http://blogs.cornell.edu/olinuris What's up on the south side of Cornell's Arts Quad Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:46:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Robert Barker/University Photography Cornell University Library and Tsinghua University Library in China -- both leading research institutions -- cemented a formal collaboration during an Oct. 29 ceremony on Cornell's campus. More... http://blogs.cornell.edu/olinuris/2009/11/05/library-collaboration-with-tsinghua-university/ Columbia and Cornell University Libraries announce new partnership supported by Mellon Grant. The Andrew W.  Mellon Foundation has awarded $385,000 to the libraries at Columbia University  in New York City and Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., to support the  development of an innovative partnership dubbed “2CUL.” This new relationship  has the ... http://blogs.cornell.edu/olinuris/2009/10/21/columbia-cornell-2cul/ ITHACA, N.Y. (Sept. 10, 2009) – In a letter to the New York District Court, Cornell University Library stated its support for the proposed settlement in the Google Books Search case. The Library believes the agreement is an efficient mechanism to provide access to the content of books, creating an ... http://blogs.cornell.edu/olinuris/2009/09/17/library-weighs-in-on-google-books-settlement/ Get Started doing research in Cornell's 17 Ithaca campus libraries: Visit | Borrow | Get Help | Start Research | Find Facilities & Equipment | Get Info | Find Course Materials | Find from off-campus | Navigate http://blogs.cornell.edu/olinuris/2009/09/03/new-to-cornell/ For nine years now Cornell has been sending a book to the students in the new freshman class and asking them to read it, write about it, and participate in our large and small group discussions about it when they arrive on campus in August. And together the newest Cornellians ... http://blogs.cornell.edu/olinuris/2009/08/21/reading-the-grapes-of-wrath/ Technological, economic, and political developments of the past decade have drastically altered the means and the tempo by which cultural products of all kinds are disseminated. The news media and commercial book publishing are sites of increasing market volatility. In light of sweeping changes in the systems of information exchange ... http://blogs.cornell.edu/olinuris/2009/07/08/video-podcast-academic-publishing-in-the-humanities/ Imagine a news kiosk in Paris. Then BE there... [more] Sarah How, Olin Librarian, explains the advantages. http://blogs.cornell.edu/olinuris/2009/07/01/library-press-display/ Instructors pair up with librarians to ramp up student research skills Soil sciences professor Jane Mt. Pleasant wasn't satisfied with her students' final research project in their first-year writing seminar, and she figured out why... [more] http://blogs.cornell.edu/olinuris/2009/06/19/information-competency-cornell/ Cornell University Library Removes All Restrictions on Use of Public Domain Reproductions In a dramatic change of practice, Cornell University Library has announced it will no longer require its users to seek permission to publish public domain items duplicated from its collections. Instead, users may now use reproductions of public domain ... http://blogs.cornell.edu/olinuris/2009/05/22/cornell-university-library-public-domain-content/ Citations for Grad Students Whether you're preparing a draft of your dissertation or just getting started on your thesis research, learn how to organize and manage citations, export citations from databases and into your own documents, and keep track of cited references. Session will meet in Uris Library Electronic Classroom ... http://blogs.cornell.edu/olinuris/2009/05/05/last-spring-workshop-citations-for-grad-students/