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Classical Scores Library
http://www.lib.umn.edu/get/15782
Scores from both in-copyright and public domain editions. The major composers output is represented, as well as many lesser known composers and works. Includes works spanning time periods from the Renaissance to the 21st century. Coverage of score types is comprehensive, with full scores, study scores, piano and vocal scores, and piano reductions.
The University of Minnesota Libraries have received the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 2009 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award. Sponsored by ACRL and Blackwell’s Book Services, the award recognizes the staff of a college, university and community college library for programs that deliver exemplary services and resources to further the educational mission of the institution.
“Receiving an Excellence in Academic Libraries Award is a national tribute to a library and its staff for the outstanding services, programs and leadership they provide to their students, administrators, faculty and community," said ACRL Executive Director Mary Ellen K. Davis. “It is wonderful to learn of the innovative programs and services being offered by these three exemplary institutions."
The University of Minnesota Libraries, winner of the university category, was praised for developing excellent strategies to successfully transform and rebrand the libraries to secure a highly valued position on campus.
“The libraries understand the importance of the process of conducting scholarship and have implemented programs to support behaviors rather than product," said Pamela Snelson, chair of the 2009 Excellence in Academic Libraries Selection Committee and college librarian at Franklin & Marshall College. “By ‘getting in the flow of users,’ the libraries have moved out of their comfort zone and shifted into an engagement-centered model for all library services and programs."
"We’re immensely proud of the success we’ve had in integrating our expertise and resources into the life of the campus," said Wendy Pradt Lougee, university librarian and McKnight presidential professor at the University of Minnesota. “Through careful planning, creative energy, and hard work, we now have a highly visible and highly valued position on campus and strong reputation for leadership in the profession. To have our staff’s innovative work recognized by the ACRL community is quite simply wonderful."
The Libraries will receive $3,000 and a plaque, presented at an award ceremony to be scheduled on campus in the spring, as well as special recognition at the ACRL President’s Program during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, July 13, in Chicago.
Download the award nomination (PDF; 2.2MB) ...
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Time: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Location: Magrath Library Instruction Room-St. Paul
This workshop will give you an introduction to the copyright alternative, Creative Commons. During the time we will discuss the various licenses, how you can use Creative Commons materials and why you may want to license your own work!
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX282
Time: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Location: Walter Library 310
Learn one of the most powerful cross-disciplinary citation indexes available. New and experienced users will learn new tricks that will make their literature research even easier using the new interface.
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX240
Time: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Location: Walter Library 310
An introduction to the *free* Firefox extension that allows you to collect, manage and cite your research citations with ease.
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX283
Time: Monday, February 9, 2009 2:30 PM -- 3:30 PM
Location: Walter 310
This workshop will introduce you to web-based tools like tagging, RSS feeds and library databases that can help you more efficiently keep up with your fields of interest.
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX149
Time: Monday, February 9, 2009 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Andersen Library 120
Archives and Special Collections at the U will broaden a student's experience in any class. Learn how to explore the possibilities of using primary materials to enrich the classroom experience.
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX287
What: Exhibit opening, "Celebrating 40 Years of African American and American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota"
Where: Room. 120, Elmer L. Andersen Library 222 21st Ave. S., Minneapolis
When: 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27
Contacts: Marlo Welshons, University Libraries, welsh066@umn.edu, (612) 625-9148
Ryan Mathre, University News Service, mathre@umn.edu, (612) 625-0552
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (02/04/2009) -- The career of Minnesota's first Poet Laureate Robert Bly -- internationally recognized poet, translator, social critic and author -- is the subject of an academic and creative conference to be held at the University of Minnesota April 16-19, 2009. Keynoted by acclaimed scholar-poet and U of M alumnus Lewis Hyde, "Robert Bly In This World" will bring renowned scholars, editors, poets and translators from around the world to the Twin Cities to discuss and celebrate Bly's wide-ranging achievements and influence.
A highlight of the conference will be three evening public performances at Willey Hall, 225 19th Avenue S. Minneapolis:
--Hyde's keynote address will begin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 16. Hyde will be introduced by local poet Jim Moore.
--Seattle author, storyteller, and musician Daniel Deardorff will perform on Friday, April 17 at 7:30 p.m., accompanied by New York author and storytelling pioneer Gioia Timpanelli, both long-time Bly collaborators.
--The conference concludes Saturday, April 18 with a festive evening of poetry by Robert Bly and friends, including poet and renowned Rumi translator Coleman Barks, accompanied by musicians Marcus Wise on tabla and David Whetstone on sitar.
From a family farmhouse in Madison, Minn., Bly changed the way Americans write and read poetry. By editing the influential magazines, The Fifties, The Sixties, and The Seventies, Bly challenged old forms and introduced readers to poets from around the world. In addition to translating the work of 23 poets from Norwegian, Swedish, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Latin, Urdu and Persian languages, Bly has published more than 20 groundbreaking volumes of his own poetry, prose and anthologies, including the New York Times bestseller Iron John.
Lewis Hyde, who earned a MacArthur Fellowship for his ground-breaking book The Gift, has known Bly since 1964 when as an undergraduate at the University of Minnesota, Hyde met Bly on a bus to a Vietnam War protest march. Hyde later worked with Bly on a translation of Spanish poet Vicente Aleixandre. When Aleixandre won the Nobel Prize in 1977, their book of his poetry was one of the few editions of the work available in English.
The conference will feature other scholars of Bly's poetry and storytelling as well as the history of the Minnesota Men's Conference and Great Mother Conference (both founded by Bly), including:
--Anne Wright, widow of Pulitzer Prize-wining poet James Wright, will discuss the close relationship between Bly and Wright.
--Ray Gonzalez, poet, translator and chair of the Creative Writing Department at the University of Minnesota, will discuss the influence of Bly's translations on contemporary American poetry.
--Hugh Van Dusen, Bly's long-time editor at HarperCollins, will discuss the development of the powerful poetry anthology, The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart.
--English scholar of Persian and Sufism Leonard Lewisohn with discuss the process of translating with Bly the poems of iconic 14th century Persian poet Hafiz.
Daytime conference sessions will be held in the Elmer L. Andersen Library, 222 21st Avenue S. Minneapolis, which houses the Robert Bly archives and which will present a special exhibition of Bly materials. Fee for the conference is $125 ($150 after 4/1/09); student rate is $25 ($40 after 4/1/09). For more information or to register, visit http://www.lib.umn.edu/bly/.
Time: Thursday, February 5, 2009 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Location: Walter Library 310
An introduction to EndNote. Learn to import citations and format your bibliographies and in-text citations. We'll also discuss EndNoteWeb, a web-based version of EndNote.
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX265
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