Subject: Good news! Communication and Mass Media Complete database will continue on Davis Library's eresources

Greetings!

Word just arrived that CMMC database will indeed continue to be a partof the electronic resources offered to UNC-CH students and faculty online in2006.

Reason to celebrate! Cheers!

Barbara P. Semonche, Director, The Park Library
- posted by Barbara @ 4:42 PM

 
Subject: JoMC Dissertations added to Park Library collection

Greetings!

The following three dissertations have just been added to the shelf andto the online catalog:

Title: New and Improved: The Effects of Technological Advancement and ViolentContent in Video Games on Player Arousal, Presence, Attitudes, Perceptions ofInteractivity, and Aggression
Author: Ivory, James D.
Advisor: Kalyanaraman, Sriram
Call Number: STP-DIS .IVORY 2005

Title: Narrative Journalism on Trial: A Social and Cultural History of Masson v.New Yorker
Author: Forde, Kathy Roberts
Advisor: Walden, Ruth
Call Number: STP-DIS .FORDE 2005

Title: Embed or in Bed? Building the Agendas of Newspaper Coverage of OperationDesert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom
Author: Edwards, Dale L.
Advisor: Fee, Frank
Call Number: STP-DIS .EDWARDS 2005

To view a list of our School's other dissertations, please consult thisURL <http://parklibrary.jomc.unc.edu/dissindex.html> Note that the advisors forthese (and other) dissertations are also included in the listing.

Best regards,

Barbara
Barbara P. Semonche, Director, The Park Library
- posted by Barbara @ 4:39 PM

 
Subject: [jomcfac] Faculty & TA alert: Copyright Protected Material on Blackboard?

Greetings!

Be advised that there is a process where selected copyright protectedmaterial may be placed on Blackboard course management software.

Davis Library has something called "LinkGuide" which will help ourfaculty and teaching assistants navigate this process. LinkGuide assists you in:

* Making journal articles and other electronic resources from vendorssuch as EBSCO, Infotrac, and ScienceDirect easily available to your students.

* Linking directly to articles to avoid broken links or having tore-create complicated search strategies.

* Taking advantage of library licenses that allow direct linking to the article-level, complying with campus copyright guidelines.

Here is the link:
http://www.lib.unc.edu/spotlight/linkguide.html

Note, however, that there is another option for our faculty to make copyrightprotected material available to students. Simply make photocopies of thedocuments and give them to our Park Library to place on reserve. This option ispermitted under the "fair use doctrine" of the copyright act. The usual rule ofthumb is 1 photocopied article for every 4-5 students in your class. We willreturn these photocopies to you at the end of each semester.

One more point, course packs are not permitted to be held on reserve inany campus libraries.

Let me know what else I can do to help you all.

Best regards,
Barbara P. Semonche, Director, The Park Library
- posted by Barbara @ 4:34 PM

 
Subject: [jomcfac] Databases targeted for "not renewing" from NC Live via Davis Library

Greetings!

There is some bad news on the horizon.

Apparently NC Live has made the decision to discontinue several keydatabases for 2006. I've been talking with Davis Library's bibliographers,reference staff, and collection developers about this unwelcome turn of events.

NC Live supports a number of databases on UNC's electronic resources.I've got a list of all that are being targeted for being dropped.

Before I go further, please know that all of our UNC-CH librarians areworking closely to mitigate these potential losses. In spite of these reallyharsh economic times for the state of North Carolina and for its libraries inparticular, I believe that we will be successful in salvaging access to some of these databases. At this point I don't believe that we need to lead acavalry-type charge to the rescue, but I do trust that I can count on our JoMCfaculty to speak up if necessary. I will keep you all informed.

So, here are the databases targeted for dropping that I've identified ashaving the greatest impact on our School's teaching and research mission:

Communication and Mass Media Complete
ABI/Inform Complete
InfoTrac OneFile
GPO Monthy Catalog
JSTOR Arts & Sciences IV Segment

[Note: the entire list runs to 17 pages with explanatory notes, cost estimates, and impact statements.]

Now, for some hopeful news. I've been assured that the first four of theabove list have been given rankings of "Priority 1: Essential, Recommended byfaculty." I expect these databases will be renewed with Davis Library picking upmost of the costs with some financial support from the budgets of a few otheron-campus libraries including our own Park Library. Be advised that the costs ofthese electronic resources run into tens of thousands of dollars.

There you have it. As these negotiations for electronic resourceslicensing and renewal continue in the remaining days of 2005, I'll keep you allposted about developments.

Best regards,
Barbara
Barbara P. Semonche, Director, The Park Library
- posted by Barbara @ 4:32 PM

 
Subject: [jomcfac] Gazette: International Journal for Communication Studies (50th anniversary issue)

Greetings!

For those interested in this journal, be advised that the current issueis a gem. In addition to its regular articles, including a history of Gazette,there are columns by editors of nine international communications' journals.This issue is located on our Park Library's serial shelves.

Best regards,
Barbara P. Semonche, Director, The Park Library
- posted by Barbara @ 4:31 PM

 
Subject: [jomcfac] Book gift to our Park Library

Greetings!

Robert Kerr, who received his Ph.D. from our School, donated his latestbook, "The Rights of Corporate Speech: Mobil Oil and the Legal Development ofthe Voice of Big Business," to our Park Library. It is being cataloged now.

Many of our graduate faculty will undoubtedly remember Robert. He gothis degree in 2002. His dissertation advisor was Margaret Blanchard. Among hisreaders were Anne Johnston and Dulcie Straughan.

Currently Kerr is Assistant Professor, Gaylord College of Journalism andMass Communication, University of Oklahoma.

Best regards,
Barbara P. Semonche, Director, The Park Library
- posted by Barbara @ 4:29 PM

 
Subject: [jomcfac] Thanks for JoMC book donation to China
Greetings!

Below, please find the message of gratitude from Vivian Xu with the Journalism Department, China University of political Science and Law Fuxue Road, Changping District, Beijing, CHINA.

It should be heartening to all of you who contributed books to Beijing that the gift is so welcomed and appreciated.

Best regards,
Barbara P. Semonche, Director, The Park Library


From: vivian xu <xudong2311@yahoo.com.cn>
To: semonch@metalab.unc.edu
Subject: Thanks for the books you sent

Dear Barbara,

Thank you so much for the books you sent to us and so far we have receioved all the ten boxes.

These books are really precious and helpful gifts for us and they will soon be available for the faculty members and students of our department.

On behalf of Prof. Yao, director of Journalism Department, China University of political Science and Law, and all our faculty members, thanks again for your kind donation.

Please send our grateful thanks to Richard R. Cole and other faculty members at your school as well.

All the best wishes,

Vivian Xu

Journalism Department
China University of political Science and Law
Fuxue Road,Changping District
Beijing102249, PR CHINA
- posted by Barbara @ 4:26 PM

 
Subject: [jomcfac] [journalism_teachers] CJR in the Classroom (fwd)
Greetings!

For those faculty members interested in Columbia Journalism Review'slatest in teaching guides for journalism educators.

Best regards,
Barbara P. Semonche, Director, The Park Library

Dear journalism teacher,

Columbia Journalism Review is proud to offer a free Student Study Guide, keyedto the ideas and articles in each issue of the magazine. These guides can helpyou stimulate classroom discussion and generate assignments that touch on thechallenges that working reporters, editors, and producers face every day.

The guides will be posted as a PDF file on our Web site, www.cjr.org, soon aftereach issue is published. To view the current guides go to:http://www.cjr.org/tools/studyguides/
To have a link to the guides automatically sent to you every two months, pleaseemail: cjr-study-guide-subscribe@jrn.columbia.edu

In addition, CJR has created a low-cost student subscription program forjournalism students and teachers. For information go to:https://www.kable.com/pub/jrcl/subcls.asp
We hope you find these guides helpful and useful.

Thanks and regards,

Mike Hoyt
Executive Editor CJR
- posted by Barbara @ 4:06 PM

 
Subject: [jomcfac] New Yorker article: "Fault Lines: Can the Los Angeles Times survive its owners?"

Greetings!
Another Ken Auletta article in his "Annals of Communications" columnpublished by The New Yorker. An earlier one focused on Rupert Murdoch and FoxNews. This time its about the LAT's management and its increasing pressure forprofits. I have the Oct. 10, 2005 issue of The New Yorker in my office if anyonewants to read it.

Best regards,
Barbara P. Semonche, Director,
- posted by Barbara @ 4:02 PM