Another Blog from a Librarian (as if we need one)

From: Scrivener, Laurie L.
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 3:26 PM
Subject: Undergraduate Research Award from the University Libraries

I’m happy to announce that the library will again be sponsoring undergraduate research awards. Would you mind sharing this information about the awards with faculty in your areas and encouraging students to apply?

Best,

Laurie

The deadline for the Undergraduate Research Award is coming up. Students must apply with OU’s CASH system by February 1st, 2019 to be eligible for the award. 

The OU Libraries seek to acknowledge undergraduate research of all kinds and in a variety of formats. For example, successful projects may:

• incorporate primary sources from the Libraries’ special collections;
• take the form of digital scholarship that integrates digital techniques and tools;
• result in the visualization of spatial or numeric data;
• reflect creative scholarship such as poetry, music, film, and other forms of individual expression grounded in research.

Up to three awards may be given. One each in the amounts of $1,500, $1,000, and $750.

For questions about the application process or the evaluation process, please email Magen Bednar (magen.bednar@ou.edu). 

From: Scrivener, Laurie L.
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2018 8:51 AM
Subject: database trial: Women and Social Movements in Modern Empires Since 1820

Dear Colleagues,

Through September 30^th we have a trial of a database, Women and Social Movements in Modern Empires Since 1820. The database contains 75,000 pages of historical documents in full text exploring prominent themes in world history since 1820: conquest, colonization, settlement, resistance, and post-coloniality, as told through women’s voices. If you click on the trial link and then click “browse document clusters” you can see that the database covers Asia, Europe, Native women in North America, and much more. (See publisher’s page for more information).

This is a direct link to the trial or find it alphabetically under the “Databases & E-Reference” link on the library’s home page. In the database A-Z listing there is a link to a survey to provide us feedback about the database. Please fill out the survey if you are interested in this database!

Feel free to share this email with colleagues or students who might be interested in this resource.

Best,
Laurie

From: Scrivener, Laurie L.
Sent: Friday, February 9, 2018 9:33 AM
Subject: Alternative Textbook Grants

Dear Colleagues,

I’ve been asked to forward you this information about the library’s Alternative Textbook Grants; please pass on to faculty in your departments.

OU Libraries’ Alternative Textbook Grants help reduce the cost of course materials by supporting the adoption, modification, or creation of open course content. Open Educational Resources (OER) are educational materials that are distributed at no cost and with legal permission for the public to freely use, share, and build upon the content. OER  inspire pedagogy and give faculty more freedom over their instructional materials and. To date, the Alternative Textbook Grant has saved OU students $1.9 million. Apply today to enable new ways of learning or attend a drop-in session to learn more. Applications are due 3/2/2018.

Best,
Laurie

From: Scrivener, Laurie L.
Sent: Tuesday, November 7, 2017 9:19 AM
Subject: new database: Pravda

Dear Colleagues,

I’m happy to let you know that the library has added the Russian newspaper Pravda to our database list. Here is a direct link to it, or find it in the A-Z list on the library’s home page.

Pravda Digital Archive 

Pravda was the official voice of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Russia) between 1918 and 1991; the digital archive covers 1912-2016.

Please share with colleagues who might be interested in this resource.

Best,
Laurie

CORRECTION: the database actually cover 1912-2016

From: Scrivener, Laurie L.
Sent: Wednesday, August 9, 2017 8:50 AM
Subject: database trial: Pravda Digital Archive

Dear Colleagues,

We currently have a trial of the Russian language newspaper, Pravda, for the years 1918-1991. The trial runs through September 8th. For more information about the database see this link.

This is the link to the trial, or find it alphabetically under the “Databases & Reference” link on the library’s home page. Please feel free to share this email with colleagues or students who might be interested in the database.

Best,
Laurie

From: Scrivener, Laurie L.
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 11:46 AM
Subject: database addition: Intelex Past Masters- now with The Works of Niccolò Machiavelli

Dear Jamie, Keith, and Waleed,

I wanted to let you know that the database Intelex Past Masters has recently added The Works of Niccolò Machiavelli. See this link for more information on the new content; other works in the database are listed below, and here.

To access the database click on the link below, or, from the library’s home page, click on “databases & e-reference materials,” and then the letter “I.”

Database description:

Intelex Past Masters
A humanities database containing the full text of the following titles in English translation: Aquinas: Collected Works; Augustine: Works; Montaigne: Complete Works; Machiavelli: Works; Montesquieu: Complete Works; Motif-Index of Folk Literature; Plotinus: Enneads; Suárez: Opera Omnia; and Wright: Works and Correspondence.

Please forward this information to any faculty or students who might be interested, and I’ll also post it to my blog and to Twitter.

Best,

Laurie