Poster Printing @KSL--Now Create Your Appointment Online
When time gets tight and you need to print your research poster, now you can save time by using the new online calendar to schedule your appointment! No more email or phone calls, hoping to reach and hear back from staff about whether or not there is an opening on the schedule.
KSL offers consulation on your poster design to help you print a quality poster on our large format printer. All poster printing is done through appointments so you can take advantage of staff time and expertise. Read more about the poster printing services, including fees, poster sizes, and more, including the link to the new online calendar for appointments!
Poster printing is currently offered to Case students and postdocs. KSL also offers a CaseLearns class, "Basics of Making a Research Poster."
Take a look at the OhioLINK Digital Media Center's Multi-Subject Videos, nearly 2,000 videos in the Educational Films and Documentaries section. The DMC, recently redesigned, showcases this collection—show them in class, link to them from courseware or reserves, or use them for personal growth and career enhancement.
Browse a wide range of videos (by Title or Subject) or Search (by Keywords in the full record, title or series). Detailed record information gives you a description, length, year, and a stable url to use or bookmark. Example: Title: E-commerce in Business
Description: This behind-the-scenes look at IT in action showcases three exciting e-commerce initiatives. By analyzing the growth, revenue, and future of MP3's Web site, visiting Ford's online "showroom," and showcasing the customer benefits of Coronet?Fashion at Work's online planning system, this program presents compelling case studies of the Internet's use to capture and exploit new markets. (30 minutes)
Date:2003
Producer: FFH
Subject: Business & Economics
Length:30 min.
ISBN:0-7365-9701-8
Copyright: Films for the Humanities & Sciences
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Special Exhibition @ KSL for Humanities Week; The History of the Book--Always in Transition
The History of the Book—Always in Transition, a Special Exhibition, features a collaborative exhibit as part of 2007 Humanities Week's Information Society.
Curated by students from Case's Art History Visual Arts and Museums seminar class (Ann Helmreich, associate director, Baker-Nord), the exhibit cases on the Kelvin Smith Library's main floor and in the Special Collections Department on the 2nd floor highlight this theme. The exhibit in the Special Collections Department was part of a lecture and opening reception on April 17, and will remain available to the public through Friday, April 20.
The Determinator! Stanford Releases A Copyright Renewal Database
Searching for copyrights on U.S. books published between 1923 and 1963 has been a challenge...up to now. Books published during those years only remained under copyright protection if they were renewed. Many of them were not renewed, and U.S. Copyright Office renewal records were not online. To use freely, or not to use? That was the question—without an easy answer.
Now anyone can easily search the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database. Dubbed "The Determinator," this new resource now combines older print & machine readable renewal records into a single online database. Find out if the book you want to use requires further permissions because its copyright term was renewed, or if it has passed into the public domain.
Note: The Determinator has copyright information only for renewals (not original publication dates) of books (not movies, music, or periodicals) published in the U.S. between 1923-1963.
Getting Published: From Practice to Print, Wednesday 14 Seminar
Does getting published seem impossible? Actually, it's much easier than you might think...especially if you take advantage of this week's lunchtime seminar at the Kelvin Smith Library!
Wednesday, April 18, 2007, join as as Del Williams, University of Akron, explores the publication process from your concept to the printed product. The seminar includes:
- Overview of the publication process
- Cultivating ideas for your research
- Research & publication barriers
- Outline of strategies relevant to all stages of the research publication process
Whether you're just beginning on a project or have an idea for a topic, you'll gain from Del's experience as a published author and Professor of Bibliography. Feel free to bring a research topic or article that you are working on, for more discussion!
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
11:30 a.m.—1:30 p.m.
RSVPs Essential: 216-368-2992 (by Tues., please indicate vegetarian requirements)
For more information, contact Gail Reese at 216-368-5291
Ohio Library Director Appointed Editor of College & Research Libraries Journal
Congratulations to Joseph Branin, Director of Libraries at The Ohio State University, on his appointment to a three-year term as editor for College & Research Libraries (C&RL), a peer-reviewed journal in library science. Branin will serve as "editor designate" during fiscal year 2007-08, prior to his term which begins July 1, 2008.
At the April 12 Research ShowCASE, there were several booths with the Freedman Center, Kelvin Smith Library posters & projects, KSL reference librarians, and our GeoHunt.
The winner of the 2-point, 1 minute GeoHuntGeoHunt was James Laird, Dept. of Chemistry, who used the GPS unit to locate the lightpole outside of Veale and the Spitball sculpture on the quad. James wins a $50 gift certifcate from the bookstore— congratulations to James!
Other ShowCASE highlights: Online Historical Archives: Kelvin Smith Library, Digital Case, and the Future of Open Source Electronic Research Repositories, Poster Session, Mark Eddy, Social Sciences Librarian
Staff members Justin & Ann at the Freedman Center & GeoHunt booth:
Jared Bendis & the Stereoscopic Camera and the Freedman Center:
KSL Reference librarian, GIS & Freedman Center Staff:
Ann, Center for Statistics and Geospatial Data, and a GeoHunt contestant:
Engineering Librarian Brian talks with Case staff:
Reference Librarians Bill & Catherine talk with Researchers & give out gifts:
Can the Book Survive the Information Revolution? KSL Humanities Week Lecture & Reception
Noted author, collector, publisher, and lecturer, Robert H. Jackson speaks at KSL on Tuesday, April 17 at 4:30 p.m. for Humanities Week. Addressing the 2007 theme of Information Society he offers a wide variety of topics to intrigue you, including the trends and controversies of the book world, the life of the book as we know it and new models you might not have seen yet.
Jackson is widely read and published, and passionate as an author, once following a subject to Greenland and staying for months to document his work. You'll find his humor engaging, and his remarks thought-provoking.
The lecture is open to the public and will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the Dampeer Room on the second floor, Tuesday April 17.
Note: A reception follows the lecture, to launch the special exhibition The History of the Book—Always in Transition.
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Jackson has lectured at the Library of Congress, research universities, and The Grolier, Caxton, and Rowfant Clubs in New York City, Chicago, and Cleveland on literature, rare books, libraries, and English & American 19th & 20th century authors and illustrators, Oceanic and African Tribal Art, Southeast Asian manuscripts and more. Jackson is widely published and the editor of Book Talk: Essays on Books and Collecting, Booksellers, and Special Collections.
Take a 10 minute GeoHunt with a GPS unit (win a $50 certificate), stop at KSL & Freedman Center booths at Research ShowCASE on April12th! KSL has several opportunities for you, including:
The Freedman Center: From Inspiration to Presentation - Booth 469
Kelvin Smith Library - What You Don't Know Can Hurt You! - Booth 467
Online Historical Archives: Kelvin Smith Library, Digital Case, and the Future of Open Source Electronic Research Repositories (Mark Eddy, Social Sciences Librarian) - Poster 207
Knovel as a Tool for Engineering Research and Education (Brian Gray, Engineering Librarian, and Mohan Sankaran, Professor in Chemical Engineering) - Poster 216
The Kelvin Smith Library would like to point out a couple more points of interest:
Designing a Portable High Definition Stereoscopic Camera System for Capturing Cultural Content (Jared Bendis, Creative Director of New Media, Freedman Center) - Booth 468
WPA Prints in Special Collections, Kelvin Smith Library (Ellen Landau, Professor Art History) - Poster 208)
RESEARCH SHOWCASE is a free public event held in the Veale Convocation Center on the campus of Case Western Reserve University. Hundreds of scientists and scholars will come together on April 11th and 12th, 2007 at Case Western Reserve University Veale Convocation Center to celebrate the broad range of research being conducted at Case and its affiliates.
With over 500 poster presentations and live demonstrations, Research ShowCASE is the perfect opportunity for business, government and civic leaders, researchers and investors to meet. Provocative forums throughout the day highlight research in the context of current local and global issues and the commercial aspects of research and discovery.
This year’s panels include The Information Revolution with guest speaker Ambassador Joseph Wilson, author of The Politics of Truth, Race and the Nation – Snapshot of America in Change, with guest speaker Anna Deavere Smith, actress, playwright and MacArthur Foundation Fellow, Fast Forward – the Future of Funding, including guest speaker John Osher, Entrepreneur and Spin Brush Developer and Magic Technology – Advances in Bio-Imaging, including speakers from the academic and corporate research areas of the newest bio-imaging technology.
Breakout sessions throughout the day on April 12th include Speed Mentoring, Bio-Imaging and Women of Excellence – Honoring Women Researchers and Scholars.
For more information about Research ShowCASE, including a complete program schedule, registration, parking, directions, maps and lodging, visit http://showcase.case.edu or contact us at 216-368-5963.
It's Friday the 13th, and interesting things have happened on other ones. Find out what happened on any date, with library and online resources! Other April 13ths over the centuries:
1970: "Houston, we've had a problem here," Mission Commander James A. Lovell reports the Apollo 13 oxygen tank explosion.
1964: First African-American Best Actor Oscar—Sydney Poitier, for his role building a chapel in Lilies of the Field.
1997: Tiger Woods@21 wins first major (Masters) by record 12 strokes in Augusta, GA.
1360: Hail kills 1,000 English soldiers in Chartres, France on “Black Monday,” the storm's devastation a factor in the Hundred Years’ War between England & France.
1939: Oscar winning Wuthering Heights premieres, starring Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon, and David Niven.
1943: James Boarman, Fred Hunter, Harold Brest, Floyd G. Hamilton unsuccessfully attempted to escape Alcatraz.
1861: Fort Sumter surrenders, beginning the Civil War (the only casualty was a Confederate horse.) Before the Union forces were allowed to leave for the north, soldiers fired a 100-gun salute, killing one soldier outright, mortally wounding another in an accidental cartridge explosion.
Happy Birthdays to: President Thomas Jefferson, drafter of the Declaration of Independence (1743); F.W. Woolworth, pioneer of the discount variety store a century before the emergence of retail giants like Wal-Mart & Target (1852); Butch Cassidy, last of the great western train-robbers, Beaver, Utah Territory (1866); Southern writer Eudora Welty, Jackson, Mississippi (1909)
RIP: His Imperial Highness Prince Asaka Yasuhiko of Japan (1981);Annie Jump Cannon (1941), instrumental in creating the Harvard Classificaiton Scheme for cataloging stars.
Use newspapers like the New York Times Historical, on the Research Database list, a QuickLink from the Case Catalog page. Search 4/13/1907 & "Front Page" option to find the same range of local & national items we might read over the ages:
WOMEN'S POKER GAME RAIDED; Police Drop In on a Party Playing Just Like Men.
CATS ANNOY YALE MEN; Students Shoot at Them, Are Arrested -- Mayor Sympathetic.
MAMMOTH FOUND IN GLACIER; May Figure at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition.
RUSHING ALASKA RAILWAY; Guggenhelm's Road to be Completed as Rapidly as Possible.
H.H. ROGERS'S TALK STIRS WASHINGTON; Roosevelt's Friends Find Evidence of the "Rich Men's Conspiracy."
Ask a KSL Reference Libarian, for help with all our other newspapers & historical resources, whether it's for fun or research!
Get Control of Your Data-Use RefWorks, the April Research Spotlight!
Do you have a lot of research & too many citations in too many places? Use RefWorks to control your data and your hard work. Find out more about how to import your references from a variety of places and how to auto-format your bibliographies & footnotes...in seconds. Read more about it on this month's Research Spotlight!
Find RefWorks on the Research Database pages (look for the "Manage Your Information" link.) Sign up for your personal account so you can do more—search, create folders, sort, save, share, delete duplicates, and more!
Adobe Day with the Adobe Education Team @ KSL on Wednesday 4/11/07
If you design, edit, publish, illustrate your print or web publications, come to Adobe Day @ KSL this Wednesday, April 11 for free sessions that will give you real tips on how to best use the Adobe software suite tools.
The Adobe Education Team comes to Kelvin Smith Library's Dampeer Room to show you the potential for your projects, using applications on the Case Software Center. On Adobe Day you'll see how to use & integrate the products, and you'll see a preview the upcoming Creative Suite 3 applications. If you've ever been frustrated with forms, you'll also hear about the forms server that Case plans to implement so forms can be easily submitted online!
The Adobe Education Team knows what you need to do in a university environment. They teach practical tips on using the applications, and always welcome your questions!
Seating is available on a first-come basis for these four sessions:
Adobe Acrobat Professional: 8:30 a.m.- 10:00 a.m. or, 3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Create & combine PDFs from your Microsoft, web, media, or other application that prints documents, images, and more. Collaborate for shared reviews. Collect forms, export into spreadsheets. Control access & use of PDFs, assign digital rights.
Adobe Creative Suite 3: 10:30 a.m.-Noon or, 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
See the introduction to the newest Adobe suite & learn about shared productivity. Integrated components help you focus on your project while using applications like Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Photoshop, Bridge, Contribute, and more.
The Freedman Fellows 2007 Award Program: Meeting Fri., 4/13/07
Learn more about the Freedman Fellows Awards Program and how it might aid in your curriculum re-design & development of information and technology skills, and create a deliverable project for your next academic year. Join us for an informational meeting with lunch on Friday, April 13, 2007, to hear more about what the Freedman Fellows Program involves. (Interested faculty are required to attend this meeting in order to be considered, and application instructions will be distributed at the luncheon.)
Winners of this year's program will receive $3,000 stipends and will attend a week-long seminar May 21-25. During that week, the six Freedman Fellows will learn more about instructional design & learning principles, developing new technological skills, copyright, and more, in a combination of seminars & hands-on learning. In addition to showcasing the Freedman Center's potential, a goal of the week-long program is to support the faculty development of information and research skill objectives for undergraduate students. The program is a unique opportunity to re-design teaching styles in a setting with seminars, practical application time, and staff assistance.
Join us for more information on how to challenge your own learning style, your students experiences, and more details on the Freedman Fellows 2007 Award Program!
April 13, 2007 Information Session & Lunch
12:00-2:00 p.m., Kelvin Smith Library, 2nd floor Dampeer Room
RSVP Required by Wednesday, April 11 to Thomas Hayes (include any dietary preferences)
