march05a.indd N e w s f r o m t h e F i e l d Stephanie Orphan Columbia and London School of Economics partner to increase access to scholarly materials Researchers at Columbia University and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) will be using a new Internet technology, developed by the Internet2 community, to share scholarly materials. The technology, named Shibboleth, allows for sharing online resources in a secure and confi dential manner by leveraging organiza­ tions’ identity management infrastructures. Shibboleth has been tested by a number of higher­education institutions, govern­ ment agencies, academic publishers, and other higher­education vendors. The joint Columbia/LSE project, Digital Anthropology Resources for Teaching (DART), aims to ex­ plore the potential of digital resources for teaching undergraduate anthropology. The project can be found online at www.colum­ bia.edu/dlc/dart. Mellon continues funding for collaborative library recruitment program The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a second grant to six academic li­ braries to collaborate on a major project to address librarian recruiting and diversity is­ sues at the undergraduate level. The $500,000 award funds the second half of a three­year program. The libraries of the Atlanta Uni­ versity Center (serving Clark Atlanta Univer­ sity and Morehouse and Spellman Colleges) and of Mount Holyoke, Oberlin, Occiden­ tal, Swarthmore, and Wellesley Colleges are participating in the project, which is directed by Ray English, director of libraries at Ober­ lin. The project includes broad­based, is­ sues­oriented programming that familiarizes large numbers of undergraduate students with significant challenges facing the library profession and draws their attention to the potential of librarianship as a career. The emphasis of the program is to recruit at the undergraduate level. Students who are strongly interested in librarianship as a career are selected to participate in a semester­ long undergraduate internship experience, through which they learn about the nature of professional library work, complete projects under librarian mentors, and may also partici­ pate in summer internships at other libraries. The project also provides a small number of full­time, post­baccalaureate intern positions and graduate library school scholarships. Elsevier partners to distribute books in developing countries Leading scientific publisher Elsevier has formed partnerships with Europe­based Book Aid International and U.S.­based Sa­ bre Foundation to facilitate the distribution of books throughout developing countries. Activities already underway are “Bring a Book to Work Week,” through which Else­ vier employees make individual book do­ nations; a recent grant by Reed Elsevier to purchase books for refugee children in So­ malia, Kenya, and Ethiopia; and a new com­ pany policy by which all unsalable returns of paperback books to the company’s U.K. warehouse will be distributed in recipient countries. Book Aid and the Sabre Founda­ tion have many years of experience distrib­ uting books and have formed strong local alliances in many developing countries, with a particular breadth of experience across sub­Saharan Africa. NIH announces public access policy, ACRL responds The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced in February its new policy re­ garding public access to published articles resulting from NIH­funded research. The policy calls on scientists to release to the public manuscripts from research supported by NIH as soon as possible, and within 12 months of final publication. The peer­re­ viewed, NIH­funded research publications will be available in a Web­based archive to be managed by the National Library of Medicine. Beginning May 2, 2005, the policy requests that NIH­funded scientists submit an electronic version of the author’s fi nal manuscript upon acceptance for publica­ tion. Authors are also strongly encouraged to exercise their right to specify that their ar­ 168C&RL News March 2005 www.colum ticles be publicly available through PubMed Central as soon as possible. In letters to Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt and NIH Director Elias Zerhouni, ACRL congratulated NIH for having “taken a significant step to improve public access to NIH­funded research.” How­ ever, Frances Maloy, ACRL President, and Ray English, chair of the ACRL Scholarly Commu­ nication Committee, also expressed concern that the NIH policy is voluntary on the part of researchers and that articles will be acces­ sible through PubMed Central 12 months after publication, compared to six months in the original draft proposal. Complete information on ACRL’s open access and scholarly com­ munication efforts is available in the Scholarly Communication area of the ACRL Web site (www.acrl.org, click on “Issues and Advo­ cacy,” then “Scholarly Communication”). San Jose State University announces executive MLIS program San Jose State University has developed a new executive MLIS program specifi cally for managers and supervisors looking for in­ creased responsibilities and leadership op­ portunities in libraries. The program com­ bines the core values and competencies of librarianship in a management and leader­ ship context. The executive MLIS program will bring together a national cohort of 25 current leaders, managers, supervisors, and directors without the MLIS degree for the first residency in San Jose in August. This will be followed by distance courses, annual short residencies, and professional projects. The program is designed specifically for ex­ perienced managers. Few electives are pro­ vided and core competencies are coupled with graduate education in leadership, hu­ man resources, finance, marketing, effective communication, and program evaluation. More information is available at slisweb.sjsu. edu/classes/exec.htm. Penn launches ScholarlyCommons The University of Pennsylvania Library has an­ nounced the debut of a digital repository of research scholarship produced by Penn fac­ ulty and students. ScholarlyCommons@Penn, a Web­based service of Penn’s digital library, emerged through a partnership between the library and the School of Engineering and Applied Science. Early content includes journal articles, conference papers, technical reports, and dissertations from the school’s six departments. It is expected that a broad­ er range of engineering research, including computer code and simulations, will eventu­ ally be housed in the repository. Researchers can browse, search, and download full text from the repository Web site at repository. upenn.edu. South Carolina libraries choose Innovative A group of 16 libraries at 8 institutions from the Partnership Among South Carolina Aca­ demic Libraries (PASCAL) will be migrating to Innovative Interface’s integrated library man­ agement system, Millennium. PASCAL will also be installing INN­Reach, Innovative’s patron­oriented resource sharing system, as a move toward universal borrowing among academic institutions throughout the state. The eight participating institutions are Clem­ son University, University of South Carolina, the College of Charleston, South Carolina Placement Center off ered in Minneapolis The ALA Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment (HRDR) will provide placement services at the ACRL 12th National Conference in Min- neapolis,April 7-10, 2005. The Placement Center posts job openings and informa- tion from job seekers in a searchable, online database. New this year! A résumé reviewing service will be offered on-site at the Place- ment Center. ACRL members experienced in evaluating and hiring librarians will be available to critique résumés of new and experienced librarians. Just drop in with your résumé—no appointments necessary. Visit www.acrl.org/minneapolis (click “Overview”) for more details. Placement Center hours: Thursday, April 7 - 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Friday, April 8 - 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 9 - 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. March 2005 169 C&RL News www.acrl.org/minneapolis http:upenn.edu http:www.acrl.org State Unviersity, the Citadel, Francis Marion University, Florence Darlington Technical College, and Aiken Technical College. President’s budget requests IMLS funds President Bush’s fiscal 2006 budget requests $252.24 million for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Of this, roughly $221 million is for the Library Servcies and Technology Act, nearly $39 million is for the Museum Services Act, and $2 million is for a new grant program authorized by the Af­ rican American History and Culture Act. The request represents an increase of approxi­ mately $21.5 million in funding for IMLS core programs. The President’s budget will specifically allow IMLS to increase support for state library administrative agencies; re­ cruit and educate a new generation of librar­ ians; expand, create, and preserve educa­ tional and cultural content in a digital form; strengthen learning through new models for library and museum programs; and build sustainable partnerships among museum, libraries, communities, and schools. CQ press introduces CQ Online Editions CQ Press has introduced a new series, CQ Online Editions, to its electronic offerings. The first product, CQ Historic Documents Series: Online Editions, provides access to the complete 32­volume Historic Docu­ ments series, published since 1972, includ­ ing the cumulative index, in one searchable online database. The online edition allows users to search by keyword and browse by title and topic. Wiley receives publishing awards John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has received two awards and one honorable mention in the 2004 awards competition of the Profes­ sional/Scholarly Publishing Division (PSP) of the Association of American Publishers. Wiley’s Handbook of Industrial Mixing: Sci­ ence and Practice (Edward L. Paul, Victor A. Atiemo­Obeng, and Suzanne M. Kresta) was selected as the best new PSP book in en­ gineering, while The Human Fossil Record: Volume Three, Brain Endocasts­the Paleo­ neurological Evidence (Ralph L. Halloway, Douglas C. Broadfield, and Michael S. Yuan) was named best new PSP book in sociology and anthropology. The Dictionary of Engi­ neering Materials (Harald Keller and Uwe Erb) received honorable mention in the sin­ gle volume reference (sciences) category. SALALM celebrates 50 years in support of Latin American research The Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM) is celebrating 50 years of professional activity fostering and supporting Latin American re­ search in areas ranging from the humanities and social sciences to science and technol­ ogy. Since its founding in 1956, SALALM has provided the only forum focused exclusively on collection development and services in libraries with Latin American collections. The first SALALM meeting was held in Chinsegut Hill, Florida, with 30 partici­ pants. In 2005, for its 50th meeting in April, SALALM will return to Florida, hosted by the Latin American Collection of the University of Florida­Gainsville. SALALM currently has an international membership of nearly 500, including research institutions and book dealers. 170C&RL News March 2005