Anali Perry hosts a discussion with three ASU professors about Open Access issues, their own open access activities, and the Open Access Week exhibit at the Tempe campus October. 12-23.  The Open Access movement encourages providing access to scholarly literature that is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.

 
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For more information about Open Access please visit the Scholarly Communication LibGuide.

Dr. Jane Maienschein is a Regents’ Professor, President’s Professor, and Parents Association Professor,  and Director of the Center of Biology & Society in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University and Director of the Embryo Project Encyclopedia.  Dr. Maienschein is also featured on another Library Channel Podcast where she goes into more detail about the Embryo Project.

Dr. Claudia Mesch is an Associate Professor of Art History in the School of Art at Arizona State University and founding editor of the Journal of Surrealism and the Americas.

Dr. Michael Smith, Professor of Archaeology in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at ASU, also blogs about archaeology and scholarly publishing at Publishing Archaeology.

Host:
Anali Perry

Guests:
Dr. Jane Maienschein
Dr. Claudia Mesch
Dr. Michael Smith

Running Time: 35:32

In order to create and refine library services and resources to support the faculty of the New American University, it is imperative that we in the libraries have a clear understanding of their research process.

In part two Dr. Keith Kintigh the associate director of the School of Human Evolution and Social Change show the evolution and history intellectual threads and activities of his work that have gotten including archaeological fieldwork, southwest biocomplexity, the development of quantitative and formal methods, his involvement with the Society for American Archaeology, and tDAR – The Digital Archaeological Record. Keith will also talk about needs for broad-based information infrastructure and his collaboration with the library and how this relationship forms new analogies.

The program concludes with questions from the audience and closing remarks by Associate University Librarian Dr. John Howard. Dr. Howard discusses what this exciting research at ASU means to the library in capturing dynamic scholarly research, maintaining them over time and making research available to diverse communities.

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Dr. Keith Kintigh is the associate director of the School of Human Evolution and Social Change. Dr. Kintigh’s career-long commitment to understanding political organization in middle-range societies has focused on the Cíbola area along the Arizona-New Mexico border near Zuni Pueblo. Kintigh’s other major research focus has been on the development and application of quantitative methods in archaeology. Part 1 features Dr. Jane Maienschein discussing The Embryo Project and its partnership with the ASU Knowledge Network. Speaker: Keith Kintigh Introduction: Vicki Coleman Closing Comments: John Howard

Episode 74
Running Time 44:30

In order to create and refine library services and resources to support the faculty of the New American University, it is imperative that we in the libraries have a clear understanding of their research process.

In part one Dr. Jane Maienschein discusses The Embryo Project and its partnership with the ASU Knowledge Network.

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Note: This is an enhanced podcast with dynamic links, chapters, and slides from Jane’s presentation. It is best viewed in iTunes. This program is also available as a standard MP3 at The Internet Archive.

Dr. Jane Maienschein, Regents’ Professor, President’s Professor, and Parents Association Professor, serves as the director of the Center for Biology and Society in the School of Life Sciences. Dr. Maienschein specializes in the history and philosophy of biology and the way that biology, bioethics, and biopolicy play out in society.

Next time: Part 2 features Dr. Keith Kintigh the associate director of the School of Human Evolution and Social Change with closing remarks from Associate University Librarian Dr. John Howard.

Speaker:
Jane Maienschein

Introduction:
Vicki Coleman

Episode 73
Running Time 40:51

Cathy Norton wraps up her discussion digitizing biodiversity and Phil Konomos, Head, Informatics and Cyberinfrastructure Services follows with remarks on the expanding role of the ASU Libraries in building digital repositories through the ASU Knowledge Network.

Concluding from Part One, Cathy discusses Biodiversity Informatics, Web 2.0 components of the Encyclopedia of Life, challenges for contemporary digital libraries, the uBio Name Bank, and new innovative ways of applying data.

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About the Program: While much of the biodiversity of the world lies in remote areas and developing nations, vast storehouses of biodiversity information are contained within the major libraries and museums of the developed world. The Biodiversity Heritage Library is providing access to the rich literature of science for people across the globe by taking these materials off the shelves and onto the Internet. Founded by 10 museums and libraries, the BHL is undertaking a vast digitizing effort to scan biodiversity materials and make them freely available, anywhere, anytime. Cathy Norton,director of the Marine Biological Laboratory and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library, will discuss the BHL project and its role in the Encyclopedia of Life project. Ms. Norton will also highlight taxonomic intelligence algorithms included in the BHL that allow researchers to search information based upon historical scientific and common names of organisms.

This program is also available as a standard MP3 at The Internet Archive.

Speakers:

Cathy Norton
Philip Konomos

Episode 72
Running Time: 42:51

While much of the biodiversity of the world lies in remote areas and developing nations, vast storehouses of biodiversity information are contained within the major libraries and museums of the developed world. The Biodiversity Heritage Library is providing access to the rich literature of science for people across the globe by taking these materials off the shelves and onto the Internet. Founded by 10 museums and libraries, the BHL is undertaking a vast digitizing effort to scan biodiversity materials and make them freely available, anywhere, anytime. Cathy Norton,director of the Marine Biological Laboratory and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library, will discuss the BHL project and its role in the Encyclopedia of Life project. Ms. Norton will also highlight taxonomic intelligence algorithms included in the BHL that allow researchers to search information based upon historical scientific and common names of organisms.

Vicki Coleman, Associate University Librarian at the ASU Libraries, provides a brief introduction.
 
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This is a special chapter enhanced show with concurrent slides and URLs of Cathy’s presentation. It is best heard in Quicktime or iTunes. Click here to access files directly from iTunes University at ASU.

This program is also available as a standard MP3 at The Internet Archive.

For more information please visit:
Biodiversity Heritage Library
Marine Biological Laboratory Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library
Encyclopedia of Life project

Speaker:
Cathy Norton

Introduction by:
Vicki Coleman

Episode: 70
Running Time: 50:16

Next Time: On March 27, 2008 we will present Part 2 of Digitizing Biodiversity Literature for the World where Cathy Norton wraps up her discussion, Phil Konomos, Head, Informatics and Cyberinfrastructure Services follows with remarks on the expanding role of the ASU Libraries in building digital repositories through the ASU Knowledge Network.

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Part 2 of The Library Channel’s special three-part video series from FORO 2007: The Transborder Library Forum held in 2007 at Arizona State University.

Dennis S. Karjala, the Jack E. Brown Professor of Law at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, considers the basic notion of “intellectual property” and problems with its legal protection:

• Why too much protection is a bad idea
• Why enforcement is sometimes difficult
• Why the scope and duration of intellectual property rights are limited in comparison with rights in tangible property

He describes how copyright subject matter has traditionally been distinguished from patent subject matter and how our treatment of computer software has blurred the issue and undermined attempts to make sensible information policy decisions with respect to digital works.

Karjala then considers the enforcement problems for copyright-protected works that the internet has posed, such as P2P networks and the liability of internet service providers for infringements that occur on or through their systems. He also talks about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which potentially gives vastly expanded rights to copyright owners with little or no quid pro quo to content users. He considers the adequacy of the notion of “copying” as a measure of the protected property right, using the Google Library Project as an example. Finally, he outlines the Berne Convention and the WTO TRIPS agreement as the current source of international copyright law.

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Fred and Mimmo welcome Jeanette Mueller-Alexander and Rosa Gonzalez to the show to discuss the upcoming FORO 2007, held this year on the ASU Tempe campus. The 2007 Transborder Library Forum / FORO Transfronterizo de Bibliotecas cultivates a venue for the cooperative exchange of ideas, and the discussion of experiences and efforts concerning the provision of library services in the border regions between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.

Rosa and Jenny will answer questions about FORO and discuss its history, how it operates, programs offered, the role of the U.S. Embassy, the interest of the international community, bilingual presentations, and more.

The 2007 FORO theme Bridging the Digital Divide: Crossing All Borders challenges us to explore and celebrate the ways in which information professionals in our border regions can further cooperate and solve common problems related to our digital information world with topics relating to:

• Intellectual Property Rights;
• Information and Indigenous Peoples;
  & culture preservation; Technology & information in remote areas, etc.
• Librarians: Professional Education and Preparation under NAFTA.

To find out more about FORO 2007 go to the official website and this related article about the event.

A spanish transcript of this podcast will be made available later this month.

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Episode 34

© 2007 Arizona Board of Regents

On October 3, 2006 Tammy Allgood was joined by three librarians and a contract specialist from the Collections and Scholarly Communications Office at ASU Libraries to discuss the ongoing crisis in scholarly communication, a crisis defined by current trends in information and resource sharing that seriously affect how the academic world distributes knowledge. Access to information has traditionally been a central concern of libraries in general, but business models adopted by many publishers in our digital age have proved to be problematic.

The group also mentions updates which will be coming soon such as negotiation guides, an improved website and a podcast on copyright issues.

For more information please visit the Scholarly Communication webpage.

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Episode 24

What We Did This Summer:

A round table discussion about what ASU Libraries have done over the summer preparing for the fall semester.

Host: Fred McIlvain

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© 2006 Arizona Board of Regents

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