tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87570985834923965272024-03-14T00:17:15.907-07:00Cheryl L's. Library Liaison BlogCheryl LaGuardiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786577214169436092noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757098583492396527.post-51376901467123112832011-10-19T14:01:00.000-07:002011-10-19T14:48:46.531-07:00Exhibits at Harvard's Semitic Museum<div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CPfaIS4kvmw/Tp9EVWzvsbI/AAAAAAAAAIE/x1lCJYXospM/s1600/semitic%2Bmuseum.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px; height: 150px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665321989945930162" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CPfaIS4kvmw/Tp9EVWzvsbI/AAAAAAAAAIE/x1lCJYXospM/s320/semitic%2Bmuseum.jpg" border="0" /></a>The <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=semitic+museum&fb=1&gl=us&hq=semitic+museum&hnear=Cambridge,+MA&cid=0,0,5218640649943583781&ei=dJzMS5WiNYPGlQf-9OT1BQ&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CAcQnwIwAA">Semitic Museum at Harvard </a>was founded in 1889, and now houses more than 40,000 artifacts from museum-sponsored excavations in Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Syria, and Tunisia. The Museum is dedicated to the use of these collections for research and teaching about Middle Eastern archaeology, history, and culture.<br /><br /><div> </div><div> I recently met with Jill Letteney, Collections Liaison at the Museum, and she made known to me the exhibits currently on display. Given their depth and breadth, I think most readers of this blog will find them interesting, and we encourage you to make your way over to the Museum to learn even more. These in-person and virtual productions include:<br /><br /></div><div> </div><div><em><a href="http://www.fas.harvard.edu/%7Esemitic/Cesnola/">The Cesnola Collection from Ancient Cyprus</a> </em>(an online publication)</div><div><em></em> </div><div><em><a href="http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k66717&pageid=icb.page337283&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent696804&view=watch.do&viewParam_entry=28164&state=maximize#a_icb_pagecontent696804">The Coinage of Ancient Judea</a> </em>(a digital exhibition)</div><div><em></em> </div><div><em><a href="http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k66717&pageid=icb.page327692">Egypt: Magic and the Afterlife</a></em></div><div> </div><div><em><a href="http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k66717&pageid=icb.page337282&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent697917&view=watch.do&viewParam_entry=28576&state=maximize#a_icb_pagecontent697917">Engaging Roman Glass</a></em> (a digital exhibition)</div><div> </div><div><em><a href="http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k66717&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup103110">The Houses of Ancient Israel: Domestic, Royal, Divine</a></em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><em><a href="http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k66717&pageid=icb.page327694">Monuments from Mesopotamia: The Propaganda of Kings</a></em></div><div> </div><div><em><a href="http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k66717&pageid=icb.page327691">Nuzi and the Hurrians: Fragments from a Forgotten Past</a></em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br />I'm planning a visit to see these and other treasures the Museum holds. Hope to see you there!</div><div> </div><div>At your service,</div><div>Cheryl</div></div></div>Cheryl LaGuardiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786577214169436092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757098583492396527.post-59380911591082873782011-06-13T10:59:00.000-07:002011-06-13T11:11:11.052-07:00Borrow Direct Comes to Harvard<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Bw4xAUMr_cc/TfZSSA1dbAI/AAAAAAAAAH8/xUchvvWX-8k/s1600/borrowdirect.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 155px; height: 155px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Bw4xAUMr_cc/TfZSSA1dbAI/AAAAAAAAAH8/xUchvvWX-8k/s320/borrowdirect.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617768054606621698" border="0" /></a>As of today, the Harvard Library is offering <a href="http://lib.harvard.edu/libraries/borrowdirect.html">the Borrow Direct service</a> to the University’s faculty, staff, and students. Borrow Direct lets you borrow books and other circulating library materials not available at Harvard from the libraries at Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale.<br /><br />You use your current ID, PIN, and established library privileges to request items from Borrow Direct online. You'll get expedited delivery of:<br /><br />* books and printed music not owned by Harvard libraries<br />* books and printed music currently unavailable at Harvard; e.g., charged out, lost, missing, at the bindery, etc.<br />* books and printed music that normally circulate from the Borrow Direct partner collections<br /><br />Most Borrow Direct materials will arrive in four business days. You'll receive an e-mail notice when a requested item is available and you'll be given the option of choosing one of 14 pickup locations:<br /><br />* Andover-Harvard Theological Library<br />* Baker/Knowledge and Library Services<br />* Cabot Science Library<br />* Countway Library of Medicine<br />* Fine Arts Library<br />* Gutman Library<br />* Harvard Kennedy School Library and Knowledge Services<br />* Harvard Law School Library<br />* Harvard-Yenching Library<br />* Lamont Library<br />* Loeb Design Library<br />* Tozzer Library<br />* Widener Library<br />* Wolbach/Harvard-Smithosonian Center for Astrophysics<br /><br />You can return your Borrow Direct materials to any Harvard Library. In late July, Harvard will become a Borrow Direct lender, offering other Borrow Direct patrons access to collections in the Countway Library of Medicine, Andover–Harvard Theological Library, Widener Library, and holdings for those libraries held at HD.<br /><br />At your service,<br />CherylCheryl LaGuardiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786577214169436092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757098583492396527.post-34647025176385138582011-06-13T10:50:00.000-07:002011-06-13T10:59:12.787-07:00The Pentagon Papers Were Released at Noon Today!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Dfq5tyJVQK8/TfZP2Xp8T6I/AAAAAAAAAH0/4_RJTtz-w3o/s1600/watergate.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 155px; height: 116px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Dfq5tyJVQK8/TfZP2Xp8T6I/AAAAAAAAAH0/4_RJTtz-w3o/s320/watergate.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617765380672737186" border="0" /></a>The "Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force" (otherwise known as the Pentagon Papers) was commissioned by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in 1967. Portions of the report were to the press in June 1971, but publications of the report that resulted from these leaks were incomplete and low-quality. <p>Today, on the 40th anniversary of the leak to the press, the National Archives and the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon Presidential Libraries, have released the complete Pentagon Papers report: 48 boxes of about 7,000 declassified pages, with 34% of the report becoming available for the first time.<br /></p><p>Want to read them? The <a href="http://www.archives.gov/research/pentagon-papers/">PDFs are available here</a>. Happy reading!<br />At your service,<br />Cheryl</p><p><br /></p>Cheryl LaGuardiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786577214169436092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757098583492396527.post-47820394472166002282011-06-05T11:10:00.000-07:002011-06-05T11:15:41.599-07:00New e-Resources in Harvard Libraries<span style="font-family:Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">These resources were added to <a href="http://eresearch.lib.harvard.edu/V">e-Research at Harvard Libraries</a> in May 2011:</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Bibliothèque Bibliographique des Littératures Francophones Européennes (BIBLIFRE)</span><br /> <span style="color:#0000ff;"><u><a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:bblfe">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:bblfe</a><br /></u></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Detroit Free Press</span><br /><span style="color:#0000ff;"><u><a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:proqhdfp">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:proqhdfp</a><br /></u></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Encyclopedia of medieval philosophy</span><br /><span style="color:#0000ff;"><u><a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ebook:GEN_9781402097287">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ebook:GEN_9781402097287</a><br /></u></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Gallup Brain</span><br /><span style="color:#0000ff;"><u><a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:gallup">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:gallup</a><br /></u></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">John Johnson Collection: an archive of printed ephemera</span><br /><span style="color:#0000ff;"><u><a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:johnjohnson">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:johnjohnson</a><br /></u></span><br />P<span style="font-style: italic;">atrimonio cultural de España</span><br /><span style="color:#0000ff;"><u><a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:ptcle">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:ptcle</a><br /></u></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">ProQuest Civil War Era</span><br /><span style="color:#0000ff;"><u><a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:proqcwe">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:proqcwe</a><br /></u></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Boston Globe, 1872-1979 </span><br /><span style="color:#0000ff;"><u><a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:bostonglobe">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:bostonglobe</a><br /></u></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">SPIE Digital Library - eBooks</span><br /><span style="color:#0000ff;"><u><a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:spiedlib">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:spiedlib</a><br /></u></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Tax Analysts web services</span><br /><span style="color:#0000ff;"><u><a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:TaxAnalysts">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:TaxAnalysts</a> </u></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <br /><br />Please let me know if you have any questions about them or any other library resources.<br />At your service,<br />Cheryl<br /></span></span>Cheryl LaGuardiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786577214169436092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757098583492396527.post-16250821379865979342011-05-03T10:52:00.000-07:002011-05-03T10:57:11.596-07:00<span style="font-family:Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">These resources have been added to E-Research @ Harvard Libraries during April, and can be seen in the "New E-Resources" list. (To access the New E-Resources list: from Cross Search, click on "New E-Resources" under the Quick Sets pull-down menu), OR just click the links below:</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">BCC Research<br /><span style="color:#0000ff;"><u><a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:bccrsrch">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:bccrsrch</a><br /></u></span><br />Government Finance Statistics<br /><span style="color:#0000ff;"><u><a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:imfgfson">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:imfgfson</a><br /></u></span><br />International Inventory of Musical Sources: RISM Series A/II<br /><span style="color:#0000ff;"><u><a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:rismopac">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:rismopac</a><br /></u></span><br />ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Times of India (1838-2001)<br /><span style="color:#0000ff;"><u><a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:proqhtoi">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:proqhtoi</a><br /></u></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br />At your service,<br />Cheryl</span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><u><br /></u></span></span></span>Cheryl LaGuardiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786577214169436092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757098583492396527.post-66416724581793757402011-05-03T09:11:00.000-07:002011-05-03T09:22:08.573-07:00LibX for Google Chrome<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lz8lfQAIPZ0/TcArH-JU3QI/AAAAAAAAAHg/I0S8J845SPw/s1600/googlechrome.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 275px; height: 183px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lz8lfQAIPZ0/TcArH-JU3QI/AAAAAAAAAHg/I0S8J845SPw/s320/googlechrome.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602525352390089986" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Do you use </span><a style="font-family: times new roman;" href="http://www.google.com/chrome/">Google Chrome</a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> as your browser of choice? Then here's good news for you: a bet version of LibX for Google Chrome has just been released.<br /><br />To install the add-on in Google Chrome, open Chrome and follow the instructions provided here: <a href="http://lib.harvard.edu/tools/libx_chrome.pdf">http://lib.harvard.edu/tools/libx_chrome.pdf<br /></a><br />LibX is a browser toolbar add-on that allows you quickly to search a number of library resources. For more information and for links to the Firefox and IE versions of LibX, just visit the Harvard LibX page, at: <a href="http://lib.harvard.edu/tools/libx.html">http://lib.harvard.edu/tools/libx.html</a><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="font-family:times new roman;">At your service,</span> <span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />Cheryl</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><u><br /></u></span></span></span></span>Cheryl LaGuardiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786577214169436092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757098583492396527.post-34854317644698480372011-02-12T10:50:00.000-08:002011-02-12T10:59:15.511-08:00The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt: it's available to you online<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iO3kwuaHPVg/TVbYdn8QRqI/AAAAAAAAAHY/9SI5tTtMaMM/s1600/sphinx.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 220px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iO3kwuaHPVg/TVbYdn8QRqI/AAAAAAAAAHY/9SI5tTtMaMM/s320/sphinx.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572879592367081122" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:oxanegyt"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt</span></a> has been added to the <a href="http://lib.harvard.edu/">Harvard Libraries portal</a>, so you can search it 24/7/365 from anywhere in the world with your Harvard ID and PIN. The <span style="font-style: italic;">Encyclopedia</span> presently holds over 600 original articles written by leading scholars, offering information on ancient Egyptian civilization from the predynastic era to its eclipse in the seventh century CE. Subjects covered include "art, architecture, religion, language, literature, trade, politics, everyday social life, and the culture of the court."<br /><br />At your service,<br />CherylCheryl LaGuardiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786577214169436092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757098583492396527.post-50385651657573751642011-02-08T13:22:00.000-08:002011-02-08T13:51:27.094-08:00Send Us Your Feedback, Please!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eivIx5k8ksc/TVG3OjNrqQI/AAAAAAAAAHA/CcFcXDtJ43Q/s1600/liberty.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 276px; height: 183px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eivIx5k8ksc/TVG3OjNrqQI/AAAAAAAAAHA/CcFcXDtJ43Q/s320/liberty.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571435674632694018" border="0" /></a><a href="http://guides.hcl.harvard.edu/profile.php?uid=24129">Mary Beth Clack</a> and I would very much appreciate any feedback you'd care to send us about the new <a href="http://guides.hcl.harvard.edu/gradguide"><span style="font-style: italic;">Library Grad Guide: A Guide to Library Resources for GSAS Graduate Students</span></a>. Anything not there that you'd like to have on it? Anything there you don't want on it? Want more pictures? Want more video? Want falling toasters...? Do you like / hate / feel completely ambivalent about it?<br /><br />Our only goal is for the page to serve you folks, so please let us know how we can improve it.<br />Me (Cheryl): <a href="mailto:claguard@fas.harvard.edu">claguard@fas.harvard.edu</a>,<br />Mary Beth: <a href="mailto:mclack@fas.harvard.edu">mclack@fas.harvard.edu</a>.<br /><br />At your service (and we mean it),<br />CherylCheryl LaGuardiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786577214169436092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757098583492396527.post-63705167871015674692011-01-25T10:23:00.000-08:002011-01-29T12:01:32.886-08:00The NEW Library Grad Guide: A Guide to Library Resources for GSAS Graduate StudentsPlease do check out the new<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="guidetitle"> <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Library Grad Guide: A Guide to Library Resources for GSAS Graduate Students</span>, at: <a href="http://guides.hcl.harvard.edu/gradguide">http://guides.hcl.harvard.edu/gradguide</a>. Our goal with this guide is to provide a dynamic (yet stable and on-going) resource to graduate students throughout GSAS. As you'll see, we are now including sections for Arts and Humanities, the Sciences, and the Social Sciences, in addition to general tools that will be of help to all grad students.</span></span><br /><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="guidetitle">Please let me know if there's any information or links you'd like us to add to the guide -- we enthusiastically welcome your suggestions and ideas. To get started, you might want to take a look at <a href="http://guides.hcl.harvard.edu/content.php?pid=156153&sid=1343271">this video from the new site</a>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="guidetitle">At your service,<br />Cheryl</p><br /><br /></span></span>Cheryl LaGuardiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786577214169436092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757098583492396527.post-51467816576484108312010-09-21T11:12:00.000-07:002010-09-21T11:14:34.712-07:00Tools of the TradeI’d like to direct your attention to a web resource (an e-book, essentially) a couple colleagues of mine (<a href="http://hcl.harvard.edu/research/guides/lamont_handouts/interrogatingtexts.html" target="_blank">Susan Gilroy</a>, ably assisted by our web designer, <a href="http://all-net.ning.com/profile/EnriqueDiaz" target="_blank">Enrique Diaz</a>) recently created to serve Harvard freshmen — it’s <a href="http://hcl.harvard.edu/research/toolkit/" target="_blank"><em>Tools of the Trade: A Library Starter Kit for Harvard Freshmen</em></a>. It's a literate, pragmatic, and frankly, beautiful guide to doing research, well worth a read. Take a look for excellent advice and information, as well as the pleasure of seeing a very well-done web-based research tool.<br /><br />At your service,<br />CherylCheryl LaGuardiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786577214169436092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757098583492396527.post-19572776104570402162010-08-26T10:29:00.000-07:002010-08-26T10:32:20.761-07:00RefWorks Workshops<em>RefWorks</em> is a citation management tool that simplifies the “busy work” of research. It can import citations directly from HOLLIS and library databases; create your bibliography in the format you choose; and insert citations or footnotes in your text as you write.<br /><br />Librarians of the Harvard College Library will offer these 50-minute training sessions in the basics of <em>RefWorks</em> at Lamont Library:<br /><br />Tuesday, September 7, 3:00pm (Room B30, Lamont Level B)<br /><br />Wednesday, September 15, 2:00pm (Room B30, Lamont Level B)<br /><br />Thursday, September 23, 4:00pm (Room 310, Lamont 3rd Floor)<br /><br />Tuesday, September 28, 2:00pm (Room B30, Lamont Level B)<br /><br />All Harvard students, faculty, and staff are welcome, but registration is necessary because space is limited. To sign up, contact one of the instructors:<br />Steve Kuehler (<a href="mailto:kuehler@fas.harvard.edu">kuehler@fas.harvard.edu</a>)<br />Chris Lenney (<a href="mailto:lenney@fas.harvard.edu">lenney@fas.harvard.edu</a>)<br />Kerry Masteller (<a href="mailto:kmastell@fas.harvard.edu">kmastell@fas.harvard.edu</a>)<br />Liza Vick (<a href="mailto:lizavick@fas.harvard.edu">lizavick@fas.harvard.edu</a>).<br /><br />For general tips on using RefWorks and other citation tools, such as EndNote and Zotero, go to <a href="http://isites.harvard.edu/citationtools" target="_blank">http://isites.harvard.edu/citationtools</a>.<br /><br />At your service,<br />CherylCheryl LaGuardiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786577214169436092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757098583492396527.post-88955281068889805482010-08-26T10:26:00.001-07:002010-08-26T10:28:53.743-07:00New Library LiaisonsJust to let folks know: my responsibilities have changed since last year, and I will no longer be a library liaison to the East Asian Languages and Civilizations Department. Ray Lum (<a href="https://fasmail.harvard.edu/OWA/UrlBlockedError.aspx" target="_blank">rlum@fas.harvard.edu</a>) will continue to be a library liaison to the Department, and he is joined by:<br /><br />Mikyung Kang, Librarian for the Korean Collection, Harvard-Yenching Library, <a href="https://fasmail.harvard.edu/OWA/UrlBlockedError.aspx" target="_blank">mlkang@fas.harvard.edu</a>, 617-495-0572<br /><br />Xiaohe Ma, Librarian for the Chinese Collection, Harvard-Yenching Library, <a href="https://fasmail.harvard.edu/OWA/UrlBlockedError.aspx" target="_blank">xhma@fas.harvard.edu</a>, 617-496-2810<br /><br />Kuniko McVey, Librarian for the Japanese Collection, Harvard-Yenching Library, <a href="https://fasmail.harvard.edu/OWA/UrlBlockedError.aspx" target="_blank">kmcvey@fas.harvard.edu</a>, 617-495-3395<br /><br />Sharon Yang, Head of Access Services, Harvard-Yenching Library, <a href="https://fasmail.harvard.edu/OWA/UrlBlockedError.aspx" target="_blank">yang8@fas.harvard.edu</a>, 617-496-3623<br /><br />I have enjoyed working with members of EALC very much, and I am sure the Department will be well served in future by the liaisons from Harvard-Yenching Library.<br /><br />Best wishes,<br />CherylCheryl LaGuardiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786577214169436092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757098583492396527.post-62544559785390790272010-06-10T12:56:00.000-07:002010-06-10T13:39:21.755-07:00The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe Online Version launches<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eivIx5k8ksc/TBFNUGiES1I/AAAAAAAAAGo/blVNcUNryeU/s1600/topicimg1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 211px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eivIx5k8ksc/TBFNUGiES1I/AAAAAAAAAGo/blVNcUNryeU/s320/topicimg1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481247229232827218" border="0" /></a>The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research today launched the <a href="http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/" target="_blank"><em>Online Edition of the YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe</em></a>, whose aim is to “make accurate, reliable, scholarly information about Eastern European Jewish life universally available online <strong>free of charge</strong>.” This online edition contains the information from the printed 2008 <em>YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe</em> (published by Yale University Press), which provides the history and culture of Jews in Eastern Europe from the beginning of their settlement in the region to the present. But there’s added content in this online edition: interactive maps, more color photographs, rare letters and documents, video and audio clips. <p>At the home page, researchers can Explore a Topic by clicking into pages on Arts, Daily Life & Places, Language & Literature, History & Politics, and Religion. Each of those subsequent pages includes an essay, slideshow (or other visual element), a short “teaser article,” and links to other articles. There’s a Media Gallery with almost 1,400 items, each linked to related articles including: 50 audio recordings ranging from cantorial, klezmer and theatrical performances to children’s choral music and excerpts from wedding services; 70 video clips including street scenes, horses and cattle, brass bands, public gatherings, political events, children at school and summer camp: and 192 new documents from the YIVO archives that have never before been presented to the public, including such items as: letters from Leon Trotsky; manuscript notes by Sholem Aleichem; an invitation to a service at the Great Synagogue in Warsaw in honor of a visit from the President of Poland in 1930; and a ration card from the Warsaw ghetto.</p> <p>To access this freely-available site, just go to: <a href="http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/" target="_blank">http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org</a>, but be prepared to want to spend a lot of time there — it is a truly remarkable resource.</p> <p>At your service,<br />Cheryl</p>Cheryl LaGuardiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786577214169436092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757098583492396527.post-21683533365968791142010-06-07T19:07:00.000-07:002010-06-07T19:10:24.277-07:00EEBO Interactions; a new social forum<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eivIx5k8ksc/TA2mgA_hqdI/AAAAAAAAAGg/JzMGcnwU62Y/s1600/eebo-logo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 41px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eivIx5k8ksc/TA2mgA_hqdI/AAAAAAAAAGg/JzMGcnwU62Y/s320/eebo-logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480219390532233682" border="0" /></a>ProQuest has just launched <em><a href="http://eebo-interactions.chadwyck.com/" target="_blank">EEBO Interactions</a></em>, a Web 2.0 social networking community those goal is to connect scholars working with the database <em>Early English Books Online (EEBO)</em> in an online forum. It enables scholars around the world to share their informed ideas about the works in the collection. <p>Contributions can consist of a simple comment on the date of a work, or be as lengthy as full essays complete with bibliographies and links to other research resources. Contributions will be reviewed by an editor to ensure that they’re relevant and appropriate, and that other users may edit or discuss them.</p> <p>Anyone with an interest in the print culture of the Early Modern period can search and read the contents of <em>EEBO Interactions</em>. Harvard scholars can <em></em>register and create a profile in <em>EEBO Interactions</em> to communicate with colleagues via email and create and edit contributions.</p> <p>Take a look at <em><a href="http://eebo-interactions.chadwyck.com/" target="_blank">EEBO Interactions</a></em>; I’ll be interested in hearing your reactions to it.</p> <p>At your service,</p> <p>Cheryl</p>Cheryl LaGuardiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786577214169436092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757098583492396527.post-47879599729351655062010-04-22T14:41:00.000-07:002010-04-22T14:43:56.054-07:00Graduating This Spring? Sign Up for an Alumni RefWorks Account<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eivIx5k8ksc/S9DDDK0qqFI/AAAAAAAAAGY/_WMgAd2hkHs/s1600/refworks.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 145px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eivIx5k8ksc/S9DDDK0qqFI/AAAAAAAAAGY/_WMgAd2hkHs/s320/refworks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463080807212689490" border="0" /></a><br />Harvard graduates can sign up for an alumni account that will allow the use of RefWorks as long as Harvard continues to subscribe to it. To create an alumni account, just go to the Harvard Citation Tools iSite: <a href="http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=citationtools&pageid=icb.page334472">http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=citationtools&pageid=icb.page334472</a>.<br /><br />You can find instructions at that page for backing up references and creating your own alumni account.<br /><br />At your service,<br />CherylCheryl LaGuardiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786577214169436092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757098583492396527.post-37523267201059257282010-04-13T15:40:00.000-07:002010-04-13T15:51:43.578-07:00Maps with an Attitude<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eivIx5k8ksc/S8T1JBeCzmI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/HrjaAnORjv0/s1600/Planisphaerii_Coelestis.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 277px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eivIx5k8ksc/S8T1JBeCzmI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/HrjaAnORjv0/s320/Planisphaerii_Coelestis.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459758183641960034" border="0" /></a>Tomorrow a new exhibition opens at the Harvard Map Collection: <a href="http://hcl.harvard.edu/info/exhibitions/#maps_attitude">Maps with an Attitude: Cartographies of Propaganda and Persuasion</a>, explores ways maps have been used to express points of view by examining more than a dozen maps which framed major conflicts of the 20th century, from World War I to the Bosnian War.<p>Items on display include a pre-World War I map depicting the nations of Europe as individuals; a World War II map, produced just after the start of the blitz in England, portraying the number and site of every English bombing raid in Germany; a 1955 map produced by Time magazine portraying communist China and the U.S.S.R. as a red-hued landmass looming over Japan, South Korea and U.S.-controlled Formosa; and a map portraying Sarajevo from 1992 to 1995, ringed by Serb tanks and rocket launchers. </p> <a href="http://hcl.harvard.edu/info/exhibitions/#maps_attitude">Maps with an Attitude: Cartographies of Propaganda and Persuasion</a> will be on display in the Harvard Map Collection in Pusey Library through August 14, 2010. <a href="http://hcl.harvard.edu/hours/unit.cfm?unit_id=6">Click here for the Map Collections' hours</a>, and <a href="http://hcl.harvard.edu/info/directions/index.cfm#hmc">click here for directions to the Map Collection</a>.<br /><br />At your service,<br />CherylCheryl LaGuardiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786577214169436092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757098583492396527.post-67620054153496591002010-04-08T13:16:00.000-07:002010-04-08T13:20:58.070-07:00Harvard Undergraduates Eligible for MIT Borrowing PrivilegesAs of April 5, 2010, Harvard undergraduates are eligible for MIT borrowing privileges (HCL and MIT have had a reciprocal borrowing program for faculty, staff, and graduate students since 1995). Harvard students can enroll for MIT library privileges either <a href="http://hcl.harvard.edu/info/borrowing/mit_library_privileges.cfm">online at the HCL web site</a> or in person at the Library Privileges Office in Widener Library Room 130 (M-F, 9am – 4:45 pm), where you’ll just need to present a valid Harvard ID.<br /><br />You’ll receive a form to complete and take to the Hayden Library at MIT (14W-100, 160 Memorial Dr., Cambridge) where you’ll get a library pass valid through the end of the spring term. You can borrow from the Dewey (social sciences and management), Hayden (humanities), Lewis Music, Library Storage Annex (by appointment only), and Rotch (architecture and planning) libraries. This pilot for undergraduates will be assessed after 14 months, with both Harvard and MIT collecting data and conducting surveys to determine the program’s value.<br /><br />For additional information about <a href="http://hcl.harvard.edu/info/borrowing/mit_library_privileges.cfm">MIT borrowing privileges visit the HCL website</a> or just call the Library Privileges Office at 617-495-4166.<br /><br />At your service,<br />CherylCheryl LaGuardiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786577214169436092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757098583492396527.post-25867302808592562492010-03-29T13:35:00.000-07:002010-03-29T13:46:03.927-07:00Do You Use JSTOR? Tell Me About It, Please<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eivIx5k8ksc/S7EQ3_CtxeI/AAAAAAAAAGI/S5wze1yzKHI/s1600/jstor.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 252px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eivIx5k8ksc/S7EQ3_CtxeI/AAAAAAAAAGI/S5wze1yzKHI/s320/jstor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454159177724052962" border="0" /></a><br />If you use <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:jstorage">JSTOR</a> for your research, and have particular likes and/or dislikes about the current version of the database, please let me know what they are. As you can see from <a href="http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1100000310/post/1680053568.html">this blog post at my other blog, for <span style="font-style: italic;">Library Journal</span></a>, I have some issues with it, and their Associate Director for<br />Education & Outreach has invited me to talk with her and one of their product managers about the database. I would like to gather information from scholarly researchers on what works well for you, and what might not work so well, so I can share it with the JSTOR folks.<br /><br />You can simply comment to this blog, or to <a href="http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1100000310/post/70053607.html">my <span style="font-style: italic;">e-Views</span> blog</a>, or send me e-mail directly (at: claguard@fas.harvard.edu) if you have any information you'd like to share.<br /><br />Thanks for your help, and I continue to be --<br />At your service,<br />CherylCheryl LaGuardiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786577214169436092noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757098583492396527.post-20520193213272189212010-03-24T15:12:00.000-07:002010-03-24T15:18:45.047-07:00Books in Books: an online exhibition<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eivIx5k8ksc/S6qPuumsQKI/AAAAAAAAAGA/dvr9bggL7RY/s1600/mstyp45.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 225px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eivIx5k8ksc/S6qPuumsQKI/AAAAAAAAAGA/dvr9bggL7RY/s320/mstyp45.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452328331832475810" border="0" /></a><br />Houghton Library launched today a new online exhibition, <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/houghton/exhibits/books_in_books/">Books in Books: Reflections on Reading and Writing in the Middle Ages</a>. It's a joint project of the Houghton Library and Jeffrey Hamburger, Kuno Francke Professor of German Art & Culture, and Chair, Medieval Studies Committee, and is a complement to the General Education Program course “Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 16, Openings: The Illuminated Manuscript” taught by Professor Hamburger. A physical exhibition of the same name opens April 5th in Houghton Library.<br /><br />If you're interested in medieval manuscripts, take a look at Houghton's <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/houghton/collections/early_manuscripts/">Digital Medieval Manuscripts</a>, a good resource for studying the Middle Ages and the Renaissance in Western Europe. It gives strategies for searching Houghton's medieval manuscripts plus links to bibliographies related to these materials.<br /><br />At your service,<br />CherylCheryl LaGuardiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786577214169436092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757098583492396527.post-43548711706548077892010-03-01T12:18:00.000-08:002010-03-01T12:30:16.935-08:00Exploring Reading Online: New Site<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eivIx5k8ksc/S4wjxISfpHI/AAAAAAAAAF4/CIY5kZMcLHQ/s1600-h/reading_home.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 185px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eivIx5k8ksc/S4wjxISfpHI/AAAAAAAAAF4/CIY5kZMcLHQ/s320/reading_home.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443765376529704050" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/reading/">Reading: Harvard Views of Readers, Readership, and Reading History</a> is "an online exploration of the intellectual, cultural, and political history of reading as reflected in the historical holdings of the Harvard Libraries." The site contains over 1,200 books and manuscripts which offer over 250,000 pages of web-accessible materials about reading.<br /><br />Take a look to find out more about this hot intellectual and cultural topic.<br /><br />At your service,<br />CherylCheryl LaGuardiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786577214169436092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757098583492396527.post-4513874074156267002010-02-18T12:11:00.000-08:002010-03-01T12:37:52.680-08:00The Digital Collections of Harvard College Library<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eivIx5k8ksc/S32fqlsTK1I/AAAAAAAAAFw/RP61-bWhGyg/s1600-h/hcldig.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 137px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eivIx5k8ksc/S32fqlsTK1I/AAAAAAAAAFw/RP61-bWhGyg/s320/hcldig.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439679478954666834" border="0" /></a><a href="http://hcl.harvard.edu/collections/digital_collections/" target="_blank">The Digital Collections of Harvard College Library</a> is now available on the College Library web site. It features an index page called <a href="http://hcl.harvard.edu/collections/digital_collections/explore.cfm" target="_blank"> Explore the Collections</a> that leads to individual descriptions each of HCL’s collections, as well as to information about <a href="http://hcl.harvard.edu/collections/digital_collections/projects_in_progress.cfm" target="_blank"> Projects in Progress</a> and other Harvard resources. There is also a page describing the <a href="http://hcl.harvard.edu/collections/digital_collections/digitization_program.cfm" target="_blank">HCL Collections Digitization Program.</a><br /><br />There's a plethora of fascinating material here, and I hope it is useful to you for your research and study.<br />At your service,<br />CherylCheryl LaGuardiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786577214169436092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757098583492396527.post-76897465477845679112010-02-04T14:22:00.000-08:002010-02-04T14:32:10.460-08:00Upcoming RefWorks Basics Sessions at Lamont Library<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eivIx5k8ksc/S2tKflZXf5I/AAAAAAAAAFg/bXdn_mTKXoM/s1600-h/refworksscreen_tryit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 246px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eivIx5k8ksc/S2tKflZXf5I/AAAAAAAAAFg/bXdn_mTKXoM/s320/refworksscreen_tryit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434519281827544978" border="0" /></a><br />Steve Kuehler and Chris Lenney, members of the Reference Services staff at Lamont Library, will offer a 50-minute training session in the basics of RefWorks on Wednesday, February 17, at 2:00pm. The class will be held in Room 310 on the third floor of Lamont.<br /><br />RefWorks is a citation organizer that can import citations directly from many of Harvard’s library databases; create your bibliography in the format you choose; and insert citations or footnotes in your text as you write. This session will get you started in building and using your own RefWorks database.<br /><br />All students, faculty, and staff are welcome, just register in advance (space is limited). Please get in touch with Steve (kuehler@fas.harvard.edu) or Chris (lenney@fas.harvard.edu) to do so.<br /><br />At your service,<br />CherylCheryl LaGuardiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786577214169436092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757098583492396527.post-11562247760617634272010-02-01T15:20:00.000-08:002010-02-01T15:28:58.282-08:00The Index to Ming Dynasty Chinese Paintings<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eivIx5k8ksc/S2djhdBLjSI/AAAAAAAAAFY/ZBT7CoSeglg/s1600-h/ming_banner.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 63px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eivIx5k8ksc/S2djhdBLjSI/AAAAAAAAAFY/ZBT7CoSeglg/s320/ming_banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433420901822205218" border="0" /></a><br />The Fine Arts Library has just announced the launch of a new electronic resource, the <a href="http://ted.lib.harvard.edu/ted/deliver/home?_collection=ming"><span style="font-style: italic;">Index to Ming Dynasty Chinese Paintings</span></a>, a searchable database of over 10,000 records with information on Chinese painters and paintings of the mid-fourteenth through mid-seventeenth century Ming dynasty period. This unique database also has searchable bibliographies about the history of Chinese painters and paintings.<br /><br />The creators of the <span style="font-style: italic;">Ming Index</span> are currently seeking queries and comments from scholars in the field. To contribute to the <span style="font-style: italic;">Index</span>, please get in touch with Nanni Deng, Asian Art Bibliographer at the Fine Arts Library, Tel: 617-495-0570, Email: ndeng@fas.harvard.edu.<br /><br />At your service,<br />CherylCheryl LaGuardiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786577214169436092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757098583492396527.post-39486620948914770622010-01-12T13:30:00.000-08:002010-01-12T13:43:45.475-08:00Margaret Fuller: A Woman of the Nineteenth Century<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eivIx5k8ksc/S0zr_jvwp-I/AAAAAAAAAFQ/YzLDfvy4HHM/s1600-h/fuller.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eivIx5k8ksc/S0zr_jvwp-I/AAAAAAAAAFQ/YzLDfvy4HHM/s320/fuller.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425971128234452962" border="0" /></a>From January 21 through March 26, 2010, the exhibit, <strong><a href="http://hcl.harvard.edu/info/exhibitions/index.cfm" target=_blank>Margaret Fuller: A Woman of the Nineteenth Century</a>,</strong> will be on view in the Amy Lowell Room at Houghton Library. Margaret Fuller is credited with being the first woman granted permission to do research at Harvard, and during the 19th century she educated the country on women's issues, the problems of slavery, and the plight of Native Americans. She also reported from a war-torn Italy. The exhibit explores her various pursuits in honor of the 200th anniversary of her birth in Cambridge. <p>A reception will be held on January 21 at 5:30pm in the Edison Newman Room at Houghton. For details please get in touch with Heather Cole at 617-495-2449.</p><p>At your service,<br />Cheryl<br /></p>Cheryl LaGuardiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786577214169436092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757098583492396527.post-70171855215486568522009-12-22T19:23:00.000-08:002009-12-22T19:30:44.784-08:00The Islamic Heritage Project<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eivIx5k8ksc/SzGOybRG-GI/AAAAAAAAAFI/VrnaWQnrfOs/s1600-h/MSPersian78_400v.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eivIx5k8ksc/SzGOybRG-GI/AAAAAAAAAFI/VrnaWQnrfOs/s320/MSPersian78_400v.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418268823667538018" border="0" /></a>Here's a new resource about which I'm very excited: the <a href="http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ihp/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Islamic Heritage Project</span></a> is a digital collection of over 145,000 pages, including more than 260 manuscripts, 50+ maps, and nearly 300 printed texts from Harvard's library and museum collections. Materials date from the 13th to 20th centuries, and represent many regions (including Saudi Arabia, North Africa, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and South, Southeast, and Central Asia), various languages (primarily Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Turkish, as well as Urdu, Chagatai, Malay, Gujarati, Indic languages, and several Western languages), and numerous subjects [including religious texts and commentaries, Sufism, history, geography, law, and the sciences (astronomy, astrology, mathematics, medicine), poetry and literature, rhetoric, logic, and philosophy, calligraphy, dictionaries and grammar, biographies, and autobiographical works]. The database is searchable by keyword, title, name/creator, subject, and form/genre. It is also browsable by title, author/creator, country of origin, language, and by selected topics. Many of the materials in the collection are unique.<br /><br />The project was produced by two coordinating partners: the <a href="http://islamicstudies.harvard.edu/">Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University</a> and the <a href="http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/">Harvard University Library Open Collections Program</a>. It was made possible by the generous support of <a href="http://islamicstudies.harvard.edu/overview/about_the_donor.php">Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal</a>. This is a treasury of research material and a true jewel of an online collection, and I hope you will explore it at length.<br /><br />At your service,<br />CherylCheryl LaGuardiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786577214169436092noreply@blogger.com0