Portal to Asian Internet Resources (PAIR)

December 10, 2008 – 3:05 pm

Some of you may be interested in using the Portal to Asian Internet Resources.   the Portal is a joint project between the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ohio State University Libraries, the University of Minnesota Libraries,  which provides a searchable catalog through which scholars, students and the general public have quick and easy access to high quality Web resources originating from Asia.

The catalog offers an entry point to quality Asian materials that too often are neither easily identifiable nor usable due to the limitations of existing search engines. Materials support research and teaching in higher education and benefit scholars who do not have ready access to the expertise of area library specialists and collections of major research libraries as well as business, government and media professionals and other audiences.

http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/PAIR/index.html

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New online edition of the Yearbook of the United Nations (2005)

November 24, 2008 – 8:15 pm

The newest (60th) edition of the Yearbook of the United Nations is available online in a browseable PDF format!

“The Yearbook of the United Nations is the principal reference work of the United Nations and provides a detailed overview of the Organization’s activities. Each Yearbook is fully indexed and includes all major General Assembly, Security Council and Economic and Social Council resolutions.”
Access this publication as part of the complete collection (1946-2005) here:
http://unyearbook.un.org/

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New study examines the role of technology in documenting human rights abuses

November 6, 2008 – 11:57 am

Global Resources News: Preserving Electronic Documentation on Human Rights

Many major research universities, such as Columbia University, Duke University, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of California, Berkeley, Yale University, McGill University, and the University of Connecticut, collect and preserve the papers of human rights organizations, jurists and activists. Many more universities support the training of human rights lawyers and advocates. Hence we are happy to report that the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation recently awarded the CRL Global Resources Network funding to support a two-year project to examine the use of technology by human rights organizations to document human rights abuses.

Sponsored by the foundation’s Human Rights and International Justice Program, the GRN project will analyze technologies used by human rights monitoring and activist groups in three world regions to identify ways in which documentation produced with those technologies can be maintained and protected for long-term use. GRN will work with Human Rights Watch, WITNESS, the International Center for Transitional Justice, and other human rights organizations on the project.

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FOCUS on Global Resources newsletter-Fall issue

November 1, 2008 – 8:28 pm

New Fall issue of “FOCUS on Global Resources”, from the Center for Research Libraries, highlights primary resources on the Manhattan Project

http://www.crl.edu/focus/TOC.asp

In This Issue

* Bernard F. Reilly, Jr.
President, Center for Research Libraries

Recently the successful trial of the Large Hadron Collider brought the awesome power and mystery of the atom once again to the attention of many outside the physics community. The history of atomic science is the subject of this issue of FOCUS on Global Re-sources, in particular the Manhattan Project and development of the first nuclear weapon during World War II.

The topic was chosen by the Center’s Liberal Arts Interest Group, a group formed within the CRL membership to identify primary source materials for use in undergraduate teaching and research. The group determined that Manhattan Project resources could contribute to upcoming advanced seminars in history at a number of CRL universities and colleges. CRL digitized key materials for use in those seminars, and this issue points to some of them.

As Janet Farrell Brodie of Claremont Graduate University notes in her introduction to the collection, this material contradicts or raises new interpretive possibilities with regard to long-held narratives about the Manhattan Project. We hope that this sampling also serves as an introduction to other CRL holdings on the subject, available through interlibrary loan to researchers at CRL member institutions.

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Library of Congress Orientation and Tour-GMU Libraries @ Arlington

October 20, 2008 – 11:56 am

The GMU Arlington Campus Library will be sponsoring a research orientation and tour of the Library of Congress Orientation.  Both sessions are geared toward University students, staff, and faculty researchers who are interested in learning more about the vast array of resources available to them at the “largest library in the world”.

Darren Jones, a Reference Librarian from the LoC will be provide an orientation to the Library of Congress on Thursday (11/6) in the Arlington Campus Library-Instruction Room from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm.  This session is designed as a basic introduction to using the Library of Congress collections and resources, and an opportunity to network with Library of Congress reference professionals.

On Friday (11/7), we will be meeting up with Mr. Jones at the Library of Congress for a research tour of the facility including the Main Reading Room, reference resources, and possibly some “behind the scenes” areas of the Library, from 2:00-4:00pm.
Attendees who are interested in getting a Library of Congress Readers Card during the tour will be asked to fill out and submit an application form in advance of the trip.

The two sessions are independent events, however, although some may find it advantageous to attend both.
If you are interested in attending either of the sessions please register at ittraining.gmu.edu
[Register for this workshop]

Registration for the Tour is required so that we can account for everyone before beginning the tour.

Questions?     Contact the Arlington Campus Library Reference Desk at 703-993-8230
LeRoy LaFleur, Head-Arlington Campus Library

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GMU Libraries hires new Global Programs/Foreign Languages Librarian

October 11, 2008 – 11:53 am

Elena Landry joins George Mason University and GMU Libraries as the new Global Programs/Foreign Languages Liaison Librarian.  In this newly defined position, Elena will be responsible for serving as the Libraries’ primary contact to the Modern and Classical Languages department, the undergraduate Global Affairs Program, the Center for Global Ethics, and the Center for Global Education. As liaison librarian her responsibilities will include reference and research consultation, collection development, instruction, and outreach activities that reflect the University’s increasing emphasis on internationalizing the curriculum. Elena will also be working closely with other liaison librarians coordinating acquisition of discipline-based foreign language materials in support of education and research.

Elena’s office is in Fenwick Library.  She can be reached at phone number (703) 993-9527or by email at elandry@gmu.edu

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