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Lanthorn, Vol. 58, No. 16, April 8, 2024, Grand Valley State University

Volume 58, August 7, 2023 - April 15, 2024

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

High Tech High: Computing In Our Early Days, Christian D. Nøkkentved, Ralph Flickinger

Archives Exhibits

In 1986, when IMSA first opened its doors to students, Plato, NovaNET, MacIntosh Plus and the Dat. Lab, even track paper all played an essential role in connecting IMSA to the emerging digital world. IMSA’s library, for example, boasted digital technology on par with the Ivy League university libraries. Like the rest of the world, IMSA has continued to expand and update its use of digital technologies, and as we move towards AI, this exhibit celebrates computing in our early days.

From The Vault - Spring 2024 Newsletter, Archives & Special Collections

From the Vault: Archives & Special Collections Newsletter

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Are Transformative Agreements Worth It? An Analysis Of Open Access Publication Data At The University Of Kentucky, Ben Rawlins

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

Open access publishing is continuing to grow as funders such as cOAlition S, National Institutes of Health, and the White House implement mandates and requirements that publicly funded research be made immediately available for public consumption. Publishers have adopted open access as a business model through transformative agreements that combine subscription and publishing fees. However, it is unclear whether these agreements are beneficial for libraries. This article discusses a project by the University of Kentucky Libraries to gather and analyze open access publication data to aid in the evaluation of transformative agreement proposals. This article also discusses how the University …

Grand Valley Magazine, Vol. 23, No 2, Spring 2024, Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley Magazine

Grand Valley Magazine is a quarterly publication about Grand Valley State University produced by University Communications since 2001.

It's All Greek To Me: A Comprehensive History Of Greek Life Organizations At Hope College, Lauren Carpenter

Archives and Special Collections Quarterly

It’s All Greek to Me:  A Comprehensive History of Greek Life Organizations at Hope College

Column: From the Director of Archives and Special Collections

The Cost For Open Access Publishing, Joanne Romano

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

Are you interested in learning more about the increasing costs for making your article open access?

Recently featured in the Library’s Latest News, learn more about the scholarly journals market from a March 2024 article by market analysis firm Delta Think.

Artificial Intelligence: Where Are We Now?, Chad Metz

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

Check the TMC Library Artificial Intelligence LibGuide for AI information. The section on Resources and Tools includes additional links to AI Tools for Research, Citation Guide for ChatGPT and Generative AI and AI in Medicine and Health Care. Visit the Library Blog for additional Information.

Digitizing Medical Illustrations From The Heart Bulletin + The Role Of Art In The Medical Field, Johana Canales

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

The Houston-based Medical Arts Publishing Foundation produced illustrated medical publications like the Cancer Bulletin, Heart Bulletin, and Psychiatric Bulletin. The Foundation’s records began arriving at the McGovern Historical Center in 1992. Since then, some of the collection’s medical illustrations had already been digitized, including several complete issues of the Psychiatric Bulletin from 1950-1960 and the Heart Bulletin’s medical illustrations series from 1951 and 1964.

Read the complete story about the fascinating field of medical illustrations written by Johana Canales, Archives Intern in the McGovern Historical Center Blog.

On Stephen King, And The “What” And “Why” Of American Archivist, Amy Cooper Cary

Library Faculty Research and Publications

The mix of articles in this issue cuts a broad swath through several topics current in our literature, and trying to decide how to bring it all together in an editor's column was giving me fits. An issue that moves from community archives to contingent workers, to promotion and tenure, to congressional collections, to access systems, to engagement—well, it's not easy for me to wrap my editorial head around, let alone for you to thread your way through as a reader. It's a great problem to have, but I needed to make sense of it. Terry Baxter's 2023 SAA Presidential …

The Loretta Sanchez Papers: What I Learned Processing Congressional Archives, Victoria Perez

Library Articles and Research

"As a Special Collections and Archives Assistant at Chapman University’s Frank Mt. Pleasant Special Collections and Archives in the Leatherby Libraries, one of my recent projects has been to process and create an ArchivesSpace finding aid for the Loretta Sanchez papers. I am pleased to report that this project is complete and the papers are now open for research."

British Online Archives, Katherine Van Arsdale

Faculty Publications

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Films Digitized To Celebrate Andrews University Sesquicentennial, Katherine Van Arsdale

Faculty Publications

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The Spring Issue 2024, Emily Watson, Phoebe Thomas, Tifanee Mask, Destiny Dehart, Xinyu Yu Mills, Cameron O'Steen

Fonds and Feathers

This issue edited by Emily Watson features "How culturally competent are you" by Phoebe Thomas, "Revitalizing indigenous rights" and "Unveiling Clotilda" by Tifanee Mask, and "Archive atrocities" by Destiny Dehart. In addition, upcoming conferences are listed. A list of students who will graduate in May 2024 with MLIS and the graduate archival certificate are honored.

Lanthorn, Vol. 58, No. 15, March 25, 2024, Grand Valley State University

Volume 58, August 7, 2023 - April 15, 2024

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

Lanthorn, Vol. 58, No. 14, March 11, 2024, Grand Valley State University

Volume 58, August 7, 2023 - April 15, 2024

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

Changes To Digital Commons Author Dashboards, Alice Sherwood

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

To provide better service to the growing, and increasingly international, Digital Commons community, Google Maps on  Digital Commons Dashboards Digital Commons Dashboards and Author Dashboards was replaced with Bing Maps. Readership Activity Maps will continue using Google Maps. Although these maps may look slightly different, there is no difference in their functionality.

March 2024, Volume 20, Number 1, Winthrop University Archives And Special Collections

Retrospect: News from the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Winthrop University

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Selections From The Papers Of Murdina Macfarquhar Desmond, Md Digitized And Online, Alice Sherwood

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

Almost two hundred items from the Murdina MacFarquhar Desmond, MD papers have been digitized and are now available online. Dr. Desmond (1916-2003) contributed to the fields of pediatrics and neonatology during her long tenure (1948-1986) on the pediatrics faculty of Baylor College of Medicine and service to Jefferson Davis Hospital and Texas Children’s Hospital.

If you would like to learn more about Dr. Murdina MacFarquhar Desmond, check the McGovern Historical Center blog story written by Joy Oria, Archives Intern or contact the McGovern Historical Center and schedule an appointment.

Elsevier Society Titles, Chad Metz

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

The TMC Library provides an additional package of Elsevier resources that cover different topics. TMC Library pays Elsevier additional fees to provide access to the following flagship publisher titles. For the complete list of titles and how to access them, check the TMC Library Blog written by Chad Metz, Electronic Resources Librarian.