May 2008 Archives

The Temple University Libraries is pleased to announce that the The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics is now available online. This second edition is updated from the 1987 edition and “contains over 1,850 articles by more than 1,500 of the world’s leading economists” (go here for a more complete publishing history). In addition to the great content, the online interface is superb, providing a table of contents on the left side of each entry linking to the abstract, keywords, article sections, See Also references, and a bibliography. Below the table of contents are links to related articles. Using TULink, you can go straight from items in the bibliography to available online full-text content or to the library catalog. You can browse entries alphabetically, by topic (classification scheme from Journal of Economic Literature), or search (simple or advanced). To learn more about this great resource, take the Tour.

Other Economics Reference Sources:
Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
Dictionary of Economics
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences

---Fred Rowland

The library is pleased to announce our purchased access to "Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives, and Reference Works" from Alexander Street Press. This electronic resources "contains real transcripts of therapy and counseling sessions and first-person narratives illuminating the experience of mental illness and its treatment, as well as reference works to contextualize the primary material... [and] currently includes approximately 34,600 pages of material, including more than 9,000 pages of session transcripts, more than 11,000 pages of client narratives, and more than 13,000 pages of secondary reference material." New material is added on a biweekly basis to this growing collection.

This resource is a valuable source of information for students, allowing them to see transcripts of real therapy and counseling sessions using a variety of techniques and practices.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Derik A. Badman
Reference Librarian for Education and Social Administration
dbadman@temple.edu

The 2008 Library Prize for Undergraduate Research winners and their faculty sponsors kindly agreed to be interviewed on their award winning research papers by librarian Fred Rowland. Each of the three students are as articulate and intelligent as the papers they've written. Listen to them talk about their research in their own words.

• Peter Leibensperger (interviewed with faculty sponsor Edward Latham)
  "Musical Ambiguity as Poetic Reflection: Mahler's Kindertotenlieder, No. 1, 'Nunn will die Sonn' so hell aufgeh'n!'" (Music Studies)
  Interview (MP3, 13 minutes)
  
  
• Natalia Smirnov (interviewed with faculty sponsor Paul Swann)
  "Before and After Photography: The Makeover Method to Discipline and Punish" (Film and Media Arts)
  Interview (MP3, 14 minutes)
  
  
• Maureen Whitsett (interviewed with faculty sponsor Elizabeth Varon)
  "Fenianism In Irish Catholic Philadelphia: The American Catholic Church's Battle for Acceptance" (History)
  Interview (MP3, 13 minutes)

And, returning faculty and students, start thinking about the 2009 Library Prize for Undergraduate Research!

I am delighted to welcome Jim Bongiovanni to Temple University Libraries. Jim joined us as the new Systems Librarian on May 1. Jim will manage ILS administration tasks, technical support supervision, help desk and inventory management, and other related projects.

Prior to joining us at Temple, Jim served as Assistant Librarian for Electronic Resources at St. Peter’s College in Jersey City, New Jersey. He also has experience in library acquisitions, serials control, and archives and special collections. Jim received his BA from Monmouth University, and his MLS from Rutgers.

Larry P. Alford
Dean of University Libraries

Temple University Libraries have announced the winners of the fourth annual Library Prize for Undergraduate Research.

As this prestigious award entered its fourth year, 63 outstanding applications were received. Applications represented disciplines, schools and colleges across Temple’s campus.

Congratulations to our winners:

Peter Leibensperger - Musical Ambiguity as Poetic Reflection: Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder, No. 1, “Nunn will die Sonn’ so hell aufgeh’n!” - (Music Studies 4782) Faculty Sponsors: Dr. Edward Latham, Dr. Cynthia Folio

Natalia Smirnov - Before and After Photography: The Makeover Method of Discipline and Punish - (Film and Media Arts 4671) Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Paul Swann

Maureen Whitsett - Fenianism In Irish Catholic Philadelphia: The American Catholic Church’s Battle for Acceptance - (History 4997) Faculty Sponsors: Dr. Petra Goedde, Dr. Elizabeth Varon

And our honorable mentions:

Robyn Baylor - “We the Kinda Cats Like to Turn Hegel Upside Down Just to See the Pennies Fall Out”: Yugen, The Floating Bear, and the Avant-Garde Poetry Community of the Lower East Side, 1958-1963 - (American Studies 4097) Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Lisa Rhodes

Brian Chambers - Consolidating Dictatorship: The Pinochet Regime in Retrospect - (History H4997) Faculty Sponsors: Dr. Petra Goedde, Dr. Elizabeth Varon, Dr. Art Schmidt

Cynthia Gingrich - The Schola Cantorum and Le Chat Noir Juxtaposed in Paris, 1880-1914 - (Music Studies 4782) Faculty Sponsor: Dr. David Cannata

Sarah Van Anden - The Collection of Charles I: A Symbol of Royal Power from Formation to Rejection - (History 4997) Faculty Sponsors: Dr. Petra Goedde, Dr. Travis Glasson

For interviews with the 2008 Library Prize for Undergraduate Research winners, and full text of their papers please visit the Library Prize site.

Winner Peter Leibensperger at the podium

 

Back, left to right: Professor Edward Latham, 2008 Winner Peter Leibensperger, Professor Travis Glasson, Professor Elizabeth Varon, Professor Petra Goedde, Professor Art Schmidt, 2008 Honorable Mention recipient Brian Chambers, 2008 Honorable Mention recipient Cynthia Gingrich

Front, left to right: Library Prize sponsor and SBM ‘49 alumnus Jack Livingstone, Professor Lisa Rhodes, Honorable Mention recipient Robyn Baylor, 2008 Winner Natalia Smirnov, Professor Paul Swann, 2008 Honorable Mention recipient Sarah Van Anden, 2008 Winner Maureen Whitsett, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Affairs Peter Jones, Dean of University Libraries Larry P. Alford, and Professor David Cannata

 

 

Deputy Provost and Dean of University College Richard M. Englert, Professor Elizabeth Varon, Professor Petra Goedde, 2008 Library Prize winner Maureen Whitsett, and Dean of University Libraries Larry P. Alford