A Bi-Weekly Update
4/29/11
Muhlenberg College Digital Commons Up and Running
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 in its infancy, this Commons already includes hundreds of images and documents, and we hope it will continue to grow in leaps and bounds as a stable, publicly and freely available archive of Muhlenberg-affiliated materials.
To peruse the Digital Commons, visit the library home page, and choose Special Collections, or go directly to: http://www.muhlenberg.edu:8080/librarydspace.
Specific collections in the Commons to date include:
- Center for Ethics (photos of CFE events)
- Martin Art Gallery (several hundred pieces of fine art from the Art Gallery)
- Muhlenberg Scholarly Publications (citations of faculty and staff pubs.–plus text as copyright permits)
- Trexler Library Special Collections and Archives (selected documents and images)
Congratulations to Our 2011 Library Scholars
Congratulations to the winners of the 2011 Trexler Library Scholars competition:
- Bill Konicki (nominated by Dr. Erika Iyengar)
- Charlotte Green (nominated by Dr. Susan Schwartz)
- Stephanie Plumeri (nominated by Dr. Art Raymond)
The Trexler Library Scholar awards recognize students who have demonstrated growth in and increased understanding of information literacy through independent study. Students were nominated by faculty, and the winners were chosen through an application process.
Congratulations again to our 2011 Library Scholars!
Infomaniac Tip
Next Week in History: The First American in Space
On May 5, 1961, “Navy Commander Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. […] launched into space aboard the Freedom 7 space capsule, becoming the first American astronaut to travel into space. The suborbital flight […] lasted 15 minutes and reached a height of 116 miles into the atmosphere.” Read more athttp://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-first-american-in-space.
The following selected resources showcase a variety of primary sources related to space exploration.
NASA Images
http://www.nasaimages.org/
“NASA Images was created […] to bring public access to NASA’s image, video, and audio collections in a single, searchable resource. The site contains everything from classic photos to educational programming and HD video, and is growing all the time as we continue to gain both new and archived media from all of NASA’s centers.”Sputnik and the Space Race (Eisenhower Presidential Library)
http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/Research/Digital_Documents/Sputnik/Sputnikdocuments.html
A collection of primary sources on Sputnik and the early history of NASA, including: memos, text of presidential addresses, public statements, and more.NASA Historical Archive for Manned Missions
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/inforcenter/history/history.html
Includes summary documents and chronologies of aeronautics and astronautics, as well as images of and technical documents for manned missions.
Calendar of Events
5/4 – Graphic Novels Display. Graphic novels created by students of Profs. Amra Brooks and Amze Emmons on display (level A, reception at 3:30 p.m.).
5/6 – Trexler Library Annual Book Sale (library front steps, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.).
5/10 – Copyright, Education, and You: Duke U. attorney Kevin Smith addresses the subject of academic copyright. Q&A included (Seegers 111 and 112, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.).
