Welcome Back Edition: Part I
Outside the Archives & Special Collections, August 2016
It’s been a busy summer at Collins Library, here are just a few of the highlights:
Archives & Special Collections:
The space enhancement project is well underway with the walls up for our Reading Room and Learning/Presentation spaces. We still have a lot of “behind the scenes” work to complete, but we can already see how terrific this new space will be for users.
Digital Humanities:
On July 27, 2016, Collins Library hosted Digital Humanities/Digital Pedagogies: A NW5C Workshop, which was organized by Peggy Burge, Humanities Librarian and Coordinator of Teaching, Learning and Digital Humanities. The 33 participants in the workshop came from all five colleges and included a mix of educational technologists, faculty and librarians. Lightning talks highlighted an assortment of digital tools in specific pedagogical contexts. Puget Sound faculty members—Katherine Smith in History and Alison Tracy Hale in English and Honors—explained how they have incorporated digital tools in their course assignments. Two hands-on sessions were offered in the afternoon, one on “Using Scalar in Digital Writing, Publishing, and Exhibits” (facilitated by Peggy Burge) and the other on “Engaging the Classroom: Interactive Lecture” (facilitated by Technology Service’s Lauren Nicandri and Kaity Fain). Want to know about the work we are doing in digital humanities? Check out this LibGuide:
http://research.pugetsound.edu/CollinsDH
New Resources:
We have added many new electronic resources to support the curriculum, the KNOW overlay, and diversity:
Here’s a rundown of the new databases and collections that Collins now provides access to:
- Archives of Sexuality & Gender: LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940
- Black Studies Center (coming soon)
- Includes the historical backfiles of the Chicago Defender.
- EBSCO Upgrade (coming soon) which includes:
- Biography Reference Center
- Biomedical Reference Center- Basic
- Consumer Health Complete
- Family Studies Abstracts
- Film & Television Literature Index
- General Science Full-Text
- Hospitality & Tourism Index
- Humanities Abstracts
- Legal Information Reference Center
- Poetry & Short Story Reference Center
- Points of View Reference Center
- Public Affairs Index
- Reader’s Guide Full-Text Mega
- Regional Business News
- Social Work Reference Center
- SocINDEX
- Urban Studies Abstracts
- Upgrade to full text version
- Oxford Bibliographies Online – subjects included are:
- African American Studies
- African Studies
- Chinese Studies
- Latino Studies
- Political Science
- A demographic data visualization and research website designed to engage users through dynamic maps and customizable reports.
Need Information? Don’t forget the Collins Memorial Library – Library Guides
Questions? Contact your liaison librarian
Comments: Contact Jane Carlin, library director
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