Open Access to Mideast and Islamic Resources (AMIR)

Access to Mideast and Islamic Resources (AMIR)

This project began as a consequence of a series of conversations in 2010 between Charles Jones and Peter Magierski at NYU about the need for a tool to assemble and distribute information on open access material relating to the Middle East.

It uses Jones' Ancient World Online (AWOL) as a model.

We welcome and encourage active participation and will add interested parties to the authors' list upon request. 

 Notable entries include:

• Alphabetical List of Open Access Journals in Middle Eastern Studies
• Alphabetical List of Open Access Islamic Manuscripts Collections

  

Open Access at ISAW

Open Access at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

In recognition and support of Open Access Week, this post lists digital resources currently available from ISAW and its collaborators under the terms of open licenses:

Ancient World Image Bank

View and download over 2,000 free digital images of sites and objects from the ancient world, contributed by ISAW faculty, staff and friends.

Content License: Creative Commons Attribution

Ancient World Online

Find out about all the latest online and open-access material relating to the ancient world, regardless of where it's published.

Content License: Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives Share-Alike

Papyri.info

Search and browse over 80,000 ancient Greek, Latin and Coptic documents preserved on papyrus and other materials. Images, texts, translations and descriptions contributed by scholars and institutions around the world. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Content License (texts and descriptive information): Creative Commons AttributionSoftware License: GNU General Public License

Pleiades

Use, create and share information about ancient places, spaces and geographic names. Over 30,000 places registered (and growing). Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Content License: Creative Commons Attribution
Software Licenses: GNU General Public License and other open-source licenses

ACRL/NY Annual Symposium "The Global Librarian: Information without Borders"

Registration is Now Open:

ACRL/NY Annual Symposium "The Global Librarian: Information without Borders"
Friday, December 2, 2011

Academic librarians serve increasingly diverse populations, across a variety of platforms at home and around the world. As higher education becomes more global - and mobile - physical distance is no longer a barrier to teaching and learning. Through innovated use of progressive technologies, academic librarians are mastering the skills needed to navigate this expanding environment. At this symposium, we will see how information is not bound by physical borders - nor is the global librarian.

Home, Click Registration: http://acrlnysymp2011.wordpress.com/

Op-Art

Checking Out
By Shannon O'Neill

Published: October 15, 2011
New York Times SundayReview,
the Opinion Pages

A short editorial and multimedia slide show on the appearance vs. function of libraries.

"AS a librarian and archivist, I am often asked if I believe that, one day, libraries will disappear...."

Preprint: "Project Portfolio Management for Academic Libraries: A Gentle Introduction"

Vinopal, Jennifer. “Project Portfolio Management for Academic Libraries: A Gentle
Introduction.” College & Research Libraries (Anticipated Publication Date: May 2012).

Abstract:
In highly dynamic, service-oriented environments like academic libraries, much staff time is spent on initiatives to implement new products and services to meet users’ evolving needs. Yet even in an environment where a sound project management process is applied, if we’re not properly planning, managing, and controlling the organization’s work in the aggregate, we will have difficulty achieving our strategic goals. Project portfolio management provides a way to ensure that this project work supports the organization’s strategic vision, the active projects represent the highest priorities of the organization, and there are enough resources to accomplish all the project work at hand.

Also available via my blog, Library Sphere.

ExL ENUG Conference

I will be attending this regional meeting (and giving a presentation):

Ex Libris Northeast Users Group
2011 Conference Program
October 27-28
University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT

Keynote Presentation (Friday, 8:50AM)

Laura Guy, Systems Librarian at the Arthur Lakes Library,
Colorado School of Mines, will present Avoiding
DATApocalypse, a discussion of data management and
policies for NSF funding recipients

Conference program-
http://www.emausers.org/program.html

The Place of Libraries in the
American University:
Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

Dr. Michael Stoller
Director of Collections & Research Services
NYU's Division of Libraries

Wednesday, October 19, 2011
5:30pm
20 Cooper Square, 5th Floor

From the tiny, little-used collections that accompanied the classical curriculum of early 19th century American colleges to the closed-stack libraries that first supported graduate research to the burgeoning open-stack repositories of the Cold War era and the digital gateways of the 21st century, Dr. Michael Stoller (Director of Collections & Research Services, NYU’s Division of Libraries) discusses the ways that academic libraries have grown and evolved to meet the changing needs of this country’s research universities. Stoller took his PhD in medieval history at Columbia University and has written extensively about the importance of collaboration between scholars and librarians in shaping the library of the 21st century.

RSVPs are required. To reserve your place, please visit:
http://bitly.com/michael_stoller

A reception will follow. This event is free and open to the public.