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Publications
 


Jean Ann Croft
Preservation Librarian

Stars of the Eighteenth Century:  The Atlas Coelestis Sue Harmonia Macrocosmica. Co-author with Lance Lugar. ULS News, February 1999.


Doris S. Hayashikawa
Coordinator, Digital Research Library

Review of:  Practical Digital Libraries: Books, Bytes and Bucks, by Michael Lesk.  Published in: Journal of Internet Cataloging, vol. 1 (3), 1998, p. 67-69.


Ray Anne Lockard
Head, Frick Fine Arts Library

Helen Clay Frick:  Pittsburgh's Altruist and Gentlewoman AvengerArt Documentation 16 (Fall 1997):  9-14.


Rush G. Miller
University Librarian/Director, University Library System

Building Global Partnerships in the 21st Century: Envisioning the Global Virtual Library. in Proceedings of the International Conference on New Missions of Academic Libraries in the 21st Century. Beijing: Peking U. Press, 1998; pp. 267-270.


Susan Neuman
Head, Business Library

Advisory Board  Member for Gale Publication, Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries. Second Edition. Detroit: Gale, 1998.


Ammon Ripple
Reference/Public Services Librarian, Information Sciences Library

Adapting Quality Service Concepts to the Academic Library Environment. ULS News. March 1999, pp. 6-7.

Abstract: This article presents an overview of the issues regarding adapting quality service concepts designed for the business environment to an academic non-profit library environment. Complex and often conflicting customer needs as well as the tension between an educational model and a pure service model for library services are discussed. This article suggests that quality service concepts must be adapted for the academic library environment, but can be used effectively to keep our "customers" coming back and enhance the overall quality of the library and the services we provide.
 

Copyright Information. University Library System Website. http://www.library.pitt.edu/research/copyright/ . January, 1999 (ongoing).

Abstract: This page provides a resource guide and a FAQ for the University of Pittsburgh Community on copyright issues with a focus on copyright implications for the digital environment.  The publication will be expanded to include copyright issues related to different media and will incorporate questions asked by members of the university community.
 

Electronic Databases. Ripple, Ammon S., and Rachel Callison. in Instruction and Training for Enhanced Reference Service Using Hands-On Active Learning Techniques. Marilyn Whitmore and Anne Nolan, eds. Lancaster, PA: Library Instruction Publications, 1998. pp. 59-80.

Abstract: This chapter is designed for those training new librarians in the use of electronic library databases. Criteria for evaluating database products are presented including content/coverage, interface, and cost. Practical tips and handouts as well as general information are included to assist trainers. 


Karen Rondestvedt
Slavic Bibliographer

Growing Pains at REESWeb: Thoughts on Restructuring a Link Site Which Has Outgrown Its Organization. Journal of Internet Cataloging 1:3 (1998), 47-57.

Abstract: REESWeb: Russian and East European Studies Internet Resources is an annotated, subject-specific link site, part of the World Wide Web Virtual Library, begun in 1992-1993.  In its four years it has become a huge site and difficult to use.  A reorganization last year using Frames and shortened pages helped, but its structure still causes problems for users.  There are four basic reasons why the site is difficult to use in its present form: no search engine, split categories,  idiosyncratic terminology and idiosyncratic subcategorization.  The search engine problem will be solved soon after the site moves to a new server.  Another simple improvement will be to create a map of the site.  These two changes by themselves are not enough, because the site needs increased browsability.  The author explores various considerations involved in reorganizing REESWeb, taken from other Web sites, from subject cataloging and from indexing.

NOTE: both the abstract and the article are now a bit out of date, since REESWeb has now been moved to a new server, a search engine is functioning, and it is being moved from flat HTML files to database format. My collaborator and I will add subject descriptors to the annotations in the near future.


David Rosenberg
Faculty Librarian, Archives

Article (in French): Dissidence religieuse et activisme corporatif dans les metiers du textile: houppiers et sayeteurs protestants d Amiens dans les annees 1570. Published in: Bulletin de la Societe des Antiquaires de Picardie, No 3, 1998, 45 pages.

Review of: Fighter with A Heart: The Writings of Charles Owen Rice, by Charles McCollester. Published in: Pittsburghs Labor Priest (U. of Pgh. Press,1998) accepted for publication in Labor History (just appeared in Feb. 1999)

Article (in German): Die Schatten der Vergangenheit: Iniative bringt Bayer/USAin Bedraengnis. Published in: Stichwort Bayer, No. 4, 1998,  2
pages in, (Duesseldorf,); Published in Expres, Oct.,1998,  p. 9. (German labor union publication)


Kate Thomes
Head, Bevier Engineering Library

University Libraries in Transition, Kate Thomes and Karen Clay, ASEE Prism, April 1998, p. 26-29.

Abstract: Discussion of trends in scholarly communication and publishing, and the impact these have on academic library collections.


Tom Twiss
Reference/Instruction Librarian, Hillman Library 

Geographical Information Resources: Atlases, Maps, Gazetteers, & Travel Guides, by Marilyn P. Whitmore and Thomas M. Twiss.  in Anne Cerstvik Nolan and Marilyn P. Whitmore, eds., Instruction and Training for Enhanced Reference Service: Using Hands-on Active Learning Techniques:  Vol. 1. Categories of Fact & Finding Reference Resources, Lancaster, PA:  Library Instruction Publications, 1998, pp. 97-114. 

Abstract: This chapter discusses important geographical resources and offers tips for library instruction about these resources.
 

Federal Legislative Research on the Web. in Anne Cerstvik Nolan and
Marilyn P. Whitmore, eds., Instruction and Training for Enhanced Reference Service, Vol.2. Library Instruction Publications, 1998 (forthcoming).

Abstract: Discusses free web sites which can be used for legislative research.


Agnes C. Wen, Public Services Librarian, East Asian Library

Created Internet resources webpage for the teachers of East Asian Culture: Techniques for Exploration.


Peter Zhou 
Head, East Asian Library

Global resource sharing: a case study of trans-Pacific document
delivery between the University of Pittsburgh and Chinese libraries in
the Pacific rim, Proceedings of  the International Conference on New
Missions of Academic Libraries in the 21st Century, Beijing University
Press, 1998.

Reviewer for  The International Information & Library Review, London, UK. Reviewed one article in 1998.



 
 

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