Visiting Subject Librarian William Dansoh from the University of Kwazulu-Natal, Edgwood Library in South Africa sits down with Fred to talk about his time at ASU. William visited Arizona as a participant in a librarian exchange program that is part of the Carnegie Corporation sponsored Research Libraries Consortium project. The purpose of this project is to obtain insights into research libraries within the United States, especially focusing on how academic librarians collaborate with and support research faculty and post-graduate students. William also expressed an interest in seeing how technology supports research in the libraries.
During the discussion we will learn how William was selected for the internship, what he hoped to learn, his internship experiences, and a comparison between research libraries in the United States and South Africa.
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.
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.
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. Download Podcast in MP4 format (Chapter Enhanced AAC)
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.
Tammy Allgood welcomes Allison Leaming, business librarian, and Dr. Ralph Gabbard, associate director, of Fletcher Library at the West campus for a travelogue about their trip to China in late spring of 2007. Ralph and Allison visited Chinese libraries and met people interested in developing international partnerships with the ASU Libraries. Many outstanding institutions were toured including the National Library of China, Tsinghua University Library, Liaoning University Library, Sichuan University Library and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. They will also discuss their experiences with the people, places and culture of China.
We start off 2008 with a new edition to our series Faculty and Librarians Team-up for Student Success. We are joined by Librarian Leslee Shell from the Fletcher Library on the ASU West campus and Ken Sweat from the Integrated Natural Sciences Department at the West campus to discuss new teaching methods for students of biology.
Ken and Leslee joined forces to get students past the heady language associated with scientific literature and tap into the vast resources available to them. There is a lot of language students may not recognize and far more resources today then there were just a few years ago. Leslee was also looking at bringing library instruction directly to the students and their curriculum.
Leslee Shell and Ken Sweat
They work with concepts students can relate to and utilize material built around an innovative program linking cell biology, genetics and ecology via a focal organism, the desert tree lizard, as a model organism integrated into a core curriculum.
Leslee and Ken work to engage students in the learning process, encourage them to ask questions and begin seeking information on their own.
This episode is a part of the ASU Faculty and Librarians Team-Up for Students Success series looking at new teaching methods and techniques that capture students’ imaginations, build confidence and provide the skills they need to succeed.
In the third part of our China Initiatives Series we are pleased to welcome Sichuan University Librarian and Professor Dr. Yao Leye and Assistant Librarian of Chinese Studies Qian Liu as they discuss the similarities and differences between the sister libraries of Arizona State University and Sichuan University. They also discuss Dr. Yao’s reaction to the Confucius Institute Exhibition, library collections and development policies, digitization, and the Million Books Project.
We continue our series Faculty and Librarians Team-up for Student Success with History and Political Science Bibliographer Ed Oetting and Associate Professor of History Dr. Andrew Barnes. Andrew and Ed collaborate on an online history methodology course which includes an embedded library component. The goal of the library component is to teach students how to do valid historical research online via web based library resources. They faced the challenge of creating effective tutorials and assignments for students around the world that may never set foot in the library.
This episode is a part of the ASU Faculty and Librarians Team-Up for Students Success series looking at new teaching methods and techniques that capture students’ imaginations, build confidence and provide the skills they need to succeed.
University Archivist and Head of Archives and Special Collections, Rob Spindler and Curatorial and Museum Specialist Karrie Porter Brace discuss Arizona State University’s early research scientists durring the first days of transformation from a small college to a true university. These scientists’ at ASU helped others to understand venomous animals, meteorites, genetics, rare earth oxides, frozen deserts, and local geology.
The exhibit is installed in the lobby of the Noble Science and Engineering Library through the Spring 2008 semester. It was previously located in the Luhrs Gallery and Luhrs Reading Room on the fourth floor of Hayden Library on the Tempe campus.
Barrett, The Honors College has recently presented an exhibit in the Hayden Library featuring the history of the Flinn Foundation Centennial Lecture, the works of this year’s Centennial Lecturer Anna Quindlen, as well as the history of Barrett at ASU. Join host Fred McIlvain for this interview with special guest Mark Jacobs, Dean of Barrett, The Honors College as they discuss these topics as well as the future growth of Barrett.
This year the Flinn Foundation Centennial Lecturer is Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author Anna Quindlen. Her lecture, “The Value of Reading and Writing in a Democratic Society” will be presented on November 13, 2007 at 7:00pm at the Gammage Auditorium on the Tempe campus. Tickets are free but are required and will be available at Barrett, the Honors College, the ASU Bookstores, Changing Hands Bookstore and Borders Books throughout the Valley.
The exhibit is on display in the lobby of Hayden Library and is available during normal library hours through December 14, 2007.
Join Jonna Anderson, Clinical Assistant Professor from the College of Nursing and Healthcare Innovation, and Danielle Carlock, librarian as they discuss the partnership they have formed to prepare students to be evidence based practitioners.
This episode is a part of the ASU Faculty and Librarians Team-Up for Students Success series looking at new teaching methods and techniques that capture students’ imaginations, build confidence and provide the skills they need to succeed.
