkkentved

Archives Exhibits

From Jenny and Philip (’94), Ola and Sadie (‘96), Natalie and Nate (’06), to so many other royals, IMSA student have elected diverse Homecoming and Prom kings and queens, as this exhibit of yearbook photos illustrates. The exhibit covers most of the years from 1989 to 2014.

Linked Data, Wikidata And Their Implementations, Sai Deng

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

An introductory session on linked data, wikidata and related implementations delivered to participating students for a National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) Major Collaborative Archives Initiative Grant led by Dr. Rosalind J. Beiler in History and Dr. Amy Giroux in Center for Humanities and Digital Research at the University of Central Florida.

New! How To Search Embase Video, Joanne Romano

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

Conducting a Literature Search in Embase video is now available. This video provides an introduction to the Embase database and explains the steps to perform a literature search using keywords and Emtree terms.

For additional video tutorials, check the library's Youtube channel.

Scholarly Publishing Support, Joanne Romano

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

A Read & Publish license allows libraries to provide their affiliated author's open-access publishing options at no additional cost, or at a discount rate. Under this type of publisher license, once an author’s manuscript is accepted, the Article Processing Charges (APC) are either discounted or eliminated at the point of payment. The pricing model and approval process varies widely among publishers.

The library’s Scholarly Publishing LibGuide has information on how to use this service

Tmc Library Annual Report, Katie Prentice

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

The Annual Report is the best publication to keep track of The TMC Library's accomplishments during the last fiscal year. Check the library staff's accomplishments and meet the departments that support our community of students, faculty, residents, staff, and researchers in the TMC.

The Joint Archives Quarterly, Volume 32.04: Winter 2023, Carolyn Thornbury, Sarah Lundy

The Joint Archives Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Lanthorn, Vol. 57, No. 24, February 27, 2023, Grand Valley State University

Volume 57, August 1, 2022 - April 10, 2023

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Lanthorn, Vol. 57, No. 23, February 21, 2023, Grand Valley State University

Volume 57, August 1, 2022 - April 10, 2023

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Ms 027 Guide To Felix Haas, Phd Papers (1937-1986), Felix Hass

Manuscript Finding Aids

The collection is arranged in nine series, reflecting various dimensions of Dr. Haas' career. Within each series, files are primarily arranged alphabetically. See more at MS 027.

Review- Archives And Human Rights, Alexandra Pucciarelli

Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies

Archives and Human Rights edited by Jens Boel, Perrine Canavaggio, and Antonio González Quintana utilizes seventeen case studies to examine the role archives and archivists can play in international justice after human rights violations. The cases include but are not limited to; Rwanda, Spain, and Cambodia.

Review Of Archives In The Digital Age: Preservation And The Right To Be Forgotten By Abderrazak Mkadmi, Lydia Curliss

Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies

The book Archives in the Digital Age: Preservation and the Right to be Forgotten (2021) attempts to broadly describe the current state of digital archiving practices, the methods and strategies, influences of digital humanities and big data, preservation, and the concept of the Right to be forgotten. While this book promises to delve into the right to be forgotten, it is not until the final chapter that the author begins to really engage with this concept. While each of the chapters provides interesting and useful definitions for many technical terms, processes, and stages within the digital lifecycle, this book has …

Review Of Making Your Tools Work For You: Building And Maintaining An Integrated Technical Ecosystem For Digital Archives And Libraries, Ryan Leimkuehler

Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies

Making Your Tools Work for You by Max Eckard introduces readers to the concept of systems and data integration. Eckard walks readers through how to approach system integration and highlights various tools and techniques to make an integration project successful. The book hits its climax with specific case studies that any reader would find valuable.

Review Of: Archival Virtue: Relationships, Obligation, And The Just Archives By Scott Cline, Meghan R. Rinn

Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies

A thoughtful meditation on the profession, Scott Cline’s Archival Virtue is timely and much needed. The text reframes discussions regarding justice, equity, diversity, access, and a better archives for all as a part of a greater quest for morality and virtue among ourselves and as a core of archives as a profession in the 21st century.

Lanthorn, Vol. 57, No. 22, February 13, 2023, Grand Valley State University

Volume 57, August 1, 2022 - April 10, 2023

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

The Archives And You: Why Your Memorabilia Matters, Ruth E. Bryan

Library Presentations

Join Ruth E. Bryan, University Archivist at the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center, as she describes what archives are and how your memorabilia can contribute to historical research and scholarship.

Lanthorn, Vol. 57, No. 21, February 6, 2023, Grand Valley State University

Volume 57, August 1, 2022 - April 10, 2023

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Report: 2022 Ala-Core National Binding Survey, Beth Doyle, Richenda Lea Brim, Joyce Chapman, Mark Coulbourne, Tanya Cathlene Ellenburg-Kimmet, Jenny Levine

Roesch Library Staff Publications

The American Library Association (ALA) Core Preservation Administration Interest Group (PAIG) held a Symposium on the Future of Library Binding in 2022. Following the symposium, the ALA Core Library Binding Practices Survey Team (hereafter, “Team”) was convened to explore issues that arose during the symposium. The Team members volunteered to create a survey on current library binding practices to gain a better understanding of who is using library binding as a preservation and access method, how they are using such services, and the challenges that face the community.

Digital Library Of Georgia (December 2022), Mandy L. Mastrovita

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.

One Button Recording Studio, Katie Prentice

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

The TMC Library One Button Studio is available to practice or create high quality conference/class presentation recordings.

Nih Data Management And Sharing, Alice Sherwood

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

NIH has issued the Data Management and Sharing (DMS) policy (effective January 25, 2023) to promote the sharing of scientific data. Sharing scientific data accelerates biomedical research discovery, in part, by enabling the validation of research results.

Do you need to find more information on data management and sharing policies?
Visit the library's NIH Data Management and Sharing LibGuide.

Psychotherapy Library: New Ebook Collection, Joanne Romano

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

The Psychotherapy Library is a robust list of curated psychotherapy titles. This collection covers a multitude of topics including cognitive behavior therapy, psychoanalysis, mentalizing, and more—all within a single search and navigation interface that integrates journals and books.

Browse over 20 ebooks from the Psychotherapy Library at Psychiatry Online. Many titles include vignette videos that illustrate key clinical problems, techniques, and more!

Are Open Access Journals Cited More Often?, Joanne Romano

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

Open Access content is freely accessible to all, with no access fees charged to the user. This means that scholars and researchers whose institutions lack a subscription, or researchers who lack institutional affiliation, can access the book or article online without paying a fee.

Review Of Metadata For Digital Collections: A How-To-Do-It Manual, Elyse Fox

Journal of Western Archives

Review of Metadata for Digital Collections: A How-To-Do-It Manual, Second Edition by Steven Jack Miller.

Getting To Know Digital Collections Users, Emily Lapworth

Journal of Western Archives

Use and user studies can provide valuable information to archivists and librarians who wish to improve their services and systems. However, studying the use and users of digital archival collections can be challenging. This study describes the methods and findings of a study conducted by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) to explore questions such as, who is using UNLV Digital Collections? How are they using the materials? What are their user interface preferences? Are they satisfied? The methods used include web analytics, an online survey, and interviews. The author shares lessons learned to aid other repositories in designing …

Lanthorn, Vol. 57, No. 20, January 30, 2023, Grand Valley State University

Volume 57, August 1, 2022 - April 10, 2023

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Student Voices: Publications From The Archives, Christian D. Nøkkentved

Archives Exhibits

Here we see, among others, copies of The Rice Bowl, The Gender Reader, Minority Report, RYE (a student satire magazine), and, of course The Acronym, in fact the very first issue. Some only had short runs, others lasted for years and the oldest continuing publication is our school student newspaper, which is appearing in hard copy again after years of being on-line. These publications cover a wide range of topics and with so many others are all housed in the Archives.

Archiving Blackness: Reimagining And Recreating The Archive(S) As Literary And Information Wake Work, Jamillah R. Gabriel

Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies

“…we, Black people everywhere and anywhere we are, still produce in, into, and through the wake an insistence on existing: we insist Black being into the wake.”

– Christina Sharpe, In the Wake (2016)

In this paper, I introduce Christina Sharpe’s conceptualizations of wake and wake work, as they pertain to archiving the experiences of Blackness to better understand how the archive and archives are vital for those living and working in the wake of slavery. I am particularly interested in the wake work conducted both in literary works (speculative fiction) and at information sites (archives). To that end, …

Community Oral History To Widen The Path: The Jewish Mobile Oral History Project, Deborah Gurt

Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies

This article presents the case study of the Jewish Mobile Oral History Project of the McCall Library at the University of South Alabama as an example of a participatory archival practice. With goals to build a collection centered on a minority experience, to engage with community members, and to foster inter-communal dialogue, the project highlights affect as one vital consideration for archival record keepers, users, and subjects.

Ms 248 Guide To The Robert J. Emery, Drph Papers (1995-2011), Robert J. Emory

Manuscript Finding Aids

This collection contains materials related to Dr. Robert Emery's career on the faculty of the UT School of Public Health. There is a mix of materials specific to UT, along with external training materials, resources, and publications relevant to this work. The UT materials include reports related to areas of the School of Public Health, such as Industrial Hygiene & Air Environment and the Southwest Center for Occupational & Environmental Health. See more at MS 248.

Ms 247 Guide To The Irma E. "Betty" Hightower Memorial Hospital Nursing School Papers (1942-1945), Irma Elizabeth Hightower (1924-2018)

Manuscript Finding Aids

This collection contains three yearbooks, two 8x10" photographs, two newspaper clippings and two programs that document the Memorial Hospital Nursing School graduating class of 1945, including Irma Elizabeth "Betty" Hightower of Marshall, Texas. See more at MS 247.