Project provides model for virtual communities of scholars

Contacts: Marlo Welshons, University Libraries, (612) 625-9148, welshons@umn.edu
Ryan Mathre, University News Service, (612) 625-0552, mathre@umn.edu

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (11/17/2009) -- A new research and collaboration Web site for scholars working in the field of ethics has received a 14-month, $264,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, aimed at capitalizing on the site's emerging success.

EthicShare, a partnership of the University of Minnesota Libraries, Center for Bioethics and Department of Computer Science and Engineering, aggregates relevant resources and provides an easy, accessible way for ethics scholars to share and collaborate with each other.

During the project's planning process, scholars identified the shortcomings of existing services. "Ethics scholars often find discovery of resources challenging because materials and resources in our fields are dispersed in multiple, diverse databases," said Jeffrey Kahn, director of the Center for Bioethics and project co-principal investigator. "Gathering relevant resources into one repository is a tremendous asset to scholars who can then use EthicShare's social features to connect with others interested in the same issues."

The grant, the third from Mellon, will support further development of the bibliographic database and enhanced collaborative features. Additional support for the project has been provided by the Council on Library and Information Resources and the National Science Foundation.

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Who: Lewis H. Lapham, author, editor emeritus of Harper's Magazine, and founding editor of Lapham's Quarterly
What: Lecture and Book Signing
When: 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 3
Where: University of Minnesota, Elmer L. Andersen Library, 222 21st Ave. S., Minneapolis

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 (11/04/2009) -- The New York Times has likened him to H.L. Mencken; Vanity Fair has suggested a strong resemblance to Mark Twain and best-selling author Tom Wolfe compared him to Montaigne. On Thursday Dec. 3, author and editor Lewis H. Lapham will speak at the University of Minnesota about the tribulations of the printed word in the wilderness of cyberspace.

"Mixed Media" will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Elmer L. Andersen Library, 222 21st Ave. S., Minneapolis, and will be followed by a reception and book signing.

Lewis Lapham is editor emeritus of Harper's Magazine and the founding editor of Lapham's Quarterly, a journal of the history of ideas. The author of 13 books, among them Theater of War and Money and Class in America, Mr. Lapham is the host of Bloomberg Radio's weekly program, "The World in Time."

Presented by the Friends of the University of Minnesota Libraries, the event is free and open to the public. Reservations are requested by Nov. 25 at 612-624-9339 or stangret@umn.edu

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