The Library Channel

Host Fred McIlvain and Librarian Mimmo Bonanni welcome Library Channel director Matthew Harp to talk about Matt’s selection as one of Library Journal’s Movers and Shakers for 2010.  Matt was profiled in the Library Journal March 15, 2010 article, “Lights, Camera, Library.” Download Podcast MP3 Audio In this interview, Matt talks about leading the multimedia production efforts published by the ASU Libraries’ Library Channel.  Examples of these productions include audio and video programs such as the Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center lectures and the Library Minute series. He also discusses his enrollment as a digital information management student and the Informatics and Cyberinfrastructure Services department in the libraries. Matt is the fourth individual from the ASU Libraries to be selected for this prestigious honor. Listen to our interviews with previous winners Ann Dutton Ewbank (2009) and Katherine O’Clair (2007). Library Minute episodes mentioned in the interview: Fun Things To Do At The Library Checking Out Books A Very Special Library Minute: Protecting Your Stuff Checkout our iTunes U Library Channel Archive of content including ASU Generations, lectures, and exhibit promos. (Requires iTunes) Host: Fred McIlvain Guests: Matthew Harp, Mimmo Bonanni Episode 108 Running Time: 18:38

There’s more to online learning than taking classes in your pajamas. Learn about the top resources that are available for online students from the ASU Libraries without ever leaving the comfort of your desktop or couch! ASU Libraries Top 5 Resources for Online Students: Library One Search eBooks Tutorials Libguides | Libguide for Online Programs Ask a Librarian (including 24/7 chat!) Download the iPod ready video (CC) Featuring Librarian Anali Perry View all the Library Minutes on YouTube!

In 2008, ASU Libraries and Sichuan University Libraries signed an agreement of collaboration and cooperation.  As part of the agreement the two libraries set up a visiting librarian program. It was ASU Libraries pleasure to host our first visiting librarian from Sichuan University Libraries this spring. We welcomed Lin Hu, presently Deputy Director of Information Consultation and Research Center at Sichuan University. In this podcast interview, Lin talks about his experience at the ASU Libraries as part of our librarian exchange program. We are also joined by Librarian Qian Liu. Lin also discusses achieving his dream of attending a Phoenix Suns NBA Playoff game and his appreciation for player Steve Nash. Download Podcast MP3 Audio For more related information, please listen to any of our podcasts in the “China Initiatives Series”: An Introduction to the ASU Libraries China Initiatives The Confucious Institute:  China Initiatives Series Part 2 The Sichuan University Library: China Initiatives Series Part 3 Allison and Ralph Go to China:  China Initiatives Series Part 4 Host: Fred McIlvain Guests: Lin Hu, Qian Lu

Arizona Historical Foundation Photo Preservationist Rebekah Tabah joins host Fred McIlvain on-location at Hayden Library to discuss the 2010 exhibit  ”Dane Coolidge’s Wild Wild West.”  This exhibit features historic Arizona photographs taken by scientist, artist, explorer,  and author Dane Coolidge. Coolidge, a relative of President Calvin Coolidge, started his career as a biologist hired by the Smithsonian to take pictures of western animals. He fell in love with western people, places and photography and began creating a pictorial history of the southwest. He also authored over forty western novels in addition to his non-fiction works. Download Podcast (MP3 Audio) The 35 photographs in the exhibit were chosen from 2,000 original 5×7 glass plate negatives dating from 1906 to 1917. The exhibit features his favorite themes: cowboys on the range, cattle and horses, border and mining towns, Pancho Villa and lawmen, prospectors and people of the Old West going about their business. These images were not only chosen for their superior aesthetics but also for the activity, the landscape and the characters that could come out of a movie set. Each image is one of a kind. The Dane Coolidge Glass Plate Negative Collection is part of project that has been accepted as an Arizona 2012 Centennial Legacy Project. The 2,000 plates will be cleaned, re-housed, scanned, and available for viewing on the Arizona Memory Project website by 2012. The full exhibit can be viewed on the 4th floor of Hayden Library at Arizona State University on the Tempe campus. The exhibit is open to the public during normal library hours. For more information, a map and directions to AHF visit them at: http://www.ahfweb.org Host: Fred McIlvain Guest: Rebekah Tabah Episode 105 Running Time: 10:00 Exhibit Promo Video:

The Library Channel is pleased to present the fifth installment of the Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on Indigenous Land, Culture, and Community. Recorded on March 25, 2010, in this lecture Dr. Peterson Zah discusses the history of Native American education, Navajo education, and his involvement recruiting Native American students to attend college. “Education may not solve everything, but it will certainly solve many, many things that we face as Indian People, Indigenous People .” – Dr. Peterson Zah Former President of the Navajo Nation, Dr. Peterson Zah is widely known and respected among American Indian Nations. Zah is a distinguished alumnus of Arizona State University, having received an honorary doctorate in 2005. A member of the Navajo Nation from Low Mountain, Arizona, Zah is a co-founder of the DNA People’s Legal Services Program. He is the last chairman of the Navajo Tribal Council and the first elected President of the Navajo Nation. He currently serves as a Special Advisor to the ASU President on American Indian Affairs, working to develop strategic alliances between Arizona State University and Tribes. These partnerships encourage Tribes to utilize university resources and expertise to advance their communities in areas such as community development, strategic planning, finance, law, construction, and education The lecture series is sponsored by the Heard Museum and Arizona State University’s American Indian Policy Institute; American Indian Studies Program; Department of English; Faculty of History in the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies; Indian Legal Program in the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law; Labriola National American Indian Data Center and the ASU Libraries; and Women and Gender Studies in the School of Social Transformation. Download Presentation Audio (MP3 Audio) Full Video available for download at the Internet Archive.

If it hasn’t happened yet, it will! You are going to have to use an academic or scholarly source to write your paper and a simple Google search won’t work. Take a minute with librarian Anali Perry as she explains who’s behind these “academic articles” and where you can find them. You can learn more about finding articles with our Article Types Tutorials.  Or go search for some articles using Library One Search. Download iPod Ready Video View all the Library Minutes on YouTube!

Are you a researcher with old floppy discs and punch cards? Is your research locked away on outdated software or requires an archaic machine? What happens to our digital data as computer technology changes? Imagine a place to compare data from archeological sites throughout the world, where scholars create and share knowledge of the long-term human past. In this episode Fred McIlvain and Mimmo Bonanni meet with Dr. Frank McManamon, executive director of Digital Antiquity, and Dr. Keith Kintigh, Associate Director and Professor, School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University.  They discuss Digital Antiquity, a new organization developing an on-line repository of archaeological data and documents.  This repository dramatically expanding access, data integration and preservation of digital archaeological investigations and ensuring their long term preservation. We learn about their website, where users can download documents and upload their own. We also hear about tDAR, Digital Antiquity’s repository providing public agencies and other institutions a mechanism to satisfy their legal mandates and professional responsibilities of access and long-term curation. tDAR has the potential to transform the practice of archaeology by enabling analysis and comparison on previously impossible scales. Download Podcast (MP3 Audio) Hosts: Fred McIlvain and Mimmo Bonanni Guests: Frank McManamon and Keith Kintigh Episode 104 Running Time: 29:00

Anali Perry introduces us to the ASU Libraries’ subject librarians in this installment of the Library Minute.  Every college and school at ASU has an assigned librarian to provide specialized expertise.  These librarians are here to help students succeed in their research!  Download iPod Ready Video To find your subject librarian, and to access their services follow these links: Find your Subject Librarian LibGuides presents resources by subject/topic/class Ask a Librarian by chat, email or phone View all the Library Minutes on YouTube!

In this audio podcast, Rachel Leket-Mor, subject librarian for religious studies, philosophy, and Jewish studies, leads a discussion of library services offered for graduate students.  Joining Rachel for this discussion are Mrinalini Muralidharan, who recently earned her PhD in life sciences, and Jordan Johnson, a graduate student in the faculty of religious studies, who provide insights into what valuable library services graduate students have available to them. Download Podcast (MP3 Audio) More information about the services discussed in this podcast can be found online: Find your Subject Librarian Search Research Databases RefWorks manages citations LibGuides presents resources by subject/topic/class Interlibrary Loan Ask a Librarian by email, chat or phone Hosted by: Fred McIlvain Guests: Rachel Leket-Mor, Mrinalini Muralidharan, Jordan Johnson Episode 103 Running Time: 16:16

We interrupt our regularly scheduled Library Minute to bring you this special report about stolen items in the libraries and how only you can prevent forest fires (whoops strike that)… the loss of your “stuff.” Unfortunately there are unscrupulous people out there who take things who don’t belong to them, even in libraries. Please keep an eye on your belongings at all times. Download iPod Ready Video View all the Library Minutes on YouTube!

Great news for all you book lovers out there.  If you have a book collection of any kind, it could earn you money!   In this week’s Library Minute Anali tells us all about the ASU Libraries Student Book Collection Contest, which awards cash prizes to undergraduate and graduate student collectors.     The deadline for the 2010 contest is February 18:  Enter today! Download iPod Ready Video More information: ASU Libraries Student Book Collecting Contest View all the Library Minutes on YouTube!

We’ve got 4 quick tips on printing in the ASU Libraries in just one minute.  This week’s Minute covers using your Sun Card, library print station locations,printing from your laptop and even how to save trees by taking advantage of double sided printing. For more information: ASU Libraries printing and copying help page ASU Sun Card information Download iPod ready video. View all the Library Minutes on YouTube!

Internationally acclaimed author Leslie Marmon Silko, Laguna Pueblo, deliveres the fall Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on Indigenous Land, Culture, and Community, at Phoenix’s Heard Museum. This semi-annual lecture series is held through a partnership between the Heard Museum and Arizona State University. Silko delivers a relaxed, informal presentation as she reads from her forthcoming memoir, Turquoise Ledge. Download Podcast (MP3 Audio) Silko has won prizes, fellowships, and grants from such sources as the National Endowment for the Arts and The Boston Globe. She was the youngest writer to be included in The Norton Anthology of Women’s Literature for her short story “Lullaby.” In 1981 she won a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Grant. Silko has continued to be a force in American Indian literature in both the fiction and non-fiction genres. The lecture series is sponsored by the Heard Museum and Arizona State University’s American Indian Studies Program, Department of English, Full video available for Download from the Internet Archive Introduction: Fred McIlvain (Library Channel) Frank Goodyear (Heard Museum) Simon Ortiz (ASU) Speaker: Leslie Marmon Silko Episode 102 Running time: 51:44

Host Anali Perry brings you the one, the only, the amazing, Get It @ ASU!  This incredible resource connects you to anything you need for your research:  articles, journals, books.  Sometimes it’ll help you get what you need online, sometimes it’ll help you get what you need in your hands.  And best of all, it’s FREE! Download iPod Ready Video (MP4 Video) More information: Get It @ ASU – FAQ View all the Library Minutes on YouTube! The Library Minute is hosted by Anali Perry.