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SULAIR NEWS – April 9, 2008

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

  1. Last Chance! Web 2.0 Principles and Best Practices Available to Stanford Staff
  2. Grant Applicants Be Aware: NIH Open Access Policy Became Law April 7th
  3. Online Author's Rights Video
  4. Walter Henry Honored with Rutherford John Gettens Merit Award
  5. New Serials Specialist at Art
  6. ***Reference Question of the Week ***
  7. SULAIR Job Opportunities

1. Last Chance! Web 2.0 Principles and Best Practices Available to Stanford Staff

The Medical Library Association's recent Webcast, "Web 2.0 Principles and Best Practices: Discovering the Participatory Web" is available for online viewing (http://www.mlanet.org/education/distance_ed/web2.0/) by all Stanford staff through Friday, April 11.

The goal of this program is to provide a basic understanding of Web 2.0 terminology and concepts, assess the effect of the technology on health sciences library services, and identify the impact of Web 2.0 services on health care today and in the coming future. (Detailed agenda and speaker bios are available at: http://www.mlanet.org/education/distance_ed/web2.0/)

If you are interested in viewing the Webcast, please write to Kim Schwartz, kim.schwartz@stanford.edu.

--submitted by Kim Schwartz
2. Grant Applicants Be Aware: NIH Open Access Policy Became Law April 7th

Beginning April 7, 2008 all peer-reviewed manuscripts based on National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding must be deposited to PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication. Full-text of the articles will become publicly available and searchable in PubMed Central no later than 12 months after publication in a journal.

Before signing any copyright agreements for their articles, authors are encouraged to be sure that the publisher permits compliance with the new NIH public access policy (see list of such journals). If there is a question about your rights, NIH suggests adding the following language to the publication agreement:

"Journal acknowledges that Author retains the right to provide a copy of the final manuscript to the NIH upon acceptance for Journal publication, for public archiving in PubMed Central as soon as possible but no later than 12 months after publication by Journal."

As of May 25, 2008 all authors of articles arising from NIH awards must use the PubMed Central reference number when citing articles in NIH applications, proposals, and progress reports.

For details see: NIH Public Access (http://publicaccess.nih.gov)

Additional FAQs, tutorials, links and more are available via Lane Medical Library's open access page. (http://lane.stanford.edu/services/research/openaccess/index.html)

--submitted by Kim Schwartz
3. Online Author's Rights Video

"ACRL, ARL, and SPARC have released a new, short video to help librarians effectively engage disciplinary faculty and researchers on the topic of author rights."

It is available for viewing at: http://blip.tv/file/743274

--submitted by Kim Schwartz
4. Walter Henry Honored with Rutherford John Gettens Merit Award

The Preservation Department is proud to announce that Walter Henry is the recipient of the Rutherford John Gettens Merit Award, which recognizes his outstanding service to the American Institute for Conservation. The full announcement follows. Please join us in congratulating Walter for his many years of dedicated service to the conservation profession. Congratulations Walter!

WALTER HENRY HONORED WITH THE RUTHERFORD JOHN GETTENS MERIT AWARD BY THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION OF HISTORIC & ARTISTIC WORKS (AIC)

13 FEBRUARY 2008

The AIC Board of Directors has bestowed the Rutherford John Gettens Merit Award on Walter Henry in recognition of his outstanding service to AIC. It will be presented to Mr. Henry at the 2008 AIC Annual Meeting on April 23. Over the past twenty years, Walter Henry has devoted his time and talents to advancing the interests of AIC. His accomplishments are renowned and have provided an unparalleled service to AIC and the field of conservation. His contributions are as varied as they are lasting.

Walter Henry has:

  • Maintained the AIC Web site and all its listservs since 1995
  • Created the National Collections Emergency News for the AIC Web site in 2006
  • Served on the AIC Web Task Force in 2001 and 2002
  • Contributed time and knowledge to the digitization of the Journal of the American Institute for Conservation (JAIC), an NCPTT-sponsored project
  • Served as Webmaster for the Book & Paper Group of AIC from 1995-2001
  • Served on the Technology Working Group of AIC in 1996
Between 1995 and 2006, Mr. Henry served as the Associate Editor (Paper) for JAIC. He also served on the AIC Publications Committee from 2000-2006 and chaired the subcommittee on Specialty Group Issues beginning in 2001 and the Working Group on Internet Dissemination beginning in 2003. Additional AIC committee work included his work on the Program Committee for the 2000 AIC Annual Meeting.

Walter Henry has also made significant contributions to the specialty groups of AIC. He served as:
  • Secretary/Treasurer of the Electronic Media Group from 2000-2002 and was a founding member of this group that became an official specialty group in 1999
  • Chair of the Book & Paper Group from 1996-97 and Vice-Chair from 1995-1996.
  • Chair of the Book & Paper Group Publications Committee from 1999-2001, following four years as a member of the committee
  • Chair of the Book & Paper Group Nominating Committee in 1998
  • Chair of the Book & Paper Group Vocabulary Control Committee from 1989-1992
  • Book & Paper Group Book Conservation Catalog Committee beginning in 1988.
AIC owes Walter Henry a great debt of gratitude for his dedication to the field of conservation and his lasting contributions to this organization. It is only fitting that he be honored with the AIC Rutherford John Gettens Merit Award.

--submitted by Maria Grandinette
5. New Serials Specialist at Art

I am delighted to announce that Felicia Martinez has joined the staff of the Art & Architecture Library as our half-time Serials Specialist (Monday-Friday, 9am-1pm).  She can be reached on our main desk phone line: (650) 723-3408.

Felicia has recently finished her PhD in English here at Stanford and has a BA in English and Studio Art from Notre Dame. As well as her excellent art, literature, and film background, she brings with her a fine eye for detail and a wealth of experience in serving the academic community.

Please join us in welcoming her to her new role.

--submitted by David Platt
6. ***Reference Question of the Week ***

Question: Where can I browse for good fiction books?

Answer: In addition to searching for fiction books by Author, Title, or Subject in Socrates, you can also browse one of several specially designated collections of fiction titles:

  1. For recent fiction, see the collection of New Fiction titles in the Lane Reading Room. These titles are selected by our American & British Literature Curator, and are available on 28-day loan. They are listed in Socrates, with a location of HAS-Fiction.
  2. The Physics Library has a collection of Science Fiction titles available for browsing and for 28-day loan. Many titles are uncatalogued and located in the Science Fiction bookcase by the current journals display. A limited number are in Socrates, having been transferred into the Physics Library during the Meyer Library Review of 1998. While the history of the collection's beginnings is not well documented, there is some relationship with "Physics 13: Modern Physics through Science Fiction", a course taught at Stanford as early as 1976 by Roger A. Freedman and William A. Little of the Department of Physics. (See Am J Phys, 48(7), July 1980, pp.548-551, for their article describing the course.) The titles, as a result, tend to be from the course reading lists of the time.
  3. The Robert Crown Law Library is home to the Vrooman Collection, an eclectic collection of popular fiction and nonfiction on subjects outside of the law -- from Harry Potter adventures to The HP way. Vrooman Collection titles are listed in Socrates (Location = Vrooman Room) and are available on two-week loan. Law Library staff can point readers in the right direction to find these books in the Robert Crown Law Library.
  4. The Bender Room contains a collection of good books of current and classic interest in fiction and non-fiction. Though these books cannot be checked out, if you search Socrates, you should find another copy somewhere on campus that you can check out.

Stanford's collections are large and unlike a public library, it is difficult to browse the literature sections. However, if you are looking for American literature, the call number begins with PS, English literature begins with PR and for other languages, see Library of Congress Classification Outline. For further help, Ask a Librarian.

You can find more reference questions and answers at the Information Center Web site.

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
7. SULAIR Job Opportunities

SULAIR has no new positions this week.

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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