Abby Williams Hill collection featured in College & Research Libraries News magazine

Posted on November 18, 2015 by jmkyoung
Cover of College & Research Libraries news

Image courtesy of Archives & Special Collections, Collins Memorial Library, University of Puget Sound.

Our library’s Abby Williams Hill digital collection was featured in the College & Research Libraries News magazine, November 2015, Vol. 76 No. 10. The article reads:

This month’s cover features “Mount Booker Near Lake Chelan” (1903) by Abby Williams Hill. Hill (1861-1943) was a landscape painter, social activist, and prolific writer. She produced a remarkable collection of landscape paintings showcasing the grandeur of the American West, as well as a vast archive of letters and journals addressing issues of continuing social and historical interest, including African American and Native American rights, and the preservation of our national parks.

Hill’s personal papers are held by the University of Puget Sound and are available to researchers by appointment. Images of her artwork can be found on Content DM and will soon appear in Artstor.

 

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From the Archives and Special Collections: Pictures of the Alphabet

Posted on November 18, 2015 by jmkyoung

AlphabetKate Greenaway’s small book, “Kate Greenaway’s Alphabet,” only has 32 pages and almost every page only has one letter, the letters of the alphabet. Each letter is a picture in itself which she illustrated. Little kids are seen playing around, under, and on the letters, and there are cats in some of the scenes, too! This small book is a reminder of how simple a book can be, and without the alphabet, there wouldn’t be books at all. While there is not specific date when this book was published, it is thought that it was around 1885.

The Archives & Special Collections is open on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 1:00-3:00 p.m. or by appointment.

By Sierra Scott

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Laura Russell Special Presentation: November 30th, 2015, 4-5 p.m., Collins Library Room 020

Posted on November 16, 2015 by jmkyoung
HEARTLAND by Priscilla Spitler

Images “Blood Quantum” and “Heartland” by Priscilla Spitler

Collins Memorial Library in association with Puget Sound Book Artists is pleased to welcome artist and gallery owner, Laura Russell in a special presentation.

Pricing Principles for Book Artists/Sneak Preview of Blood Quantum now on display at 23 SandyGallery

November 30, 2015
4 – 5 p.m.
Collins Library Room 020
University of Puget Sound

Pricing a work of art is never easy.  Pricing a book as a work of art is even more formidable.  Variations in materials, structure and production methods make determining fair prices for artist books very difficult. Pricing can be a very scary prospect when creating any new project. How can a book artist be compensated for the untold hundreds of hours that go into the research, design, printing, binding and other countless processes involved in crafting a unique bookwork or editioned masterpiece?

Based on Laura’s many years of experience selling artist books both as artist and dealer plus a previous career as a professional in the field of marketing, publishLaura ing and advertising, this lecture covers such topics as pricing strategies, research, the market values of artist books, pricing pitfalls, various pricing formulas, how to raise prices, ethics and offering discounts.

Laura will also share some of the works that are currently on display from the Blood Quantum Exhibition at her gallery in Portland, Oregon, 23Sandy Gallery.

Don’t miss this special event!

Click here for a map of the University of Puget Sound.

Click here to learn more about the Puget Sound Book Artists

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Music in the Library: Harpists Holiday Concert, Friday, Dec. 4, 2015, 2 p.m.

Posted on November 16, 2015 by jmkyoung

CALLOUT_MusicHarpists_Dec4Please join us!

HARPISTS—HOLIDAY CONCERT
Friday, December 4, 2015
2:00-2:20 p.m.
Collins Library Reading Room

Performances by: Christina Sumprer, Frances Welsh and Rosalie Boyle

For more information contact: libref@pugetsound.edu

 

 

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Just Released Yesterday, Mitch Albom’s The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

Posted on November 13, 2015 by jmkyoung

MagicAn enchanting new novel about the life of Music’s most devoted disciple, Frankie Presto, and his epic journey through the musical world.

In classic epic fashion, the novel is narrated by Music, the art personified. It is the tale of Frankie Presto, a Spanish war orphan who becomes the greatest guitarist on earth while traversing through the world of twentieth century musical stardom. He influences the greats across every genre-Django Reinhardt, Elvis Presley, Hank Williams-eventually becoming a rock star himself. But not everything is fun and games for a musician whose gift is touched by the gods. Frankie learns that his talent possesses the power to alter people’s futures from life to loss.

The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto is an unforgettable story about the power of human connection not only in music, but in life. Find it in the Popular Collection.

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Introducing: “The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism”

Posted on November 11, 2015 by jmkyoung

JohnHopkinsLiterary criticism has probably existed for as long as literature. We come into contact with a variety of texts in our daily lives (especially here at University of Puget Sound!) and these texts inspire inquiry, interpretation, and conversations among our friends and peers. Have you ever thought about the elements of a text that influence its interpretation or your experience of it? Would you like to learn more about the different lenses and vocabularies scholars use to view and talk about art, literature, and culture? If you get a kick out of philosophizing about what you’re reading, then we have a resource for you!

The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism is an essential resource for scholars and students of literary theory and discourse, and one of our newest additions to the Collins Memorial Library. The digital edition of the JH Guide presents a comprehensive historical survey of the field and features over 300 well-written, in-depth articles on individual critics and theorists, critical and theoretical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods. Not only is the guide easily browsable (by entry, topic, or name), it’s also full-text searchable. Each article contains ample cross-references and is accompanied by an extensive bibliography of primary and secondary resources. Whether you want to learn more about Virginia Woolf’s contributions to Anglo-American feminist criticism or need to brush up on psychoanalytic theory, the JH Guide can help you get started. Check it out online and you’ll be reading like Aristotle or Foucault in no time!

By Katy Curtis, Humanities Librarian

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From the Archives & Special Collections: What’s In the Box?

Posted on November 11, 2015 by jmkyoung

Archives_Nov11If you’ve ever been in the Archives & Special Collections, you’ve probably seen the occasional “store flat” box on the shelves. Well, I see them all the time, but even I forget they’re there sometimes, so I decided to investigate!

Since these boxes usually contain delicate materials, I started on the oversize/miniatures side and opened the Qurʼān al-karīm. Written before 1940, it’s a beautifully handwritten edition, with floral endpapers. The description reads “From Hacilar village in the Karnobat district of the Burgas Province in eastern Rumelia, a distant son of Sulayman Efendi’s sacred Quran” in Ottoman Turkish. The binding is stiff maroon leather over cardboard, and the pages all have gold motifs as décor.

If you want to looks inside some of the other “store flat” boxes, the Archives & Special Collections is open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 1:00-3:00 p.m. or by appointment.

By Morgan Ford

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Collins Library Links: What is Open Access and Why Should We Care?

Posted on November 9, 2015 by jmkyoung

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What is Open Access and Why Should We Care?

“Last week, the editors for the linguistics journal Lingua had finally had enough. Elsevier, a major academic publishing house, has put out the highly regarded journal for decades.  But on October 27, the journal’s six editors and 31 members of its editorial board quit. Their beef?  The high fees Elsevier charges authors and academic institutions to see the journal..”

http://www.wired.com/2015/11/editors-of-the-journal-lingua-protest-quit-in-battle-for-open-access/

  • Open Access refers to a movement of scholars to share the products of their research with anyone (not just those who can afford expensive journal subscriptions) for both personal and global benefit.
  • Many universities, institutions, governments, and funders now mandate Open Access, which means that familiarity with Open Access is a valuable skill for academics and researchers of all types.

How can you Support the Open Access Movement:

  • Negotiate your publishing rights so that your research can be displayed in Sound Ideas, our institutional repository.
  • Support Open Access Journals such as those being developed here at Puget Sound, for example;  the recently launched Race & Pedagogy Journal.
  • When asked to serve on an OA editorial board, accept the invitation.
  • Ask the journals or scholarly societies where you have some influence to do more to support OA.
  • Many university libraries are cancelling subscriptions to high priced journals. We have moved cautiously in this direction, but it may become more imperative in the future. We examine use and continued appropriateness for each periodical that increases it prices at an unusually high level.  We have cancelled some titles, due to that factor.

Learn More:

  • The Right to Research organization advocates for access to research information.  Price barriers should not prevent anyone from getting access to research they need.
  • Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition: SPARC supports the immediate, barrier-free online availability of scholarly and scientific research articles, coupled with the rights to reuse these articles fully in the digital environment, and supports practices and policies that enable this.
  • The SPARC author rights guide provides you with information about how to negotiate access rights to your scholarly publication.
  • Review our LibGuide on Scholarly Communication.
  • Talk to your Liaison Librarian.

Need Information? Don’t forget the Collins Memorial Library – Library Guides
Questions? Contact your liaison librarian
Comments: Contact Jane Carlin, library director
Remember – Your best search engine is a librarian!

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Pay Off Your Library Fines with Food! Nov. 16 – Dec. 13, 2015

Posted on November 9, 2015 by jmkyoung

FoodforFinesFood for Fines!
November 16th – December 13th

This fall, Collins Memorial Library and the Center for Intercultural and Civic Engagement (CICE) are co-sponsoring Food for Fines.

Pay off your library fines with food instead of cash, November 16th to December 13th. Donate to a worthy cause AND clean up your library debt at the same time.

Bring in 1 can of food and we will waive $1.00 of your library fines (for returned items). That’s right! $1 per can! No limit!

Welcomed Items:

  • Peanut Butter
  • Canned meats
  • Canned dinners
  • Canned vegetable & fruits
  • Dry beans & pastas
  • Stuffing mix
  • One – 6 ounce can or larger = $1.00 of fines. (Unlimited waived)
  • Canned food accepted for fines on returned items only, not for replacement fees of lost items.
  • Bring cans to the Circulation Desk on the main floor of the library.
  • Only non-perishable, un-dented, and labeled cans will be accepted.
    –  Additional donations are welcome. 
          –  Please, no jars/glass containers. Thank you.
  • All canned food will be donated to the St. Leo Food Connection.
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The Sociological Cinema

Posted on November 9, 2015 by jmkyoung

SociologicalCinemaHow do we, as individuals, learn about sociology?

From books?
Yes.

From journal articles?
Yup.

New research?
Sure.

From movies?
Absolutely.

The University of Maryland’s Department of Sociology hosts a resource called The Sociological Cinema that’s dedicated to teaching and learning about sociology using videos. Founded in 2010 by three sociologists, Valerie Chepp, Paul Dean, and Lester Andrist, who shared an interest in using videos for effective sociology instruction.

The site features documentaries, news clips, and bits of popular films but what makes the site stand out is its tags and categories that allow you to browse films by topic. For instance, if you click on the Marx/Marism tag you’ll find discussions of explaining Marx using Pink Floyd or Les Misérables, and the Commodification tag will provide you with video of Portlandia, Cornel West, and Macklemore.

By Ben Tucker, Social Sciences Librarian

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