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14-millionth Volume Announced

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Posted on December 11, 2017 by Heather Murphy

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The Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has added the 14-millionth volume to its collections, The University of Illinois: Engine of Innovation. The book, published by the University of Illinois Press, is one of several major projects commemorating the university’s sesquicentennial. The University of Illinois: Engine of Innovation, illustrated with more than one hundred images, is a collection of essays by experts and students that explore the university’s celebrated accomplishments and historic legacy, including the Mosaic web browser, the discovery of Archaea, and pioneering triumphs in women’s education and wheelchair accessibility. Engine of Innovation’s author is Professor Emeritus of History, Law and American Indian Studies Frederick E. Hoxie. “This acquisition is especially noteworthy given the role of Professor Hoxie’s book in the celebration of our university’s 150th anniversary,” said William Mischo, acting university librarian and dean of libraries. “I am honored to have Engine of Innovation honored in this way,” said Hoxie. “The book is a gratifying affirmation of the university’s century and a half commitment to innovation for the public good.”

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A display recognizing all of the Library’s millionth volumes, including Engine of Innovation, will be permanently housed on the first floor of the Main Library on the Urbana campus next year. The display is made possible through a generous gift to the Library in recognition of the 14-millionth volume from Library Friend Paul Lisnek, ’80 LAS, MA ’80 LAS, JD ’83 LAW, PHD ’86 LAS. Lisnek, of Chicago, Illinois, is a multi-Emmy, Cablefax, Telly, and Beacon Award-winning television host and analyst. He has been the political analyst for WGN-TV since 2008 and currently hosts Politics Tonight and the Behind the Curtain podcast. “I have been blessed with much success in my career. I’ve never forgotten that my success is due to the years spent at the U of I, and the countless hours doing research, writing, and studying in the various libraries around campus. I wanted to find a way to say thank you and commemorate all that the Library and university have meant to me. This seemed a fitting and lasting tribute to honor the continued growth of one of the largest libraries in the nation,” said Lisnek. “My hope is that others will think of their own success and find their personal way to say thanks and give back to where it all started.” The Library will celebrate its 14-millionth volume milestone with a special event in the fall of 2018 upon the display’s completion.

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TRCCS Established at Illinois

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Posted on November 21, 2017 by Nicholas Ferraz de Oliveira

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On November 14, 2017, the International and Area Studies Library (IASL) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign hosted a ceremony to celebrate a new Taiwan Resource Center for Chinese Studies (TRCCS) .

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The TRCCS was established through a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the University of Illinois and the National Central Library (NCL) of Taiwan. Illinois joins fellow Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member institutions, the University of Washington, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Toronto, in hosting a TRCCS. The TRCCS will serve as a platform to share both Taiwanese and Chinese studies with faculty, scholars, students, and the community surrounding the University of Illinois. Through this partnership, the NCL donated academic books to the Taiwan Resource Center for Chinese Studies. The TRCCS books are shelved within the IASL’s newly available public service space and new books area. In addition to the roughly 1,000 books annually, the NCL will provide access to its Center for Chinese Studies digital resources and support visiting scholars to share their research and promote scholarship and engagement focused on Chinese and East Asian studies. Chinese Studies Librarian Shuyong Jiang, Ph.D. serves as the director of the TRCCS and coordinates the activities of the Center. The opportunity to host the TRCCS resulted directly from Jiang’s 2015 International Field Work project in Taiwan. “TRCCS provides another platform to international library collaboration which will increase the potential for sustainability in supporting teaching and research on campus,” said Jiang.

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Also on November 14, the International and Area Studies Library celebrated the opening of an exhibit, “ The Fascinating Culture of Books ,” which includes materials from the Rare Book Collection of the National Central Library and contemporary publications in Taiwan. The IASL exhibit runs through the end of December.

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For more information, visit library.illinois.edu/ias/chinesecollection/trccs .

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Grainger Receives Sub-Award

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Posted on November 14, 2017 by Nicholas Ferraz de Oliveira

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The Grainger Engineering Library Information Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has received a sub-award via North Carolina State University’s (NCSU) Immersive Scholar program to develop a suite of software modules which will support highdefinition library visualization environments.

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Illinois was one of five cohort institutions selected by NCSU Libraries as part of a “Visualizing Digital Scholarship in Libraries and Learning Spaces” grant. The large-scale visualization grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundations, awarded to NCSU in May, supports “the advancement of tools and techniques for developing and sharing large-scale visual content for research.” The cohort institutions will meet in December and pursue their own projects over the next three years. All of the grant projects are related to the challenges in creating, disseminating, validating, and preserving digital scholarship for large-scale visual environments. Grainger Engineering Library’s portable and extensible software modules will be developed with campus user groups and digital scholarship centers, with the final suite of applications supporting digital scholarship applications, design learning projects, and data analysis applications. “We are very pleased to accept the award and look forward to contributing to the important set of activities connected with the Visualizing Digital Scholarship grant awarded to our colleagues at NCSU,” said William Mischo, acting dean of libraries and university librarian at the University of Illinois. “We’re eager to work with the other institutions toward advancing the state-of-the-art of library involvement in immersive scholarship and knowledge creation.” “We are delighted to have the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, through the Grainger Engineering Library, participate in the Immersive Scholar Mellon grant cohort,” said Greg Raschke, NCSU’s interim vice provost and director of libraries. “The national network of participating institutions signals the growing significance of large-scale visualization environments for creative forms of research and scholarship. The immersive scholar grant is an important step in unlocking the potential of these emerging forms of digital scholarship by creating shared infrastructure, tools, and experience to increase their impact and reach. Illinois’ innovative work in the past and bold plans for future immersive environments make them an ideal participant in the project.”

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For more information, visit www.lib.ncsu.edu/news/ncsu-libraries-chooses-cohort-for-large-scale-visualization-grant .

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Archives Acquires Ebert Materials

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Posted on October 30, 2017 by Nicholas Ferraz de Oliveira

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An important part of the legacy of the noted film critic, Urbana native, and U of I alumnus Roger Ebert has come home to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, thanks to a recent donation from the Chicago Sun-Times. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Archives has acquired the motion picture press kit files used by Ebert when he served as film critic for the newspaper. The files include 35mm slides and black and white glossy photographs, press release information promoting films from the 1980s through the early 2000s, as well as tear sheets of reviews by the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic. Nine file drawers of color slides and approximately 57 file drawers of press kits for more than 5,200 films spanning a substantial portion of Ebert’s time as the Sun-Times film critic now reside at Illinois awaiting arrangement and description to make them accessible to students, scholars, and the public. The University Archives and the Communications Library at Illinois have already starting working together to create a complete index of all of the thousands of reviews Ebert wrote. “This is an important story for the university to have,” said University Archivist William Maher. “What Roger learned here, how he honed his craft, got critical experience and gained confidence–all of that carried him forward. It propelled him. The university gave him that platform, at the same time that he changed the university himself.” Other universities had approached the Sun-Times for the materials, however Chaz Ebert, Ebert’s widow and publisher of RogerEbert.com, wanted to see the materials go to the University of Illinois, Ebert’s alma mater. “Chaz’s efforts to connect us with the Sun-Times have been an invaluable step forward to bring the Roger Ebert archival legacy home,” noted Maher. There is little doubt that Ebert would be pleased with the decision. In Life Itself , Ebert’s 2011 memoir, he said, “I loved the University. It took me from childhood to my life.” It was this influence and spirit that inspired an online exhibit all about Roger Ebert and his time at Illinois which made its debut at the 2017 Roger Ebert Film Festival this past April. The exhibit, created by the University Archives and containing examples of Ebert’s early writings as a student as well as his original correspondence with his faculty mentor, Dan Curley, is viewable at archives.library.illinois.edu/ebert. Ultimately, the Sun-Times materials will reside within close proximity to the Roger Ebert Center being established within the College of Media at Illinois. The Ebert Center will offer undergraduate scholarships and mentoring, along with other programs to “inspire critical thinking and illuminate the human condition,” to those interested in filmmaking and film criticism. “The College of Media is proud to have played a role in acquiring these materials for the University of Illinois,” said Wojtek ChodzkoZajko, interim dean of the College of Media. “Roger loved this place; he established his film festival and the Ebert Center here, visited often and introduced us to Chaz, who has become a valued member of our media family. Roger’s enduring legacy is safe in her hands and with the University of Illinois Archives.” For more information about the Ebert Center, visit media.illinois.edu/ebert . Do you have a story you’d like added to the Library News & Events? If so, please contact Heather Murphy ( [email protected] ). Posted in news

Honoring Major Kenneth D. Bailey Posted on October 19, 2017 by Nicholas Ferraz de Oliveira

The University Library will host a special ceremony honoring Major Kenneth D. Bailey (1910-1942), the only Congressional Medal of Honor recipient who was a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign alumnus. The Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor in action against an enemy force bestowed upon an individual serving in the Armed Services of the United States. The “Honoring Major Kenneth Bailey: Medal of Honor Recipient” ceremony will take place at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, October 27, 2017, in the Marshall Gallery of the Main Library on the Illinois campus. The ceremony’s keynote speaker is Captain Anthony Corapi, Commanding Officer of the University of Illinois NROTC. “It is very humbling to me to be able to recognize a true American hero,” said Captain Corapi. Major Bailey was a native of Danville, Illinois, a graduate of the University of Illinois (class of 1935), and a major in the U.S. Marine Corps. The Congressional Medal of Honor Society citation for Major Bailey reads, in part: “For extraordinary courage and heroic conduct above and beyond the call of duty as Commanding Officer of Company C, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, during the enemy Japanese attack on Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, on 12-13 September 1942.” The October 27 ceremony complements a month-long exhibit in the Main Library’s Marshall Gallery which includes Major Bailey’s Medal of Honor on loan from the Vermilion County War Museum. Exhibit and ceremony sponsors include the Vermilion County War Museum , the University of Illinois Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) , the Student Life and Culture Archives , the University Archives , and the University Library . For more information about the Congressional Medal of Honor Society and to read the full citation for Major Bailey, please visit cmohs.org . Do you have a story you’d like added to the Library News & Events? If so, please contact Heather Murphy ( [email protected] ). Posted in news

Madhubuti and TWP Archives Acquired Posted on September 25, 2017 by Nicholas Ferraz de Oliveira

The Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Illinois has acquired the papers of Dr. Haki R. Madhubuti , one of the most provocative poets of his generation, and the Third World Press (TWP)/Third World Press Foundation , the oldest independent Black-owned publisher in the United States. The archive includes important documentation of Madhubuti’s original work as a writer, educator, and intellectual leader, and it provides an essential and unique record of the inner workings of TWP. Manuscripts preserved in the archive, which spans approximately 500 linear feet of library shelving or 300 boxes, include Madhubuti’s own work, and that of other leading TWP poets and writers, such as Amiri Baraka, Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee, Sonia Sanchez, Derrick Bell, and Illinois Poet Laureate Gwendolyn Brooks. The extensive literary manuscripts and archives of Brooks, the first African American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize, became part of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Illinois in 2013. “Dr. Madhubuti was an early protégé of Gwendolyn Brooks and played a key role in establishing TWP in Chicago during the height of the 1960s Black Arts Movement,” said Tom Teper, associate dean for collections and technical services at Illinois. “We are ecstatic that we could add this important archive to our collections and that it will reside alongside the Brooks papers.” The archive is a rich primary resource for studying the direct impact of TWP and one of the most important times in African-American literature, the growth of a singular Black enterprise, and its broad networks and communities of readers, writers, thinkers, and educators. TWP, which was founded by Madhubuti with a $400 honorarium and a used mimeograph machine in the basement of his apartment, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. In addition to publishing, other initiatives of the press have included projects aimed at developing literacy, encouraging writers and poets, and programs and events promoting understanding and education about African American culture and history. “We are so pleased to have been selected as a home for these materials that document the growth of the Black Arts Movement and Dr. Madhubuti’s work,” said Lynne M. Thomas, head of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library. “This collection not only provides important additional context for Brooks’s later career, it documents the numerous Black artists, writers, and creators that came after her through the work of the oldest Black-owned publishing company in the United States.” The acquisition of the archives was made possible with the financial support of Library Friends through various gift and endowment funds. Do you have a story you’d like added to the Library News & Events? If so, please contact Heather Murphy ( [email protected] ). Posted in news

Lynne Thomas to Lead RBML Posted on July 25, 2017 by Nicholas Ferraz de Oliveira

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Lynne M. Thomas has been named head of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She assumes the Juanita J. and Robert E. Simpson Rare Book & Manuscript Library Professorship, a tribute to Library Friends Robert and Juanita Simpson, who generously supported the University Library for more than 20 years. Thomas, who will begin her new appointment September 1, is a four-time Hugo Award winner, and has served as curator of rare books and special collections at Northern Illinois University since 2004, and as head of distinctive collections there since 2014. “After an extended search, we are thrilled to welcome not only a well-respected leader from the special collections community, but one of its own. As a graduate from the University of Illinois, Lynne represents the best of what Illinois produces—a scholar, a dedicated contributor to her professional community, and a collaborative leader,” said Thomas Teper, associate dean for collections and technical services. Thomas will be developing and leading projects involving rare books and special collections collaboratively within the campus community and beyond. She will work toward making the collections known, accessible, and used through print, exhibition, and digital means, and engage in and promote scholarship on materials in the collections. Her responsibilities will include establishing a continuing mission and strategic direction for a preeminent rare book and manuscript program and leading rich instructional and public outreach efforts. “It is a delight and an honor to be returning to the University of Illinois as the head of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Just about twenty years ago, I began my first day there as a graduate assistant,” said Thomas. “These collections, and the people who care for them, shaped the librarian I have become today. I’m thrilled to be coming back to my alma mater to continue the tradition of excellent stewardship of this library’s renowned collections.” Thomas is the co-editor-in-chief and publisher of Uncanny Magazine with her husband Michael Damian Thomas. The former editorin-chief of Apex Magazine (2011-2013), she co-edited the Hugo Award-winning Chicks Dig Time Lords , as well as Whedonistas and Chicks Dig Comics . She moderated the Hugo-Award winning SF Squeecast and contributes to the Verity! Podcast . At Northern Illinois University, Thomas was responsible for popular culture special collections, including the literary papers of more than 75 science fiction and fantasy authors, and the official archives of Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA). She coauthored Special Collections 2.0 (2009), and co-edited New Directions for Special Collections (2016), both with Beth Whittaker of the University of Kansas, and is a founding member of the Digital POWRR project. In addition to a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature and French Literature from Smith College, Thomas earned a Master of Science in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Master of Arts in English and American Literature from Northern Illinois University. The Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Illinois is one of the largest repositories for rare books and manuscripts in the United States. The collections—nearly half a million volumes and three kilometers of manuscript material—are strong in the broad areas of literature, history, art, theology, philosophy, technology, and the natural sciences. Do you have a story you’d like added to the Library News & Events? If so, please contact Heather Murphy ( [email protected] ). Posted in news

Chancellor’s Medallion Awarded Posted on June 23, 2017 by Nicholas Ferraz de Oliveira

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News release courtesy of the Illinois News Bureau: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will award the Chancellor’s Medallion to three men who have dedicated their professional lives to preserving and making available the history of the university. Honored in a June 28 ceremony will be Maynard Brichford, the university’s first archivist; William Maher, the current university archivist; and Winton Solberg, a professor emeritus of history. The Chancellor’s Medallion is the highest campus honor, having been awarded just six times since it was first presented in 1999. “In this year when we begin our sesquicentennial celebration, it has become clear the most valuable and lasting legacy we have built as a university is our story. All of our great accomplishments, ideas and innovations trace back to the men and women who have been a part of this institution over the past 150 years,” Chancellor Robert Jones said. “Across their respective careers, these three have gone to extraordinary lengths to ensure that those voices will not be lost or forgotten. They’ve been the unwavering guardians of our history. “It is difficult to imagine three individuals whose careers better represent the high standards recognized by the Chancellor’s Medallion,” Jones said. “It is no exaggeration to say that much of our understanding of the values and standards of Illinois has come about because of their work.” Brichford was hired as the first university archivist in 1963 and served in that role until his retirement in 1995. Brichford “built the Archives from the ground up, transforming it into a nationally renowned program,” wrote Ellen Swain, the Stewart S. Howe Student Life and Culture Archivist, who with architecture professor Marci Uihlein nominated the three for the honor. “His proactive approach to archival practice resulted in the acquisition of rich historical holdings on students, faculty and campus life.” Brichford said the establishment of the Student Life and Culture Archives was especially important for documenting university history. “There is a wealth of information that makes very interesting reading about student behavior and organizations over the years,” he said, adding that he considers himself primarily a historian. When he started the job, Brichford went to each department on campus and requested they make annual records transfers. They became the foundation for the Archives, he said. “The University Archives is the repository for the information that makes it possible for researchers to examine the history of the university,” Brichford said. Maher began work in the Archives in 1977, and he succeeded Brichford as university archivist in 1995. “As an expert in copyright law, he brings this knowledge to scholars locally, as well as internationally,” Uihlein said about Maher. “He brings national attention to the outstanding collection here at Illinois through his research and work in the profession at-large.” During Maher’s career, the Archives has grown in scope, staff size and professional stature, and it has upgraded its facilities. Maher said the Archives has a role in good governance by maintaining a record of the administrative side of the university, and also in preserving the university’s cultural heritage. By making those materials available for use, “it gives new life to these historical records by connecting someone with a new background to bring to the records and new questions to ask.” Maher said he’s gratified to see his work recognized, as well as the importance of the Archives to the university. He also said he’s intimidated to receive the Chancellor’s Medallion in the company of Brichford, whom he said had the vision to make the Archives what it is, and Solberg, whom he called “an absolutely superb scholar.” Solberg once considered becoming a lawyer, but his experiences fighting in Europe during World War II convinced him to study history in order to understand why such events happened. He taught in the history department at the U. of I. from 1961 until his retirement in 1992. A dedicated user of the Archives, Solberg wrote about university history throughout his career in a way that acknowledges both the positive and negative, and he has continued to do so in retirement. He is currently working on an account of the U. of I. during the presidency of Edmund J. James (1904-1920). He has also shepherded graduate student research and dissertations on university history. “Winton Solberg is the authority on University of Illinois history,” Swain wrote. “Archives staff, scholars, students, administrators and the general public consult his histories on a daily basis.” Research and writing about the university’s history have shaped his life, Solberg said. “I’m interested in my work. I enjoy my work. I serve a useful purpose to point out some of the triumphs and failures of what the University of Illinois has done,” he said. Do you have a story you’d like added to the Library News & Events? If so, please contact Heather Murphy ( [email protected] ). Posted in news

Story Map Journal Launches Posted on June 7, 2017 by Nicholas Ferraz de Oliveira

2017 marks the centennial of the birth of Gwendolyn E. Brooks, Illinois Poet Laureate and the first black winner of the Pulitzer Prize. In celebration, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library has launched a new and interactive Story Map Journal website chronicling events across Illinois celebrating Brooks at go.library.illinois.edu/StoryMapJournal . The Story Map website was officially unveiled on the anniversary of Brooks’s birth, June 7. It highlights continuities between Brooks’s past and present by layering the evidence of her work to promote a love of poetry in Illinois with the work of libraries and schools around the state to celebrate her in 2017. The website is part of The Rare Book & Manuscript Library’s Brooks@100 festivities. The Rare Book & Manuscript Library is linking selections from its Gwendolyn Brooks Papers to relevant archival materials and memories contributed or held by other institutions in the state using the Story Map website. “We hope to connect potential attendees to events related to Gwendolyn Brooks, and Brooks-minded library folks to each other through the site,” said Curator Anna Chen. “We envision this as an ongoing, collaborative, and expansive project.” In addition to the Story Map, the Rare Book & Manuscript Library has loaned out selections from Brooks’s personal archives to the Poetry Foundation in Chicago, IL, for its “Matter in the Margins: Gwendolyn Brooks at 100” exhibition. The exhibit runs through August 25, 2017. More information is located at www.poetryfoundation.org . To learn more about the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, visit library.illinois.edu/rbx . Do you have a story you’d like added to the Library News & Events? If so, please contact Heather Murphy ( [email protected] ). Posted in news

IMLS Grant for Library and iSchool Posted on April 25, 2017 by Nicholas Ferraz de Oliveira

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was awarded a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to hold a national forum and develop a white paper aimed at simplifying scholars’ access to in-copyright and access-restricted texts for computational analysis and data mining research. The University Library and the School of Information Sciences (iSchool) at Illinois will bring together library, researcher, and publisher stakeholders to discuss and recommend a research, policy, and practice framework that guides scholarly access to protected texts for data mining and other analyses. Text data mining and analysis has emerged as an important research method for scholars. However, researcher efforts to access and analyze datasets are frequently complicated when texts are protected by copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Following the forum, the team will produce a white paper to synthesize the results of the meeting and to present best practices and policy suggestions to the larger library community. The University Library’s Beth Namachchivaya and Eleanor Dickson will work on the grant with Megan Senseney, research scientist at the iSchool’s Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship (CIRSS), and Bertram Ludaescher, iSchool professor and CIRSS director. “This award enables us to bring together an international community of experts to identify a more direct access path for an increasing number of scholars to use computational methods to mine and analyze digital texts in their research. Scholars use computational text mining and analysis to identify historical trends, sentiment, and the occurrence of themes as well as vocabulary and names, with or across a collection of texts,” said Beth Namachchivaya, associate dean of libraries and associate university librarian for research. “The potential to extend text analysis with computational tools is substantial. This grant has the potential to support pragmatic solutions for libraries as well as further scholarly insights into the value of research access to these digital texts.” “Even as more scholars have become interested in incorporating text data mining into their research practices, they are often stymied by insufficient access to textual corpora needed to do their work. Copyright and licensing issues in particular limit access to text for this research methodology and area of study,” said Eleanor Dickson, visiting HathiTrust Research Center digital humanities specialist. “This grant will allow key stakeholders, including content providers and academic researchers, to reflect on the current state of the field, as well as suggest future best practice that would balance the limitations imposed by legal restrictions with allowable ‘fair use’ of textual corpora.” For more information about the Institute of Museum and Library Services, visit imls.gov . Visit ischool.illinois.edu for additional information about the School of Information Sciences. More on the Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship is located at cirss.ischool.illinois.edu . To learn more about the University Library, visit library.illinois.edu . Do you have a story you’d like added to the Library News & Events? If so, please contact Heather Murphy ( [email protected] ). Posted in news Older posts

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