Events & News @KSL

Celebrate Preservation Week at KSL!

Preservation Week is April 21-27, and libraries all over the country are presenting events, activities and resources to highlight what they do individually and together to preserve personal and shared collections. Kelvin Smith Library is taking part in the festivities by offering the following free activities:

• Preservation Information Table (April 21-27) Stop by KSL to pick up free technical and practical information about preserving your personal collections! Materials are available all week in the KSL lobby.

• ALA Webinar 01: Preservation of Family Photographs "Here, There & Everywhere." This presentation offers basic guidance on the care and preservation of family photographs from 19th century tintypes to contemporary color prints. Learn about fundamental physical and chemical properties of photographic print and negative materials, including albums and scrapbooks, causes and mechanisms of deterioration and strategies for preservation, such as proper handling, storage and display techniques.
  Presenter: Debra Hess Norris, Chair of the Art Conservation Department at the University of Delaware, and Professor of Photograph Conservation.



  Tuesday, April 23rd, 2:00pm-3:00pm

  Hatch Reading Room (KSL 2nd Floor)

• ALA Webinar 02: Personal Digital Archiving Technology changes rapidly and if you don't actively care for your digital possessions you may eventually lose access to them. Learn about understanding common digital files (photos, recordings, video, documents, etc.) and what it takes to preserve them, as well as simple, practical tips and tools to help you preserve your digital stuff!
  
Presenter: Mike Ashenfelder, Digital Preservation Project Coordinator, has worked for the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program at the Library of Congress since 2003.



  Wednesday, April 24th, 2:00pm-3:00pm

  Hatch Reading Room (KSL 2nd Floor)
  
  

• Hands-On Archival Scanning Demo Join us for a demonstration of archival scanning techniques. Attendees are invited to bring up to 5 personal photos or documents to be scanned and copied onto provided CDs.

  

Wednesday, April 24th, 3:00pm-5:00pm

  Freedman Center (KSL 1st Floor)
  
  

• Free Raffle Attendance to any of KSL's events will also enter you into a raffle drawing to win a basket filled with archival storage supplies including an archival quality photograph album, polypropylene photo pages, document storage boxes and more! Tickets are free, but you must attend the event to receive your ticket.
  
  

For more information, email KSLadministration@case.edu or call 216.368.2992.

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Celebrate National Library Week & Win! April 14-20

In 1966, the American Library Association (ALA) held the first National Library Week. In the words of ALA, "celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and library staff."

Communities matter @ your library is this year's theme for ALA National Library Week, April 14-20.

Academic libraries have historically supported research, learning, and scholarship on university campuses serving a wide range of purposes including: providing faculty and students with information resources for research; providing resources and information to aid in the teaching and service missions of colleges and universities; encouraging intellectual inquiry and discovery; and serving the broad educational needs of various user communities.

You can win:
Stop by Kelvin Smith Library before April 30 to fill out a quick questionnaire and you will be entered in a drawing with first, second and third place prizes!

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Ediciones Vigia: Handmade Cuban Book Exhibit & Reception

Join us for the opening reception of Ediciones Vigia, an exhibit presenting a sample of handmade books donated to Kelvin Smith Library by the Ediciones Vigia publishing house as the result of a CWRU study-abroad trip to Cuba. The event will also feature speaker Alfredo Zaldivar, Ediciones Vigia founder.



In summer 2012, Damaris Punales-Alpizar, CWRU Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and Literature, led five students on a study-abroad experience to Cuba, during which they worked at Ediciones Vigia. Because of the students’ efforts, 17 handmade books were donated to KSL by the publishing house. 



From its beginnings in 1985, Ediciones Vigia has produced books of both literary and artistic significance, using the most basic printing techniques to highlight the importance of craftsmanship in bookmaking. The books are a welcome addition to the library’s Special Collections and will be on display through May 19th. 



This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. For more information email ksladministration@case.edu or call 216.368.2992.

Opening Reception featuring Alfredo Zaldivar

WHEN: Friday, April 19th, 4:00pm - 5:30pm

WHERE: First Floor Art Gallery, Kelvin Smith Library

Ediciones Vigia Cuban Book Exhibit

WHEN: Friday, April 19th - Sunday, May 19th (regular library hours)

WHERE: First Floor Art Gallery, Kelvin Smith Library

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Cleveland Play House Archives On Display Now at KSL

Discovery. Creativeness. Achievement. Thus defined the purpose of the Cleveland Play House by its 1915 founders. Now you can explore memories from America's oldest regional professional theater company first-hand. Archives from the Cleveland Play House are currently on display at Kelvin Smith Library.

The Cleveland Play House donated its archives to KSL in December 2011. Over 1,000 boxes of letters, manuscripts, research documents, photographs, posters and other artifacts were transported to the library. Since then we’ve only begun to explore the legacy contained in approximately 2.5 million pages of archives.

Select stories illustrated in this exhibit include:

• Technical innovation ranging from stage architecture to makeup design
• Partnership with Western Reserve University to legitimize university education of theater professionals
• 80 years of the Women’s Committee’s philanthropy and community outreach to “assist in every way possible in any way help was needed”
• The Frederic McConnell / Barclay Leathem collaboration that nurtured the non-profit theater community though the National Theater Conference
• Responses from generations of theater-goers to the Play House’s artistic choices
• Over 80 years of children’s theater programming

This unique exhibit is open to the public now through May 9, 2013:
Hatch Reading Room, Kelvin Smith Library (2nd floor)
Monday–Friday, 9:00am–4:30pm

For more information, please call 216-368-0189.

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Campus Treasure Field Trip: Lunch & Tour of Dittrick Medical History Center

On April 5th, KSL's Personal Librarian program is taking first year students to lunch and on a special field trip to a treasure on campus: a museum with rare works of Sigmund Freud and Charles Darwin, amazing biomedical art, the Percy Skuy Contraception Collection and more:

• Most Surprising: see things you didn't know about (what did cat bones & amulets have to do with contraception?) in this popular exhibit that answers questions & provokes conversations.
• Cadavers, Cameras, Action: see "Haunting Images," a new photo exhibit of medical students in their cadaver labs, circa 1880-1930, a rare glimpse into a world you don't see anymore.

Friday, April 5th
12:30-1:00pm Lunch @KSL, Meet in Room 215
1:00-2:00pm Tour to Dittrick Medical History Center

This special tour is limited to 20 students. *Sign up* by April 4th & get a confirmation of your lunch (vegetarian included) and tour.

Sign up at http://tinyurl.com/ksl-lunchandlearn to reserve your lunch choice!

Special thanks go to our tour leader Jennifer Kane Nieves, MA, Archivist and Museum Registrar, who joins us for lunch. KSL Personal Librarians will be there for Q&A, too!

Celebrate Graduate/Professional Appreciation Week! 5 Things You Should Know About Kelvin Smith Library

You are invited to a luncheon to learn how Kelvin Smith Library is here to help save you time, provide access to the information you need and make the research process as easy as possible.

When: Thursday, April 4th from 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Where: Research Commons, Kelvin Smith Library (2nd Floor)

RSVP by April 1: click here to register online or call 216.368.2992

EndNote Training Workshops @KSL

Need help getting started with EndNote? Are you an advanced user but have specific questions about EndNote features and functionality?

Bring your questions and your laptop with EndNote already loaded* to one of the two EndNote workshops offered at KSL:

These workshops are free and open to the whole campus but seating is limited. Please RSVP to dxs594@case.edu or 216.368.8790.

*CWRU offers discount pricing for EndNote software through ITS Software Center (https://softwarecenter.case.edu)

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