MLibrary Lightning Talks 2013

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Past events: MLibrary Lightning Talks 2012, MLibrary Lightning Talks 2011

2013 Summer Edition

Tuesday, August 6th

2 PM to 3:30 PM

Bert's Study Lounge

Shapiro Library Lobby

Come and learn about the exciting work that your MLibrary colleagues have been doing in these rapid five-minute presentations. A lightning talk is a brief presentation that quickly informs the audience about a specific topic. In this case, each talk will be just 5 minutes long, and will focus on an area of interest or innovation within the MLibrary community.

Light refreshments will be served.

Topics and presenters (abstracts coming soon!):

• Rediscovering the Henry Vignaud Map Collection Through Omeka - Erin Platte (Stephen S. Clark Library) - "In 1923-4 the University of Michigan acquired the personal library of the American diplomat, Henry Vignaud, who lived in Paris during the turn of the 20th century. Vignaud was not only a diplomat but also an avid scholar and author, who compiled an extensive library of materials. Last summer I did an internship with Tim Utter at the Clark library, and the majority of my work was focused on a project to re-discover the provenance of a series of Vignaud’s maps. My project dealt with a group of maps, which were printed in Amsterdam during the 17th century by the famous cartographic families of Hondius and Jansson. Tim and I worked with approximately 200 maps from broken atlases and analysed their physical characteristics and organized them into four distinct groups, “atlases,” based upon their similarities. Our research led us to discover a rare atlas from 1630 and approximately forty maps which appear to be previously unknown and undocumented states."

• There’s No Crying in Cataloging: How We Cataloged 1,700 Screenplays and Lived to Tell About It - Jennifer Talley (Technical Services)

• Metadata, Sound, and Images in the Online Exhibit "Translating Homer: from Papyri to Alexander Pope" - Pablo Alvarez (Special Collections Library)

• Michigan Journals and Google Analytics - Rebecca Welzenbach (Michigan Publishing)

• The characterization of Arabic papers in the UMLibrary's Islamic Manuscripts Collection - Evyn Kropf & Cathleen Baker (Area Programs; Preservation and Conservation) - "Evyn and Cathy have been researching the characteristics of the papers found in a number of Arabic manuscripts to describe them more accurately and to throw more light on aspects of the materials and techniques used in their manufacture. In addition to examining the books, they also arranged to use analytical equipment in the earth science and chemistry departments on campus. A year ago, they presented their initial findings at The Islamic Manuscripts Association's annual meeting and recently their article was published in the Journal of Islamic Manuscripts. In the history of papermaking, the research of Islamic papers is a burgeoning area of research, and their work is proving to be an important contribution.

• A Collaborative Effort: Working with the Asia Library to Better Preserve Their Collections - Ikumi Crocoll (Preservation & Conservation) - I am a current student of the School of Information and a University Library Associate (ULA) of the Special Collections Library and the Department of Preservation & Conservation. One of my current projects as a ULA is working with the Asia Library’s collection to create a report on the current preservation state of its materials and on what further preservation needs should be met if possible. This project highlights the collaborative nature of what Preservation does, as I have had to reach out to various staff from the Asia Library, Facilities, and the Buhr Shelving Facility. Other highlights have included taking measurements of environmental conditions, inspecting insect damage, discovering books that may be from the 17th century in the Buhr Stacks, and learning about the makeup of East Asian books. It is the hope that the report will give the Asia Library practical advice on ways to help their collections survive over time.

INTERMISSION

• Challenges in Implementing E-Books for Interlibrary Loan - Merrie Fuller & Ralph Johnson (MLibrary Document Delivery) - Loaning a book to a patron at another institution is physically and legally simple. Loaning an e-book is much more difficult if not impossible. Systems do not allow it; licenses restrict it. Can you print the e-book and send a hard-copy? This is neither green nor efficient. Can you download the e-book and send it? License limit this like crazy, while current technology makes what we are allowed to do inefficient and requires much staff time and attention. We will demonstrate obstacles with a variety of vendors, and discuss how collection management strategies that rely on interlibrary loan will be impacted by e-books in the future.

• Demystifying 3D Printing - Shawn O'Grady (Digital Media Commons)

• ChemReader Project and faculty-librarian collaboration in research - Ye Li (Research/Science, Engineering and Data)

• A Citation Analysis of the Literature used in Kinesiology - Marija Freeland (User Information and Discovery Services) - Four of us are examining the citations in a number of kinesiology journals as well as the citations in Kinesiology faculty publications to answer questions about the information sources used by researchers in kinesiology. We are looking at the format of items cited, the age, the publishers, where the items were published and other such questions. We also want to find out how these citation patterns differ among the four sections of Kinesiology and whether the citation patterns in the journal articles differ from the citation patterns among the UM Kinesiology faculty.

• “Who’s Doing Portfolios?” : Learning About Our Portfolio Population Through an Annual Census - Carrie Luke (Technology Integration Group) - Attendees will learn how the MPortfolio team developed and disseminated a census to more systematically learn about portfolio work on our campus with the goal of building community, promoting collaboration, and sharing resources. Some aggregate census results and questions will also be shared.