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FALL 2013
AFL-CIO gift a “game-changer”
The historical archive of the AFL-CIO will make the university a center for labor studies, President Loh announced at a ceremony on October 1.
As the largest archival gift ever received by the University Libraries,
the donation will fill six miles of shelving—a distance, Loh noted in his remarks, that stretches nearly two-thirds of the way from College Park to the U.S. Department of Labor headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Vast collections dating back 150 years will help labor researchers
understand pivotal social movements, including those to gain rights for women, children and minorities.
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka spoke of the many stories
contained within the archive, found, for example, among the minutes of local union meetings or in personal letters. “The recovery of useful stories from the grist of the past requires skill and talent, and a lot of hard work on the part of archivists and historians, journalists and union activists,” Trumka said. “Each of us has a role, and together… as a community… we will struggle with and debate the meanings of the narratives within these archives.”
Two boys work in a textile mill in dangerous conditions, ca 1900.
Right: AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. Other speakers at the celebration included Mike Miller, President, Senate of Maryland; Leonard Howie, Secretary, Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation; Paula Peinovich, President, National Labor College; and Patricia Steele, Dean, University Libraries.
Publishing fund expands open-access support Know your rights Open resources cut costs, multiply public access to research and textbooks as an author If you’re publishing in open access journals, you could
have your publishing fee paid by the University Libraries. A new publishing fund, aimed at increasing wide availability of UMD research results, opened to all faculty, students and post-doctoral researchers this fall. “It will really benefit any faculty member trying to make research freely available who is not able to afford the fee,” says institutional repository coordinator Terry Owen. The fund stems from the recommendations of the Senate Open Access Task Force to encourage authors to retain their rights as The creation authors. It also supports new publishing models and use of open that allow the public source textbooks to find and freely read scholarship. can greatly “[It] will give more notoriety to research benefit students here at Maryland,” says by making college Owen. “The goal is to allow researchers to make more affordable. research openly available in an affordable way.” Articles funded will be added to the Digital Repository at the University of Maryland (DRUM). Institutional repositories such as DRUM provide a digital home for your research that’s open, freely available and long-term. By depositing your scholarship, you not only make it more discoverable but also preserve access to it with permanent links. DRUM currently holds UMD theses, dissertations, and faculty and student research. Articles published with support from the new Open Access Publishing Fund are included in DRUM, thereby ensuring they are broadly and freely available.
Open Educational Resources Open access materials, including textbooks and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), benefit students by reducing some of the costs associated with higher education and by expanding access to valuable resources. “Open educational resources allow scholarly materials to be available to those who might not have other opportunities,” said Gary White, associate dean for the University Libraries. Open education resources are digital resources available for free or little cost to the public that are used in teaching and research. The resources can include course material,
journals, tools, and software. Professors can pick the resources suitable for their course and customize the material. “The creation and use of open source textbooks can greatly benefit students who would then not have to spend large amounts of money on commercial textbooks, making college more affordable,” says White. Books and supplies are a major expense for students. The average student will spend $1,200 a year on textbooks and course packets, according to a 2012 report from the nonprofit College Board. Many students enthusiastically support cheaper textbooks, which are just one facet of open educational resources. “Institutions and libraries will reap savings from not being forced to buy commercial journals and other products which currently constitute a huge portion of libraries’ budgets,” says White. “Faculty are currently giving away their research to commercial publishers who then charge exorbitant prices for libraries to buy back this content.”
Workshops October 22 and 24
When you publish a journal article, you sign a copy
right agreement. How can you negotiate your contract to make the most of your rights as a scholar, teacher and author? Learn how to preserve your rights to reproduce, distribute, and display the work you create. We’re offering two author-rights workshops as part of Open Access Week, October 21-25, 2013, an international event to increase support for open access.
Tuesday, October 22 10:00 – 11:00 am
Thursday, October 24 2:00 – 3:00 pm
McKeldin Library, Room 7121
More information about the fund: www.lib.umd.edu/oa/openaccessfund
Reserve a seat by registering online: www.lib.umd.edu/oa/openaccessweek
Open Educational Resource Guide: http://lib.guides.umd.edu/oer
Questions? Contact Terry Owen: towen@umd.edu
3D printing comes to McKeldin Used for prototyping especially in fields
such as engineering or design, “additive manufacturing,” or 3D printing, is now avail able in McKeldin Library. The printer is open to faculty and students to create any object they want to render in plastic. Printed models are $0.20 per gram, with the average model weighing around 15 grams. Printing can take from an hour to 10 hours depending on size and resolution. Ready to start? Visit the TLC to set up a file of the model in stereolithographic (STL) format. Questions? tlc@umd.edu or (301) 405-9056. The 3D printer is part of a suite of new and upcoming technology-focused services, which include the Tea Time Tech Talks (pg 2).
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
IN BRIEF
SPEAKING OF BOOKS: Conversations with Campus Authors ADVENTURES OF A DEAN: A Primer on Business School Management
SAVING COLLEGE RADIO: WMUC Past, Present and Future
You request, we deliver Identify a book in the online catalog and we’ll deliver it to
your department. How’s that for service? If you’re a faculty member (20742 ZIP code), request any book found in the catalog to be brought almost to your door. The book should arrive in about 3 days if there’s a copy at a campus branch library and in about 6 days if it’s coming from another Maryland university. The service expands the branchto-branch delivery that began last fall. Look for the eye-catching red pouch. Questions? askmckcirc@umd.edu or (301) 405-9046 or search for “department delivery” at lib.umd.edu.
November 13, 2013, 3:30 p.m.
September 2013 - July 2014 Monday - Friday, 10:00am-5:00pm
Maryland Room Gallery, Hornbake Library An exhibit documenting the rich history of the University of Maryland’s radio station. www.lib.umd.edu/wmuc
DMITRY BYKOV: THE SOVIET LEGACY
November 1, 2013, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
6137 McKeldin Library Join prominent Russian author, poet, and journalist Dmitry Bykov who twice won Russia’s National Bestseller Award and is a well-known critic of the Russian government. Bykov’s visit is sponsored by the Maya Brin Endowment.
ACS ON CAMPUS
November 4 , 2013 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 pm Stamp Student Union
November 5, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Busboys and Poets, Hyattsville Outreach program sponsored by the American Chemical Society dedicated to helping students, post-docs and faculty advance their careers. Hosted by the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the UMD Libraries. Register online at lib.umd.edu by searching the news briefs.
McKeldin Library 6137 Howard Frank chronicles his 11 years as dean of the R.H. Smith School of Business when he led the school to the top 10 in the world of research, discussing the opportunities and risks facing deans.
OPENING RECEPTION FOR GAO XINGJIAN ART EXHIBITION
December 3, 2013, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Self-serve holds
Art Library Gao Xingjian is the first and only Chinese winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (2000). The exhibition focuses on Xianjian’s style that merges aesthetics from Chinese and Euro-Americans. The artist’s reception will include a book signing of the exhibit catalog, The Inner Landscape: Paintings of Gao Xingian, authored by Professor Jason Kuo. The exhibition will be on display through December in the Art Gallery, Art-Sociology building.
You can now self-check your requested books waiting
for you at McKeldin. Requested books that you choose to pick up in the library have moved across from the checkout desk, making it easy for you to find your book and self-check it. All requests except Interlibrary Loan items are included in this service. Ready to try it out? Find your book alphabetically by your last name. All the books are placed backwards so that Origin of Species will be indistinguishable from Game of Thrones.
Research commons planned Plans are taking shape to introduce a host of services
gauge student learning? How about talking with your colleagues about whether mobile devices are distracting in the classroom? Tea Time Tech Talks are the casual conversations to do just that. Librarians or faculty will begin the talks as modera tors but will rely on discussion by the participants. The talks are the beginning of a collaborative effort with the Division of Information Technology to offer learning services in a central location focused on technology.
l Is it ‘Fair’ to Use Open Source Resources? What happens when Open Source meets Fair Use? What are your thoughts? Are you aware of the rich array of open source materials available within your discipline? Do you have favorites to share?
l My Professor, My “Friend” How do you establish boundaries for social (media) behavior in your classes?
l Securing the Perimeter: Is it Possible? Is security possible in online assessments? What are your strategies for trying to limit the potential for cheating when tests and other assessments are delivered online?
Please join us for an upcoming discussion.
The University of Maryland Libraries enable the intellectual inquiry and learning required to meet the education, research and community outreach mission of the University. Architecture Library Art Library Engineering & Physical Sciences Library Hornbake Library McKeldin Library Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library Priddy Library at Shady Grove White Memorial Chemistry Library
Designing rubrics to support online instruction Thursday, October 24 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. McKeldin 2109
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Tea-Time Tech Talks in the TLC
to support faculty and upper-level researchers in a space in McKeldin Library to be known as a “research commons.” A task-force report outlining the vision for such a space identifies needs and steps to advance this priority project, which will also include a hefty web presence that centralizes access to new services and partnerships. In an environment where new technologies, new peda gogies, new publishing models for scholarship and new learning environments are changing daily, the report says, librarians are working to address the changing needs of the academic community. Library administrators point to the swift emergence of MOOCs, or massive open online courses, as one example of evidence for the need to provide new ways to support faculty. “We have long supported faculty and graduate students by providing resources and services to meet their research and teaching goals,” said Patricia Steele, dean of the University Libraries. “Increasingly we do this by being on the forefront of technology and trends. Our goal is not only to anticipate needs, but also to lead change. The concept of a research commons accomplishes just that.” A benefit of a research commons will be its central offering of core services, or “one-stop shopping,” that will include, for example, support for managing and preserving data, developing research proposals, publishing scholarship, understanding copyright issues, and more. Based in part on survey findings of university students and faculty, the report also reveals a strong desire among faculty for bibliographic management support, or assistance with software that can help organize and leverage research citations. Such support will be integrated into ramped-up services independent of a defined physical space. A research commons in McKeldin Library will be phased in over several years, with a goal to provide flexible space that is adaptable over time.
How do you share your expected outcomes for a course or assignment with your students? How are you integrating rubrics into assessment?
Things That Go Bump in the Classroom Thursday, October 31 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. McKeldin 2109 What do you do when technology fails and there’s still 45 minutes of class time? What backup plans have worked for you, whether you are teaching online or in a traditional classroom?
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