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Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Memorial Hall Tours
2:30-3:15 pm
3:30-4:15 pm
Memorial Hall
45 Quincy Street
The Communications and Orientation Committee of the Librarians' Assembly is sponsoring two tours of Memorial Hall on Wednesday, April 2. Whether you've attended shows in Sanders Theatre or only seen its tower from across campus, Memorial Hall is a campus landmark that may hold a bit of mystery for Harvard staffers: If it's not a church, why does it look so churchy? Does the inside of Annenberg Hall really look just like Hogwarts' dining hall? What's this new pub I've heard about? Join Raymond Traietti, assistant director of the Memorial Hall Complex, for this unique opportunity to tour the facility and hear answers to your questions about its concept and construction, unique architectural features, and the myriad roles it serves in the Harvard community.
There will be a lottery to assign spaces. If you are interested, RSVP to Mindy Kent (mkent@law.harvard.edu) or Reed Lowrie (lowrie@fas.harvard.edu) before Thursday, March 27, at 5 pm. Please state a preference (if any) of which tour you would like to take. A lottery will be held to choose 25 people for each slot. For a building overview to whet your appetite, please visit http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~memhall/concept.html.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Open Meeting on Aleph Acquisitions/Serials
3:00-5:00 pm
Lamont Forum Room
Lamont Library
The Aleph Acquisitions Working Group invites you to attend a discussion of Aleph functionality related to acquisitions and serials. Topics to be covered include: Order Loader, EDI invoices, EDI orders, enhancements expected in Aleph Version 19, and and update on the Verde project (electronic resources management).
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Chamber Music
8:00 pm
Edison and Newman Room
Houghton Library
Theatre Collection, 617-495-2445
Michael Zaretsky, viola, and Alyna Polyakov, piano, perform works by Schubert, Hindemith, Brahms, and Shostakovich. Please note: All concerts are sold out.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Cataloging Discussion Group Meeting
10:00 am-12:00 pm
Lamont Forum Room
Lamont Library
Nell Carlson, 617-495-6728 or ncarlson@hds.harvard.edu
The Cataloging Discussion Group will meet to hear an update on Resource Description and Access (RDA) and the recommendations of the Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control. This program is presented by NELINET and sponsored by the Cataloging Discussion Group. The event is free, and members of the Harvard community do not need to register. The NELINET program description follows.
Cataloging Landscape Update: RDA and LC Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control
It is a time of change for cataloging, but what kinds of changes, when are they likely to happen, and what will they mean for us? Cataloging standards and practices are being reexamined and rethought in two parallel processes: new cataloging rules (Resource Description and Access, or RDA) are being developed, and at the same time the Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control has made a number of recommendations that may transform the roles and relationships of LC and the cataloging community. Come hear the latest about the changing environment for cataloging. This two-hour program will feature Diane Baden, head librarian, Cataloging Department, at Boston College and member-at-large of the ALA ALCTS Cataloging and Classification Section Executive Committee. It will be helpful for you to familiarize yourself with the LC Working Group's Final Report in advance of the program. The report is available here. There will be plenty of time for discussion, so bring your questions!
Friday, April 11, 2008
Aeon Open Session
1:30-3:00 pm
Lamont Forum Room
Lamont Library
Representatives from Atlas Systems will be at Harvard on this date to provide an introduction to the Aeon system. Aeon is designed for special collections libraries and reading rooms as both a circulation and workflow management application that improves customer service and staff efficiency while providing unparalleled item tracking, security, and statistics. Atlas Systems is the vendor of the ILLiad system in use in a number of libraries across Harvard. This general session for interested staff of all Harvard's libraries will include a detailed overview of the Aeon system with time for questions. Broad participation from across the libraries is encouraged.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Harvard Librarians and Hurricane Katrina: The Work Continues
12:00-1:30 pm
Lamont Forum Room
Lamont Library
Please join us for a discussion of the work that Harvard librarians have done in response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster, hear about what's happening now, and learn about ways you can still get involved. We'll start with short multimedia presentations by Heather L. Greer, Cabot Library technical services assistant and Simmons GSLIS student, and reference librarians June Casey and Elizabeth Lambert from the Law School Library. They will highlight their work restoring a small library in New Orleans in 2006, creating a workshop to assist homeowners with grant applications in Biloxi in 2007, and working with Law School students to help victims appeal FEMA decisions in 2008. Other participants in Hurricane Katrina-related volunteer activities will be on hand to share their experiences, and we welcome you to share yours or just learn about what others have done. The speakers will provide contact information for selected organizations for anyone who wants to explore ongoing volunteer opportunities.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Sharing, Privacy, and Trust in Our Networked World
12:00 pm
Aldrich 12
Harvard Business School
A brown-bag lunch with Cathy De Rosa, OCLC vice president for the Americas and global vice president of marketing. She will speak about OCLC's most recent membership report, "Sharing, Privacy and Trust in Our Networked World." This OCLC membership report explores the web of social participation and cooperation on the Internet and how it may impact the library's role, including the use of social networking and social media. The report is based on a survey of the general public from six countries and provides insights into the values and social-networking habits of library users. Preview the report here. This event is organized by HBS Knowledge and Library Services and the Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Digital Humanities Talk Series: Digital Models of Ancient Rome
4:00 pm
IIC
60 Oxford Street, Room 330
Making Culture Virtual: Recent 3D Modeling Projects at the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities. Speaker: Dean Abernathy, associate director of IATH, assistant professor of architecture, University of Virginia.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
ULC Meeting
8:00-11:00 am
90 Mt. Auburn Street
Room 007
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Exotic Languages and Metal Type
5:30 pm
Edison and Newman Room
Houghton Library
Hope Mayo, 617-495-2444 or mayo@fas.harvard.edu
J. F. Coakley, manuscript cataloger, Houghton Library. Since the early days of printing, types have been made to reproduce exotic languages, including languages with intractable character sets and strange punctuation. Hebrew, Syriac, and Arabic, traditional languages of scholarship, were three of these that gave problems to type-makers and printers right up to the end of the letterpress era—but also resulted in some beautiful and sophisticated types that even in digital times excite our admiration.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Brown-Bag Lunch Presentation: Wills, Power of Attorney, and Health Care Proxy
12:00-1:30 pm
Lamont Forum Room
Lamont Library
Kevin Lau, 617-496-9310 or klau@gsd.harvard.edu
The Benefits Committee of the Librarians' Assembly will present this program on the benefits and process of creating a will, living will, power of attorney document, health care proxy and much more. Bill Snell, attorney for Harvard's Will Power & Trust program, will provide an overview of the procedure and share his knowledge of what these documents mean regardless of a person's age group. This event is open to everyone, and participants will have the opportunity to ask the presenter questions.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Informal Lunch for Library Staff
12:30-1:30 pm
Radcliffe Room
Schlesinger Library
3 James Street
Reed Lowrie, 617-496-5534 or lowrie@fas.harvard.edu
Please join your colleagues for an informal lunch and conversation with librarians from across the university. Our presenters will be David Cobb, curator of maps and head of the Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library; Mindy Spitzer Johnson, curator of visual and digital resources, Special Collections, Harvard Law School Library; and Connie Rinaldo, librarian, Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. An RSVP is not necessary. Please bring a brown-bag lunch; desserts will be provided by your hosts.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Just Health: Meeting Health Needs Fairly
4:30-6:00 pm
Minot Room
Countway Library of Medicine
10 Shattuck Street
Boston
Roz Vogel, 617-432-4807 or rvogel@hms.harvard.edu
Notable Books Series—Lectures at the Countway Library of Medicine: "Just Health: Meeting Health Needs Fairly." Dr. Norman Daniels, professor of population ethics and health at Harvard School of Public Health, talks about what we owe each other by way of protecting our health through medicine, public health, and broader social determinants; and addresses practical issues that affect both developed and developing countries, integrating concerns about justice with an interest in global health. This lecture is open to the public. A book signing and reception will follow in the Lahey Room.
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MAY
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Bryant Fellowship Lecture
3:00-4:00 pm
Lamont Forum Room
Lamont Library
Michael Bradford, 617-384-7826 or mbradford@hds.harvard.edu
The Professional Development Committee of the Librarians' Assembly is pleased to invite you to a Bryant Fellowship Lecture. Our speaker will be Marilyn Morgan, manuscript cataloger at the Schlesinger Library, who was awarded a Bryant Fellowship in 2007. Her lecture is entitled "Aesthetic Athletics: Advertising and the Eroticizing of Professional Women Swimmers." The Douglas W. Bryant Fellowships are awarded to individual Harvard librarians in support of the direct costs of their independent scholarly research, and support research by Harvard’s professional library staff in bibliography, in historical aspects of librarianship, in production of reference and bibliographic works, and in other scholarly investigations, which may be outside the field of librarianship.
Wednesday, May 7, 2007
Workshop: Using EAD (Encoded Archival Description)
9:00 am-5:00 pm
ELF2 Classroom
Lamont Library
This workshop offers a basic introduction to finding-aid markup using the EAD document type definition. It is designed for Harvard staff who contribute finding aids to the OASIS system. Anyone interested in the EAD is welcome. Instructors will be Susan von Salis (curator of archives, Harvard University Art Museums) and Kim Brookes (EAD training consultant).
The workshop is free, but space is limited. To register, please submit an EAD Workshop registration form. OIS staff will confirm your registration within a day or so. Seating preference will be given to those actively involved (or planning to be involved) in the creation of finding aids for archival and manuscript collections. If you have questions about workshop registration, send a message to training@hulmail.harvard.edu. If you have questions about workshop content, consult information on the web or contact Susan von Salis (susan_vonsalis@harvard.edu).
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Harvard–Yenching Library Annual Book Sale
10:00 am-3:00 pm
Common Room
Harvard—Yenching Library
2 Divinity Avenue
This sale includes Chinese, Japanese, and Korean books and periodicals. We will also be selling Harvard—Yenching Library holiday and note cards from past years.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Tour of Baker Library/Bloomberg Center
1:30-3:00 pm
Baker Library
25 Harvard Way
Allston
Michael Bradford, 617-384-7826 or mbradford@hds.harvard.edu
The Professional Development Committee of the Librarians' Assembly is pleased to announce an upcoming tour. Harvard Business School's Knowledge and Library Services welcomes you for a tour of the Baker Library/Bloomberg Center that will include Historical Collections (the de Gaspé Beaubien Reading Room), the Bloomberg Exchange, and the Stamps Reading Room. Tour guides will be Del Hornbuckle, associate director, Information Services, and Tim Mahoney, manuscripts librarian. Please sign up for the tour by filling out the poll, which will close at midnight on April 28. We hope you can join us!
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Presentation: Dan Clancy, Google Book Search
2:30-4:00 pm
Askwith Lecture Hall
Longfellow Hall
Harvard Graduate School of Education
13 Appian Way
Dan Clancy, engineering director for Google Book Search, will give a talk entitled "Google's Role, Libraries' Role: Who Does What in Information Discovery." In addition to heading the Google Book Project for the past several years, Dan served on the Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control. Prior to joining Google in 2005, he was the director of the Exploration Technologies Directorate at NASA Ames Research Center. He received his PhD from the University of Texas at Austin in artificial intelligence. Dan is energetic, lucid, given to straight talk, and an independent thinker. He brings a view of the world we are moving into which is quite different than that we are used to hearing in the library world. All interested staff are highly encouraged to attend what should be an interesting and provocative talk!
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Why Women Can't Be Doctors: The Medieval Origins of Women's Marginal Status in Medicine
4:30-5:30 pm
Countway Library
Harvard Medical School
10 Shattuck Street
Boston
More information
Lecture by Monica Green, professor of history, Arizona State University, and Countway Fellow, 2007-2008. This talk will go back to the European Middle Ages (and beyond) to examine how women came to be non-authorities even in the field of medicine traditionally deemed relevant to them gynecology and obstetrics. Reception to follow. RSVP to ARM@hms.harvard.edu.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Inhuman Research: Medical Experiments in German Concentration Camps
4:00-5:15 pm
Minot Room
Countway Library of Medicine
10 Shattuck Street
Boston
Roz Vogel, 617-432-4807 or rvogel@hms.harvard.edu
Notable Books Series— Lectures at the Countway Library of Medicine: "Inhuman Research: Medical Experiments in German Concentration Camps." Alfred Pasternak, MD, is a world expert on medical issues and the Holocaust, having lectured and published extensively on medical issues with respect to the German concentration camps during WWII. Dr. Pasternak, a child survivor of Auschwitz, investigates this relatively little-known chapter of Holocaust history by examining the existing records documenting Nazi human medical experiments and the lives of the doctors who conducted them. His talk will focus on the transformation of German medicine during the Nazi period, the types of experiments conducted, and the ethical evaluation of these events. This lecture is open to the public. A book signing and reception will follow in the Lahey Room.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
ULC Meeting
8:00-11:00 am
90 Mt. Auburn Street
Room 007
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Digital Humanities Talk Series: Art History and the Digital Humanities: One Foundation's View
2:00 pm
Barker Center, Room 133
The Samuel H. Kress Foundation has, since its inception in 1929, been strongly committed to the discipline of art history, and especially to the study, teaching, and conservation of European art and architecture, with a special focus on the period spanning antiquity and the early 19th century. In pursuing its mission, the Foundation has also been strongly committed to the entire information support infrastructure that has enabled art history to flourish in this country, helping libraries to acquire books and journals, helping them acquire image archives in various media, etc. The Kress Foundation is now grappling with the best way to engage with digital technologies in the context of its abiding mission and the needs of the key communities it seeks to serve. In this talk, speaker Max Marmor, the recently appointed president of the Kress Foundation, will share his early thoughts about "Art History and the Digital Humanities" and the contributions the Kress Foundation hopes to make in this domain, while also seeking guidance from his audience as to ways in which the Foundation can be most helpful to the discipline of art history as it navigates the new waters of the "digital humanities."
Friday, May 16, 2008
May Cataloging Discussion Group
11:00 am-12:30 pm
Lamont Forum Room
Lamont Library
Nell Carlson, 617-495-6728 or ncarlson@hds.harvard.edu
The Cataloging Discussion Group will meet to discuss the new Harvard research guide for photography, Photographica, "an interactive research guide for photographic studies research, created by Harvard College librarians in collaboration with Harvard faculty and departments." Amanda Bowen (head of collections, Fine Arts Library), Melissa Banta (curatorial associate, Weissman Preservation Center), and Robert Burton (project cataloger for photographs, Weissman Preservation Center) will introduce this new resource. The presentation will include a discussion of Photographica links of particular interest to catalogers as well as an introduction to A Directory to Photographs at Harvard. A question-and-answer period will follow. The resource may be accessed here.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Librarians' Assembly
2:00-4:00 pm
Austin North Classroom
Austin Hall
Harvard Law School
Karen Carlson Young, 617-495-4285 or karen_young@harvard.edu
The Assembly will focus on collaborative efforts between and among faculty and librarians. Featured presenters include Robert Darnton, Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and Director of the University Library; Susan Gilroy, head of Reference Services in HCL's Lamont Library; Karen Heath, Expository Writing Program in Harvard College; and Barbara Esty, curriculum services specialist, Knowledge and Library Services, Harvard Business School. There will be time for questions and answers following the presentations. Please join us!
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JUNE
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine
4:30-6:00 pm
Minot Room
Countway Library of Medicine
10 Shattuck Street
Boston
Roz Vogel, 617-432-4807 or rvogel@hms.harvard.edu
John Abramson's book Overdosed America "provides detailed arguments on the false conclusions reached from research on such topics as the prevention of coronary heart disease and hip fractures. Abramson explains why those conclusions are distorting the web of interlocking monetary relationships among the pharmaceutical industry, academic research physicians, the Food and Drug Administration, leaders within the National Institutes of Health, and some of the hallowed organizations that promulgate evidence-based medicine—with the nation's prestigious medical journals often serving as unwitting collaborators in the distortions. Moreover, responsibility for the overdosing of America goes far beyond the drug industry, resting equally with the nation's physicians." Book signing and reception to follow lecture in the Lahey Room.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
ULC Meeting
8:00-11:00 am
90 Mt. Auburn Street
Room 007
Friday, June 20, 2008
June Cataloging Discussion Group
10:00-11:30 am
Lamont Forum Room
Lamont Library
Nell Carlson, 617-495-6728 or ncarlson@hds.harvard.edu
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JULY
Friday, July 18, 2008
July Cataloging Discussion Group
11:00 am-12:30 pm
Lamont Forum Room
Lamont Library
Nell Carlson, 617-495-6728 or ncarlson@hds.harvard.edu
The Cataloging Discussion Group will meet to hear updates from the American Library Association Annual Conference. Several presenters will report on meetings held at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim that are of particular interest to catalogers. Others who attended meetings of general interest are also invited to share information with the group. The meeting is open to all members of Harvard's library community.
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