ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries C&RL News ■ February 2004 / 63 Stephanie Orphan ACRL/ARL an n o u n ce re c ru itm e n t v id e o ACRL a n d ARL ( th e A sso c ia tio n o f R e s e a rc h L ib ra rie s) h a v e p r o d u c e d a r e c r u itin g v id e o for a c a d e m ic a n d research librarians. T h e v id e o w a s d e v e lo p e d as p a rt o f ACRL’s A cadem ic a n d Research Library Cam paign a n d w as coordinated b y th e ACRL/ARL J o in t T ask F o rce fo r R ecruit­ m e n t in to th e Profession. T h e s e v e n - m i n u t e s t r e a m i n g v i d e o is a im e d a t a ttra c tin g c o lle g e a n d g r a d u a te s tu ­ d e n ts a n d h ig h lig h ts th e ro le o f a c a d e m ic lib ra ria n s a n d th e s a tisfa c tio n s to b e r e a l­ iz e d in t h e p ro fe s s io n . T h e v id e o in c lu d e s in te rv ie w s w ith a c a d e m ic lib ra ria n s w h o d is ­ c u s s w h a t th e y d o a n d w h y th e y m a d e th e ir c a r e e r c h o ic e s . T h e v id e o c a n b e v ie w e d o n t h e ACRL W e b site (w w w .a la .o r g /a c r l, c lic k “I s s u e s & A d v o c a c y ,” t h e n “R e c ru itin g to t h e P r o f e s s io n ”). It is a ls o a v a ila b le fo r d o w n l o a d a s a z ip p e d file. C o lu m b ia U n iv e rs ity e xp an d s o v e rs e a s a n d a t h o m e C o lu m b ia U n iv e rs ity h a s o p e n e d a n e w li­ b r a r y a s p a r t o f th e D a k h le h O a sis P ro je c t, a n a r c h e o l o g i c a l f ie ld w o r k a n d r e s e a r c h p r o g r a m in s o u th e r n E gypt. T h e lib ra ry is h o u s e d in a 1 6 ,0 0 0 -s q u a re -fo o t d ig h o u s e , b u ilt t o p r o v id e h o u s in g a n d r e s e a r c h fa ­ cilitie s f o r fac u lty , staff, a n d C o lu m b ia u n ­ d e r g r a d u a te s e n r o lle d in th e s e m e s te r - lo n g f ie ld w o r k p ro g ra m . R o g e r B ag n all, p r o f e s ­ s o r o f c la ssic s a n d h is to ry a t C o lu m b ia , s u c ­ c e s s fu lly r a is e d fu n d s to b u ild th e tw o -s to ry b u ild in g . T h e m a te ria ls a t th e lib ra ry r e p r e s e n t th e o n ly t h e ­ m a tic s c h o la rly c o lle c tio n in th e e n tire W e s te rn D esert. H o ld in g s c u r r e n t l y n u m b e r 3 0 0 , w i t h r o o m t o e x p a n d to a p p r o x i ­ m a te ly 1,000 v o lu m e s . In N e w Y o rk , a t C o lu m b ia ’s B u tle r L ibrary, a n e w A frican S t u d i e s r e a d i n g r o o m w a s o p e n e d in D e c e m b e r. 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It re flects th e g a th e rin g m o m e n tu m o f th e o p e n a ccess m o v e m e n t a n d r e c o m m e n d s w a y s th a t f a c u lty a c tio n c a n b r i n g a b o u t c o n s tr u c tiv e c h a n g e . T h e b r o c h u r e c a n b e d i s t r i b u t e d in c a m p u s m a ilin g s a n d u s e d in p r e s e n t a t i o n s t o u n i v e r s i t y d e p a r t m e n t s o r a t e d u c a t i o n p r o g r a m s o n s c h o la rly c o m m u n ic a tio n . C re a te C h a n g e w a s i n tr o d u c e d in 2001 as a c o m p r e h e n s i v e a d v o c a c y r e s o u r c e w i t h b o t h p r in t a n d o n lin e c o m p o n e n ts . A n e le c - N e w s f r o m t h e F i e l d http://www.ala.org/acrl 64 / C&RL News ■ February 2004 C&RL News celebrates ten years of Internet Reviews! E d ito r ’s note: T h e first I n te r n e t R ev iew s c o l­ u m n ra n in th e F e b ru a ry 1994 issu e o f C&RL N ew s. H e re th e c o lu m n ’s p a s t a n d c u r r e n t e d ito rs s h a r e th e ir th o u g h ts o n th is C&RL N e w s l a n d m a r k o c c a s io n . T h is m o n t h ’s c o lu m n o n p a g e 94 f e a tu r e s r e v ie w s fro m p a s t e d i t o r S a r a A m a t o a n d o u r f i r s t I n te r n e t re v ie w e rs . From g o p h e rs t o G o o g le T h is m o n th m a rk s th e te n - y e a r a n n iv e r ­ s a ry o f th e I n te r n e t R e v ie w s c o lu m n . T h e firs t c o l u m n s ta r te d w i t h t h e s e n t e n c e , “O v e r th e p a s t y e a r I h a v e b e e n p e r u s in g th e I n te r n e t s e a r c h in g fo r m a te ria ls th a t a re o f in te r e s t to th e a c a d e m ic c o m m u ­ n ity fo r in c lu s io n o n o u r lo c a l g o p h e r .” T h e c o lu m n f e a tu r e d re v ie w s o f tw o g o p h e r re so u rc e s, w h ic h still exist, th o u g h n o w in W e b form at. 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O v e r th e la st d e c a d e m o r e t h a n 200 lib ra ria n s h a v e c o n t r i b u t e d t o t h e c o lu m n , fr e e ly s h a rin g th e ir tim e a n d e x p e r tis e to h e l p u s all b u ild o u r v irtu a l c o lle c tio n s. If th e n e x t t e n y e a rs a re a n y th in g lik e th e p r e v io u s te n , w e a re in fo r a n in te r e s t­ in g jo u rn e y , a n d c a n o n ly p r e d ic t th a t w h ile th e d a ta to w h ic h w e h a v e a c c e s s m a y p e r ­ sist, w h a t it lo o k s lik e a n d h o w w e re trie v e it w ill b e c o m p le te ly d iffe re n t. H e r e ’s to e n jo y in g t h e rid e !— S a r a A m a to , f o r m e r e d ito r o f th e I n te r n e t R e v ie w s c o lu m n Q u a lity is th e key T e n y e a rs a fte r th e in c e p tio n o f th e I n te r n e t R ev iew s co lu m n , librarians are still struggling w ith e v a lu a tin g th e v ast a m o u n t o f in fo rm a ­ tio n av ailab le o n th e Intern et. 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C o h e n , n e t w o r k s e r v i c e s l i b r a r i a n / W e b m a s t e r , o u t o f h e r i n t e r e s t in t h e c h a l l e n g e s o f c r e a t i n g URLs to l i c e n s e d e l e c t r o n i c r e s o u r c e s . I t is o r g a n i z e d b y v e n d o r a n d f o c u s e s o n URLs t h a t p o i n t to d a t a b a s e s a n d e - j o u r n a l s a t t h e t i t l e l e v e l . T h e URL C l e a r i n g h o u s e is lo c a t e d a tlib ra ry . a lb a n y . e d u /c le a rin g h o u s e /. T h o m p s o n G a le e x c lu s iv e d is tr ib u to r f o r S o c io m e tric s T h o m so n G ale h a s sig n e d an a g re e m e n t to b e ­ c o m e th e e x c lu siv e w o r ld w id e d is trib u to r o f S o c io m e tric s ’ S ocial S c ie n c e E le c tro n ic D a ta L ibrary. S o c io m e tric s is a fo r-p ro fit re s e a r c h a n d d e v e lo p m e n t firm specializing in social sci­ e n c e research applications. T h e d ata library is a p rem iu m health a n d social science resource that c o n s is ts o f o rig in a l r e s e a r c h d a ta fro m m o re th a n 200 stu d ies c o m p risin g eig h t to p ically fo­ c u s e d collectio n s. Its c o n te n ts a re s e le c te d by s c ie n tis t e x p e r t p a n e l s b a s e d o n s c ie n tific m erit, su b stan tiv e utility, p o te n tia l fo r s e c o n d ­ ary d a ta analysis, a n d p ro g ra m a n d p o licy rel­ evance. ISO p u b lis h e s in te r n a t io n a l D u b lin C ore s ta n d a rd T h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l O r g a n iz a tio n f o r S ta n ­ d a r d i z a t i o n ( I S O ) h a s p u b l i s h e d IS O 15836: 2003, I n f o r m a t i o n a n d d o c u m e n ­ atla.com 66 / C&RL News ■ February 2004 t a t i o n — T h e D u b l i n C ore m e t a d a t a e l e m e n t set. 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