Library News for the Anthropology Department

Spring 2008 Frameworks Documentary Film Series Lineup

2008-01-24T12:33:00.000-08:00

This semester's lineup for the Frameworks Documentary Series begins Thursday, February 7. As before, all screenings start at 5:00 p.m. in the Leavey Library auditorium. Here's the schedule:

February 7, 5:00 p.m.- American Movie (1999, Chris Smith and Sarah Price, 104 mins)
This film follows Mark Borchardt of Milwaukee as he battles his personal demons and enlists everyone he knows to pursue his American Dream: to make his no-budget horror film, “Coven.”

February 21, 5:00 p.m.-No End in Sight (2007, Charles Ferguson, Jennie Amias, et al., 102 mins)Analytical and investigative, this chronicle presents an insider's look at the decisions that led to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq and the handling of the occupation.

March 6, 5:00 p.m.-Bright Leaves (2003, Ross McElwee, 105 mins)Ross McElwee (Sherman’s March) explores his family’s roots as tobacco farmers in North Carolina in this wryly observant exploration of history, economics, psychology, and filmmaking.

March 27, 5:00 p.m.-The Future of Food (2004, Deborah Koons Garcia and Catherine Lynn Butler, 88 mins)In her investigation of modern industrial agriculture, Koons Garcia unravels the complex web of market and political forces that are changing the nature of what we eat.

April 10, 5:00 p.m. – Double Feature! Sa-i-gu (1993, Christine Choy, Elaine H. Kim, and Dai Sil Kim-Gibson, 41 mins)This film explores the effect of the Rodney King verdict and subsequent April 29, 1992 upheavals on Korean American women shopkeepers, who suffered more than half of the material losses in the conflict.
Wet Sand: Voices from L.A. Ten Years Later (2003, Dai Sil Kim-Gibson, 60 mins)Kim-Gibson's follow-up to "Sa-i-gu" looks into the past and present to question how much has changed in the last ten years following the 1992 L.A. unrest.

What Defines A Community? (from AnthroVlog)

2007-11-16T14:26:00.000-08:00

This footage was taken at the SouthTube meeting in Georgia on September 22-23, 2007.

New Open Access Repository For Anthropology!

2007-10-08T11:41:00.000-07:00

MANAO is a new Open Access repository for anthropology sponsored by the Department of Anthropology at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. In Hawai’ian “mana’o” means thoughts, ideas, knowledge, or opinions—when making decisions together people in Hawai’i often ask for each other’s mana’o. The Mana’o project combines anthropology’s commitment with the ideal of ‘open access’ with open source software’s focus on free technology. The goal is to provide tools that allow scholars to better communicate with each other and with the world.

Mana’o will ‘soft-launch’ in late-November 2007 during the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Washington D.C. They are currently inviting early adopters to submit work that will be featured in this launch. At the moment they are specifically interested in:

BA Theses
MA Theses
Ph.D. Theses
Articles in peer-reviewed journals
Papers given at academic conferences
Digitized books

If you would like to deposit your work, simply email it to submissions@manaoproject.org and the staff will process it and deposit it in Mana’o. If you already have your publications online, send them the URL. Please note that they can only deposit documents that are in the public domain, documents for which you clearly hold the copyright, or documents for which the copyright owner (typically, the publisher) permits authors to deposit their work in a repository such as this.

New Documentary Film Series in Leavey Library

2007-09-05T00:08:00.000-07:00

Beginning on Sept. 20th, there will be documentary films screened in Leavey Library's Auditorium at 5pm every other Thursday. Screenings are free, and each film will be introduced by a USC Faculty member. Below is the schedule for Fall semester:

Thursday, Sept. 20, 5 pm: Control Room (2004, Jehane Noujaim)

Thursday, Oct. 4, 5 pm: The Gleaners and I (2000, Agnes Varda)

Thursday, Oct. 18, 5 pm: Ethnic Notions (1986, Marlon Riggs)

Thursday, Nov. 1, 5 pm: Stranger with a Camera (2000, Elizabeth Barrett)

Thursday, Nov. 15, 5 pm: Southern Comfort (2001, Kate Davis)

Change in ARES course reserves log in procedure

2007-08-31T11:23:00.000-07:00

Beginning Monday, September 10th, 2007, USC Libraries Electronic and Physical Reserves system, ARES, (http://usc.ares.atlas-sys.com) will be changing the way we authenticate users to access the system.

Users will no longer need to register for the service or remember their ARES username and password. We will be switching to LDAP authentication where the user enters the USC email ID (without the "@usc.edu") as the username and their USC email password to access the system.

There will be no changes to their current account and access. Future enhancements to this authentication are forthcoming as the university improves the process by which we authenticate users into library systems.

Big Changes Afoot for eHRAF- test out the new interface!

2007-08-23T07:57:00.000-07:00

On February 1, 2008, eHRAF is planning on implementing a new interface. The currently named "eHRAF Collection of Ethnography" will be renamed "eHRAF World Cultures." The following are available in beta-test versions starting Sept. 1st:

eHRAF World Cultures username: betatester password: hraf0801

eHRAF Archaeology

Then, if you want to suggest changes, fill out the survey.

*In September, the following cultures will be added to eHRAF World Cultures: Gusii, Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Lur, Aleut, Sea Islanders, Yapese, Tongans, and Jivaro.

*In October, the following archaeological traditions will be added to the eHRAF Archaeology site: Tarya Neolithic, Protohistoric Egypt, Eastern Early Archaic, Eastern Late Archaic, Eastern Early Woodland, Adena, Mississippian, Early Mesoamerican Archaic.

AAA switching from Univ of Ca Press to Wiley-Blackwell!!

2007-08-21T07:36:00.000-07:00

August 20, 2007 (from the Chronicle)
AnthroSource Apparently Is Moving to a New Publisher
The American Anthropological Association apparently will end its publishing relationship with the University of California Press at the end of 2007. William E. Davis, the association’s executive director, confirmed widespread reports today that his group was in serious negotiations with Wiley-Blackwell.
“We are in discussions with them about the details of a contract for them to serve as our publishing partner for both our print and electronic journals,” Mr. Davis told The Chronicle. And Rebecca Simon, the California press’s associate director for journals and digital publishing, said today that the association had not renewed its contract with the press.
If the Wiley-Blackwell deal goes through, California will lose a prestigious portfolio of journals, including American Anthropologist, Cultural Anthropology, and the Medical Anthropology Quarterly, as well as AnthroSource, a major online archive of the anthropological association’s publications

Announcing a RefWorks Workshop on April 30!!

2007-04-16T15:49:00.000-07:00

A WORKSHOP FOR FACULTY AND GRADUATE STUDENTS PRESENTED BY
THE USC LIBRARIES:

RefWorks is a Web-based bibliographic tool provided by USC Libraries to help organize references for essays, research papers, theses and dissertations. The sessions on advanced techniques will introduce RefWorks capabilities such as:

- managing folders and output styles;
- using Write and Cite to insert citations directly from your RefWorks account; and
- using RefShare to share RefWorks folders with other users.

As the workshops also will offer an interdisciplinary refresher on basic RefWorks features, such as importing and exporting records from databases and organizing references, they will be useful to new RefWorks users as well as those already familiar with the software. The presenter, RefWorks’ Karen Hinton, will draw examples from arts and humanities, the sciences, and social sciences. USC librarians also will be on hand to answer your questions.

Attend either workshop session:
April 30, 2007: 10 a.m.- Noon
Doheny Library, room 240
OR
April 30, 2007: 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Doheny Library, room 240

A complimentary gourmet lunch will be available between sessions for attendees of both. Lunch will be served at noon on April 30, also in Doheny Library’s room 240. Please RSVP to Judy Truelson at truelson@usc.edu by April 26.

AnthroSource database now compatible with RefWorks

2007-02-05T10:53:00.000-08:00

All AnthroSource database online content platforms are now compatible with the RefWorks citation manager. RefWorks allows for the easy management of references and quick generation of bibliographies and footnotes. These tools dramatically reduce the reference management burden on scholars and researchers, decrease the chance of errors, and offer significant flexibility when making changes. Click here for more info on RefWorks.

Also, AnthroSource will be made available for archiving through LOCKSS, which ensures the long-term preservation and security for the over 40,000 articles that are a part of the premier online resource for anthropologists. LOCKSS (lots of copies keep stuff safe) is open source software that provides librarians with an easy and inexpensive way to collect, store, preserve, and provide access to their own, local copy of authorized content they purchase. Running on standard desktop hardware LOCKSS converts a personal computer into a digital preservation appliance, creating low-cost, persistent, accessible copies of e-journal content as it is published.

Doheny's Current Periodicals Have Moved!

2007-01-29T13:09:00.000-08:00

Doheny Library's Current Periodicals Reading Room will undergo renovation beginning during the 2006-2007 holiday break. The current periodicals will move to their new, permanent home in the former Humanities Reading Room, also on Doheny's first floor.

Many of the books from the Humanities Reading Room will move to appropriate locations in Doheny's stacks and reference room, the Hoose Philosophy Library, and the Helen Topping Architecture and Fine Arts Library. Less-frequently used books will move to the Grand Avenue Library on the second floor of the Carol Little Building (CAL), 3 blocks east of campus.

Renovation of the former Current Periodicals Reading Room will continue through the beginning of the spring Semester. However, the books and periodicals affected by the move are scheduled to be accessible in their new locations at the start of classes, January 8, 2007.

HOW TO FIND RELOCATED PERIODICALS AND BOOKS:
CURRENT PERIODICALS-All titles available in the former Current Periodicals Reading Room will be available in the new location.

HUMANITIES READING ROOM BOOKS-You can find them in HOMER, the online catalog. The catalog record of any moved book will indicate its new location.

BOOKS MOVED TO THE GRAND AVENUE LIBRARY- Grand Avenue Library provides electronic paging of its holdings through HOMER. Paged materials are delivered to Doheny Library's Information Services desk, typically within 24 hours. The Grand Avenue Library is also open for walk-in access from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and by appointment.

HELP: If you have questions about finding books or periodicals that have moved, staff at Doheny's Information Services desk can help. You can also call (213) 740-2924. Also, try reading the Current Periodicals Services Guide.

New Course Reserves System!

2007-01-24T18:01:00.000-08:00

New Undergraduate and Graduate Course Reserves System!

Beginning with Spring 2007 reserve requests, USC Libraries will officially switch to the Ares System for managing course reserves. In anticipation of Spring 2007 reserve request submissions, the "Start a Reserve Request" link below will be replaced with the link to the Ares logon page on November 16, 2006. For more information on the Ares system, please visit Ares Tutorials & F.A.Q.s

A number of instructors who used electronic reserves services during the Fall 2006 semester may have already been pre-registered to use the Ares system by library staff. If you are an instructor who used reserve services during the Fall 2006 semester, please contact idd@usc.edu in order to see if you have already been registered.

If you need to register, go to Create an Account. Then, you can use Ares to submit reserve requests to the library or manage course reserve materials directly.
For personal assistance please call or email one of our Reserve Desks. Also, you can use our Course Reserves Guide.

Document Delivery Now Available for Anthro Faculty!

2006-12-04T16:20:00.000-08:00

IDD's Document Delivery service processes article and book chapter requests from USC-owned journals, books, and other materials. These documents are scanned and posted on our server for easy patron access. Currently, only USC faculty and students enrolled in distance education courses, such as those offered in the Distance Education Network (DEN), are eligible for Document Delivery services.
To request document delivery, simply fill out an ILLiad article request form with as much citation information as possible and submit it here: http://usc.illiad.oclc.org/illiad/logon.html .

USC Digital Library Seeks Faculty Contributors

2006-11-30T13:42:00.000-08:00

USC Libraries has joined other top universities in offering to faculty secure server space for storing work in progress, important documents, and teaching materials (including multimedia projects). See http://ir.usc.edu

This secure digital library with plenty of space is called the USC Institutional Repository (and is also known as DSpace). Its great advantage is that the USC Libraries assumes responsibility for the storage of the documents on stable servers (unlike commercially available digital spaces, which are ephemeral).

Access to personalized DSpaces can be limited to owner (professor contributor), to a select group of people, or open to the world (world wide web accessible). Among other purposes, DSpace can be used for launching new scholarly journals, archiving papers produced by graduate students, and as a tool for facilitating online scholarly collaborations. Contact Deborah Holmes-Wong for more details at dhwong@usc.edu.

AnthroSource database now available!

2006-11-30T12:11:00.000-08:00

The USC Libraries now has a subscription to AnthroSource, accessible here:
http://was.usc.edu/eresources/isd/gateways/10729.php

AnthroSource is a full text archive of 32 anthropology journals by the American Anthropological Association.

New Journal Titles in Anthropology now available from USC Libraries

2006-11-30T11:34:00.000-08:00

The following journals of interest to the Anthropology Department were recently subscribed to by the USC Libraries:

American Journal of Primatology -available 1981-95 & 97-present in electronic format

Evolutionary Anthropology- available 1992-95 & 97-present in electronic format

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology- Available online 6/91-present; print on-order

Journal of Material Culture- available 3/99 – present online; in print starting with current issue

Journal of Vietnamese Studies- available online

Pacific Arts- Print is on-order

Studies in American Humor- Print available starting with no.13 (2005/2006)

*Note: You can access the electronic versions of the journals by going to http://zb5lh7ed7a.search.serialssolutions.com/
and doing a title search by Journal Name.
Also, you can look them up in HOMER, the library catalog at www.usc.edu/homer.

Easy Remote Access Portal to USC Electronic Resources Now Available

2006-11-30T11:27:00.000-08:00

USC Libraries is implementing a new way of accessing electronic resources from off campus locations. No VPN is necessary anymore, hurray!

If you wish to test this new mode of remote access, please log in with your USC email ID and password on the following page: https://libproxy.usc.edu/login
Once you log in, select "USC Libraries Electronic Resources" from the menu. You will be taken to the e-resources page, where you can search all of the databases that are anthropology-related.