UW-Superior JDH Library News and Events

New Digital Content Added to Special Collections

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:45:31 +0000

The JDH Library's Special Collections has just added new digital content to the Great Lakes Maritime History Project. The four scrapbooks of Alexander McDougall, renowned Twin Ports ship builder, were donated to the archives by the Alan Marshall family in 2011. There are numerous images of the unique 'whaleback' ships. A third book provides images from the workshops of McDougall-Duluth shipbuilding during WW I. The fourth book is accessed as a 'book' and combines text and images documenting McDougall's designs, including his proposed designs for protective Gun Boat placements.

The images and text went live on May 8, 2013. To access the collections, go to the UW Digital Collections website, http://uwdc.library.wisc.edu/collections/WI/GreatLakes, and search 'mcdougall'. You can also search 'superior' as submitter for access to prior submissions.

Library Video Created by Distance Learning Students

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:35:21 +0000

"The History of UW-Superior Collection" now available

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 20:54:26 +0000

The History of UW-Superior Collection includes images that represent a cross-section of this campus's history and evolution. They document student life, academic activities, athletics, the campus, and campus traditions. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/UW.UWSuperior

The collection may eventually include additional books, manuscripts, sound recordings, photographs, maps and other resources deemed important to the study of our campus. The materials included in this rich and growing collection were selected by archivists, students and librarians.

For more information about UW-Superior's history, contact the University Archives at archives@uwsuper.edu or go to Special Collections at the Jim Dan Hill Library at the UW-Superior, http://www.uwsuper.edu/specialcollections/archives/index.cfm.

Lake Superior Libraries Symposium

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:20:23 +0000

Lake Superior Libraries Symposium

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:13:18 +0000

RefWorks is going away. Now introducing Zotero!

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:30:58 +0000

UW Superior will no longer be subscribing to Refworks as of January 2012. We will be switching to Zotero. Zotero will be available on all library computers and some selected computer labs across campus in January. To learn more about Zotero, including how to transfer your Refworks library to Zotero, see our guide, or contact Carolyn Caffrey: ccaffre1@uwsuper.edu, 715-394-8346.

New Library and Research Guides Now Available

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 23:07:10 +0000

The Jim Dan Hill Library has several new Library and Research Guides available.

Health and Human Performance http://libguides.uwsuper.edu/hhp

Psychology http://libguides.uwsuper.edu/psychology

Zotero http://libguides.uwsuper.edu/zotero

Special Education http://libguides.uwsuper.edu/specialed

Biology http://libguides.uwsuper.edu/biology

Communicating Arts http://libguides.uwsuper.edu/commarts

If you would like us to create a guide for a specific course or topic please contact Kristen Lindquist at klindqui@uwsuper.edu.

Distance Learning Library Survey

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:55:09 +0000

Do you teach a distance learning class? If so, the Jim Dan Hill Library wants to hear from you!

We are conducting a survey of distance learing faculty to better serve you and your students. The short survey (5 minutes) covers the library's presence in D2L and how your students find and use information. Upon completing the survey you have the option to enter a raffle for one of three $10 gift certificates to the Jacket Book and Supply.

Please complete the survey by September 30^th.

Click here for the survey

JDH Library welcomes Carolyn Caffrey.

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 22:08:12 +0000

Jim Dan Hill Library welcomes Carolyn Caffrey as the new instruction and reference librarian.

Carolyn is originally from Southern California and is looking forward to the fireplaces in the library. She previously worked at Indiana University in Bloomington in reference and instruction. When she's not researching information literacy Carolyn enjoys hiking in the twin ports, baking, and watching zombie movies.

She received her bachelor of arts in feminist studies from University of California, Santa Cruz and her master's in Library Science from Indiana University.

Jim Dan Hill Library now a ‘cooperating collection’ for non-profits

Wed, 18 May 2011 14:55:32 +0000

Jim Dan Hill Library at the University of Wisconsin-Superior is now a "Cooperating Collection" partner of the Foundation Center with a goal of assisting nonprofit organizations.

Being designated a Foundation Center means the library now has access to an extensive database of grant-makers and philanthropists for the public's free use. This database consists of computer access to online grant-making directories of more than 100,000 U.S. grant-makers and 2.1 million grants as well as print resources on fundraising and nonprofit management.

The online resources can be accessed through any computer in the Jim Dan Hill Library, but one computer in the library computer lab has been designated specifically for this purpose and is available for public use. Print resources are located near the computer.

Although a Cooperating Collection is located in Duluth, Jim Dan Hill Library is the first in northern Wisconsin and offers access to Wisconsin grants and grant-makers. Connie Moeller, associate librarian, and Ella Cross, associate professor of library science, along with Sheryl Homan, interim director of continuing education, were instrumental in bringing the Foundation Center resources to the library.

Cross had been seeking a Cooperating Collection for years. When workshops brought the Foundation Center's resources to campus and then left, Cross noticed how much of a need existed in the area for those resources.

"Nonprofit organizations can't afford these resources, so they can use them here," Cross said.

Through their new partnership, library faculty and staff members hope to extend their influence within the community.

"It takes one area that we do as reference librarians and becomes a little more expert," Moeller said.

CUWL Resolution on Library Cooperation FINAL

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:00:00 +0000

On February 23, 2011, the Council of University of Wisconsin Libraries (CUWL) resolved unanimously:

WHEREAS access to library collections, shared databases, information delivery services, and expert assistance are mission critical to the academic success of students and faculty;

THEREFORE, whatever form of governance is decided upon, the University of Wisconsin libraries are committed to continuing exemplary cooperative services, including "universal borrowing" for all UW collections, high-speed interlibrary services, on-site access and services to visitors, and cooperative purchasing of databases and electronic resources.

CUWL recognizes and appreciates the concern of students and faculty that UW libraries must continue the close cooperation that has proven to be invaluable to maintaining the knowledge base and information infrastructure of Wisconsin.

The Council of University of Wisconsin Libraries (CUWL) is comprised of the following members:

Voting CUWL Members

Wisconsin Historical Society, Michael Edmonds

UW Colleges (Waukesha), Scott Silet

UW-Eau Claire, John Pollitz

UW-Green Bay, Paula Ganyard

UW-La Crosse, Anita Evans

UW-Madison, Ed Van Gemert, General Library System

UW-Madison, Julie Schneider, Ebling Health Sciences Library

UW-Milwaukee, Ewa Barczyk

UW-Oshkosh, Patrick Wilkinson

UW-Parkside, Vanaja Menon (Chair)

UW-Platteville, Zora Sampson

UW-River Falls, Valerie Malzacher

UW-Stevens Point, Kathy Davis

UW-Stout Paul, Roberts

UW-Superior, Deb Nordgren

UW-Whitewater, Myrna McCallister

Faculty Representatives

Jeffrey Alexander, UW-Parkside

Elizabeth Jozwiak, UW-Rock County

Lucy Arendt, UW-Green Bay

Amy Cooper-Cary, UW-Milwaukee

Martin Havlovic, UW-Cooperative Extension

Ex Officio Non-Voting CUWL Members

Budget Planning, UWSA, April Goodwin

OLIT, UWSA, Ed Meachen

OLIT, UWSA, Felice Maciejewski

Office of Procurement, UWSA, Ruth Ginzberg

WiLS Representative Eric Robinson

The UW Libraries have successfully employed the concept of One System, One Library in order to maintain and improve world-class collections that advance teaching, learning and research. One System, One Library has also allowed the UW Libraries to achieve efficiencies in services in an environment of flat or reduced budgets and rapidly increasing costs.

Donors contribute rare photos, personal library

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 06:00:00 +0000

A collection of rare photographs that belonged to famed Twin Ports shipbuilder Alexander McDougall and the library of retired geology professor Dr. Joseph Mengel Jr. are the latest additions to the Special Collections of Jim Dan Hill Library at the University of Wisconsin-Superior.

"We are grateful for these gifts. Both donations have local significance that will be important to researchers as well as to our community," said Debra Nordgren, library director.

The collection of photos includes four albums that belonged to McDougall, inventor and builder of the unique whaleback ships, and his son A. Miller McDougall, a noted Duluth businessman. The photos were donated by the Alan Marshall family of Orchard Lake, Mich., descendants of the McDougalls.

Two albums include whaleback photographs taken by noted photographer David F. Barry. The third album is related to McDougall's ship design work, including designs and models for gun boats. The fourth album includes images from the McDougall-Duluth shipyard in Duluth, which built freighters for ocean service during World War I.

The photos are an addition to the Lake Superior Maritime Collections at UW-Superior, which chronicles maritime history and commerce on the upper Great Lakes.

The Mengel gift includes 2,500 books, the UW-Superior professor's professional, personal and family papers, and several detailed models of historic ships. Mengel's professional work encompassed studies of copper deposits and red clay stability in northern Wisconsin; the oil and coal deposits of the Powder River and Williston basin regions of Montana; and records related to the "asbestos-like fibers" found in Lake Superior in the 1970s.

The Mengel family papers include personal correspondence and photographs of Joseph Mengel Sr. from World War I. The elder Mengel was a member of the 148th Field Artillery, which included on its roster UW-Superior president and library namesake Jim Dan Hill.

Dr. Joseph Mengel Jr., who lives in Eden Prairie, Minn., was inducted into the UW-Superior Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003 as recipient of the Carl Vergamini Contributions to Yellowjacket Athletics Award. Donation of the Mengel collection has been facilitated by David and Diane Parr. David Parr is a former colleague of Mengel's, and both of the Parrs have taught classes at UW-Superior.

Both collections, which are still being processed, already have stirred interest among researchers, said Laura Jacobs, associate professor and archivist at Jim Dan Hill Library.

Staff and volunteers from the S.S. Meteor Museum, which preserves the last of McDougall's whaleback vessels, have examined the albums donated by the Marshall family. A team interested in past use and potential further preservation of Wisconsin Point has consulted maps on local Red Clay Slope Stability from the Mengel family papers, she said.

The Special Collections section of Jim Dan Hill Library includes a research collection of high-quality materials relating to northwestern Wisconsin as well as the communities surrounding Lake Superior and the upper Great Lakes. As an integral part of the teaching and research functions of UW-Superior, Special Collections supports research for students, faculty and staff as well as the broader community.

Forward - A Resource Discovery Experiment

Fri, 05 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Forward is a Resource Discovery experiment that builds a unified search interface for library data.

Today Forward is 100% of the UW System Library catalogs and two UW digital collections. The project also experiments with additional search contextualization by using web service APIs.

Forward can be accessed at the URL: http://forward.library.wisconsin.edu/.

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

The Jim Dan Hill Library now subscribes to The Chronicle of Higher Education online.

From The Chronicle's website: The Chronicle of Higher Education is the No. 1 source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators.

Based in Washington, D.C., The Chronicle has more than 70 full-time writers and editors, as well as 17 foreign correspondents around the world.

Online, The Chronicle is published every weekday and is the top destination for news, advice, and jobs for people in academe. The Chronicle's Web site features the complete contents of the latest issue; daily news and advice columns; thousands of current job listings; an archive of previously published content; vibrant discussion forums; and career-building tools such as online CV management, salary databases, and more.

How to access The Chronicle:
1) Go to the JDH Library's Homepage: http://www.uwsuper.edu/library/
2) Click on "Find Journal, Magazine, and Newspaper Articles"
3) Click on "Alphabetical List of Databases"
4) Click on the letter "C"
5) Click on "Chronicle of Higher Education"
If you're off campus you'll be asked for your UWS username and password before you can access the database. If you're on campus you should be able to access The Chronicle's content instantly.

Trial Databases Available

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Please take a moment to check out our trial databases and let us know what you think!