CoHSL-list July 2009

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New NEH grant program: Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections

by KALAMOS BOOKS

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Barbara Paulson <bpaulson(a)toast.net> Date: Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:43 AM The Division of Preservation and Access at the National Endowment for the Humanities announces a new preventive conservation grant program, Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections, with a deadline of December 8, 2009. The program offers U.S. nonprofit museums, libraries, and archives, as well as state and local governmental agencies and tribal governments with humanities collections two kinds of awards: *Planning and evaluation grants, with awards up to $40,000 These grants can help institutions assess risks to collections and identify realistic approaches for mitigating them; examine passive and low-energy alternatives to conventional energy-intensive systems for managing environmental conditions; analyze existing climate control systems and the performance characteristics of buildings and building envelopes to develop a plan for improved operation, effectiveness, and energy efficiency; and, evaluate the effectiveness of preventive conservation strategies previously implemented, including performance upgrades to systems and building envelopes. Planning and evaluation projects should involve an interdisciplinary team appropriate to the goals of the project. The team may consist of consultants and members of the institution’s staff and might include architects, building engineers, conservation scientists, conservators, curators, and facilities managers, among others. *Implementation grants, with awards up to $400,000 These grants can support managing interior relative humidity and temperature by passive methods such as creating buffered spaces and housing, controlling moisture at its sources, or improving the thermal and moisture performance of a building envelope; installing or re-commissioning heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems; installing storage systems and rehousing collections; improving security and the protection of collections from fire, flood, and other disasters; and upgrading lighting systems and controls to achieve levels suitable for collections that are energy efficient. Guidelines will be posted on the NEH Web site in early September. Please contact the division for more information by emailing preservation(a)neh.govor calling 202-606-8570. Laura J. Word Senior Program Officer Division of Preservation and Access National Endowment for the Humanities 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Room 411 Washington, D.C. 20506 202/606-8570 lword(a)neh.gov -- June Samaras KALAMOS BOOKS (For Books about Greece) 2020 Old Station Rd Streetsville,Ontario Canada L5M 2V1 Tel : 905-542-1877 E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com www.kalamosbooks.com

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Stanford's Virtual Archives Open House 7/31/09, 9-11 a.m. PST

by KALAMOS BOOKS

Have you heard about virtual worlds? Ever wonder what how they might be used in the world of archives and special collections? Come find out at Stanford University’s Special Collections and University Archives’ virtual “Open House” in the virtual world Second Life on Friday, July 31st from 9:00 to 11:00a.m. (PST). Drop in anytime during these hours for an overview of our new Virtual Archives which allows scholars to discover and use our primary resources in a virtual environment. For the first time scholars and the casual passersby can walk Stanford's closed stacks and browse some of our manuscript collections—a practice not offered in real life. Stanford's Virtual Archive is a very small but growing subset of our deep storage facility replicated in Second Life. Patrons can open virtual Hollinger boxes and a sampling of scanned documents from the real life box will appear along with a link to that collection’s online finding aid. They can then post their reference questions on the bulletin board which sends email to our Special Collections staff. Stanford's Virtual Archive provides access to patrons around the world without endangering the collection. Second Life (SL) is a virtual world where more than 15 million users have created avatars--or online personas--enabling them to explore SL and interact with others from in real time. Reference in SL occurs through in-world text and voice chat as well as our reference bulletin board. Please join us at our Open House to learn more at the following SLURL address (this is the Second Life location for the Stanford University Special Collections’ Virtual Archive): http://slurl.com/secondlife/Stanford%20University%20Libraries/85/224/33 This address launches the Second Life application from your web browser. For those not already in SL, joining is free at http://secondlife.com/ and we will be happy to help get you acclimated in-world. Look for Sicilia Tiratzo and my colleague in SL, Mollie Mavendorf. We will be on hand to demonstrate the archives site and answer your questions. We look forward to seeing you “in world” on July 31st. Mattie -- Mattie Taormina Head of Public Service & Processing Manuscripts Librarian Dept. of Special Collections Green Library Stanford University 557 Escondido Mall Stanford, CA 94306 (650) 724-4613 -- June Samaras KALAMOS BOOKS (For Books about Greece) 2020 Old Station Rd Streetsville,Ontario Canada L5M 2V1 Tel : 905-542-1877 E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com www.kalamosbooks.com

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A new book by Peter Mackridge

by Anastassia Loukina

There is a new book which I believe will be of interest for many members of the list: Oxford University Press is pleased to announce the publication of Peter Mackridge's new book, Language and National Identity in Greece, 1766-1976. In Language and National Identity in Greece, 1766-1976, Peter Mackridge explores the ideological, social, and linguistic causes and effects of the Greek language question in its many and passionate manifestations over two turbulent centuries. He shows the crucial way in which Greek linguistic identities have interacted in the creation of the modern nation since the War of Independence in 1821. Peter Mackridge is Emeritus Professor of Modern Greek, Oxford University. For more information or to order a copy of Language and National Identity in Greece, 1766-1976 visit our website at www.oup.com/us <http://www.oup.com/us>. Anastassia

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AWOL - The Ancient World Online

by cejo＠uchicago.edu

AWOL - The Ancient World Online http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/ AWOL - The Ancient World Online began with a series of entries on the Ancient World Bloggers Group Blog (http://ancientworldbloggers.blogspot.com/). I decided to move it to its own space in January 2009. The primary focus of AWOL is notice and comment on open access material relating to the ancient world, but I will also include other kinds of networked information as it comes available. The ancient world here is conceived as it is at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, my academic home. That is, from the Pillars of Hercules to the Pacific, from the beginnings of human habitation to the late antique / early Islamic period. Much of what appears here will also appear in Abzu (http://www.etana.org/abzu/) You can read AWOL at http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/ or add its feed to your newsreader http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default or enter your email address in the form in the right hand sidebar to receive email notices of updates and additions. Comments are welcome and encouraged. Chuck Jones ISAW - NYU

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Exploring Learning Collaborations

by KALAMOS BOOKS

[image: »]*Exploring Learning Collaborations* Commemorating the centenary of the birth of philanthropist and shipping tycoon Stavros Niarchos, a June 30 symposium brought together Greek libraries, education institutes, research centres and think tanks to explore the best ways for a collaboration between various educational programs. Organized by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation <http://www.snf.org/>, the participating institutions included the Fulbright Foundation<http://www.fulbright.gr/>, The American Farm School, and many more. The symposium was recorded live and can be seen at www.snf.org. Athens Plus (3.7.2009): Exploring educational collaborations<http://wwk.kathimerini.gr/kath/entheta/extra/AthensPlus/03-07-2009.pdf> ( p. 17) -- June Samaras KALAMOS BOOKS (For Books about Greece) 2020 Old Station Rd Streetsville,Ontario Canada L5M 2V1 Tel : 905-542-1877 E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com www.kalamosbooks.com

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RBMS Controlled Vocabulary Terms under consideration at ALA Annual

by KALAMOS BOOKS

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nina Schneider <ninamschneider(a)yahoo.com> Date: Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 1:30 PM This message is being cross-posted ------------------------------------ Greetings Below is the link to the list of terms that are under consideration for the RBMS Controlled Vocabularies at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. Everyone is welcome to make comments or suggestions. Please note, if you do want to comment and don't yet have access to the wiki, please send me an email. I will incorporate all comments received by *Thursday, July 9th.* Link to terms under discussion: http://rbmsthesauri.pbworks.com/browse/#view=ViewFolder&param=Term%20Record… Link to RBMS CV meeting information: http://rbmsthesauri.pbworks.com/Agenda-for-Annual-2009 Please let me know if you have any questions. Nina +------- Nina Schneider Head Cataloger William Andrews Clark Memorial Library 2520 Cimarron Street Los Angeles, CA 90018 323-731-8529 nschneider(a)humnet.ucla.edu

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