Here are the Spring and Fall 2018 issues of Visions, the Drew University Library Newsletter. Enjoy,Andrew
Transition of the Oberlin Group’s Digital Services – UPDATE
PLEASE NOTE: On Thursday, December 15, 2016, the Oberlin Group's systems transitioned to our new host, LISHost. While we are still working through some configuration issues, the web site and various email lists are fully functional. Please report any...
Transition of the Oberlin Group’s Digital Services
PLEASE NOTE: On Thursday, December 15, 2016, the Oberlin Group's systems will transition from Longsight to LISHost. Some users of the website or the various email lists may experience brief outages during the afternoon.
Oberlin Digital Scholarship Conference
Please join us for the first Oberlin Digital Scholarship Conference! Registration is open for this conference, which will take place June 10-12, 2016 at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN. This is envisioned as an event for Oberlin Group staff and faculty with...
Lever Press Editorial Board Now Formed
The Editorial Board for the Lever Press has now been formed. Eleven distinguished scholars from sponsoring institutions have agreed to serve as the inaugural editorial board for the new press. (April 26, 2016) The Editorial Board for the Lever Press has now been...
Press Release – Lever Press to Publish “Platinum Open Acess” Titles
Lever Press to publish digitally-native, “platinum open access,” titles aligned with the mission and ethos of liberal arts colleges (January 7, 2016) Lever Press to publish digitally-native, “platinum open access,” titles aligned with the mission and ethos of liberal...
Memorial Service for Richard Fyffe at ALA Midwinter
A memorial service has been planned for Richard Fyffe, Samuel R. and Marie-Louise Rosenthal Librarian of Grinnell College, at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Boston, MA. to follow the ACRL/SPARC forum on Saturday from 4:40-5:30pm in the Convention Center, Room 253...
The Oberlin Group Honors the Passing of Richard Fyffe
Members of the Oberlin Group have had the honor and pleasure of working with Richard Fyffe, Librarian of the College at Grinnell, who recently passed away from ALS. Given his enormous contributions to collections and scholarly communications, as well as the Oberlin...
Oberlin Group signs on to COAR Statement Against Elsevier’s Sharing Policy
On May 27, 2015, the Oberlin Group of Libraries was added to the list of signatories of the COAR Statement Against Elsevier’s Sharing Policy. The Group was the 81st institution to sign on. In the statement, COAR (the Confederation of Open Access...
Publication on Library Publishing – Getting the Word Out – Features Several Oberlin libraries
Chapter 7: Nimble and Oriented Towards Teaching and Learning: Publishing Services at Small Academic Libraries by Lisa Spiro. Features: Claremont, Colby, Gettysburg, Hamilton, and Macalester Colleges. (March 14, 2015) Getting the Word out: Academic libraries as...