QuestionPoint update

Hello QP Chatters,

At yesterday's QP virtual users' group, Carol Bonnefil spoke about the technical problems we've been experiencing during June and July. QP wants all chatters to report such problems, including crashes, slow downs, error messages, etc. at the time they are happening, using the Support and Feedback link at the top of the QuestionPoint login page.

I just wanted to point out that we should all report problems DIRECTLY TO QP and not to your QP service manager at your library. The more immediate the report, the better QP can do its trouble shooting.

thanks,
Lynn

Lynn Jones
Co-chair UC Digital Reference Common Interest Group
Reference and Instruction Librarian

Local reel-to-reel media conversion

Q:
Hello, I was wondering if there was a reel-to-reel audio player available for student use in the library. I have an old recording from the late 1950s or early 1960s that I'd like to see if the recording is still audible, and if so, I'd like to digitize it so that I could have a permanent, functional copy of it.

A:
I contacted our library Media Center and we do not have that kind of
machine or service available. A web search came up with this one local resource:

Dejavu Video Services: Media Conversion and Duplication
Located in The Old Sash Mill, 303 Potrero Street, Santa Cruz
http://www.dejavuvideoservices.com/audiotocd.html

Ref Desk hours: July 24th-September 23rd

The hours for the Ref Desk will remain 1pm-5pm for the rest of the summer (through September 23rd). Regular quarter hours resume on September 24th.

UCB campus library closures

Just in case you haven't already heard, all libraries reporting to the University Librarian will be closed on Saturdays which the exception of the Moffitt Library and the Gardner Stacks. While Doe will be closed, users can get into the stacks through Moffitt.

Access to Moffitt is still retricted, so users must show UC ID to enter. Here's the official announcement:

Libraries close Saturdays

Due to campus budget reductions, libraries at UC Berkeley that are part of The University Library will be closed on Saturdays from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010. See below for exceptions.

Libraries affected

• Doe Library building
• Anthropology
• Art History/Classics
• Bancroft
• Biosciences and Natural Resources
• Business/Economics
• Chemistry
• Earth Sciences/Map
• East Asian
• Education/Psychology
• Engineering
• Environmental Design
• Math/Statistics
• Music
• Optometry
• Physics/Astronomy
• Public Health
• Social Welfare

Exceptions
Open on Saturdays for UC ID holders only:

• Moffitt Library - 668 reader seats
• Gardner (Main) Stacks - 400 reader seats

To help meet the increased demand on these facilities from UC Berkeley students and faculty, day passes will not be issued for Saturday access. They are still available to qualified researchers for use on other days; for details, see Privileges and Access Information.

Check the Library web site for a listing of campus libraries and their hours. The "Calendar" links give the current month's hours for each library.

Ref Law book on Reserve

Hi All,

Instructor Coonerty has requested that International Law Frameworks (KZ 3110.B42 2001) be placed on Reserve for Legal Studies 173. The item is a McH Ref Law book, so I wanted to let you know that students may come around asking for it over the next several weeks. Mr. Coonerty will let his students know the book will be available on the 2nd floor of the library, not at the main circulation desk.

Thank you,

Amy

Array of New Digital Resources from CDL, 2009

As part of its collaborative mission and if one-time funds are available, CDL acquires digital rights in perpetuity to important scholarly resources. CDL was able to purchase perpetual rights to eight new resources with end-of-year funds in June 2009.

The resources purchased by CDL were all top priorities requested by UC bibliographer groups, particularly African Studies, Califa, English and American Literature, GILS, News, and Performing Arts. Because such decisions must be made within a short period of time, preference is generally given to resources that can be accommodated under an existing license or whose licensing terms are expected to be straightforward. All UC campuses will have access to the new resources at no additional cost in FY 2009/2010.

Following is a brief summary of the new consortial acquisitions.

CDL Acquisitions in FY 2008/2009

Archivision Digital Research Library – 28,000 images of art, architecture, gardens, parks and historic or contemporary sites from all over the world. The Visual Resources group has requested Archivision as their #1 priority for a number of years. Archivision is hosted on the ARTStor platform and is now available to all UC users.

LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection Part A (1824-1979) -- Public policy starts and ends with Congressional committee hearings. In these hearings, Congressional committees assess, amend, approve or kill legislation, as well as oversee the implementation and effectiveness of previously enacted legislation falling under their jurisdiction. The LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection forms an unparalleled documentary record of events and public policy issues faced by America, as well as the objectives and actions of Congress in dealing with these events and issues. In addition to responding to long-standing selector recommendations, this acquisition will also facilitate shared collection management initiatives for government documents.

San Francisco Chronicle , 1865-1922 (ProQuest) – Founded by two brothers in 1865 when the West was still wild, the San Francisco Chronicle covers the completion of the transcontinental railroad, the Klondike gold rush, the S.F. earthquake and fire of 1906, America's entry into World War I, and the many events that shaped the San Francisco Bay region. The Historic S.F. Chronicle can be cross searched with the Historical Los Angeles Times (an earlier CDL purchase) for complete historical coverage of the State of California.

African Writers Series (ProQuest) -- The Heinemann's African Writers Series includes seminal works from the canon of African literature of the 20th century: influential stories, drama, poetry, author biographies and literary works from notable authors such as Nelson Mandela and Nadine Gordimer.

The next four resources were purchased from Alexander Street Press, an independent publisher of highly acclaimed and unique digital collections.

Latin American Women Writers – A collection of over 100,000 pages of literature by Latin American women from the colonial period in the 17th century forward to the present. Latin America and its literary culture encompass twenty diverse countries, each with its unique voice and struggle for independence after the end of colonization. The collection includes memoirs, essays and literature in the original language of the writers.

North American Theatre Online – More than 40,000 pages of critical, in-copyright reference works about authors, plays, theatres, productions, production companies, casts and related information covering the world of theatre from colonial times to the present. This reference collection includes upgrades to CDL's previously purchased Black Drama (Vol. 2 upgrade) and Twentieth Century North American Drama as well as a new resource, North American Indian Drama.

Theatre in Video – Theatre in Video contains over 250 of the world's most important 20th century plays together with over 100 video documentaries, including the BBC Shakespeare Series, delivered in streaming video. When using Theatre in Video together with North American Theatre Online, students will be able to find the complete performance of a play in streaming video, its full text, production background, reference materials and related ephemera.

Women and Social Movements in the United States: 1600 to 2000 -- CDL originally purchased this award-winning collection in 2005 and we are now upgrading to the Scholar's Edition, featuring 75,000 additional pages of scholarly material about women's activism in public life since 1963.

Lastly, the remainder of CDL end-of-year funds have been used to extend the SCOPUS pilot through the end of December 2010. This will allow the CDC Scopus evaluation task force as well as individual UC libraries and research departments more time to complete their evaluation and analysis of this tool.

Graphing demographic data

This is an interesting website for graphing demographic data. Limited datasets available but you can load your own data.

http://stats.oecd.org/oecdfactbook/

-Greg

New Gov data and stats site

Take a look at the newly launched government data and statistics site. Looks like a very professional, 2.0 type of site full of demographic, scientific, and geographic data. http://www.data.gov/

-Lucia

New APA website

I have not yet ordered the 6th edition of the Publication Manual but wanted to alert you to this new website.
Karen

Begin forwarded message:

Colleagues:

On June 30th the APA launched a new website for APA Style. Many staff members have been devoted to building this fully redesigned site, which was designed in accordance with the new APA website and has been timed to be launched with the sixth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.

The expanded web presence is key to this edition of the Publication Manual. It will offer users a number of resources to help them learn APA Style, including free tutorials, sample papers, FAQs, online courses with CE credit, an APA Style blog, and background information on all aspects of scientific writing. Please check it out at www.apastyle.org, where you can

-Look up additional supplemental material keyed to the book.
-Test your knowledge of APA Style with a free tutorial on style basics
-Learn about the changes in the sixth edition with a free tutorial reviewing key revisions
-Sign up for an online course to enrich and enhance your understanding of APA Style
-Read the APA Style blog and share your comments on writing and referencing
-Consult frequently asked questions to sharpen your understanding of APA Style
-Examine additional resources on such topics ethics, statistics, and writing
-Familiarize yourself with submission standards for APA books and journals