Does Peer Review Have a Future? Publishing in the Age of the Internet Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 Noon “The Strengths and Weaknesses of Pre- and Post-Publication Peer Review in Medical Publishing in 2008” Presented by George Lundberg, M.D. George Lundberg serves as editor-in-chief of The Medscape Journal of Medicine, an open access general medical journal, and formerly has had editorial responsibility for 39 medical journals of the American Medical Association. Dr. Lundberg holds academic appointments as a professor at Stanford and Harvard. “Collaborative Peer Production, the Free/Libre Movement, and Publishing in the Age of the Internet” Presented by Caroline Haythornthwaite, Ph.D. Caroline Haythornthwaite is Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, UIUC, and has published extensively on the effects of the Internet on work, learning, and social interaction. Professor Haythronthwaite’s current work examines the impact of Web 2.0 technologies on collaborative practices. Sponsored by The Library and Information Services Research, Projects & Development Committee and The Friends of Lovejoy Library |
| SIUE is pleased to announce an upcoming exhibition, “Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation” that will be at Lovejoy Library from October 18 to November 30, 2007. Lovejoy Library is one of only 63 libraries in the United States selected to host the exhibition which will also be accompanied by a number of special programs and performances. “Forever Free” examines Abraham Lincoln’s quest to restore a Union divided by Civil War and shows how his beliefs about freeing the slaves were transformed by war-time developments. From the beginning of the Civil War until his death, Lincoln evolved from a cautious moderate who was willing to see slavery continue for several decades in order to preserve the Union, to the “Great Emancipator,” who emphatically put an end to slavery in the United States. The exhibition explores the reasons for this change. <read more> |
| Focus on Faculty Research Dr. Laura Milsk Fowler SIUE, Assistant Professor, Department of Historical Studies Director, Museum Studies Program Thursday, November 8 Focus on Faculty Research is a series of informal lectures on methodologies and resources for scholarly research. Sponsored by Library and Information Services’ Research, Projects and Development Committee and the SIUE Graduate School. This presentation is open to all faculty, staff, and students. Refreshments will be served. |
| Lovejoy Library has greatly expanded access to the IEEE full-text online resources that have been available through the IEEE Xplore portal. The enhanced subscription expands access in the following ways: Coverage from 1988 (with some from 1950) to 131 IEEE journals, transactions and magazines. Coverage from 1988 (with some from 1950) to 600+ conference proceedings. Access to 40 IET journals, transactions, magazines and conference proceedings. Access to the full-text of Spectrum Magazine & Proceedings of the IEEE. Access to 9,000 current and active IEEE standards. The IEEE Xplore search engine (along with the ACM's Guide to Computing Literature) is also useful for searching computer science content. Questions about any of these resources should be directed to the Business and Engineering Librarian, Paul Anthony, at panthon@siue.edu or X3282. |
| Lovejoy Library, as part of its "information literacy across the curriculum" program, is providing campuswide access to one of the most complete rubric construction tools available. The Rubricator is a software application from New Measure. With this tool, faculty can create rubrics and align them to information literacy and curriculum standards. Automatic scoring and report features allow users to view an individual students performance on each task or standard. Take a tour of The Rubicator at http://www.rubrics.com/tour.html Questions about this software should be directed to Lydia Jackson, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Lovejoy Library (618-650-2604 or ljackso@siue.edu) <read more> |
| Lovejoy Library now provides access to The Historical New York Times online via the Newsstand database. Lovejoy Library also provides online access to current issues of The New York Times as well as microfilm backfiles. <read more> |