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SULAIR NEWS – February 6, 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- A Special Chalk Talk: Pedro Pernías and Rafael Carrasco Discuss the Miguel de Cervantes Digital Library
- Video Shows Safety Tips on Space Heaters and Extension Cords
- CLOCKSS Works
- ***Reference Question of the Week ***
- SULAIR Job Opportunities
1. A Special Chalk Talk: Pedro Pernías and Rafael Carrasco Discuss the Miguel de Cervantes Digital Library
On Thursday, February 14, 2008, from 1:30-3:00 p.m., SULAIR will host a special Chalk Talk featuring Pedro Pernías Peco and Rafael Carrasco of the Miguel Cervantes Digital Library, based in Alicante, Spain. For our special guests, we’ll have a special meeting location, the Bender Room.
What: Miguel Cervantes Digital Library: Development and Future Challenges With Pedro Pernías Peco and Rafael Carrasco A SULAIR Technology Chalk Talk
When: Thursday, February 14, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Where: Bender Room, 5th Floor, Bing Wing, Green Library
The Miguel de Cervantes Digital Library has compiled an outstanding collection of digital versions of works of the Spanish and Latin American literary tradition, along with the bibliographical resources necessary for critical and historical analysis. Far from being a static collection, the Library is envisaged as a vehicle for the Hispanic academy to promote their works, a window to Hispanic literature and culture for scholars of Hispanic languages, and as a voice for the Hispanic university community worldwide. An initiative of the University of Alicante and the Banco Santander Central Hispano, in collaboration with the Fundación Marcelino Botín, is noteworthy as a successful public-private partnership, in addition to serving as a model for representatives of other cultures and languages wishing to expand their presence on the Web.
In this session, Pedro Pernías Peco and Rafael Carrasco, two of the developers of the library, will talk with us about the project. They will give us an overview of the history and development of the library, discuss the technical, logistical and other challenges the library has overcome, look at the current issues it is facing, and outline its goals for the future. Learn more and search the library yourself at http://www.cervantesvirtual.com
--submitted by Mimi Calter
2. Video Shows Safety Tips on Space Heaters and Extension Cords
Right now, in offices around campus, space heaters are about as popular as bagels in the break room. But did you know that both state law and makers of the devices require 3 feet of clearance all the way around? Learn tidbits like this and more by visiting the Environmental Health and Safety Web site and clicking on the link for the new "Extension Cord Safety Video." Watch as EH&S fire inspector DAVID CONROD digs into a box full of warped power strips, stripped extension cords and other devices that caused actual fires on campus. A SUNet ID is required to view the video online, but Conrod's delivery is—in my opinion—well worth the trouble......"
Reprinted from Michael Pena's "Cardinal Chronicle" in the January 16, 2008 issue of the Stanford Report.
--submitted by Editorial Staff
3. CLOCKSS Works
Researchers increasingly access journal articles online, but the real possibility exists that, due to natural disaster or human/computing failure, digital content might not always be available. Libraries and publishers have joined forces in an initiative called CLOCKSS*, providing leadership and the supporting technology, to ensure reliable, long-term access to scholarly e-content.
The moment has arrived to see how CLOCKSS works.
As of today, the web-published content of the journal Graft: Organ and Cell Transplantation (SAGE Publications) has been exported from the CLOCKSS archive, and is now available to the world from two CLOCKSS hosting platforms at universities in Europe and the US. Released under a Creative Commons license, this content is free to researchers, students and the general public, without need of any subscription.
CLOCKSS is a trusted and secure dark archive, preserving scholarly journal content from the world’s leading publishers. The CLOCKSS system is based on geographically-dispersed nodes located at major research libraries into which e-journal content from publishers is routinely ingested. Archived copies remain "dark" (hidden, secure and unavailable for use), until a trigger event and the CLOCKSS Board votes to "light up" the content and restore access to it again via a hosting platform. At present there are seven archive nodes and two hosting platforms. These numbers are expected to double in order to achieve added security from global coverage.
SAGE Publications is one of 11 premier publishers (together accounting for about 60% of e-journal content) participating in the CLOCKSS Pilot and serving on the CLOCKSS Board. When SAGE announced that it was discontinuing Graft, this became the first real-world test for the CLOCKSS system and its procedures: the CLOCKSS Board, comprising both publishers and library organizations, determined that a trigger event had occurred; instruction was given for Graft content to be copied from archive nodes in the CLOCKSS network to the designated hosting platforms; and 18 issues of Graft became available to the world.
Stanford University, where the underlying LOCKSS software was developed, and the University of Edinburgh are among the seven participants on the library side, acting as stewards for the CLOCKSS system. The two universities have also been designated as CLOCKSS hosting platforms in order to demonstrate, through the release of content, how CLOCKSS works, with EDINA, the UK national data centre at Edinburgh, playing that role for Europe, and Stanford University Library doing so for the US. Both serve as points of worldwide access, free to all, without any prior subscription, fee, or registration.
To read Graft, please click here:
http://www.clockss.org/clockss/Graft_Public_Copies
* CLOCKSS is transitioning from a Pilot Program to an organization for the long-term, building on the technology and findings of LOCKSS (for Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe).
Additional Information about CLOCKSS
Participating Libraries in the CLOCKSS Pilot:
Indiana University, New York Public Library, OCLC, Rice University, Stanford University, University of Edinburgh, and University of Virginia
Participating Publishers in the CLOCKSS Pilot:
American Chemical Society, American Medical Association, American Physiological Society, Elsevier, IOP Publishing, Nature Publishing Group, Oxford University Press, SAGE Publications, Springer, Taylor & Francis, and Wiley-Blackwell
--submitted by Amy Kohrman
4. ***Reference Question of the Week ***
Question:
I am interested in Spiritism, a type of ideology or religion, which I think started in Brazil. Can you help me find sources?
Answer:
Starting with our online catalog, Socrates, and just searching the term spiritism, I get 49 titles. Scrolling down to Samba in the night: spiritism in Brazil
and looking at the Detailed Record, I see Subject headings (LC) such as
Spiritualism Brazil; you can click on these to get other books.
A great source is ATLA,
a database with resources for religious and theological scholarship. It
includes journal articles, essays, and book reviews. For example, I
found a book review (scroll down to Hess, David J.: Spirits and Scientists),
which looks like Hess's work gives a good historical perspective and
discussion of the issues involved in Spiritism. Checking Socrates for the title Spirits and Scientists: Ideology, Spiritism and Brazilian Culture, you can see we own the book and that it has an extensive bibliography. Also, look at the subject headings.
For the complete answer, visit the Information Center Web site at:
https://www.stanford.edu/group/ic/cgi-bin/drupal/node/395
To contribute to the Reference Question of the Week feature of SULAIR News, submit your question and answer through the SULAIR News online submission form at: http://sulairnews.stanford.edu/issues/submit/submit.jsp.
--submitted by Editorial Staff
5. SULAIR Job Opportunities
SULAIR has the following new positions this week:
Islamic and Middle Eastern Curatorial Assistant
(# 29047)
Production Support Specialist, HighWire Press
(# 29059)
Computer Resource Associate
(# 29062)
Serials Specialist, Art Library
(# 29046)
For a complete description of open positions within SULAIR, go to the Stanford Jobs page and type University Libraries in the Job Search box at the bottom of the page.
--submitted by Editorial Staff
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