Reel n Page Nov-Dec 2007

Changes have been made to the Greeneville Campus Library operating hours for the remainder of the Fall Semester 2007 and through the 2007-2008 Winter Holiday Break. In an effort to better serve the Graduate and Professional Studies Student and Faculty populations during the Residential College block and winter breaks, the TC Library Greeneville campus has extending its weekly evening hours during these periods from closing at 6:00 p.m. to closing at 8:00 p.m Monday - Thursday.

These extended hours began November 5 and were evident during the Residential Block Break which began on November 9. Please find below the new extended library hours for the Greeneville campus library from November 9, 2007 through January 12, 2008. Unless otherwise indicated, regular semester library hours will be observed as stated on the Library News page of the Library Website: http://library.tusculum.edu

During this experiment, GPS student, staff and faculty use of the library facility will be tracked from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m, M-Th and on Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Future library facility extended open hours will be determined based on actual usage by GPS students, staff and faculty.

As is the case with all visitors, the library staff looks forward to assisting GPS students and faculty employing the library facility during these extended break hours. We appreciate any constructive feedback that you would like to provide to us as we continually strive to improve the library resources and services available to the entire TC community.

Dec. 14 is the last day this year to donate gift books. We appreciate all that come in. Please be sure to attach or enclose a listing with any donations. Although the librarians cannot perform appraisals, we can give you a GIK (gifts in kind) receipt acknowledging your delivery.

It is not too early for faculty to begin consideration of materials they may wish to see added to TL@TC collections next year. It is recommended that wish lists of print materials students can borrow from the library on either campus be continuously developed at the departmental level. The same suggestion also applies to electronic subscription source recommendations.

In late January 2008, school directors and independent division chairs will receive the annual request packets for distribution to their instructors.

Last month, the ACA purchased 4 new Gale Virtual Reference titles. Two of them will be available the end of November and 2 will be coming by the end of the year.

Crime and Punishment: Essential Primary Sources
Environmental Issues: Essential Primary Sources
Family in Society: Essential Primary Sources
Gender Issues and Sexuality: Essential Primary Sources
Government, Politics, and Protest: Essential Primary Sources
Human and Civil Rights: Essential Primary Sources
Immigration and Multiculturalism: Essential Primary Sources
Medicine, Health, and Bioethics: Essential Primary Sources
Social Policy: Essential Primary Sources

A number of new resources have been added to the ARTstor service, while agreements have been signed for additional collections. Here is a recap:

New Collection: Images from the Mark Rothko Family Collection
The first releases of images to the Mark Rothko Collection are in the ARTstor Digital Library. This release includes 43 paintings scanned from eight-by-ten color transparencies not previously in public collections.

Ghiberti collection completed
The final 30 images of the Ghiberti collection, depicting the cleaned Noah panel, have been released. Along with the previously added images of the partially cleaned panel, these images further underscore the importance of the recent restoration campaign and its photographic documentation by ARTstor.

Additional images added to the Islamic Art and Architecture collection
Approximately 2,300 additional images are now included in the Islamic Art and Architecture collection. This latest release focuses on Ottoman architecture in Turkey and brings the total number of images in this collection to over 14,800.

More European art and architecture from Scala Archives and Art Resource
Additional images of major Italian and other European works are available from Scala Archives, bringing the total number of Scala images now hosted in ARTstor users to approximately 10,500.

Contemporary art exhibition installations from the New Museum
ARTstor and the New Museum of Contemporary Art are collaborating to digitize and distribute approximately 7,000 images from the New Museum's photo archive. This collaboration will significantly increase the representation of contemporary art in the Digital Library.

Photographs of modern architecture (Ezra Stoller archive)
In collaboration with Esto Photographics, Inc., ARTstor has announced the digitization of 70,000 images from the Ezra Stoller archive. Ezra Stoller is widely recognized as the leading American architectural photographer of the 20th century.

Images from the Yale University Art Gallery and the Peabody Museum of Natural History
ARTstor has announced new agreements with the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History and the Yale University Art Gallery to make over 30,000 images from their collections and photo archives available through the Digital Library. These collections will bring together materials currently housed separately at Yale institutions to develop a digital collection devoted to African Art and Yale sponsored archaeological expeditions.

Mexican retablos from Douglas Massey
ARTstor and Douglas Massey will collaborate to bring approximately 130 images of Mexican retablos to the Digital Library. Dating from 1912 to 1996, these small, colorful oil paintings represent modern expressions of a traditional Mexican art form.

Images from the Library of Congress’ Historic American Buildings Survey/ Historic American Engineering Record
Through a partnership with the Library of Congress, ARTstor will distribute approximately 200,000 images from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) image collections. Coverage spans across the United States and its territories, representing various periods and styles from the 17th through the 20th century.

Carnegie Survey of the South (Library of Congress)
ARTstor and the Library of Congress will collaborate to distribute images from the Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South collection, a systematic record of early buildings and gardens in the American South. The Library of Congress will be digitizing the Carnegie Survey negatives for eventual distribution through the Digital Library.

Plans of ancient and medieval buildings and archaeological sites (Bryn Mawr College)
Through a partnership with ARTstor, the Visual Resources Center at Bryn Mawr College will be contributing a collection of site plans for key ancient and medieval architectural monuments and archaeological sites. There are approximately 8,000 black and whiwhite slides depicting archaeological and building site plans, particularly relating to the classical and ancient Near East, as well as medieval Europe.

Archaeological excavations from the Mellink Archive (Bryn Mawr College)
Through a partnership with ARTstor, approximately 4,000 images from the Mellink Archive at Bryn Mawr College will be added to the Digital Library. The images will depict archaeological sites in Turkey, including numerous images of sites that Mellink excavated herself.

On September 5, the library and IT staff inaugurated a series of Brown Bag Lunches to share resources with faculty and staff. First semester programming has included an introduction to the new ACA shared catalog system, Millenium; introduction of a cognitive mapping tool – Inspiration; a review of research databases; a look at employing free e-books/links in historical research as centered on the TC bell; an introduction to the classroom integration of ARTSTOR and JSTOR; a tool-specific look at Sakai; a review of new survey tools; and two sessions on the integration of Information Literacy and Instructional Technology into courses.

We hope to offer a continuation of this series during the spring semester beginning in January. If any reader has suggestions for topics to be addressed, please contact either Jack Smith or Theresa Swann.

Jack Smith, Anne Reever, Charles Tunstall, Marsha Griffith, and Kathy Hipps represented The Library @ Tusculum College at the ACA Summit held at Abingdon, VA October 18-19. Numerous sessions were attended and valuable insights were gained.

Assistant Library Director for Distance Learning, Anne Reever Osborne walked the boards again this time as a member of the mythical town of Brigadoon in the Arts Outreach production of Lerner and Lowe’s musical, Brigadoon during its November performance at Byrd Auditorium. If you missed the show you missed a wonderful cast of characters and some great singing by current and former Tusculum College students.

Library Director Jack Smith’s article “Le Roy Fitch Meets the Devil’s Disciple: The Battle of Bell’s Mills, Tennessee, December 4-6, 1864” appears in the December issue of North South Magazine, currently available on newsstands worldwide. This is the first article ever published concerning the contests near Nashville between Fitch’s gunboats and land cannon under Vanderbilt University founder Rev. David C. Kelley (Gen. N. B. Forrest’s aide and chaplain).

As this is our last newsletter until 2008, the entire library staff takes this opportunity to wish each of you and your families the most wonderful of holidays and a Happy New Year.

In every number of the Reel & Page published through the school year, we provide our most recent usage statistics (lag time is usually one month). Comparison figures between the current school year and that preceding are published in either the April issue or a special May issue. The 2006-07 comparison is in the May special edition, found at

	Greeneville	Knoxville
Physical Use
In House Patrons	3281	3223
Days Open	29	23
Average Daily Attendance	113.13	140.13
Circulation
Books	347	105
Periodicals	0	63
Reserves	36	32
Media (Videos/DVDs)	20	10
Ebooks	netlibrary 262 Ebrary 360	G-K e-bks combined
Reference
In House	177	181
Phone	DE 9 Residential: 42	88
Email	DE 5 Residential 7	12
TOTAL	240	281
Library Instruction Sessions
DE	5	9
Residential	16

Website (library only) Visits: 6,642; Subscription database searches (total): 58,404; Total electronic visits to The Library at Tusculum College: 65,046.

Greeneville to Knoxville, 2 Knoxville to Greeneville, 1; via OCLC from other libraries for both campuses, 20;. Books by Mail: 0.

	Greeneville	Knoxville
Physical Use
In House Patrons	3,433	3,579
Days Open	29	27
Average Daily Attendance	118.37	132.56
Circulation
Books	252	276
Periodicals	0	89
Reserves	102	113
Media (Videos/DVDs)	36	14
Ebooks	netlibrary 343 Ebrary 547	G-K e-bks combined
Reference
In House	151	225
Phone	DE 9 Residential: 44	68
Email	DE 9 Residential 6	12
TOTAL	219	305
Library Instruction Sessions
DE	10	13
Residential	11

Website (library only) Visits: 6,472; Subscription database searches (total): 55,491; Total electronic visits to The Library at Tusculum College: 40,551.

Greeneville to Knoxville, 3 Knoxville to Greeneville, 0; via OCLC from other libraries for both campuses, 53; Books by Mail: 0.