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On Reserve
The Magazine of Kelvin Smith Library
Convergence
Old, New and Renewed
S PR IN G 2010
Tabl e of C on t e n t s
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On Reserve
The magazine of Kelvin Smith Library
Case Western Reserve University
Barbara Snyder
President
Timothy Robson
Interim University Librarian
Kelvin Smith Library
Gail Reese
Associate Director
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Partnering the Old with the New
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Gina Midlik
Special Assistant
to the University Librarian
From the
interim University LIBRARIAN
Welcome to On Reserve!
I am happy to greet you as the Interim University Librarian at Case Western Reserve
University. My predecessor, Joanne Eustis, retired from the library at the end of
November following eleven successful years as our leader. She was an excellent
mentor for those of us who worked closely with her, and I am privileged to follow her
in this interim position. A search committee to recommend a permanent successor
to Joanne has been appointed and is at work, with Dr. Mohan Reddy, Dean of the
Weatherhead School of Management as Chair.
This issue features two important initiatives for the Kelvin Smith Library: a discussion
of how the library is implementing one part of Case Western Reserve University’s strategic plan, the cross-disciplinary
alliance areas. In this issue we focus on the Great Lakes Energy Institute; other alliance areas will be featured in future
issues of On Reserve. We also report on an important new collaboration that has begun with the Library and Archives of
the Western Reserve Historical Society. The WRHS has unparalleled collections relating to Cleveland and northeast Ohio
history, entrepreneurship and business history, social justice, architectural and urban history, among many other topics. We
are indeed excited about this new collaboration, because we believe that it will benefit Case Western Reserve University
students and faculty, as well as visitors (both physical and “virtual”) to the Western Reserve Historical Society.
In this issue we offer a statistical report summarizing the activities of our 2008/09 fiscal year, as well as information about
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Energizing Alliances
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The Year in Review
On Reserve is written and designed
by Unity Design Partnership
and the Kelvin Smith Library staff.
Also contributing to this issue,
Susan J. Zull, The Write Solution.
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From the Interim University Librarian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Partnering the Old with the New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Energizing Alliances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Online and On Shelf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Services and Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
The Year in Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Photography in this issue
provided by Gina Midlik, Optiem,
and University Archives.
Web: library.case.edu
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 216-368-2992
Fax: 216-368-6950
On Reserve is made possible through
a generous contribution from Anne
M. Clapp (FSM ’39; GRS ’41, history).
Please send your thoughts to
[email protected].
In education, as in employment,
is dedicated to the policies of equal
opportunity and affirmative action.
new online and print collections, and special programs that we have offered in the past months. Assistant Director for Public
Services Catherine Wells describes a sold out day-long workshop that the library presented in cooperation with the CWRU
School of Graduate Studies for Ph.D. students about to begin their dissertations. The feedback from the workshop — the
first time such a session has been offered — was overwhelmingly positive, and fits well with the library’s goal of being a
partner in the academic and scholarly communication process.
Finally, we feature the Kelvin Smith Library Advisory Board and profile Clyde Miles, Partner at Optiem, LLC, (a Cleveland media
and advertising company which is a leader in strategic interactive marketing and digital services). Mr. Miles is an active
member of the Advisory Board. We are grateful to the members of our Board for the time and expertise they volunteer on
behalf of the library.
If you are ever in the area of the Kelvin Smith Library, please stop by and say hello. We are always happy to greet members
of our extended library family.
Best wishes,
Timothy Robson
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Partnering the Old with the New
The Kelvin Smith Library (KSL) has embarked on a new collaboration with the
Western Reserve Historical Society (WRHS). The WRHS is known for its rich,
unique collections documenting the social, cultural and economic development
of Cleveland and Northeast Ohio. Combining these unique resources with the
technological capabilities and expertise of the Kelvin Smith Library will make
these collections widely available to not only the Cleveland community but to
scholars everywhere. The two institutions have worked together informally
over the years, so this collaboration is a natural evolution that builds on the
strengths of both.
“We are excited about the
collaboration between the
Great Lakes Exposition Postcards
Western Reserve Historical
Society and Case Western
Reserve University. The vast
Great Lakes
Exposition and the
Cleveland Skyline
archival resources of the WRHS
library will be of great benefit
to the faculty and students,
especially as we continue to
implement the university’s
strategic plan and strengthen
interdisciplinary study.”
Left to Right: Lynn Singer, Deputy
Provost and V.P. for Academic
Programs, CWRU, John Grabowski,
Timothy Robson, Gainor B. Davis,
Main Entrance
to the Great Lakes
Exposition,
— Deputy Provost
Lynn Singer, CWRU
Cleveland, Ohio
President and CEO, WRHS
Dr. John J. Grabowski, Krieger-Mueller Associate Professor of Applied History at CWRU and also the
Krieger-Mueller Historian and Vice President for Collections at the WRHS, is one of the guiding forces
behind this initiative. As editor of the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, Dr. Grabowski has worked with
KSL’s Digital Case staff to create a digital version of this online resource which is archived each year in
order to preserve a record of changes and additions to the text. This is just one example of a joint effort
Looking towards Lake Erie;
that spurred discussions of the viability of a more formal collaboration, which is now in the form of a
Court of the Presidents at
“Memorandum of Understanding.”
Night and the Aurora Borealis
The first phase of this collaboration focuses on specific projects that will help the institutions explore and
evaluate how they can work together to maximize the resources of their library and archival collections,
and provide enhanced services.
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These projects include:
• Compiling
an inventory
of equipment related to
digitization and microfilming
at both institutions
• Sharing
several online
cataloging tools
• Applying
for work-study funds
to support student assistants
at either/both institutions
• Exploring
the feasibility of incorporating the online WRHS catalog
into the CWRU online system; this
would make the WRHS catalog
easily available to all CWRU users,
as well as on OhioLINK
• Examining
procedures and costs
of reciprocal access to both
institutions’ resources for the
CWRU community and all users
of the WRHS Library
“Institutional cooperation
Timothy Robson, Interim University
Librarian, highlighted two additional
and synergy are increasingly
projects as examples of how the
important, and this is a natural
immediate and long-terms goals:
development. In terms of sharing
the digitization of a small, high-priority
institutions can interact to achieve
The first is an experiment in which
resources, effectively disseminating
body of material from the WRHS will
information, and pursuing funding
possible to disseminate that material
sources to support research
as Flickr.
be added to Digital Case, making it
on popular online systems such
fellowships, our collaboration
The second project involves digitizing
has great potential.”
from 1985 to 1989 of a program
— Professor John Grabowski
the WRHS’ broadcast tapes dating
entitled “Gay Waves,” which aired on
the university’s radio station, WRUW.
Digitizing these tapes will preserve
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the originals, allow for indexing, and
provide historical context as the
university expands its support of
the LGBT (Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/
Transgendered) community.
At the end of nine months, these
projects will be evaluated by both
institutions to determine whether
continuing collaborations or a more
formal partnership is desirable. The
“win-win” would be a partnership
in which CWRU students and faculty
have enhanced access to the
outstanding collection at the WRHS.
And, through the university’s system,
the WRHS would gain higher online
visibility, with more individuals and
groups taking advantage of this
distinctive educational resource.
• Extensive
material focused on the
African-American, Jewish and various
ethnic populations within the Greater
Cleveland community as well as the
LGBT community, which will be valuable
in pursuing the strategic alliance area of
social justice.
• Business records that chronicle technological
advances in products and procedures, and
illustrate the evolution of management
styles over time; these records will
contribute a historical perspective of
topics such as invention, business
and entrepreneurship.
The tangible and intellectual assets of the KSL
and the WRHS will fortify both institutions.
Technical expertise of the KSL staff along
with the vast range of faculty and students
interests will stimulate scholarship and
research that promotes exciting interaction
between the university and the WRHS.
The KSL has formal affiliations with
And the proximity of the WRHS – just a five
other libraries, including those at
minute walk from the KSL – and accessibility
the Cleveland Institute of Art and
of its collections will foster energetic
the Cleveland Institute of Music
exchange as the university pursues its
in University Circle, and the Siegal
new strategic plan.
College of Judaic Studies. The WRHS’
outstanding collections will further
Susan Zull
add to the university libraries’
resources, and be an asset to faculty
and student researchers as they
pursue work in several of the
university’s identified “strategic
alliance” areas and other joint
efforts. These collections include:
• Historical
medical documents of
particular regional interest, which will
contribute to the knowledge base in
the strategic alliance areas of Human
Health and Infectious Diseases.
Historical medical documents – photos from St. Luke’s Hospital
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Energizing
Alliances
T
he Kelvin Smith Library (KSL) takes
worked with faculty and administrative
its role as academic partner seri-
leaders on the design and implementation
ously. “Think beyond the possible” –
of this system since the GLEI’s inception,
Case Western Reserve University’s
and hopes that other university strategic
new tagline – is providing further
alliances – such as Advanced Materials
impetus for KSL to explore new ways
– will enlist KSL’s sophisticated services
in which it can support the university’s
strategic initiatives. The university’s
strategic plan calls for the establishment
of powerful alliances that will enrich
CWRU’s core strengths and focus
attention on select interdisciplinary
priorities. Among those priorities is
Energy and the Environment. CWRU is
uniquely positioned to provide leadership
in these areas, which are critical to the
future of our nation and the world.
KSL welcomes its current collaboration in
advancing this Energy and the Environment strategic alliance. In partnership
with the university’s Great Lakes
Energy Institute (GLEI), Digital Case
(see sidebar) will become the online
archive and distribution mechanism
for papers, presentations, and media
produced through the GLEI’s daily
activities and operations.
Brian Gray, the Engineering, Mathematics and Statistics Librarian and the
Head of Reference at KSL, has taken
the lead in this academic partnership.
With a B.S. in chemical engineering
and a Masters degree in Library and
Information Science, Mr. Gray brings a
valuable skill set to this task. He has
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sustainable energy generation, storage, distribution
and utilization, through coordinated research,
development and education.
What is Digital Case? Digital Case
in similar ways.
“We have lofty goals
of being a ‘library of
excellence’ in the area of
advanced energy so that
anyone doing advanced
energy research in
Northeast Ohio and beyond
will come to us as the
primary resource. Over the
long term, we want to be
able to support anyone
with an information need
in this area – researcher,
student, policy maker,
investor, politician, etc.”
KSL has recently developed an Energy
Collaborative Platform, focusing on the
following activities:
• Gathering
a world-class collection of
reference sources related to sustainability
and energy alternatives.
• Creating
a Virtual Knowledge Center
for Energy. This research portal will
serve as a single access data point,
highlighting resources and providing
guidance on how to locate information
about energy, sustainability, and the
environment.
in educational outreach;
hosting and collaborating in the
sponsorship of lectures, conferences
and classes. For example, in November
2009, KSL co-sponsored “Innovations
in Energy Storage” in conjunction with
IEEE’s (the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers) 125th anniversary.
The IEEE is the leading authority on
areas ranging from aerospace systems,
computers and telecommunications
to biomedical engineering, electric
power and consumer electronics.
The week-long commemorative
event included research updates for
librarians, and culminated with a
panel hosted by the GLEI, KSL, and
the Cleveland chapter of the IEEE.
>>>> GLEI Mission: To enable the transition to advanced
• Participating
— Brian Gray, Engineering,
Mathematics and Statistics Librarian
and the Head of Reference,
This event was open to the public
and attracted faculty, staff, students,
researchers, and collaborators from
numerous organizations throughout
Northeast Ohio.
an enhanced data portal for entities
• Supporting research. KSL is establishing
goals? Who are the individuals with
a “Digital Scholarship and Publishing
Center” to assist energy researchers
in preparing funding proposals. KSL
is also promoting other resources and
services including “Librarians in the
Laboratory,” in which KSL librarians
participate in activities where
research, instruction, publication and
information workflow are shared,
discussed and improved.
• Identifying
corporate and other
external partners to support new
initiatives and provide a revenue
stream for purchasing and maintaining
resource material.
Lyndy Rutkowski, GLEI Associate
Director, describes the possibilities
for refining and expanding the initiative
as one with a breadth of potential.
Current interaction between CWRU,
Electric Power Research Institute, and
Energy Voyager may eventually attract
government funding. This funding
would help create a Collaborative Open
Innovation Network (COIN) to stimulate
research interaction between academia,
government and industry. With KSL’s
support, this COIN would become a
“Craig’s List for research” as well as
is the online source for curated
pursuing such questions as, “What orga-
digital content about Case Western
nization offers the research capabilities
Reserve University. It provides
we need? What other information do
we need to clearly define our project
expertise via services including
access, distribution, and long-term
specialized knowledge in ‘x-y-z’?”
The collaboration between the GLEI and
preservation of CWRU’s collective
KSL serves as a model for the university
intellectual product.
and beyond. A unique feature of this
collaboration is the ‘external’ component:
Libraries often offer programming
to K-12 institutions and the general
public. In addition to these outreach
efforts, KSL is taking steps to attract
advanced energy researchers, policy
makers, and business/industry leaders.
KSL strives to be the “home base”
for advanced energy initiatives, and
also to have active partnerships in
“The Kelvin Smith Library provides
programming, collaborative research,
a great resource in terms of
and information management that
information management and
allows these efforts to have a positive
distribution. Brian Gray showed
impact regionally, nationally, and
internationally. To this end, Mr. Gray
us the tools available, and how to
has been attending meetings and
use them. Having GLEI material
conferences to promote products and
services to the campus community and
permanently archived is a positive
the broader advanced energy audience.
advantage; knowing that aspect of
The library’s role in managing and
our daily operations is secure frees
disseminating information for the GLEI
is an outstanding example of a true
our staff for other activities.”
academic partnership.
Susan Zull
— Lyndy Rutkowski, Associate Director,
Great Lakes Energy Institute
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The Codex
Leicester-Hammer
Online and On Shelf
Website: http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/offtheshelf/
Courtesy of Trec International of Rome, Italy
Extra! Extra! Breaking News
Kelvin Smith Library Acquires Local Newspaper Online
The Special Collections Research
Earl of Leicester who purchased it
the numbers and references
Center has acquired a facsimile
in 1717. In 1980, Armand Hammer,
corresponding to the text, sketches
copy of a famous journal created by
wealthy industrialist and philanthropist,
and diagrams. This outstanding
Leonardo da Vinci. Named the Codex
purchased the Codex and changed
reproduction is available in KSL’s
Leicester-Hammer for its former
the name from Codex Leicester to
Special Collections Research Center
owners, the codex is an extraordinary
Codex Hammer. History was made in
and will be a valuable resource for
document now available for researchers
November, 1994, at Christie’s auction
students and researchers from
to study and examine.
house in New York, when Bill Gates,
various disciplines enabling them to
one of the world’s richest individuals,
consult and study the original text
purchased the Codex for $30.8 million
and sketches of Leonardo da Vinci.
The original document was created
between 1506 and 1516 during
Leonardo’s time in Milan and Florence.
The Codex is a 72-page document
made from 18 large folio leaves that
are folded in half. It is written in
dollars from Armand Hammer
making it the most expensive book
ever sold. Gates gave the Codex its
earlier name – Codex Leicester.
Italian in Leonardo’s own distinctive
Trec International, an Italian firm
mirror handwriting and is one of 30
based in Rome, created an elegant
scientific journals kept with his
facsimile of the Codex Leicester for
observations, comments and sketches.
wider distribution of Leonardo’s
The main subject of this Codex is a
writings, allowing collectors and
study of waters: “Currents, vortex,
institutions to acquire examples
waves, drops, canals, banks, locks,
from the works of this Renaissance
dams, tunnels, plans of basins and
genius. It is a printed copy on special
drainages, list of machines projected
Acquarello paper created by the
in order to use the water energy,
Fedrigoni paper mill and bound in
plans in order to use water for
leather with decorative gold embel-
military purposes, all of these fill up
lishments. The Codex comes with
the most part of tables.” Additional
a protective wooden case. English
The PD online archive provides users with fulltext PDF images of the historically significant and
studies of geology and astronomy
translations and annotations are
regionally diverse publication from 1845 currently through 1973. Issues are loaded into the database
are also part of this Codex.
included on separate pages with
Cleveland’s local newspaper, The Plain Dealer is now available in electronic format. The newspaper
is part of Readex’s American Newspaper Archive, which is an expanding online collection offering
access to major U.S. newspapers.
on a regular basis and will eventually extend through 1991. Efforts are ongoing to add any missing
issues. The Plain Dealer newspaper originally established in 1842 is Ohio’s largest daily newspaper.
The Codex was named for Thomas Coke,
Susie Hanson
tissue sheets for each plate containing
Courtesy of Trec International of Rome, Italy
E. Gail Reese
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What’s New in Digital Case
Collection development for Digital Case includes all content that is produced or, in the case of students,
sponsored by faculty at Case Western Reserve University. For digital library works, collections in
Digital Case draw on those in Special Collections, University Archives, or other departments with a
similar purpose in an effort to expand access to collections that traditionally have more restricted
access or have become too fragile to allow for normal use. Finally, Digital Case collects and preserves
digital files for the long term as a part of its archive activities, ensuring long term access to the
intellectual and historical output of Case Western Reserve University.
The following highlights some of the new collections added to Digital Case.
Access to the entire collection is available at http://library.case.edu/digitalcase.
Kathryn Karipides Collection
Kathryn
Karipides
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Digital Case has just finished scanning
over 400 images and programs
spanning the dance career of Kathryn
Karipides. A recipient of the 1974
Cleveland Arts Prize, Kathryn Karipides
was not only responsible
for the creation of
vibrant and powerful
dance productions,
but along with
choreographer Henry
Kurth, Karipides’
founded, in 1969,
the Dance Theatre
of Kathryn Karipides
and Henry Kurth, a
dance company that
became “the most
important modern
dance company in Cleveland.” Karipides
was a well-respected teacher at
Case Western Reserve University for
42 years, retiring in 1998, as Samuel
B. and Virginia C. Knight Professor
Emerita of Humanities; and staying
on as an influential administrator,
becoming Associate Provost in 2006
before her retirement.
Annual Reports of Public
Health Collection, Cleveland,
Ohio. 1875-1930
This collection consists of annual
reports, special reports, statistical
tables, and ephemera of the various
public health bodies serving the City of
Cleveland from 1875 to 1930. Reports
for 1916-1924 were consolidated
and published by the Division of
Health in one volume. Missing from
this collection are reports for 1876
(a special report, “Filth in Its Relation
to Disease,” is included), 1877, 1881,
1891, 1893, 1906, 1911, 1912, 1913,
1914 and 1915 (although statistical
data for some of these years can be
found in subsequent reports). Included
are annual reports from Cleveland’s
Municipal Tuberculosis Sanatorium
for the years 1926, 1928 and 1929
(no report was published in 1927).
Brush Collection
Charles F. Brush, Sr., (1849-1929) was
a pioneer in the commercial development of electricity. His economical arc
light system revolutionized the light
industry in the 1880s. The Brush arc
light was invented in Cleveland and
was implemented throughout the U.S.
and abroad. This collection includes
thousands of scans of images, manuscripts, as well as digital audio files.
The items include photos of the Brush
mansion, family, and illustrations of
the patents of this acclaimed inventor.
Stecher Collection
of Darwiniana
The Robert M. Stecher Collection
of Charles Darwin Books and Manuscripts is an outstanding resource
for the study of Charles Darwin. It
is an excellent example of what a
knowledgeable and enthusiastic
collector can do for scholarship.
Over a period of thirty-seven years,
Dr. Stecher collected both the works
of Darwin and other 19th century
naturalists and those writings that
influenced Darwin’s thought. Over
175 manuscript letters by Darwin,
his family and his contemporaries
(such as A.R Wallace, Grant Allen,
Henry W. Bates, J. Brodie Innes and
many others) are also an invaluable
part of the collection. These letters
document Darwin’s daily life and
reveal the struggle of the Victorians
to formulate and accept the theory
of evolution.
Thomas Hayes
No. 11 Brush Arc Dynamo with Controller
New additions to the collection
New Resource at Kulas Music Library
An important collaborative program
between the College of Arts and Science
and the Kelvin Smith Library makes funds
available to new faculty members to purchase library materials which support their
research interests. One of the Case music
department’s newest faculty members, Dr.
Francesca Brittan, has a strong research
interest in 19th century French music. She
has worked with music librarian, Stephen
Toombs, to acquire microforms of complete
runs of two of the most significant 19th
century French music journals. The Revue
musicale (1827-35) was started by the
famous Belgian musicologist FrançoisJoseph Fétis. The Revue musicale eventually
merged with the Gazette musicale de Paris
to form the Revue et gazette musicale de
Paris (1835-80). Contributors to the Revue
et gazette musicale de Paris included
Franz Liszt and Hector Berlioz. Besides
providing access to articles on musical
theory, history and biography, both journals
document Parisian musical life for a period
of nearly 50 years. In addition to supporting
Dr. Brittan’s ongoing research in 19th
century French music, these acquisitions
are important primary sources for research
conducted by students in Dr. Brittan’s seminars.
Other Collection Highlights
Tom and Jack: the Intertwined Lives of
Thomas Hart Benton and Jackson Pollock
by Henry Adams
A biographical story about the brilliant
Abstract Expressionist painter, Pollock and
his only teacher American muralist, Benton
tracing the beginnings of their relationship
as student and teacher, through the time
when Pollock broke away from Benton
to go on to produce the splash paintings
that made him famous. However, even as
he went on to create his inimitable works,
Pollock retained a stylistic and personal
relationship with Benton. This is a great
book about two of the best and most well
known American artists of all time.
Kafka’s Welt: Eine Lebenschronik
in Bildern by Hartmut Binder
This book is a fascinating picture biography
of one of the finest and most disturbing
of world authors of the twentieth century,
and one of the most influential of later
writers and filmmakers. Although the
book is in German it is highly accessible to
anyone who has some knowledge of Kafka
and his works, such as The Metamorphosis
in which the main character wakes up to
find himself a large bug. The book is filled
with pictures of all his homes, homes of
his friends, cafés they frequented, and all
the people themselves who were most
important in his short life. Pictures show
the maturation of Kafka as a man and the
Central European background of his ideas
and writing.
Business Reference Tools
Mergent (Moody’s) Digital Corporate
Manuals now changes research from
multiple-volume sets on the shelves to
digital research. The Manuals have extensive
historical and current information on
finance, corporations, institutions, public
utilities, unlisted companies, and offerings
on stock exchanges. Now a one-stop site
for finding information from 1909 to the
present, users save time, discover more,
and increase their productivity.
Lexis Nexis Data Sets
Provides daily statistics for data like
national debt, airlines, prime rate, housing
starts, employment, healthcare, prices
for food, crops, commodities gasoline and
much more! Find a topic and select criteria
for geography and year(s) to get rank,
data trends, or time lines. In just seconds,
produce a map and/or chart for many
research areas. This database also includes
the EASI Market Planner providing statistics
for consumer demographics, behavior and
spending patterns from national to census
tract level.
American Firms Operating in Foreign
Countries - Uniworld Business Publications
Authoritative source of information on
American firms, which have branches,
subsidiaries, or affiliates outside the
United States.
Encyclopedia of Global Industries
125 articles in 23 chapters spanning
industry topics from agriculture and
mining to semiconductors and engineering
services. Each entry lays out an overview
of current trends, background on past
developments, and profiles of leading
companies and countries.
Foreign Firms Operating in the United States
Authoritative directory of foreign firms
operating in the U.S. The United Statesbased locations of each branch, subsidiary
or affiliate are listed along with the parent
company locations. The current edition
contains information for over 4,100 foreign
firms headquartered in 82 countries and
over 18,250 subsidiaries and affiliates in
the United States owned wholly or in part.
International Directory of Company Histories
Provides detailed histories of many
of the largest and most influential
companies worldwide.
Manufacturing and Distribution USA:
Industry Analyses, Statistics and Leading
Companies, 2009 - 5th Edition - 3 vols.
Statistics on more than 600 NAICS classifications in the manufacturing, wholesaling
and retail industries. Compiled from the
most recent government publications and
includes projections, maps and graphics.
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Services and programs
Hard
To
Find?
NOT for Kelvin Smith Library Staff
We’re in the age of information – quick access, fast delivery to anywhere,
including iPods, iPhones, Notebooks – delivery of all types of information.
It’s easy to forget that not everything is accessible online or available on the
shelves of KSL. The sophisticated research needs of this university generate some
unusual requests for hard to find items. KSL staff members are willing and able
to go the extra mile to find and deliver the information that our faculty, students
and staff need. These types of requests tend to land in the laps of four departments.
Interlibrary Loan Service (ILLiad)
When a specific item – whether it’s
a journal article, book or thesis – is
not available in our collection, the
staff of the Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad)
department steps in to fill the gap.
All the researcher has to do is fill out
an online form and hit the SEND key,
which galvanizes the staff to find
and get a copy of that item for the
researcher. Sometimes this process
can be as easy as requesting a copy of
a journal article that may be scanned
and sent directly to the desktop
of the person requesting the item.
Other times it takes a lot of digging.
Recently a thesis was requested, and
the patron only knew the authors
name – a two-letter surname and
a first and middle initial. No title or
year was given. They knew it was
done at a SUNY institution but not
which one. Carl Mariani, ILLiad staff
member, reports that:
“…I was able to track it down and
confirm it was what the patron
actually needed by comparing the
topic of the thesis to the patron’s
department and to the subject
matter of other items he requested
at the same time. A little risky
on my part, but I did not have to
bother him for further information,
and there were no complaints.”
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Often more than one staff member
is involved in obtaining and making
the information available to the patron.
Carl recounts this sequence of events.
One of the reference librarians asked
if Carl could help track down a paper
written by a professor from a European
university concerning “swarm intelligence.” The article was apparently
not published in a proceeding or
journal that was easily accessible. Carl was able to locate the professor
and emailed him inquiring if he
wouldn’t mind providing us with a
copy. He graciously supplied a copy
of his manuscript as an attachment. Unfortunately the document was in
a format Carl could not open, so he
forwarded it to Mike Yeager, one of
KSL’s technical support team, who
found a way to open the file. The
patron got his article thanks to the
expertise and collaboration of three
KSL staff.
This past year nearly 4,000 requests
were filled for CWRU researchers.
The library also lends to worldwide
partners, establishing strong
networks that continue to benefit
us when we need items.
KSL Reference Service
It’s not always a specific item that
patrons need. Sometimes it’s hard to
find facts, biographical information,
statistics or just information on a
topic for which little has been written
that can be a challenge for our
students and faculty. KSL Reference
Staff are here to help. In FY2009 they
answered over 13,500 inquiries many
of which were routine questions
but many that required much more
personalized assistance.
For example, Mark Eddy, KSL’s
history librarian, worked with a
student writing a senior thesis on
the history of the Cleveland punk
rock scene. General music histories
were not specialized enough and
the punk scene tended to be very
grassroots and local in different
cities around the U.S. Mark was able
to find several doctoral and master’s
theses that put the national punk
scene in context. He also contacted
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and
spoke with the Archivist to acquire
additional information. The student
was thrilled with these leads, and
he was especially pleased, since this
sort of research often has very few
secondary sources available.
Librarians are also proactive in
anticipating user’s needs. How do
you ensure library users have access
to unique, hard to find items? By
tracking research patterns and
anticipating user needs! In the early
2000s Stephen Toombs, music
librarian, noticed that many graduate
students working on historical
performance practice degrees in the
Department of Music were interested
in researching and performing solo
cantatas by Alessandro Scarlatti
(1660-1725). The solo cantata of
the 17th and 18th centuries is a
miniature drama for one singer
and accompaniment. In the case of
Scarlatti, who composed over 700
solo cantatas, most survive only in
manuscripts in European libraries
with many not available in modern
scholarly editions. Since many
Scarlatti manuscripts are housed
in the British Library, Stephen used
the Catalogue of Manuscript Music
in the British Museum [London:
1906] to ascertain all manuscript
collections in the British Library
which were principally Scarlatti solo
cantata collections. Microfilms of
30 manuscripts, containing hundreds
of cantatas, were ordered and now
form a significant collection of
unique primary source material in
Kulas Music Library for the study of
the baroque solo cantata.
KSL staff provide reference services
in a variety of ways – by phone, email
and in person (they are available at
the reference desk on the first floor of
KSL, 72 hours each week). Recently,
we have added an Online Chat
reference service as well as a Facebook
page to reach out to patrons by
using the latest technologies.
Special Collections
Off Site Research Center
By definition KSL’s Special Collections
Research Center houses materials
known for their rarity, value, fragility
or ephemeral nature. Much of the
collection is made up of distinctive
subject or author collections such
as the Ernest J. Bohn Housing
and Planning Library, the Charles F.
Brush papers and Selected Philanthropic Families of Case Western
Reserve University.
Like most research libraries, space in
KSL is at a premium. We are fortunate
to have access to two off-site facilities
that house much of the older, fragile,
and lesser-used items of our
collection. The Retrospective Research
Collection Center (RRCC) located a
half mile from campus on Cedar
Avenue and the Iron Mountain Storage
facility located in Pennsylvania
provides stable environments for
these materials. Though they are not
heavily used these materials are often
not widely available anywhere else,
so it is important to keep them as
part of our collection. Items housed
in RRCC can usually be retrieved on
the same business day and requests
for Iron Mountain materials are filled
as quickly as within 24 hours. Specific
retrieval times and requests forms
are available on the library’s website.
During FY09, over 1,100 items were
retrieved from RRCC and Iron Mountain
as requested by our patrons.
Susie Hanson, Special Collections
Librarian, receives requests from all
over the world for items that only
KSL can provide. In 2006 Charles F.
Brush, the inventor of the arc light,
was being considered for induction
into the National Inventors Hall of
Fame. Since we own Brush’s papers,
Susie was able to provide information
and documentation necessary for
the induction process. Charles Brush
was also a pioneer in wind turbine
technology and his drawings and
research are frequently consulted
by researchers from around the
world. Susie also helps students and
faculty gain access to rare materials
held in other libraries. In one case a
professor needed information from
a rare early printed book in Latin but
did not know the exact title of the
book or the page numbers needed.
Since the book was located in the
Special Collections department of
another university library, it could
not be loaned. Susie contacted the
library directly and asked for a copy
of the table of contents from the
book. When the table of contents
was received she was able to identify
the needed pages. Copies of those
pages were then requested and
delivered to the professor. Her
working knowledge of several
languages including Latin, German,
and French are invaluable in dealing
with ancient manuscripts.
Catherine Wells
A History student was studying the
assassination of Abraham Lincoln and
needed information from published
sources in 1865. She was invited to search
the material at RRCC and was amazed
to find the Harper Weekly Journal, which
contained articles about Lincoln – how
the general population felt about him, an
artist’s rendition of the shooting and a
drawing of the balcony in relationship to
the main floor and stage as John Wilkes
Booth made his escape. The student also
found materials that explained the forensic
information received from the crime
scene investigation.
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>>> Is There a Ph.D. in Your Future?
This is the question we asked graduate
students at CWRU this past January.
The answer was a resounding YES!
KSL librarians know that researching and writing the dissertation
is perhaps the most complex and challenging task a student
will face in their academic career. Its successful completion will
guide the development of their professional future. We also
know that students, while experts in their disciplines, are often
at a loss when thinking about the practical aspects of writing,
publishing and getting the most out of the resources available
to them. To answer this need, Kelvin Smith Library and the
School of Graduate Studies collaborated to develop a day-long
workshop designed to answer many of the questions students
have about this process.
Entitled “Is There a Ph.D. in Your Future? Beginning the
Dissertation: A Practical Workshop for Doctoral Students” we
aimed this program at those who are at the beginning of the
dissertation process. More than fifty students participated
along with fifteen staff and faculty.
After a continental breakfast, the day kicked off with remarks
by Charles Rozek, Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies
and Lynn Singer, Deputy Provost and V.P. for Academic Programs.
Each spoke about the significance of the dissertation in the
academy and ways that the dissertation can launch a career.
They enlivened their presentations with stories of their own
experiences as Ph.D. students. Dean Rozek, whose degree
is in Molecular Genetics, noted that the requirements for a
dissertation vary widely according to discipline. Humanities
and Social Sciences dissertations are generally comprehensive
works formulated from a proposition or issue that the student
puts forward. In the Sciences the dissertation is developed and
defined over time by the experimentation carried out by the
student over the course of study. Vice Provost Singer holds a
degree in Pediatric Psychiatry. She made the point that the
traditional terminology of “defending” one’s thesis is a loaded
word often creating unnecessary stress. She emphasized that
this need not be the case if the student has the right mentor.
Finding the right person to oversee one’s work is key to a
smooth and relatively stress free defense.
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The highlight of the day was a panel discussion by six professors
who were asked to address two major questions. First: How
is the dissertation process different in each discipline? and
second: What is the potential significance to the student’s future
career? Faculty participating were: Professor Diana Bilimoria,
Organizational Behavior, Professor Chris Cullis, Biology,
Professor Peter Haas, Religion, Professor Kimberly Emmons,
English, Professor David Schiraldi, Macromolecular Science/
Engineering and Professor Alison Hall, Associate Dean, School
of Medicine. A major difference was identified in the research
process. In science and medicine the experimental research
process is key. Students in these fields build on the expertise
of their advisors and are expected to co-author professional
papers throughout their graduate career. The ultimate goal
of the dissertation process is to produce an independent
researcher who is capable of identifying problems, devising
and carrying out experiments to address those problems and
then interpreting and presenting the data. In the humanities
and to some degree in the social sciences, students are not
working in a lab setting, the logical thought processes used in
reaching and explaining their conclusions must hold up and be
repeatable – much like scientific experiments. The dissertation
is more of an introspective/internal process but with the end
result being the same as sciences in that the student ends
up as the expert in that particular topic. All agreed that the
strong dissertation and resulting publications are crucial for
a successful career in academia.
Renaissance Man Advises KSL
Highlighting a Member of KSL’s Advisory Board
Clyde Miles is a Renaissance man.
As partner at Optiem, Adcom, Uppercut...The Adcom Group,
he oversees the development of innovative, integrated
internet marketing, media, content and design strategies
for Adcom clients. He also manages strategic alliances and
integrated communications and business development.
But Clyde is no mere business man.
engaged the following year to assist
He is a member of the board for
with a complete renovation of the
the Museum of Contemporary Art
KSL web site and moving to a new
(MOCA) Cleveland, and his interest
underlying content management
in classic electric guitars led him
system. Clyde and his team conducted
to create the Iconic Guitar web site
a number of focus groups with
(http://www.iconicguitar.com/),
students, faculty and library staff to
which he describes as “a virtual col-
gather input on how the site should
lection of some of the most significant
be structured. Since different user
instruments, and in our opinion, works
groups have different requirements,
of art in music history.” Clyde has also
integrating these disparate needs
become an active supporter of the
was a challenge.
The afternoon concentrated on practical matters. Sessions
were devoted to ethical practices in research, the innovative
use of multimedia in the dissertation and requirements for
formatting and submitting the finished product.
Kelvin Smith Library through his
At the end of the day students divided into groups to meet
with librarians from Kelvin Smith Library and the Health
Sciences Library who specialize in research support for the
humanities, science and technology, social sciences and
medicine. In these sessions the librarians covered specialized
electronic databases and indexes, strategies for searching
those resources, services for collecting and analyzing data, and
instruction in using bibliographic management software.
Workshop evaluations were very positive with suggestions
offered for future programs such as copyright issues, how to
prepare for your defense presentation, and using multimedia
effectively. Many students suggested discipline specific workshops that would focus just on issues related to that general
discipline. Similar workshops will be offered in the future and
the feedback received will help to make them even more valuable.
The entire workshop is available to view at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_ejPNuiOKY&feature=channel.
Catherine Wells
Clyde Miles, Partner at Optiem, Adcom,
Uppercut... The Adcom Group
brings a particular perspective to the
discussions.” The discussions at the
meetings have featured academic
journal publication and pricing patterns
and, most recently, an update on the
status of the OhioLINK consortium.
The libraries of Case Western Reserve
are dependent on the buying power
of the OhioLINK libraries to provide
a vast range of electronic resources
Through these business arrangements
and user-initiated book borrowing
and work that Clyde has done with
that would otherwise be unattainable
The staff at Kelvin Smith Library first
other libraries, he has become interested
by any single library. The next meeting
became aware of Optiem and Clyde
in how libraries are evolving in the
will feature a discussion of how
Miles in 2006 through work that
twenty-first century. When former
libraries can “think outside the box” in
Optiem did designing the web site for
University Librarian Joanne Eustis
the current difficult economic times.
the Cuyahoga County Public Library.
organized the KSL Advisory Board
At the time, KSL was planning for
in 2008, Clyde Miles seemed like a
the implementation of Digital Case,
natural to become a member, and he
the digital library of Case Western
readily accepted our invitation.
membership on the KSL Advisory Board.
Reserve University, and the integration of a content management
system with Fedora, the repository
software that undergirds Digital
Case. Optiem was engaged to design
the web interface and integrate the
background technical architecture.
This first engagement was deemed
a success, and Optiem was again
In the same way that libraries are
dependent upon consortial arrangements, the Kelvin Smith Library
is developing partnerships with
Over lunch recently Clyde said
businesses such as Optiem to
that he finds the Advisory Board
provide advice and expertise that the
discussions fascinating. “There
library itself doesn’t have. As Clyde
is such a wide range of individuals
Miles said about being a member of
on the Board, with librarians from
the Library Advisory Board, “Put us
academic and public libraries,
to work! We can help you.”
members from private enterprise, as
well as long-time supporters of Case
Timothy Robson
Western Reserve University. Each
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The year in review
July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009
advisory board
Library Committees 2009-2010
Kelvin Smith Library Advisory Board
Committee on University Libraries
Digital Case Advisory Board
As of May 1, 2010
Peter Haas, Committee Chair
Professor and Chair, Religion
Mary Quinn Griffin
School of Nursing
Stanley Hirsch
School of Dental Medicine
Timothy Robson
David Kaelber
School of Medicine
Kathleen Carrick
Law Librarian
Erik Jensen
School of Law
Ginger Saha
Director, Cleveland Health
Sciences Library
John Angus, Chemical Engineering
Bo Carlsson, WSOM
Ross Duffin, Music
William Fickinger, Physics
Daniel Goldmark, Music
John Grabowski, History
Tom Hayes, Kelvin Smith Library
Anne Helmreich, Art History
Tom Knab, College of Arts & Sciences
Nathan Lambert, Kelvin Smith Library
Kalle Lyytinen, Information Systems
Peter Poulos, University Counsel’s Office
Timothy Robson, Kelvin Smith Library
Alan Rocke, History
Paul Salipante, WSOM
Deepak Sarma, Religious Studies
John Steur, Chemistry
Richard Wisneski, Kelvin Smith Library
Wojbar Woyczynki, Statistics
David Bender, Co-chair, Alumnus
Lucia Nash, Co-chair, Trustee Emeritus
Anne Clapp, Honorary Chair, Trustee Emeritus
John Orlock, Professor
Dr. Lloyd (Sandy) Ellis, Jr., Alumnus
Kermit Pike, Alumnus
Ray English, Director of Libraries
Oberlin College
Greg Reese, Director
East Cleveland Public Library
Allen Ford, Trustee Emeritus
Paul Salipante, Professor
Walter Freedman, Donor
Kelvin Smith Library,
R. Mohan Sankaran, Professor
George Hays, Alumnus
Kathryn Karipides
Samuel B. & Virginia C. Knight
Professor Emerita of the Humanities
Steven Kerscher, President & COO
Lexi-Comp, Inc.
Patricia B. Kilpatrick
Vice President & University
Marshal Emerita
Betsy Lantz, Director, Ingalls Library
Cleveland Museum of Art
Adrienne Lash Jones, Alumna
Jerry Mattioli, Regional Manager
Westfield Corporation
Clyde Miles, Chief Strategist
Optiem, LLC
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The year in review
July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009
Russell J. Warren, Senior Vice President
EdgePoint Capital Advisors
Richard and Audrey Watts, Alumni
Timothy Robson, Interim University Librarian
E. Gail Reese, Associate Director
Catherine Wells, Assistant Director
Nathan Lambert, Chief Technology Officer
Gina Midlik, Assistant to the
University Librarian
Patrick McCafferty, Library Business Manager
Gary Pillar, Development Services
Frank Merat
EECS, Case School of Engineering
Michelle Munson
MSASS
John Orlock
English, College of Arts & Sciences
Rolfe Petschek
Physics, College of Arts & Sciences
Paul Salipante
Labor and Human Resource Policy,
WSOM
Samantha Skutnik
Director, Harris Library
Kalle Lyytinen, Chair
Faculty Senate Information
Resources Committee
Parita Patel
Undergraduate Student
Valerie Boebel Toly
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Christopher Peverada
Graduate Student
Annual Report Statistics
July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008
July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009
$2,954,283
$3,849,330
$687,507
$3,200,300
$3,610,482
$898,648
Collections
Total volumes held
Total microforms
Total current serials
Electronic research databases
Electronic journals
1,984,768
2,049,493
62,002
317
54,202
2,006,377
2,052,754
70,736
298
56,145
Electronic Access
Fulltext downloads
Searches
User sessions
1,387,406
1,918,685
258,296
1,584,573
2,855,530
1,191,104
Services
User visits to KSL
Total circulations
Reference transactions
Instructional classes
Instructional classes – participants
Interlibrary loan – items lent
Interlibrary loan – items borrowed
554,163
164,771
14,455
368
3,641
35,010
30,360
608,070
136,796
13,574
420
5,355
18,038
31,451
Expenditures
Salaries
Collections
Operations
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