>Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 02:53:46 -0500 (EST) >Subject: Digest of announce from remdigest >From: Humanist Discussion Group <willard@lists.village.virginia.edu> > > > Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 14, No. 465. > Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London > <http://www.princeton.edu/~mccarty/humanist/> > <http://www.kcl.ac.uk/humanities/cch/humanist/> > > > > Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 07:57:00 +0000 > From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> > Subject: Questia Announces Librarian Advisory Council > >NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT >News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources >from across the Community >November 2, 2000 > > > Questia Media, Inc. Announces Prominent Librarian Advisory Council > ><http://www.questia.com/news.html>http://www.questia.com/news.html > > > > > >Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 08:12:51 -0600 > >>list <DIGLIB@INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA> > >From: Carol Hughes <CHughes@QUESTIA.COM> > >>To: DIGLIB@INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA > > Questia Media, Inc. Announces Prominent Librarian Advisory Council > Academic leaders form consortium to drive scholarly research > >HOUSTON (November 1, 2000) - Questia Media, Inc. announces the formation of >its Librarian Advisory Council, created to provide strategic insight in >developing the collection which will grow to 250,000 scholarly books and >journals by 2003. Importantly, this news follows the October 30 >announcement of the Questia Advisory Council which includes Former First >Lady Barbara Bush, Harvard University Library Director Dr. Sidney Verba, >Xerox Corporation Chief Scientist Dr. John Seely Brown and Coalition for >Networked Information (CNI) Director Dr. Clifford Lynch. > > Inaugural members of the Librarian Advisory Council are all leaders >in the field of library and information science. The distinguished >members include Rhoda Channing of Wake Forest University, Barbara >Doyle-Wilch of Skidmore College, Mari Miller of the University of >California, Berkley, Ann Okerson of Yale University, John Lubans of Duke >University, Sue Phillips of the University of Texas, and Julie Todaro of >Austin Community College. > > Questia's Librarian Advisory Council members will assist in the >analysis of student research needs. Moreover, they will provide guidance >in the development of the Questia online collection and composition tools >that enhance writing skills among students. The group will also be >instrumental in supporting and identifying current trends and issues in >higher education and librarianship. Members serve two-year terms, with >meetings twice a year. > > "The appointment of this elite group of librarians and information >specialists reinforces our core mission of providing students worldwide >with better access to knowledge," said Troy Williams, founder and CEO of >Questia Media, Inc. "Guidance from the advisory group will enable Questia >to develop its collection to best suit the needs of college students >nationwide." > > "From the beginning, Questia has recognized the importance of creating a >balanced scholarly collection which emphasizes the topics that college >students are researching most often," said Carol Hughes, Ph.D., Questia >director of collections development. "This advisory council, along with >our first-rate staff of librarians, will help us continue to develop a >comprehensive service with the breadth and depth to meet researchers' >wide-ranging needs." > > As the world's largest digitization project, Questia is building the >first online research service for undergraduates, featuring unlimited >access to tens of thousands of scholarly books and journals. Launching in >January 2001 with more than 50,000 books and journals, and growing to >250,000 by 2003, the subscription service will include a suite of >composition tools, with powerful keyword searches and hyperlinks. The >Questia service will also have the ability to automatically format text, to >create footnotes as well as a bibliographies, in specified formats. > >Rhoda Channing > >Rhoda Channing is the Director of Wake Forest's Z. Smith Reynolds Library >in Winston-Salem, N.C. She has been with Wake Forest for 11 years, and her >responsibilities have grown to include many aspects of library management, >academic facilities planning, and integration of high technology. Her past >positions include social science reference librarian at the University of >N.C. at Chapel Hill, business and economics librarian at the University of >Kentucky, and chief librarian of school management at Boston College. > >Barbara Doyle-Wilch > >Barbara Doyle-Wilch, college librarian, is with the Lucy Scribner Library >at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. She began her career in >library science over 25 years ago, having held positions such as >Acquisitions Librarian, University of Illinois at Chicago, Collection >Development Consultant, Colorado State Library, and Dean of Academic >Services, Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill. She is responsible for a >wide variety of library and media services, collection assessment, and >circulation services. > >Mari Miller > >Mari Miller, librarian for undergraduate collection for the University of >California at Berkley, possesses more than 25 years of professional >experience. Her accomplishments include an award in 1997 for outstanding >contributions as Northern California Chair (1996-1997) from the California >Clearinghouse on Library Instruction. In addition, she has served as >editor of the CCLI newsletter for five years and has held leadership roles >in the American Library Association including chairwoman of the ALA >Distance Learning Section Discussion Group and chairwoman of the ALA >Association of College Research Librarians Alliances for New Directions in >Teaching and Learning Discussion Group. > >Ann Okerson > >Ann Okerson is Associate University Librarian at Yale University. She has >more than 25 years experience in her field, and she has authored numerous >articles and papers on topics from licensing to electronic libraries. >Ms. Okerson serves as the chief library officer for collections development >and management, as well as technical services. One of her primary goals >at Yale is to make information resources, including digital resources, >available to Yale's students, faculty and staff. She was awarded the >Library >and Information Technology Association(LITA)/Library Hi Tech Award in >recognition >of outstanding achievement in library and information technology in 1999. > >John Lubans > >John Lubans is Deputy University Librarian at Duke University. Currently >on sabbatical, he is writing and consulting about organizational studies >and Internet use, as well as conducting workshops for public and academic >librarians. He holds Master of Arts degrees from the University of >Michigan School of Library and Information Science and from the University >of Houston Public Administration program. > >Sue Phillips > >Sue Phillips is associate director for technical and networked services for >the University of Texas' Austin General Libraries. She plays an active >role in the university's digital library system, as well as the TexShare >program, a statewide library resource sharing program in Texas. > >Julie Todaro > >Julie Todaro, dean of library services at Austin Community College, >possesses more than 25 years of experience in library and information >environments. A former member of the Texas Library Associations' Executive >Board, she is currently president of the Texas Library Association, and >chairs the Library Services and Technology Act Advisory Council for the >Texas State Library. Ms. Todaro was presented with the Library >Administration and Management Association (LAMA) 1997 Institute of the Year >award, and was named Librarian of the Year in 1996 by the Texas Library >Association. > >About Questia Media, Inc. > >Founded in Houston in 1998, Questia Media, Inc. is building the first >online service to provide unlimited access to the full text of hundreds of >thousands of books and journals, as well as tools to easily use this >information. For millions of college students and researchers, the >QuestiaSM service will enable them to efficiently research and compose >papers at any time, from every connected corner of the world. Based in >Houston with over 270 employees, Questia is delivering on the true promise >of the Internet by providing access to a wealth of human knowledge. Visit >www.questia.com for more information and to receive a free one-month trial >subscription. > # # # > >_______________________________________________________________________ >Click the following link for a sneak preview of Questia and an opportunity >to enroll for a free, no obligation one-month trial of the service, >redeemable when the service launches in January 2001. > ><http://www.questia.com/trial/study/index.html>http://www.questia.com/trial/study/index.html. > > > >Hurry! Opportunity to enroll for this offer expires 1/07/01. > >Questia is a revolutionary new online service, helping undergraduate >students write better research papers faster and easier. In addition to a >collection of tens of thousands of full-text hyperlinked books, it contains >a set of research and paper writing tools including an automatic footnote >and bibliography generator. > > > >****************************************************************** > >Sun Microsystems, Inc. has published the second edition of its > >popular "Digital Library Toolkit", a valuable resource for anyone > >planning a digital collection. To download a free copy, go to: > > > > > ><http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/edu/libraries/digitaltoolkit.htm > l>http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/edu/libraries/digitaltoolkit.html > > > > >****************************************************************** >============================================================== >NINCH-Announce is an announcement listserv, produced by the National >Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage (NINCH). 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