collections
Recent
Acquisitions
Continued growth of collections provides
users with the best information for their
research needs. KSL strives to acquire
materials that enrich core undergraduate,
graduate and research-level collections
across all disciplines, as well as to
strengthen and grow new interdisciplinary
programs and research in emerging areas.
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medeival facsimiles
KSL staff worked with the university’s
Art History Department to select
significant medieval facsimiles to add
to the library’s collection. Although
most are available online with useful
interfaces, the facsimiles as physical
objects and the commentary volumes
are valuable additions for scholars.
The books of hours, in particular,
provide an excellent source to learn
about the church calendar and liturgy.
Included were Las Cantigas de Santa
María (pictured left), The Hours
of Jeanne D’Evreux, The Bamberg
Apocalypse, Les Tres Riches Heures du
Duc de Berry and Roman de la Rose.
america’s historical
newspapers
Working with faculty members from
the university’s History Department,
KSL purchased America’s Historical
Newspapers, Series 2 & 3. The series
include large collections of newspapers
from the mid-18th to the early 20th
century. Series 2 covers U.S. newspapers
from 1758-1900 and focuses on the time
period during which the number of
American newspapers rose dramatically.
Series 3 covers 1829-1922, focusing
on Reconstruction, the Gilded Age
and the Progressive Era. Both series
offer several hundred thousand fully
searchable issues of publications
from all 50 states.
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collected works
of bach & mozart
Kulas Music Library, a branch of KSL,
added recent volumes of collected works
of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (17561791) to its collection. Besides presenting
a definitive version of a musical work,
the works help to clarify the chronology
of the composers’ output and sort out
the surviving primary source material
for a given musical work. Started in the
1950s, the acquired sets are currently
near completion and together number
over 300 volumes, including volumes
of both editorial
commentary
and scores.
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ieee wiley
e-books
KSL has purchased perpetual access
to over 600 IEEE-Wiley e-books from
1974-2013. The collection spans
numerous content areas including
bioengineering, power and energy and
communication technologies, among
other growing areas of research. The
collection includes practical handbooks,
introductory and advanced texts,
reference works and professional
books. Cutting-edge titles on emerging
technologies, authored by leaders in
the field are also included. IEEE is the
world’s largest professional association
dedicated to advancing technological
innovation and excellence for the
benefit of humanity.
The Pursuit of
Lifelong Learning
alumni news
KSL is committed to expanding
and improving our Alumni Services
to support lifelong personal and
professional growth. All CWRU
alumni are eligible for these
benefits, which include access
to the library, its collections and
services. KSL’s Alumni Services
are all now offered free of charge
thanks to a partnership with the
Alumni Association.
We encourage alumni who are
in the area to stop by KSL to
have a cup of coffee or snack in
the café and attend library events.
They may use guest computers
to access research databases,
e-books, digital journals and
statistical datasets. By signing
up for an Alumni Card, local
users can borrow items from
the collections, use the Freedman
Center and take CaseLearns
classes, and all alumni around
the world can use our vast
electronic resources.
While it is not uncommon for
universities to provide reference
services to alumni, KSL’s program
allows alumni to retain access
to a suite of selected research
databases. The suite’s databases
cover many subject areas and
can be accessed globally. For
assistance in navigating these
resources, Research Services
Librarians can communicate
with alumni via email, instant
messaging, phone, LiveChat or
in person.
The latest additions to our
Alumni Database Suite include:
• E-book Collection via
EBSCO: varied disciplines.
• FRANCIS: multidisciplinary
/ multilingual humanities
& social sciences.
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Project MUSE: digital
humanities scholarly texts
from leading societies
& university presses.
more about alumni services:
library.case.edu/ksl/services/alumni
The Cleveland
Play House
donated its
archives (over
1,000 boxes
of content) to
KSL in 2011.
It’s never too
late to learn
something new.
In coordination with the Laura
and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning
Program, KSL offered a series of
continuing education classes during
the Spring 2013 semester entitled,
The Legacy and Future of the
Cleveland Play House .
The class explored the impact of
long-lived cultural institutions,
using the upcoming centennial of
the Cleveland Play House as an
example. KSL’s recent acquisition
of the Play House archives provides
eye-witness evidence of its history
and serves as a key resource for
the class. Through a combination
of readings, guest speakers and
discussions, participants consider
the Play House’s legacy from the
varied perspectives of scholars,
artists, community members and
institutional stewards.
To learn more about the
Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong
Learning Program, please visit:
SiegalLifelongLearning.org
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