Yale University Library Newstag:www.library.yale.edu,2008:/librarynews//182008-11-19T16:42:47ZMovable Type 3.35Library Green Team Blog Now Livetag:www.library.yale.edu,2008:/librarynews//18.4362008-11-19T15:26:41Z2008-11-19T16:42:47ZThe University Library has launched a blog to document the actions and activities of the Library Green Team, a group of staff from across the Library system working to make Yale University Library a greener and more sustainable workplace. Visit...Geoffrey Little
blog to document the actions and activities of the Library Green Team, a group of staff from across the Library system working to make Yale University Library a greener and more sustainable workplace. Visit the blog to find out what we're doing to reduce energy consumption, increase recycling, and promote environmentally sustainable work practices to support of Yale's wider goal of reducing its carbon footprint.
The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library also has a blog, 'The Greening of the Beinecke', that describes their green goals and actions. ]]>
Genius in a Bottle: Perfume as a Copyrightable Creative Work?tag:www.library.yale.edu,2008:/librarynews//18.4292008-11-14T13:50:34Z2008-11-17T14:00:45ZCharles Cronin Information Society Project, Yale Law School Monday, November 17, 3:00 p.m. [Not 4:00 p.m. as earlier advertised] Sterling Memorial Library Lecture Hall, 128 Wall Street Free and open to the public Copyright protects expressive works of intellectual endeavor:...Geoffrey Little
Charles Cronin
Information Society Project, Yale Law School
Monday, November 17, 3:00 p.m. [Not 4:00 p.m. as earlier advertised]
Sterling Memorial Library Lecture Hall, 128 Wall Street
Free and open to the public
Copyright protects expressive works of intellectual endeavor: literature, music, films, perfume... Perfume?? "Yes," said the Netherlands Supreme Court in a recent decision; "Yes" and "No" have said various French courts grappling with the same question over the past twenty-five years. This presentation considers whether copyright should be extended to such products of human ingenuity, and the role of human perception in determinations of copyright eligibility. We will experiment with a number of fragrances, and all who attend should leave in an "odour of sanctity" (or at least that of Chanel).
This is the first lecture in a new series devoted to copyright and intellectual property being sponsored by the University Library and the Information Society Project. Future speakers include:
James Neal
Vice President for Information Services & University Librarian, Columbia University
December 2, 3:00 p.m.
Sheree Carter-Galvan
Copyright Counsel, Yale University
February 2, 2009, 3:00 p.m.
Kenny Crews
Director of the Copyright Advisory Office, Columbia University
March 5, 2009, 3:00 p.m.
All lectures are free and open to the public and will take place in the Sterling Memorial Library lecture hall, 128 Wall Street. For more information, contact Geoffrey Little.]]>
New Look for the Visual Resources Collectiontag:www.library.yale.edu,2008:/librarynews//18.4282008-11-12T15:54:18Z2008-11-12T15:59:08ZNew features and a bold new design are now available for Yale University Library's Visual Resources Collection (VRC). The VRC contains over 250,000 images of art, architecture, and art objects used by students and faculty in teaching and learning. The...Geoffrey Little
Visual Resources Collection (VRC). The VRC contains over 250,000 images of art, architecture, and art objects used by students and faculty in teaching and learning.
The new design, released now in its initial beta phase, is called Metagallery and allows users to login and create groups, browse groups created by others, and even add their own items to groups. Metagallery is available to anyone on the Yale campus at http://images.library.yale.edu/metagallery.
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Trial Subscriptions to the Historical Guardian and Observer & Documents on British Policy Overseastag:www.library.yale.edu,2008:/librarynews//18.4262008-11-06T21:21:36Z2008-11-06T21:35:02ZThe Library has trial subscriptions to two new databases: The Historical [Manchester] Guardian and Observer and Documents on British Policy Overseas . The Historical [Manchester] Guardian and Observer covers the period 1791 -2003; it is part of the suite of...Geoffrey Little
The Historical [Manchester] Guardian and Observer and Documents on British Policy Overseas .
The Historical [Manchester] Guardian and Observer covers the period 1791 -2003; it is part of the suite of ProQuest "Historical Newspapers Complete" which you can get to from the Databases web page or with this link Historical Newspapers Complete: http://proquest.umi.com/login.
Use the drop-down menu to select the Historical Guardian and Observer, or "select multiple databases" to search this newspaper along with others.
Documents on British Policy Overseas provides users with access to a wide range of primary source documents from Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), shedding light on throughout the twentieth century. Selected and edited by the official historians of the FCO, Documents on British Policy Overseas includes many documents specifically de-classified for inclusion in the series.
Documents on British Policy Overseas contains three distinct collections, which together form a continuous exploration of British foreign policy and diplomatic history:
-British Documents on the Origins of the War 1898-1914
-Documents on British Foreign Policy 1918-1939
-Documents on British Policy Overseas
For more information see: http://dbpo.chadwyck.com/info/about.do. To use the database go to: http://dbpo.chadwyck.com/.
Comments about these databases can be directed to Susanne Roberts. A reminder that off-campus readers will need to log-in to Library resources via VPN or the Proxy Server. Click here for more information.
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November 11: The Founding Fathers and the American Monarchytag:www.library.yale.edu,2008:/librarynews//18.4252008-11-05T21:00:06Z2008-11-05T21:02:17ZFrank Prochaska Lecturer and Senior Research Scholar Department of History, Yale University Tuesday, November 11, 4:00 p.m. Sterling Memorial Library Lecture Hall, 128 Wall Street Free and open to the public | Reception to follow Having witnessed a watershed moment...Geoffrey Little
he Eagle and the Crown: Americans and the British Monarchy (Yale University Press, 2008) will discuss his new book and will argue that America’s Founding Fathers created what Teddy Roosevelt later called an “elective king” in the office of the president, conferring quasi-regal status on the occupant of the Oval Office and his successors.
Frank Prochaska has taught, researched, and published British history for more than thirty years. He received his PhD from Northwestern University in 1972 and has taught in various American and British Universities, including Northwestern; the University of Wisconsin, Madison; St. Hugh's College, Oxford; University College London; Royal Holloway College, London University; and Yale in London. He has been a Research Fellow at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine and a Visiting Fellow at All Soul's College, Oxford. He is currently an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Historical Research in London, an Honorary Research Fellow at Royal Holloway College, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
The lecture is free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception.
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Celebrating the 80th Anniversary of the OEDtag:www.library.yale.edu,2008:/librarynews//18.4212008-10-31T15:33:09Z2008-10-31T15:40:55ZThe Library and Oxford University Press sponsored a panel lecture on October 1, 2008 to celebrate the 80th birthday of the OED, the comprehensive dictionary of the English language. The speakers were Fred Shapiro, Simon Winchester, Jesse Sheidlower, and Ammon...Geoffrey Little
Yale iTunes U web site.
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Looking for Richard Wrighttag:www.library.yale.edu,2008:/librarynews//18.4202008-10-31T14:18:01Z2008-10-31T14:32:08ZIn this new Netcast from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Caryl Phillips, Professor of English at Yale University and the author of eight novels, two anthologies, and three works of non-fiction, describes his process of writing the introduction...Rebekah Irwin
Caryl Phillips, Professor of English at Yale University and the author of eight novels, two anthologies, and three works of non-fiction, describes his process of writing the introduction to the Vintage Books, British edition of Richard Wright’s landmark text, Native Son. The Richard Wright Papers are held at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
You can listen to and download the podcast free via the Beinecke’s Blogs & Podcasts page and through Yale's iTunesU web site.]]>
Future Social Science Library and StatLab Focus Groupstag:www.library.yale.edu,2008:/librarynews//18.4192008-10-28T14:36:34Z2008-10-28T14:50:52ZGraduate students in the social sciences are invited to attend focus groups to discuss future plans for the Social Science Library and StatLab in light of Yale's plans to build two new residential colleges in the Prospect-Sachem triangle. For more...Geoffrey Little
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Blood and Soil: Genocide in World History, October 29tag:www.library.yale.edu,2008:/librarynews//18.4152008-10-26T13:36:12Z2008-10-26T13:39:23ZBen Kiernan A. Whitney Griswold Professor of History & Director, Genocide Studies Program Yale University Wednesday, October 29, 4:00 p.m. Sterling Memorial Library Lecture Hall, 128 Wall Street Reception to follow | Free and open to the public For thirty...Geoffrey Little
Ben Kiernan
A. Whitney Griswold Professor of History & Director, Genocide Studies Program
Yale University
Wednesday, October 29, 4:00 p.m.
Sterling Memorial Library Lecture Hall, 128 Wall Street
Reception to follow | Free and open to the public
For thirty years Ben Kiernan has been deeply involved in the study of genocide and crimes against humanity. He has played a key role in unearthing confidential documentation of the atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge and his writings have transformed our understanding not only of twentieth-century Cambodia, but also of the historical phenomenon of genocide.
Kiernan examines outbreaks of mass violence from the classical era to the present, focusing on worldwide colonial exterminations and twentieth-century case studies including the Armenian genocide, the Nazi Holocaust, Stalin’s mass murders, and the Cambodian and Rwandan genocides. He identifies connections, patterns, and features that in nearly every case gave early warning of the catastrophe to come: racism or religious prejudice, territorial expansionism, and cults of antiquity and agrarianism.
October 25: Library Open House and Parents' Weekendtag:www.library.yale.edu,2008:/librarynews//18.4102008-10-21T16:09:49Z2008-10-21T16:38:35ZThe Library's annual fall Open House is this Saturday, October 25 from 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Sterling Memorial Library. The event coincides with Parents' Weekend and Yale parents and members public are warmly invited to take advantage of...Geoffrey Little
Tam Rankin.
10:30–11:15 a.m.: Tour of the library's stained glass with Judy Schiff. Please meet opposite the Circulation Desk near the guard station.
10:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.: Manuscripts and Archives Open House.
11:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m.: Bass Library tour with Danuta Nitecki. Please meet in the Thain Family Café.
12:30–2:30 p.m.: Tours of the Sterling Memorial Library's public areas. A new tour leaves every 30 minutes; the first begins at 12:30 p.m. and the last at 2:30 p.m. Tours take approximately 40 minutes. Please meet opposite the Circulation Desk near the guard station.
The Library's Preservation Department will also have an information table in the Sterling nave and Yale University Library merchandise will be on sale. Start your Christmas shopping early!]]>
Portraits of Painterstag:www.library.yale.edu,2008:/librarynews//18.4082008-10-20T14:31:57Z2008-10-20T14:39:22Z Portraits of Painters: Drawings by George Vertue and Horace Walpole's Anecdotes of Painting in England Lewis Walpole Library Farmington, Connecticut The exhibition includes drawings by George Vertue (1684-1756) as well as the related prints published in volumes of Horace...Geoffrey Little
Portraits of Painters: Drawings by George Vertue and Horace Walpole's Anecdotes of Painting in EnglandLewis Walpole Library
Farmington, Connecticut
The exhibition includes drawings by George Vertue (1684-1756) as well as the related prints published in volumes of Horace Walpole’s Anecdotes of Painting, published between 1762 and 1771.
The Lewis Walpole Library is a research library for eighteenth-century studies and the prime source for the study of Horace Walpole and Strawberry Hill. Its collections include significant holdings of eighteenth-century British books, manuscripts, prints, drawings and paintings, as well as important examples of the decorative arts. Housed in an historic frame house in Farmington and given to Yale by Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis and Annie Burr Lewis, the Lewis Walpole Library is a department of Yale University Library.
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Long Road to Freedom: A 90th Birthday Tribute to Nelson Mandelatag:www.library.yale.edu,2008:/librarynews//18.4072008-10-20T13:52:18Z2008-10-20T14:06:02Z Long Road to Freedom: A 90th Birthday Tribute to Nelson Mandela Sterling Memorial Library October-December 2008 This exhibition traces important events in Mandela's life including his early years and schooling, his increasing militancy, political activities, arrests, and imprisonment, as...Geoffrey Little
Long Road to Freedom: A 90th Birthday Tribute to Nelson Mandela
Sterling Memorial Library
October-December 2008
This exhibition traces important events in Mandela's life including his early years and schooling, his increasing militancy, political activities, arrests, and imprisonment, as well as his release and election as the first post-Apartheid president of South Africa. The exhibit also features fascinating Mandela-related ephemera, such as a pillow, a placemat, an apron, tee-shirts, a handbag, and a puzzle. Materials on display are drawn from Sterling Memorial Library, the African Collection in Manuscripts and Archives, and the collection of Dorothy Woodson, African Collection curator.
The exhibit is free and open to the public Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:45; Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.; Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.; and Sunday 12 noon to 5:45 p.m. Sterling Memorial Library is located at 120 High Street, New Haven. “Long Road to Freedom” runs until December, 2008.]]>
Bass Library Birthday Party and Open Housetag:www.library.yale.edu,2008:/librarynews//18.4052008-10-16T13:51:47Z2008-10-16T13:56:28ZPlease stop by an Open House in the Thain Family Café on Friday, October 17 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. to celebrate the Bass Library's first birthday. Just one year ago, the Library opened at midnight to an estimated crowd...Geoffrey Little
Friday, October 17 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. to celebrate the Bass Library's first birthday. Just one year ago, the Library opened at midnight to an estimated crowd of 1,500 who gathered on the Cross Campus. To mark the success of the Bass Library and the way in which it has become a center for collaboration between students, faculty, and library staff, coffee, cookies, and cider will be served in the Thain Family Café. Take a break from studying (or Facebook) and stop by this Friday afternoon.
A gentle reminder that beyond the Café in the Bass Library, food cannot be consumed and liquids are only allowed in approved spill-proof containers.
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Noah Webster at 250tag:www.library.yale.edu,2008:/librarynews//18.4032008-10-14T15:29:09Z2008-10-14T15:30:47ZYale University will mark the 250th birthday of alumnus Noah Webster with a series of events on October 16-17 that range from special exhibits, lectures, and tour to birthday cupcakes inscribed with words that first appeared in Webster’s landmark 1828...Geoffrey Little
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Richard Wright, Native Son, and the Beinecke Library: Being Brought to My Sensestag:www.library.yale.edu,2008:/librarynews//18.4002008-10-13T17:41:11Z2008-10-13T17:49:56ZJonathan Holloway, Yale Professor of History, African American Studies, and American Studies recounts visiting the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library in his first month of graduate school and the transformative experience that grew out of his surprise encounter with...Rebekah Irwin
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library in his first month of graduate school and the transformative experience that grew out of his surprise encounter with Richard Wright's landmark text, Native Son.
You can listen to and download the podcast free via the Beinecke’s Blogs & Podcasts page and through Yale's iTunesU web site.]]>