A Bi-Weekly Update
3/18/11
Unveiling of Muhlenberg College Digital Commons
For the past year, Trexler Library, in conjunction with several departments across campus, has been busy creating and populating an online archive, dubbed the Muhlenberg College Digital Commons. Still very much under construction, the Digital Commons already includes selections of
- publications by Muhlenberg faculty and staff
- materials from Trexler Library Special Collections
- images of fine art from the College Art Gallery’s Tonner Collection and Curtis Photogravures
While intellectual property issues remain a significant challenge, the goal over time is to provide a permanent, digital archive the content of which can be retrieved with all major web search engines and is freely available to the public at large.
Join us on Friday, April 29, from 1-2 p.m. on level A of the library, for an unveiling of the Muhlenberg College Digital Commons. Refreshments will be served.
Online Access to Springer Journals
College faculty, staff, and students can now can access 1,700 journals from Springer-Verlag with coverage from 1997 to present. Subjects covered focus on the natural sciences but also include significant titles in behavioral sciences, humanities, social sciences and law.
Visit SpringerLink at: http://0-www.springerlink.com.library.muhlenberg.edu
or go to the library website: http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/ -> Databases A to Z.
The New York Times
Recent changes at the New York Times will likely affect public access to the newspaper’s website. Nonetheless, you will still be able to retrieve all NYT content with our current subscription coverage. The library has a print subscription to the newspaper. In addition, multiple online retrieval points are available through the library catalog entry for the New York Times Online:http://192.104.181.216/record=b1483155
Infomaniac Tip
Music Treasures Consortium
The Library of Congress recently launched the Music Treasures Consortium, which “provides online access to the world’s most valued music manuscripts and print materials, held at the most renowned music archives, in order to further research and scholarship.” The collection brings together materials from the British Library, Harvard University, the Library of Congress, the Juilliard School, the Morgan Library & Museum, and the New York Public Library. Search or browse at www.loc.gov/musictreasures/.
Calendar of Events
3/21 – Broadcast of UNESCO National Poetry Day on WMUH 91.7: 1 hour of poetry–original and/or public domain–read by Muhlenberg faculty and students(WMUH, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.)
4/6 – AP History Research Day with East Penn High School (9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.)
4/29 – Muhlenberg College Digital Commons Inaugural Reception (level A, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.)
5/6 – Trexler Library Annual Book Sale (library front steps, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.)
